October 31, 2008

10/30 Screencaps

Credit goes to me. Again, there are only seven of them.







10/27 Screencaps

Credit goes to me. There are only seven of them.







10/24 Screencaps

Credit goes to me. There are only five of them.





10/30 Transcript (Take 2 Only)

Credit goes to TV MegaSite again.

Jake: Well...

Taylor: What do you want?

Jake: To say hello. Can't a guy just come and say hello?

Taylor: I'm never going to walk again, am I? So why don't you stop wasting my time and yours pretending that I am.

Jake: This is what they teach you in the army, how to give up the minute things get tough, huh?

Taylor: Shut up.

Jake: Can you make me?


Taylor: What do you want from me?

Jake: What do I want? I want you to fight. I want you to fight. The Taylor I know would not just roll over. The Taylor I know would do whatever it takes to get up and walk out of this room.

Taylor: Don't you get it? There's nothing left to fight for. Jake, my career is over, Brot is dead --

Jake: But you're not.

Taylor: But I may as well be.

10/30 ~ Frustration

Taylor lets out a lot of anger towards all who visit her, including Jake. She is afraid of being paralyzed permanently. Jake deals with Zach and Joe over the Kendall situation.

Credit goes to RyleefanAMC again


10/27 Transcript (Take 2 Only)

Just the Jake and Taylor scene with Frankie when Taylor wakes up. Credit goes to TV MegaSite again.

Frankie: Back's not broken.

Jake: Yeah, but there's injury to the spine.

Frankie: What are you thinking?

Jake: Well, we won't know till we test her.

Frankie: Thanks, sir.

Jake: Welcome. Hi.

Taylor: My two favorite doctors. Don't ask me to pick my favorite. I won't be able to do it.

Jake: I just want to say that was a hell of a cartwheel you did. Sign you up for the circus. I've never seen you head over heels about anything.

Frankie: All right.

[Taylor chuckles]

Frankie: Feel this?

Taylor: Yes. I am never fighting your battles for you ever again.

Jake: Did I ask you to help me? I did not.

[Taylor chuckles]

Frankie: What about this?

Taylor: Yes. Clearly, you needed backup, clearly.

Jake: All right, I'm sorry.

[Taylor chuckles]

Frankie: Feel this?

Taylor: Yeah, I can feel the whole arm. Don't apologize to me. It's not necessary. Actually, it's my fault. My foot just gave out and I just -- I went down. But since you're here and you are looking me in the eyes, admit it, you needed my help.

Jake: Well, hmm --

[Taylor chuckles]

Jake: Maybe a little -- no, not at all. I can take care of myself.

Taylor: Take care of yourself. How could I forget? The bra in your living room is evidence that you're very --

Jake: All righty, then. Don't --

[Jake chuckles]

Frankie: Feel this?

Taylor: This what?

Frankie: Do you -- do you feel this?

Taylor: No. What's wrong with me?

Frankie: It -- it's, uh, typical for this kind of injury.

Jake: You know, it's probably just temporary.

Taylor: Please, guys, drop the pretense. What the hell happened to me? Why can't I feel my foot?

Frankie: Here, here, and here you feel nothing, correct?

Taylor: Oh, damn.

Jake: Listen. It's trauma due to the fall. You have swelling around the spine.

Taylor: Swelling around the spine? That sounds bad.

Frankie: Well, in most cases, the feeling returns once the swelling subsides.

Taylor: Most cases.

Frankie: Yeah. With a little luck, we'll reduce the swelling and take it from there.

Taylor: Well, you're talking to the right girl. I'm -- I'm lucky. I'm feeling the luck already.

Jake: Look, I'm going to check on a couple of other patients, but I'm going to stick my head in and see you, ok?

Taylor: You don't have a rabbit's foot, do you, Jake?

10/24 Transcript (Take 2 Only)

These scenes are the ones relevant to Jake & Taylor leading up to Taylor's fall. Credit goes to TV MegaSite again.

Taylor: Hey.

Jake: Hey.

