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I don't think Michele Lee's cosmetic surgery has fared well either. Donna is in a league of her own.

What interests me about Ashley's breakdown is she is acknowledging something soaps - and the soap press - often fail to acknowledge. Many times, what Rick (and to a degree, Blade) did to her would just be seen as hot, or fun, or soapy, or no big deal. Even relatively recently on Y&R, Malcolm taking advantage of Dru had gone the same route. I assume Bell did this mostly because he needed a reason to write Ashley out when Brenda quit, but it's still extremely rare - shocking, even - to hear a woman lay out the way she was violated, in language that is not sugarcoated.

The dangerous part is she has extremely devoted fans, already mentally ill in many cases, who attack anyone who dares to not worship her. She married a rapist and they still adore her. This will just end up connecting them with Qanon type groups. That someone with so much money and power spends their day tweeting this is embarrassing and also tells you how far gone we are:

The View has always been right wing trash. I still remember when they pushed ex-gay stuff on the show. A lot of people just don't care because they like hissing and clawing.

You will be...shocked to learn Wolski was a Bernie dead-ender. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bernie-sanders-bridge-chicago-inc-20161011-story.html

Thanks!

I think there was an article here which suggested Marland created a dual role for Julianne Moore because P&G wasn't sure about her and he wanted to prove her talent. If that is the case, it would further explain why they didn't bother afterward. It's just a shame Sabrina lost most of her inner life after the recast.

I know Kathleen Turner said she played the role as a drunk. Did that come across oncamera? Most of her performances tend to come off that way, so it's hard to tell.

I feel some sympathy for her, as she is being used by grifters like Elder and Dave Rubin, but she is causing active harm.

I tend to agree with @Wendyas Manchin is clearly desperate for any and every reason to convince himself obstruction is the ideal (as it makes him feel special and noble). We'll see if anything can happen before it's too late. I imagine most of you have already heard or seen Rose McGowan's incoherent, pathetic team-up with Larry Elder to spread incomprehensible conspiracy theories about Gavin Newsom's family. This is a chilling example of just how much the lunatic far right of talk radio and Youtube has taken over the GOP. I've heard people say the GOP has not spent any money on this race, it's all good for them, and so on, but with a stronger candidate and a coherent race, they might have had a chance against what many used to excoriate as a San Fran limousine liberal. Instead they are just complete and total lunatics. It's terrifying.

Yes, I think Jake/Amanda was more the interim writers before Malone came on. Under Malone, Jake/Vicky became more of a couple, with Shane as the tortured guy she couldn't be with but couldn't get over. I don't know what Malone was going to do with Amanda beyond the DID story. Poor Laura Moss. I wish she'd had more of a chance. Sandra Ferguson was fine, but she didn't even really want to come back.

These were uploaded on Archive - sorry if they were already around. https://archive.org/details/the-young-and-the-restless-september-21-1987 https://archive.org/details/the-young-and-the-restless-september-28-1987

I think the promos suffer from sticking to a recap format. The ABC, CBS and NBC promos were generally more lively and fun.

I hope you do! I'd like to have someone to talk about the show with and I watch more regularly than I do the UK soaps at this point. I have also been watching Home & Away if you ever want to talk about that.

I assumed Zara would return (especially when reading an article saying the actress was just on break), but I was shocked to see that she was pregnant. And that was completely unspoiled - good work! Apparently the actress was pregnant (she's since given birth) so they wrote the pregnancy into the script. Overall they've done a good job of tackling an important issue while also having melodrama, never letting the melodrama drown out the seriousness of the issue. Most soaps don't know how to do that anymore. Even the obviously doomed pairing of Boyd and Kellyanne worked for me, as she was so much more layered than I was expecting (they should take notes with the writing for Desi and Damo). I genuinely felt bad for her. I did not realize Zara and Harper are both bisexual. I wish the show was as willing to be fluid with men. I think Boyd and Drew would make a great couple down the line. And it would have to be better than the endless, tedious, constipated misery with Jack and now Rico. They have already written that gorgeous Tom into a corner through that unpleasant mess.

Last summer, deadend left grifters like Nina Turner and Ryan Knight were pushing a "People's Party." I have a feeling they will join up with Yang in no time. Other pond scum like Brie Brie, last seen shrugging about Jews being killed in the Holocaust, will be along too.

@I Am A Swede Thanks for finding that. I am glad Diane will get a few minutes of story. Glad to see the Doctor Who-Emmerdale ties continue as well. Didn't you think it was nice of him to mention Arthur Pentelow? I know Mr. Wilks is a little more known again these days due to the ITV3 repeats, but still, so many of his best years are hard for people to find.

I never liked this guy, even when I tried. Good riddance to him as he heads on the final road to irrelevance.

Not that Canada is the picture of gentility, but I do feel like some of the ugliness in their current election campaign has been influenced by the far right media ecosystem piped in from the US.