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I’m not sure most of this is true to character. Everyone seems dumb as rocks!

Robin was getting to be way too virtuous, they needed someone to knock her down a bit and balance it out. There was a point after Stone when it felt like everyone was her damn friend and was so concerned about her for months.

Love how hood SJB's Carly could get with "Saint Robin":

The funny thing is TB pushed very hard for the Alcazar pairing and for Carly to move forward from Sonny. Of course she was put in her place for that and eventually left. I guess you could say the same happened with SJB, who questioned the motivation for the character-writing on her way out in 2001 as well. As a character arc, SJB had the best by far during her tenure. She instilled an emotional depth in that character that hasn't been duplicated since. LW is content with playing Carly as written and that's fine - but Carly has basically been any random basic soap antiheroine with her in the role. With SJB, she often played against the writing, added layers to the characterization, and often came off as very anti-soap in a good way (if that makes sense). TB put in some great work, but the grittiness that made Carly unique wasn't often there in her more polished and mob-wife version.

A lot of Carly's early development also fell to Richard Culliton as Guza had to leave for SuBe about 5 months after Sarah Brown debuted as Carly.

Grandma Belle is just so boring, I don't even think possession would make her pop.

There's a certain number of episodes you need to hit in order to be nominated in the Outstanding Drama Series category, I believe, which would make 'Beyond Salem' ineligible to compete in that category.

I have to believe that whole sequence set to Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer's #1 hit No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) was an ode to gay fans of the show.

I notice that Watros seems to be intentionally playing against the literal writing and character-type (or what exists of such a poorly defined character). I think that's gone a long way in making this character digestible and even somewhat sympathetic (which she still often was as Annie even when the writing was stacked against her). That's the skill of a talented actress.

OLTL had quite a few popular actresses and female characters to juggle at this time. I wonder if Pat/Jacquie Courtney, despite the big fanfare with bringing her on, just got lost in the shuffle, and the fact she was apparently having an affair with producer Joe Stuart for much of that time couldn't have endeared her to much of that cast/crew (who knew).

Watros is coming for that second Emmy. Hell, she deserves some recognition for making such a nothing/thankless role watchable.

LOL, oh John.

Sherry has an element of fun that I don't think any of the other Blake's had. She was just fun to watch and you couldn't keep your eyes off of her when she was in a scene. I know Sherry remained close with Michael Zaslow after she left, and when he died, she remained close with his family.

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What’s the point? What was cool and fun in 1994-1995 isn’t anymore. They’re not going to attract the same attention or buzz since it’s already been done before. And yes, the two DH’s are too old for this sh!t…

Hard to believe Leah Laiman had anything outlined given the general quality of her work…

Point and case why the Hot 100 is so damn irrelevant.

I always appreciated that it was a consistent trait that Erica and Brooke just didn’t like one another, it was realistic in the sense that in life you’ll have people you just don’t like and don’t want to be around. Even when they weren’t actively involved in each other’s storylines or sharing many scenes together, you would occasionally get the reminder neither cared for one another. I liked that, lol.

Let's not forget Leslie Charleson

He has an older brother btw, who is basically like an older version of him looks-wise.

My hope is if this proves successful, they'll try to be edgier and push the boundaries of typical soap conventions in season 2. Right now, this feels safe, which is nice, but they have a new platform that they should try some new things with. So, if they get a season 2 and more money - hire better/non-daytime writers, and maybe play around with the production elements a bit more. This show exists outside of the continuity of the main show anyway, so they don't have to try to explicitly tie it all together.

One episode in and this already feels like the cartoon character Janine from 2008-2010. HATE that they stripped her of her money too. I have no faith in them getting this character at all. Even though it was only 19 mins, this show is such a chore to get through.

Oh god, that voice…