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And FINALLY!!! Lucky's back in Port Charles. First thing's first. You can count me in on liking NuAidan. Not that I have a problem with people casted that are older than what they are playing cuz CW&WB&FOX&etc. I liked that he appeared to have some of the mannerisms of the Aidans that came before him. As if he did a little bit of studying. And that I can respect. I again continue to wonder if they are going to write Scorpio off with Holly when she inevitably leaves town. Because watching these scenes with Holly and Mac feels like it's setting it up. Oh...Hat Dad's gone? We know how I feel about a whiny Anna so... That ending was *swoon* Same. I'm looking forward to seeing it, but it seems instead of today's episode, what I have is an hour of news. I know that the show can be like sewage, but I don't see any stars in that pipe.

Same. She really did. Even if it was too little, too late. But like you, I don't understand why they didn't play Lulu/Dante/Sam. PM did a good job on making couples no one cared about a lot more important than they were (Dante/Sam, TJ/Molly, Drew/Nina) so it would and could write itself. Especially given what was going on when Lulu went into her coma with her and Dante.

I did. I have a lot of new shows on at the same time. And I was life-ing last night. On top of my HW shows. lol. I might see it later. I'm not ready for this new TV season at all. smh

SLC Even with me half distracted (early apologies if I missed something) WOOOOWW that episode was great!!! And I'm counting down to next week with Angie K vs Lisa. I thought it would be a nice slow burn of build, but we are already there. Alrighty then!!! The start of the local cast trip was great from start to finish. From Mary not flying with those hoes and her connection to Jeffrey Dahmer to the mending of fences between Mary and Little Girl to Angie K stirring that pot oooooh so great with FriendofHeather to Heather's continued attempts to gaslight New Housewife...and failing to New Housewife not only reading Heather BUT LISA, TOO??? And I haven't even touched on Meredith trying to keep her petty feud with Little Girl going, but I'm going back to get the gist of it since it was part of one of the parts I was not paying attempt to (again early apologies I was life-ing a bit while watching). And on top of that, there was scenery, a bobblehead shop, and a sport game thing then, there was a lot going on. I never felt bored. LISA. Yeah, just as we have been discussing. Lisa really does not at all like to be called out. And Angie K was just trying to warn her about that very flaw. But would Lisa listen? Of course not. I did like that she was at least enough of a friend to be clued into New Housewife being mad at her for not defending her (much) against Heather last week. Not that New Housewife was wrong...Lisa is totally Heather's master/Regina George so she could have easily spoken up more and the lapdog...I mean Heather would have STFU. So that I could get even though I felt New Housewife held her own anyway last week. And that New Housewife manipulated the other new FOH to get Lisa's issues out into the open was clever if shady. In the end, she was left speechless because what New Housewife said was true. The only redeeming quality Lisa had this week was letting the ladies and audience know about what is going on with her son. MEREDITH. Oh, how I hollered at Seth shading Little Girl pre-trip. It has been hilarious to me that now that I thought about it...Meredith and Little Girl suuuure do like to imitate each other in Confessionals. Lol. Other than the part that I couldn't follow with her petty feud with Little Girl and her holding FOHeather's hand as Angie K drop her tea on her...Meredith did not do much this episode. ANGIE K. MVP!!! She got the ball rolling with that tea about the FOHeather and the fact that she and the Osmond aren't even together...according to him by the fact he was messaging a friend of Angie K. And that moment when she is stirring the pot by telling New Housewife literally while FOHeather is facetiming Osmond...CHEF'S KISS. Meanwhile, she and Mary continued to be a ki-ki. And add on her hot husband looking HOT this episode, she was winning. Messy. MARY. The other MVP!!! She gave so much. Her scene with her son where he called her to borrow money was a hoot. Her and Angie are great to watch...one scene that took me out was her in the background cheering and watching the game as New Housewife vs Heather/Lisa went down...I was hollering. And like I mentioned, her and Little Girl mending fences and she taking her and the others to the Bobblehead shop was a wow moment. Of course, Mary's new target was FOHeather so of course Little Girl is forgiven. Looking forward to her dancing with the drag queens next week. LITTLE GIRL. Has been enjoyable. I almost want to call her by her real name. And how she does not care about Heather's attempt to get her against New Housewife is hilarious even when Heather is using her as the excuse to come for New Housewife. HEATHER. At this point...they really should run Monica a check given how they find ways to show her/mention her. And Heather this week was trying to make fetch happen...and it WAS NOT HAPPENING. The humor is forced. The Confessionals are stale. And what she thought would work on New Housewife (and her 15 minutes of fame off Monica's back to be a Big Bad) continued to not land. Heather, your last name is not Dubrow. I don't know what made her think she could ever win in a battle of words with someone richer than her and who can articulate better than her, but she should have sat that fight out. New Housewife ate her up. There was no comeback that New Housewife did not know a logical response to. It made Heather look stupid. Next time, when New Housewife tells you to come correct...you COME CORRECT. NEW HOUSEWIFE. Was she messy? YES. Did I like it? Also YES. This was the very same thing as last season. These ladies came for Monica over things they themselves like to do. And now here's someone above on their level saying the same thing and they still want to act brand new. I thought New Housewife handled herself extremely well. And I gasped when Production did that rollback to show her talking to the other FOH about how her, Heather, and Lisa was talking about her clothes behind her back. On one hand, it was sneaky since Lisa is her friend though it felt like genuine concern. On the other hand, well...everything New Housewife has been saying, she has made sure she also says it to the person's face. So is Production making her seem shady to make Heather look better, or is she for real in terms of being transparent. Time will tell. But she is playing this housewife game well. Or this episode. Can't wait until next week. Same. I was living for 'Bob' as some of us online call her. Same. Mary even seems to be winning over so many of her online naysayers. Love to see it. Yeah, I miss my Fabulous Ice, but it is what it is.

