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RHOBH: Try Hard Marie goes up to bat and strikes out as usual. Since Sutton wasn't up to feuding with her, I guess Crystal is next on the list. Why call someone a child bride when they got married at 24? I know people are delaying marriage, but 24 is well into adulthood. RHOM: Larsa is taking up space on the show.

Erica Kane: High points: founded and ran Enchantment, having female friends (Opal, Janet) Low point: kidnapping Maria and Edmund's baby

Guiding light: Jordan Clarke played a character named Dr tim Ryan for a few years in the 70s. He was the first guy both Rita and Eve Stapleton were involved with pre Ed Bauer and Ben. He came back in 1983 playing Billy Lewis..and played him on and off till 2009.

Andy gave her first chair at the reunion, let her railroad over everyone, and let her dominate/bully every conversation that didn't involve her. Those are usually signs that Andy likes someone (case in point, Brandi Glanville). @Taoboi I know your love for Lisa is growing dimmer and dimmer.. but I will say that Lisa always seems to perform well at reunions. She isn't #1 when performing at reunions, but she's always consistent. She was the only one that was on Heather's ass during the season 3 reunion over the black eye and how damaging her non-answer was toward production. She also helped with the Bad weather term for Heather/Whitney, and her hot mic moment was the big attraction for the season 2 reunion. I do agree with everyone that some further cast modifications are needed. Heather can also leave because she withheld information about who caused the black eye and I think that should result in a nice long 'pause'. If there is a season 5, we definitely need someone that is intelligent, logical, and can call out BS without also being guilty of that same BS. Lastly... I want a bit more focus on individual scenes.. and less 1:1 scenes or group events.

Of course Andy Cohen loves Monica...two birds of a feather. I wish the witch was gone, but sadly Bravo and ethics/morals don't go together

I think the scriptwriters should have been replaced instead. The scab episodes were better paced and written.

It's an intriguing lineup.. but I'm not into drama on vacations. Season 1 and 4 were great because they looked like they had fun and had a little drama mixed in. Season 2 and 3 were just too drama heavy and not enough fun. If you're going to have Mariah, who provides fun shade.. then we don't need Try Hard Marie there. I also think you could add Cary D from Dallas.. whose a nurse and has said she was open to doing a RHUGT season.

Peoples homes reflect someone's tastes and personality. The Horton house, Roman/Marlena's house, Dimera mansion and Marlena's penthouse had distinctive furnishings that showed a part of the dwellers personality. With that said, why is Rafe still on the show?

Honestly... I find both Kyle and Mauricio to be vile. I still remember in season 1 how Kyle would joke about how much money she spent, how she would manipulate him, etc... and I thought to myself 'He should really divorce you, but he'll take the cowards way out and cheat'. Quite frankly, I don't blame him for cheating and being stoned all the time... she's a lot to take and I imagine whoever dates Kyle next would probably be checked out as well

RHOP: I am seeing some on social media actually start to miss Diana and Rinna...and wish they were there instead of Try Hard Marie. Only upside is people still dislike Teddi more....a low bar, but still proves Try Hard hasnt reached the depths of unlikability. It's funny Kyle always accused LVP of being Bobby Fischer when she's being that way now. It's too bad LVP didnt teach her how to have likable moments to balance it out RHOM: Why do people keep going for Dr Nicole? Sounds like Try Hard Marie should have watched Miami so she would have seen that it would have been a waste of time doing so. We got some good backstory on Kiki...perhaps a test for a promotion to full time next season?

I did like that he used his father's name as an alias, and considering the way that the Dobson's and Marland wrote him out... there wasn't a believable way to bring him back from the dead. He couldn't just breeze into town and pretend nothing happened. The only thing I wish Long/Calhoun had done differently was having had Holly marry someone that had previously been on the canvas. For instance, instead of Mr Lindsay.. maybe Holly could have married Kyle Sampson. Just from the brief descriptions of Mr Lindsay, it sounded a lot like Kyle.

From what I understood, it was Curlee's idea to bring Roger back and had convinced Pam Long to bring him back... but from what I understand, it was Pam Long that came up with how he would come back (after sending a long time watching the Santa Domingo fall scene in order to see if there were indications he hit the ground). Curlee had said in the Locher Room interview that she didn't like how the Roger return story was written.

