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I see your point. I took it more as Sarah being positive and trying to be strong for those around her. And because she's a Dr. she's aware of what she's facing. LG was probably a bit too giggly with it all, but LG makes some strange performance choices sometimes.

Yeah that would have helped. I probably would have kept Sophia as a friend to Tate/Holly to their faces while she secretly sabotaged their relationship. Since Tate/Holly already know her game it's not as dramatic. I assume there will be some sort of drunken Tate/Sophia hookup and pregnancy or something like that.

Okay. Watched the episode. Well, hello Tate! Lol. I really like Sophia, but she needs a little more depth to be a viable obstacle. She's pretty one note. I see ALM shares Marci Miller's love of ugly maxi dresses for Abby. lol. I suppose it's possible Chad or Jack gave her a phone. After watching Curtis on GH acting like his entire life was over because he was paralyzed, it's nice to see Sarah have a positive attitude. She's still sad and upset, but can joke and smile. She's actively thinking about the adjustments she needs to make. It's a refreshing attitude. Why can't Brady find his car? It's been like a day and he just hasn't looked for lol. The obvious assumption would be that it got towed so it should be easy to track down. It's also kind of rude for Maggie to just expect Fiona to watch Victoria without calling first. Overall a good episode.

I haven't watched the today's show yet, but I had the same thought about the phone the other day. Even if someone gave it to her like Clyde wouldn't everybody be looking at the phone for evidence? Track down these "nurses"? Instead of blindly believing a DNA test done by Kayla it's making everyone look dumb by not asking more questions. Especially people who are actual reporters and newspaper owners lol.

Someone probably knows the exact dates but it started in late 1997 and went into 1998.

Duh. There's no other agenda I push more lol. I really just don't see VM doing another soap. She in fact doesn't even casually act in Lifetime Movies anymore so I doubt she'd move anywhere lol.

I doubt VM would move to Atlanta, so I can see SJB as being a secondary choice. No hate for SJB, but I think MVJ would want Vanessa before her and they can fill a similar role. I know, I know, SJB is the better actress lol.

Yes, I think so because she's credited for a lot of Liz's rape story and that would be in Brown's era.

Lol. I make typos all the time when it hasn't even been a long day. Do MVJ and SJB have a close or good relationship?

I am hoping it was RH's sister? Lol. I love a cute typo. But they both were wasted as characters. B&B likes to do that. SJB's daughter would be an adult now? So she could relocate. Obviously, it's not as easy as me just saying that, but it's possible.

Understandable. I barely watched it one time and I was thinking how the show presented it. If I watched it today (and I won't lol) I'd probably have a different interpretation.

Wasn't she on B&B too? Y&R it's your turn lol.

If they weren't so hyper focused on re-pairing her with Sonny the show could have done so much with the character. SJB has chemistry with everyone and could have made it amazing. Ugh....I feel like SJB might have the most "wasted oppurtunity" roles in all of soaps-outside of OG Carly, of course.

The whole story was dark. Claudia was basically used as an underaged sex toy passed around by her dad to appease his colleagues. The way Sonny treated her was disgusting. And she kept coming back for more. The Ric/Claudia stuff is murky to me. On one hand, he did blackmail her to continue the relationship. On the other hand she almost killed Michael. Claudia could have said no and Ric would have exposed her for the criminal act of almost MUDERING a child. Was it consensual? Not really. I saw it more as two awful people doing awful things to get what they both wanted. The show never played it as rape. Very Guza circa 2009. None of this would fly post 2020. I find Ric to be a complete sleaze. I see Claudia as more a victim of her own upbringing and circumstance. It still doesn't make her a great person.

None at all. The misogynistic writing Claudia/SJB had to deal with was awful. Welp. 🤷‍♀️ You should have googled it before you asked on here lol.

I liked Claudia/Nik. IIRC Ric/Claudia were pretty serious about each other. I think Ric pulled some weird crap once she got pregnant with Sonny's baby. He certainly didn't rape her, but was being usual sleazy Ric. There was a certain point that I basically stopped paying attention to Ric and his shenanigans and 2009 was way past that lol. The show really, really, wanted a SJB/MB Sonny/Carly redux no matter how much it made Claudia suffer as a character. Good for her. I mean, it's really demeaning for SJB. BB looks almost the same age as her.

Fake raped Carly? Ric's done a lot of really bad things. His father was the one that Claudia "seduced" when she was 16.🙄 Ric/Claudia liked one another and had consensual sex unless I am remembering wrong. I believe Claudia was raped by Gino Solieto? and that's how Brandon Barash's Johnny became her son not her brother after she died.🙄

No. Ric didn't rape Claudia.

I guess it would hinge on whether or not LH/SBu had chemistry. I can't recall them ever sharing a scene. They might have when LH was covering a few years ago during Covid. I do think Hartley actually has better chemistry with DZ than KeMo does though.

I think there might be a bit more. I think both Kelly/Steve were way over the JaSam pairing before it ended. KeMo especially seems pretty happy paired with DZ. I think LH would probably be more open to it because she just seems to go with the flow. The woman was on Passions for it's entire run. I can't imagine she'd be that picky about story lol. JaSam is frankly pretty played out. I am just surprised the show isn't even trying to play any romantic interest between them at all. Same with Liz.

Honestly, the Todd Manning doll is the ONLY thing I remember about that store. Lol I think they had Nurses Ball stuff which help support an HIV/AIDS charity which I thought was cool.

Lol! $85 dollars for a skincare product made by GH? I actually don't think the handbags or accessories are a horrible idea. They used to have that ABC soap shop back in the day. No idea if that made money. I need someone to buy the Deceptor and tell me if it works lol.

I don't think they are that much alike in characterization. I was just thinking they have some similarities. The daddy issues, the hyper fixation on one idea (for Kristina the baby, Brenda it was Sonny), the impulsive decisions, self centered actions, etc. I think the audience is supposed to be frustrated with Kristina. We shouldn't be on her side. I think Kristina is just a flawed heroine. Hopefully, she will come out of this a better person and realize she was hurting a lot of people. If you think about it Kristina has been making unlikeable decisions since Lexi was first cast like accusing Ethan of beating her.

I have no idea if I am just projecting, but I sorta see her as a Brenda-like character. Where you are so frustrated with her horrible decisions and selfishness and then she works her way out of it. A breakdown, a realization, almost anything could work. Kristina, IMO, is so hyper focused on the baby and in time will realize she is being absurd. It's unlikeable now, but I think Mansi has the ability to work her way around the material and make Kristina stronger and more rootable.

Honestly, with all the behind the scene changes it's super hard to tell. I could be absolutely wrong, but I think this selfishness with Kristina is intended. Her breaking up with Blaze, the custody papers, the fight with Ava, etc are going to go somewhere. I think Kristina will eventually have a moment of clarity where she figures out her life.