If you noticed, after the “honeymoon” stage, we haven’t really seen Brot & Taylor (JR Martinez & Beth Ehlers, All My Children) together. They were on last week to sort of break up. Maybe that’s a way for the writers to ease tension on the show. So how did this supposed “feud” started?

It started with Beth Ehler’s words when she did an interview with Blog Talk Radio’s Stardish show. On that show, Beth Ehlers expresses her frustration for her lack of story and the fact that she’s a seasoned actor paired with a non-actor.

“As many times as I would casually try to go into my boss’s office and say, ‘Uh, you are going to start integrating me, right?’ When you’ve been doing this as long as I’ve been doing it, you know how it’s supposed to be done. But you can’t tell you bosses that because it’s like any other job in the world, you can’t know more than your boss because they hate you for it,” Ehlers explained. “And so you have to be careful when you go in that you don’t tell somebody how to do their job. And I wanted to scream at people. I wanted to go in and say, ‘Hello, you’re burying me here. You’re making this really hard. First you give me somebody who, God bless him, I love JR but he’s not an actor.’ And so that’s hard enough with somebody who… it’s going to be a long time before he gets out of second gear. And I’m constantly having to hedge my performance cause I can’t be doing Shakespeare while he’s doing something else.”

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ALL MY CHILDREN SPOILERS, week of June 29th to July 3rd.

Mother and Daughter Team Erica and Kendall work overtime to nail Annie to save Kendall from going to jail. And to top it all off, another murder is on the horizon.

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Contrary to what we’re seeing on ABC daytime right now, the Cougar storyline have actually been done a long long time ago before the word “Cougar” was even famous. I really don’t need to dig deeper since one of the most famous example that would prove this is the relationship between Dorian Lord and Joey Buchanan of One Life To Live. Dorian is pretty much Viki’s age, actually, Dorian was Viki’s stepmother at one point. Joey is Viki’s youngest son.

Another example was the relationship between Rex Bulsom and Lindsey Rappaport. Also residents from Llanview.

Over at General Hospital, we have Diane and Max. This has been going on for a long time now it’s nothing new but they’re still hot as ever. A month or so ago, the Cougar storyline went explosive when Johnny Zacchara and Olivia Falconeri started groping and kissing each other. I think we know the rest. Olivia has a son who’s the same age of Johnny, pretty much. But who cares, they’re hot.

All My Children is introducing their own cougar storyline, or so it seems. Ryan Lavery and Erica Kane? The show said the pairing of Ryan & Erica is not capitalizing on the cougar trend. Yeah, ok, tell that to the Marines. Instead, the show decided to do this thanks to a fan feedback after the stranded storyline happened a few months ago. Seriously? Arrrgh.

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Are you wondering why Greenlee Smythe is suddenly the topic of some Pine Valley residents, namely Ryan, Zach, and Kendall? It started when Ryan received champagne flute set from Greenlee. But isn’t Greenlee dead? Umm. well that’s debatable but all fingers point to NO, Greenlee isn’t dead.

See, when they found a body which Kendall and Ryan identified, they never actually looked at the body. The idiots Ryan and Kendall said they don’t want to remember Greenlee as a corpse. Instead, they assumed it was her because of the engagement ring that was taken from the body. Greenlee’s ex-husband for like 2 months (?) was the one who lifted the blanket off and saw the body. He never said if it was Greenlee though.

Greenlee Smythe is not dead. Pratt has just confirmed it on Soaps In Depth June 29th issue. If you want to know what he said exactly, then click read more. If not, then it’s your lost

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The plot for the All My Children murder mystery is now being planted in our consciousness methodically, and mysteriously. The spoilers said we could pick from the pictures of Adam, Erica, Tad, Ryan, Zach, or Kendall. The promos say it’s a “legendary” character. Alrighty then, let’s dissect these 5 people, shall we?

I agree with Dan from SoapCentral when he said Ryan, Zach, and Kendall are not yet in the “legendary” category. Not to discredit the characters but compare to Erica, Tad, and Adam, those 3 needs to add more marriages and divorces on their respective repertoire to be called legendary. That would take about 15-20 more years or so.

So it seems like we are with Tad, Erica, and Adam. If you don’t want to read my theory, do not click “read more”…

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Don’t tell me you didn’t see it coming. A young woman, in Babe’s age, who looks like a young version of Krystal and a female young version of David Hayward, named Marissa showed up in Krystal’s life. That’s thanks to Adam Chandler. Marissa is Krystal’s daughter. She’s Babe’s twin. That means she is David’s other daughter.

If you’re wondering why this new info is making Krystal crack like a thin piece of ice, it’s because she felt guilty for something she did when Babe and Marissa we born. She kept Babe and let Marissa go. And she didn’t just put Marissa for adoption, she sold her. OUCH!

Krystal finally admitted this to her ex-hubby Tad Martin. David doesn’t know yet and Krystal wants to keep it that way. Unless Adam starts blabbering of course. Tad might be the one helping Krystal through all this. Which will in turn drive David crazy.

In all these years, I didn’t see this twist coming. Did you?

