Patti

 but, of course, she is numb to the bone right now.  She buried her husband a year ago, practically to the day, and now she will be burying her first-born child, and I think that just hasn’t quite clearly entered her mind yet.  I loved that John hugged her and said "goodnight sweetheart" and telling Marlena he thought Sami was in trouble, and then that last scene with her sitting on the bed and the camera closing in on her gorgeous eyes just screamed total meltdown coming, and I expect we’ll see it very soon.

I also loved that line:  "don’t worry, daddy and I are here to keep the tigers away!"  OMG, that hit me hard as well.  My poor eyes…bloodshot once again today.  Beautiful work by BD and AS.

serious therapy.  The choices she has made for her life and how they turned out for her has to take its toll at some point.  Now she will have a child to care for.  I can see huge problems coming Abbey’s way when she finally realizes she has been living with, sleeping with, and making love to a psychopathic serial killer day after day after day, plus she believes she’s carrying his baby, and that will probably eventually be discovered as well.  It isn’t even about whether or not she is in denial over her deep feelings for Chad, but more about the life choices she has made for herself, especially where men are concerned, and will wind up blaming herself to a degree where she finally snaps at some point.  I mean let’s face it, mental illness does run in her family.  Even if her and Chad eventually get together, which is obviously where these writers are intending ‘Dear Abbey’s’ lovelife to go, I wish they wouldn’t have made her pregnant at this point.  Can you see the fight over this child between the DiMeras and the Hortons?  Abigail has always been a mess to me, and now she will have a child to consider.  Too bad for her, but ask me if I care!  LOL!  The answer is no, but I do not want to see another child growing up carrying the burdens and sins of their parents.  There must be a better way to put some of these younger characters on the right track, so perhaps the writers can begin with Abigail, because she’s going to need more than Jennifer and JJ telling her over and over and over again that "this was not your fault"!!!

 Hope having no problem shedding tears was when Zach died.  And I don’t think I’ll ever forget that scream.  The scene must have really affected Kristian.

 that Sami was in Chicago ready to come home for a visit, so that makes her time travel reasonable.  She probably drove there from the airport, but I don’t know how she could drive if Lucas told her Will was gone.  I think he just told her that something really bad happened and she needed to come home right away, so maybe she still doesn’t know that Will is dead.

 if for no other reason than to give John and Marlena the peace of mind he so deserves.  I just hope this is finally all going to come to fruition and we will finally know just who his parents are/were.  Everything about our show is thrilling me to the bone right now.  There’s a lot going on, but I’m absolutely loving it!!!

 I felt like my heart was ripping right out of my chest.  I cried like I’ve never cried over a soap before.  And they did it so well having practically everyone who loved Will being able to grieve together.  I don’t know why Gabi was left alone, perhaps because she just wanted to pick up Ari.  That little girl looking up into her mother’s face, not realizing what has really happened to her daddy but sensing her mommy was hurt and upset was just an amazing scene.  I’m so glad Abbey left that scum and went to her and Ari, with that lunatic staying behind still trying to convince Abbey that Chad did this horrible crime.  Marlena is simply the best crier in soaps, IMO.  She just had me weeping out loud, and so did Lucas.  Sami, at the end of the show, simply looked like she was in total shock; that it had not sunk in yet.  Hope, Vic, Maggie, Kayla, John, Steve, and yes, poor Sonny, having to get on a plane and come home after planning to get back to Will, was adding to the non-stop tears today.  Congratulations, DOOL!  You did an amazing job today.  If this is truly the beginning of the road ahead, I think I’ll just go out now and grab a carton of tissues, just to be on the safe side.

 just on the back-burner….for now!

disappointing, maybe.  I just don’t think it was anything near what I expected for the killing off of an iconic character who happens to be the first-born child of iconic parents, Lucas and Sami, and that was mainly because there were too many other insignificant scenes with other people’s sls included with Will’s murder.  I did think there were some very good scenes as far as production was concerned, like how the entire murder was seen, and not viewed after it happened, like Serena’s and Paige’s.  I loved that Ben’s face was exposed, and that his actions left no room for doubt, but I did not expect it to affect me as much as it did when Will was actually dying and trying to stop Ben from murdering him, and especially seeing Ben’s face through Will’s eyes and imagining his thoughts as his eyes stared straight into Ben’s and then seeing Will’s vision actually faded to black, indicating he was dead.  Reminded me a little like an Alfred Hitchcock production.  But I think the scene that affected me the most was when Ben actually closed Will’s eyes, so after thinking some more about the murder itself, I guess I think it was done well; it’s what happened after the murder that shocked and disappointed me.  However, all that being said, I even more excited to now sit back and watch the mayhem coming from everyone affected by this murder, which should be the whole damn town.  Sami and Sonny both return next week, so I’m expecting some pretty huge scenes.  I just hope everyone closely connected to Will has their time to share in it as well.  There should be an enormous amout of family togetherness acted out next week, Bradys and Hortons combined, and perhaps the following week as well.  Keep the Theresa/Kate/Nicole Basic Black bull*hit on the back burner, on low for now, and concentrate on the death of this legendary character and his family, which, if done right, could easily take a couple of weeks to get through.  That would be my hope, anyway!