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Sarah appeared at the 1999 wedding. Reva hears Sarah’s voice then looks up and sees Sarah standing on a balcony.

Yes, there was a third serial killer. I think his name was Andrew Miller and he was pulling the plug on people on life support at the hospital. Bridget was one of his victims. That was a Tom King/Craig Carlson plot and ended around March 1996. The second serial killer storyline that year started a month later. Apparently, King and Carlson started that story and Margaret DePriest continued it.

I always thought it would have been cool if GL has cast Frank Beaty as Rick rather than bringing back O’Leary. Beaty was a powerful and charismatic actor who could have made Rick a leading man rather than the supporting character Rick was with O’Leary in the role.

Lainie Bauer was the mother of Johnny and the dreaded, short-lived Lacey. She was portrayed by Teri Keane.

I'm intrigued by what I read about the plans, especially Sara and Betty. I love that Betty's husband is a retired senator and the fact that the show is set in the D.C. area. The first thing that popped into my mind was whether we might be looking at a January 6, 2025 debut. And, if so, whether there could be a tie-in to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The final episode is available online. This is the scene where Liza meets the Travis lookalike in the airport.

When did Rod Arrants return? I know Liza encountered a Travis lookalike in the Henderson airport in the final episode, but the character (Sam Ratcliffe) wasn't played by Rod. Did Rod return at another time?

As a student, staff member, and faculty member at Rutgers University, I can't tell you how many times I walked through the gates that are featured in the opening credits for The Brighter Day. The gate was erected in 1901. The building in the background, which houses the university president, dates back to 1825.

I have a hard buying that Capitol was a placeholder until Bell had a second soap ready. What would be the point of going to the expense and trouble of launching a new soap only to scrap it when Bell had a new soap ready to premiere? What we do know from media reports at that time is CBS was considering at least four new soaps in the early 80s. Two were replacements for Search for Tomorrow: Capitol and Beverly Hills. I believe Judith Krantz was the creator of Beverly Hills. I clearly remember my local newspaper mentioning Beverly Hills in a December 1981 article announcing the cancellation of Search and the debut of Capitol. I was disappointed by the decision as Beverly Hills seemed more intriguing to me. Then in 1983-1984, there were many media stories about two new Paul Rauch soaps in development at CBS: I believe that The Barons/The Billionaires and Starcrossed/Grosse Pointe were the proposed titles. Soap Opera Digest reported that those soaps were being planned for a September 1983 launch at one point. And I believe they were slated to air in the late morning. A February 1984 article I read online stated that novelist Fred Mustard Stewart and Barbara Bauer were the head writers for those proposed soaps. CBS was clearly interested in developing new soaps in the early 1980s that had nothing to do with Bell. And I believe that I read that The Bold and the Beautiful wasn't a shoo-in to replace Capitol as CBS was also considering Claire Labine's Celebration, set on a horse farm in Kentucky, as a replacement.

It's not a matter of ego at all, which is frankly insulting to Ariana who is graciously sharing this amazing footage with us. Ariana posted weeks ago that her mother was her biggest fan and that her mother recorded all of her scenes. She also shared that most of the tapes were destroyed by mold after her parents' basement flooded. What we're seeing are scenes from tapes that were stored in the parents' linen closet.

There's so much talk about the show becoming Reva-centric, but I always felt that Guiding Light became Reva- and Beth-centric during those years. The never-ending focus on those two characters caused me to lose interest in the show and prompted me to give Santa Barbara a chance.

I'm not sure which remote you're referring to, but I'm pretty sure Quinlan started adding remotes sometime in the summer of 1979. There was a remote involving a dying Sara Dancy Powers in a park. And then Steve and Carolee were seen walking to a helicopter during the tornado that ravaged Madison that fall.

It lasted about 6 months to a year. I recall one of the characters was named Francesca. I believe she was the femme fatale. Plus there was a Black couple -- Jamie and Julia Scott, I believe. I think he was a cop and she was a nurse. I was always amused by that couple's names as The Edge of Night had infants at that time named Jamey Swift and Julia Scott.

Franz and Saffron were head writers longer than one month. They were still head writers when James fell from the plane in October 1983.

Was there much about Carol in that version of the AMC bible? Knowing that Rosemary Prinz would only play Amy for six months makes me curious about what Agnes Nixon may have had planned for Carol.

No. It's Christopher Durham.

Not to go off-topic, but "Whatever We Imagine" was used for Hope and Bo. A number of popular songs were used for the couple besides "Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You," including Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero."

Who is Scarlet? I have no recollection of a character by that name.

Johnny Bauer was actually a Mary Ryan Munisteri creation as he arrived around June 1986. Sheri Anderson was responsible for Johnny's dreaded sister Lacey who arrived in June 1987 and was gone by August.

A few characters are phased out during the L. Virginia Browne/Gene Palumbo stint, which pretty much runs from early December 1982 to early March 1983. Then there's an interim head writing team with Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, and Gary Tomlin for a couple of months that sets the stage for the arrival of Pamela Long Hammer. They wrap up some storylines and introduce Annabelle Sims, who will be a major player. Then the big changes start happening in May 1983. Beginning in May, about 10 contract characters are written out by the end of the year, while 12 new contract characters are introduced. I had only been watching Guiding Light for about a year when the changes started, but some of the decisions made are truly mind boggling. And the departures continue thoughout 1984 and 1985 with another 12 contract characters who were on the canvas in 1982 being written out.

Thanks for sharing this! It was such a joy to watch. I was impressed by the large cast and the set. I actually loved the window backdrop in the courtroom, with palm trees visible right outside the courthouse. And it was fun to watch these vintage commercials too.

Judi Ann Mason was at Generations from the start. Her name appears in the credits for the first episode. And Frank Dandridge appears in the credits for two early May 1989 episodes posted here in recent days.

I believe the singers were Roberta Flack and the late Billy Chinnock, whose song "Somewhere in the Night" had been the final theme song for Search for Tomorrow.

I recall Carolee was raped by the character portrayed by Robert Burton. But wasn't she also raped when she was in NYC, leading to her catatonic state?

I want to say that the reports of the planned Helsinki location shoot took place in early 1982 -- around February. From what I saw on the AW Home Page, Hugh Marlowe last aired as Jim on April 30. Marlowe died on May 2. And then Steve went to open an office in Finland the week of May 10. I suspect that the plan was for Rachel to join Steve in Finland and for them to become closer there.