Sunset Beach
Feel the heat
After the slow-moving mopping-up period after shockwave! Sunset Beach is finally getting back up to speed and they're plotting and scheming as we speak and being just as devious as ever. I love it!
Francesca is acting like she's been in SB for years, I counted 57 lies in a fortnight and she's attempted blackmail eight times!
But predictably, it's mostly Cole who's getting her attention. She's gone back to stealing jewels from wealthy Californians with her trusty assistant, Mr Deschanel, whose tools are always at her disposal. Oh calm down, ladies. Cole thought that this renewed crimewave was just to fund Franchesta's departure from Sunset Beach and to get her out of his hair. But Ms Vargas is being very selective over her choice of marks, and seems to be going after the jewels from the statue of the Blessèd Virgin of Rosario (remember her?) which she says she will give back to Antonio - I'm not so sure. And then there's all that mysterious chanting in Hillary's house:
Nihil sine numine
It's apparently something to do with a "circle" and I can't help remembering that when Antonio first moved into Surf Central, Gabi commented that his statuette looked like a vampire and it really scared her - link?
Caitlin, in one of her finer moments (since being played by Bimbi-Kam Heskin) shipped out of town, taking Cole-minor with her to San Diego, leaving the plot to advance without her unwelcome interference. One notable exception, of course, was a scene reminiscent of the famous and fabulous "Cole and Olivia hiding under the bed" scene, where, with Cole concealed in a wardrobe, Francesca was told in no uncertain terms to get the hell out of SB and take her grossly inflated bosom with her. Classic!
Another classic scene involved the wonderfully invigorated Olivia, who has seemed strangely quiet since her baby was stolen, she was divorced, she discovered that her grandson was actually her son, her house fell down, she was hit by a falling underpass and her best friend's long lost daughter showed up.
She arranged to meet Annie, the new Mrs Richards, at the power plant - "because I have all the power now!" - she explained, and proceeded to swing from evil, maniacal and bitter Olivia to doey-eyed,softly-spoked and bitter Olivia as she made clear to Annie exactly who was boss. The Plan? Still a mystery, but apparently, Olivia now knows that Cole is bound to break Caitlin's heart, which will, for some reason, bring her running back to Mommy, reuniting Olivia with her son and they all lived happily ever after. Clearly, this is never going to happen, as the scriptwriters have forgotten that the child-actor playing Trey will grow according to Earth-time not Sunset Beach Mean Time and will be eight and three-quarters before Olivia next inhales.
Antonio (Yes, thank you, girls!) is haunted by a vision of a woman whom he can't identify rubbing him - or something. Anyway it has to be either Gabi or Francesca. She has hairy arms so it's most likely the former. Of course, on the other hand it could be an expression of his incestuous feelings towards his sister ( supposedly dead ) Maria. Well you never know.
Maria - you remember her -is currently still being missed by Ben, Carmen, Antonio, and anyone who ever knew her. At Meg's bridal shower (e-mail me if you have any idea what one of these is) she went all peculiar, had a lie down, and ended up in the same bed as Ben, who STILL failed to see her! despite the difference in her hair, her ears, her build and how much less ugly than Meg she is!
Tim is evil, let's say no more about it. He's still managing to conceal Maria from anyone who ever knew her and trying to stop Annie being overcome by her conscience. ¡¡It's not as if it's hard!!He doesn't want to spare Meg and Ben any pain, you must understand, but he does want to give them a wedding gift they'll never forget. Ooooh E-ville.
Which brings us, nicely enough to Annie. She's finally got the upper hand by selling her soul, or at least her silence, to Tim in return for his stocks in Liberty Corporation, taking away Gregory's 500 share majority. So, Gregory's cancelled all meetings from now until eternity and has gone off in a huff. So the had a little bet - The one out of Annie or Gregory who can resist the other for the longest gets the stocks.
So Gregory, full of the new wonder libido-drug, Niagra (Wonder where that came from) is in the lift on the way up to his room when it gets stuck - with Olivia inside, next to him - He can't help himself - Run, Livvie, Run for your life
#Hey sister! Go sister! So sister! Go, sister!# - That sound can only mean one thing - Sista Sara is back and this time.....she still can't act. She and Casey tried to beat the resurrected Melinda at her own game and tap her confession. A terrible-terrible staged fight between bimbo and himbo still managed to fail the great monopod and, even though the laws of logic said they would never get away with it, they did! By bugging the cherry on top of Melinda's ice-cream sundae. No seriously! All we're waiting for now is that question from Casey - "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?"
Virginia's at it again, she's gone undercover as a sextogenarian doctor full of Monkey-Glands, to infiltrate the Sperm Bank, and to get a sample of Tyus's "Little Swimmers" so she can impregnate Vanessa, before revealing the pictures she took when Tyus was testing out the cure for Martin's Syndrome and they started halucinating and Tyus thought his luck was in and... Oh it's all too hard to explain, Either way, she's off again and this time it's personal.....What the hell, it's always been personal.But this time, she's wearing a wig!
Meanwhile, Mrs Moreau-Robinson (Oh come on, she just has to be, doesn't she!) is trying to convince Vanessa that there was more to her illness than met the eye. Vanessa, of course, is too stupid to listen to Mrs M, who is so clearly the person to talk to. I mean, wouldn't you take lifestyle advice from a mad, bad woman in a headscarf who owns a parrot called Beelzebub? Of course you would!
Anything else? How much do you want?- There'll be quite enough beaching and bitching to look at next time. Ciao!
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