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They all gotta bend the knee and hope Frank will call them back. I do think it's strange if she didn't mention Mansi.

Kristina and Blaze is not Kish, lol. Let's just be clear. Both actors on OLTL were very talented, the couple was very popular, whereas Lopez was a dayplayer who got a come-up and had good and bad days. And Kish dominated a huge portion of OLTL for 2009-early 2010 and gave us the first gay love scene on daytime. I think it's awful that Frank has once again shivved the gays, but these stories and couples were not created equal.

Essentially similar to the Politico piece but they both say the same things. I do hope the relationship between the two recovers. I suspect it will eventually since Joe is already saying she did what she had to do. I may not be happy about how any of it happened, but that Times article is right: Pelosi is a heatseeker. She has no calculus but winning.

Good to have confirmed.

It does make me wonder if FV is doing the same dance as in 2010 - blaming his record lows on the LGBT storyline, which tbh is far less bold in its storytelling or all-consuming on the canvas than the Kish saga on OLTL (which I fully supported in its boldness! I even liked the Dorian gay marriage scam and the mass gay weddings). I won't miss Blaze and I am eager for a better love interest for Kristina, but I won't be shocked if this leads to her being paired with a man again or vanishing onto the backburner now that FV has other toys to play with. And most of all, Natalia must die.

I won't miss Blaze because I don't think JGL is a match for Mansi talent-wise, but I do think it's foul they're writing out the gay character instead of her bigot mom because Frank is playing soap fantasy camp again. It's just not acceptable to treat these kind of issues this way in the 2020s, even on daytime.

This will only grow IMO:

Meanwhile:

About what you'd expect here. Run it through archive.is. Hold on to your butts:

This has been Frank's issue since the Ron days with Stafford, Budig, etc. It's only gotten worse since.

I think people are overestimating Trump's performance this time. He may beat the polls a bit again but he's done it less each cycle.

Interesting FL numbers up and down the ballot. I don't expect us to flip it but we're closer than I thought, within striking distance on the head to head for POTUS, and the downballot amendment stuff is particularly intriguing.

I will not be shocked if Preacher Man Cyrus returns posthaste, since Frank seems enamored of Jeff Kober.

It is, allegedly, actually being made after all last I checked, but given the BTS drama I'll believe it when I see it. I wouldn't be shocked if it turns into some late-stage Three's Company situation with Suzanne Somers filming alone without some of the key crew/showrunner, lol. But that's way OT.

I think we have to stay vigilant and push hard nonetheless, but I don't think he has a new ceiling he can build on or increase at this point. He's weak. And the media's attempts to equalize things between him and Harris to find a horserace again are, like 2012, not working so far. They wanted Romney to be more of a threat than he was because he was, to them, the ideal Republican. They want Trump to succeed because they want him back, so they try to make him what they desire him to be or keep the thumb on the scales. But you can't make a Trump at his lowest point into a typical Republican candidate, let alone into Trump '16.

Meanwhile:

They spoiled it in the mags as a spring preview and had them grouped together as getting closer. Teased it with them moving in together onscreen. Then fired both.

Don't forget poor Rachel. They had spoiled setting up a romance for her and Scott Clifton's character which barely made it to the screen before both were fired. All the minorities and black sheep were drummed out for the Fords. Something even JFP (and before her, Riche) often did well with.

I don't care about Blaze, but it's really pretty incredible. It's a firing offense or at least cause for major creative changes, not just bringing back Frank's favored writers, adding a few stars/beloved characters and hoping for the best.

Imma be up late on Sunday, lol. I have til then to decide if I am going to take a flier on Plex Premium for a month or so for a recording option. Really hoping these turn up on demand. I take it back - the late '70s location work (which is top-heavy in S1) is understandably grainy but the studio stuff is definitely cleaner. Amazon is maybe 5-10 mins behind Plex.