Finally, when Danny said "We are right back where we started" during that knife waving, break-up scene, he couldn't have been more wrong and right at the same time! At the surface, he is indeed right, but under all the layers and masks, he is so wrong (though neither really knows or admits to that, yet).

When I started watching this story, I was more intrigued by Danny (hey, its all about Paul Anthony Stewart, eh?), and the complexities of his life -- his motivations and his choices -- his journey. I still am more fascinated by him, but Michelle has drawn me more and more also. One poster noted how she's realizing this story is just as much about Danny finding himself as Michelle growing up. I guess I'm from the other end -- with each Manny-related scene, I've come to see that this is as much a 'coming-of-age' for Michelle as it is for Danny, in ways both similar and different. Others have also pointed out that what's now coming out from both has always been there, whether or not they were aware of it. Coming into contact with each other forced/brought it out of them, albeit in a rather explosive way.

I just have to say again -- "What a ride!" The writers started to really kick the chairs and turn the tables upside down with the arrival of Danny, and they keep kicking more chairs and turning more tables upside down, with each *seeming* unexpected twist and turn in the story. Yes, we may sometimes scream in frustration, but look at it this way -- they have been upping and continue to up the ante; oh yes, the stakes are quite high now, but that means the pay-off when (not if) it comes will be that much bigger and more satisfying.

I still think the stakes are higher for Danny; to use an old cliche, our Danny is a man wandering around on a desert, dying of thirst, and more than once almost got deceived by a mirage. Yeah, we want to see him get a few drops of water. But can you imagine what will happen when the ocean will finally meet up with him, especially if those drops never came his way?

Melissa