Boogie Chillen
March 12-13, 2002

Simone tells Leo he's lucky it wasn't that cold last night because he could have frozen to death. Huh? EVERYONE was talking about the freezing weather. She had to wait inside SOS because of the weather. Maggie nearly froze to death from hypothermia. David and Anna are stranded in Elk Green because of the weather. Was Leo's park bench heated? Was he in some miraculous little pocket of warm air? If so, why wasn't there thunder and lightning all around him due to the clash of frigid air with his warm little haven? Or did Simone just fluff her lines?

So Anna wore the huge, shapeless nightgown over an obviously naked bod, then presumably had honeymoon sex, then put her bra and panties back ON to go to sleep?

Why is Vanessa in the hospital? Does she actually have any PHYSICAL injuries to keep her in bed (other than a scrape and bruises on her forehead)? PVH is so WOEFULLY inadequate that it apparently doesn't even have a locked psychiatric wing. She should be either in jail or in a secure psychiatric facility. There's a deadbolt on her door, so why don't they USE it? Of course, I do recall Janet Greene escaping from her guarded hospital room when she suffered complications from her pregnancy. She used a butterknife to open the window and climbed out (from the 4th floor) to go kill Will Cooney/Cortlandt with a crowbar because he was becoming such a bother to Trevor. Then she climbed back INto her room and no one even noticed she was gone. Sound familiar?

I am SO glad to see that Mia's hair no longer matches her butternut jacket!

LOVED the look on Anna's face when she "tossed" the bouquet to Vanessa -- like a lawn dart!

Liza doesn't pick up her beloved child from daycare and is so late that the daycare calls Stuart to pick her up, and Adam SHRUGS IT OFF?

LOD:
Stuart to Adam up on reading the article in Tempo about Vanessa/Proteus: "I never would have believed that Vanessa Cortlandt was a DRUGGIST!"

Stuart is dismayed that Adam would consider raiding Cortlandt Electronics because "you don't kick a man when he's down". Adam: "Of COURSE you do, Stuart -- it's call the Stock Market!" I was actually thinking back to when Adam had a stroke and Palmer was the one to find him. Adam was on the floor and, for the most part, unable to move. Palmer stood over him for a LONG time savoring the moment and tormenting Adam about how easy it would be to just walk away and leave him there to die. Eventually, of course, Palmer did call the paramedics, but remembering that incident would certainly squash any qualms *I* might have about merely raiding CE. Of course, this is a soap opera. In real life, a woman in TX hit a man with her car, drove home with him STUCK THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, parked in the garage, apologized profusely, then left him to die (which he did). Not so entertaining when it happens in real life.

When Ryan came out of his bathroom and brought an amber-colored glass of liquid to Liza, she asked him what it was. How many of you considered telling her it was a glass of pee?

Doesn't Vanessa have a lawyer?

Ah, the Pine Cone is on the notorious Front Street. File that away for future reference (it used to be out on the old highway, I think).

I'm trying to decide if I'm intrigued and pleasantly surprised that Liza's totally off-the-wall behavior is coming straight out of left- field so that we are just as perplexed as Ryan and Adam, or if I just don't care what her f*****g problem is. A little of both, I guess.

Robin "Hormones? Yet another surprise relative? The heartbreak of psoriasis?" Coutellier