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I often think Mindy/Mallet was more of a Pam Long idea than a Curlee idea. Long seemed more into the opposite attracts trope...imho Watching the May 1989 episode..it's incredibly well balanced catering to the Jeva fans, the Spaulding fans, and even long time fans with roger/holly.....and the WSPR interplays started in 1989 with Holly/Nadine/Gilly. I think Nadine had only been on a few months at that point...so I think the writers and Jean Carol were figuring out Nadine. I think she was dating Ross at this point and scheming with Alan.

Brownie deserves the gang up..imho. Also, apparently Elizabeth is claiming she didn't select the reunion dress..word on the street says. RHOSLC And Meredith Marks is a lawyer?!?

1989 through 1991 had lots of chemistry testing and interesting interactions (such as Nadine helping Josh evade police in early 1989 by him donning her clothes, or Frank/Holly being tested in 1989 for a spell)

Marcy Walker...I couldn't see her play Liza in the 2009 to 2011 period..although JL did have the eye roll and snooty vibe of MW.

I couldn't have seen BD's Jill nor Katherine team up against Nina during the initial Nina is pregnant story and post Philip's death story. I also couldn't have seen ED's Ashley married to Victor in the early 90s at least what played out on screen. Brenda's Ashley stood up to Victor, gradually became close to Victoria, and promptly left Victor once he admitted still feeling something for Nikki. ED's Ashley would have been too needy and indecisive when it came to Victor. On the other hand, I couldn't see ED nor Shari S.'s Ashley being duped by Blade and his twin. Though Brenda gave a knockout performance as she broke down once she realized the deception (even using violation and rape in her rant.)

I loved the latest reunion...all 4 had worked together, Kim was subdued and allowed others to talk (you could tell she and Jada liked one another), and there were lots of fun tidbits dropped from all of them. Jada had some fun tidbits sprinkled in, as well as Kim/Jim/nicolas. After how much Jada was railroaded by Ms. Hubbard...I was glad she got to come back to do another reunion and share more about her memories of the show, etc.

I couldn't see Carrie Mitchum's Donna doing any of the stuff Donna did in 2006 and beyond. She wouldn't have done the honey bear stuff with Eric, etc. though I would have been interested in her playing Donna when Marcus came on the show.

RHOSLC: Meredith had the best approach to dealing with Jen. She said she was disengaging and left the table. So refreshing. Heather..if you lose Jen's friendship..it will be the best day in your life. Whitney...if even Mary is side eyeing you...you know you messed up.

Oh goodie...the friends of Jill reunion. Yikes.

Doubt it with bully Kim Zimmer there.

I liked both of her stints. Her 1st stint, she started off sympathetic...and everything about that story was strong. Including the final show off between Vicki and Laura..where David chooses Vicki over his mom. The 2nd stint was uneventful except for the scenes with Angelique.

How sad for Kyle that another relative will overshadow her. She should have just focused on having a life that wasnt fame based.

I had no idea that Kim and Betsy were even close till 1996...when Kim and Susan were arguing over Dani. Betsy/Susan was something that never was explored....and would have mined some good story since Betsy's mom Liz and Susan didn't like one another....and didn't Susan leaving the baby gate open by mistake cause Liz's unusual death?

I will say in season 7...Heather actually handled Bethenny well considering what she had to contend with. And I loved her confessional where she basically said Bethenny was a *itch lol Luann, Dorinda and Carole had stuff going on in season 7..so it wasn't the Bethenny show that year. Even Kristen had stuff she was doing show up on the show that season. All of Heather's stuff was cut from what I recall.

Bethenny is a social climber to an extent and likes to feel superior to other people. It's why she had an issue with Heather because Heather had a healthy self esteem and had a successful design career (she used to handle Sean John's menswear line).

I don't know...AMC had out there stories before the well story. Unlike the Goldie story...this particular story had long term effects (conception of Amanda, Dimitri/Erica, Edmund/Maria/Brooke)..etc. I do wonder how the 2013 reboot would have gone had it continued? It had the elements and was coming together when it was canceled.

Yeah, Andy did try to shade/question Candiace..but she pushed back on him...same as she's done to Ashley for the last 3 reunions. S6 needs a shake up...and I'm curious to see how it fared once the dust settles.

I noticed during the Kirkland era in 1982..that Jill was briefly in the orbit..with a potential pairing hinted at before that was dropped. Putting her into the attorney role with an occasional shoulder to cry on for Seneca before Frank returned. When Max first came in...Jill was teased as a possible fling/connection with him before that was dropped. I guess I'm curious why a viable character such as Jill was never written for outside Frank? Even Faith was branched out to other viable stories outside Pat.

Has anyone talked about a short lived night time soap from 1978 called W.E.B about a female network executive working behind the scenes in a cut throat world? It starred Pamela Bellwood of Dynasty fame

@Taoboi @Cat I've been side eyeing Brownie all season. Throwing Shannon under the bus, blaming Gina for her hubby's creepy text, the odd co dependency between her and hubby. However, when her daughter expressed genuine anxiety over covid and how it was affecting people...and Brownie made it about her. I was done.

Understatement. Unless she hadn't hung out with D'andra at least 2 weeks before she got covid...she should be isolating to make she didn't get it either.

Dallas: Brandi needed to listen to Tiffany, apologize and than show though action she was sorry. Tiffany reminds me of my former roommates girlfriend in personality..so she's a keeper for me I do sense she and Dandra are close and hope it stays that way. Jen...was she meant to be full time? I thought I read she was supposed to be but something happened in her personal life that caused her to leave mid way through filming. I'm wondering if Kary or Brandi were going to be demoted..but Jen opting out cause Bravo to change their mind? After hearing Monique's live and the contract she was offered...I wonder if all the women have that clause (that producers could opt to make you a FOH during the season if they so choose?).

Lucinda during the Marland era was written as the heavy especially when it came to Lily/Holden. I wish she'd slapped the brat..tbh. And Marland's scripts could be a little too talky/stilted... so I'm glad she infused some life into her part. And Althea was a strong character..but a total 180 from Lucinda. Though I do think the Althea/Penny relationship had more layers and showed both of them being right and wrong...as opposed to the Lily/Lucinda relationship..that was kind of a rinse,lather and repeat.

I actually thought KMH was a good performer in the first.few years on the show (even she thought the.show was crazy for casting her after she found out who played Emily before her). I sometimes think some performers fit better on certain soaps than others. KMH seemed more she would have fit better on an ABC soap than a P & G soap. She even admitted not being am ATWT watcher growing up (Chicago and Chicago suburbs...ABC soaps rated higher than CBS soaps by a landslide)