"In My Book Of Dreams" (First Impressions - "On The Same Paige" - Season 10, Episode 6)

I'm surprised we're actually getting a new episode on Halloween night - I figured since this season's Halloween episode is next week, they'd just plug in a re-run for the actual night (either this season's opener or last season's quasi-Halloween episode). 

Actually there's still a small chance this episode might get pushed back - if the World Series goes to a seventh game, it would be played that night.  Last year, unlike other networks, ABC didn't make a last-minute switch-out when last year's World Series went to Game 7, but who knows what they'll do if it happens again this year.

“Sing For The Laughter, Sing For the Tear” (“A Sketchy Area” Recap)

For a while, I was beginning to think that one scene they showed between Alex and Gloria was going to be the only time that story would even be mentioned.  Then, at least they got back to it at the end.

“Hoping That The Answer Will Come Down”

When yesterday started, I was pretty much expecting this pre-show post for tonight's “A Sketchy Area” to be full of doom and gloom, with the main talking point being how big a chance it would be that it would be the first Alex-less episode of the season¹.

And then this happened:

"My Love For You's A Tragedy(?)" (First Impressions - "Good Grief" - Season 10, Episode 5)

When I first saw the  press release for the (previously mentioned) Halloween episode, I thought, OK, nothing new added, so not much news, right?

And then...

“Staring At The Blank Page Before You” (“Kiss And Tell” Recap)

I feel like I should have more to say than what you're going to see here, because it felt like there were a lot of bad optics for Alex (odd considering how little she actually had to do tonight), but I'm having a really bad case of writer's block.

“Hope My Boyfriend Don't Mind It”

Whatever microscopic chance of an Alex-less episode there might have been is no more, as Alex was in the promo commercial for tonight's “Kiss And Tell”¹, albeit it was a blink and you'll miss it moment again.   Foreshadowing the rest of the episode, anyone?

"There's Just This Empty Place Inside Of Me" (First Impressions - "Torn Between Two Lovers" - Season 10, Episode 4)

As soon as I saw the title for this episode, which also happens to be the title of one of my all-time favorite songs (not that I've ever had to deal with that - I've never even reached one), I pretty much knew Alex would once again be left out in the cold (she's only fared slightly better than me).  And, sure enough, the press release confirmed that (not surprisingly given the title Haley is the focus, again).

Actually it bugs me more that Manny has another story (he has one this week as well).  Nothing against Manny, but unless there is a surprise somewhere in the next three weeks, Haley, Luke and Manny will all have two or three stories each in the first month, while Alex probably won't have had much of anything (maybe being generous and counting last week as a third of a story?).  At the rate we're going, Lily and Joe will probably get stories before Alex, too.

I know that sounds like nothing new, but with time probably running out on the show as a whole...