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With this dropping today, I was reminded of her and Andy's love story..which was realistic from the start to its conclusion. She liked him, he didn't look at her like that. Both ended up dating people not into them (he with Julie and she with Evan)..and eventually they became a couple and married. They were a young couple in school with personal demons..with money being a big obstacle for them. Plus Andy being more focused on his career instead of their marriage. And I remember the final straw was when she was injured in an explosion after she confronted the one guy (Hans.. I think).. and Andy was more focused on getting photos of the tragedy than caring that it was her. A realistic end that wasn't due to an affair, psycho of the week, etc.

Real Eve coming back would be nice... not the faux Eve that Kassie played.

RHOA has cast photos, trailer and a start date... while RHOC still hasn't dropped a trailer nor a cast photo yet. RHUGT Season 3: Lisa Barlow cameo was the highlight.. and quite frankly she needed to be there instead of Whitney or Heather..imho

I like she's a gossip..but like you said, she was more than just a busy body. She was impulsive, driven and had schemes that made sense once her initial story with Victor concluded.

Guiding Light: Nadine on GL.. she was quirky/flashy Loving: Egypt ATWT: Vienna (before being ruined just to prop Henry/Barbara)

AMC: Charlie Brent (adult).. 3 actors played him from the mid 80s to mid 90s. He was a idealistic college student, then a pretty boy toy for Erica, then played by an almost 40 year old that looked closer to Erica's age..and was too old paired with Hayley then Cecily (when he was peers with Cecily and not much older than Hayley). Liza Colby: Marcy Walker was more tomboy/mean girl, Alice Haining had a mischievous vibe that clashed with MW, and Jamie Lunar had some of the essence of Liza just was too sexy/young to play the part. Days: Mike Horton - at least 3 adults played him..all different from one another. Jennifer Horton - Missy Reeves pre 2010s was fiesty/energetic...Stephanie C looked like Missy Reeves without any personality...and Cady gives Jennifer personality..but she just isn't Jennifer.

Jack is what started their feud. He and Phyllis had a fling when Sandra Nelson was playing her...and Diane became interested in Jack again. Imho, Sandra nelson and Peter Bergman had more chemistry together then he did with Stafford.

Nina being back reminds me of the one element missing from modern day Y & R... that wrong side of track character with drive and ambition. The last character to have any kind of spirit like that was Hilary several years ago. Leanna being the gossip is perfect

Sable was sympathetic even when she was doing something wrong...because her heart was in the right place. I always wondered how season 3 of The Colby's would have fared. Most likely Jeff/Fallon would have had issues due to the UFO situation..which Miles would take advantage of in order to worm his way back in with Fallon..while dealing with his wife Channing. And I imagine Sable would have been caught..and a possible custody battle would occur. And I do think the adopted mom Adrienne would have aligned with Zachary to keep custody. She was almost the Claudia of the show.

Quite frankly RHUGT 1 made me really not like Kenya at all. She was age shaming, and using physical force against Ramona... which I remember thinking 'gees Kenya.. you're no better at controlling your emotions then Porsha.. maybe you should get the # of a good anger management person from Porsha'. And in regards to Leah on RHUGT 3... I would hold off the love fest for Leah until you finish episode 3 According to Candiace, this trip was filmed right after season 7 wrapped when she and Gizelle were in an ok place.. which would explain why they were nice to one another on the phone call... but by the end of this trip.. they weren't in a good place again. And she's been warning the other women not to tell Gizelle anything personal or she'll use it against them.

Victoria on Y & R.. Heather Tom was great, Amelia is passable though non descript.. and Sarah A was the Charity Rhamer (Days Belle) of this show. Looking at past soaps... Tara on AMC had 4 recasts that diluted the character to the point where she was written out in the early 80s after the final recast failed to take off (The original Tara was memorable to veteran viewers.. and the 3rd Tara was well regarded).

Grain of salt...but Rinna not being on would serve as an adjustment. She's been the conflict and driver of it on and off since mid season 5. So with her gone, the other women have to step up..and none of them are able to do it.