Bauer and Spaulding places were close-by...at least in 1991. And Amanda was fired by Kobe despite Pam Long clearly setting up story for her. Long/kobe wanted to move the show away from the Gothic tone of the Dobsons/Marland...which was a mistake. Oddly...Long had the potential to write Gothic. The way she wrote Lesley Ann's death was eerie and something I could have seen the Dobson's and Marland write...and Roger's 'phantom of the opera' return as Adam had gothic undertones (and I assume Long wrote that).

Lujack was Vincent's best character he played...followed by his AMC character David. It is sad the 2000s had such non descript sets unlike the sets they had in the 80s and 90s.

Cassie was propped by the writers and Paul Rauch. I likes her better when she was the hard ridden stripper determined to get her kid back. I liked that she was bought onto the show and Springfield in the same way Reva was. Alan found both Reva and Cassie and used them both to serve a selfish need of his.. and in both cases, both did evetually turn against him. She was a good contrast to Reva at first and I wish they had been antagonistic with one another much longer..

When the show wrote LIza in 2010 in character, JL played it very well. There were a few moments where I could see her Liza resembling MW's Liza such as when she would roll her eyes, would look at someone disdainfully, etc. Perhaps JL should have been a recast Mia instead.

Creative consultant: Harding Lemay...just because he would remind us to value the characters and focus on motivation. Co-headwriters: Pam Long and Nancy Curlee.... Long would provide the energy & warmth while Curlee would provide a Tennessee williams southern gothic element Script writers: Melissa Salmons Patrick Mulcahey Susan Dansby

Guiding Light: Nadine was originally bought on in early 1989, and the writers made some attempt to say she was similar to Reva with her wearing red and interacting with Josh. But eventually, she seemed more like a replacement for Nola Reardon in terms of her scheming, quirkiness, and even feuded with Vanessa. Once Nola was bought back in 1995, Nadine was eliminated from the show. Maeve Stoddard was the newspaper editor with a slight sarcastic/cynical edge. Within a few months of her character being killed off, it seemed as though Long/Curlee had a recently returned Holly fill the void of the Maeve character with her running WSPR then later the Springfield Journal.. even marrying Fletcher (Maeve's widow) in the mid 90s. Holly basically served the function that Maeve had, but the difference was that she had history and connections on the show.

Day to day episodes help execute a vision a head writer has for a show and story. I've noticed since the scab written episodes have started airing that we're getting more character moments, somewhat better pacing, and a bit more depth in how the plots are being carried out. It doesn't Ron's ideas gold..but at least there seems to be more effort in making them less stupid..thus far.

I read somewhere Ron C said May is when Days will kick in high gear...so doubtful. I think part of the problem with soaps are the day to day episodes. The strike has shown that to be apparent since it appears as though the scab writers were basically left alone to write day to day episodes at GH and DAYs also. How was Y & R and Bold during their strike episodes?

SLC: I understand that Monica 'saved' the show.. but why enable a sociopath? There needs to be a point where things have gone too far and that toxicity needs to be dealt with. She actually turned me off the show because she gave off numerous red flags. Thankfully, her red flags aren't in the same level as Jen Shah's red flags.. but she didn't authentic. In fact, none of the women are authentic and it makes me miss the early days of the franchise when it wasn't so fake/produced.

Marland made the Barbara change too quickly...and I think he recognized that and pulled back in it...thus making Barbara (Babs as my late mom used to call her) a multi dimensional character. Barbara between 1986 to the explosion was her own worst enemy...she did some not so nice things from a place of insecurity (probably in reaction to her more doormat years of pre 1986). At first post explosions Barbara was intriguing...she was scarred and already at a low point in her life. With better writing, she could have really evolved into a more gothic 2000s answer to Vanessa Prentiss...but alas...not to be.

Jenna circa 1992 to 1995 was very India esque. When she came back in late 1996, she was almost a different person. Only when she visited everyone in that well written 1998 episode after her death did she regain some of that early spirit. And the script knew India and Jenna were alike because India said she wished she had gotten to know her and Alex laughed stating they would have had a lot to talk about.

I always thought Laura was adopted.. but she didn't know she was adopted.

That's the thing I liked about GL, they had numerous themes and would change it up. I much prefer the 1975 to 1981 theme over the stupidity that was the 1982 disco theme.