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And with a soul patch, too?? YES, PLEASE. Hate the blood, love the bod. I could just lick all over that chest.

CARRIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I know @Soapsuds is happy with his news. hehe.

You were the smart one. Because even in Season 2, I had my doubts. But she sealed my opinion at the Season 2 reunion. Well, the parts I watched. But yeah, a lot of people didn't see it and some STILL don't.

See? Things like that just makes me think he's not getting that ride off into the sunset ending.

Yep, yep!!

I always loved him as Mike with his enigmatic, but kind energy. My heart goes out to his family. RIP.

10-1 I admit I am surprised that Taylor went ahead and told Ridge. And gave up Li to boot. But we still aren't going to tell Steffy and Thomas (is that how he's coming back to town?). But on the other hand, I am over it and want this storyline to move along. Carter and Hope? I just can't wrap my head around that. But I can't wrap my head around Katie giving him up to get back with Bill. If they had to keep that part of the story, I would have kept it as a Carter/Katie/Bill triangle because I loved all the Carter/Bill marking territory scenes they got when it started. And Will and his feelings would have been some good conflict. I admit that I do like how they are slowly weaving Will into his forthcoming triangle with RJ. This show loves to give a character getting a job whiplash (or am I think of JG's Y&R?) so seeing a character slowly decide what they want to do is okay with me. I think I'll use Taylee to move forward. lol. And I noticed that about Luna and Poppy as well.

Hehe. Yep. Pretty much.

Ah! I see. Nope. Broke up.

I felt Erin thought she was just going to be coming in and running things with Sai. And the other ladies went...WAIT A MINUTE!!! Which made the gang-up on her on the cast trip great. But I do agree...she went OTT in her reactions when they called her out. Only to be reduced to tears. We shall see.

Lol. Erin didn't do it better. She would sit there and cry Karen tears. I can at least say Brynn handled her gang-up better. Speaking of Erin, I agree. Even I was side-eying her and Abe last season. So it seems that is bearing fruit now and I can't wait to see what comes out.

Did he say what he had planned for her? But would GH use her any better? I was looking forward to her villain turn after finding out about Victoria/Nate.

So I guess Diamond is gone and Thomas is coming back unengaged? Hehe. THAT's how you do a header for a thread. LOVE. I don't know, didn't he have chemistry with Krista and a little bit with Hunter which is why they rarely had scenes together? Not Bethanny LOL!!!

I would say Doctor # 1.

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Not I. I have seen them under people's comments online from people I know don't post here. Though I have seen people who do post here but have NOT posted them. Then again, if they have, I don't need to go to their account to look. Free will is a beautiful thing. Oh, look I go on by. hehe

Good for him.

Tbf, Dylan was mentioned in those Sharon v Nikki flashback. And then Nikki got the milk on her. lol.

