I finally have internet service after nearly a week without! Who knew it was so important in my life? LOL I think I had withdrawal shakes for a few days. I was so busy though, it probably came at a good time; no distractions from the stuff I was supposed to be doing.

I just watched the Liason scenes and I agree with just about everything you guys have said. I love how easy their dialogue flows in their scenes, how up close and personal they get, how unforced. And I loved all the little comments, the "right now" that Chy pointed out and the part where he says they don't have to worry about what they say to each other. It felt like an old dock scene, very old-school Liason.

Anyway, the part that jumped out at me had nothing to do with Jason and everything to do with something Liz said:

"My mistakes seem to cost more than others."

Ain't that the truth.

I couldn't help but wonder if GW realizes that one of the problems Liason fans have with the whole Jasam relationship is that Sam's "mistakes" never cost her anything. It's so "un-soaplike." One of the things I love about soaps is that while the morality of the characters is severely lacking, they always have to pay for their actions. It often takes a while, but it always comes out. Not with Sam, however.

But with Elizabeth, she never gets away with anything. She loses a butt-load of money in a bad investment, her son dies because she was reading a letter, she was verbally abused by a man she wasn't even married to for having an affair...and raked across the coals by the hospital staff. She's had a mental breakdown, the love of her life is marrying her worst enemy, and finally, she had to endure a kidnapping for an error in judgment? Lawd.

Thing is, Liz's sins weren't all that bad, certainly not bad enough to deserve the penance she's had to pay for them. Sam's sins, though, include murder, kidnapping, adultery with her step-father, and the list could go on. It's a totally lop-sided deal and apparently Liz realizes it.

I guess I just thought Liz's statement was a bit ironic, especially since she was saying it to Jason right before he marries the woman who has literally gotten away with murder.