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I was listening to one of those fake podcast videos for the show, with some details I'm not too sure of the accuracy of (they seemed to imply Carol and Joyce were the same character with another name). (they also claim Young Doctor Malone aired for decades on TV) They claim that some never before heard episodes from 44-45 debuted on Internet Archive. They seem to have popped up in 2021. @dc11786 @Paul Raven @jam6242 @slick jones @vetsoapfan @wonderwoman1951@EricMontreal22 You've probably already heard these, but if not: Road Of Life : The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

I think it says more about Jason than the state of the women on the canvas.

I definitely see his agenda about Jason...it's just weird to me they threw away a lot of natural drama with Dante, Lulu, Brook Lynn, Chase, for Liesl telling everyone she is a proud granny. I think the momentum with Gio in story with his bio parents is pretty much gone, which is a shame.

I'm mostly curious as to why so much of the story momentum was derailed just for these other elements. I guess once Frank knew he could bring Britt and Liesl back that was where his heart went.

I watched Kiss Me Deadly a little while ago, with Wesley Addy very sharp in a key role. Seeing that he was a little over 40 and the movie was made around 30 years earlier than his Loving debut made me understand even more why he seemed a bit frail when he was on Loving. It's a miracle that he and Augusta Dabney were both able to return and then both survived to the end of the show, both in their late 70s to early 80s when it ended, Addy passing not long afterward. Sometimes I wonder if they should have cast younger actors for the parts, but they were both such believable casting for those types of people, with Dabney's grace adding a certain warmth to the family. And the attempts to recast her never really worked for me, even if Celeste Holm was very interesting to watch. Rather than killing Cabot off in 1991 I wish they'd explored more of the Cabot/Clay dynamics while they had the chance.

I think she also said she just couldn't face going to Nadine's funeral. Thanks for the audition @Liberty City I'd never seen that. The volume is so low it's hard to tell, but is Kim not doing the big Southern accent?

It really does seem like a missed opportunity. I felt bad for Judith when she mentioned playing a bit part on AW about a year earlier and how demoralizing the experience was.

This could be used as part of the story I wanted with Brook Lynn falling for Dante. Maybe Willow could somehow use Chase to cause conflict between Gio and Michael, with their Sonny connection.

Thanks so much @slick jones as always, I am in awe of your work.

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Thanks for the extra info.

Thanks @Franko! This overlaps with some earlier misdated material but luckily it doesn't overlap very much - those earlier uploads have more of the hostage crisis and Steve being shot. @Kane This is a real boon for your blog as there are three full or nearly full episodes in this - Steve death aftermath, buildup to his funeral, and his actual funeral. Other important scenes include Harry telling Ned how important he is to him (which may indicate the show had more plans for Ned and maybe Luke Perry wanted to leave) and Cecilia talking with Kate about how she had managed to move on from Steve only to make the same mistakes falling for Rick so quickly. She then decides to leave. All very rushed so maybe that wasn't the show's choice either, I don't know. It certainly makes no sense to write her out that fast. Kate at one point warns Rick how important Cecila is to her. I hope we get to see more of that relationship someday. There's also a little moment of Rick looking out for Kate. I wish the show had not dropped any relationship between them. I'm glad that in 1988 they began phasing out this overly downtrodden look for Kate that looks like something out of 1933. @dc11786 These may also be fascinating to you with your analyses of the show. @slick jones There are a few cast crawls in these.

Thanks @Franko!

I can see where this probably wasn't suited for where are they now... I hadn't thought of her in a long time. That period in the early '00s where OLTL seemed to be casting actors who would be best suited to softcore. (not to disparage Pacific Blue) I wonder if she or Paige was a more unpopular Bo love interest.

Hasn't she already mostly left the show, aside from a recent appearance? I could see her still popping in a few times a year.

I don't watch much now but you should try and see what you think. I'm trying to get back into EE again.

AWHP mentions that Gwen had mentioned bouts of mental instability in her first run. So I guess it wasn't entirely off, but none of this fit the very serious woman available to watch in the scraps of 1979 and 1980. They did say she had had a breakdown and at the end she was remorseful to Rachel, but the whole thing was just plain bad, a huge waste of Dorothy. Dorothy was on soaps 4-5 times in the late '80s through the '00s and yet she was wasted every time. I remember Anna Stuart saying Donna Swajeski did not like Donna, and she went to TPTB to complain about the writing. You could see it in that story. Michael was meant to be the innocent party (even though he'd dumped Donna it was just for his stupid secret agent assignment), while Donna had slept with Jake and gave away their son to keep the secret. But Anna Stuart played the anguish and self-loathing so well, and Michael was just such a sanctimonious ass. He also had zero chemistry with Stacey.

Bowen Yang Among Cast For Michael Ausiello's Childhood Soap Opera In NY Renee Elise Goldsberry is involved in this. When I saw soap opera, I thought it might lead to more, but it seems to just be a reading for charity.

I'm not entirely sure why they brought Stacey back. Cass needed law partners, but why not bring in someone new? I wonder if there were other plans for Stacey. Clearly the Derek pairing failed, which seems to be on the actor, but I didn't think it was that great anyway. I thought she came across horribly in taking Mikey from Donna, and then bedding Michael - clearly viewers were meant to be on their side but I loathed them. And I like Hilary Edson. I haven't seen much of Russ but he doesn't seem that different to me than how he was in the glimpses of David Bailey available from 1980. Dorothy Lyman also said they made the character strange. I think they were trying to make her "kooky" like Opal. I think they may have also given her some of what they had planned with Willis as the actor declined a return. Speaking of Stacey, I remember SPW or SOD around 1995 or so claiming Stacey would return.

IIRC, when Barbara crossed her over business matters, Lily sent Hal a letter - I think saying that Barbara had known he was Adam's biological father? I can't remember. It definitely wasn't in character for her. They'd started having Lily tied to Walsh in Martha's last year, but you're right, she never seemed happy there. I guess the idea of all this was Lily had changed because of Derek and the burns, this was her breakdown, but I don't know how well it came across onscreen.

I keep seeing memes of that - I wonder if it is as terrible as it looks. More Eva: https://deadline.com/2025/08/the-last-sunrise-movie-eva-longoria-amazon-mgm-1236481210/ Speaking of Jesse: https://deadline.com/2025/08/jesse-metcalfe-mitchel-musso-jeremy-london-mister-fun-cast-1236479888/ Robert Adamson (ex-Noah, Y&R, ex-Michael, GH) was on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia last night, reprising a role he played in the first season.

His friendship with Marty could also play into that transition. I guess it may be more down to Jason being written into a corner and most of those close to him being gone or moved into new plots (they were not going to get anything out of Dorian/Jason compared to what they got with Dorian's schemes to win Joey), but Malone preferring the oh-so-noble serial rapist is a dividing line for so many mistakes.

I do think the story choice did have some of those elements, but I will agree it could have been worse. I don't want to go back and forth though.

Eva Longoria appeared in Eddie Murphy's new cash grab Amazon film, The Pick Up. She also has a new Welcome to Wrexham clone show called Nexaca. Cary Christopher: https://deadline.com/2025/08/cary-christopher-cast-lanterns-dc-series-hbo-1236480788/