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That's why the 80s and early 90s on GL we were blessed with Long and Curlee that wrote strong Male and female characters of varying layers and dimensions...with active work lives, love lives, friendships, and friendships.

The dream curse post 1795 was the last time the show seemed to write a good story in the present day. Vicki being the final victim made sense because of her connection to Barnabas, plus her history with Angelique. I think Vicki knew deep down Barnabas of the present was the same as the Barnabas of 1795..she opted to block it out. She had recall of all of 1795 including Angelique...but not of Barnabas. Just my view.

I can believe the Mctavish story...from what I've heard over the years..Pam long seemed to be more collaborative so possibly she might have been influenced by Mctavish. Anything is possible.

The Claire and Ed ONS wasn't a bad idea..both came together in grief so it made sense in a way. Even Claire becoming pregnant made sense storywise..and could have been milked for years. Didn't the show explain Claire's change in 1986 via a medical issue?

I do agree with Susan because Claire in 1983 through 1985 was an awesome character..but I think Pam Long leaving was what kind of derailed the Claire character. The whole Ed/Maureen/Claire/Fletcher story could have spanned a long time.

Laughed when Susan said that she got a bruised rib because of John Wesley Shipp not knowing his strength, etc.

Isn't the actor who played Kurt married to one of the Frannie's from ATWT? If so, she should be asked to do a ATWT one. I would love to see a Blake reunion with the 3 adult Blake's. I know in the 90s...all the actresses did a photo spread together including the child actress who played Blake. Would be interesting.

I think OC is back 10/7...and I'm thinking Kelly will get the bad edit..imho.

And yet Alex is still happily married and living her best life..while Lu hasn't. Karma is a wonderful thing:)

When alan did the mass 4th of July stream..both Maureen and Amelia were happy to see one another...and both wanted to speak more in depth..and Alan said he would arrange it. About time:)

I saw a bit of it...Nancy S being punched by a fan lol. I hope to one day see her dual turn as Adrienne and Felicia.

My mom said when PSM started playing Fallon...she had good will with the audience since she had been Nancy Drew a few years earlier. That goodwill served her well. PSM gave depth to Fallon. While Emma Samms was inferior..she still leaps better than the current actress playing Fallon

Would it have worked better if it were Pat Matthews in the spin off vs Iris? She and reena didn't like one another on AW..and the show had hinted at Reena's husband liking Pat before spin off started.

I never thought about it before, but original recipe Nicole was exactly like Vicky. Misguided, impulsive and full of spirit. Vicky did end up filling the function of Nicole...so I can see why the character was adjusted changed. The 2nd Nicole seemed like a good idea...wise, logical and learning from her mistakes...which the Love family could have used.

I always thought Claire should of returned after Eve had passed away in 1995...and we could have gotten some good drama out of Ed/Holly/Fletcher reacting to Claire while Michelle is naturally guarded about Claire for numerous reasons.

Holly becoming the Nursery rhyme stalker kind of made sense..had the writers looked at her history..it made sense. Abandoned by her dad as a baby, never really dealt with that trauma hence why she was not an effective mom, plus was raped by a man she did love, felt guilt for loving her rapist, than thought she got a 2nd chance at motherhood..and when she blew it...she lost both her husband and daughter....so she snapped.

I do notice when a new EP came on back in the day..the show seemed to do a reset (for the better). A good EP can't do much without a good writer..and a good writer can't do much without a good EP. I think the recent practice of a handwriter being an EP as well is not a good practice.

Even if this is true, firing Teddi won't fix the show since she isn't the problem. Sure she's boring and most of the time we forget she's around. But on her own, she isn't toxic. We still have Kyle and Rinna.. so nothing will have changed..tbh.

I think Marie Wilson would have worked better as a recast Ellie...she was all wrong for Meg..imho

I liked Paul's parents...they were relatable and fit into the rare niche of a true blue middle class family that soaps never seemed to portray well.

I wonder if he interjects on purpose or he's one of those people that can't read a room? If there is silence, I can see him interjecting...but a lot of the time..he will do it when the conversation is flowing. Thank gosh Colleen came in..and took over asking questions because it seemed to be more natural for her to ask them because she knew all three well. And losing a child and going through a divorce...I think these reunions have been a godsend for Colleen...so I welcome her coming on and talking a lot.

Once Colleen came on...she took over some of the interviewing. Ming.and Melanie were funny talking of match making their kids:)

So Denise hinted at text messages between herself and rinna...curious what they could be about. Longer Rinna is on the show, the more Kim's season 5 remarks become accurate

What's ironic is that Donna used Cecile to come between Sally and Peter. Once Jennifer Runyan left..and the following 2 recasts changed the character of Sally...it seemed like Sally's function in the Donna/Peter/Cass orbit fell to Cecile....since Cass and Peter were both interested in Jennifer Runyan's Sally (both characters started around the same time]

Shame it's a lousy host..but Nancy Stafford would be cool to hear from since this was her first role.