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Did you ever watch the hypnosis/cult story in the last months of Another Life? (featuring a very charismatic villainess and a guest role for the wonderful Lori March)

I remember him. He was a supporting player, most of the time, but got more to do toward the end of the show. He was very handsome.

Yeah there is a whole lot going on there which annoys me, even more than how OTT Alex is. I know many love that era. I do not mean to rain on any parades. I just don't.

@Faulknerthanks for tagging me in the thread. I keep forgetting to reply. The cast is very good this season, aside from a few people who won't leave. I wish the writing could match them... @Vee here is Lindsey Buckingham accompanying Halsey on what sounds like a Christina Perri homage, and unintentionally I assume, dressed like '80s Stevie. Nice to see him doing what he does best.

Which was, as you said, definitely the right move. Once the show started assuming actors were just meaningless seemed to be when the decline started.

From what I remember of the soap magazines at the time, her husband was a doctor in Arizona or somewhere, and part of the reason for her break was for his career.

There are a few audio clips of the Wayne Addison story on Youtube. Here is his last scene with Liz.

I remember some fans here or at TWOP used to say they thought one of the reasons Tyler checked out was because of how the Stefan fiasco went down, especially since he had been happy to see Stephen Nichols return.

Part of an episode from October 20, 1993. https://archive.org/details/n9v9r5aynev9ra9a1n38993vhs/3.+The+Bold+and+the+Beautiful+-+10-20-1993.mp4

The first 20 minutes of an ATWT episode (October 20, 1993) I don't think is on Youtube. With commercials, so that means less clips of the show. Sometimes I think I exaggerate how many times the show had Lily going into "I Can't Make You Love Me" around this point, but nope, there's that music cue again right at the start... https://archive.org/details/n9v9r5aynev9ra9a1n38993vhs/4.+As+the+World+Turns+-+10-20-1993.mp4

This scene really sums up much of what was pushing me away from GL at this time - shrillness, unpleasantness, a slew of bad recasts, etc. Thank goodness for Michael Zaslow and for Maeve Kinkead and Maureen Garrett bringing some heart to the last minute or so. A world away from that lousy Billy recast cracking me up as he walks on tables. Much as I generally l liked Dylan, there was also something satisfying about the show remembering that given his many years of training, Roger could whoop his ass.

You often hear Beltway talking points about how the GOP no longer cares about gay rights or lgbt rights, and what a sign of progress this is. That's a lie, This is today's GOP, and it wins elections, because many people live and breathe hate. At least this repulsive man is honest, unlike his party, and the reporters who lick their feet.

That's one of the reasons I'm always wary of these dupe accounts that just keep reposting episodes already available. It just starts to get sloppy after a while.

I can't remember all that Kathryn said, but I think it was after Nick and Kim had their big romantic rendezvous in Greece. Kathryn said she got a lot of angry letters at the time. I suppose the P&G audience was not expecting her to be in that type of setting relatively quickly (by ATWT standards of that era) after Dan's death. They did have some fans (my mother was a fan of the pairing), but the little I've seen of them mostly suggests Kim having to stand behind and watch Steve and Nick measuring contests.

Then when sleazy Brad came on the show, Lisa was wrapped around his finger. And of course James (which I think viewers accepted more because Anthony Herrera was so charismatic and handsome), and Nick (where Kathryn Hays got hate mail for the pairing). It's a really ugly time for many of the women of Oakdale. I think this was post-Dobsons, but the scene of Steve just berating Kim as she stands there helpless and mute always stays with me.

I was 100% in the same place until I realized Cheney is no better. But hopefully others on the panel will be more likely to do something - more than the DOJ is, anyway. We'll see.

I'm not sure who to believe here. I don't really trust either of them. Considering Merrick Garland's lackadaisal DOJ run thus far, I'm tempted to believe Wilson, but we'll see. Either way it already seems to be more of the same posturing.

I tend to agree, but at this point I think saying people are likely fed up of Manchin and Sinema is like saying the sky is blue. I just want to know if those Democratic senators who are supposedly upset with him will stop partying on his yacht. In other not so shocking news...

I'm hoping they will do this rather than just use the "Loki" template for her (which worked but would feel redundant if done over and over. There's a lot to explore with Agatha. I'm glad they saw this, even if I know her becoming such a big fan favorite/social buzz creator was likely the key.

I assume Whit was always going to die for the sake of the big murder mystery, but some actors at the time have mentioned how chaotic the behind the scenes atmosphere was at this point. (I think the guy who played Ernie on Edge of Night wrote that - didn't he say he was told he couldn't look at a certain cast member, or something...). I think the role was miscast. The actor who played Whit always seemed offputting to me.

Yes. Liam is now an amoral, one note thug, like so many others on the show. I finally decided this week to fully stop watching until Kate Oates and Jon Sen are both gone. I know many would sell a kidney for her, but I just can't take any more of their work.

The actress who plays Harper recently revealed that she is pregnant - due in December - and that her pregnancy was written into the script in a hurry. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/126581909/from-heartache-to-baby-joy-for-shortland-street-actor-ria-vandervis I wonder if this may be one of the reasons Tom was moved out of her story, even though that had been built up for some weeks, and put into the unpleasant stuff with Rico that really made him look completely wretched.

Very briefly, yes. The key scenes where she should have reunited with Whitney and Tiffany were left offcamera. She will be interacting with Liam, as they will be working on a scam together, apparently.

It's not really about "shock" as much as realization. Silly on my part, clearly, but I wanted to believe there was a thin reason to hope there would eventually be some kind of positive change after all the people who died for that to happen...even up to this year, people risking their lives in a pandemic to stand in line all day and vote. And the party they did that for is led by people who are sitting on a yacht and telling them to go to hell. So yes, I was not really expecting that particular gift, which is not a mistake I will make again.