Poor BB Luke - Today's Recap, 9/8/10
Jesus H.
I cannot make peace with this ending. I just can't. I watch and watch and wait for the acceptance to come, but it does not. Everyone today was talking about Reid, and I just kept thinking, Stop talking about him like he's not here! Except...yeah.
I'm in total denial, and I think I will be from now on. I'm really just watching this to finish out the show and see how awesome Van does with what he's been given. But nowhere in my mind, in my happy little chasm in the back of my brain, is Reid Oliver dead and gone forever. I just can't. I won't let him go, not when this is fiction with crap writing on top. I refuse to buy into this ending the writers have chosen for my beloved Luke. Refuse. And I'm pretty damn stubborn when I want to be, just ask my sis Honey. :-)
That said, today's episode is the first that has made me cry. And it was over the stupidest thing, and had nothing to do with Luke. When Margo was talking about making Katie a sandwich, and Katie said, "I kept telling him that if he ate like that he'd..." aaaaaaand I lost it. Tears. I leaked them. Sorry Reid. Couldn't help myself.
I have to say, Van was fricking amazing in every scene he was in. I'm not sure why Luke hasn't flipped his shit yet - 'cause Lord knows I'd be screaming and crying and just be a big hot mess right about now - but I suppose that's coming. Probably tomorrow, when he has Noah's shoulder to lean on.
It's like the writers were purposely trying to see how much pain they could put Luke through with this. Bad breakup with Noah, rocky first meeting with Reid, drama with Mona Cross et al, Noah doesn't want to be friends, Luke tells Reid he loves him and Reid says it back then gets hit by a fricken train, Reid dies basically in as much of Luke's embrace as he could give him, Luke has to make the decision to give parts of Reid away to other people, then he's at the hospital all alone, Chris goes on and on about Reid (although he didn't know, and wasn't trying to be mean), and then the d-bag from the funeral home does f*ck all to help Luke with the funeral arrangements. Hey, why don't the writers have Luke contract another kidney infection, and then maybe they can run him over with a truck a few times? Or maybe they can kill a few more people Luke cares about. Seeing as they're already on a roll and all...
Seriously, show. Seriously.
Also, I have noticed a pattern. Brad moves into the house with Katie. He dies. Then Reid moves into the house with Katie. He dies. Hmm. WHY, I THINK CHRIS SHOULD MOVE RIGHT ON IN! Bitter, thy name is G.
At least Bob and John remembered who Reid was today. Sheesh. But still, too little too late. Kim was wonderful with Luke, and I'm grateful for that.
And Lucinda, wtf? "Let's all go help Luke!" And then she runs away from the family. Wut!
I liked Uncle Angus. I guess we see where Reid got his personality from. :-) I miss that super snarky attitude of his. Wish it was still on the show. But when did we ever learn that Reid's parents were dead? This was never mentioned, and yet Luke somehow already knew it. Oh, Offscreen Land, how I wish you weren't y'know...offscreen.
Also, the detective dude that Lily and Holden hired? LULZ. "Angus lives in Brooklyn. Some town called Midwood. Where the ATWT studios are." LAME! Gee show, way to be creative. Oh, wait...this is pretty standard for you, isn't it? Sigh.
I liked Katie today, too, but only before she started crying about stupid Chris and all her stupid "what ifs". THE MAN IS STILL ALIVE. BE GRATEFUL, YOU NITWIT. But other than that, I loved how she talked about Reid and how he had started to open up, and how she couldn't help but love him. I feel the same way, Katie...I feel the same way. Couldn't help but love him, snark, sandwiches, and all. ♥
Lily was my hero for the ep, though. Yeah, we didn't see much of her actually seeing Luke and Reid together, but she was so supportive and wonderful that I didn't care. I loved when she yelled at Lucinda about whether she could bring Reid back for Luke, because that's the only thing that could help him right now. Love. I'm so glad that Lily recognized her son's feelings and was able to put him before her own. ♥ And the fact that she cried whenever Luke did? Yeah. Lily was my hero today. Luke and Lily BFFLs. ♥
I'm also glad Noah is going to be there for Luke. I think Luke needs him. There's a level of comfort with Noah that Luke needs right now to feel safe and loved and cared for. Someone needs to fricking take care of Luke before he drives himself into the ground. Please, Noah...help him. Take care of him like I know you will.