Taylor: Let there be light, huh? Jesse Hubbard and I just got the generator up and purring. That's pretty impressive, huh?

Jake: Very impressive. You guys helped save some lives today.

Taylor: Yeah. I was just on my way to get fitted for my -- my cape and some tights. What's going on with you?

Jake: Just spent some time digging around in Kendall Slater's brain, is all.

Taylor: I'm sorry. Will she be all right?

Jake: She's alive.

Taylor: Well, thank God for you then, huh? I'm sure you did everything you could.

Jake: When the tornado hit and the lights went out, I -- I felt like I was back in Africa there for a second, working without a net and no rules, no backup. I -- I forgot where I was just for a moment, you know, and I just pushed forward, determined to do the impossible, I guess, save a life, with all the odds stacked against me. Ahem.

Taylor: And you did. You saved her life.

Jake: She had a seizure. She's unresponsive.


Taylor: I sure could use some coffee. I think you could, too. Don't go anywhere. I'll be right back. Hi, Dr. Martin.

Joe: Hello, Taylor.

Joe: Jake. I spoke to the anesthesiologist and the rest of the surgical team. What were you thinking, continuing the operation with the power out?

Jake: I was trying to save her life. Dad, she seized. That has nothing to do with the power going out.

Joe: Yeah, well, it doesn't matter. You didn't follow procedure. You took excess risk continuing under the circumstances. You made a mistake, son.


Zach: A mistake? I'd say you guys sure made a mistake. Huh?

Jake: I did everything I could to help her.

Zach: Help her? It's nothing to do with Kendall. It's all about you. Hot-shot doctor tries to pull off miracles. Only this time it didn't work, and Kendall had to pay the price.

Joe: All right, enough, Zach, enough.

Jake: Excuse me.

Zach: I'm talking to you.

[Taylor screams as she falls down the stairs]

October 30, 2008

Updated Opening Credits ~ 10/29

The significant change is that David is before Taylor, and Taylor is before Jake.

Credit goes to ABCSoapFan88


10/27 ~ Paralyzed

That says it all. Our Taylor is paralyzed from the waist down, and all there is is hope that it's only temporary. I also hope this means that Jake & Taylor's story is more frontburner.

Credit goes to RyleefanAMC again.


October 27, 2008

Ricky At Casino Event!

Ricky attended ABC's Casino Night on October 23. There are numerous photos of him and various AMC & OLTL cast members here: DigitalRailroad.net





10/24 ~ Stairwell

There were a few quick but good Jake/Taylor scenes before the major tragedy of Taylor falling down the stairs. Zach overheard Joe tell Jake that Jake made a mistake in operating on Kendall while the power was out. Zach confronted Jake, and held him against a wall. Taylor showed up suddenly, and Zach accidentally pushed her down the steps. I know from spoilers that this injury will be VERY bad.

Credit goes to kld0096 on YouTube. Also in this clip are Jake telling everyone Kendall's condition and Zach, Greenlee, & Bianca talking to Joe about it.

October 16, 2008

CAPTION THIS ~ 10/15


Jake: You're happy. I like it. You're very pretty when you're happy.


Taylor: And here I thought I was pretty all the time.

10/15 Screencaps

Credit goes to me! View them all here: http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMB19/JakeTaylorFall08#




10/15 Transcript

Credit goes to TV MegaSite.

Jake: What's up?

Frankie: What's up, man?

Jake: Hey.

Tad: Go away.

Jake: No, what are you doing? Stealing from your wife's restaurant again?

Tad: Oh, what fun it is to laugh, but no, I'm giving Krystal a hand. The poor woman would probably be lost without me.

Jake: You can't stay at home because you're little remote control's broken on that little car of yours that goes around.

Tad: The second time this month.

Jake: You're kidding.

Tad: No. On the other hand, the good news is, it looks like your new toy is doing just fine.

Amanda: Ah, hey, boyfriend.

Jake: Hey.

Amanda: Can I call you that? We haven't had the talk yet.

