But Soap was confusing on purpose – it was deliberately spoofing the convoluted plots of daytime soap operas. This strip used to be about Joe and his immediate family, but it’s added so many ancillary characters who aren’t all that memorable or interesting, so when they appear you say “Wait, who is this person again, and why should I care?”
For a moment I thought we had skipped to the end of this arc. Yesterday Jane was arguing with the alien and suddenly today they’re back on Earth and he’s returning her to her home? Feels like we missed some panels/strips where he agreed that he made a mistake recruiting her and would take her back home.
And why doesn’t he go and recruit the actual JTW that got the high score? Jane told him who it was.
And we’re supposed to root for Dorothy as someone for Jane to end up with?