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It was wild to see Roger Gordon pop back up to visit Sarah, Megan and Viki, particularly in this transition period and with a mustache! That is a big what could have been-had they cast a better leading man to tempt Viki in the Megan era, although Maxim has me excited to see Sloan now.

I am now at the beginning of December 1991 and I have to admit, I did not love the interrupted wedding as much as I thought I would. First, the Dorian/Cassie drama felt so contrived (maybe from the episode restoration editing) to include Dorian attending the wedding and I am not sure why, but it bugged me with everyone being rude to her. Cassie was just completely played as pathetic. Of course I have to adjust to this Sarah, as a big fan of the 80s Gordon sisters dynamics. The editing of the actual show felt odd too, extremely odd choices (unless it is just me) even Alex locking Cassie in the room with her would have been better had we heard the lock clicking, the camera angles of Sarah turning, zooming in on Bo. However, Alex demanding Cassie sit, converse, be respectful and then punching her was fantastic. Again though, no one heard this door slamming, crying, yelling, nothing? It could have upped the stakes quite a bit. Cassie later bursting into Megan’s uninvited to talk to Sarah-at this point she is driving me mad. I don’t hate the actress, it’s the writing. The Max and Asa trial is a snooze fest for me but Blair and the aftermath of Cord being shot is back in play so I do have that to enjoy. I miss the dynamics of Jason, Wanda and LeeAnn at the diner and it would be great to see more of Sheila (although Troy is a snooze) to balance out this other drama and rather small cast (alongside the recasts)

I am not sure they maintain this longterm, I barely remember any Viki and Marty scenes in the 2000s and always thought of Larry as closer to Viki in the mid-90s I have seen. That scene is really great and shows Marty’s reluctance, also never knew Kiki was an addict on that!

Still enjoying your recaps and I hope to be back to 1991 soon! Reading this, Maxim or anyone else, would you say they set Marty up to be heavily involved with Viki from the ties to lupus and Megan or not? Sometimes it seems they played up to it, other times not. Reading these recaps really makes me wish Marty had been further involved with raising hell for both Viki and Dorian.

I am actually shocked at how much more interesting that was than the BS they provide on “business” stories.

Thank you, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas as well!

I do not have Facebook, is there no other way to see that?

Thank you for sharing, I’ve always wanted to see this!

Wasn’t the teen scene not very strong at this time? Compared to OLTL with Jessica and Cristian, a story like this with a good youth set could’ve helped the late 90s a lot?

I think Mia Korf gives film noir (and femme fatale) more than Kassie DePaiva did. I don’t see why they needed Blair back when Kassie could have simply played an additional Cramer character with the same vendetta (and Kelly was pointless IMO) Ohhh what could have been. I would have been infuriated at the time just based on the little I’ve seen of vicious Blair in 1992 and her first full month.

The show is moving so fast I can’t stop watching, but it doesn’t quite feel like any A story to me. Cord’s death scene, which was new to me, was actually quite shocking and brutal. If I were spoiler free or watched live, I would have been STUNNED. Mia did a great job acting that out and the water pool stunts were great. Viki and Larry telling Megan she has lupus was sad, given what we know. I’m not sure how Megan would have fit on the show in the future so this is best anyways. Lee Ann telling Asa off was great, I could watch that all day and poor Kevin, watching as Max romances Lee Ann.

I’m nearing the end of November and the end of Cord. Jason, Wanda, Lee Ann and Luna working at Wanda’s diner (anyone know what it’s called?) is truly my favorite part of the show and I am dreading to see Luna get stuck on Max, hopefully Lee Ann and Jason stay. It is interesting to see the beginning Jason and Dorian, I’m not sure how to take his interest in her, but I understand he loves Lee Ann. The climax to the Ebers worked better than I thought, I wish Jane had shot Doug straight out of Llanview. I REALLY wish we could have seen where Mia Korf’s Blair and Cord could have gone. Wow. I’m into these two and Blair is fascinating. Interesting to boot Cord off around the same time he’s paired up with a newbie, chem tested and nearly cheats. Viki telling Dorian off for expecting to help her make amends with Cassie (after losing Llanfair, being kidnapped, Clint being shot and Megan hospitalized) was GREAT and Elaine Princi is so good because I still felt for her. I’m officially fast forwarding anything concerning Max vs Asa, I’m hoping I get more interested when the Blair angle comes into play. Andrew slowly being worked into the fabric of Llanview has been great and what a welcome addition. Too bad they don’t give a single thought to Sheila (I know I’ve already said it, but wow, she’s been off nearly a month and totally erased from the Eber story she was originally featured in) and with a small cast there is really no excuse. PS - I really always thought Erika Slezak faded to the background from the stroke story through Victor Lord murder trial, but between what I am seeing in Fall 1991 and Maxim’s recaps, she’s still very prevalent.

OLTL is my favorite soap, but the Dobson era of GL intrigues me perhaps more than any other. Every thing I have seen or read of it comes off so fascinating, I really enjoyed reading this.

I am shocked to see the low rating, Maxim! I’m glad to see it improved quickly. I am nearing the climax of the Doug Eber arc and what was the consensus of Jane, Tina and Luna coming to the rescue? If it was supposed to be told realistically, it’s gone batty at this point and poor Troy looked stupid. Sheila has also completely vanished from this story. Erika and Jessica are giving amazing performances as Megan falls ill and Viki fights for her. I already don’t like Luna liking Max. They met, great intro, wrong character plus Luna knows Lee Ann has Max so why do your friend like that? Disgusting! Did anyone else think that John Loprieno and Mia Korf had good chemistry? The scenes of Ilsa holding them at gunpoint and Blair tending to his wounds after, wow, maybe John just looked too good or maybe they had great chemistry. I find this November Sweeps interesting though, as it uses Rauch era music and Gottlieb era music for two high suspense tales. Ilsa makes the Jaba City plot utter camp regardless of the potential for realism using The Banner while the domestic violence plot is more realistic but went insane with the botched police rescue. With that said, the Rauch era was full of villains and Gottlieb era not too many besides one. I will say I thought Rauch did a better job of displaying a villain, Doug is nowhere near as menacing as say Austin Buchanan.

How was she treated at ATWT?