Sigh. I'm sad. This is not what I would have picked for the end.
~G
I cannot make peace with this ending. I just can't. I watch and watch and wait for the acceptance to come, but it does not. Everyone today was talking about Reid, and I just kept thinking, Stop talking about him like he's not here! Except...yeah.
I'm in total denial, and I think I will be from now on. I'm really just watching this to finish out the show and see how awesome Van does with what he's been given. But nowhere in my mind, in my happy little chasm in the back of my brain, is Reid Oliver dead and gone forever. I just can't. I won't let him go, not when this is fiction with crap writing on top. I refuse to buy into this ending the writers have chosen for my beloved Luke. Refuse. And I'm pretty damn stubborn when I want to be, just ask my sis Honey. :-)
That said, today's episode is the first that has made me cry. And it was over the stupidest thing, and had nothing to do with Luke. When Margo was talking about making Katie a sandwich, and Katie said, "I kept telling him that if he ate like that he'd..." aaaaaaand I lost it. Tears. I leaked them. Sorry Reid. Couldn't help myself.
I have to say, Van was fricking amazing in every scene he was in. I'm not sure why Luke hasn't flipped his shit yet - 'cause Lord knows I'd be screaming and crying and just be a big hot mess right about now - but I suppose that's coming. Probably tomorrow, when he has Noah's shoulder to lean on.
It's like the writers were purposely trying to see how much pain they could put Luke through with this. Bad breakup with Noah, rocky first meeting with Reid, drama with Mona Cross et al, Noah doesn't want to be friends, Luke tells Reid he loves him and Reid says it back then gets hit by a fricken train, Reid dies basically in as much of Luke's embrace as he could give him, Luke has to make the decision to give parts of Reid away to other people, then he's at the hospital all alone, Chris goes on and on about Reid (although he didn't know, and wasn't trying to be mean), and then the d-bag from the funeral home does f*ck all to help Luke with the funeral arrangements. Hey, why don't the writers have Luke contract another kidney infection, and then maybe they can run him over with a truck a few times? Or maybe they can kill a few more people Luke cares about. Seeing as they're already on a roll and all...
Seriously, show. Seriously.
Also, I have noticed a pattern. Brad moves into the house with Katie. He dies. Then Reid moves into the house with Katie. He dies. Hmm. WHY, I THINK CHRIS SHOULD MOVE RIGHT ON IN! Bitter, thy name is G.
At least Bob and John remembered who Reid was today. Sheesh. But still, too little too late. Kim was wonderful with Luke, and I'm grateful for that.
And Lucinda, wtf? "Let's all go help Luke!" And then she runs away from the family. Wut!
I liked Uncle Angus. I guess we see where Reid got his personality from. :-) I miss that super snarky attitude of his. Wish it was still on the show. But when did we ever learn that Reid's parents were dead? This was never mentioned, and yet Luke somehow already knew it. Oh, Offscreen Land, how I wish you weren't y'know...offscreen.
Also, the detective dude that Lily and Holden hired? LULZ. "Angus lives in Brooklyn. Some town called Midwood. Where the ATWT studios are." LAME! Gee show, way to be creative. Oh, wait...this is pretty standard for you, isn't it? Sigh.
I liked Katie today, too, but only before she started crying about stupid Chris and all her stupid "what ifs". THE MAN IS STILL ALIVE. BE GRATEFUL, YOU NITWIT. But other than that, I loved how she talked about Reid and how he had started to open up, and how she couldn't help but love him. I feel the same way, Katie...I feel the same way. Couldn't help but love him, snark, sandwiches, and all. ♥
Lily was my hero for the ep, though. Yeah, we didn't see much of her actually seeing Luke and Reid together, but she was so supportive and wonderful that I didn't care. I loved when she yelled at Lucinda about whether she could bring Reid back for Luke, because that's the only thing that could help him right now. Love. I'm so glad that Lily recognized her son's feelings and was able to put him before her own. ♥ And the fact that she cried whenever Luke did? Yeah. Lily was my hero today. Luke and Lily BFFLs. ♥
I'm also glad Noah is going to be there for Luke. I think Luke needs him. There's a level of comfort with Noah that Luke needs right now to feel safe and loved and cared for. Someone needs to fricking take care of Luke before he drives himself into the ground. Please, Noah...help him. Take care of him like I know you will.
Sigh. I'm sad. This is not what I would have picked for the end.
~G