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And nothing will change because they bumped the numbers a little. Tired.

This should probably be put in here too. Absolutely incredible.

Of course Jason has to be key to the Lucky in Africa business. God.

I just don't care. There is no need for that.

It's ridiculous, but so typical of a lot of vet stories under this and the Passanante/Altman regimes. They need to hire a real love interest for Rena (with a contract, Frank) and dig deep into her missing years off-canvas.

To be clear, virtually all of them except Douthat and one other said Harris won. But still:

If it stands (which I am not convinced it will) it's a win for Harris too. It would be almost impossible to crush him with the same impact twice - the media would hyper-grade on a curve to try to recreate some sort of comeback narrative.

It has to be something where she's just going to embrace her natural self, because oh my God it sounds terrible. Jason is never going to sleep with Ava Jerome, Sonny's sworn enemy. That being said I don't think Korte is ever going to put Jason and Carly over.

Axios angsts over Trump's debate catastrophe.

Full retreat:

Plus, bringing in Jamie and Jack was just a total fail. Absolute dullsville.

More context:

So many Twitter stans squawk when Ava is written as who Ava is. A lot of them seem to just want a somewhat more hard-edged Carly Snyder. Ava being Ava is suddenly 'character assassination.' I don't know whether PM was going to write her out; there are two schools of thought and two competing BTS stories out there. I do know keeping her dark and nasty is what I prefer, and if that means Maura goes off-contract and swans in and out from time to time and does stints to keep Ava in play so be it. But many past GH or other soap villains have proven that going off-contract is not necessarily required to continue. It's a question of how you keep them protected in story via power and influence. I always reference the Alex Olanov solution from OLTL (where Alex went from a wanted psychopath drowning women at Loon Lake to a protected mob wife, a Buchanan bride and then the mayor) but dammit, it worked.

And of course they're besties again now post-Mulcahey. But whatever.

I remember Joshua Harris best from Twin Peaks, lol. He was fun.

Ric and Ava are both slime, but fun, sexy slime. That's all I need.

That was so embarrassing for everyone involved, lol. I think Ric could've been a lead at one point but it was not then. Rick Hearst can be a lead, but Ric can't. I am not suggesting he should have an A-pairing - he is a sleazeball. I'm just noting the reality of what it is.

I know Deadline is claiming "Christmas in Pine Valley” is a title, but I'm honestly not convinced this is not some classic 'reporting on the soaps' lazy Googling since there apparently is already a Great American Family movie by that name from 2022. (The nerve!)

@DRW50