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Dear All My Children Camera Crew,

I know Brittany Allen (Marissa) is cute and her little tush isn’t so bad either. Especially in that itty bitty white shorts the wardrobe department calls the “Yacht Club waitress uniform”. Which I understand is probably under budget to maintain Erica Kane’s teased hair and fabulous fashion plate.

But please, please, I don’t want Marissa’s cute little butt flashed in front of my screen. I give you credit for adjusting the cameras a bit in a few scenes by showing 1 butt cheek to make room for JR’s face. Oh and props to Brittany for wearing thong the day that scene was shot. How awful would it have been to see panty liners marking that itty bitty white shorts? Whewwww. Seriously though, that was a bad camera angle. But because of budget cuts I’m assuming that you decided to just leave it like that and not re-shoot the scene. You probably thought we wouldn’t mind since Marissa’s butt, like I said is actually cute. However, it’s not something I want to be plastered with on a daily basis.

I’ll let you off the hook this one time. Just try to pay attention where you place your cameras, please. Thank You. 

I don’t know about you guys but I think Reese has worn that ugly brown ruffled front top about  5 (or 4 or 6) times now.  It was ugly the first time she wore it, it’s still ugly this 5th (or 4th or 6th) time she has worn it.

I know everyone is in a tight budget right now to save the Daytime community. The last thing we all really want is another one to get the ax like CBS axed Guiding Light. But I’m sure All My Children wardrobe department could find better ways to save money.

Let’s start with Erica Kane’s wardrobe, shall we? I mean Reese has to wear tops over and over again. It’s fine, we do it all the time. But at least pick a nicer top that that stupid fitted jersey(or whatever) with 3 tiers of ruffles sewn in at front. If they auction off a few of Erica Kane’s shoes, maybe they could afford to buy a better top for Reese.

Unless of course Erica Kane is wearing Susan Lucci’s own clothes then by all means ignore what I just said. Ooops.

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Mark this date, April 10th, 2009, Friday. This is the date when Erica Kane finally had a breakdown. It happened when the car that she and Ryan were using from their trip to Philadelphia for a FUSION meeting broke down in the middle of the road. I’m not sure what designer Erica Kane was wearing but let’s just assume it’s either CHANEL or Gucci (or something else). I think it was CHANEL. Anyhooo, Ryan insisted that since they’re going back to Pine Valley anyway they might as well visit Kendall so they could see if Ian is doing ok after being released from the hospital.

Erica Kane admitted to Ryan that she wanted him away from Kendall. Her daughter needs to focus on her life with Zach and the boys. Ever since she came back from the coma, Kendall has been acting strange. Erica feels she’s staring at a stranger.

I can’t exactly quote what Erica said because I didn’t have time to write them all down. She was ranting too fast. With matching tears and the Erica Kane wail and hand gestures, she admitted to Ryan that she’s not exactly jovial on the fact that she’s trying to fix both of  her daughters’ life. She is tired of picking up the pieces for all of them. She wants them to take care of themselves so she, Erica Kane could finally go back to taking care of Erica Kane. She’s Erica Kane for crying out loud. Now look at her, stranded in the middles of the road with a designer outfit smelling like gas and dirt.

I’m giving Ryan major props for standing there, and saying nothing. He let Erica have her much needed moment.

And to end the Erica Kane Breakdown Of The Year, she told Ryan to get it together himself. Leave Kendall alone. He can have any women he wants. Hell, if he plays his cards right, he might even have Erica Kane too.

THE END!

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Here are highlights from the April 6th episode of All My Children.

# Adam is back. He’s not telling anyone what’s wrong with him though. Not eve after Erica’s coaxing. Tad and JR figured out where Adam was hiding and went to there to find him alive and well. The last part is still debatable though. He admitted to Erica that he’s not feeling 100% well. He doesn’t know what going on though, and that’s figuratively and literally. JR was mad at him for letting the Chandler Enterprises go down where it is right now. Adam turn over his reins to JR. Erica was grateful to hear that FUSION is still safe from Adam.

# Krystal got the brush off from Colby. The young Chandler blames Krystal and her new hubby for what’s going on to Adam. Colby slammed the door in Krystal’s face. JR called his sister to let her know Adam is ok but she’s not allowed to know where he is hiding.

# Kendall and Zach are still worried about Ian. Who wouldn’t be. On the wings are Ryan and Reese who are really not helping in the situation. Ryan gave her the card Spike made Ian. Reese showed up to give support or find out how Ian is. Kendall told her she’s not making points for Bianca and left. Ryan and Reese started taking a snipe at each other. It was like the pot calling the kettle black, from both sides.

# Tad found Jesse banging at the hospital’s snack machine. Tad tried to convince Jesse to drop the charges against Adam since he’s back in town anyway. David found them and asked them why he wasn’t informed about Adam. Jesse pointed out he’s not actually in his priority list. David demanded for Adam’s arrest. Jesse told him to get lost and told Tad how he can’t stand David. I’m enjoying the rapport between Tad and Jesse, aren’t you? thye’re so funny without even trying.

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