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I think I read the news of his firing in a Digest in December 1990 or January 1991.

Vicky's reactions were so believable, as were Jake's. I like the Rachel/Reginald scene, that she wasn't going in there yelling and waving a gun. And I'm so worried for Sharlene. The Bridget scene was truly frightening. Great work.

Whoo hoo, it's Peter! Holy crap, it's Peter! I can't believe it. I'm so glad we talked about him.

Interview with Danai Gurira. Probably some spoiler, although nothing serious in my mind. http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/02/walking-dead-midseason-premiere-danai-gurira-talks-michonnes-softer-side-and-glen-mazzaras-exit.html

What a week. Sarah P, James Carville, Mary Matalin, *and* Dick Morris - goodbye bottom feeders! http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/dick-morris-dropped-by-fox-news/

That interview cracked me up.

Just about done with season 2 - I was surprised by just how fantastic much of the later episodes of that season are. I saw the earlier stuff as a show with a great concept and fantastic actors, with somewhat middling execution. There were so many touches in 18 Miles Out that on paper I would have questioned but which worked out so beautifully in the episode, like contrasting the ugly Rick/Shane fight (and Rick choosing to spare Shane's life in spite of knowing deep down how much Shane wants him dead) to Beth's suicide drama. The fight between Lori and Andrea was very good, as they were both right and both wrong, and the episode let both of them stay gray. I especially liked the last scenes in that story, where Maggie, understandably, told Andrea to stay the hell away from Beth after not stopping her suicide attempt, and Lori told Maggie that even though she didn't agree with Andrea, Beth had been able to make her choice. Then you get one last shot of Andrea, obviously very conflicted and yet proud as she's walking away. This way of thinking she has now is something even she knows isn't completely right, but it's all she has, and she's trying to make it work for her. I loved that one of the first shots was Shane looking out the window to see a walker in a field, and one of the last shots was passing by on the way back to the farm and seeing the walker in the field again. I also loved the shot of Shane in the broken glass window during the fight, truly a monster, in every sense of the word, to the point where even he was briefly startled. The Randall story is somewhat clumsy in that it's obviously just there to cause the characters to agonize, and Randall himself is not overly interesting, but the actor does a good job, especially in the scene where he nearly talked Carl into freeing him. And the torturing scene with Daryl - something that was necessary, yet not glamorized. Daryl wasn't written as being cool because he tortured people, it was just who he was. Carol's increasing anger and frustration (pushed forward by Daryl repeatedly belittling her attempts at friendship) is one of those tiny plots that only needs a few scenes to move you. I didn't like Dale and I mostly felt like his moral voice role was sometimes tacked on, as they had to mostly have him squawk at the injustice of it all without actually doing anything to move the story along. However, I thought Jeffrey DeMunn did a great job in his last episode (especially the tears in his eyes as he realized they were still going to kill Randall, and then the last scene when he was dying). The final scene where Daryl instinctively stepped in to kill Dale because he knew Rick couldn't do it..."Goodbye brother," it just broke my heart. I also like that Carl is allowed to be a little punk - I still feel sorry for him sometimes, because he's forced into this world where he has to make the right decision every time and if he doesn't, ugly things will happen. The episode where Rick quickly realized what Shane had planned and waited until he could strike first - Andrew Lincoln was [!@#$%^&*] phenomenal in those scenes. Just emotional pain and chaos everywhere, and the last vestiges of Rick's conscience laughing at him. "You made me do this!" I think Rick loved Shane more than he loved anyone, even Lori. He forgave Shane so much. The affair, the lies, the power plays, everything. Only when he knew that Shane was leading him into a deathtrap did he finally strike, and you could tell that it basically broke him, for good. The only real complaint I have with this season is how they demoted T-Dog from having any real role in the group, barely even any lines. They went from having him make one of those "I'm the only black guy, so I need to mention this" lines (not all that well-written, to me) to barely giving him any lines at all. By the end of the season I barely remembered he was still on the show. I thought that said more about the show's view of a black man than the earlier speech did. My only other serious complaint would be killing off Patricia. I thought the woman who played her was one hell of an actress. The show seems to cast goodish, OK-ish actresses in central roles, and stronger actresses in the supporting roles. It's a little frustrating, to say the least.

