OzFrog

Not seen today’s episode yet (only up to yesterday), but a few things that kinda excite me: So glad they found a way to get Alexis out of prison. I’m now looking forward to her interactions with Valentin again (to find out that he is her cousin, no less), and especially to her finding out that Victor is indeed alive and in Port Charles - would just be really cool to see Alexis in an actual Cassadine-focused storyline again. Also, future Alexis/Olivia scenes will be fascinating. I wonder how Olivia will feel about Alexis being out so early. Loved Jason and Drew brainstorming and figuring out the brainwashing triggers. SB and CM actually have good rapport as brothers. It didn’t escape me during the Sonny/Nina scenes at Charlie’s that they purposely did not have Phyllis and Shawn cross paths - I still reckon there’s a connection between the two. Wonder what today’s episode will bring…

Would this have been one of Patsy Pease’s last scenes before life imitated art too much for her and had to leave? Also, weird for me to say, but I had never seen PP and Wayne Northrop in a scene together prior to this.

Now this is the kind of throwback story (Asian Quarter) where you’d have the vets who were there originally at the time: Anna, Robert, Frisco, Felicia, etc. And would be unreal if there were a way to tie in Sean Donely’s daughter.

All I can notice here is just how glamorous Deidre Hall looked back then!

The sad thing is, even if Ingo did return to Australia, he would almost fit in right at home with the current Australian government - a lot of the MPs in that coalition share IR’s level of bats*** crazy.

Sadly it’s in the current UK government’s best interest to keeping fighting the “Brexit war” even if the UK has already let the EU. This is only because the government has nothing else to show for itself and it needs to keep fighting this imaginary war amongst others to cover up just what a s***show leaving the EU actually means, and also to appease the right-wing of the Tory party who will never be satisfied no matter how much gets done, ie. they will keep demanding more more more more, ad infinitum.

Sadly yes. His whole schtick was “Get Brexit Done”, which he managed to do, so that earned him a lot of votes in the north of England. And people tend to view him as “one of them”, although we know that’s far from the truth. However, now the UK government is signalling it wants to renege on the Northern Ireland Protocol that was signed by both them and the EU at the end of 2019, and that will have far reaching ramifications if that does happen. This is a brilliant clip from a guy called James O’Brien who is a radio show host - this monologue is searing and brutal…

The situation is not all that great here unfortunately… The PM continually shows traits of T***p every day.

Oh this has been a s**tshow over here in the UK for the past few days. Basically one of the Tory MPs was called out by the Standards committee for “egregious paid advocacy” - basically getting paid by private companies by using his MP credentials - and was facing a 30-day suspension from Parliament. But instead of taking in on the chin and copping it, the whole Tory government passed a motion to not only amend the suspension but to throw out the whole Standards committee and process, to the point where Boris Johnson essentially forced his MPs to vote with the motion. It caused such a ruckus in the media and online that the government had to fully backtrack the following day. And the worst thing is, the MP who was implicated ended up resigning anyway as a result of the whole debacle! This article explains it well: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/04/the-guardian-view-on-the-paterson-case-enough-is-enough?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Listened to the album this morning… it is STUNNING! An absolutely amazing effort after 40 years, and it is a journey ❤️

Just remind me here… was that Duke or Faison with the Duke mask?

Julian is dead dead. His body was recovered soon after the collapse (Sam was the one who identified his body at the morgue).

Folks we are off to Turin in Italy for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, with the theme of the contest being The Sound Of Beauty! We have officially 40 countries competing in this year’s contest, which will happen on the following dates: Semi Final 1 - 10 May 2022 Semi Final 2 - 12 May 2022 Grand Final - 14 May 2022 Semi-final running orders are below: In addition to the Semi Final lineups above, the host nation Italy will be performing in the Grand Final in 9th spot on the running order (as per the draw done at the Heads of Delegation meeting on 14 March). All songs for this year’s contest are below: 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬 BULGARIA 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿 CZECH REPUBLIC 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 ALBANIA 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩 MOLDOVA 🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 SPAIN 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰 NORTH MACEDONIA 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 IRELAND 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 ISRAEL 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALY 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪 ESTONIA 🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹 LITHUANIA 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 LATVIA 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴 NORWAY 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 POLAND 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷 CROATIA 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷 🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮 SLOVENIA 🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮 🇸🇲🇸🇲🇸🇲 SAN MARINO 🇸🇲🇸🇲🇸🇲 🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹 MALTA 🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 FINLAND 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱 🇲🇪🇲🇪🇲🇪 MONTENEGRO 🇲🇪🇲🇪🇲🇪 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 GERMANY 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 FRANCE 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 DENMARK 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸 SERBIA 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴 ROMANIA 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭SWITZERLAND 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪 BELGIUM 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪 GEORGIA 🇬🇪 🇬🇪🇬🇪 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 AUSTRIA 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾 CYPRUS 🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 GREECE 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 SWEDEN 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸 ICELAND 🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹 PORTUGAL 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲 ARMENIA 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲 ARMENIA 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲 🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿 AZERBAIJAN 🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿

Alright I’ve decided - new thread time!

Yeah the UK Government are pushing ahead with vaccines being their #1 defence strategy against the virus, seemingly at the expense of other mitigation measures (and I can say this firsthand as someone who lives in London). With the winter flu season coming up as well, the hospitals here are going to be feeling a lot of strain, and there is the danger that the NHS will get too overloaded (we already have 5.7 million people on hospital waiting lists for elective surgery, and that is growing by the thousands every day).

So catching up on yesterday’s episode…

Wondering if it’s worth starting a Eurovision 2022 thread yet, seeing as we are now in a ESC new year and the host city has been announced… 😏

We getting into transphobic misgendering now?

The Cameron/Spencer scenes were really well done! It’s those types of scenes I love watching, where they start to delve into the psychological a bit more.

FWIW, I’m still enjoying the individual scenes and character interactions, even if the beats of the story aren’t making as much sense now as they did previously. Then again, I’ve always been more about the characters than the plots, as long as the characters were written true to themselves, so I’m keeping an open mind here.

I’m intrigued by the Mrs Wu/Brad speculation. Is it actually confirmed that Brad is in fact Mrs Wu’s son, and I just missed something along the way?

One thing I wonder about MarDevil and Sami - was it not PossessedMarlena who originally convinced Sami to steal Austin away from Carrie back in the mid 90s?

Both “Don’t Shut Me Down” and “I Still Have Faith In You” made a big splash on charts worldwide this week! In the UK, they debuted at #9 and #14 respectively, making Don’t Shut Me Down their first UK Top 10 hit in almost exactly 40 years (their previous was One Of Us back at the end of 1981).