Rylee Promo

A show of hands who saw the Greenlee being saved by Ryan promo only for him to get his memory back. First I want to say that I thought Kendall was all he remembered…so now it’s Greenlee and will it be Annie again? Second thing I want to say is didn’t Maria go from amnesiac Maureen Gorman to Dr. Maria Santos Grey from her water trauma with Maddie? Are you sure McT isn’t still writing this show?

Greenlee seems to be the sun and them men of Pine Valley just gravitate toward her. Is this because at first Rebecca and Aiden had no chemistry? But now they have some chemistry…go figure! Is it that Rebecca just can’t jump into an on screen romance with just anyone it has to be someone she knows?

Anyway…Ryan and Greenlee had their chance as far as I’m concerned. What this really is, is the lack of direction for the characters of Ryan and Greenlee. Greenlee mostly because she was billed as the second coming of Christ. What you don’t remember the endless “The REAL Greenlee is back”?! Ryan’s character is on s/l burn out. Kendall and Zach have managed to skirt this issue because 1) they have amazing chemistry 2) Zach (Thorsten’s portrayal) understands the whys of Kendall and her insanities 3) They have a pool of people to bring them storylines.

Now let us examine Ryan and Greenlee. Ryan’s family is almost all but gone. Other than Emma and Spike everyone is dead. So you say, well the same thing goes for Zach? True but the difference is during Ryan’s self righteous phase all the bridges were burned. And the people he was most connected to (The Grey/Marick’s) are dead or gone. Zach is tied to the Kane’s and his “adoptive” mother Myrtle. His niece Miranda is related to him by his brother and his wife. His children with Kendall link him to not only the Kane’s but the Martin’s (Josh). I say Zach’s children because he’s way better at it than Ryan who is written to be absorbed with himself instead of those around him.

Part of this is acting style. Cam’s acting style is over the top a bit. Thorsten’s style is to make Zach the brooding loner type. It works for the character. I’m not trying to dump on Cam but he needs to take Ryan’s reactions down a notch because sometimes in the scene a sublte reaction is better than an over the top one.  Aiden’s depiction of, well, Aidan is also quiet and steadfast.  I will never forget his crying over Greenlee who had flat lined.  Aiden Turner should so get an Emmy Nomination next year!

So in short I’m looking for Greenlee and Aidan to hook back up now that they have some chemistry and Ryan…well he needs a whole makeover. Maybe with the new character Taylor coming on board (Beth Elhers) something fresh might come out of it.

I’m bummed because I see so many positive changes on the show with the writing, story content not to mention the actors and basically the ratings are flat from years of abusing the viewers.  To bad because it’s really worth watching these days.

Here Endth My Rant!