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dc will have more detail, but I think Danny saved Tyler when he was stuck somewhere. Ally then set Danny up on false rape charges, but changed her mind. I feel like B&E wanted to pair Ally and Danny as a couple, as this was teased on both shows, and if The City had run longer there was a clear Tony/Ally/Carla/Danny quad in full swing, but they likely faced negative audience reaction. If memory serves Danny was supposed to be a short term sleaze, but Ted King was so charismatic that the show decided to keep him around. This is one of the main stories going on when I started watching Loving. Laura Wright had a real edge to her work that made what could have been a very generic long-suffering heroine role seem more real. It's the same she'd end up doing on GL for years, successfully, until she started to become a little too cold in her last years there. Seeing these again reminds me of how I first got into Loving in the midst of the murder mystery story, after reading about it in my first soap magazines. Pretty much everything interested me, but more than anything I was hooked on Ava - Lisa Peluso was just fabulous and had so much screen presence. She was the type of character I was not getting on my old CBS soaps by this point. The soap magazines at the time panned Ava's writing and exit - they said she never would have been so weak or afraid - but I think Peluso plays it believably.

My main memory was that tacky story on The City where she was revealed to be turning tricks because of abuse or something. He seems to be a realtor now. His work in this episode was very good...the part where he realizes Buck is no longer going to be around (telling him he's the man of the house) is a scene that would not have been effective without a strong actor in the part. The episode was mostly a lot of Emoting to cover a somewhat padded set of scenes, but still, it was effective emoting. I was probably most interested in the Shana and Leo material. Shana as a new mother to a special needs child as well as acting as a lawyer provided so many story possibilities, instead of just removing her from the show.

These look 'new' to me for YT? Are they? I don't remember ever seeing Travis' last moments. @amybrickwallace

I agree. It's been a real tonic in a hard time to have the increased uploads the last few years, and dc's commentary and threading stories together has helped a great deal to add to what we know and can enjoy.

Not surprised.

I never can remember whether they asked Lisa and she said she needed a break or if they never asked her. When The City was wrapping up they seemed to be hinting she might appear.

Ha ha ha pigfuckers. Rigging, likely costing voters their lives, and you lost even more than you were already going to lose. I hope this is just the start of your losing, you pieces of [!@#$%^&*].

It's too early to say, but I've rarely seen a well-respected senator self-immolate this way, especially since Maine is not a reactionary state. I can only guess that Olympia Snowe's well-known dislike for her was right on the money, and it just took enough time for the mask to slip.

If you've ever heard "do a barrel roll" you've heard Rick May.

I can't imagine how much of a shock this must have been to viewers at the time who didn't read soap magazines. "She looked so pretty." Debbi Morgan does so much with that one line.

Not directly Joan but I thought this was awkwardly cute.

Wilbur Ross...the man who bragged about COVID-19 and how it would help our economy?

We'll all be keeping you and your brother in our thoughts.

Thanks for sharing that, @DramatistDreamer . I see that the NYT put out a piece on Biden's accuser today, which of course has been controversial and blown up the whole thing even more. I don't have the stomach to read it. Her story is just full of holes for me, namely how much she has changed key portions. I also feel like I have no real right to be in a position to judge though. The whole thing is just depressing and is only getting started.

I hadn't even heard about that last one. Ugh. I guess there's also whatever went on with Martha and her reasons for leaving for good.

Oh wow. Never thought I'd see something like this. I always wanted to see exploration of this period. Thanks so much. I never would've known otherwise.

It's not new, but defunding during a pandemic feels like an escalation even for them.

Also Irna Philips vs Rosemary Prinz and Jane House. Oh and Irna vs Helen Wagner, as she fired her at one point.

I'm not a very optimistic person by nature, and I guess days like today when I read that Trump is trying to kill the Post Office, that bird has flown away entirely, but I hope you're right.

That must be why the government magically gave Arizona PPE supplies and McSally is doing a victory lap. Sadly, Trump is still getting what he wants - he put out an incoherent ad tying Biden to China, and the media ate it up. Bernie supporters are widely circulating it and using it to show everyone that Trump will win in a landslide. They're also still pushing the incoherent Tara Reade story. And telling everyone that Trump has more progressive policies than Biden. They will do anything to get him a win.

Shameful. They want to bankrupt the mail service to help rig the elections.

It's exhausting to watch, let alone play. I think Colleen just had pushback against passive or victim Barbara. She loved Marland but she even complained about the writing for her in the Gavin storyline.

Long overused her but I liked that she did try to make her a broader character on the canvas, like her friendship with Philip, or the later story where Roger took compromising photos of her. I'm still surprised we got that scene where she and Philip caught up when he came back from the dead. I got serious hag and gay bestie vibes from Kim and John Bolger's Philip, which makes me enjoy them together more.