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Review: Guiding Light Week of October 27, 2008 "Lost and Found"
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Karen L. Newman

Karen L. Newman has been a published writer since 2004 in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres. Over two hundred and fifty of her short stories and poems have been published both online and in print. Her books include EEKU (Sam’s Dot, 2005) and ChemICKals (Naked Snake Press, 2007) and her work has been nominated for a Dwarf Star Award. She won the 2005 Mary Jane Barnes Award and two of her poems received honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. She edits the online magazine Afterburn SF, which publishes speculative short stories, and is the editor for the print poetry magazine Illumen. She also write reviews for Dark Discoveries. Her reviews have also been featured in Noneuclidean Cafe, The Dream People, Night to Dawn, and Gothic Review.

 
By Karen L. Newman
Published on 11/1/2008
 
This week on Guiding Light the kidnapping drama finally draws to a close, with unexpected results.

case closed, results may vary
This week on Guiding Light the kidnapping drama finally draws to a close, with unexpected results. I'm glad it's finally over, and the twist was great. Bill Lewis being injured in a wreck will provide a boost to the show. Marcy Ryan did a magnificent job as the grieving girlfriend. I had no idea she was that talented. Bill's drunk driving can be effective for Guiding Light, if used right. I'd like to see him arrested after his recovery and Alan use it to regain control of Spaulding. The one disappointment was Jeffrey. I mean, Alan hires him and then nothing. Bill finds Lizzie and Jeffrey was nowhere to be found. He and Reva aren't even at the hospital. And where's Vanessa? She sure won't get mother of the year for that.

The kidnapping was really the only plot for the week. Remy was mentioned briefly, but like Jeffrey was soon forgotten. The interaction of Natailia and Olivia was good. The scene at the jail over Rafe was poignant. The problem I have with Guiding Light's writing is the disjointedness of the storylines. You get engrossed in one and then, wham!, gone. You better have a good memory. I guess this is the fault of the producer. The organization of the stories needs to be better.
 
Here's hoping that Bill survives and returns to Lizzie. Wouldn't it be great if Lizzie bore him a son sometime down the line? I do.