tbillion:
how bout we get on the same page real quick
How about you read the very start of the Thread in Serial Input Basics - Programming Questions - Arduino Forum and move on to the updated version of Serial Input Basics which everyone else is using. Then there would be a lot less confusion.
PLUS ... take account of what @sterretje said about
As commands[6] is set by the parser, it's highly unlikely that if (Commands[6] == 87) will evaluate to true before the parser is called.
...R