Tea's Departure (8/11/10)

I am not a cryer but her departure and goodbye to Todd and Dani today really tugged at the heart strings. I really felt bad for all three of them.

gmruss4 wrote:I am not a cryer but her departure and goodbye to Todd and Dani today really tugged at the heart strings. I really felt bad for all three of them.

Today was gut-wrenching show packing a lot of emotional wallop in the way soaps should be MORE often. Call me a sap but I was sobbing from minute they brought out Money Hungry.

Todd choosing for TnT to playing Money Hungry (I'll forgive writers for renaming it from its' 98 scenes) one last time, this time with their kid too, was a welcomed homage to TnT history on a soap who too rarely mines the real rich histories of its couples. Another favorite part of today, Téa passing on her mom's necklace to her daughter, bravo, writers, what a walk down memory line that took this TnT fan.

Most emotional moment was the TnT alone scene. Téa telling Todd essentially what's always told him, you can be a better man. Don't do it for me anymore, but for our kid. I loved that TnT didn't get sentimental and sappy today b/c that's not who they are. I loved Todd's rigid posture resisting this goodbye with every fabric of his being. I need to see Todd FIGHT now to find Téa's location and as she said he never ever gives up or gives in. Go kick some Greg/Eli ASS, Todd!

Mostly I am glad that RC wrote Todd so loving and supportive of Téa's these last months, her ROCK. He finally came through for her as she has so many times saved him through his darkest hours... and I for one was very proud of him and grateful that a writer finally allowed him this character growth.

I can finally say I believe Todd loves Tea every bit as much as she's always loved him, with every fiber in his being. They really are written and acted as the loves of each other's lives.

Major kudos to Florencia, Kelley and Trevor today... from their body language to tortured eyes, every nuanced word and move was pitch perfect.

It was heart tugging, but the whole time I watched I was thinking about how the writers were going to undo all this and how long it's gonna take.

JB wrote:It was heart tugging, but the whole time I watched I was thinking about how the writers were going to undo all this and how long it's gonna take.

That's my far, gmruss. How long before we get TnT scenes again? I fear months... and it will be hard to watch Todd and Dani mourn Téa. They are all 3 going to go thru hell and back.

The goodbye scenes were amazing. I loved every second of it and hope that Todd catches on to Eli quick and brings Tea back home.

The scenes were great. Wish we got more of a montage of them like they gave for Blair/Tea though.

the scences were heartbreaking for todd and dani!

Those scenes were so heartbreaking! Blaire should have been left totally out of it. All TPTB have succeeded in doing by forcing Blaire into this is make me hate Blaire all the more. There should ahve been more montages - would have loved to see them start with Téa appearing outside of Todd's cell and trace the last couple of years of TnTnD.

TSJFan4Ever wrote:Those scenes were so heartbreaking! Blaire should have been left totally out of it. All TPTB have succeeded in doing by forcing Blaire into this is make me hate Blaire all the more. There should ahve been more montages - would have loved to see them start with Téa appearing outside of Todd's cell and trace the last couple of years of TnTnD.

I would have loved a montage too... but I am guessing RC is saving that for when Greg lies and tells Todd and Dani they arrived too late and she's already passed away. That's coming up end of month. Sniff.

Supposedly KM and TSJ filmed on location and I can so see them taking pennies to a fountain and making wishes for Téa and that's where we'll get the montage.

The scenes were touching Tea was in character being a control freak and selfish trying to control everything to the bitter end, not talking it over with Todd like she should about Blair's role and wanting to die alone so that no one will see her weak.

Turning Money Hungry into Money Hunny is a perfect symbol of how the show has been cleansed of it's edgier parts the last few years watering down characters and even board games to be more correct like bright colored educational toys replacing cowboy hats and toy guns for the childrens own good by the self appointed nannies of the world.

sue67 wrote:The scenes were touching Tea was in character being a control freak and selfish trying to control everything to the bitter end, not talking it over with Todd like she should about Blair's role and wanting to die alone so that no one will see her weak.


Turning Money Hungry into Money Hunny is a perfect symbol of how the show has been cleansed of it's edgier parts the last few years watering down characters and even board games to be more correct like bright colored educational toys replacing cowboy hats and toy guns for the childrens own good by the self appointed nannies of the world.

Yep, Tea is definitely a control freak and I'm glad that the writers still wrote her very in-character. Todd nailed her when he was talking to Dani in her bedroom about how Tea doesn't feel like she has any control over this disease and that terrifies her. Todd knows his Tea well... and vice versa.

I enjoyed Tea telling Todd that she loves the "bastard" side of him, but that the better side needs to take over now. Todd, in doubt, questioned if the bastard side was pretty much as good as he gets. As ALWAYS, Tea believes in him and said so. Geez, I miss them already! That convo was completely TnT - true to form!


I heard that Money Hungry was changed to Money Honey for copyright reasons. I'm glad they were able to interact as a FAMILY for a few minutes.

I guess that would make sense if they had to change the name for copyright issues. They did that with Myspace for the David/Dorian mess - Myface? I think that's what it was.

I'm still not happy that Téa left Todd and Dani, but those scenes were really good - very moving and powerful. LOVED the scenes of Dani and Todd bonding over the meteor shower and in the aftermath of Téa leaving.

I haven't either. It looks a lot like Monopoly, though, so maybe just a variation on that?