This week on Guiding Light, Daisy and Natalia try to help Rafe at all costs; however, the price is steep. Natalia was willing to sleep with Vince Russo, Rafe's attorney, to pay the legal fees. For Natalia, the price would have been her religion, except that Olivia came to the rescue at the last minute. I like Olivia and Natalia's interplay with each other. No one is perfectly good, because even though Natalia is religious, she allows one of the seven deadly sins, pride, to get the best of her. 

Daisy could pay the ultimate price, her life. She joins the teen taskforce to move up Rafe's trial date. However, she's sloppy and her mark catches her. He kidnaps her and holds her at gunpoint. The week ends on this cliffhanger - will she got shot, or will Mallet or Marina? Good stuff. This is a welcome break from the Reva story. Don't get me wrong; I like Reva, but I feel as if the writers spotlight her too much at the other characters' expense.
 
Dina's still trying to get even with Bill. This storyline's dragging. I wish something would happen. And what about Alan? A big fuss is made over his amnesia (way overdone by soaps these days) and then he's forgotten. It's hard for fans to keep up. When Guiding Light won the writing Emmy, plots moved quickly, all of them, so that the fans could keep up with each tale. Granted, the plots are better than in the early nineties when the show was in real danger of cancellation, at least in my opinion. The show needs to get back to the winning ways. 

Still, Guiding Light's been around seventy-one years for a good reason. I just hope it stays around that much longer and more.