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Caleb being Frank Tate's son was totally unnecessary. 

The show will stop at nothing to avoid bringing on characters such as Joe, Jamie, and Jean; and having all three of them driving story. Such wasted opportunity. 

Omg such a loss.  She was a class act.

If it's not Bo, then Ron will probably say it's a clone of Bo. 

1 hour ago, Faulkner said:

It’s not gonna be pretty when Phyllis is revealed to be alive. Not entirely sure what her endgame is.

At least JG is taking big swings that give people a platform to act these days instead of the constant flatline. 

Right. 

I'm slightly invested, primarily because I want to see the fallout from her being found out. If Phyllis doesn't get any comeuppance from this, which is in form for JG, I'll be severely disappointed. 

44 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Did Kayla give a reason as to why she called Stephanie over Steve?  

She had first called Steve, during his confrontation with Megan at ISA headquarters, but the call was not going through. So she called Stephanie next.

Rest in Peace Rita Lakin. You were one of the greats. Wish she had written for other soaps like GL or GH later on. 

Right. 

If anything, I definitely think it would've eventually led up to a Clyde Weston murder mystery (again like Curtis), and Kate being one of the suspects. 

Oh well, just another one to add to the massive list of dropped stories on DAYS. 

11 minutes ago, Michael said:

Ooof, definitely. DAYS was surprisingly strong from fall 2012-fall 2014. I mean, there were duds -- the Jordan story, early Abigail/Ben, the weird disregard for John, Dannifer -- but there was a lot of good stuff going on. The Brady/Kristen and Nick umbrella stories were highlights in particular. Then Sami and EJ left, and we were left with a huge focus on Serena and that damn elephant statue, plus more of Jordan's crew. Things didn't improve until Josh Griffith took over the following summer, and we all know how that turned out...

It seriously seemed like Jordan/Ben/Clyde were going to be a Austin/Billie/Curtis redux under Tomlin, but Jordan/Ben/Clyde intentions changed each writer that followed. 

So it's just going to be a male cast only? LOL Appears that way, and wouldn't put it past Ron 

5 hours ago, Darn said:

My thought process when @Vee sent this to me earlier:

Same. 

Good news, but can we give Ron the pink slip before the 60th anniversary? 

Its funny how the show decided to go this route with Nicholas's exit, instead of simply having him go to jail for Hayden's shooting (which will never be resolved). The show could have had some meaty scenes between Spencer and Nik before he was shipped off. 

Ron is trying to pull a "Xander" with the character of Li. He thinks he can find success a 3rd, 4th, time (seeing as how he's down this type of thing with other campy/psycho villains).

CW's Nina and MS's Nina are basically two different characters. I can't accept CW's Nina as the same woman who tried to steal Ava's baby from her womb. 

Dex is giving me Ford Brothers from OLTL vibes. 

AW: I never got the feeling this was much of a family oriented soap (Though I started watching around 92/93), but more about those who come into your life friends/lovers, become your family. It was more about friends and romance than family. Felicia/Cass, Ryan/Frankie, Rachel/Felicia etc. etc. 

Guiding Light: Also started watching around 92/93, the show was down to earth and about community, family, and friendships. Warmth was the tone of the show. 

Y&R: Cold. Sharp. Thrilling. Dark. Witty. Lush set designs and score.

B&B: Light. Flashy. Scandalous. When Sheila was wreaking havoc in the mid 90s, it could also be dark. 

DAYS: In the 90s was more of a longgggg drawn out romance novel. Later in the 90s it was more of romance mixed in with comedy. 

 

Sure reorganize/restructure the writing team if you may. Honestly I would love to see the likes of Slater end up at DAYS (which probably impossible).

But being a Executive Producer/Head Writer/Breakdown writer? And you aren't even capable of being a half the writer that Bill Bell or Harding Lemay were?  This is going to end badly. 

28 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

DAYS has never been a show I’ve loved, even though I watched (and was entertained by) the first Reilly era. Soaps already require a healthy bit of suspension of disbelief even when they are more grounded. Sci-fi/fantasy breaks the spell for me, especially when the sci-fi rules are so often inconsistently applied. It’s not like watching something like Doctor Who, which can be silly but is a contained story that breezes by in an hour and dazzles you enough with wit and cleverness that you don’t consider the logical inconsistencies. 

For me, RC lazily uses sci-fi as an out when he can’t come up with compelling story complications. Let’s have people run around in masks and pretend to be other people in order to break up couples instead of organic conflict rooted in story. Nothing is believable or worth getting invested in. And it doesn’t help that the show is so shoddily made.

^THIS

I'm interested in this flash forward, however the lead up to it is the least of my concern, what about after Christimas 2023? I really do think the show will lose steam or seemingly meander in trying to properly play all the proper beats once it's revealed who was killed. We'll spend all of 2023 working up to the murder mystery, and then spend all 2024 playing the aftershock of the murder? Yikes. 

I've always been puzzled as to how vastly different the Dobsons are at ATWT and SB, (maybe GH too) compared to their time at GL. I can't help but to think maybe Allen Potter had something to do with their success at GL. 

Now these are the returns that we've been asking for. I just may tune in ....

GL:

The Great:

Amanda is the daughter of Alan and Jane Marie Stafford.

The Good:

Dylan is Billy and Reva's son. I really liked Pam Long's second tenure on the show, and the team of writers at the time made sure to hit all the right beats with this one. 

The Worst:

Amanda is not Alan's daughter, but his sister. 

So Carly is smack dabbed in the middle? 

4 hours ago, Faulkner said:

I totally miss how textured these shows were when they could afford it. Characters like Miguel, Lynn, John Silva, and Douglas Austin on Y&R or Stavros, Donna, and Ginger on GL added so much dimension (and often lightness and comedy) to those shows. They didn’t need to be involved in deep stories, but someone like Douglas Austin made Victor seem so much more relatable, as their friendship illuminated Victor’s motivations, yearnings, and humanity. 

GH is the only show that still has a deep roster of recurring characters, but they are used so sparingly that Port Charles doesn’t feel as rich as it could be. Characters need friends who aren’t their exes or family members.

 

DAYS has tried to do this at times, with Victor's butler Henderson and Anne Milbauer stirring the pot at the hospital, it was a half @$$ attempt, but an attempt no less in the last few years/decade compared to other shows. 

1 hour ago, Darn said:

Every time an actor from this show promotes it on social media they look like they’re being held for ransom.

It really does.