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So after destroying the photographs that Sidwell conveniently kept in an old-school mechanical combination lock safe even after Pascal was on the
run and Sidwell began to suspect Lucas was no friend, Sonny and/or Laura actually came up with a pretty good plan to snare the villain. I had
guessed the day before that Lucas would be wearing body armor. The
jacket zipped all the was up was a clue. It was also nice to see that
this was treated realistically. Lucas might still have been seriously
injured despite the vest, especially at that range. Generally, TV treats
a vest as completely eliminating all damage. Being in pain and going to
GH to be checked out would be wise in real life. He would at the very
least have serious bruising, or even a cracked rib.
It seems like GH has hired someone consulting who has good firearms
knowledge, which has not always been the case. The slide injury Rocco
got recently also suggests this. That was a very realistic plot point.

Now for a gripe. After several officers plus Dante himself surround
Sidwell to take him into custody, Sidwell is sent off to lock-up with a
lone officer, who just happens to be Cassius. Even though Dante doesn't
know that's not Nathan, it makes no sense. Sidwell is the leader of a
large criminal organization. No way he should ever be transported
anywhere by only one officer. Probably no prisoner should be. And
Sidwell is too much of an escape risk. It's an all-too-contrived way to continue this convoluted plot.
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SteveR <SteveR3333@aol.com> wrote:

So after destroying the photographs that Sidwell conveniently kept in an old-school mechanical combination lock safe even after Pascal was on the
run and Sidwell began to suspect Lucas was no friend, Sonny and/or Laura actually came up with a pretty good plan to snare the villain. I had
guessed the day before that Lucas would be wearing body armor. The
jacket zipped all the was up was a clue. It was also nice to see that
this was treated realistically. Lucas might still have been seriously injured despite the vest, especially at that range. Generally, TV treats
a vest as completely eliminating all damage. Being in pain and going to
GH to be checked out would be wise in real life. He would at the very
least have serious bruising, or even a cracked rib.
It seems like GH has hired someone consulting who has good firearms knowledge, which has not always been the case. The slide injury Rocco
got recently also suggests this. That was a very realistic plot point.

Now for a gripe. After several officers plus Dante himself surround
Sidwell to take him into custody, Sidwell is sent off to lock-up with a
lone officer, who just happens to be Cassius. Even though Dante doesn't
know that's not Nathan, it makes no sense. Sidwell is the leader of a
large criminal organization. No way he should ever be transported
anywhere by only one officer. Probably no prisoner should be. And
Sidwell is too much of an escape risk. It's an all-too-contrived way to continue this convoluted plot.

Agree with all the above.
And wondering is Lucas going to show later symptoms today? And or will
officer Fitz somebody his new beau?

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marika <marika5000@gmail.com> wrote:

SteveR <SteveR3333@aol.com> wrote:

So after destroying the photographs that Sidwell conveniently kept in an
old-school mechanical combination lock safe even after Pascal was on the
run and Sidwell began to suspect Lucas was no friend, Sonny and/or Laura
actually came up with a pretty good plan to snare the villain. I had
guessed the day before that Lucas would be wearing body armor. The
jacket zipped all the was up was a clue. It was also nice to see that
this was treated realistically. Lucas might still have been seriously
injured despite the vest, especially at that range. Generally, TV treats
a vest as completely eliminating all damage. Being in pain and going to
GH to be checked out would be wise in real life. He would at the very
least have serious bruising, or even a cracked rib.
It seems like GH has hired someone consulting who has good firearms
knowledge, which has not always been the case. The slide injury Rocco
got recently also suggests this. That was a very realistic plot point.

Now for a gripe. After several officers plus Dante himself surround
Sidwell to take him into custody, Sidwell is sent off to lock-up with a
lone officer, who just happens to be Cassius. Even though Dante doesn't
know that's not Nathan, it makes no sense. Sidwell is the leader of a
large criminal organization. No way he should ever be transported
anywhere by only one officer. Probably no prisoner should be. And
Sidwell is too much of an escape risk. It's an all-too-contrived way to
continue this convoluted plot.

Agree with all the above.
And wondering is Lucas going to show later symptoms today? And or will officer Fitz somebody his new beau?

Cullum must know where Sidwell is. (Assuming he survives the next few
weeks, and or doesnrCOt take off to join Sidwell).

When Brennan was in charge, he had no problem locating Sidwell in Africa.
And they werenrCOt even allies.

He even bombed SidwellrCOs compound to enable Lucky, Jason and Anna to
escape.

Cullum and Sidwell are allies. Cullum either knows, or was given ample information to determine SidwellrCOs whereabouts.

