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Exciting to see my beloved Gates McFadden back in the thick of it.

Very excited for this. I know @DRW50 is a fan of hers too. Carol Kane was a relentless delight throughout the run of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and is still going strong today. Strange New Worlds is also very, very easily the strongest of the new live-action Trek shows and had a very solid first season. I'm a little surprised Trek has never (to my knowledge) tapped Kane before. There's also talk (from Kate Mulgrew) of a Kate Mulgrew show being in the works in addition to her voice role on the YA animated spinoff Prodigy, but I'll believe it when I see it.

I'll reiterate that: There's a lot to process, the good, the bad and the ugly. I'm not going to get on my high horse about it but I'm also not going to venerate her as a saintly figure above criticism or reproach. She lived a hell of a life though. My friends in the UK have a lot of thoughts about her, lol.

Apparently he's going to go visit his wife on her tour of duty overseas (who I guess guested last season). They've indicated they'll still weave him in for guest spots but he was basically recurring anyway, and I haven't watched regularly in several seasons - I do intend to catch up someday, but Disney/Hulu makes it hard when they remove past seasons. It's pretty wild it's had what seems to be a strong, long run. It is nice if jolting to see Dan and Louise/Katey Sagal, Darlene and Ben (who I always liked) and Jackie and her new beau who I'm unfamiliar with all married. And I think Becky back to college.

A new (puff) piece on the film. They do seem to indicate the history of the nation will be directly addressed, so I'll give it a chance even if the marketing seems very reductive because I usually love Viola Davis and I've always liked Prince-Bythewood. I was very surprised to discover the one and only Maria Bello of TV and film produced this.

Oh lord.

I agree. And if Y&R wasn't just on cruise control for years now, a strong EP could still potentially push back on all that. I've seen bigger persona non grata come back to soaps in the last 20 years (bigger examples exist but remember when Roscoe Born was blackballed for a few years for walking off AMC?). Won't happen here. I knew that shít would happen, I called it ahead of time and I know it's awful, but it still cracks me up. She was literally there to be the piano player and I just cackled.

I still think the characters/actors and storyline got away from them with the audience, especially the online audience, and now they are trying to walk a cowardly tightrope to keep both elements of the audience on side while Frank struggles to find a way to get back to an OLTL 2008-era teen scene, preferably with Chavez and someone else who is at least off-white. Call it conspiracy theory if folks want, but you can't tell me a white (or all Black!) teen couple in the making would not have at least kissed once by now on a 21st century soap. This isn't 1980 where Doug Marland played the long, long game.

I've been saying for over a year. Don't tell me it's a coincidence!

No, Lily was a victim of incest by her father and the story happened onscreen. The characters were all dropped after because of its content and because ABC was promoting "Something About Amelia". Folks need to read more.

Definitely exists, but also not the answer!

I can't imagine what the common factor is on these pointless subplots that are left running for years. 🤔

It would never have happened on network.

Good lord!

I only fitfully visit these vaults but I know how integral they are. I would simply suggest that, excitement and gratitude aside the more people talk about them in public the more vulnerable they are.

The tribute concert for the late Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters featured many artists including Paul McCartney and Chrissie Hynde, but the showstopper was a very emotional performance from Hawkins' 16-year-old son on drums (video below). There was also a nod on the shared drumset I thought @DRW50in particular might enjoy: Dave Grohl has really been through it over the years.

Oh, I know all about the Joel Grey finale, you don't need to spoiler tag anything about these shows for me lol. The Joel Grey devil weirdness is one of the things I remember reading all about as a kid, and then saw years later.

I'll definitely be curious for your thoughts on S6 and especially the post-Dunne seasons after. You don't need to wait on me getting there though, I've perused this thread at length in the past and of course any poster can opine on whatever you like. Did Dallas ever actually live up to those female-centric ads?

I think it's one thing to sell eps you recorded. It's getting them from a performer who wanted them transferred for posterity and then turning around and selling copies on the market yourself that I take issue with. YMMV.

That's just tacky. And another reason online vaults for shows like these (preferably off YT) are so important.

Shitty but unsurprising from a judge I believe is a Trump appointee. DOJ will appeal and likely get what they want in the end.