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Yeah, I just finished the episode and was totally expecting the fire. A little disappointed. Those production values for the gala were AMAZING and it was just simply using the Newman ranch. Was most of the cast still islanded at this time? I loved all the small beats and you could tell who did and did not get along. I wish we got to see more of Diane/Phyllis/Dru going at it. They seemed to write Raul so angrily (but I see why he was upset) and I agree the Neil/Lily scenes just came off real, they barely do any natural family drama anymore on the remaining shows. GH tried a little but no matter wjat any of them do it comes off flat.

This is like the ideal interview of what you would want them to say. I wish he would have this realization again. I really truly enjoyed early Hope/Liam/Steffy but after years and years of the same thing. Then he builds up Ally and Oliver and destroys that. Same with the Avants and Rick and Maya. They could have done years of story with Amber/Rick/Maya IMO. They don't keep any villains on the show without them being comic relief. So on and so forth.

Flo reminds me of Maggie from DAYS

I had already watched this episode in a playlist but it was fun to see it in HD. It was great seeing Victor and Jack co parenting and the Dacid fallout...but that ending seemed SO RUSHED with Nina, Cricket and Danny randomly reappearing alive at the end and I couldn't help but feel that Nina should have been the one to see David as he dies instead of Cricket.

Thank you both for answering. I will have to find these episodes on YouTube. I can't believe that Genie go for that long but glad she came back with so much material to play even though she seemed like a supporting player basically.

What I would do to see this Mark Toland investigation on OLTL and the Phillip death on Y&R-which had way more going on than I imagined. I can't believe none of these episodes have been made available and are just sitting somewhere. They could air one episode with Phillio going over the cliff and then his funeral in an hour block. Smh.

Was Laura off the show before this? And what was the truth about Stefan and Laura for Katherine?

I loved this 2006 episode. As has been said, makes me hate that they allowed VR to leave. I just love the Winters family in these scenes, feels genuine and real. Sharon Case looks absolutely fantastic here. Wow. I know Amber was pretty hit or miss but I enjoyed seeing her arrival and introduction to Kay. I forgot how beautiful Adrienne Frantz is. This was my first time seeing Colleen and JT together, they seem to have chemistry despite her concern for the professor. Outside of that WOW did the show move fast. I swear they went from set to set to set and back to the same set. I did however love the small touches like Lauren and Michael taking turns with the baby and their careers.

Thanks so much!

Are the episodes with Eric and Stephanie remarrying and some risque photo of an affair in the bible available anywhere?

Was the ratings success for GL based on Phillip/Beth/Mindy/Rick popularity and Reva? I am shocked how high those ratings are and wonder what could have been if they did not decimate the show. I was once super into GL history and nothing interests me from 1984-1989. It just sounds dreadful both the plotting and the casting. I wonder what could have been had they left things alone.

I haven't watched this interview yet but ES looked fantastic on the soaps special. Makes me sad that we have missed the past eight years of the going ons of Llanfair.

If it is villains week then that is pretty disappointing they are only doing one 1991 episode. I try not to complain as I am grateful for anything at this point but dang I would have loved to see Suzanne Lynch, Eve, Edward or Rick Daros. Grateful to see the David Kimble story more though. But Kevin? They completely whitewashed him and Michael by the 2010s so pointless to show him as a villain.

Oh so Phillip died in 1975, I always thought it was 1976. Maybe Bill Bell ran through the original story bible and was playing around with things before coming to a decision?

This 1991 episode was everything for me. Almost every episode from this era they have replayed has been top notch but the chemistry between KSJ and VR was there from day one ot definitely brought a smile my face after a long day at work. Did the show maintain Dru and John's relationship? I wish we could have seen more of Nathan and Olivia and Cassandra and Brad though. If Cassandra dies shortly after this do any longtime viewers recall missed opportunities or relationships for her? The Brock/Kay/Clint story was fantastic (outside of the dreadful under fives) and had me drawn in, nice to see location footage and poor Jill thinking she got a job offer. Yikes.

I would love to see the Mark Toland murder mystery on OLTL. Sounds like a true umbrella story as everyone seems involved from what little I know of the cast then. I had no idea Mark was blackmailing with Viki among other things before his death. The role of Mark was never recast so this is Tommy Lee Jones, right? Its nice to see more of Larry and Viki's friendship being prominent as well and I always wanted to see more of Julie too. I am so, so glad they killed Phillip off instead of Katherine on Y&R. I don't know where they were headed with Phillip getting close to Lorie and Jill marrying Phillip. I feel like this isnt well known and will soon be dropped. Hope to see the Kay/Brock/Jill/Phillop quad play out for a while though.

I started watching in 2006 so I was used to the Ryan focus but he dragged the show down for me from 2008 onwards. I loved Aiden and Greenlee together and then they ruined Aiden for him but MCE just shined as crazy Annie and adding her to the Chandlers was probably the only good thing about the last two years outside of the Hubbard family. Still a lot of lost potential and bad casting to me though. I hate ER was not back as Bianca (and I would have liked to see the added stakes and flashbacks with the history of JR and Bianca) and I never liked anyone playing Marissa. Then they wasted Frankie, Natalia and Brot while whoever played Randi never impressed me. I just watched the 1987 Chateau explosion episode. It looks like 1987 started out strong from the Angie/Jesse/Yvonne/Lester story into the explosion and then Mark's intervention. Was this a well received time for the show?