Jake: Mmm, have you been up all night or something?

Amanda: Uh, celebrating "Bella's" demise and, uh, my bank account deserves a couple of cocktails now.

Jake: Hmm, coffee and water. We need both. Start with this, here.

Tad: Uh, incoming.

Taylor: Hey.

Frankie: Hey.

Taylor: It happened. I got my papers. I'm going back.

Amanda: Now there's something to celebrate.

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Amanda: Oh, sorry.

[Amanda laughs]

Amanda: That wasn't a person.

Jake: So, you're going?

Taylor: So you heard.

Jake: I think the whole bar heard, pretty much. Congratulations.

Taylor: Thanks.

Jake: It happened pretty quick.

Taylor: That did not happen quickly and you know it.

Jake: No?

Taylor: Hey, my plantar's healed and my shrink says I can go. So nothing's holding me back now. Hey, Amanda, thank you so much for letting me stay with you.

Amanda: No problem. I'd -- I'd say I'm sorry to see you go, but it'd be a total lie.

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Amanda: Sorry if I offended you.

Taylor: It's okay.

Jake: She's been up all night --

Amanda: Well, anyway, it's better that you leave, right? I mean, you never really fit in here with your army talk and your tough girl attitude.

Jake: All right, why don't you just stop it? Stop it, okay, with the insults.

Amanda: What? It's true. Oh, come on. It's not like I didn't bend over backwards to make her feel welcome. I took her in, I dressed her up.

Randi: Are you okay?

Amanda: No.

Randi: I'm going to take her to the bathroom. Come on.

Jake: Go to the bathroom. She might have had a little too much to drink. Sorry.

Frankie: Might have?

Taylor: She's right, I didn't belong here.

Jake: So, uh, what about after the war? Where are you going to belong then?

Taylor: I don't know. I guess we'll see.

[Phone rings]

Frankie: Oh, hospital. Excuse me.

Taylor: Well, you were just a monumental pain in the ass.

Jake: Thank you.

Taylor: But I'll miss you.

Jake: I'll miss you, too.

Taylor: You know, Jake --

Jake: I wanted to say -- I'm sorry. No, go ahead.

Taylor: You go.

Jake: I just wanted to say I'm sorry, you know, if I -- if I made it difficult or I made you talk about anything that you didn't want to talk about. I'm sorry. I didn't -- I don't know why I did that. I don't know why.

Taylor: Sure you do.

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Jake: Hey, how's she doing?

Amanda: She is right here, and she feels like crap. I need to go home.

Randi: Oh, I can take her.

Jake: No, no, no. Why, so you can miss the breakfast with Frankie's parents? I know what's going on. No, I got time before my shift. Come on. Let's go.

Taylor: I'll help.

Jake: Really?

Taylor: I don't have anything else to do. Come on.

Amanda: You're going to throw me overboard, aren't you?

Taylor: That is not a bad idea. Just don't puke on me. I got her.

Jake: There won't be any puking.

Taylor: Do we need to make -- I think we need to make another pit stop -- whoa.

Jake: Take her to the bathroom.

Taylor: Go to the bathroom.

Jake: Going back to the bathroom.

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Jake: Why are you being so nice to her?

Taylor: Amanda may hate me, but she's going to hate herself a lot more when she wakes up with a massive hangover. What?

Jake: I just, uh -- I've never seen you like this.

Taylor: Like what?

Jake: Happy. Looks nice on you.

10/15 ~ Redeployment!!

Taylor has gotten her redeployment papers, and she is celebrating a bit with Frankie, Jake, and Amanda. They are all happy for her, and Amanda is pleased that her competition for Jake is leaving. Amanda gets drunk, and Jake & Taylor help her back to the yacht. All in all, it wasn't much of an episode for Jake and Taylor. Their story is really progressing slowly. And how could Taylor's shrink approve her for redeployment after the bit of anger shown during her second session? Also, what happened to Taylor's foot problem? UGH! TPTB are speeding things up so that Taylor's upcoming injury has more impact. And yes, that was a little spoiler.

