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AllMyShadows, actually all of Days of our Lives as well as Y&R are preserved on tape since those shows are partly owned by Columbia/Sony. Ryan's Hope is owned by ABC and is complete. Like DS and TDRS, these are the ONLY daytime soaps which were regularly archived prior to 1978.

It looks like Karen is trying to get her hooks into Matt, and Althea's pregnancy may be in trouble- a very restless night. I was shocked at how the shrink read his wife the riot act over her seeing Althea. I think they'll wind up adopting Danny instead of an infant. The Liz/Carolee dynamic is excellent- we can see that slowly and surely Carolee is becoming more and more important on the show.

I felt that NBC and P&G should have considered an option that would've been perfect for all involved re Reinholt/Courtney. Why did they simply offer them a big-bucks deal to move over to Somerset? P&G could have had Steve and Alice decide to make a new start in Somerset. That way, the ratings-charged spinoff would now have daytime's top duo as their new stars, drawing new viewers. Somerset would have been given a new lease on life. As we all know, ABC wound up being the beneficiary of the AW firings- Reinholt & Courtney landed at OLTL, which began to rise in the ratings, and with the 1978 renovation of GH, AW began to lose steam.

Great episodes! One really wants to slap Nick as Liz did for being such a louse, and to stick a pin in Karen to see if she feels ANYTHING- she's as cold as ice! Poor John- he needs a hug. Perhaps Liz can do it after a while. It's interesting to listen to Robert Cobert's music- very similar to his score for "Dark Shadows". I can't wait to see the '68 storylines- a major wedding, Hope Memorial gets its first black doctor, and Steve gets close to Carolee and ​someone else……. Also, we'll get to see Peter Burnell make his debut as Mike Powers- the longest and most remembered actor in the part. That role was like Tom Hughes on ATWT- blink and it's another recast! I remember when Mike married Sara Dancy in 1979, John Shearin played the role. A year later, it was James Storm, and the Stephen Burleigh, who I think was the last actor in the role.

BTW, that's a wig Laryssa Lauret is wearing as Karen- in real life she was a Polish blonde. I guess the producers decided there were too many blondes on the show (Maggie, Althea) at the time.

Can anyone give me the link to watch these episodes? PM me if anyone can. BTW, I'm new here!