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As a GL fan, and not to derail the topic too much, it was like going from McKinsey to Dusay, or Sherry Stringfield to Liz Keifer. I only had the opportunity of watching KMH's Emily in real time on the show, and I think she is a capable actress, but watching YouTube clips of Smith's Emily it is totally like watching a different character.

Does the Lisanne (Lynn Herrings character) story/Nicky/Lawrence/Carly storyline take place mostly in 93 or in 92?

There's been hints that there might be two deaths on Christmas. I definitely believe Nish is one of the deaths, especially considering the cafe was signed over to him, this would a easy way to get the cafe back under the ownership of the Beales again. However if there is a second death, I suspect it will be either Dean or Jack. With the returns of two characters after Christmas (photos showing both women dressed in black) I can't help but to think Jack does indeed die, and this leads to the ladies killing Nish. The hints where Denise holding a bottle of champagne, the bottle Jack gifted Denise last week, and wasn't Jack in possession of the cufflinks? My first guess would be Dean, but Jack is quickly becoming a close second to who dies at this point. Isn't he also investigating Eve's disappearance too?

RIP Steve Halliwell. He was a Emmerdale legend, despite how I feel about the Dingles as a whole.

Makes me wonder what could've helped NBC Daytime during this period. A cross over event between their soaps? Better promotion? Ultimately I'm going to assume better writing, at least for DAYS and SB.

Impressive numbers for GL.

TMZ is reporting that Ryan O'Neal has passed 😔 https://www.tmz.com/2023/12/08/ryan-oneal-dead-dies-love-story/

Back watching again, and I found the Nish/Eve confrontation riveting, as well as Ravi's change of heart. The show has really positioned him as a antihero of the square of sorts, kind of reminds me of how they sort of wrote Sean Slater as.

Donate some of Brooklyn's blazers to Maxie lol

It's now a different day and Republicans are singing a different tune. The Speaker says he will vote against expulsion. Smh.

Also the debut of "Hold Onto Love" as GL's new theme and opening sequence. Plenty of changes were taking place on GL at the time, ushering in the new era of the 90s and leaving 80s era GL behind.

🤣 Oh yeah there was "The City" 😬

I can see a writer wanting to introduce a new character (probably a young one who's in their teens or 20's.) who may have lost a parent in 9/11. Or a police detective who may have lost a wife in the 9/11 attakcs, and is afraid to move on until he meets someone related or close to the Ryan's. Of course this would have taken place 10-15 years after the attacks. Having a soap who's backdrop is New York City is so fascinating, I think it would've flourished in the mid to late 90s.

Taking a break from the show, as I was disgusted with the show playing fast and loose with Linda's rape. I'll probably tune in once Denise returns and we get more of the Jack/Sam/Denise/Ricky/Lily story, but the Linda/Dean story is losing me. Panesars story is as well. Still looking forward to Christmas though.

I found this amusing. EB being his usual self online. 😂 https://x.com/ebraeden/status/1727406486756974786?s=46&t=Vu-lViyBOMbr5gJX8WQTCA

I was wondering when this would be posted here lol Wooohooo celebrate!

I always thought it was silly to have Keanu knock up both Sharon and Louise. I could care less though if he's Phil's. Wish Phil hadn't been the only other option if Albie wasn't Keanu's child.

^This.

I can't help but to think that if the show could've coughed up a few $$$ and scheduled around Alison Sweeny's schedule, this whole story of having Nicole's baby taken away from her with Sami involved would've packed a bigger punch IMO. It just seems like a rehash of the Sarah/Kristen baby switch storyline but with a different set of characters.

Really loving all the focus on the Beales. Introducing the Knights were the shot in the arm that Beale family needed. Hope we get a fancy new cafe set. The show has done wonders in regards to Alfie's character, and him and Linda make great friends. I'm not completely sold *yet* on making them romantically involved.

Guiding Light: Mary Ann Carruthers story. Horrible retconning of history, with vets acting out of character, but I can't say I wasn't entertained by it. If it was for another soap with characters and families we hadn't known for 20+ years I would have been all for it.

For all Longs faults, she stabilized GL’s ratings. Who knows what the likes of Sheri Anderson or Joseph Manetta might have done

She did create Hamp Speakes. I'm not sure if it was Curlee who created Gilly, but as an educated guess I would credit Curlee and Co for bringing on the Grants and etc and making the cast much more diverse. Negative. LOL I honestly think for SON, Robert Calhoun is widely known here as one of those underrated EP's. The ideal pairing IMO would be Calhoun as EP and Douglas Marland as HW at any soap. For GL in 1989 really enjoyed watching the Phillip unraveling/Blake marriage/Beth being alive story, the writing and production was pretty good (I remember loving the episode where Phillip dug up Beth's grave the directing was on point with the mood, lighting, etc.) I even enjoyed the whole Alan-Michael/Harley/Dylan/Sam quad. Wasn't GL named most improved soap by SOD in 1989? Honestly things didn't really start to pick up or become cohesive until mid 1989 and by the fall/winter I thought the show was firing on all cylinders. (Possibly having to do with Curlee and Jones having more influence on the writing as associate head writers). This is true, such a talented bunch of writers. Off topic, but despite JER's faults, I will also commend him for keeping some of these group of core writers employed in the late 90s early 2000s.

Dems would be better off running on the fact that if Trump is elected again, there will be a national ban on abortion. Bring the topic of a national ban on abortion to the forefront and watch potential voters easily go over to the Dems side. Got to hand it to conservatives they got what they wanted with the striking down of Roe v. Wade and they assumed that was the green light to go ahead and curtail abortion rights. Give that party an inch and they will take a mile; and it's playing in the Dems favor, I love it.