Credit goes to RyleefanAMC again.

October 12, 2008

Beth Ehlers ~ One Of 55 Best Actors!

TV Guide Canada has put out a list of the 55 Best Actors in daytime, and our lovely, talented Beth has made the list. Congrats to Beth! Unfortunately, Ricky did not make the list.

There is NO PARTICULAR ORDER!

2008's 55 BEST ACTORS IN SOAPS


1. David Canary (Adam/Stuart, AMC)
2. Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara, ATWT)
3. Robin Strasser (Dorian, OLTL)
4. Robert S. Woods (Bo, OLTL)
5. Kirsten Storms (Maxie, GH)
6. Tristan Rogers (Robert, NS)
7. Kimberly McCullough (Robin, NS/GH)
8. Lisa LoCicero (Olivia, GH)
9. Rick Hearst (Ric, GH)
10. Susan Flannery (Stephanie, B&B)
11. Michael Park (Jack, ATWT)
12. Maura West (Carly, ATWT)
13. Joseph Mascolo (Stefano, DAYS)
14. Jane Elliot (Tracy, GH)
15. Pamela Peyton-Wright (Addie, OLTL)
16. Ilene Kristen (Roxy, OLTL)
17. Trevor St. John (Todd, OLTL)
18. Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki, Y&R)
19. Christian LeBlanc (Michael, Y&R)
20. Greg Rikaart (Kevin, Y&R)
21. Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe, Y&R)
22. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, B&B)
23. Justin Deas (Buzz, GL)
24. Kim Zimmer (Reva, GL)
25. Sarah Brown (Claudia, GH)
26. Renee Jones (Lexie, DAYS)
27. Darnell Williams (Jesse, AMC)
28. Debbi Morgan (Angie, AMC)
29. James Scott (EJ, DAYS)
30. Kathy Brier (Marcie, OLTL)
31. Timothy Stickney (RJ, OLTL)
32. Carolyn Henessy (Diane, GH)
33. Erika Slezak (Viki, OLTL)
34. Michael E. Knight (Tad, AMC)
35. Alicia Minshew (Kendall, AMC)
36. Beth Ehlers (Taylor, AMC)
37. Alley Mills (Pam, B&B)
38. Melissa Fumero (Adriana, OLTL)
39. Genie Francis (Laura, GH)
40. Anthony Geary (Luke, GH)
41. Gina Tognoni (Dinah, GL)
42. Marcy Rylan (Lizzie, GL)
43. Catherine Hickland (Lindsay, OLTL)
44. Eddie Alderson (Matthew, OLTL)
45. Michael Graziadei (Daniel, Y&R)
46. Peter Bartlett (Nigel/Chuck, OLTL)
47. Arianne Zuker (Nicole, DAYS)
48. Lesli Kay (Felicia, B&B)
49. Jon Hensley (Holden, ATWT)
50. Chris Stack (Michael, OLTL)
51. Eden Riegel (Bianca, AMC)
52. Crystal Chappell (Olivia, GL)
53. Robert Newman (Josh, GL)
54. John-Paul Lavoisier (Rex, OLTL)
55. Eric Braeden (Victor, Y&R)

The Nelson Ratings: 10/13 Week

October 10, 2008

10/8 & 10/9 Taylor Screencaps

Credit goes to ME of course! View them all here: http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMB19/TaylorThompson#



10/8 & 10/9 ~ A Meet, A Visit

Taylor was on without Jake, which was a bit refreshing. She met Tad for the first time, which was wonderful because she needs to interact more with the rest of the cast. She also had scenes with Frankie, in which they visited Brot's mom. They discovered that Brot never mentioned Taylor to her, and that really upsetted Taylor. I thought all of these Taylor's scenes were very good. I hope to see more of her with other AMC characters and to learn more about her since her life is more than just her blossoming relationship with Jake.

Credit goes to RyleefanAMC again.



October 8, 2008

10/6 & 10/7 Screencaps (The Dance!)

