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The show seemed so gothic between 1980-1982 between the cult, the Edward story that definitely seems inspired by Psycho and wasn't Katherine taunting Suzanne and/or Jill around this time too? And I think it was 1983 with Victor faking his death and crazy Eve too. I wish I could see these years in full.

Thanks Carl! Can't believe i confused them but its been awhile.

Are those scenes of James returning in the costume in the courtroom still on YouTube? I think they used to be on there because it sounds familiar.

I've begun to fast forward through everything that Tika isn't in. Its just become so dreadful. I watch the show in five minutes now.

Sunday's episode was probably the best in a year and a half, outside of the season two finale. I hope the ratings improve because the show is finally good again. Its been great having Lydia back too. I hope she sticks around.

I've finally started watching season one and wow, its a completely different show. I've heard.it was awful but i have enjoyed some of these stand alone episodes. And I don't know if I completely missed this detail later on, but I had no idea Jane was pregnant and lost the baby in the first season. I have also enjoyed the forgotten Rhonda and Sandy more than I expected, especially after Sandy lost that country accent. Sandy was well enough and i don't think it was a loss to write her out but I wish they had tried more with Rhonda.

It really has. I LOVE having Lydia back and the next two episodes look promising.

Glad I'm not the only one. I really enjoyed it. I actually liked the family too. Though I found it ridiculous the girl had not realized to shoot them in the head yet.

I know this is going waaay back, but reading the Llanview in the Afternoon book and seeing Lee Warrick's comments I became interested in her character, Julie Siegel. She was there 1969-1974 but all I can find was how her relationship with Jack Lawson drove her to a breakdown, then she married Mark Toland. That happened in 1971 and I know he cheated with Dorian years later but she's left out of those recaps. Anybody have any background information on her?

Was the 1969 episode taken off YouTube? I can't find it anywhere.

I don't remember seeing this anywhere else, but I was re-reading the 2008 trivia book and thought I would share some changed storylines. Apparently Pat was supposed to be in the love triangle with Dorian and David Renaldi, not Jenny but it says Jacqueline Courtney had been lingering for too long and already chose to leave. Angela Holliday was supposed to be the one enabling Max's gambling addiction but they switched it to Blair since she and Max already shared a past. The worst of all is that they intended to kill off RJ Gannon...at the fault of Rachel. Nora would have confessed to killing RJ to protect her.

I started season 4 volume 2 a few weeks ago and was bored to death so I just skipped too the last disc but I was enjoying Kirby and then Dex and Alexis and of course Domanique.

I thought this episode was better than the last five or so, which I couldn't watch all the way through. Tika and Candace remain a bright spot of the show for me. Glad to see the ratings are up even if the show is still flawed.

Thanks for sharing that! And that must have been the last attempt to create story for the Gannons. Especially Hank, but did he ever get much? Very interesting about Tea from the sidebar. However age did come back for a few months after this.

Thanks for sharing that! Was a joy to see. Ellen Holly's Carla and Jacqueline Courtney's Pat are probably the two characters I have always wanted to see most of from the 70s.

I have finally started watching Season 3 and I'm living it. Not sure I like it as much as Season 2 but it still beats the fourth season. I'm up to Jasmine Guy's first episode as Caitlin and she is GREAT. I love seeing her and Peter plotting. Does anyone else feel as though the baby plot with Jo and Kimberly was on the back burner compared to other stories?

Wow thanks for sharing that. I had never heard they proposed that story.

Donna's going to have a pill addiction soon? I was really starting to enjoy the show but I can't watch her attempt drama again. She's great at comedy and never should have been a dramatic lead (second to Kelly of course).

I used to avoid the later years because I found them boring but I'm also rewatching on the SN weekends and I'm really enjoying Season 8. I found the end of Season 7 incredibly dull and boring (started with the hostage episode and the end of Donna's stalker story). I'm surprised by how much I've enjoyed Steve with Hilary Swank's character but I'm not sure where they possibly could have gone with them story-wise.

I love her as Nora and while I'm a bigger OLTL fan than ATWT, I would have preferred Hillary as Margo rather than Ellen, who I never liked when I watched on and off from 2006-2010. She was so cold and boring.

Thanks for sharing all of that. Perhaps it was just that one scene/episode. I wanted to like Connor but my mind was made up on Mark. I'm going to have to YouTube some Lucinda/Connor, that sounds like it could be great and I could see ART with a talented scene partner.

I'm re-watching the soap Classics DVDs and watching the episode where John humiliates Lisa and it opens with Mark and Connor. Were they popular? Because I can't stand either actor, their both cringeworthy. I felt like I was watching a parody of a soap opera. The show wasn't exactly exciting then but they stood out as terrible to me.

Nice interview and so well written. Thanks for sharing!

Loved the finale. The show has been hit or miss the past several episodes but that was just gold. I hope Season 3 keeps it up because I used to love the show and its been a hot mess for too long.

I have to admit they are kind of growing on me. Not as bad as I thought they would be. I've hated Brooke all throughout Season 4 and was finally starting to at least pity her when she hit her head in the pool. Bad timing.