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Weren't they originally angling for Harlan Barrett to be a major new male lead and power broker long term? The early casting notices seemed to suggest that. I saw the Jagger family flashbacks. ASJ and a bunch of little kids howling away at people. Pure comedy.

90210's own Hilary Swank is joining the third season of Yellowjackets.

One of my biggest pet peeves about it. Carlo would've razed the earth.

No one is making Kin behave or do his hair like that.

It's time for Mansi to take a few months off.

I know those basics but I was hoping for more granular detail, which we sometimes get in here from more knowledgeable posters than myself. I was surprised to see Ashford's Tom ask about Mary Mae upon returning to town. I don't remember the prior Tom being on when I started watching in late '93 at all, but my memories of that time are very spotty.

Kin has looked like that and behaved like that onscreen for the better part of 25 years. It's his vibe. I have very limited tolerance for it these days. I fell out when Luke called Scott "Laura's Eraserhead fiance" in 2013 bc that's exactly what his hair looked like.

Does anyone know the details or time when Tom and Simone were written out in '96/'97? I assume they never referenced at any point them getting back together.

How classy to nod to Linda Thorson - I'd forgotten that relationship.

The great Thom Christopher is gone. Surreal to see this as I am enjoying him again. Immortal.

Oh goddamnit. I am tired of this. What to say? Thom is another one of the greats. I was just watching him again as I explored the fall transition at OLTL in 1991. He could do just about anything with verve, style, menace or yes, comedy. He's also immortalized not just in soaps but in his several appearances in classic MST3K episodes over the course of 30+ years. I was pleased when he turned up there again for the first time since the '90s in a favored episode of the new Netflix seasons. I always wanted one more good Carlo Hesser story on OLTL to finish him off, something with Fiona Hutchison that was more distinguished than the silly caper they left him with. But Carlo never really dies.

Scott tried to woo Tracy again early this year as part of a dumb plot with Lucy (pre-Mulcahey, IIRC). She wasn't going for it. I don't need more Scott than we already have in the last few years, frankly.

I feel like this show can handle itself without a lot of backseat driving online before it's ever aired.

They've brought back everyone else. It wouldn't shock me.

Remarkable how BLQ shows up down at the stables in what @Darn accurately describes as Scrooge McDuck pajamas. Ready to dive into that big pile of gold! You know Chase was in that bed last week sweating like “for the baby’s sake I hope these robes aren’t super absorbent 😓” These folks remain real casual all the time about eating right next to piles of horse dung. But if this was Y&R the horses would be kept in a) the ranch drawing room and b) drawn by the crew's children. Deeply annoyed the Gio thing appears to be legit - fInally they'd hired a cute young dude who isn’t needlessly related to everyone or giving attractive, viable younger adults under 50 more adult children that age them unnecessarily. Psych! Whether he turns out to be Dante or Cody's (something Darn posited, and I could see it) it is a huge mistake. I actually had thought Dante and BLQ was a solid screwball/straight man pairing at some point but thanks to this, no way. They're all gonna come off even more middle-aged. Chase looks practically young enough to be Gio's fraternal twin if you shave the beard. Why do Anna and popstar Skye Riley in Smile 2 have the same extra-ass jungle wallpaper? Sonny’s old island hoes are looking at it like ‘a bit much’. I think Anna even got this prefurbished from Sasha IIRC. Frank was like fûck it, not changing a thing! Anna's ready to take Jason on safari in the other room, crying all the way. I have said this a million times, but once more: Anna spent half the Cold War taking down the worst kind of people. She has killed God knows how many terrorists yet she comes back on this show in 2012 with Finola clearly worried she isn’t showing enough range and suddenly it’s tears over capping Carlos Rivera, tears over Sonny, Jason, Billy Joel, now this Maniac Mansion mutant child he's created with Lulu's eggs. Ron Carlivati got her right the first time in 2012 in those great scenes with RM’s Heather in the interrogation box where Heather was trying to do a deal to give up where Robin was and Anna very calmly said there’s no deal, I’ve spent my career closing people out, talk or die. And Heather did it too! That's the character. I love Anna but I hate that this goes on and has become such a part of the latter-day characterization. IMO Finola too often plays against harder material (as she did often this year under Mulcahey re: Sonny, constantly getting choked up over her dilemma with this mobster) to prove she's got more range than being an '80s superwoman, but she has absolutely nothing to prove at this stage of her career. She's one of the greats, and she still does a lot of great work on the show - she just doesn't always do it in the right place. This will never get changed about Anna again but it still drives me nuts practically everyday.

There wasn't one! But that's soaps for you. I would give anything to have Charlotte erased, I'm with you.

I don't remember anything after Valerie (except Frank's OLTL employment subsidy for Mark Lawson as Dustin). I do think an adventurous reporter is an ideal job for her, but Emme was the wrong choice.

I said it before; it is insane Willow and Sasha have both been here near the balance of 10 years, insane that Curtis and Jordan are still here, insane that Molly and T.J. have been lingering 12 years. I could go on and on, even Nina who I like more lately, you name it. I like how they haven’t even gotten to Bobbie yet for Lulu. Friday: Lulu asks if that bitch Britt is still on staff. Monday: Lulu wonders if the booze at Julian’s is still good.

The Uncle Frank Employment Plan. All over this show.

Curtis will drop this Drew situation like a bad habit when he discovers a younger, even blonder iteration of Laura has awoken needing his full attention. "You were in a coma, Lulu. I know something about what that's like, I get a solid 7 every night."

Let's be clear: "Best soap on TV" is a very low bar in America at this point.

Yet!!

Just admit that she's some random donor's kid. But they won't, presumably bc Frank adores JPS and Korte is rumored to be ride or die for Anna and Valentin (ugh). Without Charlotte he has less ties.

That is hilarious.

You don't need to do that lol. These episodes are over 30 years old! Just go for it.