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Candice Cameron will burn her at the stake for playing a romance with a woman.

Being there so long puts you in a bubble, and they probably see fans as crazies or able to be brought around. Then finally they give up and move onto a new toy. With Britt it is likely even worse as they seem to think she's a fan favorite just because she has been around for years.

I feel bad for Kate Mansi, but they got everything wrong with Kristina from early on. They also wrote Kristina as much dumber than Mansi was able to sell, which undercut some of the ideas which may have had promise at one time (like her feuding with Joss over Sonny). The whole Adella story was one of the worst I can remember on GH in just how shockingly tone deaf it was and they just kept plowing on ahead in trying to make Kristina the sympathetic party against all logic. They must have assumed viewers would respond the way they would have if a Jason or a Sonny or even a Carly had been in her shoes, but fans didn't have that connection. Given that even Michael barely has anything to do at the moment, and Sonny is snorting on fumes, it probably wouldn't hurt if Kristina is just away for a number of years, unless they want to give Lexi some work around the holidays.

If they were going to write out Elizabeth, I would have had her find out about Justin and Jackie, but around the same time learn she was terminally ill. That would have been very heartbreaking, all her conflicting emotions, and as she likely wouldn't want Philip to see her die, slowly easing herself out of his life. Since they didn't do that, there were decades they could have brought her back, but the show was so focused on Philip as just Alan's son that they never explored any other avenues. There were times Philip would disown Alan or plot against him but even then they'd never really mention Philip having other family, aside from Ross. I'm all for stories that present a close bond between an adoptive parent and child as soaps often do a terrible job with this type of relationship, but GL went all in... Potter also should have worked much harder in finding a strong Jackie recast. Clearly they just didn't give a damn about Jackie.

An episode of Late Night Horror has been found (two of six have now been found). https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/lost-late-night-horror-found/ A clip. @I Am A Swede When this is available you may be interested as the lady is Meg Wynn Owen.

1983 NBC promo Just Men! (premiere)

I think Frank likely always wanted him back and would have looked for any reason. It made sense for Maxie to be involved during the part where viewers thought he was Nathan. Now that we know he's not you wonder why she woke up. I guess Frank had no idea how bad things were (as seemingly no one did) but also wasn't sure enough of KS to put her fully into the story the way he'd likely planned. So she returns and immediately reconciles with Spinelli, meaning the loose ends are tied up. She was still meant to play some part, as she was wary about his relationship with Lulu, but that was something which could be (and has been) dropped. I'm not a Spinelli fan but of anyone in the story I do feel a little bad for Bradford as he could have some juicy material and rarely did.

Thanks @Franko I'm not sure you need to catch up on PC for Barrington content. They had a new (dead offcamera) son to explain Alison's existence. I'd be surprised if Derek, Lorena or Mike were ever mentioned (if I'm wrong, apologies). The Qs staying at Kelly's seems like fun, as it wouldn't be done as callously as certain later writers would try. Buzz's addiction story is starting quickly.

I'd say it's because they realized that relationship amounted to Lulu being violated, but I'm not sure they would have cared. I also wonder if we are seeing any rewrites from Frank fully realizing Storms is unable to return anytime soon.

Rodney Marshall on X: "A fun role for birthday lady Joan Collins as fashion photographer Sidonie in Terry Nation's tongue-in-cheek road movie Five Miles to Midnight (The Persuaders!), partly shot in the Alpes-Maritimes. The set designer must have had fun creating Sidonie's studio. https://t.co/eLfw5OS1qP" / X

Thanks for these articles @Paul Raven I can't remember if any of Lonely Women is around. I never knew of an Australian Big Sister or that Peter Finch was on there. Talk about lost media I'd enjoy hearing. That 1957 article is interesting because they still treat radio soaps as a mainstay when they only had a few years left. It's also interesting as a comparison to daytime TV, which also had quite a few heavy male voices, but had Irna and Agnes making themselves heard.

Melissa Leo (ex-AMC) is in the not overly well-received horror film The Passenger, out now.

I haven't, but it seems to be seen as frothy fun by a lot of people. Jilly Cooper, the recently deceased author, was well-liked in the UK for trashy books.

To me he doesn't put across the ethereal quality Phil should have had. He seems like a more generic late '70s hunk borrowed from male stars of the era like De Niro or Pacino. Both Phil and Tara early on had a haunted nature and for some reason Agnes abandoned that entirely when recasting them. I don't understand why.

You're lucky you never watched EastEnders, where characters regularly name their kids after dead relatives even in the most contrived of ways, like when a teen mother named her daughter Peggy after a grandmother she had barely even known for most of her life. (the show, a few years later, also named a nightclub after Peggy and had a huge portrait of her on the wall)

Thanks @Paul Raven Funny that Rosemary did return to ATWT, repeatedly, but never AMC, and was rarely if ever even mentioned. The show missed a trick in poorly recasting Phil and then killing the character off. I'm not sure why Agnes gave up on him.

At least the music is effective. JPL just looks silly in that outfit - even more like an aged out twink than normal. And if Philip wanted to show respect, could he not properly comb his hair or shave??

I've seen it mentioned a few times, but I think most don't consider prison rape to be a gay storyline.

Thanks @Paul Raven Do we know anything about that Rainbow's End serial proposal?

Britt reminds me a little of some of the sad female best friends (not the word used at the time) in no-budget gay movies of the '90s who would inevitably throw themselves at the gay leading man out of desperation.

I can only speak for myself but I'm not really rushing to watch anyway - I'm more looking forward to your commentary. Be as elaborate as you need to be.