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Eric, I think the guy who is harassing Jocelyn in this episode was some Broadway name. Do you recognize him? This is a lot better than the second episode, although the best part is Tess in Sydney's apartment. "I am Red Sonja...buns of steel!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HImjluQt2-w

Kate Ritchie will be returning as Sally for a few months. http://www.channel5.com/shows/home-and-away/news/sally-fletcher-star-kate-ritchie-to-come-home-to-the-bay

I like how spacy and angry Donna is in this - she was always that way in murder mysteries. Intrigued with Amanda and Iris. I think you forgot a word in the description of Spencer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUwiysqF0ng My comments were so incredibly insightful that I have to bring them over here! It's nice that they kept up some Loving continuity that they didn't have to, like Buck visiting Stacey's kids. You could tell they had no story for Tess. She and Buck always had an easy chemistry, which helped hide the fact that he probably never would have gotten over what she did to Stacey. Danny looked like a grease slick at this time. Just totally unappealing. I think the Danny/Ally idea was a big mistake. Tony is as unlikeable and punchable as I remember him being. Ugh. I liked the Christmas intro scenes - that was a wonderful use of their filming style. I also enjoyed the Hubbard Christmas (although I think Zoe would have known what Kwanzaa was). Jacob (almost typed Jesse!) as the old Jewish Santa was...interesting. Some of the slight tension over Frankie's search for identity reminds me a little of that story on Saved by the Bell College Years where Slater suddenly learned he was Latino, but it works much better here. And then there's the Bernardo/Azure story, an interesting idea with some heart-stopping (not in a good way) acting from Carlotta Chang. She was involved with Paolo Seganti (Damian, ATWT) at this time, for anyone who cares. And how wonderful to see Deborah. You've done my Nancy Addison-loving heart proud in the last few days.

I can barely find episodes but I can find 40 minutes of outtakes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip5QA-hpGW0

Part of this was preempted for Katrina coverage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3ck4dCLBs

I don't want to link but I think the deleted scenes may be on Youtube.

Vee, I was wondering if you watched any of the season 2 deleted scenes. One of them involved going back to see the Vatos, and there was a scene in there where, out of the blue, Carol snapped at Rick, saying that he kept making the wrong decisions. This was obviously foreshadowing for Sophia, but I kept thinking about what you said, with Kirkman's need to make her into "comic Carol." The scenes also had a lot more of Lori as unofficial "first lady" of the group, as she repeatedly shut down Carol, Daryl, Glenn, etc. And they had more of the stuff that annoyed me and was toned down a little after season 1, which was all the men together, making the manly decisions. I actually liked some of this segment (like the guys just shooting a ton of walkers, partially out of blind rage at the thought of the Vatos being devoured, and the scene where Carl hugged Shane and was elated that Shane hadn't been killed, while Lori, who had just survived an attempted rape from Shane, was disturbed at this bond), but I'm glad they cut it. There was another scene where Beth blamed Patricia's death on Lori, and Glen Mazzarra said he cut it because he thought they needed to move away from "conflict for the sake of conflict." This is so important, it's what I hate on so many shows today, and it made me very sorry, not for the first time, that he was pushed out. One very cool scene was Dale listening to a bigoted preacher on the radio, talking about how the walkers were brought to Earth by God, because of man's sin and perversion. Unfortunately this was spoiled by Dale ranting at the voice, and even more when Mazzarra said that they'd planned to use this character more and eventually introduce him. But I *love* the idea of this voice, in itself, this voice of pure hate and bigotry, being one of their only contacts with the outside world. You can imagine a voice like this pushing Shane further into darkness, and encouraging all of his views. I so wish they had kept the idea of the voice on the radio, and dropped the rest. They also cut some very sweet Maggie/Glenn scenes, which I wish they hadn't, because I prefer them to that whole mess where he says she makes him weak and then Herschel says go ahead and suddenly it's fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUg-YMa_OCY

Ad with peeping tom Dimitri starting it up. No wonder he was so creepy that summer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH4zoLK9kQY I remember this. I miss Myrtle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiWYCrEq5HE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgDKrS1u6RY

The end of this says it all http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDZZU2dYlf0

They seemed to try to revive GL's black canvas, but it never worked out. As mentioned, the Sugar Hill/Dahlia/Marcus story didn't last long. Any story (like bringing back David Grant and his parents, bringing in Victoria Spaulding, and several years later, bringing in a woman named Ruth, and her son, who were in some bizarre hostage crisis talk show story with Reva before having a short triangle with Vicky and David before they all vanished - the last stuff was Labine) was short-lived. I would probably put that on Rauch, more than them, as I think the whites only policy that dominated their PC (aside from Joy Bisco and Jamal) was probably an ABC mandate.

I remember when Dylan was leaving Llanview, and he was surprised that Viki beat him in pool. She said she'd learned it through Niki. I liked that idea. Watching that April 1995 episode I just keep cringing at Krista Tesreau. I liked all I've seen of her on GL and yet every time I see her as Tina I literally wince.

I remember her very well on Loving. She was one of the reasons I got hooked on the show. She was so different from anything I'd seen on a soap - this beautiful woman, jagged edges, clearly ruined by life, but still trying to find some self-respect. AMC had this with Arlene at the same time and it drew me in like nobody's business. If you ever want to see any of her again, clips2share has a fair amount. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEbMs3GcH9w If I ever find any of my 1995 or 1996 Digests again I will try to put up some synopses of that era.

On The City, Frankie had a story where he became friends with Monti, who was, I think, a militant (?). There was racist violence going on, including Angie's clinic being bombed. Frankie got very active in all of this, and was upset when Angie and Jacob were going to adopt a little white girl. I think there was a white woman in his story who might have become a love interest, potentially. I don't think the story lasted long. I think Monti's character was killed off or did something violent. Then Frankie left. He briefly returned for Angie and Jacob's wedding. I don't think they had any plan for her other than to die. She got a good soap press response, so I wonder if they regretted it. They actually had a great, very underrated black cast at this time. I wish they'd gotten more notice for it, and used them more on The City.

There's a short Mike/Carly fragment here, from early 1996. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsRAeo-Ez4

This OLTL snipped from, I guess, early 1996, broaches the topic that OLTL sadly dropped after Malone's firing - Viki dealing with the changes in her personality because of her alters being integrated. I think this was a very lost opportunity, and I'm sorry that it was never properly addressed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsRAeo-Ez4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FjsJ-oGnQY

Thanks to SFK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1fP2TRBn4s

Watching this now, I can see why Marlena de la Croix thought the Erica/Skye/Janet story was way too forced and silly, but I still enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8wKVvm9wp0

More from our hero. The funny part is I think this is probably the most Jack even had to do in 1996. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8wKVvm9wp0

Was there? I thought they were drunk and he thought he had sex with her but didn't. I can't remember.

I hope I'm not giving away any spoilers when I say that in Sunday's episode, Rick throws a toga party and he and the Governor settle their differences by a group vote over who has the best legs.

I agree with you - I think at its core there is a simple purity to Loving that probably wasn't seen as good enough at the time, but holds up now. The acting also tends to be of a high standard, most of the time, by the last 3-4 years. As for Molly on The City, I think she was an out of work actress who had a lot of issues with her mother. I can't remember exactly why she had a history of mental illness. She kept it hidden from everyone, including viewers, until the reveal where she told Danny she was on the phone with her mother, only for viewers to realize she had called the weather, or something like that. ChuckR7 used to have some clips of this story but his channel is gone now.