Soap Opera Digest – August 05, 2019

the conversation.

Marlena (entering):

“What the hell are

you doing here?”

That’s better.

My favorite, as

always, was Victor

Kiriakis trying to

“help” after John

delivered the bad

news.

John (discussing

if Claire would be

fit to stand trial or

be committed to Bayview):

“Claire set fire to the

Horton cabin. She could

have killed Haley Chen,

too.”

Victor: “Who? Never mind.

I could have the Titan jet

gassed up in an hour.”

Ha! Too little, too late.

They all should have been

checking on Claire the

whole time, calling her on

her antics. I’m going to

miss that little psycho.

nGH’s resident psycho,

Shiloh, is getting on my

nerves, and Oscar leav-

ing him shares of ELQ

stock in his will (!) didn’t

help. But now that Robert

and Mac have teamed up

(“The Scorpio brothers

ride again!”), law enforce-

ment has a chance again in

Port Charles. The best was

when Shiloh demanded

Lucas be arrested for chok-

ing him and Mac rounded

the corner. “David Henry

Archer?” he snapped

using Shiloh’s real name.

“You’re under arrest.”

He’s so smug, think-

ing he got proof WiIey

Brooke: “This is all such a

mess.”

Hopefully it will be over

soon....

nI wish Claire’s story on

DAYS wasn’t over. They

finally played her with her

legacy parents (Belle and

Shawn-D) and grandmoth-

ers (Hope and Marlena)

just in time to ship her off

to the loony bin.

Belle: “I sent your psych

evaluation to the court.”

Claire: “An insane asylum

or prison?”

Shawn-D: “I know it seems

bleak.”

Ya think? Where were

you when your daugh-

ter was setting people on

fire? Playing Claire in a

vacuum with Eve (of all

people) made no sense

when most of her family

was right there in Salem.

And spare me Eve’s “con-

cerned” hospital visit when

she practically handed the

girl that lighter every time.

“Taking your life is never

the solution,” counseled

Eve, calling Claire “sweet-

heart” like 97 times during

is his son when we know

the baby is really Michael

and Nelle’s. It will be a

great day when a real DNA

test wipes that smirkoff

Shiloh’s face — and onto

Michael’s.

nAnother one that needs

to be knocked down a

peg or 12? Y&R’s Adam.

Stealing Nick’s company

was vile, and hiring Phyllis

to run it was worse. No

wonder no one showed up

to her launch party.

Phyllis: “If I hadn’t invited

people we pissed off it

would have been a more

festive occasion ... I’m on

top of the world, even if I

am there on my own.”

Adam: “Not entirely on

your own. Let’s toast to

the outcasts. Who needs

friends when you can have

enemies?”

Which includes his entire

family. In the battle for Dark

Horse, I need Phyllis to win

because at least she’s funny

(“Tough break,” she snarked

to Adam when Chelsea’s

husband died) and Adam,

like B&B’s Thomas, is

humorless. She’s supposed

to be an expert cyber sleuth,

so let’s hope she’s demol-

ishing Adam’s books, one

line at a time.

Phyllis: “Has it ever

occurred to you — or

anyone else in this town

— that I might be using

Adam?”

Billy: “Hurry up.”

Ditto!

nHey. It’s only my

opinion. w

The Long Game:

Y&R’s Phyllis

(Michelle Stafford)

has an agenda

when it comes

to Adam (Mark

Grossman).

HOWARD WISE/JPI

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