All My Shadows

That's a gorgeous set, but I wish they'd use a better picture of Blake from the earlier seasons. He looks so puffy there!! Also, I'm just gonna be sitting here saying that the best Dynasty was the busy, campy, hilarious, fun Dynasty of S3-S5. Miss me with the understated nonsense. When I watch Dynasty, I want DYNASTY.

The Grimshaws are definitely one of the show's brightest spots in the last ten years. Though I hated what they did with Todd's brief return a few years ago, I want him back so so so much. I think they might be the last "classic" family introduced on the show, meaning that they had/have that true Corrie spirit about them, when written well.

The photo shopping in that pic is ridiculous!! I think this is my first time seeing the full thing. I've only ever seen the part with the teens at the bottom.

I need to catch up on everything since Cam's suicide, but this is just fuckin dumb. Tristan had a mini heart attack trying to lose weight to impress Fab, Fab showed him that he isn't shallow and that he would be willing to try something out with him, and Tristan dumps him because he ISN'T SHALLOW ENOUGH? Dafuq!! Tristan needs to realize that chances are slim that he'll find a fit guy who's into fashion and his chunky ass. Yes, I'm bitter, because Fabs are few and far between in real life!

I'll watch for the cast, but I'm not expecting much from Emmitt.

The Doctors is one of those long-gone soaps that I've always held up high on my list of "soaps to see." Thankfully, I've seen a handful of episodes, but I hope there's still plenty more out there for us to see, especially from the first 10 or so years. Happy anniversary, old girl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFQdCRQd3yg

I have no trouble at all believing that everything she says is true. Hazel was constantly on the sidelines and even though she was a great presence as a sidekick-type character, there's no reason why she shouldn't have commanded more of the action. I wouldn't necessarily say the other black characters were given stereotypical stories, though. Liberty's pregnancy was the only "negative" aspect of her or Jimmy's characters, and Jimmy was definitely written as the all-American (all-Canadian?? lol) dream boy jock that all the girls loved and all the boys envied. I'd say DTNG did well with race, but they could have done better, of course. Toby rarely had his own storylines, either, especially after they grew up a bit.

This woman lights my heart and soul!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXFQF6OqT48

It's not that I think Corrie sold out or that I watched it when it was "cool." It's just that I like the 70s stuff better, and I wish the current episodes were more like the show's first 30 years. It's nice that you like the current storylines, though. I watched an ep a few months ago and enjoyed it, but I've been too busy to keep up with it. I do suggest watching some of the older episodes that we're so lucky to have easy access to, though. There are tons on YouTube.

Jesse! He enchanted my little 11-year-old heart on that summer's day 12 years ago, and I wouldn't be here without him

Not sure how recent this update is, but Patricia Bruder (ATWT's Ellen) currently specializes in officiating at gay weddings in New York. http://www.purpleunions.com/usa/nynycity.html You have to scroll down a bit or just search for her name.

I'll have to give those episodes a watch, Carl! While poking around Hulu looking for AMC/OLTL information, I gave a look to the Corrie page there, and I have to just laugh at some of the comments there. "After watching seven episodes on Hulu, I'm done with American soaps. Coronation Street puts them all to shame." People are such hipsters. Corrie is just the same as the American soaps now, just shinier and prettier settings and "normal"-looking (said as pretentiously as possible) actors. I'd venture to say Corrie is worse off than DAYS at the moment.

*sigh* That wasn't the work of BK, was it? Has his material started airing yet? As always, I'm in the mood for getting into a British soap again, but none of them seem very promising right now. I might just stick to reruns of Take the High Road on YouTube.

So what's this I hear about JP coming back and immediately succumbing to Brendan's womanly wiles?

You can watch them online at Noggin's website, which is how I've been watching. Or was...I need to catch up on the last three.

Now of course I can't find a pic that looks similar to Wendy's hair lol You can sorta see it here, but Wendy's is much much longer. And I did not realize how screwed up Marlo's face was. Come to think of it, their hair looks very VAGUELY similar. I know nothing about hair

It looks like Marlo Thomas's more recent hair.

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YES, absolutely. I just read a headline for this story that says she's leaving after 16 years, and I was just dumbfounded for a second. But I remember when this show first premiered... Damn.

I never saw any of the webisodes, unfortunately. I'm not surprised at all that they brushed off Sean/Ellie in favor of Sean/Emma. I never outright hated Sean/Emma, but I feel that he had much more growth and maturation with Ellie. They were on the same level, whereas Sean always seemed to be forcing himself to be a part of Emma's world. I'll always love the fact that they kept going back to this, though:

OMG THANK YOU in regards to Alex Steele as Angie. That made NO SENSE to me. I believe Pat Mastroianni is done with Joey and the show, but still! That was the perfect opportunity to literally call this Degrassi: The Next Generation: The Next Generation. DTNG jumped off with Spike's daughter, and it should have continued with Joey's. Ugh. Re: Paige. Nothing makes me happier or screams Degrassi TNG more than Paige Michalchuk and the Sexkittens. Yick was one of my favorites on DJH!! He was the perfect combination of Joey's charm and Arthur's average Joe qualities. Stephanie Kaye can eat sh!t, though.

She looks GREAT!

What...in holy hell...is that?

I didn't mind them focusing on Sean immediately after the shooting because it played into his storyline and characterization at that point. I think they did a good job with showing the conflict that characters like Toby felt about Rick dying, especially with Toby and JT going to his funeral and offering their condolences to his mom.