My random thoughts:
In Nikolas' defense, Gia broke off their engagement and he was upset about it for a while. He's just moved on now.
Zander slept with both Elizabeth and Gia - Elizabeth first and recently Gia. I always wondered, too, if Emily ever knew about the Elizabeth thing - after all, the girls are *supossed* to be best friends. I don't believe that Emily knew about Gia and Zander sleeping together - she was with Nikolas so that Zander wouldn't have to live with her cancer, not because Zander slept with someone else.
I think it was Courtney who hit Elizabeth but Faith is the one who found her. There would be more of a storyline with it being Courtney rather than Faith since no one cares about Faith at all!
I like the new Emily (the old one stars in a primetime show this Fall - Joan of Arcadia or something like that), dislike the new Gia, and hate Ric altogether.
I hate the Skye/Ned thing - true, she is not a Quartermaine so they can date, but I think it's a bad storyline. Ned HATED her when she was with Jax and now, suddenly, he wants to be with her? I also hate the Alexis storyline lately.
That's all I can think about right now...