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Paul Rauch and Maeve Kincaid have a history dates back to when she was on AW in the 1970s, and from what I hear it was not a pleasant one, which makes what he did to her in the late 90s even more distasteful.

Remember OLTL's special Christmas opening from 1995? I kind of wish they eventually made this permanent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YZtYdjn5CQ

Such an underwhelming murder "mystery", who think such a thing could happen.

The show really suffered IMO from not having a long-term antagonist like Dan Allison (a John Dixon type character) to stir the pot in Madison through the years. Love to know what your ideas Khan as to how you would've saved Dan.

Today's 9/14 episode was the best. Such an emotional episode. The show excels when it just simply focuses on basic human drama. Brady proves to be a viable character when he's AWAY from the Kiriakis clan and in the orbit of his siblings and John/Marlena.

Despite Margaret DePriest's faults as a writer, I can honestly say the show is pretty entertaining now(IMO it hasn't been this way since the height of the Pollacks tenure). I love how the Dancy storyline is involving much of the cast.

It seems like NBC has poured plenty of money into the show with the revamp of the hospital, Matt's office, and the Conrads set as well.

Once Griffith is made HW again, I can expect a major decision will be made regarding Dina's future. I can see him having her diagnosed with a brain tumor and eventually undergoing surgery to remove it, or he just may kill her off. That's just Griffith, when he gets things right(like Sharon's diagnosis and the cyberbullying storyline/Paul taking in a young ward), he's on point, but when he gets things wrong, he does everlasting harm to the very fabric of the show. Was it Griffith that created the characters of Tyler, Leslie, and Mason?

Rest in Peace John McCain

Ira Avery and a solo Rick Edelstein(sp?) were the lowest of low points so far for the reruns IMO.

Watching this weeks worth of episodes with Ann and Paul scheming(which I love), with Stacey high on drugs and wanting have sex with Rico, this definitely isn't the same show it was under the Pollocks! I do find Margaret DePriest's tenure entertaining, but it is lacking a few things as well. Watching these episodes, its similar to the way I felt about B&E being at GL in the late 90s.

Mathew would've been a great character to mix it up with Spaulding men like Philllip and Alan-Michael. Mallet and Susan's returns all failed because they were not the characters they were before they left, at least not at their core. Heck, Susan was de-Sorased and Mallet was banging his Goddaughter. Marina. I'm glad Hurst took over when she did, because she tried to make the show somewhat familiar in those final months.

Yes. They were VICIOUS.