They arenrCOt just allies. Sidwell almost certainly has access to CullumrCOs share of whatever ill gotten gains they earned together. He would never
loosen his tether on Sidwell.



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On 6/11/2026 11:54 PM, marika wrote:

marika <marika5000@gmail.com> wrote:

SteveR <SteveR3333@aol.com> wrote:

So after destroying the photographs that Sidwell conveniently kept in an >>> old-school mechanical combination lock safe even after Pascal was on the >>> run and Sidwell began to suspect Lucas was no friend, Sonny and/or Laura >>> actually came up with a pretty good plan to snare the villain. I had
guessed the day before that Lucas would be wearing body armor. The
jacket zipped all the was up was a clue. It was also nice to see that
this was treated realistically. Lucas might still have been seriously
injured despite the vest, especially at that range. Generally, TV treats >>> a vest as completely eliminating all damage. Being in pain and going to
GH to be checked out would be wise in real life. He would at the very
least have serious bruising, or even a cracked rib.
It seems like GH has hired someone consulting who has good firearms
knowledge, which has not always been the case. The slide injury Rocco
got recently also suggests this. That was a very realistic plot point.

Now for a gripe. After several officers plus Dante himself surround
Sidwell to take him into custody, Sidwell is sent off to lock-up with a
lone officer, who just happens to be Cassius. Even though Dante doesn't
know that's not Nathan, it makes no sense. Sidwell is the leader of a
large criminal organization. No way he should ever be transported
anywhere by only one officer. Probably no prisoner should be. And
Sidwell is too much of an escape risk. It's an all-too-contrived way to
continue this convoluted plot.

Agree with all the above.
And wondering is Lucas going to show later symptoms today? And or will
officer Fitz somebody his new beau?

Cullum must know where Sidwell is. (Assuming he survives the next few
weeks, and or doesnrCOt take off to join Sidwell).

When Brennan was in charge, he had no problem locating Sidwell in Africa.
And they werenrCOt even allies.

He even bombed SidwellrCOs compound to enable Lucky, Jason and Anna to escape.

Cullum and Sidwell are allies. Cullum either knows, or was given ample information to determine SidwellrCOs whereabouts.

They arenrCOt just allies. Sidwell almost certainly has access to CullumrCOs share of whatever ill gotten gains they earned together. He would never loosen his tether on Sidwell.

Agreed. There is no way that Cullum is not aware of Sidwell's location.
Cullum probably gets regular updates via secure channels.
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SteveR wrote in <110hb18$2acm1$1@dont-email.me>:

On 6/11/2026 11:54 PM, marika wrote:

marika <marika5000@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>

Cullum must know where Sidwell is. (Assuming he survives the next few
weeks, and or doesnAt take off to join Sidwell).

When Brennan was in charge, he had no problem locating Sidwell in Africa.
And they werenAt even allies.

He even bombed SidwellAs compound to enable Lucky, Jason and Anna to
escape.

Cullum and Sidwell are allies. Cullum either knows, or was given ample
information to determine SidwellAs whereabouts.

They arenAt just allies. Sidwell almost certainly has access to CullumAs
share of whatever ill gotten gains they earned together. He would never
loosen his tether on Sidwell.

Agreed. There is no way that Cullum is not aware of Sidwell's location. Cullum probably gets regular updates via secure channels.

I have no idea about any of the above, so am not in disagreement, but
just to play devil's advocate for a minute....

Cullum and Sidwell are certainly a couple of strange bedfellows as far
as allies go. They each benefit from the association, but neither trusts
the other. Would Sidwell have trusted Cullum with knowledge of his hidey
holes?

As for ill gotten gains, what would those be? It's not likely they both
have control of the same funding source. When he confronted Sidwell
about his lack of focus on the project, Cullum claimed he'd invested
time--20 years--in developing Faison's demented cold fusion weapon, but
he didn't mention investing money. He's obsessed with power, and dreams
of world dominance or some such nutty agenda. Sidwell, OTOH, seems
interested in the weapon strictly for personal financial gain, which he believes will be realized only when the weapon is produced. He might be providing some funding of the development, but would Cullum have control
of the source of the funds--presumably Sidwell's offshore bank accounts?

I do hope we find out sooner than later what each psycho knows and/or
controls of the other's business, but it's probably going to be weeks or
months before any of that is revealed.
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SteveR wrote in <110eo1a$1jb98$1@dont-email.me>:

So after destroying the photographs that Sidwell conveniently kept in an old-school mechanical combination lock safe even after Pascal was on the
run and Sidwell began to suspect Lucas was no friend, Sonny and/or Laura actually came up with a pretty good plan to snare the villain. I had
guessed the day before that Lucas would be wearing body armor. The
jacket zipped all the was up was a clue. It was also nice to see that
this was treated realistically. Lucas might still have been seriously injured despite the vest, especially at that range. Generally, TV treats
a vest as completely eliminating all damage. Being in pain and going to
GH to be checked out would be wise in real life. He would at the very
least have serious bruising, or even a cracked rib.
It seems like GH has hired someone consulting who has good firearms knowledge, which has not always been the case. The slide injury Rocco
got recently also suggests this. That was a very realistic plot point.

