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That last scene with Pat at the Vic was so hard to watch. It was understated, which just made it even more difficult to watch. You could see Pat quietly saying goodbye to everything. Pat is one of the few characters who has such a strong presence that she withstands any story - she is from an era when it was about character, not story. That scene with Mo and Pat was a nice touch. I didn't think the show would remember. It's a nice reminder that Mo can have some purpose beyond fraud. The scenes where she realized she was going to die were probably the worst

It's interesting, watching the late May 1993 episode. For some reason I thought that Kendall was on the outs with Erica from the time Erica learned Kendall was her daughter. I never knew there was a point where she was sort of trying to accept Kendall. I also never knew she was estranged from Mona at this time. I like the scene where Erica tells Dimitri that she rarely sees Bianca and every time she sees her again, they're strangers. The whole story with Tad/Brooke doesn't do a lot for me, as it's so obvious they are just stalling until he can reunite with Dixie, but I did enjoy her scenes with Phoebe. It's kind of sad though seeing Phoebe lose a lot of her fire as she mostly becomes a supporting character. At least Ruth Warrick still brought her own personality and the bond between Brooke and Phoebe holds up well. How was the "whiteface" story with Taylor received at the time? Ingrid Rogers did a good job with the voice. The makeup looks like when Jennifer Landon played Cleo on ATWT. Not the best. I kept thinking the white supremacist looked like Michael Weatherly...

I thought the Bianca story was good, but nothing else worked for me, although I didn't watch on a daily basis. I mostly just remember a lot of Greenlee tantrums and that boring Alex story. Was this when they had Adam get a pie in the face? I did like the reunion between Stuart and Marian.

Were Shannon and Ginger killed off? At what point was Lindsey with RJ? Was that after Rex?

I mostly think he represents OLTL's hostility towards leading men who aren't weirdly asexual and sleazy. Even back then I got the feeling the show preferred him to Joey, who, since he didn't hate women, was a dullard.

This is very timely, as, according to Daytime Confidential, 2011 was the year of JPL.

The problem is also that if they did a story like Arthur's story, many in the press and many viewers would call it dull and dismiss it immediately. There's a feeding frenzy regarding Eastenders compared to the other soaps. Corrie just throws sh!t at the screen and no one seems to care.

It's kind of odd to me that Dinah Lee became such an important character, and for several years seemed to be a central heroine. I wonder if the show was just thrilled a new character caught on with viewers and kept writing for her. In a 1994 ad for ABC Daytime, which has a few short Loving moments, they use her face for the profile, essentially saying she was the face of the show.

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I'd never actually seen Sacha.

That was very nice of Agnes to write that (although I thought AMC was a mess at that point). She seemed to have a little more of a relationship with SPW than she had with SOD - they printed several of her letters in that era.

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That was wonderful stuff. And the scenes where Gabrielle denounces God are just chilling.

What was this about some Sun interview Pam did that was taken down?

1/5/93 Digest

1/5/93 Digest. This should cover the end of 1992.

I stopped watching that show a long time ago but I heard she was good in it. Daytime Confidential wrote it up.

For me it would be the easy way because it would mean less of Zainab having to face the true consequences of her lie - Tamwar has always been the son she had the highest hopes for (even if her heart was with Syed). When he learns of what she's done, he will possibly hate her forever. I also assume Afia will be dumped somewhere along the way. I think this worked better than most recent soap stunts because it was based on the flaws of the characters, but it's too bad the mechanics were so bad (for instance, Masood wandering around that burning house for ages - scenes saved solely by the superb and always handsome Nitin Ganatra). Still, I enjoyed more than I should have. I'm sorry they seem to have so little idea what to do with Amira. If she was brought back to make "Chryed" look good, then it failed, as Syed looks more pathetic than ever. I think she just came back because it was an easier choice, and a quick way to break up Christian and Syed. Diane Parish has been incredible lately. I hope they are finally going to turn her into the tough heroine she always should have been. I also wish she had story with Carol, as Denise in many ways was the new Carol.

I think killing Tamwar would have been an easy way out, although I do wish there was more for the Masoods than misery.

Romney's son is beating the birth certificate and grades drum. So much for Romney being any different than the million other Republican candidates who would rather focus on this than a real issue. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/mitt-romneys-son-obama-should-release-birth-certificate-grades.php?ref=fpblg

This is the clip where Michael saves Viki from the death sounds.

This is a little more of Larry's part in lying to Viki about her giving birth back then. Too bad no one at OLTL cared about bringing Larry back. Renee is wearing a superhero outfit in the second clip - she's fighting for the freedoms of Cameltonia.