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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 171033" data-attributes="member: 27">What I noticed most about this mid-season finale is TP&#039;s over-reliance on violence for plot movement.&nbsp; There&#039;s always been more of it than your average soap, but in two episodes we had a violent prison rape; attempted murder via drowning; a double (seeming) homicide involving a child killing his parents; the (seeming) killing of that child by the cops; the ordering of a &#039;hit&#039; on David and Jeffery, as well as their retaliation/self-defense...all while the &#039;hits&#039; on Wyatt and Benny hanging over their heads until the last few minutes.&nbsp; I lived in Savannah for forty years and I had no idea the Hired Goon industry was so strong in that town.I&#039;d like to think the shootings at the Cryer mansion are a dream, but TP typically goes more for &#039;mis-direction&#039; than outright dream sequences.&nbsp; It would be easily explainable that Wyatt managed to wound but not kill his parents, that the inexplicably quick arrival of the police* will work in their favor as they get taken to the hospital...and that the police intentionally shot to wound/disarm Wyatt rather than outright kill him.&nbsp; Wyatt&#039;s shotgun was old and un-used for a long time, so it&#039;s aim might be lousy, and of course he was stoned at the time.&nbsp; Frankly I would not be too saddened if they did kill off Wyatt, since he hasn&#039;t been an important player in the show for several seasons...though it would be interesting if they could re-hab his character the way they did with Candace (which was overdue, if you ask me).As much as I hated the whole &quot;President Elect&quot; storyline, they managed to achieve some story goals through it.&nbsp; The fallout got Candace to declare a truce with Hanna, and Jim will likely get the Attorney General to drop his and Kathryn&#039;s case in exchange for info on Candace&#039;s activities.&nbsp; With Candace getting dumped that way, it allows them to write off Charles (and probably Landon) and focus on Savannah again, and gives the writers the chance to wipe the slate clean with respect to all the past crimes that hang over the heads of the Cryers and Harringtons.&nbsp; It&#039;s been eight seasons and they still had that whole &quot;Wyatt ran over that little girl&quot; story from season one hanging over them; a better-written soap would have solved that issue within a year.When Kathryn secretly moved Roderick into Wyatt&#039;s old apartment, I was convinced the Malones (who had a hit out on Wyatt) would mistake Roderick for Wyatt and gun him down in the apartment.&nbsp; It would be a mistaken-identity murder similar to what happened to Maggie Day, and hopefully rid us of the whole Artesian Hotel storyline.&nbsp; Alas, my hunch was wrong; there apparently won&#039;t be a hit on Wyatt thanks to Mitch&#039;s fancy footwork.&nbsp; Then again, Wyatt got gunned down anyway.<img src="http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/scared/scared0011.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yikey:" title="Yikey&nbsp; &nbsp; :yikey:" data-shortname=":yikey:" />I was glad to see they remembered Mitch, and they seem to be guiding him toward becoming a more &#039;gray&#039; character.&nbsp; The actor is very charismatic and waving around bundles of money doesn&#039;t hurt his attractiveness at all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> He&#039;s certainly more watchable than Benny, who becomes more two-dimensional every year.When Kathryn finally got Derek on the phone, I could swear that wasn&#039;t the voice of the actor who originally played him.&nbsp; This, along with his &quot;drop off the face of the earth&quot; this past nine episodes tells me they must be recasting the part.&nbsp; I half-expected Derek to blow his brains out mid-call with Kathryn, given the orgy of violence the past few episodes have been.* I&#039;m thinking the police were already on their way out there in connection with the grand jury&#039;s indictment of the Cryers and the Harringtons.&nbsp; Why else would George, the District Attorney (not a police officer) be along for the ride?&nbsp; He has been obsessed with &quot;getting&quot; Jim Cryer for so long that he&#039;d want to be on hand when they were arrested.&nbsp; They were actually indicted two days before (HAHN-time) and I had wondered why the police had not taken them all in within the hour.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 171033, member: 27"] What I noticed most about this mid-season finale is TP's over-reliance on violence for plot movement. There's always been more of it than your average soap, but in two episodes we had a violent prison rape; attempted murder via drowning; a double (seeming) homicide involving a child killing his parents; the (seeming) killing of that child by the cops; the ordering of a 'hit' on David and Jeffery, as well as their retaliation/self-defense...all while the 'hits' on Wyatt and Benny hanging over their heads until the last few minutes. I lived in Savannah for forty years and I had no idea the Hired Goon industry was so strong in that town. I'd like to think the shootings at the Cryer mansion are a dream, but TP typically goes more for 'mis-direction' than outright dream sequences. It would be easily explainable that Wyatt managed to wound but not kill his parents, that the inexplicably quick arrival of the police* will work in their favor as they get taken to the hospital...and that the police intentionally shot to wound/disarm Wyatt rather than outright kill him. Wyatt's shotgun was old and un-used for a long time, so it's aim might be lousy, and of course he was stoned at the time. Frankly I would not be too saddened if they did kill off Wyatt, since he hasn't been an important player in the show for several seasons...though it would be interesting if they could re-hab his character the way they did with Candace (which was overdue, if you ask me). As much as I hated the whole "President Elect" storyline, they managed to achieve some story goals through it. The fallout got Candace to declare a truce with Hanna, and Jim will likely get the Attorney General to drop his and Kathryn's case in exchange for info on Candace's activities. With Candace getting dumped that way, it allows them to write off Charles (and probably Landon) and focus on Savannah again, and gives the writers the chance to wipe the slate clean with respect to all the past crimes that hang over the heads of the Cryers and Harringtons. It's been eight seasons and they still had that whole "Wyatt ran over that little girl" story from season one hanging over them; a better-written soap would have solved that issue within a year. When Kathryn secretly moved Roderick into Wyatt's old apartment, I was convinced the Malones (who had a hit out on Wyatt) would mistake Roderick for Wyatt and gun him down in the apartment. It would be a mistaken-identity murder similar to what happened to Maggie Day, and hopefully rid us of the whole Artesian Hotel storyline. Alas, my hunch was wrong; there apparently won't be a hit on Wyatt thanks to Mitch's fancy footwork. Then again, Wyatt got gunned down anyway.:yikey: I was glad to see they remembered Mitch, and they seem to be guiding him toward becoming a more 'gray' character. The actor is very charismatic and waving around bundles of money doesn't hurt his attractiveness at all. :D He's certainly more watchable than Benny, who becomes more two-dimensional every year. When Kathryn finally got Derek on the phone, I could swear that wasn't the voice of the actor who originally played him. This, along with his "drop off the face of the earth" this past nine episodes tells me they must be recasting the part. I half-expected Derek to blow his brains out mid-call with Kathryn, given the orgy of violence the past few episodes have been. * I'm thinking the police were already on their way out there in connection with the grand jury's indictment of the Cryers and the Harringtons. Why else would George, the District Attorney (not a police officer) be along for the ride? He has been obsessed with "getting" Jim Cryer for so long that he'd want to be on hand when they were arrested. They were actually indicted two days before (HAHN-time) and I had wondered why the police had not taken them all in within the hour. [/QUOTE]

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