Agree. It was certainly a lot more realistic than it would have been had
Lucas jumped up and said, ha ha ha, you can't kill me! I'm wearing
KEVLAR! But it was odd that nutty Sidwell didn't just pull out the gun
and shoot Lucas in the head.

Now for a gripe. After several officers plus Dante himself surround
Sidwell to take him into custody, Sidwell is sent off to lock-up with a
lone officer, who just happens to be Cassius. Even though Dante doesn't
know that's not Nathan, it makes no sense. Sidwell is the leader of a
large criminal organization. No way he should ever be transported
anywhere by only one officer. Probably no prisoner should be. And
Sidwell is too much of an escape risk. It's an all-too-contrived way to continue this convoluted plot.

*And* it looked as if Schmathan had been transporting Sidwell in his own personal vehicle. Shouldn't the uniformed cops have taken Sidwell to
jail in their patrol car? Why hasn't Schmathan been called on the carpet
for losing his prisoner?
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Kaitlin <above.stairs@bobbie's.diner.INVALID> wrote:

SteveR wrote in <110hb18$2acm1$1@dont-email.me>:

On 6/11/2026 11:54 PM, marika wrote:

marika <marika5000@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>

Cullum must know where Sidwell is. (Assuming he survives the next few
weeks, and or doesn-At take off to join Sidwell).

When Brennan was in charge, he had no problem locating Sidwell in Africa. >>> And they weren-At even allies.

He even bombed Sidwell-As compound to enable Lucky, Jason and Anna to
escape.

Cullum and Sidwell are allies. Cullum either knows, or was given ample
information to determine Sidwell-As whereabouts.

They aren-At just allies. Sidwell almost certainly has access to Cullum-As >>> share of whatever ill gotten gains they earned together. He would never
loosen his tether on Sidwell.

Agreed. There is no way that Cullum is not aware of Sidwell's location.
Cullum probably gets regular updates via secure channels.

I have no idea about any of the above, so am not in disagreement, but
just to play devil's advocate for a minute....

Cullum and Sidwell are certainly a couple of strange bedfellows as far
as allies go. They each benefit from the association, but neither trusts
the other. Would Sidwell have trusted Cullum with knowledge of his hidey holes?

As for ill gotten gains, what would those be?

This is just my theory.

It's not likely they both
have control of the same funding source. When he confronted Sidwell
about his lack of focus on the project, Cullum claimed he'd invested
time--20 years--in developing Faison's demented cold fusion weapon, but
he didn't mention investing money.

This is true, but I just cannot see the guy availing himself of illegal
income streams.

Cullum did invest a lot of time. He became the WSB expert on Faison.

Brennan and Val used their insider knowledge to make money off the weapon
sales while WSB members. They joined forces with some private partners.

I theorized Cullum and Sidwell might have similar partnerships. CullumrCOs twenty year project required financing. World domination requires
expensive outlays. Sidwell may have been the only source of financing. Somehow, I doubt it.

He's obsessed with power, and dreams
of world dominance or some such nutty agenda. Sidwell, OTOH, seems
interested in the weapon strictly for personal financial gain, which he believes will be realized only when the weapon is produced. He might be providing some funding of the development, but would Cullum have control
of the source of the funds--presumably Sidwell's offshore bank accounts?

I think they must have at least one joint resource where they launder money
and provide resources to draw on for this project.

I do hope we find out sooner than later what each psycho knows and/or controls of the other's business, but it's probably going to be weeks or months before any of that is revealed.

In another thread, I mentioned a new character, Hudson, will join the cast.
He is expected the last week of July. I believe I read he is some sort of shady financier type.

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marika wrote in <4xEXR.112949$Mm3.5920@fx33.iad>:

Kaitlin <above.stairs@bobbie's.diner.INVALID> wrote:

SteveR wrote in <110hb18$2acm1$1@dont-email.me>:

On 6/11/2026 11:54 PM, marika wrote:

marika <marika5000@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>

They aren?t just allies. Sidwell almost certainly has access to Cullum?s >>>> share of whatever ill gotten gains they earned together. He would never >>>> loosen his tether on Sidwell.

