This has been the continual mantra of Greenlee Smythe. She’s more Erica than any of Erica’s daughters. Greenlee feels betrayed by Aidan so her first reaction is to Kiss Zach for revenge. Once Zach explained he still loved Kendall despite her betrayal she moved on to Ryan. She’s been leading Aidan around by the nose and now she’s invited her ex-lover Jake Martin to live with her.
This is truly in the vein of the character but my frustration comes from the fact that the characters on AMC never seem to grow up or evolve. Well with the exception of Kendall, well sort of. Greenlee did this same maneuver back in 2001 when Leo and she broke up and then he married Laura (whom he thought was about to die). When Leo admitted to himself that he didn’t love Laura, he got a divorce and headed back to Greenleeville. Greenlee had hooked on to Jake on several occasions but never giving up her love for Leo. Thus Jake was always the second fiddle to Greenlee’s true hearts desire.
When does Greenlee get to be in control of her life. Kendall’s semi there. They had the character repeat her track record with sleeping with Aidan (which made no sense with Kendall’s deep love for Zach). But regardless Kendall was devoted to saving her marriage and her friendship with Greenlee.
Erica is another person who hasn’t really evolved. Just for fun I’d like to hear Spike blurt out “Hi Nana”! Yeah that will never happen. If I were writing Erica’s involvement with her grandkids I’d have them call her Erica. It’s not that strange. My cousin’s grandkids call him Bob instead of Grandpa. It’s Grandmom and Bob. It works on many levels.
I wrote in my Emmy post that I didn’t think it was fair that Tony Geary wins all the time and now I’ll tell you why.
Tony is off the canvas for 26 weeks a year. That means that unlike the rest of the cast the storyline is written exclusively tailored to Luke’s exits and entrances. Translation he gets the best writing and doesn’t get mired in crappy writing/storylines. See how this isn’t fair. At least this is how I see it from my recliner.
Here Endth My Rant!