Credit goes to me! There are a bunch of pictures for there only being two scenes of Jake & Taylor on each day. Enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMB19/JakeTaylorDancing#






10/7 Transcript

Credit goes to TV MegaSite again. Taken from RPG's Official FanSite.

Singer: Look at us so surprised; Count the blessings realized. And the cross you bear won't hold you down; 'Cause we never go where we can't be found.

Taylor: I shouldn't be here.

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[Music plays]

Jake: Are you tired?

Taylor: Of?

Jake: It's just that every time that you open up, you close right back down. I'm tired just watching. I'm exhausted.

Taylor: Do you know what exhausts me? Having the same conversation over and over again. Why can't you just let this go?

Jake: I don't know. I just can't.

Taylor: Because you like the soft, vulnerable side of me?

Jake: No. Because I think you're special.

Taylor: It's not real, Jake.

Jake: What does that mean?

Taylor: It's not me. That's not who I am, not anymore. It's just I get -- I get sucked in by you, and I forget who I really am.

Jake: So, letting your guard down, you think that's going to make you disappear or something?

Taylor: I do disappear. That's the point. That woman you think you see, the one who cries and feels things, that's my ghost. Taylor died a year ago because when Brot died, she went with him.

Singer: I walked down to the shore. I'll recover from this I've recovered from so much more.

Tad: Did I miss something?

Krystal: Well, the two of them were dancing. Uh, it was real sweet. And then all of a sudden, Taylor just goes off on him and the two of them go at it, and you saw the rest.

Tad: Huh. No shortage of drama.

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Bartender: There you go.

Jake: I really shouldn't.

Tad: Yeah, stop whining. Come here.

Jake: I want you to know. I am going to get claustrophobia.

Tad: So, wow.

Jake: Yeah.

Tad: Sounds like your friend Taylor hasn't exactly dealt with the loss of her fiance.

Jake: Every time she opens up, she heads right out the door.

Tad: You tell her about Carolyn?

Jake: Why would I do that?

Tad: Well, it is common ground -- hey -- it's a loss. It's not the same kind of loss, but it's a loss all the same.

Jake: She's not who she pretends to be, this one.

Tad: And how do you know she's pretending? Come to think of it, you've got a pretty marked interest in this particular soldier. Why is that?

Jake: I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm a doctor. I'm trying to help her.

Tad: Or a man.

Jake: Hmm.

Tad: What do you mean, "hmm"? You don't exactly talk about her like she's just another patient. Does, um, does she have family? I mean, parents?

Jake: Who, Taylor?

Tad: No, Britney.

[Jake chuckles]

Jake: Yeah, she's got parents, you know, unless she was --

Tad: Okay, you know what I'm talking about.

Jake: She's got two brothers, I think.

Tad: Are they close?

Jake: Uh, I -- it's a military family. I don't -- that's all I -- that's all I got.

Tad: Okay, well, they must be very proud of her.

Jake: Actually, from what I gathered, they don't approve.

Tad: Oh. And she's waiting for redeployment. It's kind of interesting, you know, that she would choose to do it in Pine Valley. Where did you say she was from again?

Jake: Uh, Army bases all up -- what's with the inquisition?

[Phone beeps]

Tad: It's not an inquisition. So snippy.

Jake: Uh, it's you. It's not me. It's Amanda.

Tad: Ah, there you go.

Jake: I got go.

Tad: There's a woman who knows how to ask for help.

Jake: Why do you think I enjoy hanging out with her?

Tad: I don't know. Maybe it's the doctor in you.

Jake: Maybe it's the man in me. Hmm. You're buying my beer.

10/7 ~ The Dance Continued

It wasn't much of a continuation. Two extremely short scenes of Jake & Taylor! Taylor pulls away from Jake and ends up leaving quickly. Jake hangs with Tad a little and then sees Amanda at Fusion. Tad tells Krystal that someone has contacted him about investigating Taylor. Ooooh...who would want to know about Taylor? Brot maybe? Brot's family? Or her own family? Hmmm.

