Sonny's enemies

Sonny is one confused guy.  His plan to sabotage Jax plane so it wouldn't take off didn't allow for Jax fixing the plane and then crashing it.  The end result is the same. Jax is dead - supposedly though I'm sure no body will ever be found.  Yet, in the latter scenario, there is evidence aplenty that Sonny did it.  For a minute there I thought Jax might actually be visiting Sonny in jail and then disappearing leaving Sonny to know he is alive with no way to prove it.  Sonny was just dreaming.

Diane and everyone around her are always saying what a wonderful attorney she is.  The only evidence I've seen is her inexplicable ability to get Sonny bail given his history and without his physical presence in the courtroom.  Doesn't the defendant have to actually be present at his bail hearing.  I love watching Diane. I like watching her argue the points of the law, I just haven't seen stellar results in the time I've been watching.  She embraced Theo Hoffman, the Balkan without batting an eyelash. Actually she did bat her eyelashes heavily as she wanted to impress her NY partners.  If this one goes to trial, I hope Diane gets a win and shows that she is a truly gifted attorney.

What about Shawn?  He admitted being on Jax's plane.  Could he have done something that might have brought the plane down?  It doesn't seem likely but Sonny doing it is just too easy.  Jax must have had another enemy.

Sonny now has another enemy - Carly. I don't know whether it is worse to have Carly as an enemy or a friend.  She wreaks havoc wherever she goes.  It was nice of her and necessary to thank Robin.  Her appreciation wasn't met with much grace.  The women in this town have longer memories of grievances than even the men.

So Skye is going to be Tracy's downfall?  Not so fast.  I don't underestimate Tracy.  Hopefully Luke will return to add to this interesting mix.

Robin and Jax are buddies?

While I'm loving the new writing and they are doing a good job of backfilling old stories to bring those of us relatively new up to date, there are things that don't make sense to me.

When did Robin and Jax become such good friends?  If she was so close to Jax, why push Brenda to Sonny?  Obviously there must be a history here or Jax wouldn't have gone to her house with Joss but it didn't happen in the last 3 years.  I don't even recall them having a conversation.  And if I didn't know it watching all this time, how would Shawn know about their friendship when he is new in town?  I think this part of the story was missing a connection.

While I loved the great girl talk scene between Carly and Olivia the timing was all wrong.  Carly wouldn't be calmly devoring a plate of pasta while her daughter was missing.  She knows Shawn's PTSD interferred once and Sonny is lethal.  Jason is at the hospital.  She would not be at home on her couch.

I can't believe that Carly wouldn't guess that Jax had gone to his plane.  Where else would he go?

Anyway, otherwise it was a great week and I'm anxious to see what happens when Jason wakes up, if Sibohan survives the janitor apparently on Anthony's payroll, and what shade of green Maxie is going to turn now that Jackal P.I. has turned his attention to Lulu.

An Eye Full

Mack sure got an eye full today.  Diane's - ah - outfit was a little overboard.  The whole girl talk and strip pool with Coleman has given some much needed comic relief to the heavy drama of the last few days.

I can't believe Carly wouldn't guess Jax would go to this plane.  He kidnapped Josslyn.  What else would he do but try to fly out of town except that he hasn't.  He has shown up at Robin's.  Can he just not get to his plane for some reason - everyone else seems to be able to just walk onto a private jet at their leisure - weapons in hand.

I'm sure it will come out that Patrick was right to operate on Jason but I don't see how.  I think Matt was the voice of reason here.  It is making good drama to pit the brothers against one another with wife/chief of staff Robin in the middle.  I think Robin was overcompensating for the way she has basically demoted Patrick the last few weeks by allowing him to do this procedure.  Robin isn't making the greastest decisions. In her defense, the Chief of Staff job came out of nowhere for her.

Sonny is showing his cold-hearted side to deck his son.  Dante and Sonny's relationship was getting too chummy for one to be a criminal and one a cop.  Putting more friction between them was a good move.

Go girls!

Sam has finally found her voice! Thank goodness.  For three years now I've seen Sam as the most unlikely doormat character.  She should be strong but she constantly refers to her past mistakes and puts up with whatever is going on in Jason's life to have a tiny part of his attention.  Not anymore!  She is asserting herself with everyone left and right.  That cat fight with Carly yesterday was the highlight of the summer.   Some may think it is heartless to hit someone who already has a broken wrist but Carly really did have it coming.  She should have gone home to check on Josslyn calling the police on the way.  She could have called Jason but going over to his house and dragging him away from his fiance to drive through a storm when there were so many better options just makes her selfish.

I am glad Carly has dragged Olivia into her drama as Olivia now has something to do besides date Dr. Webber.  And I agree with both Sam and Carly, why do you need to biopsy Jason's brain while it is swollen.  Whatever is there has probably been there a long time and could wait a day or two for the trauma to be a little less life threatening.  But then I'm not a doctor. Of course, neither are the people who write this stuff so it is all for maximum effect.

