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Now I'm forgetting the order of Mac's progeny. Is it Iris, Sandy, Paulina, Amanda, (Matthew)? Paulina would have to be 5-7 yrs older than Amanda for Mac to have an affair in Argentina before he came to Bay City, correct? Also, did anyone ever notice that soaps in the 70s referred to male impotence, as either erectile dysfunction or a low sperm count? Because when Craig Montgomery was impotent during his marriage to Betsy Stewart on ATWT it meant that he couldn't perform his husbandly duties but, considering he later fathered children, we can assume that his sperm count was intact. However, when Mac's impotency was revealed in court, (which proved that Mitch sired Matthew), it was assumed that he didn't know because he was still having sex with Rachel and Janice. All of which is to say that DNA tests were a godsend for soap writers. So, yeah considering that Nancy was also 5-7 years older, Judi would have made a good Nancy, and her resemblance to Connie Ford would have made sense, (no tea, no shade).

I may be conflating the dates a bit, but it always seemed to me that Sunset Beach was a victim of poor casting circumstances. First, a couple of characters had to be recast within the early episodes of the show. Then, once the popular supercouples were established, Susan Ward and Eddie Cibrian left for other projects. The story seemed to stagnant while the production resolved the casting issues. Secondary characters, like Meg's sister, were not given "A" story material. As a result, the original conflicts of both Ben's first wife Maria and Cole's baby switch were unsuccessfully resolved because of the missing actors. I still don't know what Tess planned to do with Benjy as he grew up? Was she never planning on raising her own son?

Cali Timmons is a very engaging actress and I really liked her Paulina. Paulina changed so much when she was played by Judi Evans that they both could have stayed and Judi could have had her own part. The character went from a sophisticated con artist, born in South America and raised in Europe, to an old Italian lady with her own pasta sauce recipe, and an unknown child in Bay City; even though she had never been to town until Ken brought her when she was in her 20s.

In terms of the recent postings on YT that are listed by season, does anyone have any idea about the date(s) of season 2? The most recent listings are S2 E275 & S1 E22 The IMDB listings don't break the episodes into seasons so I am unsure if the date correspond.

I agree that Curtis was a woefully underdeveloped character. He started out like his father Clay, a little spoiled, neglected, and jealous of Jack's ease with women. Then, with each return, the character morphed into people depending on the story. I guess in the end Gwenyth's descent into madness explained the genetic link to psychosis in both Curtis and Tricia. I would also add that Carly never seemed like a reasonable threat to Ava's happiness. Ava had been through a lot and grown as a character, then Carly comes to town and she regresses to her teenaged self. However, I don't buy that Carly was that enticing to either Clay or Paul. She wasn't as smart or clever as Ava and her only quality seemed to be her ability to reproduce. The appeal of Dinahlee was obvious, but the attraction to Carly was a hard pass.

A quote for Soap Opera Digest at two months before the switch about Cali Timmons finding out she shot Jake

and 3 Sam Fowlers and storywise the "Who Shot Jake?" story just ended, so they had to re-shoot (no pun intended) their recollections of the event because the other Paulina shot him and the other Vicky ran from the scene to protect the other Marley.

According to the Classic SOD thread from 1990. Pat Crowley's contract was not renewed when the character was back-burner. Then in the final months of the show, producer Jorn Winther attempted to revamp the cast with a few big names including James Reynolds from Days, Robert Gentry from AMC and Dorothy Lyman who had just been on Mama's Family. Lyman was lured to NBC with the promise of a six-month contract and the ability to direct. Lyman later credited the deal with starting her sitcom directing career. Gentry was guaranteed primetime work and got a story arc on Hunter. However, Generations was canceled in early January of 1991 and off the air by MLK day. It was right around the time that the Dobson's won their suit and returned to Santa Barbara, and it was notably replaced by Faith Daniels (a former Today hostess) talkshow rather than another soap (one of the first times that a network gave up a soap slot rather than replace it).

After seeing Ramona's date (aka the personification of everything wrong with white male privilege, aka an ugly bald guy with a little cash who can still find eight women who wanted to marry him, aka I would jump off of a roof before I listened to one of his stories ), I understand that Tinsley might want to work things out with Scott. However, I don't get Scott's angle? He sent flowers to Miami after their first date, she seems willing to live in Chicago, and he seems available to holiday for weeks at a time. So, what's their problem and why hasn't he made a commitment? Sending a Bentley SUV from Chicago to NYC has got to be close to the price of a ring, so it can't be money. What is keeping these two from cohabitating?

