December 5, 2008

Beth On The View With JR Martinez!

Today Beth and co-star JR (Brot) chatted on The View about their story, and we learn more about JR, which is always interesting. These two looked very cute together, I must say.

Credit goes to Daytime Confidential for the photos and to SoapNet.com for the video clip. More pics can be found here: JR & Beth Drop By The View




SOW 12/16 ~ The Buzz

Credit goes to Ricky's Official FanSite for scanning this.

12/16 SOD ~ Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down

The Jake/Taylor/Brot story gets mixed opinions in the recent Soap Digest. Credit goes to Ricky's Official FanSite. Like always, click on it to view it larger.

12/16 SOD ~ Best Recast!

It's the annual Best & Worst issue of Soap Opera Digest. Ricky was chosen as Best Recast out of all the recasts this year, which is super wonderful. It means the press sees what we fans see in Ricky.

Credit goes to Ricky's Official FanSite.



Note: When I give credit to the message boards for an article, I'm giving them credit for SCANNING the article.

2008 Year In Soaps

In this year's edition of The Year In Soaps... Ricky got a nod for Coolest Recast. He came in second; Noelle Beck (Lily, ATWT) was first. He was also mentioned along with Beth for leaving GL and joining AMC. And Jake got a mention in the Sinners & Saints section...

Credit goes to Ricky's Official FanSite.


12/4 Transcript

Credit goes to TV MegaSite again. Again, included is all of Jake's and Taylor's scenes.

Frankie: Brot left.

Jake: Yeah, well, he's back.

Frankie: It could be to say good-bye and good luck.

Jake: We both know better than that. They need to hash their stuff out.

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Taylor: You're still you.

Brot: I'm not.

Taylor: Don't turn away from me. I see you. I see the man I knew in Iraq, the most amazing man I've ever known.

Brot: I'm not that man anymore.

Taylor: You're the man I couldn't wait to marry.

Brot: It was a lie.

Taylor: We were engaged.

Brot: It was a fling.

Taylor: We were getting ready to spend our lives together.

Brot: It was a lie, Taylor. It was all a lie.

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Taylor: In Iraq, you said you loved me. Was that a lie? You said we would spend forever together. Was that a lie?

Brot: People say things.

Taylor: So you were sweet-talking me through a fling? I was there. I was there. I felt what we had. That can't be faked.

Brot: It made the both of us feel good for a while.

Taylor: No, no, remember, we danced under the stars, and you held me in your arms, and you whispered in my ear? It was just you and me. Nothing else existed. Have you forgotten?

Brot: I got caught up.

Taylor: You wanted to marry me. You gave me a ring.

Brot: And you lost it.

Taylor: Yes, I lost it in the desert, and then you ordered a new one. Why would you do that if you weren't serious?

Brot: Did you ever get the ring?

Taylor: No, it didn't come because --

Brot: Because I never ordered it.

Taylor: You described it to me. It was round-cut yellow gold. You wouldn't make that up. You couldn't.

Brot: I never ordered it, Taylor.

Taylor: That's not true.

Brot: I wanted to tell you the day we were ambushed, but this happened, and I never got a chance to.

Taylor: So tell me now.

Brot: As great as you were, what we had in Iraq was going to end on our tour.

Taylor: As great as I was? As great as I was? We were in love. We were making plans, not just stuff for one day or one tour. We were talking about the future. We were talking about houses and getting a dog.

Brot: Like I said, I got caught up.

Taylor: You are such a bad liar.

Brot: You say you see so much when you look into my eyes. Look again, Taylor. Tell me what you see. Does it look like I'm lying?

Taylor: I'm not going to do this. I'm not going to do this.

Brot: Now you turn away. L.T., we're already living separate lives. The both of us have moved on.

Taylor: I thought you were dead.

Brot: And now you're in love with another man. Don't deny it because you know it's true. And I'm happy for you.

Taylor: You came back. Why would you come back?

Brot: It's over, and you know it. There's nothing left between us.

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Frankie: What are you saying to me, Jake? You and Taylor -- y'all got a good thing going.

Jake: I'm saying she needs to deal with Brot. He's alive. He's back in her life. She needs to deal with that.

Frankie: Well, Brot's been insisting since I found him that he doesn't want to be a part of her life. He's made that very clear. He even thinks that Taylor's better off with you. That's why he's leaving.

Jake: Don't B.S. me, please. If he leaves, then let him leave, but he'd be leaving for the wrong reasons. The guy is lost. He's living in denial. He's living in the shadows. He's refusing to deal with his feelings. He's probably punishing himself terribly for something that's definitely not his fault. Taylor is the person that can help him find his way back.

