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Kendall accuses Reese of trying to sink her claws into Zach. Zach tells Kendall she must choose between loving or hating him. Kendall chooses to love her husband, & Reese is devestated when she catches a glimpse of the Slaters basking in the afterglow of passion. (TB notes that she, like Kendall, is mad at Reese).  A bitter confrontation ensues between Reese & Kendall. Reese defends herself to the Slaters, insisting that she is remaining in PV, & then Reese falls through a glass table, sustaining injuries that cause her to go blind.

So, Reese goes blind.  I might as well go ahead and make the joke that I didn't see this coming.  :)

Pratt, the head writer of All My Children, has said that the next couple of weeks of story for Reese is going to be introspective for her, dealing with who she is and giving her some growth and I like that a lot.  This is a pretty good set up for growth, in my opinion.  They've stripped everything from Reese:  her parents, her wife, her children, her job (if she can't see, how's she going to design buildings?).  When that kind of thing happens, of course, she's going to have to look at herself because really, she is all she's got. 

I liked Adam's words to Reese yesterday about how (and I'm paraphrasing) she's going to have to learn how to buck up around the Kane women.  She's got to learn how to stand up for herself.  She's got to stop playing the victim and be strong.  And, what better way to teach her how to do that than to give her a disability?  

If it was me, while blind in the hospital, I would have Reese interacting with the good guys of the show.  I would have her start to make friends in Pine Valley, starting with Brot.

Brot (who now works at the hospital) knows what it's like to be sort of an outcast, based on his physical appearance.  He knows what it's like to have people judge him before they even know him.  He knows what it's like to feel like everyone in the room is talking about him.  And, yet, he has this amazing heart and ability to connect to people and encourage them.  Man, if it was me writing this?  I would totally have Reese and Brot become friends.  He could go in there and help Reese talk it out about her anger, pain, and fear (which is obviously going to come with all of this).

Brot was so amazing with little Emma after she burned her hand, that I would love to see him more with the patients at the hospital.  I think he could do wonders for Reese in helping her in this situation and this would be a great way to incorporate his character more on the show, which has been lacking.

From Brot, I would have Reese win over the good guys in Pine Valley, like the Hubbards and the Martins, starting with Angie and Jake, who could both be taking care of her while in the hospital. 

I think in order for Reese to win over Erica and Kendall, they have to stop seeing Reese as a threat and this whole blindness thing could be a good way to do it, even if it's soapy as all get out.  If the good guys start to see Reese as a great person of strength through her condition, then maybe the Kane women will, too.  I wouldn't mind if Erica and Kendall also felt a little guilty for treating Reese as they have.  It would also be kind of an interesting flip to have Kendall visiting Reese at the hospital, instead of Reese going to see Kendall (when she was in the coma). 

I do think this is a way to bring Bianca back to Pine Valley and possibly, the way to pave the way for Reese and Bianca to make up and start over.  I kind of hate that it's over a possible pity party, but I think in soap opera, there's really no way to avoid that :)  I've seen spec that Reese will regain her sight just as Bianca comes in her hospital room and I could totally see that because it's a pretty predictable soap opera move.  But, part of me wants Bianca to actually witness what Reese has had to go through.  I want her to literally see Reese have to struggle and deal with what Bianca's mother and sister have done to her.  I want that to really sink it for Bianca because Bianca's the one who has been angry and now, it's going to be Reese's turn.  After the crap Bianca said to Reese after she found out about the kiss was seriously harsh (that she didn't love her anymore and that Reese was a disgrace to her family) and Bianca's gonna need to grovel for that.  Or, at least, that would make me feel better :)

If it was me, I'd write Bianca's first entrance into Reese's hospital room as a way for Reese to know it's Bianca without seeing her.  Bianca could kiss her and Reese could know it's her just based on her other senses.  I think that could actually be really cool to show that she really knows her.  Bianca could be all "How did you know it was me?" and Reese could be all "I know the way your lips taste, the way you smell, etc.".  Even as cheesy as that would be, I think if you're going to make a character blind, you need her other senses to perk up and that could be interesting.

I've become a fan of the Reese Williams character and I think that's because I can't HELP but cheer for the underdog and I think that's who she is right now.  She's going to have to dig herself out of the mire and that's cheer-worthy to me.  

Plus, how awesome is it going to be to see Tamara Braun play blind?

I don't know if any of this speculation will even happen, but that's how I'd write it.  All My Children has been so dark and depressing lately that this "Reese goes blind" storyline could be a way to bring some hope and light back to Pine Valley.