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Honestly, looking back on GL, I was okay with Billy/Roger/Alexandria occupying a majority of the storylines & airtime under Curlee/Demorest. 2 out of the 3 had good writing most of the time. (Alex until the whole Mindy/Nick mess)

DAYS: Daniel Jonas and Melanie 😣 What a horrible period that was. GL: Of course Reva, but I'd throw in Cassie, Richard/Jeffrey, and Edmund too. GH: At this current point; Carly under the current regime.

The only thing I see this doing is jolting the left to turn out for midterms; but it’s a ugly way to do it. I hate that America once again is going backwards and not forward.

Oh no, this is devastating. Not Jerry...

So many males on this show.

Yeah his return was POINTLESS.

I'm going to go with one show that doesn't get mentioned alot, and that's LOVING. The sets alone were incredibly good, even later on during it's run.

I will say one thing, RC is committed to Steve and Kayla, in his own special way.

I always got the sense that the Beacon Hotel was separate from the lighthouse. The hotel started off as being abandoned until Cassie or someone wanted to restore it. The Beacon was located near the lighthouse or across from it. Folks are going to either find the 2002 opening horrible or just be ambivalent to it lol I just remember being excited that the show was finally updating it's opening credits, because almost every other soap was doing the same, most notably its lead-in ATWT which was looking better and being produced better than its sister soap. I rank it better than any of the following opening sequences the show would have after it was replaced, including that Ellen Wheeler talk show theme one that showed clips of the show and publicity stills.

Oh c'mon, maybe Cam's love can help change and redeem her 🤭😅 Jk.

So....is he going to be the guy that comes between Joss and Cameron? One can only hope, so Cam can end up with Esme.

GL: Alan-Michael and Gilly Danny and Cassie (long term romance) Ben Reade and Marah: I would've drawn this out longer for the simple fact of bringing back Kyle Sampson. Shayne Lewis and Lizzie Spaulding: Casting aside, I like the idea of these two on paper, and them having a dysfunctional toxic relationship similar to Josh and Reva, and of course their families having never gotten along, playing a huge factor in the chaos of their relationship.

Betting Harris is now a Navy SEAL and RC is finally getting a chance to play out that storyline he wanted to do with Hope; this time the end game is Bo, and Harris is just a spoiler.

The brief moment where we didn't have Richie/Jeffrey/BC on the canvas was miles better than anything we'd see after.

So we have had one LGBT character murdered and her body stashed somewhere, and now another one is going to be raped. Absolutely brilliant EE! I was actually going to dip in and check on how EE is doing with Sam's return, I've seen some positive things said about it, but now I'm not so sure I should get back in considering what is coming.

Possession 2.0, another bonehead decision by Corday.

^The fallout from Ed's affair, implosion of the Bauer's marriage, would've been primetime IMO around 1993-1994, to bring back Claire and complicate things even more between Ed/Michelle/Maureen.

Any chance Jennifer Aniston is going to be involved in presenting her father with his Lifetime Achievement Award? Or be in the audience? 🤔

That whole look of the Bauer home, while not traditional, really helped to make GL and the Bauer's feel like home. That fireplace, the kitchen, all iconic. It made GL stand out from the other soaps, and made the Bauer's also stand out compared to your typical soap family that the show should revolve around. Gawd I miss that show 🥲

I would like to point out with Rauch, in 2001 and 2002 he really tried to tap into GL's budget, producing a earthquake, mudslide(involving Beth), a remolded Bauer kitchen, and that new Beacon set which before Ellen Wheeler, was fresh, spacious, and included multiple sets associated with it. Unfortunately it was too little too late.

Re: Guiding Light 2001 was Lloyd Gold taking over from Claire Labine. His tenure started off ok, Claire Ramsey and Alan Spaulding were mixing it up in Springfield as antagonists in quite a few stories. I think you still had some of the Richard/Cassie/Beth/Edmund story playing out, and Edmund/Beth being featured heavily. Introduction of Gus Aitoro, and him mixing it up with Harley and Danny/Michelle. Blake/Ross were given a fatal attraction storyline involving law student Tory Granger. San Cristobal earthquake. Also you had Tony/Catalina/Marah/Romeo story playing out with Catalina's murder mystery. Gold's tenure seemed to unravel when he penned the time travel story involving Josh/Reva/Olivia. When Taggart joined in 2002, she attempted to bring Gold's storylines back down to earth and while attempting to honor the show's history(2002 was the show's 50th Anniversary on TV). Left off that you also had Harley being pregnant with Rick's baby, and it being revealed at the Bauer BBQ in 2001. I found that particular story fascinating, as O'Leary and Ehlers played very well off each other.

Interesting, I wonder how this will play out on screen and whether she has chemistry with Mealor.

Is it true that Rey's death happened off screen? If so I'm not surprised.

Thats around the time I quit too; or maybe before that. Between getting rid of the Bartons and Whites, I gave up on ED. I tune in and out to see how they execute those watercooler moments, but honestly there's no longer a connection there between the show and I. I will say this about the recent Meena plot, it's interesting how little David and Victoria played in the resolution of this Meena story lol But with what took place BTS I'm not surprised. Sucks that this thread of the story was left hanging.

For 2002 I would actually say it's a tie between Guiding Light and DAYS. This was also the year that Cwikly and Brash were in charge and had the show firing on all cylinders. The show really wouldn't be able to match that kind of quality after that.