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Sad that the most effective of the vaccines is out of reach...when had the lower income countries been vaccinated...the pandemic might have made some headway to being over.

For me, it was only good the first ten years...mostly before nepotism creeped in.

The original show (season 1 to 5) was balanced...serious with comedic moments. I always thought a sitcom was supposed to make you laugh...silly me

I know Denise Pence (Katie GL) claimed she was offered a chance to go to ATWT when the Dobson's moved there, but she turned the opportunity down to stay at GL

Soaps take up to 2 years to get going, which NBC never seemed to understand. And the fact that it was placed in a time slot that damaged two previous soaps (The doctors and SFT) was boneheaded. I wonder if Dorothy Lyman should have been cast to play Laura instead of Rebecca? I know she was doing Mama's Family when the soap started, but I think she should have been recast to play Laura. She and Ruth could have gone at it. From watching, it seemed like the writers had a firm grasp at writing strong AA characters with Doreen, Ruth, Henry, Adam, Chantal, etc. It also seemed like the show was hitting its stride when it got canceled with a cliffhanger to boot.

Only time Lemay admitted he was wrong without admitting it. Thankfully, there is footage of most of her stint on OLTL, her 1 year return to AW, and her 2 1989 visits to prove she had a natural, low key acting style. Lemay seemed to want a more dramatic theater style of acting..while JC had a more subtle style. The few scenes of her 1970s work on AW showed she had ability, just not in the manner that Lemay wanted. And the one 1964 episode showed a more free spirited Alice...talking about boys, and seemed more Rachel esque to me...imho

The scenes I've seen of her 1st replacement were good (SUSAN harney). However, when she left in 1979..the character should have been rested until Ms. Courtney was available to return.

Clayton Norcross and Winsor Harmon both had chemistry with KKL. I couldn't imagine Carrie Mitchum's Donna doing all the honey bear stuff with Eric, or cat fighting with Pam.

Guiding Light: The golden age of 1991 to 1993 was good, but I much prefer the Pam Long years. More heart and enjoyable. EON: Lee Sheldon wasn't a bad head writer. Skye and Raven were over rated ATWT: Lucy Deakins, Heather rattray, and Noelle Beck were better Lily's than Martha Byrne.

I think Lemay's original instinct that Steve/Rachel/Alice was played out was correct. Anytime a story is dragged out, characters are diminished.

Garcelle should have one of her friends on the show...but maybe she isn't willing to risk that friendship.

It seemed like Cendrella had to move away from the Steve/Alice/Rachel story..partly due to Jacqueline Courtney taking time off the show. It kind of appeared that Rachel kind of moved on somewhat to Ted. I know Vicky Wyndham came in to play the last months of that marriage. Did Lemay resort to Rachel chasing Steve again, or was that already in place when he took over?

The only one I rooted for was Eleni when she was held hostage by George

I think the pill would work best for >65 year olds and the immunocompromised. However, I would also put some of the vaccinated in the lacking common sense field. Too consumed with fear...just as much as the unvaccinated.

I always thought it was short sighted to kill Ivana even though it was a good story with Macy fighting Anthony for the gun..and Sally being shot. Mid 90s is the last time the show had multiple stories going on.

Unfortunately Cecile became too campy when early Cecile was more lethal and successful at her schemes.

AW: I much preferred Carmen Duncan as Iris over Beverlee McKinsey. ATWT I liked Katie (fluffy). Santa Barbara: I didn't like Julia and Mason as end game. Felt it diminished her character. Ryan's hope: The Ryan's weren't all that interesting as a family especially after a few years.

I wonder if Kimberlin and husband sided with Michael Tyler during that event over Hunter

From doing a rewatch, I enjoyed when all 3 were tight...witches of Eastwick style. @Cheap21 didn't the show tease Drew vs Kenya? From what I recall Kenya dragged her with less effort than she dragged Porsha

I wish I could find the scene of Cynthia trying to teach Mynique how to read and explaining that Phaedra had read her even if she didn't think so. Guess Kenya was right again....Porsha has nothing interesting to say unless there is a **ck in it. Now that Kenya vs Porsha is over...and Cynthia no longer is bringing the looks. What is left? Drew also needs to say she's leaving as well

I will say I actually liked Barbara Crompton as Mindy. It's just that the show kept her in the Nick.and Alexandra too long. The last few months of her stint, she felt more like Mindy..and had a good rapport with Robert Newman at Lewis Oil when she was working there..and had chemistry with MOL (who came back a few weeks before she left). I would have preferred Simms be the Mindy to make visits in the last several years. She had matured Mindy..and I always felt KT regressed Mindy maturity wise.

I remember my mom telling me later that she was in complete shock to see Jacqueline Courtney with short dark hair.. and saying that seemed wrong LOL

And I figured the Lumina story was also supposed to include Marley since he mentioned being intrigued with her..and wishing to know more about her. And didn't Felicia vanish, only to be found in a different costume as well?

Sometimes characters that were supporting in one story became the main player in the follow up. Bobbie Gerald was a minor player in the Emily pregnancy story..with a more supportive role in the Bryson story..before becoming a bigger player in the faux Sky Whitney story. Same with Emily and her maid...each played a big role in future mysteries once the initial Draper amnesia story concluded(and I think the Emily thread was dropped before its natural conclusion thanks to Draper/April leaving and the writers strike).

Strasser I've seen give subtle performances (i.e. in a miniseries called Baby M)...and her Dorian when she came back in 1993 was loads more low key. Jess Walton was more subdued as Kelly on Capital. But she did make Jill more OTT the longer she played her. And I did see Lucci play more subdued in a few of her tv movies (double edge and Bride in Black). I wonder if playing the same role for so long, the actresses play them more broad to keep from being bored?