Credit goes to RyleefanAMC again.

October 7, 2008

CAPTION THIS ~ 10/6


Jake: I'm serious, Taylor. You're amazing.

Taylor: Are you kidding me? You're flirting with me, and--- Don't you already have a girlfriend?

Jake: Oh, yeah. What's her name?

Taylor: Amanda!

10/6 Transcript

Credit goes to TV MegaSite again. Taken from RPG's Official FanSite.

Jake: Excuse me. Hey. How you doing? Come here often, sailor?

Taylor: Now, that's an original line.

Jake: Yeah. Well, I've been calling you. Could I get a beer, Kyle? Just anything you got on tap is fine.

Kyle: Yeah, sure.

Taylor: Really? I've been busy.

Jake: Yeah? You've been avoiding me.

Taylor: I've been busy.

Jake: You're chicken.

Taylor: What?

Jake: You're chicken. I -- I guess I scare you or something.

[Taylor laughs]

Taylor: Um, terrorists scare me and IEDs scare me, but you don't scare me.

Jake: Okay. Well, I, uh -- I just wish that you hadn't left so quickly because we didn't get to -- thank you -- finish talking about what we were talking about.

Taylor: What were we talking about?

Jake: I see you, Taylor. Okay? And you talk about missing your fiancé. I see you trying to figure out who you are when -- when you try to find yourself --

Taylor: I'm not sure where you're going with this, but actually I have to go because I'm getting up very early in the morning --

Jake: Do not walk away from me, please.

Taylor: What do you want from me, Jake?

Jake: Why are you so hostile with me? What did I ever do to you? Have I done something --

Taylor: Why am I -- you know what? You always make me -- why can't I just buy you a beer, we play a game of pool, and we go our separate ways?

Jake: No, what were you trying to say before? You started to say I do what? I always make you feel what?

Taylor: You always make -- when I'm with you, I --

[Taylor sighs]

Jake: What?

Taylor: You make me feel vulnerable. Okay? I said it. There, you happy? Vulnerable.

Jake: So, what's wrong with that?

Taylor: Everything. I can't be vulnerable. I don't do that, not on a battlefield, not in a bar, and not with you.

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Jake: I think you're scared of me.

Taylor: I'm not scared of you. I'm scared of -- I -- I don't do the touchy-feely thing, okay? It's weak.

Jake: Hmm. So, you can arm-wrestle and -- and curse with your buddies from your unit, but you can't be yourself with a friend.

Taylor: Wasn't the point? It's pathetic. It's useless.

[Jake sighs]

Jake: Do you know how you are when you talk to me and -- those little moments when you open up and talk about your fiancé and how much you miss him -- at those moments, I can see how much you miss him and how much you love him and that person, that woman, that's the person that I'm -- that I'm interested in. That's the person that I want to -- that I want to --

Taylor: Help?

Jake: No, but --

Taylor: Change?

Jake: No.

Taylor: You don't want this, Jake. You want cleavage and giggles. You don't want a solider. You don't want a screwed-up soldier.

Jake: Are you paying attention? I think you're amazing.

Taylor: Because I beat you in a sprint? I --

Jake: No, because you make me think. You -- you challenge me.

Taylor: I'm -- I'm done thinking for tonight -- done talking.

[Music plays]

Taylor: What?

Jake: No, uh, talking. No thinking.

[Jake and Taylor dance]

Singer: Take the time to let it be the things you loved don't make a sound you never go where you can't be found is it love or is it greed? Is it you or is it me?

Singer: Promise of affection takes me in let it in let it in.

10/6 ~ A Dance!

JAKE AND TAYLOR SHARE THEIR FIRST DANCE!!!!

Their scenes were very short, but they were very revealing. Taylor admits that Jake makes her feel vulnerable. Jake tells Taylor that she challenges him. Taylor's at The Comeback to not think or talk, so Jake offers a dance. And it oozes with chemistry!

The song they dance to is "Where You Can't Be Found" by Todd Thibaud.

