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I loved both Kills and Ends, but I don't mind being a minority on movies. They are both very different from other Halloweens and from each other. Ends was much more of a character study, and some of Curtis' best work.

What a talent.

I just can't take the show very seriously. I dip in and out to various seasons and portions depending on their proximity to Knots Landing crossovers. I think I'm still exploring Season 6 atm. I do think it was clear in the opening mini/Season 1 that Victoria Principal was to be a lead and was very strong then; the character is almost immediately neutered after and becomes all about Bobby and babies, as far as I've seen. Miss Ellie just gives a lot of heavy sighs and mournful looks, but I do like her with Clayton Farlow. It's more fluff for me to watch vs. KL.

What does this have to do with me?

@DRW50has mentioned this lately, but I've talked about it a lot as well. As Robin has said more than once, her forced exit by JFP rattled her terribly and made her intent on 'upping her game'. I heard that and it made a lot of sense to me re: what had happened to her work while the show was still on the air. I think the exile hurt her a lot and I personally don't think she ever recovered performance-wise; I think she felt she always had to go to the limit or very big most of the time in order to prove her worth to the show and the network. OTT Robin Strasser is still great, of course. I would never begrudge her coming back. But yes, I think she had less and less quiet moments and stillness once she returned in 2003.

That is quite a ride. Tucker knew even his audience couldn't take the portions alluding to 'kinetic energy' and going on about business colleagues' 'artificial children' a la the upcoming movie/new meme M3GAN.

I'm still amazed Michael O'Leary is about to be in Halloween Ends.

An immortal legend who can never really die. RIP. Going off the stories above:

Benard has, in fact, done it again.

Lulu Wilson is in everything these days - I usually see her in horror stuff like Mike Flanagan's shows and films, I was stunned when she turned up on Trek. She's growing into a major talent.

Fair enough!

I think you did, Picard mentions "LaForge" and the young Black woman at the helm responds. I'm very pleased this season is apparently focused on Beverly Crusher at first, as I always felt the character was underutilized and the relationship with Picard not fully explored in favor of a series of revolving love interests late in the series and in the movies. They had considered marrying off Picard and Crusher in the final season but didn't do it. It sounds like they intend to give Gates a major role here. The first two seasons of Picard are very up and down at best, but I'm glad they've culled most of the new cast in favor of Stewart and the originals and as there is a new showrunner I have high hopes. (I love Michelle Hurd and Jeri Ryan on the show, even if I still don't buy their sudden romance; I suspect a rumored spinoff would showcase them as the leads.) Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks continue to lead the pack for as much improved Trek content, but Discovery has improved a considerable amount. Moriarty returning reminds me that I believe Bev McKinsey pushed for Daniel Davis to play Alan Spaulding on GL when Chris Bernau passed away. A lot of people wondered if Sela would be back, but tbh Sela was never very interesting or successful as a character. I do think Denise may appear as her to close that story out since they also had Wil Wheaton appear as Wesley last season, but I also wouldn't be surprised if she genuinely appeared as Tasha Yar, alive and well. We only have Sela's word that Tasha died in a Romulan prison.

The always-wild Amanda Plummer plays the villain in the final season! I was amazed they got her.

Don't think so.

Neither.

I still remember a mod I outlasted just before or after the move, can't recall which. She (not Alyssa) was a hoot.

Trailer for Whittaker and Chibnall's finale, The Power of the Doctor. Nice glimpse of Sophie Aldred in her classic Ace get-up.

Oz being photographed at a fundraiser next to Hitler's car feels like something out of Seinfeld.

I believe she's said she was bored with the role and wanted the option to try to get another show. They allowed her to go out for a pilot, and she instantly got Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (which didn't last for her either, unfortunately). I've always loved Glynn Turman but Jaleesa and the Colonel was really odd.

It sounds like Mary Alice may have left in a mutual decision. She didn't give many interviews about it that I can find, but there's a 1990 piece in the NYT about her theater work where she says she'd felt like she'd sold out when she took the job, 'even though I hadn't,' but then basically said it wasn't all it was cracked up to be and that 'the first shows' were good, implying the rest of the experience was less satisfying for her. Which is too bad, because I enjoyed her on the show. But one way or another they did phase her role out in Season 3, which I'm bingeing now where the dorms go coed and Jaleesa and Walter take those elder roles. (They also break Jaleesa and Walter up around this time, I believe, which Dawnn Lewis says they did because she and Sinbad felt their romance had seriously limited their stories and fought to get out of it.) I do think keeping Denise and Maggie in the ways Allen's always talked about would've been fascinating for the show, but also would've left it extremely altered from the quiet hit it became. I'm not sure how characters like Kim or Freddie or others could've found real estate and airtime to exist, let alone how Whitley evolved.

I am Gen Y, and I remember when Murphy was on the come-up. He was shít then too. Ryan Murphy turning any and every important story into j/o/stan fodder over his lust and worship for Evan Peters or a variety of other men and women is not appealing to me. I'm a little amazed Peters still works with him at this point. Murphy's always had the creative integrity of a subway puddle, but he's managed to buy his way into seeming important and not like the huckster he is through connections and sheer grim force of will. I think that bubble burst some time ago for him in the eyes of the larger public being a bit tired of him, but as long as he has money and influence he'll continue to keep slapping his name on every "Big" topic out there until he ages out of his career or gets MeToo'ed or something.

Honestly this entire situation is a shítshow. Putting the troll capitalizing on the recent drama aside, obviously Donna should be censured for her racist commentary if she hasn't been - let alone other unnecessary spammy or often OT posts she makes and putting aside the fact that she appeared to have been shadowbanned a year ago for bad conduct and then allowed to return. Nor do we require daily episodic synopses. If I had my way (and I don't) she wouldn't be allowed to post. But by the same token, I also don't think openly antagonizing her daily in threads meant for monthly discussion of the soap adds anything to the board. It's sport and unnecessary. (And speaking of unnecessary posts, we don't do episodic picture spam posts in primetime threads either.) So maybe everyone can move on with their lives.