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I don't think I have watched THE CITY since it aired, but I always thought the sets looked modern and Sydney/Tracy had an awesome penthouse. It felt cool and hip to me at the time..........but clearly that wasn't the overall consensus by viewers.🤣

Speaking of Loving, I always thought the City looked cool. I know it was trying to copy a lot of night time production from that era, but it always looked good to me.

GH is super easy besides the above: Dante (for his first couple of years), Brenda (both her returns), Michael (no child has ever been so important), Courtney, Peter and Franco. I am sure I am missing a few lol. Days-Sami in the 2000's, EJ in the same era, Daniel, Carly (first run), the Last Blast crew in the early aughts.

I would argue Sam's always been irrelevant, but I guess that's a different topic lol. Tony's a good one. I think with Tony the intention was to backburner him for awhile because the show really took him far in one direction and after a breakdown and some redemption he would be back, but it's almost like the show forgot about him lol. I am sure Tony did things but between his Carly/Michael shenanigans and his death-I couldn't tell you.

How many Sam stories really were about Sam and not Jason adjacent though? I would say Dante is someone who used to have all the stories and hasn't done much in ages. He was pretty much dropped as a lead after a year or so on the show and he was on every. single. day.

Sonny was way out of character and it did seem like he still had feelings for Leo. But would you want Chad to think you were bad in bed? Gotta keep those options open for when Chad finally does admit he's bisexual.🤣

You need to soon. I think you would really enjoy them. I was shocked at how much I did.

Lol..........in the most random thing I have ever told SON........ I actually know Michael Sasaki. He used to be a figure skater in the LA area and so was I. He was really good. He grew up very hot and is a very nice guy.

Thanks for the tag! I can't wait to watch it later. Lol! Even with Alice's grandma styling she looked way too young, but she was a young bride as was Addie, so it might make sense for the time.

Spinelli is better than 90% of Maxie's love interests tbh. The show put so much into them with the non wedding, the baby, and then they just fizzled out completely lol. And let's be honest it's very creepy to think of Todd Manning hooking up with Belle Black. 🤣

I don't even care about Spinelli/Maxie, but I can't believe they didn't reunite them years ago.

Lol! I am not sure I need to see Julie's heaving bosoms these days, but Julie and SSH seem much more diva like than this. But Julie's entire characterization has been off for years. Julie isn't a screeching, grumpy, slightly racist old shrew and that's how she's portrayed. It's not just out of character writing-the core of Julie's personality has completely changed. The Hayes seem much more mellow than they were, but I wonder if Susan even likes the way Julie is now.

So neither Kayla or Marlena lose their jobs. That's a lot of handwringing for nothing, but it was like an episode and a half of drama, so whatever.

This is Labine. It's in 1995 a little after Stone died. Sonny is handing his partnership of Luke's over to Lucy because he's being investigated by the feds, but Sonny ends up getting arrested at the party. He takes a deal with Lily's father to get out and marries Lily and you know the rest lol. I believe Guza starts in March 1996, so a couple of months before Lily blows up. I know he gets credit for Clink, Boom, but I have never been clear how far Labine's projections went with that story. I always wondered if it was Guza's idea or if he just tweaked an existing Labine idea and Lily was always going to die.

What a waste of time. At least let us see the fallout. Again like the devil Possession 2.0 we knew it was going to be bad, but this also turned out much worse than I thought. Didn't Craig just take the Chief of Staff job as well? So he's content to ruin both his personal and professional life over LEO! Ugh......

I guess, but I think all these actresses started young. Suzanne started working at 17. There's a different era and just keeping up with the times.

Agree. It's not the worst outfit I have ever seen. It just feels so not Julie. And again, she's not much older than Maggie, Marlena, Anna, and so on, but she projects so much older and she's still stunning. And with her acting style, she is just seems form an entirely different era.

She's a lot more Rose than Blanche these days. And Julie is a Blanche for sure.

Yeah, I am not saying Julie should look 30, but a little less BINGO night at the community center. Doug still dresses up, but Julie looks like she's retired in Miami. Listen, I understand these people are in their 70's plus, but it does seem slightly out of character.

Yeah, there is a difference between naturally aging and looking old. And Anna doesn't look 25 anymore but she always looks great. On the flip side, I think SSH could spruce up her look a bit. She's only a few years older than DH and dresses significantly older. SSH can do whatever she wants, but I miss a more glamourous Julie. I feel like Julie is a character that would still be wearing high heels and trying to be on trend even in her 70's.

I thought Days was decent through the 90's and early 2000's. I think post SSK is where it got really bad. Once they got rid of the Penthouse I knew the show was out of money though.

I can't say any of the men really stick out for me as looking bad. Will with his sweaters and FS's Sonny with suits had their moments. I would tone Leo down, but most of the men look decent if only because they are blandly wearing jeans and t-shirts. You know who consistently looks great is Leann/Anna? She always looks glamourous. It's not the exact right look for Kate/Marlena, but I wish they would take some tips.

I always wanted to take a set tour lol. I would have probably gotten arrested for fangirling Deidre Hall too hard though. I have only seen it from the street because I lived in LA and was going from point A to B. There was a lot going on with that set. It had the movie theater, the java cafe, places for people to walk and bump into one another, and all the store fronts. It was cool even though I believe it probably wasn't as impressive as it looked.

I think Drake is just someone who has a natural charisma and likeability. Clearly he's nothing special as an actor, but he's a very good scene partner for men and women. He's good looking and in good shape enough for the ladies to like him, but he also seems like someone you could have a beer with. He just seems like a nice guy and I don't think I have ever heard anyone say a bad word about him, so I get the impression people just like working with him and it shows on screen.

True lol! I honestly don't think MR's Jen always looks bad, but the last few appearances I was unclear what she was going for, but pre-Covid I mostly thought Missy did look decent. I do like MR's hair though right now. Kayla/MBE is another one that dresses awful. Those floral dresses. I know it's two different characters, but Katherine Bell always looked so sleek. I know MBE has it in her. I also think ED's Kristen and SH's Kristen dress completely differently as well. There are several actors that do okay. Lani, Belle, Gwen, Sami, Chloe, Gabi, Ava, Chanel, and Allie generally manage to look okay consistently.