Looks like the Gillian Taylforth rumors were true. I've grown to miss Kathy quite a bit over the years and even though Taylforth has mostly done some not overly memorable reality TV in the last few years, I hope she still has the acting chops. I may actually have to watch her first episode, especially if the show can somehow make sure people like Ste and Frankie are not on my (computer) screen at that point. Clare is also returning. I don't think that will work, but we'll see. http://www.digitalspy.ie/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a456298/hollyoaks-gillian-taylforth-joins-gemma-bissix-returns.html

Another sneak peek, this time at the prison. Glen Mazzara (nice of him to even still do these) interview on the last half of season 3. http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/02/04/the-walking-dead-glen-mazzara-season-3/ ET and TV Line on the upcoming episode. http://www.etonline.com/tv/130069_The_Walking_Dead_Exclusive_First_Look_2013_Premiere/index.html?page=2 http://tvline.com/2013/02/04/the-walking-dead-season-3-spoilers-andrea/#1/TWD 1/ Hines Ward will be playing a zombie on the show. (no spoilers that I could see) http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/tv-radio/hines-ward-to-appear-as-zombie-on-walking-dead-672163/

The only time I liked SC was with Maura West. I actually think I could have rooted for Mike and Carly. That seems like a lifetime ago.

I thought it was after, for some reason. I thought this was when they were about to capture Alex for Carlo's murder ("Carlo", I should say). I might be wrong though, it was close to the end, if not after the end.

I think Jacob first appeared on Loving in early 1995, or spring 1995. I think Charles and Angie got married around that time. Jacob and Angie were having sex soon after. There are some clips of them on Youtube. Ava wanted to leave Corinth because of the murders. This caused strains on her marriage to Alex, since he was a cop. There was also tension over Jocelyn. She moved to Florida with the kids. Alex joined her, but they broke up, offcamera, and he went to The City soon after it started. He wasn't involved with Jocelyn at first (he was getting a divorce, she was dealing with mental problems and turning tricks due to sexual abuse). Some months later they got together. Supposedly The City was going to bring Ava back but the show was canned. I think they probably had Steffi appear on The City briefly to get more fans to cross over. She and Tony had the sex scene when she was about 8 or 9 months pregnant (which got some negative fan reaction and was panned by Marlena de la Croix). Around that time, Cooper came to Soho and convinced her to move to Paris - I think - with him. Alex did appear briefly on OLTL after The City was canned. I wonder if they were considering bringing him over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kisDgHEFxg4

Poor Nicole. Love the Mitch/Felicia scene. And great dialogue for them and for others. Surprised at how judgmental John is.

I think Phaedra has such good hair/makeup. I wonder why she didn't just sell something like that (or does she already?) instead of the ass video.

The outdoor set Emily is on is shockingly cheap and terrible. ATWT usually did better than this. I mean it's just bad, like a local play. I do like the Lyla/Margo scene in this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hPRwcyNP0Q

I liked him on Dark Shadows in some moments, depending on the character; as a leading man I thought he was annoying and creepy. The Dark Shadows Movie Book has a diary Kathryn Leigh Scott kept during filming of House of Dark Shadows (Roger Davis was her love interest in that), and one part was about Dan Curtis telling her he might make Roger her love interest on the show. She joked in her diary that she was now going to try to get fat so that she wouldn't have to have a love interest at all. She didn't seem to be a fan... Meredith MacRae is there too. I miss her. I guess SSH is a real survivor. While Linda Evans had the biggest career, and is still the best known, Susan still shows up on DAYS and has aged very well, some hair colors aside.

This is amazing! Is that "the" Roger Davis? Not a fan of his. Brenda and Susan just kept crossing paths. It was like fate, although clearly not a happy one for them. At least they made peace in the end.

TWD Super Bowl ad with a familiar face. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jFHgpUmQ_Uo

Since she was likely fired from GH for looking too young I guess she's trying to prove she isn't. The problem is she just looks even more vulnerable. I don't understand why the young ladies of Hollywood today seem to take the Coco porn story from Fame as a shining moment. I have not watched much of her on primetime - I just hated her on ATWT. Overly mannered, annoying nasal drone, lack of chemistry with just about everyone (I did like her a little with Tom Eplin).

Might be. I took a quick glance and didn't see it, just some comments.

When Paige threw a one-liner at Abby after exposing some of Abby's shading dealings, Abby coolly said something like, "Pretty good. 8 out of 10 on the Abby scale. but I'm a 10 out of 10. Every time."

They showed a two or three minute tease for the next episode:

I wonder why. If you think about it, Gwyn killing Trisha would have been a fantastic twist.

No. She and Matt had split by then and he was mostly backburner until he left. I think the only story he had was about his paralysis.