Credit goes to RyleefanAMC again. Terrific person!

October 4, 2008

Picture Of The 9/29 Week!

I've had the idea to share a weekly picture for a while, but I've been waiting for the right time in Jake and Taylor's relationship. This past week featured the opportunity to choose a picture that, in my opinion, is the best of all the screencaps I made for the week.

On October 2nd, Jake and Taylor's connection deepened a bit, and I finally saw a spark between them. I've been waiting for Ricky Paull Goldin & Beth Ehlers' famous magical chemistry to shine through in their new roles. Of course I was worried when viewers pointed out that they weren't seeing the chemistry. But I had hope that when it's suppose to be there, it will be. On Thursday Jake grabbed Taylor's hand. They held hands for a bit, and there was chemistry. They also had some amazing eye contact.

Thus, the picture-of-the-week features the hand-holding:

CAPTION THIS ~ 10/2


Taylor (thinking): Star light, star bright, please bring Brot back to me tonight.

Jake (thinking): Just stay cool, Jake. She's here, but she's missing another man. Just let her talk, and soon you'll be back with a woman who wants you.

10/2 Screencaps

Find them here: http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMB19/JakeMartin#





10/2 Transcript

Credit goes to TV MegaSite again. Taken from Ricky's Official FanSite.

Amanda: Awkward.

Jake: This isn't, uh, well, no actually it is, it's exactly what it looks like.

Taylor: Nice outfit.

Amanda: Uh, the jacket, I know. I'm so sorry, I saw it in your stuff. I thought it would be fun to --

Taylor: You thought it would be fun to mock the military? And everything it stands for?

Amanda: No.

Taylor: Soldiers wear that while they fight. They're risking their lives. They're, they're dying to protect this country, to protect you, amanda.

Jake: Yeah, all right, all right, all right, come on, let's just take it easy, ok?

Amanda: I didn't mean to upset you.

Taylor: What do you care? What do you care about any of that nonsense? You're too busy playing. Always playing dress up on your fancy yacht.

Jake: Look, she didn't mean anything by it.

Taylor: That's a real uniform. Obviously, I've interrupted your moment. I'll let you get back to it.

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Amanda: I thought it would be cute, fun, sexy.

Jake: Well, but wait, wait, listen, look at me. It was, it was, it really was, it was all of those things. Oh, no.

Amanda: What, what does that mean?

Jake: God.

Amanda: What, you're freaking me out?

Jake: This is not taylor's jacket. This is monroe, her fiance, brot monroe.

Amanda: Oh, ok, hold up. Taylor's engaged?

Jake: Well, she was. The guy died last year.

Amanda: Oh, my god, I was using her dead fiance's uniform as foreplay. Can you imagine what she thought when she saw us like that?

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Jake: There's no way you could have known that.

Amanda: Still, I need to find taylor and apologize. Tell her she can use me for target practice, or something.

Jake: That's what I was going to say. Why don't you just take a deep breath and you stay here, ok? And I'll go look. I'll go look for her and talk to her.

Amanda: But I'm the one who messed up.

Jake: I understand that, but I'll tell her you're sorry, all right? I just don't want her to feel anymore uncomfortable than she already does. Make sense?

Amanda: Ok, I'll stay here in case she comes home.

Jake: Good.

Amanda: So much for our sexcellent celebration.

Jake: Sexcellent, nice.

Amanda: I just came up with that. You like?

Jake: Yes, very much, sexcellent. All right, so when I get back we'll pick up with um, with what you said, ok?

Amanda: Ok.

Jake: All right.

Amanda: In case you forget.

Jake: Yeah, that's a kiss you can't forget. I'll be back, don't worry.

Amanda: Ok.

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Jake: Well, wow, look who's on my porch. Ahem. Would you jump over the railing?

Taylor: I like it out here. It's peaceful, it's quiet. It's not silent.

Jake: Yeah, well, you know, wait till the crickets and the bull frogs get going during mating season.

