All My Children: Is Di really Dixie, or Dixie-lite? Did David screw up in reverse? Why has everyone accepted this woman’s story just because she says she is who she is? Why does anyone in Pine Valley believe a DNA test any more, when it seems everyone has access to the lab to interfere with the results? Why do we care whether this woman is Dixie? Does anyone else find her voice irritating? I do not like this storyline. Please wrap this up quickly and let that woman and her grating voice disappear back into the mists.

On the other hand…. Ok, I’m stumped. Are they any other storylines on AMC this summer we should care about? Only if you’re interested in teen hormones run amok or husbands and wives having communication problems. It’s as if the writers used up all their juice with the baby-switching story line and aren’t sure what to do next.

One Life To Live: Then there’s the little soap that could. Always the step-child to AMC and GH, OLTL is growing into its own. They are moving back to the core family relationships that are most successful in daytime drama, with enough mystery and adventure to keep things rolling. Who is the Killing Club killer? Are there 2 serial killers out there, the KC killer and a copycat? And Carlo Hesser is back on the canvas, even if for a little bit, and how great is that! What is Spencer Truman’s secret, because we know there’s more to the story than just being David Vicker’s brother. Is Jessica really suffering from DID, or does the girl just want to have fun? When is nasty little Margaret going to drop back into Todd and Blair’s life?

We have romance, too, to look forward to. Kelly and David are moving closer to reconciliation, Dorian and David are getting hitched (this ought to be good), and word is Clint will return to Llanview to be with Vicki at her time of need. For comic relief, we have Rex, who may turn his grief over Jen’s murder into action by becoming a police officer. John-Paul Lavoisier may be the Tony Geary of his generation. Can I just say I’ve also had enough of Marcie’s whiny voice? It too grates on my nerves.

General Hospital: There’s a hurricane a’coming, and it’s supposed to impact many lives in Port Charles. Meanwhile, I’m enjoying Luke and Tracy’s marriage (who’da thunk Tracy had a heart in there, the way she defended Bobby to John Durant). Every show needs some kind of comic relief (something the AMC writers need to realize), something we can depend upon from Tony Geary and Jane Elliott. I can’t wait to see the fallout when Reese finally reveals her secret to Carly, and am willing to bet Carly will gain mature insight and Reese will implode. Will Sonny banish Reese from his life, or does he have a crush? Will Carly realize her future lies with Lorenzo and be able to resist the urge to try and reconcile with Sonny for the upteenth time? Did Michael really kill AJ? Is his friend Jodie real or imagined?

I’m bored already with the ‘teen summer story lines’. Maxie is back in town for 2 seconds, almost needs a heart transplant, and suddenly leaves town with a runaway undercover cop she met 1 second ago? I think the writers are trying to make this storyline an updated ‘Luke and Laura in Grovers Corners’, and there is no way it will work. We haven’t known these characters long enough to care about them. All the other teen angst going on? Feh, don’t care.

Obviously I think too much about this. Or have obviously consumed too much caffiene today. Must. Take. A. Deep. Breath.

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