Have you seen this yet? Joan in all her glory

I watched two episodes of season 1 and the most recent episode with Alexis and the fire. I can't stop wondering why it is called Dynasty? The characters have the same names, but the similarities stop there. It has none of the humor, or the glamour, of the original, it doesn't follow the same story, there is very little suspense, and they don't even live in Denver. I understand that the original does not hold up well, but I have no concept of why an 18-39 year old would be interested in a remake in name only of a twenty-year-old series?

Riddle me this: Let's say Dorit did lock the dog in the basement, how would the kill shelter or the LVP Dog staff know that information? Lucy Lucy Apple Juice didn't tell them and there are no signs of being in a basement. Also, nobody has a basement in LA when you live in the hills. So, did the John's make stuff up out of thin air?

Rinna is ombre personified. Her face, arms, and hands are all various shades of tan and I found it very distracting. But, she's so smart to have learned her lesson. Rinna doesn't like Dorit, but she let Camille gossip about her without adding more information. She didn't say Dorit was close to death or doing coke in her bathroom, which I think shows major progress. However, I think Rinna and Kandi from Atl have the same issue which is that they don't have any real friends on the cast. Seeing Lisa and Kyle giggle on the way home from the party was fun. In past seasons, Kandi would have gossiped like that to Phaedra, and Lisa with Eileen. Now, they are pleasant to the rest of the women, but the stakes are low because there's no intrigue if two casual acquaintances decide to go their separate ways. Thank goodness Dorit has a second interview look, I could not stand those poodle bangs. The line of the night goes to Erika about Teddi, "She didn't say that in my chapel." Here's a paranoid theory - If nobody spoke about the dog after the Kyle and Teddi scene at V Dogs then that whole scene would have focused on Lisa's fight with Kyle about not being there for the opening of Tom Tom. So, the Johns kept poking Teddi because they wanted the focus to be on Dorit's treatment of the dog. Because I still don't get why Kyle wouldn't be mad for being played a fool in that scene where everyone knew the info but her?

http://hollyoaksloversx.tumblr.com/ I enjoy when Hollyoaks takes a big swing storywise, but I think the Ste right-wing hatred story is ill-advised. It is clear that none of these movements would have recruited a guy like Ste. Most of Ste's violence has been due to mental illness or drugs. Tom, Brody, or Romeo seem like a more appropriate age and background for this story. Also, it is very difficult to get used to the pace. Stories climax and then the character go away for long periods of time. It lowers the stakes when everyone in town can take off to Ibiza for a month whenever they need to lay low.

8 is not infinity. I hope Denise has a strict prenup after he just got out of an 18-month divorce; big dicks are a dime a dozen and that Charlie Sheen settlement won't last forever...

RHOBH - when Teddi went horseback riding with Dorit and Erika why didn't Teddi try to get ahead of the dog story there? Are they trying to say that if the LVP-Dogs crew hadn't brought it up then Lisa wouldn't have told the Lucy-Apple-Juice story on her own, (because that is absurd)? Why hasn't Kyle said that she is offended that the texts indicate that the LVP crew tried to involve her as well? If Kyle had talked about herself, rather than just defending Teddi, during the text-tea, I think it would have been more powerful. BTW the whole exchange about why they weren't getting better refreshments during the tea was very funny. At least when you drive an hour to Erika's house you get to sit in a chapel and she puts out some cheese... RHONY - Does Barbara go on the trips? To me, that is what differentiates a "friend of" to a cast member. Perhaps they are filming her to placate her from the filming issue the prior season? Also, I was of the opinion that she only socializes in The Hamptons, not in the city. RHONY is so outrageously funny that I never consider BTS stuff while watching it.

That's what is so gross about this case. At least, the Kennedy and Bush Family gave buildings that benefited all students. It could be argued that it was a fair trade. These people just cheated the system. Even the coaches were lining their own pockets rather than using donations to try to enrich their teams.

my first response was - you can pay to get a kid into college, but you can't make them pass their classes Despite skepticism about college entrance exams, 9.8 times out of 10 they correctly predict who will complete a college curriculum. Thus, I can't think of a worse investment than paying $15,000 to $500,000 to get your kid into a school that they will not complete. The Huffman kid got an increased score of 40%, from a low average score to a high average score, which is way beyond any increase that could have been due to chance. That family is only fooling themselves if they think she could, (or should), compete at a top 20 school. Of course, this has been going on forever (cough, cough Bush) but it is the FBI investigation and the third party scheming that makes this case so interesting.

