Finally Friday. I have had a terrible week. Terrible. I am tired and I am needing a rest, and not to mention, a few of Juju's vids! Here's our next scene, and commentary following.
Nora, sitting there thinking how this guy is a rapist and he shows up at her door. Dun-nah! I loved OLTL then. It was so....so....good. This scene is just....it's where we see what Todd's going to be capable of doing, both as a liar and "madman" and as an actor. He cozies up to her first, and she goes right along with him. :D
"I'd never seen you like that before." LOL. Little does she know....she will see a lot more of it over time.
When Nora mentions Carol Swift, Todd visibly stiffens. It works perfectly. Roger's just so adept at manipulating the screen and the viewer. Nora is so goofy looking when she says "Thank you Todd," but I guess the deal is that she is really aiming for this moment. And he rises to the occasion as if lying is the best and most natural thing. But if you think about it, his life has been a lie since he was 14 and had to cover what was done to him. Of course, we only know that later.
"Nobody got raped!" Reminds me of later, when he is saying similar things to Sam about himself. OLTL did such a great job developing and fleshing out this character. There is nothing like him. He reiterates how no one can prove anything. Nora is so so so convinced he's guilty. He is so menacing and threatening and she's not quite sure what to make of him at first....but she'll know.
Ok, finally, Powell's getting a bit better. When he says he has nothing to say to Todd, he's at least ADMITTING that Todd does not deserve his worship. He has finally gotten a teeny bit of courage to stand up to Todd. Marty: Nora's never going to believe me. Ironic, she does.
I DO LOVE the whole Powell scene coming up, where he is on the stand. For a few minutes, you can almost muster some pity for him. But, in my book, Todd is more pitiful than Powell from the get go. Powell had a picture-book life, and has no motivation or reason to have allowed the rape to go on, except his own wimpiness, and then we get the whole Powell the Pure routine. Ugh. Of course, later, the tides turn and we get a different Powell, but as of right now, he's a guy with a great life. I am sorry, but I never liked him at all, and never felt sorry for him during the trial, and only wished he would have stopped it. I did feel sorry for him later, but that is another story down the road.
FAIL: Nora's goofy face when she says "Thank you, Todd." I just can't take it seriously for that split second. She looks drunk. Maybe she's intoxicated by Mr. Howarth? You never know. Don't get me wrong, I love her acting in general and am SO HAPPY for what is coming up.
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