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Just in time for Halloween https://www.peacocktv.com/blog/crystal-lake-friday-the-13th-prequel-series-cast-release-date And if the IMDB is accurate (and it isn't always), it looks like the two teen counselors killed at the start of the original movie (Barry & Claudette) have roles in this prequel.

I looked at the weekly ratings.. they were down in late 1982/early 1983 so it wasn't a successful soap. They actually caused the ratings to gradually climb from mid 1983 to mid 1984 where it would sometimes be in the 8's (alternating between #2 and #3 in the rankings).

She might not have gotten another chance at being a head-writer, but she wrote a few tv movies (3 of which were Danielle Stelle adaptations), plus a primetime mini series that had potential.. but was put in a bad time slot.

I have a feeling the Deanna story might go the same direction as the Phillip Spaulding story on GL when he believed that Beth was still alive. He was thought of as crazy, but as it turned out.. Beth was really alive. I actually think Deanna is truly struggling with her grief and mental health, and is masking that with this tough exterior. It's realistic and a true portrayal of someone dealing with mental health issues and not wanting to be seen as weak. Lastly, Ashley Abbott was a force of nature and tough as nails in her early days on YR before it was revealed that it was just a front for her masking her own insecurities and mental health issues.

Shanice, like Derek, is likable self when away from the person they're being paired with. Shame Shanice and Derek weren't given an actual try out as a short term couple since they had a good rapport with one another.

After viewing the episode, I have a feeling he could all be in Deanna's mind. There was a tv movie from the early 00s starring Jenna Elfman where she was accused of stalking someone while you saw her talking to another woman on and off throughout the movie. The very end of the movie revealed that the other woman never existed, it was all a figment of Jenna Elfman's characters mind. And here is the thing, perhaps Doug is in Deanna's mind... and once that's revealed and dealt with.. Doug ends up being alive.

I think the show was unprepared for Andre/Dani taking off and are unsure how to proceed with them. Although if the writers actually valued their male characters, they would explore Andre's backstory and fear of being in pictures as a nice summer/fall story. The show needs to know that sweeps aren't a thing and they can have climaxes happen at other times of the year. I looked at a summery of episodes from 120 to 150. I was so surprised at everything going on from Chelsea's kidnapping wrapping up to Eva/Tomas hooking up to Kat finding out to Derek starting to get feeling his legs back to him withholding it to Doug 'dying' to Vanessa and Joey hooking up. All within 30 episodes and staggered. Now it's as of the show is on blood pressure medicine and this past week was the show running out of its supply so it got heated up.

I'll take this over the pointless Dani and Andre fantasy scenes. With that said, when is Hayley going to get caught and written off the show? I want to know because the obvious story of Bill/Dani/Andre needs to get started officially.

I remember being a small child and sneak watching Married with Children since my mom told me it was an adult show. Sunday night in 1987/1988 had some fun shows like MWC, Duet, Tracy Ullman Show, etc. This article is interesting especially the nickname given to Fox back in the day lol TVLineWhy Fox Was Known As The 'Wire Hanger' Network In Its Ear...Fox got nicknamed the wire hanger network by an NBC executive because Fox's signal wasn't as powerful as its competitors at the time.

I peeked on Twitter and to my surprise, the peeps on there were anti Ashley and were going to miss Derek because he was the only one to get under SPS's skin...and liked the chemistry between him and Eva (he had good friendship chemistry with Shanice and Eva).

She played Dawson's mom on Dawson's Creek. I liked her audition, but she played Maddie as plucky and fiesty without any of the snootiness that Cybill infused into the character.

