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| Savior complex - Wednesday; That's our Dusty.... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 8 2008, 04:03 PM (1,562 Views) | |
| loves2turn | Oct 8 2008, 04:03 PM Post #1 |
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It's time for the "reading" of James' will. Actually it's a video that James made. Paul and Meg and Dusty and Emily arrive at the lawyer's office. Of course, Paul isn't happy that Dusty's there, and Dusty's enjoying goading Paul...  The video begins and James talks, says that he was poisoned in Thailand but his doctors told him that he had time to put his affairs in order. If they're listening to this now, they should be assured he's dead..no parachutes, etc.  He wants to make sure that the fortune goes to the right heir.  In order to determine who was worthy, James set the stage for the faceoff between Paul and Dustin, who is the true Stenbeck. James hopes that Paul wins, but if Dustin is sitting there, then he's alive, and he's won. He inherits. And to Paul, James says good-bye.  Paul freaks out and tries to slug Dusty, but good old Meg breaks them up, of course. (Does she remember that doing that lost her one baby already?  ) There's an urn on the lawyer's desk, with the Stenbeck crest on it. It contains James' ashes. When Paul leaves, he grabs the urn and says, "I'm taking this, and everyday I'm going to look at it and be thankful the SOB is dead!" Emily's nose has turned a dark shade of brown, as she wonders "what should I call you now?"  The lawyer says he'll get busy on transferring the estate. Brian comes out to the farm to let Luke know about an upcoming conference call. Luke, Noah and Brian are checking out the new pamphlets for the foundation and Luke mentions that he's got a table rented at the film festival on campus. Brian asks what kind of film festival it is and when Luke says that it's a gay film festival, Brian wonders if that setting will reach out to the kind of clientele they're looking for. Luke  and Brian tries to explain what he's trying to say, and tells Luke that there's so much more to Luke than being gay, but that Luke seems to get angry whenever something besides his gayness comes to the forefront. Brian thinks that Lucinda Walsh's grandson should be smarter than that. Noah tries to smooth things over, and things do calm down some, and Brian leaves. The two guys share a NUKE moment...  Lucinda walks into Lily's living room carrying Lily's mail. Lily immediately tells her to get out, while Holden stands watching... Lily and Lucinda get into another argument about Lucinda helping Dusty. Lucinda has come to pick up Faith and Natalie, but Lily says to forget it, no way is she taking the girls anywhere. Despite Lucinda trying to reason with Lily, there IS no reasoning, and after asking Holden to talk to Lily, Lucinda leaves. Holden asks Lily why this time is so different from the other times she's butted heads with Lucinda. Lily gives some kind of reasons, but it's pretty obvious that the elephant in the room is Dusty... Lucinda interrupts Brian and Luke and asks Luke to talk to Lily. He agrees and Brian cancels the conference call. Then Brian lends a shoulder and an ear to Lucinda, who is to thankful, and asks him, "where were you last year?"  Luke is getting nowhere talking to Lily.... :rolleyes Paul's upstairs talking to James, and Meg's downstairs on the phone with Paul's accountant. He tells Meg that she and Paul are in big trouble. Paul borrowed money illegally from WW and now he and Meg are about to lose everything! Meg is stunned and goes upstairs. She overhears Paul talking and asks who he was talking to. Of course he says himself. Exhausted, Paul says he's going to lie down, but first tells Meg, "I really love you." Lily walks in on Brian and Lucinda and asks Brian to leave. Then she again rakes Lucinda over the coals, this time for asking Luke to go talk to Lily. She tells Lucinda that she's "done" and that means she wants Lucinda to have nothing to do with her children. Luke is old enough to make his own decisions, but the others are not going to be around Lucinda.  This breaks Lucinda's heart, of course, and she gratefully lets Brian comfort her.  Dusty and Emily are at the Lakeview bar. Emily goes to powder her nose, and a distraught Meg rushes up to Dusty. She tells him about Paul embezzling funds from WW because of James setting him up with the loanshark. Dusty already knows about the fake treasure hunt, etc. Meg reminds Dusty how James has tormented Paul Paul's entire life, and says that they're going to lose everything unless Dusty helps them. Meg is swallowing all of her pride to ask this of Dusty. Dusty stands up and hugs Meg, saying, "Don't worry, I'll take care of you." While this is happening, Emily is standing and watching.  Dusty asks Meg to call him with the name and number of Paul's accountant. He's going to take care of everything. He only asks that Meg take care of herself and her baby. When Meg leaves, Emily walks up and tells Dusty that if he's thinking of doing what she thinks he is, he'd be making a big mistake. She tells him that if he goes through with this, it will backfire. On Meg. Dusty tells Emily that Meg needs to be taken care of, and Emily asks, "And does it have to be you?" Dusty says, "Yes, don't you know I have a savior comples?"  Back at Fairwinds, Meg isn't telling Paul that she spoke to Dusty, but instead is letting him believe that she's totally behind him not wanting the money. Lily's at home with Holden again, and he asks her if the reason she can't forive Lucinda this time is because of Dusty being involved. Lily says she doesn't know  and Holdens her she'd better figure it out. (ya think?) Where were Faith and Natalie while all that yelling was going on?  That Emily is just like fleas, you can't get rid of them easily! I hated seeing her at the reading of the will today!  What's your take on Brian? Homophobe at heart or not? If anybody should be able to identify with somebody seeing and talking to dead people, it should be Meg. Even James brought up Sofie today.
