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Sheila: I have nine lives. Deacon: Don't you mean nine toes? LMAO. I like when shows use flashbacks in a useful way. Not the repeated clip of Thomas and that damn phone pretending to be Brooke. Enough already.

AW: should have had Peter Love and Nicole Love. Especially if they were going to feature Vicky so much. (And it could have kept Anna Stuart on board, who was looking to leave at the time of cancellation.) Jamie Frame. Iris Wheeler. (Though I enjoyed Carmen Duncan. If not her returning, Iris should still have been on the canvas). GH: I'm shocked that Lucky and Lulu aren't on the canvas for Laura. Genie Francis is an icon for that show and deserves better story. B&B: I wish they'd recast Ridge. I've never liked the character since Thorsten took over. Thorne should be in the mix with Taylor/Brooke/Katie (and there needs to be someone new to forget about Ingo). Felicia and Rick should come back. i think Brooke should rally the troops and take down Steffy and Thomas at Forrester. Y&R: I'd like to see Tucker and Billy recast. Both of the actors for me bring down any scene they are in. I just don't think they fit. Jason Thompson doesn't even look like the rest. Yes, I know he's a "half-sibling", but so is Ashley and she still looks like Jack and Tracy. Trevor St. John can't play menacing. It comes off cartoonish.

AW: Best for me was Frankie/Cass/Kathleen when Kathleen returned from the dead. I was truly torn between the two as much as Cass was. Duds for me were Amanda/Sam/Olivia, Sofia/Nick/Maggie. I wasn't made to care about any of their relationships. I was a big Amanda and Sam fan at the start until Amanda got pregnant. Then it went down hill for me. After that, I didn't care.

I think B&B has the best chance to be successful on a streaming service. It's 30 mins and already has an international following. IF they kept it focused on high fashion and glamor with family drama, it would do well. NO ONE wants to watch the same triangles for decades. May be irrelevant, but I've been streaming Dark Shadows from the beginning on tubi. I have to say, I enjoy the quick 20 min segments. I can watch one while grabbing a lunch or before I go to bed. I also find it intriguing that the show would do episodes with only 4 actors a lot of the time while focusing mainly on one story that continues along. This could be a great way for current soaps to go. Less cost for a cast and easier for viewers to follow if it stays focused on one story at a time (with maybe hints here and there of stories to come.) Shows now seem to have 10 different stories going on depending on which actors they have to use for that episode.

I always thought the bookstore setting was such an odd fit for the show. Maybe it was the set itself. I just couldn't see someone that was supposed to be as glamorous as Felicia Gallant spending her days schlepping books around a bookstore. Felicia never worked for me when they tried to make her the everyday gal (i.e. her romance/marriage to Zane).

It would have made more sense for Carter to say something to the effect that Quinn got called away to Forrester International to work on some important new fashion line. Then he could say he's been missing her after they finally got together. Katie could still sympathize and feel bad for him. It would be far more like Quinn to put her career first than it does to just suddenly take off because she doesn't want to be married again. I mean, c'mon. It's a soap. People get married dozens of times.

Was it just me or was today's episode all over the place? Suddenly Quinn's gone and Carter is back to smooching with Katie. Thomas and Hope kissing. Brooke back to the bottle or will she have a fling with Liam? I just can't with the couple swapping on this show. There's no reason to root for any of them. They only last a week...if that. It's hard to watch when there's nothing/no one to invest in.

On the lines of minor characters, I always liked Dee (Katie Rich) in the mix with Cass, Felicia, and Wally. I see how she was really a temporary character because of Tony (the tuna). What are people's thoughts on Nancy (Jane Cameron)? Most of the time I found her to be annoying, but I did enjoy her relationship with Tony. I thought they were a good couple. I think it would have been nice if Nancy had been around during a lot of Marley's traumas, especially her rape, and to see her thoughts about Rachel getting together with Carl after their history.

I've taken a break but need to get back into it. Miss Ellie definitely has more of an edge in the beginning of the series than I remember her in later seasons. I like how she doesn't let Jock boss her around and stands up to him. I initially started watching after Jock had left and I always assumed he was the iron fist. It was welcomed to see Miss Ellie stand up to him. Sue Ellen's affair with Cliff and treatment of John Ross has made me very unsympathetic to her as a character now. I had always like Sue Ellen when I watched the initial run's later years. I agree with others in wishing that Pam vs. JR had been the through-line of the series. I'm enjoying it very much. It's a well-developed rivalry and the two (Victoria and Larry) work great off each other! I'm only halfway through S3 and I'm looking forward to the set up for JR's shooting. I hope it lives up to all the hype it's had. (Yes, I know who shot him. Doesn't everyone by now?)

I was going to post something similar. I'm a casual (very casual) viewer, but I have to say the storyline of Nate being a spy for Victoria was something I was getting interested in. I was getting excited to see the build up, downfall, and consequences. It could have involved a big part of the canvas. Then.....he just confesses quickly and poof...it's all over. This is the kind of writing that turns off what viewers are left.