NY Underwhelmed. Where's Eric? lol. But seriously...I felt it was dare I say it...kinda of there, bordering on boring. On second viewing, though it came across a lot better. I guess the good...once it was off and running...it went. I do like they have newbies in the mix. It made it feel like a usual HW show with a new housewife and a FOH. I didn't even mind seeing the husbands a little bit in the mix except for Sai's husband, but knowing it's the WIVES' show. I definitely felt everyone got their little funny moment. There's storyline potential there...like the cracks in Erin/Abe's marriage, the continuing wacky adventures of Jessel, and Raquel navigating the group for example. But the bad...I see Brynn has the second season curse. Le sigh. It took a second viewing for me to get the gist of what the drama was. And it would seem that Brynn is either trying to self-produce in the way of a Bone Collector/Pot Stirrer or is it that she simply don't like everyone getting along like Sai said. And this episode bit her in the butt as all the ladies compared notes and started to come for her. I was very sad to see that since we know I'm a Brynn fan, but what Sai said WASN'T wrong, but I'm bias when it comes to Aquarius. And I would be at a loss for word if I didn't talk about the foreshadowing at the beginning of the episode. Where we see where this is all going to lead...Ubah vs Brynn. I almost want to say that given the trailer...it's Ubah who gets preggers by someone who IS NOT her man, and Brynn stirred the pot...but we will see. Cuz right now...Ubah is the only person innocent in this episode given she was in it very little until her comedic entrance at the end after the gang-up on Brynn. ERIN. hehe. Someone said it online and I admit that I can't unsee it, but there were a few moments in Confessional or head turns or things coming up where Erin does look a little like Jennifer Aniston. I'm not sure about them allowing her to introduce a FOH who is problematic given that she was friends with that problematic HW they edited out of their season last season. I am sure that if her and Abe are hiding something in their marriage, that it will come out. Especially with Eric there. That said...there was a clear tension in their scenes together and it was fascinating to watch. Moreso because when they are not around each other, they BOTH show more personality. Erin was still trying to be Bethanny-Lite, and the fact that she's good friends with Jessel now (and has tension with her) seem strategic. Meanwhile, Abe gets along with all the guys, and I loved that he can make a great cherry vodka martini. But him, Pavit, Sai, and Jenna was a ki-ki this episode. But so far, Erin IS coming across well because Hades froze over when I was on her side in the gang-up on Brynn, but how could I not be? She did everything right by going to everyone involved and proving what was said in the first place. SAI. I could care less about her healing journey. LOL!!! But I do like that she has heard the complaints and rather than double down, she was pivoting. Even if like Erin, I do continue to side-eye her with Jessel, but at least they established they were building a friendship at the finale. But I also said Jessel got her respect when Jessel gave her a taste of her own medicine in the finale last season. So I can see that. Meanwhile, it seem clear then and definitely does now that Sai and Brynn's friendship did not survive the reunion so I respect that Sai is trying to still be civil. But Sai is still Sai, as evident by Brynn's Confessional when she gave the tea on what Sai said about Jessel's man. And Sai read that a$$ (Erin's face was priceless). And while Sai was wrong to say that, it was a bad move on Brynn's part in my opinion. JESSEL. I see Jessel is going to still be her wacky self. God bless her with that even though her man made me mad with his Beyonce comment. I do worry she might stir the pot a little too much herself. But that said...she came across as being in the joke of it all, and I liked that. I so hollered at her during the gang-up when she was talking in her Confessional about Mom Brain. UBAH. Off to an okay start. Happy to see it appears she is with the same man and felt more comfortable talking about him so far. But she was not in it very much except to introduce the FOH Rebecca and her comedic entrance at the end. JENNA. So it would seem on WWHL, Jenna revealed that the GF who isn't filming (though the GF's mom did film this episode) is now her wife. They married off screen. And some are already side-eying Andy for it due to what happened to Kenya when she did the same on RHOA. Outside of that...and the body odor scene ewww...Jenna did good this episode. She is still avoiding mess as best she can, but seem more comfortable so far. Love all the humor around the vagina dress. RAQUEL. Not as flashy as Bronwyn on SLC, but I think I will like her. Her quirky energy is good. I can see why her and Jenna are friends. And I found her backstory interesting...especially the tv shows she's been in. Of course, this was after a second viewing because I found it hard to separate Live Raq from Confessional Raq due to hair. That said...I loved that when the gang-up happened, her, FOH Rebecca, and her fiancée were on a whole other couch trying to annoy the mess as much as possible cuz it was crazy looking. BRYNN. I feel like I should have the Tyra Bank gif here. Cuz I was rooting for her. We well me was all rooting for you. smh. I don't even get the point when she has that foine bubble butt-having brother of hers. Shame he was married. lol. It just felt so...what's the word performative all that she was doing this episode. Even her running off at the end and trying to cry because everyone was ganging up on her. Well, it seem she told one thing to one person and another thing to someone else and then a third thing to someone else. And then to deflect on top of that? I still like her, but this was a bad stuff for her, and I cannot even defend her.