Another positive of Long's stint as head-writer was that she gave Hilary airtime, a love interest (Jim Reardon), and decent focus in the Dreaming Death & the haunted cabin story. Kobe's emotional response to Marcia Clark wanting time off to do pilot season came back to bite her..imho

Odd that women would have viewed LePlat like that considering the character he played on Love of Life, who was the heavy against the end game couple of Ben and Betsy. Still women of the early 80s obviously had a different view of what was sexy vs whatever is considered sexy/hot in the 2020s. Case in point, Fletcher Reade was very popular with women in the 80s (my mom loved Fletcher)... but in the 2020s, people wouldn't be too keen on him. Some would probably describe Fletcher as suffering from Peter Pan syndrome. Robert Newman isn't sexy, but he's handsome. He actually grew into his looks as he hit his 30s and 40s. Liz Keifer actually said when she watched GL in her teens/early 20s... she had a massive crush on Robert Newman so obviously some women thought he rang their bell in terms of looks.

I'm curious on what the function of co-headwriter is on BTG. I ask because someone had posted an interview with Kay Alden in the Y&R board with Alden stating she and the other writers worked to implement the ideas of Bill Bell. I also know when Nancy Curlee was co headwriter on GL with Pam Long..they did a 50/50 split and would collab on ideas for one anothers 50/50 split. To me, it seems as though the co-headwriter is responsible for pacing..but that's just a theory. It could explain partly the holding pattern some of us have mentioned. Since we've had the co-headwriter change over the last 6 to 7 months..and some of the stories have stalled. I also wonder if the Hayley plot line has stalled because that had been run by the previous headwriter? Lastly, I wonder if MVJ is hindered somewhat by all the hands in the pot? When looking at the first five episodes that were written by her, we saw tensions between Dani/Nicole, saw Vernon infantizing Dani, saw Anita look with a mix of jealousy/concern when Vernon coddled Dani, and the whole Dupree family mantra had a detrimental effect on Dani in week #1 because instead of her going to Paris to clear her head and not be around Bill/Hayley...Vernon had an edict that ALL Duprees had to be at the wedding. Since then, the family has become all 'Dupree strong ' with little to no conflict. I want that 1st week element back for the Duprees.

I remember Justice from the short lived syndicated night time soap opera Dangerous Women where she played a dual role as the hardened con with a heart of gold named Rita and her evil twin sister Roxy. She was in her late 40s when playing the part in the early 90s, so I find it hard to believe she was hired to play a young Hope in the late 70s (she would have bene mid 30s).

I don't see anything wrong with Dallas and the guy's network. One of the soaps needed to be geared toward the male audience. And the truth was that the women weren't the main focus of the show.

I mean it has been foreshadowed since the start of the soap that Derek wouldn't be long in the world going all the way back to his injury saving a cat, losing the ability to walk due to exerting himself so much, and now taking a bullet for his buddy. So my question is.....why wasn't Derek a cop and Jacob's partner instead of a fire fighter? Both Jen and Ernestine did good work with Ernestine's expressions and eyes doing the acting...with Jen alternating between grief, guilt, and pure hatred (toward Lia). We all have to remember the 1:1 exchange between Ashley and Hayley with Ashley practically putting her feet on the neck of Hayley.

Shut up Dani! She has no need to speak, she's just doing her typical main character syndrome posturing lol Derek...are we surprised?

Hope saying Brooke chooses Ridge over anything and anyone? Has she lived under a rock? Brooke will always choose a man over herself and her daughters (Hope is the result of said choice..and even had a boyfriend sleep with her mom). Does this soap have any other stories? I only see this Brooke/Ridge situation being focused on the few times I've checked out B & B. Maybe Bradley should log into Tubi since season 1 of this soap is on there...maybe if he sees how his dad structured episodes, it might rub off on him.

Donnell is too good to be saddled with the brat that is Samantha. Hasn't he suffered enough.

