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I think that Erica and Jack were never a couple who would stay together. I think Erica would ultimately be alone and eventually learn to be happy that she's alone. One of the only episodes of Phyllis I liked was about this topic (not romantically per se but Phyllis was all alone in the house and had to learn to enjoy the experience).

What a waste. The show loves doing Jeremy and through him Mike Horton dirty. It was obvious that this story with Alex and Stephanie was a flop, but the show won't let them go, can seemingly never let tedious RSW go, so Jeremy pays the price.

I wish he'd been asked more about this over the years - I would have loved hearing his thoughts on the earlier times. (I'd be surprised if he was still watching long past 1994)

I wasn't sure if Sidwell was classified as a mobster, but if he's not, this is very funny. And we're not far off the episode where Sonny was just herding dogs. I do get why people prefer the mob era to the show now, but I'm glad they at least know those stories wouldn't work with the current cast, writers, producers, etc.

Likely just as a way to put Portia and Curtis back together down the line...my guess is he will cheat on Jordan with her. As others have said, the whole thing does feel like filling time and justifying going around and around in circles.

And she is doing such a great job with it too... I'd say Ron still cares about the family too, even if he never got Ryan and Kathleen onto DAYS as Leo's bedwarmer and a demented recast of Sandy Horton.

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Thank you. It's not too likely but I hope some might buy and that leads to more content which eventually leads to a new soap format. They should probably offer extra content or maybe cast a few influencers (as soaps do these days - Neighbours cast a few in its dying years) who will have fanbases that pony up.

Thanks. Hopefully one more will turn up in our lifetimes.

This is all plot, no character. Like all of Corrie now. I'm very fond of Gareth Pearce's work as Todd but I have a feeling he won't be on much longer.

Ricky also bolted to AMC, I guess seeing the writing on the wall. I didn't recognize Harley in that last decade. I think it's more down to what became of Beth Ehlers.

AMC did get story out of a Claudette...I hope the Claudette fans in the audience dig up those episodes in spiritual hopes it will bring Bree Williamson back to Port Charles.

Thanks. I wonder how long he was with AMC. IMDB just has a few 1984 credits with him.

Social media is probably the last place I'd use for research, due to the stan element. Maybe that isn't as bad with DAYS as with, say, GH, I don't know.

@soapfan770 Neither did I. Thanks. This must have been near the end for him. I guess they were thinking of the Love Boat remake on UPN, although that only ran for a year or two.

I think that's true in some cases, but I'd guess Steve really did want an extended break.

It must be very high up there (Ryan's Hope may be another but I think Santa Barbara would top it - the Dobsons in particular churned away). So many stalwarts of P&G soaps seemed to just vanish in this period.

Thanks again @slick jones I'm surprised they took the time to take a promo photo for that Warren and then only kept him on a short time. A great example of the cruelty of the industry when you see Jane Sibbett and Kyle Secor, who had long careers, and then he barely worked. He has that hunky late '80s look, I'm surprised he never got anything beyond another soap bit part.

I wonder if that is why Jone Allison left (although she is on ATWT in the mid '60s as one of the Claire Lowells). She has such a distinctive presence on radio and still does in the surviving episode from 1952. I wonder how Meta would have been if she'd stayed, as her Meta seems much more ready to jump out of her own skin.

Thanks. I may have a vague memory of that with the old Soapcentral recaps. I guess nothing he did went anywhere. I still wonder why they just wrote Morgan's friend Trudy out instead of continuing to build her up. The show seemed to see characters in that period as disposable.

Thanks as always @slick jones Never thought a Strictly dancer would be on B&B (the show was It Takes Two). Morgan - one of a kind. Trina has been on GH for 7 years and they barely use her...the first actress was right to go.

Thanks. If that is TJ, they had about 5 or 6 actors in the part and barely ever did anything with him.

Oh wow. I never knew that. I wonder if they mentioned Sara.

Oh that's right. Thanks. So no premeditated killings. Thanks. Of all the times for Laura to disapprove this was one of them...

Thanks. I see now. Funny as I think the Bauers may be one of the only long-running core families who never killed anyone...unless you count Michelle killing her attempted rapist...or all the patients Rick killed... Thanks. Hopefully another episode from Dick's run will pop up and she may be in it.