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I'm not interested in seeing this pointless character (Hayden) revisited at all 

*Downloads the peacock app* 

This is going to be one of the biggest events online for soaps since the Prospect Park premiere of OLTL and AMC.

The rape storyline was penned by the Dobson's correct? 

TBH the Judge Carson story should've been a bigger deal, but instead seemingly ended in such a anti-climatic way. 

Marla Gibbs and AJ McLean. 
 

Ken Corday is really taking this renewal seriously 

A Doris Quinlan and Harding Lemay team may have saved TD, so many missteps mentioned in that article made by the higher ups which pretty much doomed the show until cancellation in 1982. 

ATWT under Labine would've probably had Carly becoming an ordained minister while also becoming novelist (Blake, GL), a brand new character that works as a cigarette girl at the newest club in Oakdale, and probably would have had James wreak havoc in Oakdale like Carmen did in Springfield. 

A writing team where Lorraine Broderick, Richard Culliton, and Carolyn Culliton are elevated to the helm would be ideal for this show. 

It's funny how over at GH, I approve Dan O'Connor being the top scribe, but wished that he had stronger script and breakdown writers. It's the complete opposite at Days where I despise Ron Carlivati as HW, but his writing team contains some of the strongest currently employed in daytime.

27 minutes ago, carolineg said:

My dream would be for Carrie to come back and hook up with EJ

Same. 

Is it true they're teasing a David and Victoria pairing? 

I don't know how I feel about that. 

8 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

Those background images and buildings could not look any more fake.

I noticed that too lol I need GH to do better 

I wonder what someone like Gary Tomlin/Chris Whitesell would've done with Santa Barbara. 

I've always wondered how Pat Falken Smith would have done on The Doctors; because out of the three that helped to revive General Hospital in the late 70s into early 80s(Marland and DePriest), Smith was the only one who had not written for TD. I assume she would've kept some of the focus on the Dancy family (probably giving them a pub or boarding house to run) while also focusing on the Powers and probably would have put Mike in a more engaging love triangle than Sarah/Colin.  Not sure how she would have written the Aldrich family; such as Steve, Mona, and Carolee. 

Looking back at GL and ATWT in 1999, I'm going to be honest, I think GL would've benefited more from Hogan at the helm. ATWT still had some of it's soul/foundation intact. GL was continuing to descend in quality and getting further away from the show fans had come to know and love. Hogan may have been received better at GL considering he'd have more room there to create his own characters and focus on some of the new ones brought on by B&E. 

It annoys me how Sami has shown zero growth, especially after Nicole practically served as a surrogate mother to Allie during the rape/pregnancy storyline.

This whole Carly and Jason engagement would be a lot easier to watch and a bit more believable if Jason told more people that it was a marriage of convenience. Plus people’s reaction to it has been so nonchalant.

I think Curlee would've excelled with the women, Monica, Lucy, Laura, etc. 

Honestly I believe the early 2000s is where you may find more entertainment if you're looking to binge some Emmerdale material. Specifically 2003-2008, Sadie King, Zoe Tate's exit, Victoria/Aaron/Daz(Christmas Day 2008).

This might be a bit off topic, but I don't see how JFP even made Y&R modern. She made it quite stale IMO. If there was any EP that Y&R had recently that attempted to shake things up and bring it to the 21st century, it was Mal Young, for all his faults, made a valid attempt to freshen up the show. 

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Still was rooting for Trina and Cam to get together, but I can dig Trina and Spencer. But Joss and Cam are soooooo borrrriinnngggg. The show could've had a viable triangle if Trina and Cam had actually started a relationship, and shortly after Dev's manipulations had been revealed. Throw Spencer in the mix and it would write itself, and you could still end up having Trina and Spencer together at some point. 

 

So much longing, yearning, and just good old fashioned romance in today’s episode. 
 

I LOVED it (except Cam and Joss) 

KM suffers from the exact same illness that plagued Beth Ehler's performances during the end of her tenure on GL. Such a waste of a good talent, I was huge fan of hers on Port Charles. 

Paulinas backstory was interesting, lots to explore later on down the road. 
 

Obviously Ron’s gonna squander it 

They should have sacrificed everything to keep Broderick on the writing team; her writing always felt similar to Curlee's.

I'm happy that they have nothing but good stuff to say about JER. I know he gets a bad rap in the industry, but he was always good at the basics, and in my opinion had he avoided the sci-fi stuff I think the industry would've held him in a much higher regard (especially if paired up with the likes of Curlee, Demorest on his team).