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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 410085" data-attributes="member: 27">I think the producers know that Jane Elliot is one of those actors who can elevate any material, and also can elevate any scene partner.&nbsp; They&#039;ve made an effort to have JE working with many actors whose characters would never have crossed paths with Tracy in the past.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m willing to bet all the cast members who care about honing their craft want to work with actors like JE whenever possible. If I am reading that series of scenes with JE, Josh Kelly and Sofia Mattson correctly, Tracy&#039;s beef with them is her personal opinion that Cody and Sasha are wasting time being servants at the Q mansion when they have potential to be so much more.&nbsp; Sasha, especially would appear to someone like Tracy to have something wrong with her--quitting a career as a nationally-known spokesperson/model to be a cook for the Q&#039;s.&nbsp; Tracy&#039;s rave reviews for Sasha&#039;s cooking leads me to think Tracy might &quot;urge&quot; Sasha to open her own restaurant or do something more impactful with her talent.&nbsp;&nbsp; Tracy has had scenes in the recent past with Gregory where she lamented not doing more with all the money, etc. that she has had all these years, so maybe she looks at talented young people like Sasha and Cody and doesn&#039;t want them to wake up thirty years from now and regret wasting their youth as Q servants.When Heather&#039;s blood work came back, Portia was the first person to review it.&nbsp; Later, we saw Ric and Liz wondering why the results were so different from the results that had been done by an independent lab.&nbsp; I think Portia tampered with the results hoping to shut down any hope of Heather being released.&nbsp; She likely does not (yet) realize that Ric had a second set of tests run by another lab.&nbsp; When she DOES find out, Liz, Terri, and others will be asking some very uncomfortable questions, and who can she shift the blame to?&nbsp; Why....Brad, of course.&nbsp; He has a long, storied history of messing with lab results he has access to.&nbsp; He also was BFF with Heather&#039;s final victim, Britt....so there&#039;s the motive.&nbsp; The question is whether this will kick off a plotline where Portia becomes a full-blown villain or if they will chicken out as they usually do.&nbsp; They&#039;ve tried to make her the bad guy in the Sprina pairing.&nbsp; They had her violate her Hippocratic Oath before (rousing that guy Esme poisoned from his medically-induced coma so he could testify in Trina&#039;s trial).&nbsp; I think they have nibbled around the edges of making her a full-blown villain already but they&#039;re just afraid to throw the switch.There wasn&#039;t.&nbsp; This sudden concern for Lulu is just another instance of the writers feeling the need to insert her into everyone else&#039;s stories.&nbsp; Maybe they were involved in each other&#039;s lives more when Julie Berman played the role, but Emme Rylan&#039;s tenure as Lulu was mostly Carly-free.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 410085, member: 27"] I think the producers know that Jane Elliot is one of those actors who can elevate any material, and also can elevate any scene partner. They've made an effort to have JE working with many actors whose characters would never have crossed paths with Tracy in the past. I'm willing to bet all the cast members who care about honing their craft want to work with actors like JE whenever possible. If I am reading that series of scenes with JE, Josh Kelly and Sofia Mattson correctly, Tracy's beef with them is her personal opinion that Cody and Sasha are wasting time being servants at the Q mansion when they have potential to be so much more. Sasha, especially would appear to someone like Tracy to have something wrong with her--quitting a career as a nationally-known spokesperson/model to be a cook for the Q's. Tracy's rave reviews for Sasha's cooking leads me to think Tracy might "urge" Sasha to open her own restaurant or do something more impactful with her talent. Tracy has had scenes in the recent past with Gregory where she lamented not doing more with all the money, etc. that she has had all these years, so maybe she looks at talented young people like Sasha and Cody and doesn't want them to wake up thirty years from now and regret wasting their youth as Q servants. When Heather's blood work came back, Portia was the first person to review it. Later, we saw Ric and Liz wondering why the results were so different from the results that had been done by an independent lab. I think Portia tampered with the results hoping to shut down any hope of Heather being released. She likely does not (yet) realize that Ric had a second set of tests run by another lab. When she DOES find out, Liz, Terri, and others will be asking some very uncomfortable questions, and who can she shift the blame to? Why....Brad, of course. He has a long, storied history of messing with lab results he has access to. He also was BFF with Heather's final victim, Britt....so there's the motive. The question is whether this will kick off a plotline where Portia becomes a full-blown villain or if they will chicken out as they usually do. They've tried to make her the bad guy in the Sprina pairing. They had her violate her Hippocratic Oath before (rousing that guy Esme poisoned from his medically-induced coma so he could testify in Trina's trial). I think they have nibbled around the edges of making her a full-blown villain already but they're just afraid to throw the switch. There wasn't. This sudden concern for Lulu is just another instance of the writers feeling the need to insert her into everyone else's stories. Maybe they were involved in each other's lives more when Julie Berman played the role, but Emme Rylan's tenure as Lulu was mostly Carly-free. [/QUOTE]

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