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BTG: January 2026 Discussion Thread

I don't think she necessarily has a plan right now. I do think it will end up being her that finishes him off.
And @Khan since multi-quote is being annoying, I think Ben Gavin is def off-contract.

By Vee · 2 minutes ago2 min
One Life to Live Tribute Thread

Great observations @DRW50 ! It's truly fascinating to me that it took such a long time, almost a year... before anyone spoke to Marty the way Dorian does. Without trying to feel sorry for her or being insincerely kind or looking down on her with condescension. It's as if someone finally respects Marty in a twisted perverse way, because Dorian is the first person to express pure hate and venom towards her, treating her as an actual threat - someone that should be dealt with... and not underestimating her like all those other saintly characters do. I love it. These two remind me of my two cousins - sisters who would constantly bicker because they were so similar and wicked. They couldn't lie to each other, because that shared nature made them guess correctly what the other was doing or plotting all the time. I will quote the show from couple of episodes ago - A witch... always recognizes a witch.
While they were operating on him... she was on her knees in the woods. Probably hearing about his close-call with death... made her want to REALLY FEEL ALIVE. 😁
I really like that idea and I hope they continue it at least for some time. Once again... it reminds me of real life... I appreciate that Malone/Griffith are telling sort of a cautionary story about how harmful unchecked influence can be in a child's life. A bad mother is a mother who puts her children in the presence of people like Cain. And again.. the show does the most unexpected thing - I side with the male - Cord (like I do with Clint these days). I wonder how many men were watching the show back in 1993. Malone era OLTL gives a really strong male point of view... all the time.
P.S. I just uploaded that second clip of the day - it's a collage of scenes, but the most entertaining part is in the middle - Marty and Dorian, of course. @alwaysAMC - I promised to tag you! 😊 Robin is on FIRE in this clip.

By Maxim · 7 minutes ago7 min
GH: January 2026 Discussion Thread

Ahh interesting! I don't recall hearing about or seeing stories about men being raped in prison on daytime, but I guess I wasn't watching the right shows haha. Ugh, I don't generally love retcons.
Nathan sure was acting fishy there at the end of today's episode! I knew there had to be more to his return.

By alwaysAMC · 9 minutes ago9 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

If she did, she should have just stuck to her plan, although with Hope gone and the Bauers so diminished it wouldn't have had much impact without Don Stewart. On top of the loss of Mike, Ed was, as you said, poorly recast. And while I liked Peter Simon, his Ed was never going to work as a patriarch (Simon also likely would have balked at the idea).
They should have tried to do a better job with bringing in a new branch of the Bauer family than they did with Johnny. And then brought back Mike and Hope. Ideally Stewart could have returned permanently post-Kobe.

By DRW50 · 40 minutes ago40 min
BTG: January 2026 Discussion Thread

By dragonflies · 41 minutes ago41 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

I think all those succeeding teams didn't care for a core family like the Bauers. The Spauldings and Lewises always seemed to be more attractive. Plus, once they SORAS'd the hell out of Alan-Michael in 1987 to 18 (born in 1981), it probably would have been tricky to bring on at least Hope due to this.
My issue with removing the Bauers was that a core family with a rich history was gutted in about year. By the end of 1984, Ed was recast for the second time in 3 years, Hillary and Bill were killed off for no good reason (though Ed Bryce was really brought back in a guest role to finish Bill Bauer's story), Mike and Hope were completely written off, and Charita passed away off screen. It was Ed and Rick remaining, with Michael O'Leary having a little over a year under his belt and (IMHO) Richard Van Vleet being completely miscast as Ed.
I still think that Kobe planned to recast Mike Bauer once she fired Don Stewart. Meaning, Mike Bauer would leave for Washington DC temporarily in September of 1984 and return by October or November with a new actor - just in time to rescue Alexandra in Barbados and to add further legitimacy to Brandon Spaulding's return. However, when Peter Simon didn't resign with the show, they quietly wrote Mike Bauer off to Washington DC, never to return.

By zanereed · 46 minutes ago46 min
GH: January 2026 Discussion Thread

Soaps had had graphic attempted rape prison stories from the '70s through the '90s. This was more challenging in the sense that they went further with Michael's rape, but they were more low-key with the moment.
(this story was later extensively retconned due to the show's love of the Franco character - originally, Franco was the one who ordered Michael to be raped)

By DRW50 · 56 minutes ago56 min
DAYS: January 2026 Discussion Thread

Days is a mess. Make it make sense!

By TEdgeofNight · 1 hour ago1 hr
BTG: January 2026 Discussion Thread

They need to work on those hospital scenes to make them more realistic. I also have problems with the PDA between Madison and Chelsea every time they're shown at the hospital. I don't think that's realistic or cute.

The changes to the characters' names in the credits is ridiculous, period, especially Leslie's name. Why make it all busier?

I've been pretty clear about how I feel about Joey. It is cartoonish and cliche. This show wants to have a big bad mobster while also keeping the actor on the show, and it doesn't work for me.
That Golden Corral Casino set doesn't scream power or money, and I HATE that everything he does USES and ABUSES POC in general and Black people in particular. It's maddening.
And yeah, I know that many viewers think Vanessa will take him down and has a plan. The problem is she's not written that way and LB is not playing her that way. She comes off as in love with this lowlife hood who controls all the Black people in town. Will it be another year before we get the "Surprise! It was all Vanessa's plan!" ??? I don't want it.

-- That cleavage today on Vanessa did not work.
-- I understand the goal with Tracey's conversation with Anita, but it made me cringe. Tracey went on and on with the negatives, imploring Anita to face up to how awful everything is. I thought it was a rough way to make the point.

By ranger1rg · 1 hour ago1 hr
GH: January 2026 Discussion Thread

Ohh thank you! That's good (and even a Brenda reference haha). I have to imagine back in 2010, for daytime, this was probably pretty taboo/pushing the boundaries.

By alwaysAMC · 1 hour ago1 hr

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