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I couldn't tell if they were trying to show her husband's inner thoughts but the shots didn't line up, or if a crew member was very angry. Either way I laughed.

Yes, her casually saying she had been in an orgy, then the slow burn of her stunned, embarrassed, teeth-clenching husband. The nosy other woman who is straight out of a porn script. And I could swear I kept hearing someone say "bitch" in the background...

I could see him going on Dancing With the Stars if it weren't for him seemingly taking his views very seriously about not being around other women. He should have had better exit plans post-Trump. He clearly thought he could glom on for 4-8 years and be set up, but Trump never gave a damn about him (and wouldn't have even if Pence had gone even further in trying to steal the election), and now Trump's brain-dead cult will also ensure he has no real future post-VP. Such a craven slug.

Weird seeing Vanessa play games with Frank (to make Billy jealous), only to immediately stop when Ross walked in - a reminder of their complex history. I guess this was right before Vanessa was put into more of a matriarchal role which put her above the old schemes. Seeing how wary both she and Maureen were of Holly also interested me. They really did set Holly up in the outsider role for those first years of her comeback. (I can't remember if Holly and Vanessa ever interacted in 1980) I love how nuanced the relationships between characters were in the late '80s and early '90s. GL was one of the most honest and intelligent soaps in this period.

Marland also chose to emphasize seedier aspects of James that didn't seem to be there before him (and weren't after, I believe), like his preying on underage girls. There's a steady journey of sickness and depravity James takes from 1986 to 1989, followed by Marland going out of his way to make it clear to viewers that James really was dead (his corpse shown on the floor for an extended period, an autopsy being done, etc.).

Turns out an uploader that has put up promos and other content put up a short clip of Loving Friends a few years ago. They said in the comments they had one episode but will not be uploading it.

I think you're right. I get the feeling they lowballed her as well as Doris Belack.

1990 Generations Promo - YouTube 1990 Generations Promo 2 - YouTube

1989 Dynasty TV Promo - YouTube

1989 Loving Soap Opera TV Promo - YouTube

Seeing Phoebe on a proto-cell phone is fun. I hadn't even thought about that AMC connection. Pat really did make the rounds.

I think she looks fine, although it reminds me a lot of Jane Elliot's early '90s style.

People got way, way too into the family dramas of the Conways last year, many forgetting that these are sick grifters, and that Claudia Conway was not a sassy social media "kween," but a very troubled young woman stuck with terrible parents. I hope some of them now regret getting so involved, and I hope Claudia can get the hell out of that house.

It seems to be based on the idea that "bipartisanship" is what the public need and want (backed up 24/7 by a media who push this - at least the kind that benefits Republicans). It is based on the fantasy of feeling special and Above the Fray, and also on the delusion that the GOP is operating in good faith if you just try hard enough (it's not just "centrists" like Manchin who fall for this, as many deadenders on the left say nonsense like oh if Schumer had started the impeachment trial immediately, Senate Republicans would have convicted Trump - but those people are not in office). The games and let's-not-help-people-and-say-we-did posturing from this ilk and their pals like Susan Collins also helps lead to stuff like this: The longer this goes on the more that $2,000, and now $1,400, drifts away. That is what Biden campaigned on, and what Warnock and Ossoff campaigned on assuming they would be backed up, instead of being left open for attacks the way that these 'bipartisan' Democratic senators are now leaving them open to. If they do en up drastically changing the stimulus amount, then it was a mistake to ever open that door during the runoffs, because the media and the GOP are going to make this an issue over and over and over. Anyway, after all my bleating today, at least something is moving forward, even if McConnell again gets to come out of it as if he set the terms.

Unfortunately with 50 votes, one or two of them are enough to be the majority in situations like this. By a few weeks the media narrative of failure and disarray will have already set in and be difficult to shake, especially since right now it's difficult to see whether they will even be getting more checks out due to the likes of Susan Collins and (yet again) Manchin. The pace they have set feels out of step to me with how things are going. I am aware Schumer may not have a lot of choice, but if that is the case, then they are never going to be able to do anything beyond the bare minimum.

Manchin and Sinema only seem to have much of anything to say when it's time to talk about bipartisanship or how they aren't going to do this or that liberal proposal. The clock is running out quickly on so much. Any day lost is something else that may not ever get done.

McConnell may as well keep it. The more time passes the more I believe those who say many Democrats in the Senate were bewildered at winning the majority and were content to just be in the minority. Well, if that is the case, then the way things are going, they can be happy again in two years.

Rob Portman is another of those Republicans feted by the media as "reasonable" but who still votes party line every time. In comparison, here we have another of the "golly gee" Democrats who are happy to sink the party to cover themselves. Never mind that if the country is that right wing, then she will lose her seat no matter how much she or Manchin are against getting through a progressive agenda.

There was always something unlikeable about her to me onscreen. At least now I know why.

I can't remember where the magazine scans are but I think Kavanaugh and Reinholt both gave their own opinions on topics like feminism (and I think he also talked some about her) - they were pretty much as contrasting as what you get here.

I think Beau left more because of a housecleaning of the younger set of that period (with Andy/Paul/Lien/Duke moving more into that role). I do wonder if that was down to Calhoun leaving or Marland wanting to just hit reset with Martha Byrne leaving. I also wonder how he felt about the interim writers' handling of the Laura storyline. That April fragment on here has that wedding flashback of them; I suppose the tone is partly because they were trying not to let viewers know they were siblings, but it feels very gothic compared to how noirish and campy the later material was.

It's impossible to imagine Jack with Faith Catlin's Faith... I remember the person who uploaded the '80s RH episodes saying they chose not to upload the strike episodes because they weren't worth uploading, in so many words. I still wish I could see them. The Ryan family feels played out and at a real loss by the time the Soapnet run ends, with Pat and Frank gone, a wan Siobhan recast and an unsuccessful introduction of cousin EJ after bailing on her brother Barry after only a year. I can see why ABC may have wanted a fresh start, while still keeping the figureheads of Maeve and Johnny, along with Siobhan. I can also see why they tried to rebuild after the changes caused further audience erosion. I haven't really watched enough of 1983 to know how it would have worked out - the Delia stuff is so bad and the show just feels very flat in that way ABC soaps of the '80s sometimes can, if you know what I mean. That and I'm not exactly rushing to see Faith/Pat round 4 (or was it 5...).

Someone awful is going to win, but I don't know if she has any real base there. They probably have a deep bench full of hatemongers already.