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You are forgetting Sam and the cat poop.

I don't ever wanna hear a word about Lucky Spencer again. They got Liz out here with some eye mites! If no OLTL stars need a job this is what they leave her with. Good thing they left this exciting material out of the SOD winter preview!

Courtney Hope (Sally Spectra, Y&R/B&B) can be heard voicing her lead role from the hit video game Control in the new trailer for its sequel.

Eyelid mites??

Ashley's new direction needs to be out of town.

There was some nice stuff with Emma and the Scorpios, Maxie, etc. around the holidays last year. She was a real presence there, with the kids and so on. I'd love for there to be more of it. But there hasn't been too much.

Chase realized there was no evidence exonerating Willow there and headed back to the launch!

Ric will always be slime, but he is a strong and fun utility player due to that amorality. I'd still have him and Ava hook up again and have him become DA or even (temporary) Mayor to make more trouble. His relationships with Sonny, Alexis, etc. can still straddle the line despite that stuff for awhile. He has always craved Sonny's love and approval even when he hates him.

They've done this for his entire run, though. They want it both ways. He's so pathetic. At least the stupid dog caper gave us those amusing scenes with the rescue dogs and my newest avatar.

It was giving Lucy/Duke in 2014-15 for awhile as it was almost entirely offscreen, but I could swear it was confirmed some time ago.

Lucy and Cueball have been offscreen banging for awhile. I was annoyed about it before and still kind of am. But at this point tbh I'd have her get wise to Sidwell, marry him convinced she can finagle the situation (or get blackmailed into it re: Deception, idk) and scheme behind his back for 6-9 months. Carlo Rota is a funny dude and he and Lynn clashing more could be entertaining. And then you can finally kill him off and pull a whole Jonathan Kinder situation with Lucy and some of the girls. Kevin gets involved because he's all worried about Lucy, that sparks a reunion tease, etc. Whatever!

Is Hayley still texting stuff like "bring me more poison" or "Cousin! The poison for my husband was too much!!" to Randy on her registered phone today? At least use the burner, girl. Maybe some emojis. ☠️🤮👼

This whole "make the audience think Vernon is cheating by having him get secret singing lessons with Sharon" subplot did not need to go on for two months. Per spoilers he is only going to sing around Christmas. Ol' Vernon has already used every possible double entendre short of "I can’t wait to put it (my talent) in!” Move it along!

I know you were very into the idea of short-length episodic soaps, so I thought this might be of particular interest to you. P&G has definitely not been shy about heavily promoting product in BTG with a subtlety that makes any soap after the '60s look restrained lol. Fortunately the audience seems to have taken to the kitsch of it.

From Variety:

I suspect it will take more than Thiebaud's salary and JPS' recurring rate to get VM back. But there's plenty of people to fire lol.

I mean, I'm usually against actually pulling the trigger there but right now (especially with Jason back in the Q fold)... maybe. But yes, I would bring back her gay hellraising son and have her work with Lois (and Lucy) re: Deception. She could be the ace in the hole for Lucy as well.

I have been pleased with the considerable fanbase Martin and Smitty have acquired once Martin removed about 3/4ths of the stick up his ass. They have really won me over. It helps that they're one of the few healthy couples currently on the show lol.

Or Selina had Brad shoot Drew, which is one of the dumbest ideas I can conceive of but which I think is definitely possible lol. Either way, he's coming. They've hyped his return up with constant mentions from both Britt and Lucas recently and we're going to get him. I don't think the show has any real commitment to LGBT story atm, but I do think there's been people in the writers' room for years who just loooove Britt and Brad together and so that's why we have this angle returning. I can't stand either one.

Yeah, Van Etten or someone loves Brad and Britt/Brad. That's the only reason any of this is happening. I never need to see Brad again.

Kim Nero, and I believe so.

He did at ABC, but not from Frank. I think the classic Cassadines were leagues beyond Valentin in menace or charisma, even in their meandering years.

Frank (allegedly) despised Julian/WdV lol. Tried to kill him off multiple times before the bitter end, including the time Julian tried to murder Alexis with the dagger that killed her mother. FB viewers or something saved him from above, I think. I would put both Jerry and Julian far above Valentin, and I was far from Julian's biggest fan (or Jerry's most of the time). They at least had some presence (and/or menace for Jerry) and didn't weep constantly or come off like subway perverts.

It is not that serious. On the one hand there is plenty to fix about this show, as with any soap opera in its first year. And plenty to critique or harshly critique. I wasn't particularly thrilled with some elements of the last week/month either. Starting with the dialogue and plotting. I think a lot of those criticisms are very valid. OTOH, I just don't take harsh outraged critique super seriously from longtime daily viewers of present day B&B or Days of our Lives. Sowwy! 😊

I would just use Mia Korf today to introduce an Asian family tied directly to Blair's foster home past, lol. Her old partner in crime. It's the best you can do. I am glad Malone was committed to the character he created, but it's just a messy and unfortunate situation all around looking back through 2025 eyes. Kassie's Blair was rightly beloved and popular over time (and she got some seriously unsympathetic story in that first year) and thanks to Malone's work the core of the character remains the same, but Mia Korf's Blair was something entirely unique for daytime then and now. It helps that unlike the future Blair, Korf's never got to be totally shackled to an obsession with a man like Todd (though Max came close).