It would never happen but I would love a Y&R reboot when they return with VR back as Drucilla and Lily back and let's pretend Cane and the twins never happened. I would love to see MM and VR acting opposite each other. It is shocking how stagnant all the soaps currently are for me. No atmosphere. No mood. No high stakes. No nothing.

Caught up with the 1999 and 2012 episodes. Loved the 1999 one especially Kay/Mac I would love to see the next episode. Were Jill and Malcolm just friends with flirting here and there and was that always a thing? I had no idea. Almost wondering what a summer fling would have been like and Jill and Olivia going at it. Malcolm, Olivia and Neil were so aimless those years. The 2012 episode just highlighted the stunt casting and making Phyllis more of a homemaker era for me. I only ever liked Vail Bloom as Heather so was not interested in this one. And turning Ricky into a psycho made me so mad at the time I remember feeling the actor had charisma at least and they didn't have a younger actor with charisma until the Mal Young era for me. And OMG Daisy/Kevin/Michael. They hogged up so much boring airtime for years. Good grief. And that Nikki and Sharon cat fight-I was either done with the show by then or blocked it out. Bad acting by both and not choreographed at all. Played like comedy despite the stakes of their history and the nastiness of Sharon/Victor together.

I am loving how complicated the Jill/Phillip/Kay/Brock story is and how juicy for Kay to goad her son into marrying her enemy and then send them to the cabin. I almost hate that this was not more of an ongoing story I feel like there could have been a lot of drama milked out of that. But they never even slept together did they since they were "siblings" years later?

Thanks! I can't stand Bill which the writing does him no favors. A waste to kill of Brad and then create DD a crap role but he seems to enjoy Bill. I see the method of introducing a c story halfway through the episode with Olivia and Ashley...kept the tension going for me as they built up to Victor and Jack coming face to face. Were Ashley and I think this is Blade popular? Did Olivia's mother coming to live with her lead Nathan to have the affair? If so, brilliant planning there. Also forgot to mention it was nice seeing Lauren in business mode. I have watched since 2006-ish and NEVER realized she was actually running anything outside a small boutique. The cliffhanger was phenomenal. Y&R literally milks every moment. I would love to see the next episode in good quality. It is kind of sad that around 2014 I totally lost interest in the entire Newman family, Jack, Neil, Cane, Lily, etc. and would have been happy with a total reboot because seeing this classics..boy this show lost its way. I actually enjoyed the Rosales and Ana Hamilton arriving a year or so ago for this reason but then the show had changed the production and it still just did not feel right to me.

Was this the pinnacle of the background music? It was so atmospheric that even a small scene like Brad walking into Lauren's office had me on the edge of my seat. I wish this episode had been a three parter during the week with Victor's return at whatever party he threw, then this episode and then Jack vs. Victor. I don't know much about Brad....is Brad similiar to Bill from B&B at all?

This is so unfortunate. Did he not like being on the show? Did they ever do anything with AL's Colleen and JT? Did they have chemistry? I was half watching in 2006 and 2007 (mainly just interested in Davetta's Lily and Drucilla at the time as I was young) but once I got into the show in 2008 I was sad that AL and DS were gone as Colleen and Lily and replaced with zero energy actresses. I also read that in 2002 the show wanted to hone in on the AA audience. Did the failure to build up Damon, keep Shemar Moore on as Malcolm and all the Victoria Rowell gossip just lead them to drop it? I know by 2008 you only had Lily, Devon, Roxanne, Neil, Karen and Tyra on every Wednesday with zero depth. They wasted Tonya Lee Williams her last several years, let VR go, wasted the Harmony character, etc.

Almost caught up and still loving the Deveraux plot as Toby has just exposed his identity and called out Martine at Mitchell's birthday party and then the reveal that they were triplets and Toby and Celeste blowing out their birthday candles. I haven't liked any American storyline from start to reveal this much in years and the fact that a black family has more story over about a six month period on a thirty minute UK soap is insane but this is great and I cant wait to see where it goes.

Getting more caught up in the history again with the classics airing and have a few questions. Were there plans to make Raul a longterm character at all? I see they introduced a brother in Diego but he was not there long and then Brittany got involved with Bobby. I wonder how it would have been if JT and Raul were kept long term to at least maintain the YOUNG in the show. I was bored by Lily/Cane and JT with Victoria and boring Colleen by the time I got hooked in 2008. It sucks that both sets of the next generation with Mac/Billy and then Lily/Colleen got destroyed with recasts or bad casting or saddling Lily with an old man and playing her like a 40 year old. And was Damon Porter popular at all? I guess he was supposed to be the new Shemar Moore? I cant find ANY Y&R from the mid 2000s to watch but I am curious to see how Damon and Phyllis played...was there chemistry? Lastly are there any hidden 2000s playlists I can see?