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I haven't watched any of that period but I wonder if he interacted with Ada during the point where Rachel and Michael nearly married and moved to Hawaii (I still can't imagine any of that - and I don't believe Rachel would be interested in him either).

It's interesting how they are slowly dropping all the charm they thought could get Martin by and just have him there to pull nasty stunts against Tracy to move the plot along. I wish she could make him pay for what he's done but Frank will probably not let this dud character go.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and...two other people are on the latest revival of Star Search. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-star-search-judges-sarah-michelle-gellar-jelly-roll-chrissy-teigen-1236465624/

Beautiful and romantic is a good way to describe them. The women were allowed to have more complex inner lives and feelings and yet we could also aspire to their world. As the '80s go along the women become more like cardboard cutouts, with a few exceptions, but we see some glimmers of that era again here.

Given their demoting him I don't think we're meant to care about him.

Thanks @Maxim . It's interesting seeing the levels of self-righteousness - Jason going off on Dorian even though he has no real right (although he was right to call her out on just why she went in on Marty), then Leanne taking the moral high ground on Jason when she of all people has no legs to stand on. I assume Leanne/Jason are still meant to be the rooting couple here, but it's difficult to care. Dorian pointing out Jason's roster of damsels amused me. I find the Jason/Marty relationship more interesting than his relationship with Leanne because I don't think he loves Marty, he just cares about her and wants her to be better, but not in a way I find heavily patronizing. I'm glad Dorian asked Jason why he even wanted to be with her if he has such a low opinion of her. At least that led him to say he cared (I wish he'd said a little more but clearly it's a struggle).

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I see the show wants to make fans hate Trina by having her accuse Michael of the shooting. (maybe that isn't the goal but this being one of her very few moments of story in ages makes me wary)

Thanks again @Maxim . Great clips. Marty and Dorian of course (Dorian walked right into that "money can't buy class" retort - I wonder if one of the other reasons Dorian hates her is because she had to fight for money while Marty was born into it [more of the Viki resentments being transferred]), but also Dorian and Bo/Nora. Robin Strasser and HBS always spark well together. Robin and Mark Brettschneider had such a tender and believable chemistry. You're right about the writing being willing to put some of the blame on the women - it's a fine line because soaps can be very misogynist, but I don't think that's happening here (you could argue about Tina though).

If she did, she should have just stuck to her plan, although with Hope gone and the Bauers so diminished it wouldn't have had much impact without Don Stewart. On top of the loss of Mike, Ed was, as you said, poorly recast. And while I liked Peter Simon, his Ed was never going to work as a patriarch (Simon also likely would have balked at the idea). They should have tried to do a better job with bringing in a new branch of the Bauer family than they did with Johnny. And then brought back Mike and Hope. Ideally Stewart could have returned permanently post-Kobe.

Soaps had had graphic attempted rape prison stories from the '70s through the '90s. This was more challenging in the sense that they went further with Michael's rape, but they were more low-key with the moment. (this story was later extensively retconned due to the show's love of the Franco character - originally, Franco was the one who ordered Michael to be raped)

General Hospital Michael Corinthos prison rape storyline

This seems to be the video that Joe and Judith footage may have originally been from (minus the watermark). There's a lot more of the cast here. Another World - 1960s setside home movies (no audio)

Thanks @Maxim . Nice to see you're back. I enjoyed the scene with Marty and Dorian. Susan Haskell and Robin both toned down their performances a tad. They were both spitting venom but weren't wrong. Reminds me of that "we see each other" meme from Real Housewives. At first, I thought Cassie was drunk. That would have been a fitting story for her. Once again, she seems to be childlike in her reactions to Dorian. Herb was one of Dorian's great loves and was one of the only people who saw her for all she was, so that's likely the reason she didn't want to see him when he was ill. Your insights into the dynamics between Jason and Dorian are compelling. More interesting than what the show tended to do with them. It seems like Mortimer has been there forever even just from your reviews. A great example as to why you shouldn't bring an actor back just because you killed off their last character. Malone seemed to like the idea of CJ being corrupted or ruined by Cain and Tina. This is implied by him again a decade later (this isn't really a spoiler as the show never does anything with CJ).

I'd think they might have used Rachel to help introduce her to viewers (similar to how they randomly used Rachel to help tie Joe Carlino into Bay City), but you never know. That reminds me of them also saying Rachel went to school with Michael Hudson.

I wonder if that's for another role, although a number of men are growing their hair out now (don't tell Pete Hegseth).

I've seen some of the show, but otherwise, I can go by fan comments to see how they interpret the show, or articles about the show. I never said all fans see it one way. I specified some people in my posts. I think the idea that a lot of people, even people who love the show, don't see it that way is not likely. Saying a number of people watch the show because they want to see men having (simulated) sex does not damn the show or the people who make it and I don't feel bad for my opinion. And that's all I have left to say about that.

That is how many see the show, whatever other goals the show has. Romance is lovely, but the shows or films that mostly just focus on a more low-key romance element for gay men without the rest never get the same response. They tend to get a very nasty response. EE tends to treat lesbianism in the same dreary and tortured way they treat romance between gay men - most of the time you will get a kiss or two if you are lucky. To be honest modern EE actually feels less progressive than GH sexually, crazy as that sounds. Kristina and Joss both seem like such stilted characters, anything might help them. If not for the Gio pairing I would have said pair Joss with Emma, but no way the show would ever go there with two women viewers watched grow up onscreen (albeit with different actors).

Having sex on a restaurant floor...

I think he left Y&R to join the military. Not sure since then.

How many times has Josh Griffith brought Ray Wise back? I love Ray Wise too, but why don't we use that creative effort in trying to find some of his Love of Life work instead?

Thanks @NothinButAttitude !

Not to be crude - well, I'll be crude - but all this version of Beth cared about was if there was a dick involved. If Nick/Santa Claus had appeared during her run, she would have slept with him too.

Mindy was a poorly used part in those years no matter who played her, Garland would have been much better. Witter too. Crampton was likely only hired because of her Y&R success. Another example of how little JFP actually cared about GL.