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Why they still throw every man that comes on the show (even younger ones) at Phyllis for a romp I don't know. I can always set my watch to it if they're not related. It's a matter of time before she beds one of the Noahs someday. (She hasn't, right?) This isn't 20 years ago and Stafford isn't Vanessa Marcil.

Somehow worse.

A plotline they really should do as some sweeps event at this point. Halloween II's empty hospital will never not creep me out. I've always said KT is incapable of playing deep nuance or much earnest pathos and recent events have borne that out again.

I still don't know what the point of that was. It seemed like there was a very, very hard push to put Jordan and Chris Beetem over at the time, and then he and the entire storyline just vanished overnight. I actually thought Jordan/CB was quite good but I wonder what happened there. Later I remember him making a public stink about his stupid role on OLTL, in a poorly-done storyline that unfortunately proved quite prescient for today (the One Pure People white supremacist group).

Are they really doing another flash-forward?? Come on.

This started at OLTL and got very noticeable in its last year or two. For a time I thought it was an ingenious approach to their budget situation, but eventually key stories or veterans would have stuff just going on in the margins every 3-5 weeks (like Viki, Charlie, Dorian and David basically doing light bedroom farce that went nowhere one summer) and it wore things down. It got worse at GH when Frank came here, particularly under Carlivati who had trained himself to work with FV's taping rhythm and the stories were very, very choppy. I'd argue it was even worse in 2014-15 than it is now, with us getting vague glimpses of backburner veteran storylines (Lucy/Duke, etc.) that were apparently going on without the audience. He still does this and it has ebbs and flows, but it's definitely been all over the shop lately. I remember when they spoiled pairing up Martin and Tracy late last year/early this one in the mags (something I dreaded) and of course that's clearly no longer happening.

Have you seen the scene where Sonny and Carly battle it out and then fúck for the first time? There is a reason I was a fan of theirs real quick back in the day. (Online fandom in that era, on USENET etc. was notably repulsed when magazine spoilers about the hatesex came out early, but as soon as I saw their big scene I changed my tune.) Tamara allegedly did almost replace Laura maybe eight years ago around contract renewal time, but that didn't happen and we got Kim Nero. I think you know that story. I like all 3, but I'd dump anyone for Sarah Brown.

Not Leslie and Evil Overton! Andre and Dani having a Thanksgiving disaster looks like fun.

Jonas is back maybe a year later when the traumatized Cord returns. The Buchanans want him to consult on the sly and he proves no help. I will always remember one of the last times they brought up Joe on the show, when Nash died in '08. He was about to kick off in the OR and everyone knew it, and they knew Jessica was pregnant. My first thought was the same as Viki's, which she said out loud: "He's never going to see that baby." Then she added, barely audible through Erika Slezak's sobs, "just like Joe." That stays with me, not just because of her wonderful work but because we were both thinking of Joe Riley and I was glad the show went there. Soaps can do that for decades.

I do think they need to introduce a solid youth scene. But Tyrell, Jessica and ol' Sammy (who sadly should be recast*) are not enough. Hopefully they have seen the response to Donnell and will bring him back posthaste. I'd be extremely into a serious romance SL with him and someone, moreso than Ty and Jessica though I do like them. (*Alternately send Samantha off to college or boarding school, then bring the actress back in a bit and let the age be more indeterminate when you do. Soap fans are very forgiving about that.)

I think Frost is a really unique presence. She was not suited for being chained to what seemed like an already dated couple. I wish they'd made more of her time post-Steve, though I will reserve judgment on the controversial pairing with Josh.

I took a peek. It is pretty fannish but there are some interesting tidbits so far, like Amelia Marshall getting her role because of Nancy Williams Watt who worked with her at GL. I had no idea McPherson and Thomas worked at the show, and so closely with JER. I still rate them highly for AMC 2.0, and their ambitions at DAYS however messy.

I'm sure I said this before but Rachel is so damn creepy. Very appropriate for a child of Kristen. I start sucking my teeth every time that bad seed appears.

I don't find Garland Memorial that distracting. I haven't noticed it being any more empty than the recent GH hub most of the time.

Nor I. The only time I noticed a difference was very early on with that embarrassing day when Dani first conned her way into the Hamilton house with some schtick with the guard. (That and the mentions of sci-fi novelist "Carl Ivati", oy)

That's very sweet. I would disagree with Sarah's claim that Laura made Carly iconic though. Sarah is 100% the one who did that. As I've said before, those old clips of her Carly BITD still do numbers online because of how blisteringly modern and raw her work then still is. OTOH Steve is also right: Laura is probably the hardest working actor in daytime, and she never, ever does not commit.

Didn't Lucky and Nikolas put Rick Webber in a trunk (or car trunk) to cover up the attic disaster? That would trigger Laura.

I'm still rooting for Ted and June.

You can find a lot of what Erika has to say in Jeff GIles' book Llanview in the Afternoon. Her website (erikaslezak.com) also has her fan newsletter where she's often been very candid, which is part of what led to Dena Higley's firing in the 2000s. The SOD interviews, I believe, are in this or last month's GH spoiler threads in the spoiler section. Or in the OLTL thread.

I don't think there is any comparison between Bill/Dani and Ashley/Andre. Bill and Dani have real heat and there are a lot of fans who have been into that reconnection online, particularly since Chelsea's kidnapping. Ashley and Andre, not so much. I can understand people being divided on Bill, Dani, Andre, etc. and who they want her to end up with, especially given how Bill treated her in their marriage. That's just good soap. Both couples work for me. I do think Bill and Dani are endgame and I'm good with that but I have no need for a rush to get there. I'd be happy if the latest Dupree-Richardson marriage lasted another year or more.

I always roll my eyes at people who blame the stroke for Fetterman. These red flags were always there.

I'm just worn tf out by yet another mediocre villain being looped into every story on the canvas. I absolutely do not believe metrosexual jewel hoarder Sidwell was always intended to be a part of all these other byzantine spy plotlines. It's building out in reverse again just like Cyrus, Shiloh, etc. where suddenly they're involved in all sorts of insanity. And Carlo Rota is mildly diverting with his humor and flamboyance but really, he's not a patch on GH's spookiest bad guys. Mob or otherwise. That, IMO, remains why Drew has been so successful. He may be a conniving shitheel but he comes by it honestly, and so far he has not had a microchip put back in his brain, had plastic surgery while secretly Shiloh, etc.

I never accepted Nazi Jeremy as real tbqh.

I'll give it a shot. I'm on Chrome. ETA: That worked!

I'm not seeing anything but my name up top on the far right. When I click it it gives me the usual profile dropdown menu but no sign of PMs or those icons. What am I doing wrong? ETA: Never mind - they're there but literally invisible. I had to mouse over them to get a pop up of what they are. The icons above are not visible to me. Nor was the edit button on this post, lol. I just ghosted the mouse over where it usually is, and it said 'edit' so I clicked. Case in point: