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Did it affect other characters they were going to have story with, or was their part in the story given to someone else? I wish I could see more of that era, especially Casey and Lucas.

It's obvious they had no real idea or plan for the Linda story (in which she is now a bit player) and they just stretched it out to have a Christmas/New Year's plot. They stretched it out for an entire year for nothing but one or two episodes. It's just lazy and shows true contempt for viewers. They just stretch things out as long as possible for "event" episodes and they get nothing out of it, because the stories don't support the stretching and the climaxes aren't good enough (as shown in last year's Christmas episodes). Now they're going to as the next "shocking" plot and again this would not be necessary if they had any plans for these characters beyond DTC wuvving the Carters 5ever. I saw a comment from him about how Christmas has to be miserable because that's what fans want, and it's another example of his failed pandering and his caring too much about winking and nodding at fans, rather than what made good drama. It may have been cute and good fun to wink at fans knowing there are too many back from the dead stories by having it at as a reason for no one on the Square to give a damn when Kathy came back, but where is the drama? And with Christmas, it doesn't matter if people are miserable if the material is garbage, as everyone saw last year. Why don't they know this?

DTC is a liar. I have a feeling this will be about a romance with Louise, but we'll see. At least someone asked him. What Laurie doesn't address is that the length of the story is not the problem, it's that the story is nonsensical and involves a wide variety of characters behaving in despicable ways in order to keep the plot going. And it's just not worth it. Look at the Linda rape plot. Can anyone say that story running a year and a half has been worth it? Does anyone give a damn?

I don't think either of them do, in that I think they both had very high expectations of their careers (I guess David gave up on that considering his best known roles would be in cheesepuff material). It seemed like David kept trying to leave over and over (didn't he nearly leave in 1981 as well?). With that said, I do wish Casey popped up sometimes.

Rubio is just Trump Lite. He's also the same as Cruz and the rest, but he used to listen to Tupac so that means he's down with the kids. The media worships him, and so do insiders. That usually tells me that someone can't be trusted.

Poor Michael that Kin had to remind people who he was - but then he hasn't really been on anything in a long time. He doesn't look too bad though.

I think the problem with the substitute for Dorian is it seemed to mean sleeping with Jon Russell, being on TV, and talking with Cassie. And that wasn't what Dorian was. I also don't think Sharon's acting style suited OLTL at that time.

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I still wonder what might have been if Harding Lemay had stayed on, but 90 minutes was just never going to work. I think if they were that desperate they should have just spun some characters off. That issue has an Irene Dailey interview too. If you want to see it let me know.

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Sure. I wasn't sure where to put it but I'll just create a new thread.

I know he wrote from EE episodes up to early this year - so he left?

Daran Little did work at AMC during the Pratt run...

I think that already happened a few years ago... The "Americanized" element is why I didn't like Santer/DTC either - it felt too much like someone who watched the bad later seasons of Dallas too many times. And it's even worse now.

Santer/DTC. I think that's done and dusted, but you never know. Some have said it's not about Ronnie and Roxy but I don't know. Some think Phil's father is still alive (and will return to fight the Hubbards, and is possibly Vincent's father) and that she will be a part of that reveal. I would say that's ludicrous, but these days... Crazy fan theories on Digital Spy are often more believable that what is onscreen, other than the weird times they talk about the men who should have stories about being raped (I think Jay used to be a favorite for that).

I guess I could understand Ian/Melanie (she felt sorry for Lucy) but Phil/Melanie was ludicrous. Oh and I forgot Glenda had that awful "secret Mitchell brother" story too, with that pouting non-actor with the silly hair who stunk to high heaven. I bet that was a DTC special, given his work this time around.

Love Glynis. She stepped into a role she was way too young and glamorous to play (sadly vacated by Jill Gascoyne due to not being able to keep up with the workload - a few years later she revealed she has Alzheimers) and did a great job with some poor poor material (Ian AND Phil - no whore is ever THAT desperate). I'm glad she'll be back for a few days, even if it's likely for another tedious "secret."

This makes me laugh. All that grandstanding from Rubio and Cruz, and McConnell just does all the work while they're not even around. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/cruz-rubio-miss-chance-to-fight-massive-budget-bill-216917

I don't care about the name as much as I do that it stars a brain dead bigot who thinks people who criticize her on social media are "raping" her. I hope fans enjoy it, but I'll never support anything she's involved with.

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