Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Santos The Rustle of the Sheets . . .
Essay #31
"My Thoughts on Today"
(Written after the March 22nd episode)

By HollyJo Whitehead -- posted on the Mannyac Board.

Michelle and Meta Scenes - Meta is a wise woman, and I agree with what she said to Michelle. And Michelle needed to hear it. Danny is not Jesse. He's dangerous, he's raw and he's set to take over the leadership of a mob family. Michelle needed to hear someone ask her how she's going to deal with that.

Michelle expressing her feelings towards Danny and Jesse - Well, if there was ever any doubt about it before, they've been laid to rest. She said it clearly, she cared for Jesse, but it's not what she feels for Danny. I could see the wheels turning in her head. The more she talked about how she felt about Danny, the more she was admitting how she felt about him. She's confused, it's different than the love she had for Jesse so she's not sure what to call it. But she wants it. And she wants Danny. That point was made today.

Michelle's naivete about Danny - Here she goes again, wanting to jump first and look at the consequences later. Go with her feelings and wait til later to deal with the actual act of living with and loving this man. "He can change," said it all. She wants him, and I think part of that dangerous side is what draws her to him, yet at the same time wants him to change. She's naive if she thinks thats going to happen. And if it did, I'm not sure she would want him so much ... he'd just be another Jesse until someone else came along.

The Danny and Drew scenes - I was torn between out and out laughter and disgust. They, of course, reshot the last scene from Friday, and the blocking and camera angles were totally different, changing the scene (they seem to do that all the time now) and how you viewed it. This time, instead of Drew laying across his chest and having a "closeness" (for lack of a better word), they clearly shot it as two separate individuals. Danny didn't even look like he wanted to touch her any more. But he was still kind to her and tried to help her out by hiding and he even tried to tell Drew that Jesse must care for her, since he sounded jealous. And he didn't deny to Drew that he loved Michelle. Instead he concentrated on pushing those feelings aside and concentrating on the fact that Michelle betrayed him and that she doesn't care for him.

Last scene between Danny and Drew - Drew talking on the phone to Michelle, Danny with his back to her rubbing his face. Even if he's not willing to admit it yet, he regrets what happened. That shot of him and the look on his face as he rubbed his face while Drew was on the phone, said it all. But he tried to act like it was no big deal. He has no more desire for word to get out that he had sex with Drew than she does. And what I found the most telling about their encounter is when he was leaving, he patted her head, went to kiss it, got this look of distaste on his face and just patted her head again and left. Trust me the dreaded "Drew and Danny" are not a threat to Manny.

Michelle's Dream - I have to admit, it excited me, because Michelle was dreaming it. And even though I sat here saying over and over, "this has got to be a dream," I found myself thinking, how that precious minute between them was more hot and more passionate than anything we saw on Friday, because it involved heart and soul. And the music in this sequence was very effective. First the melodic melody that is Manny, then the quick shift in attitude and music change to harsh and scary. My heart was pounding even though I knew it was all a dream.

The final look between Manny - She wakes up from this terrifying dream to open the door to the man in that dream. Maybe it was just me, but the look Danny gave her was a mixture of pain, longing, betrayal, love, regret and anger. And Michelle's look was pure fear (can you blame her after that dream?).

Overall impressions - Great show! And it set the scene for whom is supposed to be with whom.

HollyJo


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