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I don't think any of those can compare to how good the show looked in 2007 during Ed Scott's era, last time we had moving cameras and interesting camera angles/in depth stunts. Though I was impressed with how much effort was put in when Kate and Sami tried to dispose of Nick's body in the river (the last time they put effort into a outdoor set), I believe that was under Gary Tomlin in 2013.

Not sure about the Eddie Banks exit for Annie; but didn't Annie and Rick also share a past? I always hoped they could've delved more into their history and maybe let her be a small thorn in Abby/Ricks side for years to come.

B&E, like Long/Ryder started off strong, but in a short amount of time everything went off the rails.

Why is it that we now get good scenes between Brady/Kristen. This entire story has been a total albatross on the show, and yesterdays scenes were phenomenal; had we received that type of writing from the start instead of camp and repetitiveness I would've been more inclined to watch this story play out.

Watching Mondays episode and these Jason/Britt scenes are classic soap 😍

Very nice tribute. That’s how you do a tribute episode even though it’s understood that you couldn’t have certain players/characters present.

The show had a Jill like character in Hillary and they just ruined it.

True Abby has never clicked which is a shame and embarrassment of riches considering her family ties. SSM was the only writer I felt had a vision for Abby and made her interesting; by making her and Victoria rivals. That’s only time she clicked.

Maybe Cyrus will cause Sasha to miscarry thus making her or Brando a suspect in the obvious murder mystery coming up lol I’m sure it’d be to much to ask that if Sasha and her unborn child were to die, it would cause Brando to go down a darker route. That’d be too complex for this writing team to handle.

One of THE best scenes between Holly and Blake from Guiding Light. Maureen Garrett is simply flawless and its an embarrassment how GL neglected her in its final years along with this interesting dynamic. There’s many parts of this confirmation online but this one particularly stands out to me.

KillerKate strikes again, this time the beefy and very sexy Kush. Is this the second son Carmel has lost?😬

Perhaps one of the few interesting May Sweeps previews I’ve seen in awhile except the obvious with RH

Finally an episode without Ben and Kristen/Susan 😀😀

It’s fascinating how Bell went from writing the number one soap at the time ATWT then to becoming the head scribe at DAYS a brand new soap which was lower in the ratings. The death of Susan’s son and subsequent trial sounds similar to TGLs story of MetaBauer/Chuckie/Ted White. Of course it should come as no surprise that Irna Phillips influenced much of Bells writing.

How many evil deeds are they going to have Peter commit before he finally receives his comeuppance??? I was annoyed that the wedding was not the end of this travesty but they’re now saddling the character with more evil acts. It’s overkill at this point and Wes just gets horrible with each passing day.

This is GOLD 🤣

I would’ve really liked to have seen a Lillian/Mike/Alex triangle play out, eventually turning into a Justin/Alex/Mike/Lillian quad. So many wasted opportunities from the Kobe era.

Not to derail the conversation (Gaetzgate) but how am I just finding out about the brilliant Chris Hahn?

Didn’t the show seemingly tease Brando and Carly? I think that might have been the original plan. All I can see Gladys doing at this point is somehow finding out about Sonny being alive and keeping it a secret; perhaps even working with Nina. Other than that I don’t see what other use she could serve on the show.

Has age differences ever been brought up between Victor and one of his former much younger lovers? In the past 15 years?

His impact on TD was hardly positive. I get a sense that if Doug had stayed on to be Co-HW with Pam, we most likely would have never witnessed the decimation of the Bauer’s like we did. While I believe Pam never wanted to initially write them out, Marland would have fought tooth and nail against network brass to keep them on the show.

GAWD NO I will miss LG. She brought energy to the role and any story she was in. I’ll also miss her and Xander as a couple; they were unlike any of the recently paired couples on the show. I don’t believe RC really planned for those two to take off as a pairing the way they did. Her acting ticks aside, overall I thought she was a good actress and there’s going to be a void on the canvas in her absence.

I felt the scene between Cameron and Liz needed better scripting/writing (more denial and then gradual realization that it was true) and yes maybe better direction in regard to how Lipton played out the scene. I echo those who say that I could care less about Franco, but I’m interested in seeing those affected by his death; Scotty, Liz, Cameron.

Ron is kind of ripping off the Tomsell story too. I thought i might tune in while Sami is in town but even her appearances have been few and far between, and the Charlie murder mystery is pretty much nonexistent.

Growing up during the 90s I could never get into Another World. I could easily get into soaps like DAYS, GL, even ATWT for they had families such as the Hortons, Bauer’s, and Hughes to keep it grounded, as well as other family units. AW was a different animal, it seemed to lack a set of core families with the exception of the Corys (the Hudson’s I was not fond of). I came to learn later on about the existence of the Matthew’s, but growing up AW simply seemed it was more based upon friendships rather than families. Y&R was another show, but appeared to be more about business than anything else; and it appeared to be slow moving storytelling wise. Suffice to say, over time and as my tastes matured, I came to actually like the above listed soaps after having watched videos from each of their golden periods.