I get that this is an ensemble, which is something the writers have always forgotten since Sonny so rarely leaves my damn screen. Liz has not had a front and center storyline in years. All of her storylines have been about other people -- even Jake's death ended up being about how good Lucky was, how brave Jason was, how devastated Carly was. I can't remember the last time Elizabeth was honestly in her own storyline, at the lead. It's always been about someone else, usually Lucky. Even her affair with Nikolas was more about Lucky than her. So watching her take the backseat again for a year makes me want to scream.