Agreed. There is no way that Cullum is not aware of Sidwell's location. >>> Cullum probably gets regular updates via secure channels.

I have no idea about any of the above, so am not in disagreement, but
just to play devil's advocate for a minute....

Cullum and Sidwell are certainly a couple of strange bedfellows as far
as allies go. They each benefit from the association, but neither trusts
the other. Would Sidwell have trusted Cullum with knowledge of his hidey
holes?

As for ill gotten gains, what would those be?

This is just my theory.

I know. I don't have a theory, and wasn't disagreeing with yours, just
playing devil's advocate as I said above, trying to spark some
discussion. :)

It's not likely they both
have control of the same funding source. When he confronted Sidwell
about his lack of focus on the project, Cullum claimed he'd invested
time--20 years--in developing Faison's demented cold fusion weapon, but
he didn't mention investing money.

This is true, but I just cannot see the guy availing himself of illegal income streams.

He knifed a man in cold blood and would have done the same to Joss if
Schmathan hadn't stopped him. Would he draw the line at dirty money,
especially if it helped him achieve his diabolical ends?

Cullum did invest a lot of time. He became the WSB expert on Faison.

Yes, and he told Sidwell that he hadn't invested 20 years in Faison's
project only to be thwarted at the 11th hour because Sidwell was focused
on avenging his murdered son and not on the job at hand.

Brennan and Val used their insider knowledge to make money off the weapon sales while WSB members. They joined forces with some private partners.

I theorized Cullum and Sidwell might have similar partnerships. CullumAs twenty year project required financing. World domination requires
expensive outlays. Sidwell may have been the only source of financing. Somehow, I doubt it.

Very possibly. I don't have knowledge of other sources tho, and my
comments were based on the little that I do know.

He's obsessed with power, and dreams
of world dominance or some such nutty agenda. Sidwell, OTOH, seems
interested in the weapon strictly for personal financial gain, which he
believes will be realized only when the weapon is produced. He might be
providing some funding of the development, but would Cullum have control
of the source of the funds--presumably Sidwell's offshore bank accounts?

I think they must have at least one joint resource where they launder money and provide resources to draw on for this project.

That could well be the case. Hopefully they'll wrap this up soon and
we'll find out what's been going on with those two psychos behind the
scenes. As far as story lines go, this one is very stinky and bloated
and unrecognizable as the thing it had been in life, like something
you'd poke with a stick if you came across it on a hike through the
woods.
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Kaitlin <above.stairs@bobbie's.diner.INVALID> wrote:

marika wrote in <4xEXR.112949$Mm3.5920@fx33.iad>:

Kaitlin <above.stairs@bobbie's.diner.INVALID> wrote:

SteveR wrote in <110hb18$2acm1$1@dont-email.me>:

On 6/11/2026 11:54 PM, marika wrote:

marika <marika5000@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>

They aren?t just allies. Sidwell almost certainly has access to Cullum?s >>>>> share of whatever ill gotten gains they earned together. He would never >>>>> loosen his tether on Sidwell.

Agreed. There is no way that Cullum is not aware of Sidwell's location. >>>> Cullum probably gets regular updates via secure channels.

I have no idea about any of the above, so am not in disagreement, but
just to play devil's advocate for a minute....

Cullum and Sidwell are certainly a couple of strange bedfellows as far
as allies go. They each benefit from the association, but neither trusts >>> the other. Would Sidwell have trusted Cullum with knowledge of his hidey >>> holes?

As for ill gotten gains, what would those be?

This is just my theory.

I know. I don't have a theory, and wasn't disagreeing with yours, just playing devil's advocate as I said above, trying to spark some
discussion. :)

I never am bothered by your spurring debate. We need more if it.

It's not likely they both
have control of the same funding source. When he confronted Sidwell
about his lack of focus on the project, Cullum claimed he'd invested
time--20 years--in developing Faison's demented cold fusion weapon, but
he didn't mention investing money.

This is true, but I just cannot see the guy availing himself of illegal
income streams.

This post crashed out for me twice and i had to rewrite parts of this. The above sentence got fuxxored.

I missed this edit. Cullum is a straight up crook. He is no idealist. He
will hoover up every penny of anything he can get his hands on.

He knifed a man in cold blood and would have done the same to Joss if Schmathan hadn't stopped him. Would he draw the line at dirty money, especially if it helped him achieve his diabolical ends?

Exactly!

These WSB directors tend to be a shady lot. Victor, most recently.
Totally crooked and power hungry.

I just think this is a kind of Pikeman 2.0 partnership. At least Pikeman sometimes funneled weapons where they were needed. This Cullum Sidwell
thing feels like Pikeman with a crazier world domination mission.

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