RHUGT season 3: First 3 episodes dropped today on Peacock.. and so far, there has been a nice mix of drama/fun scenes. This is what happens when you have people not afraid to talk about their experiences on the show (looking at you Phaedra), and can speak about topics in somewhat mature terms (looking at you Brandi and Dorinda). Leah has alienated everyone, except Candiace so far. Heather is evil (trying to get Leah to drink).. and the black eye is talked about.. while she/Whitney are still not in a good place. Candiace cries... and she and Gizelle are checking one another.. while she/Porsha seem to be getting along so far. Marysol is sick.. so she isn't drinking yet talks only about drinking.. while Alexia has been more sub-dued then what we saw in season 5.

RHONJ: Melissa is correct that louie is manipulative and untrustworthy...but she's only right because she also is manipulative and untrustworthy. Like minded people can always suss out one another in an instant. Jackie needed to remember why she had a good debut season...because she correctly called out Teresa with facts and got under her skin with ease. She needed to employ that with newbie danielle in order to have gotten to be in a housewife position. Lastly...Delores divorced Frank when he cheated on her.and was able to co parent with him successfully...and the two became friends (Jennifer needs to do this with Bill..imho). He has always said he was in love with her and knows he blew it with her...which is why he's so bothered about Delores putting more boundaries up...because she has a new guy that she wants to make a go with. And Frank's girlfriend should be a bit offended that he isn't putting boundaries up with Delores in order to get their relationship a chance to grow

I liked Mary-Margaret Humes portion of the screen-test... and while she had the fiestiness of Maddie down... I could see why Cybill Shepherd was chosen.

Eva said she wanted to be an actress, but got a job until her acting career took off. She kept her day job because her role on Y & R didn't pay enough to not work her other job...so she did both jobs. Cost of living is high in LA so I don't blame her for keeping both jobs. Maybe she could have phrased it differently, but EB is known to bully people. And I think he was jealous she found lasting success outside daytime. And he used to not know his lines back in the day (if stories are true that Peter Bergman told him to know his line hence leading to their confrontation years ago).

Eileen Davidson on Y & R is definitely a chemistry killer except with Victor.. though she had great chemistry with Ronn Moss on B & B... and she had good chemistry with Drake H and Eric M on Days when she was Kristen. Maybe it's Y & R that's the problem... and not Eileen since she seemed to generate good romantic chemistry on B & B/Days, good rival chemistry on B & B/Days (Brooke/Marlena), and great friendship chemistry on Days (Billie/Jennifer).

RHONJ This is the start of a new NJ with the demotion of Jackie., hiring 2 newbies and a new friend of. I hope next season will continue this transition by saying bye bye to Melissa and maybe Margaret. RHONY: Eboni always seemed like she couldn't help liking Ramona despite her best efforts not to for good reason.

And then Walsh merged with M & A to become Walsh-Montgomery in order to combine their assets in order to battle World-Wide. In fact, I remember that Lucinda had tried to secure Damian's business.. and I think she went to see him to find out why he opted to sign with Walsh and discovered he was married to Lily.

Eileen worked best in business stories and when Ashley was pissed at someone...though she had the fragile element as well that made people like her. My mom used to joke that Eileen could teach a master class on losing her mind because she was so convincing. And I remember by the mid 90s, Nikki wore black to a dinner that she was forced to invite Sharon to when she was dating Nick. And I remember she also did needle point as well during this period. I think Bell almost seemed as if he was writing Nikki to be like a Kay...except always at the ranch and drunk sort of like how Kay was in the early years while married to Philip.

I liked Ryan and Kendall as a couple...two lost souls coming together. It also helped humanize Kendall and it was what made people start to think of her as Kendall vs SMG

Yeah..maybe a soft reboot of Miami will be in order for season 6. The reunion snippets seem to indicate it's going in a toxic direction. That's the one thing I always liked about OC...they never have the same cast more than a season...though I question the wisdom of Gina being on so long though.

GL: Hart & Cassie

The colorism talk was a good 1st step...but I spend agree I don't think the cast has that issue as much. Classism is a big issue with Karen/Gizelle being big examples of that on this show. And I do agree Ashley was understanding what Candiace was saying. I think the only reason Ashley understood was because Ashley has gone through something similar (being bi racial).

I wish there was a poll for the fans to pick their favorite clip...with five choices of memorable clips instead of the actor choosing.