October 20, 2007
From Joe Diliberto
When ALL MY CHILDREN's Kendall lured Greenlee to Spike's blood-spattered car seat ringed by candles, I wondered if Kendall was trying to cast some sort of magic spell. If only! Turned out she just wanted to confront Greens with the child's dried blood and demand that she relive each moment of the accident. Yuck, I cannot imagine the home audience wanted to see Spike with that head wound again. In the end, Kendall couldn't conjure the result she was hoping for, because she was reduced to tears by Greenlee's confession that the last words Spike heard were that he was being returned to his mother. However, if this whole exercise ends up truly teaching Kendall a lesson about revenge — that it's never really as good as you imagine it will be — then the candles and bloodstains will have been worth it. Kendall said she realized they couldn't magically start over, but Greens thinks they can. Hmmm, I'm betting all it would take is a little weird science, not mysticism.