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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 105354" data-attributes="member: 27">Seeing that bizarre suit jacket Jeff wore for most of the episode, &quot;playing him straight&quot; was not the term I would have used.I think a better name for this episode would have been &quot;Suitable For Framing,&quot; seeing how they had not one but two people willingly inflict pain/death on themselves in order to make someone else look guilty of the &quot;crime&quot;.&nbsp; That prison guard sure did stab himself with gusto; Anders must have something good on that guy as well, because no amount of money would have made me do that to myself.&nbsp; As for poor, flat Ted...he was high as a kite, so his motivations are murky at best.&nbsp; Sam will at least get a vocabulary lesson: &quot;Can you say &#039;defenestration&#039;?&quot;&nbsp; I really liked how they managed to cook up some really good cliffhangers for the hiatus, but didn&#039;t toss them in just for the sake of it.&nbsp; I liked that Fallon did not go very long being played by Jeff/Monica.&nbsp; I liked the vibe between Cristal and her reporter-friend, even the kiss at the end.&nbsp; She&#039;s a complex woman and should not lose that complexity in order to become Mrs. Carrington Stepford Wife.&nbsp; Nothing else has to happen, of course, but what if it did?&nbsp; Now that Cesil is out, we will see what he&#039;s really about.&nbsp; Instead of relying on the versions of him related by Jeff and by Blake, we will see how he reacts to having his freedom.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always assumed the real story is somewhere in between, but there has to be some larger &quot;stake&quot; involved in this feud for Blake to go to so much trouble, and for Cesil to have allowed his son to carry this grudge on Cesil&#039;s behalf for so long---and especially for keeping the whole plan away from Monica until last week.&nbsp; I keep coming back to the idea that Monica is actually Blake&#039;s, but I don&#039;t want to keep repeating it so much that I start to accept it as a fact.&nbsp; Alexis was around when all this went down, so her input will likely solve a lot of the mystery.I wonder if Fallon will continue to play along with the &quot;engagement&quot; believing she can turn the tables on Jeff--by taking HIS fortune from HIM once they marry?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 105354, member: 27"] Seeing that bizarre suit jacket Jeff wore for most of the episode, "playing him straight" was not the term I would have used. I think a better name for this episode would have been "Suitable For Framing," seeing how they had not one but two people willingly inflict pain/death on themselves in order to make someone else look guilty of the "crime". That prison guard sure did stab himself with gusto; Anders must have something good on that guy as well, because no amount of money would have made me do that to myself. As for poor, flat Ted...he was high as a kite, so his motivations are murky at best. Sam will at least get a vocabulary lesson: "Can you say 'defenestration'?" I really liked how they managed to cook up some really good cliffhangers for the hiatus, but didn't toss them in just for the sake of it. I liked that Fallon did not go very long being played by Jeff/Monica. I liked the vibe between Cristal and her reporter-friend, even the kiss at the end. She's a complex woman and should not lose that complexity in order to become Mrs. Carrington Stepford Wife. Nothing else has to happen, of course, but what if it did? Now that Cesil is out, we will see what he's really about. Instead of relying on the versions of him related by Jeff and by Blake, we will see how he reacts to having his freedom. I've always assumed the real story is somewhere in between, but there has to be some larger "stake" involved in this feud for Blake to go to so much trouble, and for Cesil to have allowed his son to carry this grudge on Cesil's behalf for so long---and especially for keeping the whole plan away from Monica until last week. I keep coming back to the idea that Monica is actually Blake's, but I don't want to keep repeating it so much that I start to accept it as a fact. Alexis was around when all this went down, so her input will likely solve a lot of the mystery. I wonder if Fallon will continue to play along with the "engagement" believing she can turn the tables on Jeff--by taking HIS fortune from HIM once they marry? [/QUOTE]

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