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| JuliaGRO | Oct 8 2008, 04:17 PM Post #2 |
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I really can't tell yet, but I liked what he said to Luke today. |
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| loves2turn | Oct 8 2008, 06:23 PM Post #3 |
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I liked what Brian said to Luke today, too. I've thought those same things myself many times. At first when he was hesitant about the gay film festival, I was a little leery, but I felt he explained himself well, and I also, after thinking about it, thought he was brave to be honest with Luke about his feelings, after the way Luke has responded to stuff like that in the past.
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| Judy | Oct 8 2008, 07:14 PM Post #4 |
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I liked what Brian said today too and only wish the writers would listen to themselves. Both Luke and Noah are so much more than 2 gay guys. Yes that is part of who they are and an important part but there is so much more to them yet all their stories only revolve around the fact they are gay. If the fact they are a gay couple was only part of their story, it seems like they could be doing so much more in Oakdale. Other couples have other stories that focus on things other then their relationships although not as often and the same thing should happen with Nuke. I can understand Lily's hurt in all of this but at the same time I think she is going overboard with Lucinda. I thought their scenes were good though. Again I really appreciated Lucinda. I loved the reading of the will and sorry James but even though you said there was no parachute, I think that was carefully chosen words and I don't believe this is the end. I was laughing at Emily calling Dusty on his savior complex and guess the writers have been listening ot the fans on that However I wish he would call Emily on what she is. In this case it's a gold digger So Emily gets jealous of seeing Dusty and Meg hugging and now she's going to mess everything up :rolleyes When did Paul use WW as collateral? I remember his using Babs as a cosigner but it seem to be that news about WW is new I'm not sure what to think about Brian. I sense there was a major rewrite on this story. I didn't like him initially and now I'm liking him. At the beginning I thought he was gay and in the closet. Now I don't think so and I think his interest in Lucinda may be real.
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| loves2turn | Oct 8 2008, 07:38 PM Post #5 |
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All I remember about Paul and WW is that he asked Lucinda for a loan and she turned him down. That's it as far as I know... That Emily is such a loser. I'd like to know where she even gets off being jealous of Dusty no matter what he's doing... after her history with him.
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| Suz | Oct 9 2008, 12:28 AM Post #6 |
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You know... when James was speaking directly to Paul & Dusty.... "Paul, settle down, and Dustin if you're there, wipe the smirk off your face".... when he was speaking those words, I couldn't help thinking that he was speaking live from a computer link... like an online conference call. If only he'd said, "what are you doing here Emily" hahahahahaha. James dead? Never! I loved all those scenes with Dusty, he was great. I've also been thinking about Brian after todays episode. Like someone else already said, I thought he was gay and deep in denial. Not sure what his motives are, but I don't buy him as Lucinda's side kick. |
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| DutchViewer | Oct 9 2008, 01:49 AM Post #7 |
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I didn't like what Brian said to Luke. Yes, they're more than just gay, but I don't see what the problem is with displaying the brochures at a gay film festival. Why would anyone think the foundation is political when one of the 100 places where they display the brochures is a gay film festival? I think it's wrong for a foundation to think about target investors. Anyone (gay, straight, bi, male, female, old, young) who's willing to give money should be their target. Luke and Noah are gay so it makes sense that some of their interests are gay related. Luke is Brian's boss and I think he was out of line when he assumed that being gay was the biggest hardship in Luke's life. To me it's obvious that Brian has some kind of problem with homosexuality, because first he didn't want Luke and Noah to 'advertize' their relationship and now he's against displaying brochures at a gay film festival... I'm not saying he's a homophobe, but they were hinting at something tragic that happened in Brian's past and I wonder if that is why he's acting this way. I just don't buy his "We don't want the foundation to be political" excuse.I'm glad Luke decided to do what he wants, because he has every right. |
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| loves2turn | Oct 9 2008, 07:16 AM Post #8 |
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It could be that Brian's just coming from an entirely different viewpoint, generational or something than Luke, or, as you said, some past experience. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. Regardless, I was glad that Luke said he was going to display the brochures anyway, after all it IS his project.
