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Thanks Paul, I never knew Mike was a cop either.

Is it weird that I seem to really enjoy it when Janine and Billy interact? Their scenes at the Vic, with Janine's grandmother had me ROFL. Pure comedic gold. The rapport between the two actors is incredible.

Listening to it as I type....it reminds me of Japanese pop....with hints of "Bad Romance" of course.

Thanks! I would appreciate that Carl.

Some are saying it should have been a special one hour episode, what's everyone's opinion?

Saynotoursoap I hope you don't mind me asking, but what can you tell us about Penny Davis? I know as a child the character had been bitten by her pet rabbit and was treated for rabies, was involved in a murder mystery later on after she had matured, and gotten involved with Dr. Jerry Dancy. Do you mind filling in the blanks for me? What was her relationship with Althea? What was her occupation? Her romances, such as with Jerry? Thanks, I appreciate the time that you put into clarifying us about TD, you really help to shed some light on the history of TD.

I have nothing more to add to what you commented on WorldTurner. You completely summed up my opinion of the episode. Womack and Walllace really were top notch in this episode. I felt for all the characters involved in the storyline, which was a first for me.

What did everyone think of today's episode? I know some aren't fans of Tanya

Thanks so much for the postings Carl. It's these scans and posts by you that keep the discussion alive.

Yes it was the one at the country club. The episode doesn't include Josh getting a black eye, as the start of the fight is at the end of the episode.

Still viewing episodes from the short-lived Long/Calhoun era. Here's an episode from October 1990 that features two characters I never knew interacted, India and Roger. The episode also features a Blake and Harley cat fight, a Mindy and AC Mallet romance, and the seeds of an impending Nadine/Vanessa rivalry.

Todays episode was PERFECT! Any episode that features Dot and Pat as two strong matriarchs is a good episode in my book. Love how Whitney and Ronnie all sought comfort from Dot. The script was wonderful as well, loved Pat's scenes with Whitney in her bedroom. And if I didn't hate Phil before today, I definitely did after this episode For the first time in quite awhile I felt for Zainab as a character.

The April 5th episode was simply delicious, from start to end. I might be willing to accept a Jean and Ian pairing, as long as they don't go back to Jane/Ian. I enjoyed some of the lighter stuff even, like the Heav online dating fluff. It's great to see the Masoods getting so much play and airtime. I'm so intrigued as to how the roof collapse affects Syed and the Masood's relationship. Oh and I had to say, I could not get enough of Lydia/Janine. Pure delight. I cannot wait to see if Lydia and Pat cross paths.

R.I.P. Geraldine Ferraro. Hmmm Max, that hasn't stopped the economy from growing, and from looks of it, at a reasonable rate considering the economic downturn that happened when Obama took office. All charts and graphs alike say pretty much the same thing, there is job growth, and amongst the private sector as well. http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/25/news/economy/gdp_revision/index.htm

R.I.P. James Pritchett My condolences to his family.

They really need to STFU. I hope Kirkwood doesn't cave into those complaints and lets Whitney's story continue on its course planned by the writers.

A slower version of "Born This Way".....which I like

Thanks for posting these Carl. I particularly read the first scan, since I've grown quite fond of reading that era of The Doctors, late 1980-early 1981. It's quite interesting to say the least, seeing as how OLTL's former EP Doris Quinlan was producing the show at the time.

Agreed Carl. Re TD: No I haven't, though I shall make my way over to the thread as we speak.

Here's my response to this week on EastEnders, which I posted on another board, so excuse the laziness! I adored Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday's episodes. Very good stuff involving the Lauren/Janine/Whitney, with the Brannings thrown in. The Brannings are pure gold these days, I love the dysfunction between them. I don't find Jay and Abi that bad, actually I find it kind of cute. Which by the way, can't be said about the stuff with Tiffany, the cutesy kid stuff is just about getting on my nerves now. That kid is given too much airtime for my taste. Janine is awesome, especially in Thursday's episode. I love the fact that she didn't back down from Rob! I agree, there's potential there, and I think the show needs to add onto it's female cast. The actor that plays Rob is incredibly convincing playing this menacing character, I'm glad the show casted him in the role. Every scene he was in, I was in utter puzzlement as to what dastardly deed he'd do next.

Kind of fits McTavish's forte, she was quite obsessed with making GL as trashy and outrageous as possible. Twins with different fathers, Quint and his mistress. Was it also her that brought back Dinah as this new trashy 20-something?

Carl, I do believe this is the scene you're referring to, the one where Roger takes compromising pictures of Reva. It was a miracle I found it, thanks to jenniferec2003 who chronicles much of the Reva postpartum depression storyline. I do kind of get a slight sick feeling watching the scenes, seeing how a manipulative Roger preys on Reva's illness and lets her strip for him. I can see how the photos that were shown to the audience were pretty risqué to some. The scene between Reva and Roger starts at 2:57 after Reva has tried to seduce Hamp, she goes over to Roger's place to rant about Vanessa.

That’s a tough question Carl, considering both did considerable damage to the show, and perhaps Kobe more so than Wilmore. However I can’t deny the significant good Kobe did for GL, which far outweighs the good Wilmore did for the show, such as casting, production values, and simply injecting the show with much needed energy. Most importantly, Kobe was an EP with focus, an EP who set the overall tone of GL during her years. This differs from Wilmore, who simply didn’t appear to have a clear and overall tone for the show, and let the revolving door of writers set it. Whether the good Kobe did for the show outweighs the bad, is debatable, but you can’t ignore that she did help the show in some way after the Marland era.

Carl, I haven't gotten around to 88, I'm trying to avoid some of Joe Willmore's tenure as EP, because to me, the show didn't really gain any true focus until Calhoun became EP. You asked about the storyline involving Roger taking photos of Reva, so far I haven't seen much of the storyline on the episodes posted.

I'm thinking the decision was more of the EP at the time, Robert Calhoun, rather than Long's, just a guess. Long seemed to find a comfortable mix between the GL of yore and the GL of that decade by bringing back characters such as Holly, Roger, and Blake during her time on the show. When Long left in 1990, the show seemed to have just a significant amount of past characters from before 1983 when Long took over. For why they never bought back CP, I guess we'll never know, it'll be one of daytimes unsolved mysteries. Is it certain that maybe CP didn't want to return? I would think that around this time, his guest appearance on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, that maybe he was looking to explore primetime or other venues of Hollywood.