Here is my theory on why the MJ character changed and was degraded. A lot of time a writer will write to an actor and how they play a character. Layman had a quiet strength and confidence that she infused into the MJ character, and that could have been attributed to her being the eldest daughter that had to take on the motherly role because of 'death' of their mother. I could have bought her MJ possibly being caught up in prostitution, but I think she would have played it differently. Sally Spencer took over the part of MJ either before, or right, when Depriest took over as headwriter of the show. I watched Spencer's take on MJ in her first episodes where the writing for MJ was decent where MJ still had backbone and toughess... but Spencer had a more passive aura and her voice was a lot less confident and more timid/passive. So the writers eventually adjusted the MJ character to fit with what Spencer bought to the role. Another example would be the character of Cecile when Cecile #1 left suddenly and was replaced by Nancy F. Cecile # 1 had started out nice and eventually became more crafty and cunning... but had this nice exterior that made it easy for people to assume she was on the up and up. When Nancy F first took over as Cecile, the character was still low key and not a comically character in her first episodes as the character. You also saw a few times where she would try to be nice/warm as she was manipulating someone.. and Nancy F couldn't pull it off. The writers eventually started adjusting how Cecile was written based on what Nancy F was infusing into the character. It's why I think the show eventually slotted Cecile in 1983 as the third wheel with Peter Love and Cass Winthrop in 1983 because she fit in with them after Jennifer Runyon left the role of Sally and the replacements (the short lived one and Mary Paige Keller) didn't have a good rapport/chemistry with Cass/Peter like Jennifer Runyon did. Same thing happened with Lorna Devon in the 90s once Alicia Coppola vacated the role. The cold, intense Lorna that wore black and leather eventually morphed into a corporate ice princess once Robin Christopher took over... same as what happened to Amanda when Sandra F vacated the role and was replaced by the more stoic and serious Christine Tucci.

This was a pretty good episode and I loved the contrast between the glitz and glamour of a long held tradition with the darkness of a crime ring going on at the same time. I think the soap would do well to have their stories straddle the line between the glitz of wealth and the seedy underbelly of the community the elite live in. Ever since the show had Derek being unable to return to the fire department, the show has tried to show his attempt at rebuilding his life and having him die a hero would be a tragic irony... and the most logical end to his often confusing arc.

Unpopular opinion, but I actually thought the Pam departure was in character for Pam. One the surface, Pam was a fiesty individual... but she also had a tendency to bolt when things got too tough. And it was irony that Pam did the same thing to Christopher that her mother did to her, it just happened during a time where character studies were at an all time low so we didn't get to see it shown on screen. I think had Patrick Duffy not opted to quit at the end of the 1984 to 1985 season, I think the ratings would have continued to slide at a gradual rate. The show had utilized everything it could from the dynamics already presented, and that killing Bobby off at the end of the season was pretty gutsy and could have truly reset the dynamics of the show and renewed interest in the show. Problem was that the show inherited new show-runners that tried to make Dallas into a weird Knots Landing/Dynasty hybrid instead of continuing to show how the Ewings coped with the death of Bobby. Jock's death set up some interesting dynamics with Miss Ellie contesting the will, JR unleashing his true nature out in the open now that his daddy was died, and Bobby becoming even more enmeshed into the war.. which caused further issues with his marriage to Pam. With Bobby died, we could have seen Pam grieving, learning the oil business, and truly becoming an adversary for JR while Sue Ellen's glow up after her hitting rock bottom could have resulted in Sue Ellen possibly getting divorced from JR a 2nd time and getting some shares of Ewing Oil with her possibly being a tie breaker for conflicts between Pam/JR... while Ray/Donna would have sides they would be forced to take as well as Miss Ellie... while this season would have been a good time to write off Jenna after she comes to grips with the fact that she was the fallback girl for Bobby.

The all female aka Femni-Nazi reunion thing was fun, though part of the appeal of the original show were the females in distress and how they either overcame the obstacles or how they gave into the obstacles. If Melrose Place were to return, it would be all girl boss with little to no dimension.

The blue collar Midwest thing (white culture) is beanie weenie mac & cheese.. with mac & cheese served with Pork & beans and cut up hot dogs. Sometimes side by side on a plate, or mixed. The ultimate struggle meal (and what I was raised with during very lean times). So I'm always intrigued with how mac & cheese is done in other families.