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He missed her by about half a year, I think.

Along with Derek Martin, a few more Classic Who losses. Tina Packer - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gilbert_(actor) Gilbert has an upcoming Big Finish release where he reprises his Battlefield role.

I don't watch enough to know well either. I looked up Holly and see she is the daughter of Nicole and Daniel, two characters we will never see again, so that alone tells me there's no need for her. Tate was likely aged to give Brady more story and for a generic teen scene, but Brady seems overexposed as it is. Boatman has one of the nicer bodies on any soap in a while. The half-claims that they were going to spice up DAYS content for Peacock were never believable but now they've been fully nailed shut.

I think the DNA of GL was damaged before either story. Both stories went on for too long, although it's not until the Labines that the stories truly sour on me. I think because they tried to add a grit which was just ugly rather than increasing the depth. The SC characters added more to the canvas than the mob, where, aside from getting to see Miriam Colon do her thing, the only positive was Paul Anthony Stewart. Olivia, Edmund, and to a degree, Richard were all good additions. I liked the Richard/Cassie relationship and Bradley Cole as the dashing prince, even if the inherent racism and colonialism in the SC story was noticeable at the time, let alone now. As others said, the nadir is Cole as Jeffrey. That character, and hambone Jonathan, are the moments I'd say corroded what was left of the show's DNA. No matter how much Rauch and B&E loved Annie, they knew she was not the rooting party. Jeffrey and Jonathan were somehow meant to be our heroes. It was like two Todd Mannings being dumped into Springfield. (yes, there was Roger, but the show was always much more honest about Roger than they ever were about those two pieces of [!@#$%^&*])

This is one of the choices that suggests there was little left for Lilimae on the canvas. I just wish they had given her a better exit and that Valene had been a stronger character to where losing her mother would not encourage the show to make her increasingly dumb and irrelevant.

Finally, the end of this story, the final moments having Laurie Ann going home with her parents. I wonder if the other patient with Liz and the one who died (Maria) being Laurie Ann was not the original plan and was something that Lee Sheldon changed when they knew the show was ending. Do any of you know? Judith Barcroft does some wonderful work here. And happy birthday to Sharon Gabet.

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I don't think he's a good actor at all, although he has a lovely body.

You're probably right, but I'd think there are some others on the canvas who are in a younger age group and would appeal to older viewers even less (does anyone care about Stephanie or Alex?)

Generations - (November 1,1990) Generations - (November 16,1990)

The City - (December 17,1996)(Partial) The City - (December 18,1996)(Partial)

We won't get those headlines until names like MBE and Stephen Nichols go (not saying I want them to go - I just won't be surprised as that happened 2-3 times with them).

Thanks @Soapsuds @janea4old I don't know how to embed on Instagram.

I'd keep the Ashfords, but I'd like to see the Wards back too.

GH isn't interested in black characters having major roles.

I can't say it's a horrible decision to write out Tate and Holly (I'd actually go one further and rest Brady as well), but getting rid of Johnny and Chanel is a very stupid idea. Johnny is a key character for EJ if you want to have stories for EJ beyond interchangeable feuds and getting his dick out. And Chanel was a likeable presence who wasn't related to 80% of the canvas and was a believable partner for Johnny. She also added diversity which didn't feel like tokenism. And if any casting choices are made on whether the men are good looking, Boatman was one of the better men on the show in that department. Clearly Greg Rikaart has a lot of connections, as shown by his getting that podcast, but I still don't know why RSW is still there. His popular character left the show years ago and he's just there like a bad smell, a sneering mannequin. There are 3-4 men on the show who fill that role better than he can, and several of them can even act.

Murder Between Friends, starring Joan Collins, Nadia Bjorlin, Jacob Young, and for international flavor, former EE actor Toby Alexander-Smith, is out now on streaming, per an Instagram post from Joan's account.

I never knew that. They had such long-range plans for her and actually stuck to them. I wonder if Julie ended up getting the bitch material intended for Dinah.

I have to say no to Felicia, but Tracy I'd appreciate. Alexis would be interesting, but she'd never do that to Molly. Speaking of fantasy pairings, I am seeing some try to push Kristina/Jacinda.

So sorry @slick jones I hope all is well.

The Siobhan scene with the police training still makes me laugh and is what I associate this recast with.

I wonder what stories Billy and Vanessa had planned - the custody battle, obviously, but I wonder if there were any others in the works.

Drew has done so many horrible things I forgot about Ned. I'm glad there was some kind of response, and that Olivia went back to her old mob moll days (I would say back to her Bensonhurst days, but I can't see Lois toting guns). And that it was Edward's gun (with Tracy then giving it to her). It's nice that the Quartermaines are now robust enough to have two different factions, and they don't feel incomplete if they aren't interacting. Their mutual enemy in Drew helps, even if, as others have said, I wish there were some who might have been more on his side (before he went completely off the rails), to add more family conflict. If he is ever semi-redeemed and they bring anyone else in, like Justus or relatives of Justus, that could work (I know some have suggested this before). Tracy already knowing it was Martin so fast makes me think there won't be much payback for him, which is a shame, because if they are going to keep MEK around the character really needs to pay for what he did twice now, to Tracy of all people.

I'd like to see if he changes, but it's hard to imagine (I'm still surprised Phil did, somewhat). The main question is whether Jake Wood still feels invested, which he didn't seem to for a number of years before he left. At least he does at the moment.