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I get what you mean. I don't think it helps that the story is directionless. I'm not surprised they aren't that interested in Dante/Lulu but stalling the plot by just having Gio lash out (understandable as it may be) and latching onto Sonny is not going to please much of anyone.

I don't know if Lulu has ever been a character people are with and behind 100%. To me this is the character.

It seems like they probably did most of what they could with Nathan and most of the appeal was tied in with the actor rather than the character.

He was a very charismatic, good-looking guy. I wish I could see more of his run as Curtis as he seems to just be a generic leading man, but that seems to be the way they treated Curtis most of the time when Chris Marcantel wasn't in the role. I probably do become overly critical, but I just don't care for her acting - it's very artificial, which is almost worse than just bad acting. She gets a little better on AW but not much. The Loving blog mentioned 1987 as being almost a lost year for the show as no one introduced that year has any real staying power, other than Alex/Clay (and to a lesser degree, Rick). They may have cut a few too many of their losses (although the main one I might have kept is Ned and I'm not sure if Luke Perry is the one who chose to leave), but I can see why they tried to move on from most of the year. I don't ever know if it was Colleen Dion's choice to leave but with all the time invested in Cecilia I might have tried more with her too, especially as she was becoming an Ava Jr.

I get the idea - the "gotcha" of seeing Trump stumble and his cult stumble over the lies and conspiracies they've been peddling for a decade or more. The problem is there is never going to be a moment of defeat or humiliation for them - Trump will get away with it, and the cult will always go along. This is also likely down to Democrats in Congress listening to the idea that the public wants nonstop trolling and melodrama, which I doubt ever does much to help Democrats. The same public just voted for concentration camps anyway and would likely do so all over again. Comedy Central is such a wasteland, and only got hype due to the election, so I think it would have made sense. The timing with Colbert's cancelation is what makes this blatant. The same as the overhaul at 60 Minutes. They are terrified. I know they were going to gut late night anyway, because it's cheaper to just have Sinclair propaganda alongside sports and "reality" shows, but they wanted to send a message to Trump, and they have. Stewart has always been a narcissist, suffocating in his ivory tower, and loves the fantasy that Republicans are fun and wild while Democrats are the ones truly deserving of scorn. He was more upset over Biden's pardons and people calling Trump a fascist than he has ever been over anything Trump has done. I especially hate that "Who? Lil ol' me?" face he does and the Comedy Shouting And Cursing. He is in his sixties and still thinks he's 20 years old.

The biggest chunk yet of a Loving episode in these from about an hour and 24 minutes to an hour and 42 minutes. I know Loving had some shaky actors in these years, but Alexandra Wilson is a special case. What a choice to have Burke Moses shirtless for all his scenes but make sure we see nothing.

More 1987 from about 22 to 43 minutes.

Thanks @Maxim I like how Mia Korf plays that scene - you can see Blair can't even keep up the facade. And Dorian can't resist prodding, even when it potentially keeps her from seeing Addie.

One of the claims I heard was that Tina didn't really ask for much salary as she was very wealthy in real life. That would make sense to me as otherwise I think she would have been let go at some point between 93-97 (and probably banished around the Conboy or Wheeler eras to a few appearances a year).

I do think Frank had chemistry with Melina and Sherry. Not so much after that, but I guess he was willing to take a low salary and do as told.

If he goes to Y&R or B&B I won't be bothered at present...but if he is already back at GH or DAYS... To be fair he may be out of soaps. If he wants to do a lot of bad, dated gay material elsewhere, he certainly can't do any worse than Ryan Murphy. He probably missed that boat by a few years given our current climate.

An hour and 30 minutes to an hour and 44 minutes, give or take. About an hour to an hour and 4 minutes. It's a shame Craig never went to therapy for why he was so codependent with all his exes. I suppose it was down to Betsy never loving him. (not counting the fake Craigs)

I guess Love Island doing so well is another factor. I mostly just keep it to watch SNL but I'm not sure I should bother.

https://deadline.com/2025/07/general-hospital-star-tristan-rogers-cancer-1236461170/ My thoughts with Tristan and his friends and family.

It felt a bit eerie that Robert made a surprise return to GH today with the news about Tristan Rogers having cancer. I wish him the best.

What will they do without Carl Ivati? I hope he does well as his other project.

Some Palmer and Natalie wedding material, the first being about 45 minutes to 55 minutes, the second an hour and six minutes to an hour and 12 minutes. The first also has a cast credit crawl. There's a wonderful moment in the wedding scenes where Erica greets Palmer warmly...and then privately threatens Natalie if she ever hurts Palmer.

After seeing some of the early 1987 clips again I'm even more horrified by Alex's hair. I assume she was aged up due to her pairing with HB, but she looks more like Harriet Oleson from Little House.

A medical issue, maybe. Not sure. Felicity was close friends with McTavish, who was headwriter at this time.

Rib Hillis as Ethan on Passions. Oddly, I did not see this listed on his IMDB.

I don't think he thought he was superior to the show. He worked heavily for half a decade, had to, IIRC, go through knee surgery, and also had to deal with a lot of overly invested fans. If he wanted a break I can't blame him.

I wasn't confused about Lillian being there, I just got the sense they were suggesting Adam and Lillian knew each other.

Some mid-April 1987 footage from about an hour and 16 minutes to an hour and 20. My main takeaway is that the short-lived Snyder parlor arrived earlier than I had realized. (I know budget is limited but I never know why the show got rid of it - the Snyders needing to have every single conversation in the kitchen eventually became a little much)

Another Loving fragment at around an hour and 15 minutes.