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I didn't see this in here from the AMC thread (thanks @Jonathan ), my apologies if I'm reposting it. Amanda Seyfried talks again about her time on AMC with Michael B. Jordan. Jimmy Fallon is also there, but we mustn't be ungrateful.

I just haven't cared about Max in years. IDK!

I've said it before, but I would put Laura with another WSB man. You can have a stable romance and home but not give up the adventure and excitement that defined so much of Laura's history, and has too much been ceded to Luke, Lucky, etc. in recent years.

I think the sainthood route came and went for Jacinda, now I feel like it's moving into a familiar GH phase where Jacinda is increasingly on the outside and may either a) sacrifice her happiness to help Michael and leave town, b) prove to not be what he's looking for re: new love and bow out gracefully, or c) die. Or some mix of the above. At least I hope so. I do think Michael and Willow are primed to have a few rounds of good hatesex, but I don't want them back together beyond that. (And I def want her to seduce Chase and destroy that marriage.) I would keep Willow around for at least 2-3 more years though. I think she can run strong as this kind of villain for a long stretch to come, with a variety of schemes and lovers (including staying sadomasochistically married to Drew for awhile) before getting the classic Susan Moore whodunit exit befitting a thorn in the Q clan's collective side. I don't think it's that deep. They've never had any use for T.J. and rarely ever had any use for Molly until recently. Both were afterthoughts for over a decade. Even now her story is largely a B/C-plot.

I may be wrong (and forgive me if I've said this in here already, I do love to repeat myself) but I get the vibe the bloom may be off the rose with Jacinda. The last week or two of material has had a weird tone to it re: her character and baggage and her big feelings for Michael, I think they may be wrapping her up as a story pit stop. Of course I could be wrong and they'll double down on Monday.

Ezra is disgusting. I wouldn't want that near Laura. I'd still craft a man for her with some adventure who can be an older response to the Luke of it all.

He's done it several times before on news sites re: Loving actors with a ton of personal details. He turned up for the Loving Zoom reunion during the pandemic. He's always talked a lot about the show in interviews. Fairly certain it's all him.

Well, no. He first debuted on 12/8. But yes, we ought to see him soon.

I think the whole Carlton thread playing out is a feint/obstacle for more of Kial Rollins/GV. I find him desperate too. Thirsting for his partner's wife for years.

It's not. It's apparently a major new character. They're just slow-rolling him.

SPOILER Pamela is on next week.

Cranston is one of those folks who absolutely never fails to mention his soap work and chime in wherever possible. He even did that reunion Zoom. He didn't have to show up in the Deadline comments section of all places. What a mensch. I also did not know that per Cranston, the actors' nickname for the show in those years re: all the high turnover and firings was "Leaving." One for the ages.

The next week preview is wild. I love that moment with Anita. They need to let Joey and Leslie fúck sooner or later. Old Marcel is one thing but she has higher ambitions, and Trisha has chemistry with everyone up to and including JL. Or at least give me more of Leslie and Vanessa scheming together when Joey inevitably goes down.

I've been waiting for her to drop the mask like this for a long time.

CVE and Korte talk the reveal.

Willow also knows about Danny seeing Scout. Willow can use that against Alexis.

I knew they'd go to Alexis. Hopefully Alexis buries it.

I guess we'll have to disagree with you!

I think Cameron has been consistently underrated for what he's done with Drew in the last two years. People seem to think he thinks Drew is a hero and is too stupid to get it, or that he thinks he is Drew. He doesn't, he's loving this.

It is. I think Alexis had this wrapped up with the Tracy bluff tbh. I thought it was one of the strongest episodes the show has had in a long while, and one of the stronger weeks. Provided they don't have Trina and Kai blow the whistle before the verdict drops, which would kill some of the power of this reveal IMO and risk closing too many future story avenues.

Same here. I really liked him in that thankless role.

Kenny's murder is a hand grenade the show is holding onto. Sooner or later it has to come out.

People were fooled because they believe the person who goes on trial on a soap is never the culprit. That's the beauty of it for me, but it only fully works if she gets away with it. The writers also played it very close to the vest on Willow and her motivations for months since the shooting, which made me even more suspicious. I think EON did a story like this once (Winter Austen), but I haven't watched it and can't speak to the similarities.

Anita's death stare photo killed me too lol. Looked like a mugshot for Who Shot Drew Cain.

I thought based on the promos that the party scenes would be another well-meaning but somewhat cringe scene of Dupree togetherness. (Remember when Martin, Smitty and the kids all put their hands together and cried 'the Richardsons!') But they were sweet and cute, and I was so glad they gave Anita a moment alone amidst the festivities to still be solemn and afraid. They could've done a bit more with those scenes in fact. They reminded me a bit of some of the Ward family stuff MVJ did on GH.