I do remember Sara and I liked her. I know she didn't go anywhere, but I thought the actress (Missy Hughes) was interesting. I wonder if the show intended for another character on the canvas to end up being her relative. With all the writer turnover on that show, it probably just got dropped.

I kind of remember her character. I was glad to have her join the cast with her resume, but I don't remember much happening with Rose.

I've recently started streaming this show from the beginning. On S3 Ep 11. I was only 6 when it first aired and it ended my senior year in high school. I watched a lot of the series initially from the time Bobby returned in the shower, but have always been interested in the earlier years. It started off slow but I'm enjoying it now. It's great to see the early seasons of Pam and Sue Ellen. It's making me change my opinions of them.

The way Days went to Peacock gives me little hope. There was no planning. Now Peacock gets six-months of the same dreck before any changes even begin? People will be "over it" by then and lose interest. NBC/Peacock should have planned ahead and left some kind of cliffhanger/twist into a new storyline direction. They should have had cast returns/additions to interest people. Unfortunately, they needed to go all-out to launch this successfully and they lost the opportunity. It's going to be too late to play catch up six months, or more, from now. OLTL tried with the reveal of Victor being alive at the end of broadcast...but we know how that turned out for Prospect Park.

It saddens me that after decades on NBC, the network doesn't even let it have a proper send off on network. Such a slap in the face to all the vets that have stuck with the show for years.

Britt should go on yet another disastrous date with Cody and accidentally kill him. Then she flees town to avoid prosecution. (That is until she discovers Jason is alive and the two return once he gets her out of her predicament). 🤣

I have been a fan of RS since Melrose Place. She does the crazy really well...even as Quinn in the beginning when she terrorized Liam. A six-week stint on GH could be great for her. Dip her toes in and see how it goes while giving her time to figure out something with more commitment. If DAYS's writing wasn't so horrible, she could be a great "pickup" to add to the Peacock version. If they were to bring on Bo and Hope, I could see RS as the new Billie if Lisa Rinna declined something more permanent.

Anne Heche (Vicky/Marley), Nancy Frangione (Cecile), and Alicia Coppola (Lorna) are probably my top three faves of AW. I couldn't wait to watch each day to see them when they were on. They will always have a place in my heart. AW is missed so much. Anne Heche had many demons and I don't think being blacklisted in Hollywood for her relationship with Ellen helped any. That kind of rejection had to be hard to take while feeling like you had probably "arrived" with Donnie Brasco, Volcano. Especially for someone with her childhood that probably always craved love.

Very cool. Thank you for sharing! (and tagging!)

I'm a very casual watcher of Days. In regards to the genre in a whole, it stings. Not as badly as when AW got cancelled (or OLTL for that matter) but feels like such a black cloud lingering. I'd love to see it succeed on Peacock. However, as shotty as this whole move has been, it doesn't seem like Peacock has enough business sense to make this a successful transition. I agree that Ron has to go. If only Peacock would find a writer that has been successful with a streaming series (or two) to give the show a whole new feel. Updated opening (I KNOW!!! Mac Carey and the hourglass are icons...but if they really want to move into the next era it needs to be changed.) A complete revamp. Many of you have mentioned limited episodes at a time. I agree that maybe 10/12 eps at a time featuring a main story would work. Threads of other stories could always intermingle throughout...but keep it one main story. That way you don't have to watch EVERY episode to tune in. I personally won't be paying to watch (as I don't pay for any other streaming service either). Days is not a draw for me to change that. I'm as annoyed with the show's writing as many of you. The masks, people dead one week and back the next, way too many characters, no romance or mystery anymore. Eps are just...bleh....with no consequences. Part of this gives me flashbacks of Port Charles. Didn't they film two eps a day so they could shut down production for 6 months and then were supposed to come back after their "hiatus" to find out they weren't at the last minute? When DAYS's renewal is up in January (?) they will easily have enough eps done to fill their contract through Sept. (if it had been on network). I have a feeling in January they will pull the same thing as PC and tell them they're done (and let the eps run off). Will they do another Beyond Salem after? Maybe. Maybe not if it doesn't pull new subscribers.

I always wanted Cecile to return to town with the surprise announcement that she's finally married to Peter. Restart the Cecile/Donna rivalry.

This return of Cecile's was such a waste.

Nick Marone (Jack Wagner) on B&B. Nick as Ridge's half-brother, plus his connections to Brooke, Taylor, Bridget, and Katie. I'd mix him up with former Melrose Place co-star Rena Sofer. He's a character that could stir things up in a lot of ways. Although, personally, I'm tired of the constant couple-hopping on B&B.

I remember when Rhonda started as Vicky, I couldn't stand her because I was such an Ellen Wheeler fan. Watching her now, I don't find her as bad as I remember. The writing wasn't the best for her and I don't think they knew what to do with Vicky once Jake/Marley were gone. I also didn't like Anne Heche in the beginning but she grew to be one of my fave daytimers of all-time. Maybe if Rhonda had a little more time with a better story, she would have been decent.

If John Aniston ever decides to fully retire, I can see them doing a Who Killed Victor storyline. Not saying he'd do it well, but he'd probably do it.