Frankie: Hmm, nice fix, Doctor. Does Brot have any say in this? And what about Taylor -- you just going to hand her off?

Jake: This war blew their life apart. They've got to flush things out, you know?

Frankie: Taylor's already flushed a lot out already with you.

Jake: You've seen the guy. Right, he's walking and talking and breathing, but he's not living. Taylor's the person that can bring him back, give him his life back.

Frankie: And you can live with that?

Jake: I don't have time for this. I've got patients.

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Brot: I've got to go.

Taylor: No.

Brot: Live your life, Taylor. Be happy, and I'll live mine. I don't need pity. I don't need help. I just need to be alone.

Taylor: Brot, please, you can't just come back into my life and then just take off like this again.

Brot: It wasn't supposed to happen like this. It wasn't supposed to happen at all. Good-bye, Taylor.

[Brot walks out]

Brot: I took care of it.

Jake: What happened?

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Taylor: Brot said it was a fling. He said he never really loved me.

Jake: Well, that can't be true, right? I mean why would he show up and dredge up an entire past if it never existed?

Taylor: Maybe it didn't. Maybe I made it all up in my head. Maybe I created this whole fantastic fantasy love affair when for him it was just -- sex.

Jake: Well, I don't buy that. You're not really the type to just dream up something like this.

Taylor: We were so in synch. Everybody could see that. One night Frankie got a bunch of the guys to decorate the tent so it would be romantic for us. And they used sterno instead of candles and -- not that we needed candles, because I'm telling you, it was always so --

Jake: What?

Taylor: What am I doing? I should not be talking to you about Brot. I shouldn't. I'm sorry.

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Jake: Don't worry about me.

Taylor: Don't worry about you? How do I not worry about you?

Jake: You should think about, you know, whatever your feelings are for this guy.

Taylor: This is all really confusing. I don't know how I feel.

Jake: Well, he was a very big part of your life, you know. A love like that doesn't just go away.

Taylor: So you're pushing me to him, and he's pushing me to you.

Jake: No, I'm just saying you need to figure out what you want.

Taylor: I don't know.

Jake: You're a soldier, right? No man left behind. So if Brot needs you, you don't just walk away. That's not who you are.

Taylor: He told me he didn't want my help.

Jake: Right, but you're the only one that can save him.

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[Brot sits alone staring at Taylor's engagement ring and wiping away tears.]

12/4 ~ Hiding

Taylor sees the man she loves in Brot, but he keeps pulling away. He says he's not the same guy and that he never truly loved her. He says that she should let him go. He hides his love because he believes she's better off with Jake. Jake and Frankie talk, and Jake visits Taylor after Brot leaves. Taylor feels conflicted about Brot. She points out how Brot's pushing her to Jake and Jake's pushing her to Brot. She's in denial about what Brot said... Their love was real, and their nights together were perfect. They didn't need romance. And of course as she talks about Brot, Jake is hurt on the inside.

I really like how Taylor can talk to Jake about Brot. That shows an honest friendship between JT. I'm guessing that they will try to remain friends as Taylor deals with Brot. I'm not sure if Taylor loves Jake, but Jake definitely loves Taylor. He'll continue to hurt, but he's such a noble guy that he'll continue supporting Taylor's relationship with Brot since he knows how much she loves him. He'll be longing for Taylor, and I hope we'll see Taylor begin longing for Jake. Perhaps she'll realize that her and Brot aren't meant to be.

Credit goes to kld0096 again.

December 4, 2008

12/3 Screencaps

Made by me of course. You can find all 16 of them here: http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMB19/JakeTaylorFall08#

And you can find ones of Taylor, mostly with Brot, here: http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMB19/TaylorThompson#






12/3 Transcript

Credit goes to TV MegaSite again. Again, I've included all of Jake's and Taylor's scenes.

Taylor: Brot? Say something?

Brot: Go away, Taylor.

Taylor: Oh, my God. Could you look at me?

Brot: I don't want you to see me like this.

Taylor: I need to see you.

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Brot: You think I'm disgusting.

Taylor: No, I don't.

Brot: I saw it, Taylor. You looked at me and you had to pick your jaw up from the ground.

Taylor: I'm -- I'm in shock. I thought you were dead and now you're here. I -- I just -- I need a second to process this.

Brot: You had a second to look at me right here and see me but you couldn't. Just like everyone else, all they see is this.

Taylor: Wait.

Jake: Do you want to -- do you want to -- you could go after him. You want to go after him?

