The first time I saw today's show I was fuming about how the writers made Sam jealous of Brenda and Jason's bond. It took me more then a few hours to go back and re-watch today's episode and take it for as it is. It's important you know I am always a much bigger Sam fan then a Jason fan. As a true Sam fan, I could not fully understand why they would let our powerful kick ass heroine show weakness and jealous like this. But lets try to look at today's show a little more objectively.
First, Brenda is a huge drama queen and the way she was freaking out when she had shot the Balkan's henchman and in the configuration of the people standing around her Jason was the one standing closest to her. So naturally he was going to try to calm her down. Lucky and Sam were sadly outsiders in that crowd and were overall pretty pissed that Brenda was so selfish and had ruined the entire plan. Not to mention she may have completely compromised Lucky's cover and potentially made everyone a target that was standing there. Dante was just a tool and think we all agree with that. Jason has a way of talking people down in general in an intense situation. But I think the hug was probably a little over the top. Jason and Brenda do have a bond that is true but the bond is not romantic and is NOT anything for Sam to get so worked up about. Jason loves Sam with his whole heart and he loves how independent, strong and confident she is. In this particular situation he was trying to defuse the crazy in which we all call Brenda. Speaking of the crazy we call Brenda, I am thinking she might benefit greatly from some time at Shady Brook. For a person who's life with Sonny was surrounded by violence she should be a little more used to seeing violence. Actually it does appear now that the body count is increasing for Brenda, she has broken the law and been in more danger since she left her life with Sonny then when she was with him.
Now to think about WHY they made Sam jealous. This was harder for me to come up with because it strikes a nerve for me. But it is important we remember Sam knows Jason loves her. However, ever since Jason was released from prison he has been spending more and more time solving everyone else problems. It has to be frustrating to watch the only woman Jason has ever legally married to be back in his life (even if it is temporary) insisting his whole world revolve around her and explode all her drama on him. It's less jealousy in the aspect Sam thinks Jason is going to fall in love with Brenda. It is more anger that Brenda is involving Jason in something that had nothing to do with him. Another thing to think about is Sam has been trying to fight the little urges inside of herself that keep telling her she could lose Jason at any moment to prison mostly but that doesn't rule out other factors. Usually she keeps this pretty under control and her logical side kicks in and says everything is okay. Today her logical side didn't kick in right away. Lastly, I really hope the writers don't make Sam too jealous of Brenda because it is pointless. They always need to have some sort of drama for Jason and Sam and this is all they could come up with was a little jealousy. Just another example about how the writing really needs to improve like it was back in 2004/2005.
I hear what you are saying..I hate how they are portraying this, but I don't think they will hook Brenda and Jason up...at least I hope they don't. I believe that it will always be Brenda and Sonny, and right now the writers are trying to give a storyline showing that Brenda wants to stay away, but eventually that will be impossible (per the spoilers). I love Jason and Sam, and really hope they give them a baby. I think many of us have waited for 5 years for this to happen, and now is the perfect time. Spinelli is starting to irritate me, and I think that he needs a reality check in this storyline as well. Get crazy Lisa out of there, and stop making Robin look like the crazy one. Put Brenda with Sonny, give Jason and Sam a baby, and let Robin and Patrick work out their problems, and we will all be happy.
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