I downloaded Soap Streams on Roku. So far, there are two Santa Barbaras and one Sunset Beach. It just became available on 3/6/19 But I Googled and found this issue: https://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?t=152735

I was reading this week's tumblr summary. Tom and Peri's throuple storyline was over in a week. Which made me question; do they still have their baby was it adopted?

I checked the IMDB recaps from 1988 and Ridge's party for Kristen with the 10 Most Eligible Bachelors happened the week after he slept with Caroline in June (still no video of the episode on youtube). Not to indulge in too much fanfic, but, I wish the focus was on motivations for Ridge's voracious sexual appetite (cough, cough, his Oedipal complex) rather than pathologizing Carolyn's lack of sexual desires. B&B always played off Ridge as 'just a playboy', but his need to sleep with every woman that his father and brother have ever slept with (except Stephanie) is odd.

I'm of two minds on the Marion/Brent story. At the time I recall being on the proverbial edge of my seat during the story. The youtuber who covers Springfield history has a brilliant edit of the story with all of the tension and drama. However, in retrospect, the transphobia and HIV scare tactics are heavy-handed and inappropriate. Marion/Brent on GL and Michael Baldwin on Y&R reflected an offensive sensibility about rape. It was as if there wasn't any faith that justice would be served by the legal system. There is dialogue in both stories about how both rapists would be freed because of their race and financial positions. So, rather than going to prison for their original crime the writers had to up the ante in order for the threat to be validated by the other male characters. It sent a bad message that women aren't going to be believed if they report sexual assault unless they've been stalked, beaten, or their was mother killed. The exploitation of female victimhood is one of the things that has turned me off of soaps.

I was listening to a podcast that made an excellent point today about Vanderpump Rules. Next season are we going to follow Tom & Arianna to their new $2 million home? Won't it ruin the illusion to suddenly see the bartenders living in a four-bedroom house that is less than five miles from Kyle Richards's mansion? That being said, I am not here for any further Vanderpump spin-offs. That crew was the reality equivalent of a needle in a haystack because they were already so intertwined. Further Vanderpump spin-offs would likely suffer the same fate as Lindsay's beachhouse which seems so contrived because the people just met and the stakes for getting employment elsewhere couldn't be lower. I am completely disinterested in ever watching the travails of people who may be underqualified to volunteer at a pet store.

I don't recall Lauren cheating on Scott during their marriage. I thought the affair with Brad happened after they were separated? It's the classic "Friends-we-were-on-a-break" excuse. Also, fidelity aside, I think it is clear who was the villain once Sheila infamously called Lauren to have a playdate and then taunted her with, "oh that's right, I forgot, your baby is dead." https://www.buzzfeed.com/iramadison/a-dig-about-a-dead-child-led-to-one-the-most-insane-tv-scene

I'm currently reading the 1983 summaries and I have questions that I hope someone can answer. The characters of Mark and Brian keep coming up and I keep confusing them. I know Mark is having an affair with Amanda and Jennifer, and that he is under an assumed name. But can someone remind about Brian? I think I am confused by the memory of Mark Pinter as Brian McColl, but that was on ATWT. Also, Mark, Quint, and Mona all went by fake names, and they renamed the baby Staci at the same time? How did viewers keep it all straight? Also, there was a prior mention that Quint was not meant to be a Chamberlain when the character was conceived. If anyone has more information on that I would appreciate it. From tumblr GUIDING LIGHT: Week of January 10 - January 14, 1983 (3:00pm - 60 minutes - CBS) Mark suspected the mystery man who knocked him unconscious knows Mark’s true identity. College student Clay Tynan told Mike and Ross that he saw Mark with Brian. Phillip admitted he resents the fact that Alan and Justin packed him off to boarding school. After conning Rick into drag racing, Phillip took the blame and was charged with drunk driving. Mark and Brian went to London to get their share of Mona’s (Rebecca’s) estate. Rebecca failed to seduce Quint, who returned from Hollywood before Nola. Mark and Amanda comforted each other behind closed doors. Maureen dated Matt. Hillary set out to win back Kelly after he spotted Morgan kissing Josh.