OLTL Recaps Week of September 18, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
Cristian, sporting sunglasses at night à la Corey Hart, prepared to head into a press conference with Vince, Evangeline, Layla, and SOAP STAR Ted. Vince warned him about the “wolves” in the press (and the recapper took offense) as the gang tried to figure out how to convince everyone Cristian was drugged. “Let’s get this show started,” said a twitchy Vincent. A couple of adoring fans from Angel Square made Cris feel even worse about his “phantom punch” debacle. Cris fielded questions as Layla caught Vince and Ted having a shady chat nearby. “I don’t take falls!” Cristian cried when they showed the tape of Abbot’s punch not connecting. Vince “saved” Cristian from the wolves, blustering for the benefit of the cameras: “My fighter is neither desperate nor a criminal!” Cristian promised to make whoever had done this to him pay. Vangie and Layla thanked an even more twitchy Vince for coming to Cris’ defense.
“You are getting exactly what you deserve,” Blair told a delusional and jailed Dr. Evil, er, Spencer. “I didn’t lie about loving you,” Spencer defended, saying he wasn’t sorry for everything he’d done. “That’s so sweet,” Todd trilled, strolling up. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” he quipped, going all Ryan O’Neal. “Drop dead,” Spencer countered. Snark and threats ensued and seeds of doubt were sown. Posture, posture, shout, shout, etc. Then, Todd and Blair asked where Spencer’s son is. Spencer wasn’t in share mode, though. Good thing Blair had “three little words” for him: “rot in Hell.” Once she left, Spencer and Todd snarked some more. Evangeline calling Todd for help with the Cristian situation cut the death threats short. “Do you think it’s in poor taste to bring popcorn to an execution?” Todd wondered on his way out the door.
“Think, Natalie, think!” Natalie murmured, cramming for her forensics exam re-take. Out on the highway, John swerved, a bright light flashed and he found himself in a foggy graveyard, staring at his father’s headstone. The ghost of Thomas appeared soon after and John told him he wanted “some peace.” “I’ve always been a miserable son of a bitch, but maybe now it’s over,” he mused. (Hey! Don’t insult Mama McBain.) John and Ghost Dad waxed philosophical about John’s perpetual angst and John realized Thomas had been pointing at Spencer, not him, minutes before going into surgery all those years ago. Natalie had some Natalie/John flashbacks as John and Ghost Dad had some Spencer/Thomas/John/David ones (starring Paul Satterfield and two child actors. LOL!). John had flashbacks of some of his big mistakes as he and Ghost Dad discussed his demons and then John talked all about Natalie. “She just has one flaw: She has feelings for me,” he sighed, wryly. “I treated her like crap.” Cue the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of John/Natalie. (Who tells their dad about all the sex?) “Sounds like love to me,” concluded Thomas, urging him to commit to his gal. The McBains imagined his future with Natalie and two adorable kids playing pool. “That’s the life you deserve, Johnny.” More scenes proved that this is the John/Natalie retrospective “clip show.” John realized that true peace and happiness “comes from love.” As he imagined his future pool shark kids again, Ghost Dad accused, “You’re going to ask that girl to marry you, aren’t you?” Not so much, actually. Because, tragically, the horn of a truck blared and John’s entire life literally flashed before his eyes (Natalie, Evangeline, coloring in a coloring book, etc.) before he crashed!
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