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@I Am A Swede I just went and rewatched A Woman of No Importance for the first time in probably 15 years. Thank you for reminding me of it. Absolutely harrowing, with Patricia's understated work a big reason why. All those little details which add up to wreck you by the end. Some of the most intelligent writing and acting.

Probably down to her voice being different. Sorry to dump all those clips.

Yes. I think I saw that one years ago but need to rewatch. Thanks for all the fun clips you shared. Here's an interview Patricia did on Terry Wogan. Patricia Routledge interview and sings I Want to Sing in Opera on Wogan - 24 November 1989

Patricia was wonderful as Hyacinth, but this is how I remember her best. Just a moving, heart-wrenching performance, with subject matter that feels timelier now than ever.

I'm reminded of when Randolph Mantooth joined GH, after primetime success and also being happy with his time at Loving, and he just hated it. Different circumstances, different producers, obviously, but the show just isn't for everyone.

@Reverend Ruthledge Thank you for bringing the post over here as I didn't see it. Very moving. I would like to think his son and Eileen got to see each other again.

Thanks @Soapsuds glad Don is still up to do these.

@DeeVee IIRC, there are some hints that they know each other and Carrie denies it. I respect you guys here who are watching the German dubs. I know I should too but it's tough for me to feel invested if they aren't the originals, even though the originals for that period look like they have been filtered with dirty dishwater.

@alwaysAMC If you ever have time to kill, I love this clipset, from the late, great classicgl channel, all about Diane Ballard, Alan Spaulding's long-suffering secretary, flying too close to the sun and paying the ultimate price. (and the first clip has Carrie).

Thank you for compiling all these, and all the tireless work you do on these soaps @janea4old Yeah, I have a feeling the people who think Drew set everything up with Ronnie are right, although I wonder if she may not be fully aware.

That was about the Carrie Marler story from 1982. I don't know if Ross had any story in 1988 - maybe that's when he was with Nadine, I don't know. You can get some glimpses of the story around here. I know that this won't make any real sense of the story, so for a summary (I'm probably getting a lot of this wrong - the clips also somehow got under the spoiler bar, sorry):

Thanks for the great clips @Maxim I don't think I've said before that I appreciate you also having longer clips and sharing those on Youtube. I still don't know how they saw any way back for Viki/Clint after this. As for Sloan, I'm not ever sure how to feel. I do think he is sincere in his love for Viki, but the comparisons to Victor also add to the manipulative air around him.

It really was such a short-sighted decision to fire an actor just because another actor was taller. Typical ABC by that point. And of course they later let Stapleton, one of the only somewhat popular Kevins, get fired by JFP for a pal of hers that viewers hated.

I was looking for soap content on Archive and someone just put this up from a 12-year old Youtube upload. A look at a Jerry ver Dorn meet and greet from 1988. For some reason they don't bother to interview him (maybe they did in another segment), but if you want to see him you get a few glimpses.

Thanks. I haven't watched most of the show in a very long time.

Always glad to see Nina. I wasn't sure what her relationship with Christine with as last I heard wasn't Nina with Paul and then he left her for Christine. I don't know - I wasn't watching. I do hope they will let her grieve for Chance. It will be nice to see Gina too.

That's a good point. They could have said he was going by William, or Will.

He would have been a little older than her, but maybe Peggy's son Billy, which could have led to Peggy returning for some appearances and more tension between Bridget and Roger.

Thanks. JJY saying everything goes to Sonny made me laugh. So did Brook Kerr saying give it to Portia.

Thanks @TheyStartedOnSoaps

Thanks @chrisml I didn't see you'd posted it here before I put it in the DS thread. I just recently saw that David and Susan Sullivan did a Big Finish audio together for Dark Shadows. It's still available for purchase on the Big Finish website if anyone wants to hear it. Panic | The Dark Shadows Wiki | Fandom

There's a certain long, slow death for complexity and story with the black characters on the show starting in 1994 that makes the material easier to forget. Charles Malik Whitfield was the first Ben. Charles Malik Whitfield - IMDb

That definitely helps.

On a positive note, Lucas does have a grandson. List of Days of Our Lives characters introduced in the 2020s - Wikipedia