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| leisurequeen | Oct 9 2008, 07:49 AM Post #9 |
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When I heard James make reference to not having a parachute, I wondered how he would have known prior to his death that he might have "needed" a parachute. I'm beginning to think this video was made AFTER his supposed death as another mechanism to plant strife between Paul and Dusty. We'll have to wait and see about that, but I can't truly believe he's dead. Leisurequeen |
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| Judy | Oct 9 2008, 08:26 AM Post #10 |
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I still tend to believe that James isn't really dead. The parachute comment was strictly a nod to the past I think and he also said there were no tricks up his sleeve. I think since he had been poisoned, this could have been done ahead simply because he believed he was going to die of the poisoning. Of course n the end I do believe there was a trick up his sleeve as he will return at some point and i hope it's not just ghostly visits from now on. |
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| DutchViewer | Oct 9 2008, 08:57 AM Post #11 |
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I'm sure he isn't dead. I think Meg said something the other day about not knowing what they had done with the body or something. |
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| flashdance | Oct 9 2008, 10:06 AM Post #12 |
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I just watched TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY's episodes and ...... BRIAN...oversteps his boundaries of "controlling" The Luke Snyder Foundation WAY TOO MUCH for my taste. I cannot put my finger on it either...homophobe, closet case, stalker of Lucinda OR Luke or Noah. For BRIAN's age...it is tough for me to consider this a generational thing....because the generation that would want LUKE and NOAH to keep their gayness hidden should be 70+ years old. All I can say is that BRIAN has some hidden agenda or issue. The most INTERESTING MAGNET for me for the show at the moment is the STENBECK HISTORY BOOK. AND of ALL of the characters that should be attracted by a history book of the Stenbecks....it should be EMILY. THEN BARBARA. Then MARGO. This TUG OF WAR that JAMES created between PAUL and DUSTY is so weak to me. It is one thing for TPTB to use the HISTORY of JAMES STENBECK and the STENBECK LEGACY but then trying to merge REAL OAKDALE HISTORY with RE-WRITTEN HISTORY...tends to create a math problem where you try to add APPLES to ORANGES. With the soap being PLOT driven now, anyway....whatever the future holds for the STENBECK MEN could still be written WELL or just FALL FLAT. And being an HEIR to the STENBECK fortune...(if there truly is one)...PAUL has stated a million times in the past that he would NEVER want to use any of his father's blood money...even though the same fortune has pulled PAUL out of one or two messes. DUSTY is the same when it comes to the STENBECK FORTUNE. He does not want BUT in DUSTY fashion when he does stumble on some funds he does seem to just throw it all away. And the other DUSTY ISSUE...if he was scared enough to FAKE HIS DEATH due to CRAIG....then why is it that DUSTY's biggest PROBLEM HAS BEEN JAMES STENBECK? I still love LUCINDA and LUKE and NOAH....BRIAN is okay. ANY SNYDER is still fine with anything in my book. EMILY is still great. And DUSTY's return....he comes back from the dead and his life is still a boring repeat of when he left. DUSTY DOES HAVE the biggest CAJONES on the show and he needs to be let loose. WIMPY WHITE KNIGHT...this guy should be able to do anything and be anybody....good or bad.....but I am really ready for something alot BETTER than what has transpired so far. |
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| Judy | Oct 9 2008, 10:39 AM Post #13 |
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I wouldn't say Dusty was scared of Craig. He just didn't want Craig knowing he was going to look for Johnny and have Craig follow him. Dusty's plan was to find Johnny and take him someplace to live where Craig wouldn't find them and bother them. |
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| cycworker | Oct 9 2008, 11:04 PM Post #14 |
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I am starting to think you all could be right and James isn't really dead   I am so done with James. I want him to stay dead this time. I like him haunting Paul, but that is it. Oh... he can haunt Barbara, too. I am liking the payoff of this story and if they let James live, it ruins it. In retrospect, I could totally see James setting this up, and I can see him killing himself on purpose rather than dying via something slow like poison. If I actually cared about Brian, I could be intrigued and want to figure out what his angle is. But I don't, so I am not. I do love EH, and I think she and NB are working well; I think it is a good thing to have created an estrangment between Lily and Lucy right now. It will allow the actresses to reestablish the relationship characters; it was so identified with MB. I still like Beck in the role alot; more than I liked Martha Byrne. Doesn't make Holden and Lily any more interesting to me as a pair, though. In spite of myself I really like Emily and Dusty. Heck, I still like Emily in general, which I shouldn't, by rights. |
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