Subj: Passions: Loved Julian With Ivy AND Eve Today

Date: 10/2/2002
 

I enjoyed both Julian & Ivy and Julian & Eve today.

I have to do a shallow gush. I thought Julian looked FABULOUS today. The gray hair totally works for him. That suit reeked ‘JulianCrane’ – tailored, looking fabulously expensive. Totally ‘to the manor born’.The entire outfit looked great.

Julian is in the living room, and Ivy comes in. She teases Julian about losing his sportscar. She knows about the accident and who did it.She wants to know what happened last night. Julian tells her that nothing happened,and she is like ‘ Where is Julian Crane and what have you done with him?’

LOL

Julian tells her that it’s only a car, and nobody got hurt,which IS the important thing, and it’s all forgotten. Ivy says that he can’t be doing this out of the goodness of his heart, because they both know ‘ he doesn’t have one’. That something had to be in it for him. Ivy thought about it for a minute, and they gave us a flashback, to the pictures. I had to sigh.That was when Passions was really good, and things were happening. Ivy was looking at the pictures of Julian and Ivy. Ivy shuts her mouth and Julian asks her what does she THINK she knows. Ivy said that it’s good to know that anyone can develop a conscience so late in life.

Julian’s response?

“ Anything to raise the spirits of a cripple, I always say.”

BWA HA HA HA HA HA

Classic Juvy.

Julian leaves for the board meeting and Ivy wonders if Julian still harbors feelings for Eve. She mocks this with the comment, ‘ As if Eve would ever leave TC for the likes of Julian.’, and then continues on with her scheming with David, calling him.

I liked this exchange because it remembered part of Passions History. I wonder if it was there to remind us that Ivy DOES still have the pictures of Julian & Eve. Maybe we haven’t seen the last of them, and they might come up in the future?

Julian gets to the hospital and comes upon Grace and Eve,and sweet Grace commented about Julian , ‘Speak of the devil.’

Eve was smiling towards Julian and he responded in kind. Eve thanked him for ‘last night’, and Julian tells her it’s nothing. Julian leaves for the meeting, and Grace, who observed this interaction was confused- you could see it on her face.  She told Eve she didn’t understand why she was being so nice to Julian ‘ the guy who almost ruined your life.’ Eve explains about Simone and the car. Grace asks if Julian came after the family, and Eve said that Julian was ‘quite decent’, and told them to forget about it.

Grace said that there has to be a logical explanation forit. Then she asks,

“ Do you think Julian let you and TC off the hook because he<I>wants you back?</I>”

Eve responds “ If that’s his angle, he’s wasting his time.”

Julian is spying on the two women from around the corner.

Eve tells Grace that she would never leave TC, and that she’s going to take what Julian did at face value. You had sweet Grace Bennett being the voice of skepticism, tells Eve to watch out.

Now, I’ve been reading the posts about people saying that Eve was flirting with Julian. Maybe on a subconscious level she is, but I think Eve’s in a position she never thought she’d be in – post forgiveness. Eve spent so many years being angry with Julian…it was part of her armor. She dismissed him – outright- because he was a liar who just used her and never loved her ortheir son. Now, she realizes, even though Julian made a lot of mistakes, that he DID love BOTH her and their son. That matters to Eve, and I don’t think she knows how much. The anger that she displayed towards Julian was a shield. It protected her. It protected her from the past. It protected her from dealing with her feelings for Julian, which I believe are unresolved, and it protected her from Julian himself. As long as she had this wall of anger up towards Julian, hecouldn’t get past it.

Now that defense system is gone, and Eve is open on that flank. Julian did something nice for her daughter, and she appreciates it. It reminds her of ‘her Julian’. They worked through so much at the party, and Eve doesn’t know how to proceed from here.

I also think Eve and Ivy spoke the truth. Eve would never leave TC for Julian. Eve is a one woman man. Nobody has ever spoke about what would happen if TC left Eve. I think all bets would be off and Julian would definitely ‘go for it’.

I loved Julian with Ivy and Eve today.
 

SIP