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No offense, but I think I'll pass on that one. https://www.nme.com/news/music/backstreet-boys-kevin-richardson-posts-cryptic-tweet-about-losing-a-friend-to-qanon-after-bandmate-brian-joins-parler-2857844

Laura also left the show when they were really starting to lowball actors, which Kim Zimmer complained about in the press. I guess she knew they weren't going to give her what she felt she deserved.

I suppose it's just so dispiriting to me knowing how quickly and successfully the GOP and the media closed ranks even over such a dangerous event. And the only other story getting news is yet more dragging out of the infrastructure (this time the GOP slashing more money for transit). Here is a Trump White House alum who is advocating for a civil war, and yet I still know the press and nearly half the country would back him up all the way.

The first time I saw Tess was when I got into Loving's last months. I did not really know anything about the show and just enjoyed seeing Catherine Hickland give such a whirlwind performance. I didn't realize how much she and other characters like Richard were a finger in the eye to most of what came before in terms of the atmosphere of the show. I do think B&E did a better job with her on Loving than they did in the early months of The City, where from the little I watched/read about, they seemed to make her go too far before having the cancer scare and the pairing with Buck.

I don't think the narrative will change about the commission - I think a lot of the narratives are baked in because the media knows that the GOP are favored to win one or both houses of Congress due to cheating and gerrymandering - but seeing godawful Will Saletan (who has been writing "contrarian" and hacky takes at Slate for decades) rush in to treat Rachael Bade as a noble princess was my last straw. I won't be reading Politico again.

Thanks as always for your memories.

So Darren was around a while then? Did they mention him much after he left? I agree he was cute. I think GH in those years managed to cast good looking men who could still seem approachable (although you don't see a lot of 1978-era Kin Shriners in real life, admittedly).

I didn't see this on here - just found it on Youtube. It's the last scenes of a character named Darren Blythe, who was tied with the Bobbie/Scotty/Laura group (I didn't read up a lot on that period beyond the basics so you all probably know more about him than I do). The date is June 5th, 1978. William Schriener, who played him, uploaded the scenes - I asked a brief question about whether he got the scenes as a goodbye gift...I didn't want to ask about a full episode as some people get angry when you try to talk to them. All I can say is Bobbie was such a huge bitch and she didn't even try to hide it. You have to laugh. @Vee @vetsoapfan @Paul Raven @jam6242 @slick jones @victoria foxton @j swift

I wish we could see her onscreen with Margie Impert.

I feel like much of the media, from the Beltway to Faux News to the grifter "left" like Krystal Ball, have brainwashed much of the public into thinking the insurrection was no big deal and spinning the narrative into Democrats being seen as desperate or lying. With the hand they've been dealt, choosing to bounce all the extremists and hatemongers from the committee is probably the best move, but it will be difficult to push back against the easy talking points of inflation and gas prices and the party only cares about what their base wants to hear, and so on. The Beltway (like the previously mentioned Josh Kraushaar) is already setting the talking points, and the narrative is what carries the day. (never mind that Tim Ryan, barring a miracle, is likely to lose badly no matter what he talks about, as so many of the candidates in red states have in recent years)

Now that you mention it, Clay and Gwyn really did have a fantastic amount of chemistry, under multiple actors. I often don't include them as a couple because they rarely were in the show's lifespan, but I probably should. Clay and Steffi is another pairing where the actors click tremendously well, even if the relationship is obviously not one we should root for. I think a lot of your points about Ava and Alex are why I don't enjoy quite as much as I did at one time - Ava's exit and the idea that she was scared (and also stifling of Alex), etc. But Lisa and Randolph were great together.

I wonder at times if they brought in Buck to play a Trucker-type story with Stacey once they focused more on Trucker and Dinah Lee. I think Trucker and Dinah Lee have a lot of chemistry, but trashing Curtis casts a pall for me. Apparently there was some speculation the show might pair Angie and Trucker when she first arrived in Corinth. I doubt they would have, but it could have worked. I guess Trucker was leaving revamp or no revamp as Robert Tyler wanted out, but I do wonder what might have been. Him leaving town with the wan Dinah Lee recast is a whimper of an exit. I don't feel like I've seen enough of the building blocks of Trucker and Trisha to have a strong opinion on them. The early days, like his sleeping with Gwyneth, don't really match up to what I later see with them. The more I watch of Loving the more I realize I don't really care a great deal about any of the couples, maybe aside from Louis and Kate or Casey and Ally. Even with Alex and Ava, I sometimes feel she was a bit stifled. (actually I realize when I watch more of the show that I don't actually love a lot of Ava's stories, I just enjoy watching Lisa Peluso and Ava's core relationships)

Did they also make Rick a headcase or was that always the plan? I remember how overwrought Taggart's GL run was.

@I Am A Swede A few of us asked this uploader to put the full episode they had, and, instead of being a prick about it, they actually did! Initially I thought the upload was 1986 because of a Crossroads date in the junction that mentioned it, but this seems to be, at a guess, 17th February 1987?

I can see why Lemay got on with her in that these were some of the same criticisms he had (about nothing happening in a conversation). I am glad to hear that Pressman at least listened to her, rather than what we'd get in later years - her being fired and soap flacks on blogs or SOD writing about what a diva she is.

I noticed that he tried to imply Lisa Cameron was a bad actress and also tried to make Nancy Wickwire say her job was dull (she handled that well), but he didn't play any of those games with Constance Ford. He was probably afraid she'd come bawl him out.

There are some really dangerous people, including people who have notable online followings, who go out of their way to shame anyone who wears a mask. There is a very popular idea - on the left and right - that if you wear a mask you are simply a silly poser who is desperate for public approval. I think this type of shaming is one of the reasons the CDC was not more clear about the safety of masks and why so many people are getting sick.

It's that time again! I guess we will see if Manchin forces Schumer to go along with this.

I'm so sorry for what other thoughtless people have put you through. My best to you.