Taylor: Won't bother me. It's the silence I can't stand. That moment of absolute stillness before everything explodes. I'm sorry.

Jake: You're sorry?

Taylor: For freaking out on you guys.

Jake: I understand.

Taylor: I know you understand, but amanda doesn't, or she didn't, unless -- did you --

Jake: I did, but I hope, I mean -- I told her --

Taylor: No, it's fine. I totally get that you had to tell her because she didn't understand, and I feel bad because I like amanda, so would you just, when you go back and see her, would you just tell her I'm not mad or anything.

Jake: Oh, of course I will, and she'll be glad to hear that because she feels awful, and she didn't mean anything by wearing the, you know -- and she doesn't know about your fiance and she didn't know and trust me when I tell you, she feels awful.

Taylor: Everybody feels awful and nobody understands. Well, nobody except you.

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Taylor: You know why else I like it here? Because this is the only place that I ever told his story out loud. So it makes me feel close to him.

Jake: Well, it's a lot of story to hold.

Taylor: I think about him all the time. I can see him. All I have to do is close my eyes and --

Jake: Or maybe you see him when you look at his jacket with his name on it. I have to tell you, I didn't -- I never saw the name on the jacket. I, you know -- you'd already left by the time I saw the name on the jacket.

Taylor: I didn't think that you did. You know, I thought about it afterwards and I said, he would never do that.

Jake: I would never -- I would never do something like that.

Taylor: See, I shouldn't be here. I mean, not here. I should be in iraq with my unit. Not seeing some psychiatrist. It doesn't get -- or even our little pushup contests. I guess it's --

Jake: I would like a rematch sometime. You know, there -- there's a valid reason why they don't want you to go back yet, a valid medical reason.

Taylor: This isn't about post-traumatic stress. It's not. What I saw over there? No matter how awful it was, I can get past that. I know I can. But I can't seem to get past -- the reason that I'm here is --

Taylor: I miss him. I just miss him. A place that is so deep in me. I miss him.

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Taylor: What is it about you? Why do I feel that I can tell you anything?

Jake: I don't know, but I'm glad that you feel that way.

Taylor: When will I stop feeling this way? I wish -- I wish that there was something, anything that would make this go away.

10/2 ~ Fueling The Connection

I finally saw some of that amazing, magical chemistry that Ricky Paull Goldin and Beth Ehlers have together! Jake found Taylor at his cabin after she had run off. Their scenes were revealing and showed their emotional connection grow. This was the episode where they were suppose to kiss, but instead he took her hand. And that was enough. Their scenes were beautiful, and I think they continued on Friday.

Credit goes to RyleefanAMC again!

October 2, 2008

10/1 ~ Brot's Jacket

Taylor had a second therapy session that we, unfortunately, didn't see. There was brief interaction between Taylor & Jake and Taylor & Frankie. Jake and Frankie discussed Taylor and Randi. Jake arrives at the yacht, and Amanda waltzes out wearing nothing but underwear and Brot's jacket. Remember that Amanda doesn't know anything about Brot or that Taylor is having psychological problems, so I assume she thinks it's okay to borrow something of Taylor's for a little while. Jake and Amanda were in the midst of passion when Taylor stumbled upon them and just stared silently at the jacket, making for a very awkward scene. I wonder what happens next!

Credit goes to RyleefanAMC again for uploading.

October 1, 2008

9/28 Bowling Event

Every year Jerry verDorn (Clint, OLTL; ex-Ross, GL) and Liz Keifer (Blake, GL) host a fun, casual bowling party during the Guiding Light Fan Club Weekend. This year there were numerous stars from GL, ATWT, AMC, and OLTL. Beth stopped by for a little bit with her two sons. It looked like it was a very fun time for everyone. Wish I was there!

You can find pictures here:

http://thebethehlersboard.yuku.com/topic/674

Dayime Stars & Strikes


AMC Week Of 9/29 Promo

Credit goes to CaziGirl for uploading it!

9/29 Screencaps

View them all here: http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMB19/TaylorThompson#