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I guess I'll try to pick up watching regularly again now that Lucky is back in town. Hopefully they let Laura out of the broom closet soon.

I just figured it had to do with Lucas mentoring his coming-out. I will be mortified if they tried to pair them. Lucas has been treated for decades like part of the Spencer family proper. And that's not even getting to the age gap. (I don't mind age gap romances unlike some of the puritanical stuff out there, but this is too much on top of everything else)

Y'all are wild for this. To think my terrible friend @Darn was castigating me over text the other day for suggesting Lucas return and get in hot water for inadvertently hooking up with Brenda's scheming gay son who he doesn't realize is a) Brenda's boy and b) 17. Lucas is like Aiden's cousin! Uncle! Something like that! He's also got nearly 30 years on him. A hook-up or scandal with some twinky ne'er-do-well is one thing on a soap, but pairing these two up for real? I can't see that at all.

Wait. What are we talking about here lol? The only thing I was thinking was Lucas mentoring Aiden or something, they're basically related. I do agree no way they put Lucas back on contract for more nonsense with Brad.

Neither of the last two kids were exactly Haley Joel Osment, let's face it. He's an attractive fellow but does read a bit old for the part, though I am sure they will dress and style him young.

Tim Walz and We Rate Dogs, the palate cleanser we all needed:

Oh boy. I just googled this kid and we're about to get spammed by his pix in the traditionally uncomfortable way we've all become accustomed to.

Whoever from here contributed to the death watch stuff on Twitter ahead of the family's wishes and public statement should be banned.

John Black had a million origin stories and identity crises but because of Drake, and the magnetic orbit of his entire onscreen (and offscreen) persona you always knew he knew where home was. That's what made him so wonderful and what also makes this so sad.

Manny was overused because Guza was fascinated with the actor from nip/tuck. He became a Looney Toons villain, and then they brought Robert LoSardo back as his priest brother or something. I don't even remember what happened to either one of them.

Exactly this.

I know Christie Clark's mother spoke on FB as well.

I know just how you feel. When more of the OLTL and GH folks start to go (though some already have) I'll be the same. But even if I stopped regularly watching years ago it's very sad for any of us who grew up watching Days, or watched at any point in the last nearly 40 years. John Black is an institution.

People underrate him to this day. There is not a woman Drake did not have chemistry with and there is not a scene he phoned in. Ever. People always remember the goofy shít and make fun of him too much but there is a reason they did the Two Romans, there is a reason they didn't just swap him back out with Wayne Northrop. When Drake was on he was the epitome of the genre and he did great, great work. Just devastating.

Oh my God.

I remember her. I thought she was a pistol and commented on it somewhere in here but I can't recall what I said, really.

Gallup is entitled to their take. I don't agree with it or trust them because I know what Gallup has always been, or Politico which always roots for Republicans. Like some pollsters, I remain unconvinced this election will be that close. Of course I also didn't think 2020 would be that close and it was, but I did know 2012 wouldn't be when the media insisted otherwise. So I'm bound to be either definitely right or totally wrong! I can't lose! Speaking of Gallup's slanted nonsense, Atlas Intel out of Brazil has parachuted in with another set of outlier and unusual Republican-leaning state polls, which appears to be their brand this cycle as they move towards becoming Rasmussen 2.0. They also insisted Herschel Walker would win by 4 points, so I'm not putting huge stock in them (or posting them). This is the season when the right starts pushing junk polls and outliers to try and skew perception, just like the last several cycles.

Elaine Princi was quite good, but she was always just doing a riff on Robin's past work. Robin even told the story of how Rauch said everyone would forget all about her, that he'd hired a doppelganger to stick it to her for taking off and refusing to return in '90 IIRC. The actors were a near match physically (intentionally so) and from what I've seen Princi's portrayal was as dependent on the writing as any other - she got good material as Malone and Gottlieb settled in and did very well, but before and after that when they wrote Dorian histrionic and broad, she was too. Some of her reactions in the Alex mess with Bo and Cassie in mid-'91 are vintage Dorian ham. Robin could certainly go OTT in later years, but there's no contest for me. After Pinkerton was gone (who doesn't remind me of either of them, from what little is sadly out there of her) Robin was the blueprint.

Labine talked about GL extensively at We Love Soaps. That's one page but she had a whole interview plus fan questions. The Holly/Olivia thing was not going to be a lesbian romance, it was going to be unrequited. (I'm glad they didn't do it.)

Nice (except for Ohio, but hey):

More on earlier polling:

I believe he's on contract, so hopefully they do have some story in mind. I just don't have any good expectations for this creative team.