Michelle Santos starring as... Erykah Badu!

3 . 27 . 00

Timeline: Michelle and Danny are on the yacht to San Cristobel. The coast guard has come to inspect the boat...

Happenings around town...

• Max got way up in Jesse's face about lying to Drew. Ya know, he's got an unordinary amount of devotion to a sister who barely acknowledges his existence.

   

• Speaking of Max, he was giving me some serious Brian Austin Green flashbacks today, circa early-90210.

   

• Oh, Buzz rocks, btw.

   

• When I was 16, I was thrilled when I got my own stereo. Max is carrying around his own cell phone? Oy.

   

• Did Edmund get a perm? Or is he just suffering from Male Pattern Poofy Hair Syndrome? Compared to this, I'd take his greasy, too long, strand-falling-in-front-of-his-eyes anyday.

   

• Duck. Here it comes. The Richard and Cassie Mutual Admiration Society has arrived.

   

• There was more emotion in my box of kleenex (and the ones I'd used and thrown away) today than there was in their declaration of "love".

   

• Tammy needs to stop looking at the cue cards. Talk about distracting.

   

• But I liked Cassie's hair. See? I can be nice!

   

• Harley: "I think I sorta remember what I'm doing." I'm glad YOU do, cuz the writers sure seem to have forgotten! Seriously, it's nice to see Harley go back to what she was good at, picking locks and snooping around. Problem is, she's too much of a mother, lunking around that big purse with her everywhere! I'm curious how this scenario goes down. But color me happy when Harley's out and doing her own thing without me having to endure how guilty Phillip is, how pathetic Beth is, how stupid Jim is or how needy Cassie is. Yay for Beth Ehlers!

Now, onto the reason (I could've sworn) we were all here:

• Ok, this really DOES have to do with Manny. I remember a time when people had hoped for Manny's first "I love you's" to have been made something special. After today, all I can say is, thank god they WEREN'T. After today, Danny's "you know why" just means that much more to me. Their implied and inferred love for each other spoke volumes more than any time they've ever SAID it to each other.

   

• Maybe when Manny get to SC Michelle can give Richard some accent lessons.

   

• Was Joie fab or what? She had those "San Cristobel Coast Guard" officers eating out of the palm of her hand. I think our Danny is quite proud of the fugitive in training he's created.

   

• Was one of the coast guards TRYING to use an accent? I couldn't figure it out. And was that a fake moustache? Ugh. Icky extras.

   

• Look at the difference a few months make.. when Michelle had to lie about the bonds for Danny, she resented it, but she did it, and did it fabulously. But now, when pushed into the same situation, Danny's running around like a bumbling fool and calm, cool, collected FUGITIVE Michelle comes to the rescue. SHE comes up with the idea and pulls it off without a flaw. Not only that, the look on her face after Danny came out of the closet was one of exhilaration. Me thinks she's enjoying this a bit too much, no? :P

   

• Speaking of that closet.. I think it's big enough for some nookie, hm? Maybe not now.. but on a leisurely trip back to SF? Hey! It could happen!

   

• Just for a second, I caught a glimpse of a possible future storyline. How's this? Michelle and Harley, private eyes! Ok, ok, let's let that idea simmer for now, but I was feelin' it today! Two sexy ladies uncovering the truth, using all of their brains and talents to get the job done. Of course, their agency would have a daycare center.. you know, for Zach.. and, um.. well, you know.

   

• Side note from last Friday's ep (see? I'm thinking of the db'ers!) and Beth's maternity outfit. All I know is that when Michelle's carrying, she's gonna have WAY cooler clothes than Beth.

   

• I don't know about anybody else, but I could totally deal with a Manny spin-off, kinda like Road Rules meets Gilligan's Island. I could see it. As long as they stay away from any "Brady Bunch goes to Hawaii"-type plotlines. And don't get me started on the "Blue Lagoon" fantasies I've got rummaging around in my head.

   

• Having only 6 minutes of Manny is really no big deal when you get home from a long day and fuh fuh (FF) through the show. But man, making me sitting through all the other stuff in real time is downright inhumane.

   

• I can't express in words how much is warms my heart to hear Manny talk about the normal, everyday things. After their last scene, I closed my eyes and pictured Danny taking out the garbage or Michelle running out of gas and having to call Danny to pick her up. The idea of Manny having a normal life is just too much to handle sometimes. Maybe it's all the fic I've read that have them doing just that, maybe it's the fact that I know it'll never happen but that knowing how much they too think of it, I don't know. All I know is that it's moments like this last scene, that make sitting through all the Rassie and Dresse crap worth it.

   

• "I think we need to face the fact that our lives are never gonna be ordinary, honey." Danny, m'boy.. truer words have never been spoken. And with them, I got a strange sense of satisfaction. As much as I want them to be an ordinary couple, I know it could never happen. Simply because they're not ordinary people.

   

• "I can live with that, cuz I can't live without you." For better or worse. Michelle has finally come to realize that everything comes together. The danger, the fear and the worry that being married to Danny has brought to her life, it all comes with the love, the completion, and the sense of peace that comes with it too. She could live without the former, but she could never live without the latter.

   

• "Being here with you I feel something that I haven't felt in a very long time. I feel hope. I'm finally hopeful again, Danny." Thus, we turn the corner into the last couple of weeks of this storyline.

And with that, they leave us today, cuddling on the couch, where nary an eyelash could fill the space between them, sailing into San Cristobel for a week of storage room fun time! Oh, my Manny! Let's get this over with and bring you back home!

Salud!

Candy