Thorny's Quick Take for Friday

I just have to say, what a great show today!

We have Olivia and Natalia moving in together - with comedic results. Yeah, they clash!

Shayne seeks out Jeffrey to ask him to pull some strings to get him back to his old haunts. Jeffrey breaks down and tells Shayne he has to stay in SF because Reva has cancer. Reva enters the scene and then Shayne blasts her for not telling him the truth. He asks for some time alone with his mother. A great scene as they dicuss the new baby and whether Reva will abandon the new baby as a result of post pardum depression - the way she did with Shayne. Yikes! Reva says she will fight the cancer and the PPD this time. They eventually hash things out, and have a very tender moment. She invites him to dinner because she made meat loaf and mashed potatoes - which she says in her best "Peter Brady - pork chops and apple sauce" voice. Sadly, he tells her not to count on his coming, but he would try. She tells him, "too late...I always count on you."

Ava and Remy come face to face. Awkward tension, as Ava wants him back, but Remy is aloof...especially when Christina calls him and says she wants to delay the divorce. She begins to tell him of her scholarship condition which states that she needs to be married, but she can tell that Remy is distracted. They hang up. Ava wants Remy to go away with her.

Ava then goes to see Jeffrey. They have a nice reunion. Ava calls Olivia.

Back at the farm house, Olivia's new physical therapist just happens to be ... Christina. While Christina is upstairs, Ava enters. She has a warm reunion with Liv and Natalia. Nat takes Emma out shopping. Liv and Ava discuss Remy and his feelings for Ava and visa versa, while a shocked Christina eavesdrops. She overhears about Ava and Remy's planned trip. This was actually a good, old fashioned soap opera moment.

Christina leaves and bumps into Remy. When he tries to talk, she politely tells him that she is going to spend the holidays with a friend out of town. She wishes him a happy holiday and she says that she hopes he's happy. It's a pretty genuine scene.

Jeffrey comes home and is jolly as old Saint Nick. He tells Reva that Ava is back in town...and they both count their blessings.


**Monday: Bill accuses Alan of being Lizzie's real kidnapper.
Enjoy!


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