Greetings dear Binxians. Since Bianca has been in DC taking care of business (and not on the show for the last couple of weeks) we have taken a brief break in our All My Children recaps.
All My Children and One Life to Live have been experiencing some growing pains regarding programming, which is to be expected in such a new format. It was announced this week, that starting July 1st, both new episodes of All My Children will air on Mondays. In even an even bigger announcement, the OWN Network has picked up the first forty episodes of AMC for a limited run. This is fantastic news for the show, and will likely attract previous fans of the show that were not connecting with its online format. On a sad note for me, they have also decided to bleep out the swearing. Never again will we hear Bianca tell JR that he’s full of shit And is he ever. Ah well.
A lot has been happening in Pine Valley lately, but here are few of the highlights. Ready? Ok go!
Cassandra was rescued from the traffickers, who in addition to brutalizing her got her hooked on heroin. She’s struggling to recover and come down off the drugs in the hospital, but she has her mom and Jesse by her side. Jesse, who staged Uri’s murder in order to secure Cassandra’s release, is trying to cover up his involvement. Zach is being framed, but at least FBI agent Lea seems to be warming to him. Zach wore a Detroit Red Wings shirt, so as long as he stays away from lesbian lips, we are cool. Brooke convinced Dimitri Marick to come back to Pine Valley and help her run her media empire. Colby has been playing musical millionaires with Pete and David. Opal is selling Cortlandt Manor, and moving into a condo next door to Pete. Scrabble party! “Boundaries” is not a word in her vocabulary. Celia continues to have visions of that creepy guy in the corners of rooms, and probably under the bed. Thankfully her sister Megan Draper was not killed off of Mad Men. JR is still clutching that bag of steroids, and he and Cara are getting closer.Miranda finds out that by refusing the advances of the most popular douche at Pine Valley High, she has essentially become a pariah. Luckily she has made a new friend in Heather, a student at Bramwell Hall. Heather (who is growing on me) thinks AJ is the bee’s knees but she doesn’t want to disrespect Miranda if she is into him. Turns out that Heather and AJ have a lot in common and Miranda is doing her best to keep her jealousy at bay. Someone sends Miranda a doctored photo of her and Heather “together” if you know what I mean. Miranda is devastated and knows it’s Hunter and his minions, but doesn’t want AJ to find out and fly off the handle. She has the unfortunate luck of getting a detention where she is forced to occupy the same space as Hunter Bonehead III and his equally unpleasant friends. They start circulating the doctored picture, now in GIF form, around the room. Once the teacher leaves, Hunter pops up and does his best artistic interpretation of Miranda and Heather being leztastic. He’s a regular Picasso. Just look at the lighting and composition on that thing. The dumbass next to Miranda asks her about her “dive in the lady pond,” which I must admit is a new phrase to me. Miranda is horrified and runs out of the room. At first I thought the way AMC was handling Miranda’s bullying is a little heavy handed, but in an age of anonymity and accessibility I am starting to think they are right on. One would hope that kids are a little more accepting of classmates with gay parents nowadays, but then again, being different is seen a weakness. Binx, Miranda needs you. Hurry home.
At Jane’s Addiction, AJ and Heather are talking and having fun. Heather spills the beans about the picture circulating of the two of them and AJ loses it.
He rushes home to find a crying Miranda, and tells her he knows about Hunter and the picture. He wants to take action, but she just really wants him to stay out of it and be her friend. She takes some solace in his kind words and the friendship he does offer.
Once she leaves the room, AJ checks out the picture on her phone and flies out the door in a rage. She comes back to an empty room, and realizing he’s off to murderlate Hunter, she chases after him. AJ finds Hunter, who is surrounded by a few of his friends. AJ wants to handle this mano-a-mano, but Hunter being the stand up guy he is, decides to play dirty. He asks AJ if he’s Miranda’s beard or maybe, he’s gay himself. To AJ’s and the writer’s credit, he doesn’t have a moment of gay panic and where he fiercely defends his sexuality. He doesn’t even respond to it. Hunter hits him where it hurts (figuratively) and accuses AJ of being in love with Miranda. Then Hunter hits him where it hurts again (literally), in the face.Hunter has his pals hold AJ down, but a sharply dressed Billy Clyde Tuggle interrupts them. Tuggle pulls out his blade and scares the other kids off, and helps AJ to his feet. Miranda rushes to AJ’s side. He’s a little bruised and bloody, but he tells her he’ll be fine. They thank the kindly old man (little do they know) and as he’s walking away, Miranda mentions Dixie’s name. Nice job Miranda. Tuggle is now one step closer to finding and terrorizing Dixie again. What do you think of this week’s Miranda bullying storyline? Have you been keeping up with AMC while Bianca is out of town?
All My Children is available on Hulu and for download on iTunes. Beginning July 15th, you can watch AMC on the OWN Network, Monday-Thursday, 1pm EST.
