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Britt is an OBGYN so I really wonder what kind of exam she could use as an excuse... I don't get how she's just at the office the next day. Shouldn't she still run? She was caught trying to run away with the meds and abandon the stupid project. Marco was killed for it. So Ric is Sonnys new consiglieri but he doesn't have the muscle. With Jason leaning out, if they wanted to make Sonny dark again they could have him groom a new young character to take his place.

NLG was totally playing that subtext.

Oh, he really hammed it up on today's ep!

Very classy statement.

Charlotte the other day was like "ew, why would you want to go see that old fart? We're into spygames now!" We didn't even get Diane! No Spinelli hacking into the WSB to delete the warrant. Definitely different times. Loved the goodbye scenes in the parking lot.

Agree. It was great. I honestly didn't know what was going to happen next. I can't believe how much I'm rooting for Marco! I thought he was a goner for sure after Lucas made all those sappy declations of love, but there's still hope! Interesting how for once Jason caused so many problems by NOT killing someone. I enjoyed Charlotte's blase comments about Sonny and thought that was a bit meta on the direction the show has been taking.

I hope they play the parallel to Jason covering for Michael killing Claudia and Lulu and Dante pushing him to confess.

Thanks, some nice soap footage there.

I literally watch Y&R every day without fast forwarding and assumed this was a made up character that had never been shown before, lol. Very memorable character, clearly.

This makes much more sense than anything happening onscreen.

She was heavily medicated and couldn't remember her lines.

That's depressing. She was so brilliant in the role.

I have long given up on assuming the ratings have anything at all to do with what we see on screen.

I'm behind but enjoyed her calling Derek Smokey the Bear and Stop Drop and Roll. 😅

Maurice's birthday interview with Dominick Zamprogna and Lisa Lo Cicero. There's lots of cameo vids from the cast wishing him a happy birthday. First set: Jonathan Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Sidwell (Carlo Rota and Nazneen Contractor) Genie and Jonathan Frakes, Carolyn Hennesy End set: Dominick Zamprogna, Finola Hughes, Kin Shriner, Scarlett Spears (Donna), Laura Wright (from Paris), Bryan Craig (from the DMV parking lot!), Eden McCoy, Evan Hofer, After 1:11 I'm not sure... behind the scenes people? Hoping someone can identify. I think one of them is Michael Sutton! He looks totally different. Steve Burton at the end obviously.

That's too good!

Dom looks to be a great interviewer!

Willow trying not to let Sidwell get a word in edgewise and Sidwell's glee at showing Drew the livestream cracked me up.

I really liked these scenes too. Hope it means a real story for him.

Nikki is so earnest there. She goes from being joyful over her new job to realizing Casey knows and then fiercely defending herself to then pleading for acceptance. Really good range from MTS. A story like this could easily play today but would be considered too edgy.

What an accomplishment! The best thing is the characters. I feel as attached to most of them as the ones on the longtime soaps. I'd like to see the pacing improve. Some stories felt rushed while others drag on. Nothing feels really high stakes, but yet the day to day dialogue and interactions are engaging.

Of course, on this show the person always says they feel sorry and the judge lets them go. Really gripping stuff. Such big stakes for all these kidnappings where the person is always returned unharmed and the perpetrator doesn't go to jail. Really moves story forward. Great tension as we watch them sit in some dirty room wondering if they'll be rescued.

Shemar keeping it very real!

Spinelli mooning over Nathan's baby blues is priceless.

Would it help to just not sticky the monthly threads? GH, Days and BTG would probably naturally stay near the top. I also don't see why the monthly cast lists need to be sticked. That would open up some breathing room. I do see the problem with the long threads, because I rarely am caught up enough on BTG and GH to actually post and there's not much point in posting a week after the fact. And it can almost be a drag to catch up. What about posting the news items in Discuss the Soaps instead of a separate area? I feel like those often duplicate the spoiler threads too. Something vague like "actor exits ( show) " seems vague enough to me to fit in DTS. Something like the Ted recast on BTG could have generated a lot of discussion.