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Next up....Kristin impersonates Victor with a "Victor mask!" lol I tend to cut RC some slack because I know he's a true soap fan, but all this mask wearing is just lazy writing at this point. Seeing that short phone conversation between Jack and Jennifer reminded me how much I miss CM in the role. What did they do? Have her film twenty phone scenes in one day.

I agree that the AMC/OLTL reboots were a few years ahead of their time. People were freaking out about watching online, and now much of the audience does so for many shows. I think if the shows were cancelled now and then moved online they would have had a much better chance. I could see DAYS moving online, on Peacock for instance, in some format. It may not be a 5 times a week thing, but it may give the show a chance to reinvent itself.

I thought Laken #3, Shell Danielson, was quite good, but they struggled writing for her. The struggled writing for all of the Lockridges which I never understood because I thought the family as a whole was quite fun to watch.

I do think Julie is one character that has done well under RC.

How is the guy who plays Doug 95 years old and still working and nailing it?! I can't even remember what I had for dinner last night!

Killing off the character of Caroline just for a quick plot point was very short-sighted as are most story decisions on B&B.

Wait? What? I actually like her, and she's in a huge story with Xander. I love the two of them together! Why are we losing characters like Jennifer (played by CM) and Sarah, but have characters that are beyond played out (Nicole, Rafe, Chloe) on our screens?

I do enjoy Julie's snarkiness....One thing I have enjoyed about RC is his use of Julie.

I SOOOOOO don't need another mask story. The last one irritated me enough as is.

Wow...it's interesting to see how small the cast was the time.

I'm actually enjoying Jackee Harry much more than I thought I would. I love how she says anything and points out how whitewashed Salem is. She manages to crack me up, and that hasn't happened watching this show in a long time. It's great to see more diversity on the show. I wish they would keep Theo full-time no matter who plays him. I have my suspicions about who she really is to Lani though.

He really does!

Did we ever find out the whole story about why the Dobsons got rid of Dane Witherspoon? If you watch the pilot, Joe is definitely of the show.

When will this great show ever land on one of the streaming channels?

I think it could work. Will it be different? It has to be. It's primetime. It'll be a smaller cast obviously. But, it could be a great way to sort of reinvent Agnes Nixon's creation. I'm hopeful because of the people involved. La Lucci HAS TO be in it.

It would be awesome to have AMC back in some sort of incarnation.

Valerie was such a missed opportunity. I thought Vanessa Williams really shined with the little that gave her, and she could have done much, much more with her. I was very disappointed when they let her go.

Oh, wow! Are they actually going to give Abe a new love interest?

That would have been a much more interesting story to play. it would make sense that Mary would have seen herself at a higher social level and struggle to become blue-collar even if she tried. After all of Mary and Vince's kids left, there wasn't much for them to do. I wonder if the writers ever toyed with bringing Ben back. He was on for such a short time he was pretty much a blank slate.

Lots of plot holes in the Love/Hudson/McKinnon story. I can help but think it had to do with the constant change of writers at the time. I remember the rumor that Scott may have been the "missing triplet." i personally think that would have been one baby too many. I can't remember what happened to Mary and Vince...did they just disappear or formally leave the canvas? After the initial story, the show floundered in what to do with them.

As much as I loved Another World, I did find it curious that NBC didn't schedule Santa Barbara or Sunset Beach after their top ratings getter. The post-AW timeslot was an extra tough one.

Does anyone remember what ever became of that Red Swan story that dragged on? I can't even remember if it was resolved.

I thought Iris injected some energy into the show when she first appeared. Later, the writer's seemed unable to write compelling stories for her. Lemay would have probably done a much better job writing for the character even if he wasn't thrilled with the casting. I also noticed when Lemay returned Rachel got a bit of her edge back again. She had some great confrontation scenes with Sharlene and referred to the Frame family with a "You people" with disgust in her voice. But that edge also was lost once DS took over writing. After that, Rachel never really had a big story until she was paired with Carl.

Would love to see that happen...maybe Patty also had a child when she was off-screen.

I thought SH Patty was such a fascinating character at first and provided such great story. Like you said, if they hadn't made her full on crazy and written her into a corner, she could have stuck around.