Diane and Alexis night at Jake's is giving a great comic balance to all the drama.  Diane should be relieved her divine coat was spared from the storm, forget the shoes.  That coat is gorgeous.  

Another balance to the stormy night's events is Lucky's trip and flashbacks.  It is all really well done.

How much can she take?

A lot of fans want Sibohan gone.  After all that has happened to her, I can't see why she wouldn't want to put Port Charles behind her if she survives at all.

She has been almost burned to death, had brain surgery, nearly killed with the wrong medication, has  headaches and nosebleeds, fell down the stairs, and now thrown from a moving car.  All of this happened in just a couple of months.  Is Sibohan the female Jason Bourne?  The city of Port Charles is going to have to put up a bond referendum just to raise money to pay the increase in their insurance premiums on police force dependents.

I hope Elizabeth is in shock.  Otherwise, she is a sorry excuse for a medical professional.  First she didn't buckle Sibohan in and then after the accident she was running all over the place before she tried her cell phone.  Wouldn't the first thing you do be to call 911? Then she is blabbing to Steve where anyone can hear her that Sibohan thinks she was pushed.  Steve is certainly going to have his hands full and they won't be full of Olivia.

I feel so sorry for Sam.  She is SO happy and it is about to be shattered by the type of phone call we all dread.  (The phone rang just as I was typing that! Fortunately, it wasn't that kind of call.)  Monica was of course just telling Robin how she misses all her family and now Jason is injured.

Of course, we know Jason won't die.  The new writer is busy resurrecting and reassembling the Quartermaine clan so he couldn't possibly kill off the most interesting Q of all.  The question is which Jason will awake from the inevitable brain surgery.  I'm hoping for a Jason that remembers all.

An absence of authorities

If only Carly had called the police like she should have.
If only Elizabeth had called for an ambulance like she should have.

Then the show would be boring.  As it is, someone's life is bound to hang in the balance.  And if Sibhan doesn't die, I bet she does sue Elizabeth this time.  She is convinced that Elizabeth tried to push her down the stairs and she will probably be equally convinced that Elizabeth is at best a careless driver.  Will anyone find Lucky?  The flashbacks to the young Elizabeth and what I presume was their first marriage vows were very well done.

I knew Shawn hadn't left town.  He just kept popping up.  Why didn't he just take the job of protecting Carly?  It is obviously what he wants to do.  If he doesn't want to settle in one place to long, he doesn't want to teach middle school.  Given the number of teachers out of work these days it is a real stretch to think a school would offer a job to a vet with a dishonorable discharge.

I was really surprised that Skye told Carly about Jax.  I'm not sure Skye has loyalty to anyone.  What was she doing in the alley anyway?  Then again, everyone in Port Charles strolls through alleys late in the evening particularly single women.  I think her visit to Port Charles will be far more interesting this time around.  There have been some references to Tracy's sons so maybe we will get even more Q's back in town.  I've only seen them in old YouTube clips and not much of that so I'd like to learn more about Tracy's relationship with her children.

Speaking of Tracy, she hasn't looked better since I've been watching the show.  Hair and wardrobe are getting her right. Another fashion star, as always, is Maxie and this time she has a great hairstyle. She and Olivia looked fabulous this week.  Olivia keeps giving Sonny pep talks.  Got to hand it to her for trying. She should remind him that he doesn't want to do something his son will finally have to arrest him for.

A note to Sam and all the other women involved with macho men:  Stop asking them to help with the wedding plans.  They truly don't care and they are useless at this.  Just pick out what you want, turn it over to someone else or elope.  I have a feeling Sam will wish she had eloped - yesterday.

Carly, the spoiled brat

Sam told her mother about her engagement before Carly found out.  How could she?  Doesn't she know that Carly is number 1 in Jason's life?

I vacillate between admiring Carly and thinking she is the most selfish character on the show.  Today she was a whiny demanding brat.  She's had Jason's full attention for a decade or so and now she doesn't want to take a back seat to his wife.  It is amazing she truly believes she deserves to be that important in the life of a man she isn't married to.  Perhaps if she would let her relationship with Jason go to a normal place, she might actually make a marriage work.

I do think though that Carly was in the right in her conversation with Robin last week.  No, Carly should not be eatting off a married man's fork.  But the blame for Sonny and Brenda's marriage failing was Sonny and Brenda's.  Robin could take some of the blame too for pushing them together and pretending that Sonny's life hadn't altered dramatically since he knew Brenda before and didn't have children.  Brenda just wanted a dream wedding and didn't think a thing about what the marriage would be like.  Carly may have been a nuisance but not an unforseen one.

Thank goodness Maxie found the ring!  I know these people throw money around like it is water but there is a limit because apparently this was a super expensive ring.  And we saw a glimpse of the old Spinelli.  Maxie heard it in his voice and she says she has some ideas on how to get him back.  Dr Hunter, I think Maxie may be even more out of reach in the days to come.