ATWT: Sham Marriage

You know, I can’t say that this storyline has been perfect all the way or that it got off to a brilliant start. But at the same time for a while, even though in some cases detail was not paid attention to, the dialogue for Luke and Noah wasn’t a complete disappointment and could be pretty good. But today I really can’t say that.

Tuesday March 11th:

If there’s one thing I don’t get, it’s why most everybody in the Snyder house was so enthusiastic about this whole fiasco. Especially, Emma of all people. Like numerous other characters on Tuesday, she was just written all wrong to me. Emma from what I’ve seen is a very old fashioned person who wouldn’t go for this type of thing at all. I can see her being excited if it were a real and true wedding, but it was insane to see her all giddy about this. And I also hated that Holden and Lily would think it’d be a good time to renew their vows after viewing a SHAM marriage, and Lily saying “Hey, at least Luke got a party out of it.” NOTHING says a blast like seeing your man marry someone else. Yeah, those are some real good times, let me tell ya (cue the eye roll). Luke can put up a pretty good front, but we all know he’s heartbroken about all this. It’s not like anyone was taking pictures of this joke of a wedding or the Homeland Security people were there, so why the sudden apparent happy pill overdose?

I did like that there was another scene with Luke and brother Aaron together, because we know how rare that will be. And I loved how Aaron was to the point and put it out there the way it is in his conversation with Luke. He wasn’t all chipper like the rest of the family was. This isn’t something to look forward to, and it’s not something that’s a happy occasion.

And why does Noah still sleep on the couch? It was established a while back that he had a room of his own.

Wednesday, March 19th:

Funny how the Homeland Security person asked them all these questions about how Luke and Noah know each other and why they live together AFTER they got married. Today was another perfect opportunity for Casey and Noah to get into that awkward conversation about Maddie and it was missed yet again. I do like the idea of Casey and Ameera being together, and the bonus is that she’d be away from Noah! And Noah, OF COURSE this is going to be harder than you thought, especially with officials watching you all the time!


I found the scenes on the 19th to be rather short. I thought we were through with all that.

And are these the same scabs that wrote the show so well for the first week or so when they first came on? Because, seriously, last Tuesday’s and this Wednesday’s episodes looked like it was written by the regular writing team. If so, they’ve really let me down.

Also, funny how this is supposedly a front burner storyline, yet they haven’t been shown in previews this week and they’re apparently back to the once a week business.