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@Paul Raven Thanks. I do remember reading about and seeing a photo of David's guest spot. I'm half-surprised they didn't try to work Stenbeck in. I see Dominic Chianese in some of the later scenes. I never knew he was on ATWT. He really did make the rounds of the NY-based soaps. (I didn't even know he was still alive - good for him)

In September 1983, someone who worked at the Home Lines cruises taped some segments that featured the cruise line, along with relevant segments building up to the ship scenes. This isn't a period of time for the show I'm all that interested in, and probably one of the stories I'm least interested in, but still, this is vintage, very rare material that we aren't getting otherwise, and I hope that Steve/Betsy fans or Meg Ryan fans (or just fans who enjoy staring at Scott Bryce) get something out of it. (I don't even remember hearing about a portion of the Steve/Betsy/Craig saga that took place on a cruise ship - unless I just blanked it out due to apathy) @soapfan770 @P.J. @slick jones @Soapsuds @Vee @victoria foxton @vetsoapfan @Paul Raven @Khan @Mitch64 @DramatistDreamer @chrisml @DeliaIrisFan @wonderwoman1951 @Soaplovers @MarlandFan @FrenchFan @dc11786 @jam6242

Considering Holly had cheated with Maureen's husband, I can't expect Maureen to have a great deal of sympathy.

Above I posted a tweet from someone who said how much this reminds them of what went on in Turkey in 2016 - a puppet show used as an excuse for further erosion.

I do believe Prighozin is genuinely angry over his group having to do much of the work, but this has felt like a distraction to me for a while now, to play games with the West, and maybe lull Ukraine into a false sense of security (although I don't think this will work). Prighozin's broadsides against Russia (which rarely involve criticizing Putin himself) have gone on for months and nothing changes. I could see him doing all this to save face, with Putin going along for his own purposes, before they go back to what they love most - raping and torturing and murdering.

Putting Galen Gering in there with the other guys makes him look about 70.

In this case it's like choosing between two different turds.

I think I remember some saying that viewers had grown to accept him by the time he was killed off and the decision wasn't that popular, but I don't know if that's true or not.

I saw some claims that Putin is doing this to strengthen his hand and root out those he sees as betrayers or weak, as happened in Turkey a few years back. I wouldn't be shocked.

At this point I'm not sure viewers would be able to tell much difference. I do wonder just what this involves (like a certain writer whose name starts with D)

This is a few years old but I watch it every once in a while due to just being fun.

If you have Amazon Prime it's on Britbox. If not there are some episodes on Dailymotion.

Hardy also seemed unhappy with the show.

So glad I don't watch his shows, especially after reading some of the replies (that he overworks the crew, makes editors work 24/7, etc.). I know you don't become an auteur by being a sweetheart, but he's just a hack on top of being a poser and a punk.

I do think most of her support within the show came from the other attempts at giving Sonny love interests flopping (Angel, before that, Hannah), or Guza just not wanting to actually write them as a real long-term pairing (Sonny/Alexis). Tamara Braun did win viewers over, but it didn't really matter, as the show was always going to put Sonny first (as shown with him being the sympathetic party after accidentally shooting her in the head while she was in labor). By the time Laura Wright came in, the canvas was thin enough to where they had to make Carly even more of a central figure. I would say Laura is also more naturally prone to sympathetic portrayals than someone like Sarah Brown, although she's still a somewhat cold actress, which suits Carly more than the writing itself does. Definitely. That's one of the reasons I'm surprised they even actually paired Spencer and Trina in the first place. As you said, I imagine Joss and Dex were, and are, the main goal.

To me it has less impact because of them, but I don't blame the show for that. I do blame them for being so generic in recent years (somehow even a story about a 12 year old being pregnant has had almost zero impact) that I struggle to believe they will handle her return right.

It's touching to see them trying to make the effort, as they certainly don't have to, and it is probably going on deaf ears (that pig Zaslav likely sees this as a sign he's doing the right thing). I feel like there's a sustained movement in this country now to wipe out anything remotely artistic or educational, in schools or on television or in films. It's really ramping up. We're just going to get more trash like those bigot Gaines or exploitive Honey Boo Boo trash.

When I go on Twitter I see a lot of conversation about Trina, Portia, Jordan, Curtis, Taggert, Spencer - a sense of community and fun that you don't see for the soaps very often now (any conversation I see about DAYS is just people saying how much it sucks). I hope Frank and the rest see that and don't just assume viewers are watching for more of the not-so-greatest hits.

The funny part is many of those births happened years before Ellen Wheeler took over the show. As for the finale, I mostly just enjoyed seeing Vanessa and Billy get married and Fletcher's and Nola's returns. The rest I file away as, "I don't care, but still better than ATWT, AMC or OLTL's final moments."

Wish he hadn't taken the tweet down, but I guess he got some backlash, I have no idea. Murphy is scum, and his influence is clearly as toxic oncamera as it is off. Rarely have my instincts proven me so right (rarely they do at all...).

Joe Morrissey is one of the most tarnished figures to hang on to what is a blue district. His Wiki reads like a 4 part Netflix series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morrissey