Taylor: Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Jake: Didn't Frankie tell you? Didn't he -- didn't he warn you what he --

Taylor: What he would look like? Yes. I -- I saw him after the explosion. I knew it would be bad but --

Jake: He looks -- it's very shocking to see somebody that you love look the way that --

Taylor: I never should have reacted like that. Why did you tell him to leave?

Jake: I didn't tell him to leave.

Taylor: When I got here, I heard you tell Brot to go!

Jake: No, I don't -- no, I didn't. I said, "Go to you." I said -- that's what I said, "Go to you."

Taylor: Well, he wouldn't.

Jake: He's just scared. The guy is just, obviously, very scared of something here.

Taylor: He's afraid that I would react exactly the way that I did react which is why he let me believe he was dead. I didn't get it, you know, when Frankie tried to explain it. I didn't get it. I thought he was -- I thought Brot was just cruel and selfish. But seeing him? I guess Brot did die over there, at least most of him, anyway. With that one stupid look, I finished off the rest.

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Taylor: Why did I do that? I couldn't keep it together for two seconds?

Jake: You were in shock. That's shocking.

Taylor: But that's -- that's what it's like for him every day. He looks into stranger's eyes, and he's met with this stunned reaction.

Jake: You're not a stranger, right?

Taylor: That is what makes it worse. How could he do this to me? How could he let me believe that he's dead. Maybe he -- maybe he wishes he were dead. Maybe -- maybe he wishes they had just let him die over there.

Jake: No, no, you can't think like that. He lived, and thank God he lived. And that -- that's -- alone, got to count for something.

Taylor: You sound awfully certain.

Jake: Well, he is still the man that you fell in love with, no matter what.

Taylor: Jake, you don't have to say that.

Jake: I know. I know, but he is a person. So maybe you should stop thinking about his face and start searching for his soul.

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Jake: Ready to go up?

Taylor: Yeah. Did you find Brot? What happened?

Frankie: He's gone.

Taylor: Where? Did he say anything?

Frankie: Well, we got into it, and he took off.

Taylor: Because of me.

Jake: No, it's because of him.

Frankie: Well, Brot's convinced himself that he's a completely different person. I tried to get through to him, but --

Jake: It's all on him. She did not ask him to come looking for her, so --

Taylor: But he did, and that I ruined everything.

Frankie: Taylor, you could have had a completely perfect reaction. He still would have seen what he wanted to see.

Jake: It just makes it easier for him to walk away.

Taylor: That doesn't make it easier for me. I needed that chance. I needed to look at him and see if he's still in there somewhere.

Frankie: He is. He just has a different face.

Taylor: But I don't care about his face. I didn't fall in love with him for that.

Jake: I need to excuse myself. I have patients.

[Frankie sighs]

Frankie: The man is scared, Taylor.

Taylor: The Brot we knew wasn't scared of anything.

Frankie: Yeah, well, he's forgotten.

Taylor: Then why can't he let me remind him?

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Taylor: You came back.

Brot: Don't turn around.

Taylor: Thought you left town.

Brot: On my way. I just wanted to say goodbye. I figured I owed you that much.

Taylor: So that's that? I have no say?

Brot: What's to say, Taylor? You didn't sign up for this.

Taylor: I signed up for you, I thought.

Brot: The old me, the man you were going to marry. That man doesn't exist anymore.

Taylor: I don't buy that.

Brot: Your face, L.T. You didn't see it, but when you looked at me --

Taylor: I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm -- I'm in a little bit of shock here. You didn't even give me a chance.

Brot: A chance for what? I shouldn't have come.

Taylor: It is you. You are all here -- All of you. I can see that now.

12/3 ~ Face To Face

Taylor forces Brot to face her, and she's shocked. Both her and Brot reel separately from the look she had on her face. Frankie talks to Brot while Jake talks to Taylor. Brot disappears but shows up back at the hospital to see Taylor while hiding behind a curtain. She struggles to get up and pull the curtain open. She holds onto him as she looks into his eyes and sees the man she knows & still loves - very beautiful scene.

I've got to admit, I was so worried about Brot's arrival since I'm already a huge "Take 2"/"JT" fan. On the other hand, I was excited about it because that would give Ricky & Beth a meatier story. I was scared this week, knowing that both Jake and Taylor would find out about Brot. What a damper on their comedic scenes, dancing, and blossoming love. But I've been pleasantly surprised...

Everything with the Brot reveal has been amazing. I even see some chemistry between Brot & Taylor, which is pretty important. I'm eager to see what happens to the Brot/Taylor relationship while hopefully seeing some longing between Taylor & Jake. :)

Credit goes to kld0096 again.