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No, I grew up in DC. But yes, de Blasio was an idiot.

I can see that happening after the pandemic, for sure.

I don't know that that's true, but I haven't lived there in about five years.

The Times outdoes itself:

I rode those trains everyday in Brooklyn for years. Ugh.

Oh my. Thanks!

I will need more info to believe it is Twin Peaks-related, but it's still very exciting. (If it is the project many TP actors seemed to hint at with 'wisteria,' though, that makes me even more excited. Some are part of Lynch's repertory players, but others are very intrinsic to the show.) A summation of the wisteria posts. I'd forgotten the Carrie Page connection. https://moviehole.net/david-lynchs-wisteria-updates-cast-tease-involvement-twin-peaks-connection/

They remodeled Cathy into a '70s-era feminist writer when they aged her up, I believe. That's the angle on the character.

Unrelated, lol:

Of course Doug will return.

I'm with FrenchBug, it's tacky.

Heads up: @DRW50 @alexisfan07

Meanwhile:

She was asked, so she responded in a very brief way. I can't fault her for that.

I'd like @marceline's take on something, so I am doing the appropriate rites to summon her: I've heard some people's take that if/when Roe falls, everything else in the midterms won't matter and it will galvanize the vote against the GOP. I have serious doubts about that myself, but I wanted her fairly steadfast POV.

In fairness, what has she actually done that is Sheila-level this round so far? All I see are these somewhat OTT promos and onscreen, Diane is just making some sneaky moves.

LMAO! It's been a long day.

Ali clearly has chemistry with Chavez, so I think if they do that then it's what they wanted to do all along. FV tends to keep notably non-white POC off to the side on his shows as supporting players. It's not as though they hadn't already kept Spencer and Trina's storyline on the looooong slow burn for almost a year until the recast despite a vociferous fanbase - none of this started with Ali and the recast. Trina has been marginalized for a long time. To me it reads that the show realized what they had in NC and fan response to him, and questioned whether they wanted to 'stick him' with a Black female. This happens all the time in the racist daytime soaps. I think it's too soon to know, though. This may be just another romantic obstacle for the pairing that they are taking very slowly and cautiously, in part, again, due to institutional racism in the industry re: interracial stories, and due to fear of bigoted fans. Or it may be the beginning of a pivot. There's no way to tell yet. But if it happens it can't be blamed on the recast, who is IMO at the very least technically superior to Mikayla already.

I knew Julianne would do something, I'm glad it's up.

I don't think it's derailing to discuss the rift when Liza has made it a matter of public record re: their family and her father's death. What I objected to was gossip early about how Susan was supposedly a bitch BTS at AMC (something never really substantiated in 40+ years) in the thread about her husband's passing. Others have mentioned it, but Susan and Liza were clearly working together closely re: Liza's son's illness as recently as 2016. It's just a shame things have gone back and forth for them.

I'm thinking of the old Llanfair set specifically, I think. Or maybe it was the only set, I have no idea. I would never have recognized it in its modern form following the '80s, but in material from the '70s and early-mid '80s it definitely looks like the Old House.

I loved her too. It doesn't help that when they've had her weirdly reprise the role as a ghost or vision of Connie/Kate since then I think MW has done a pretty terrible job, lol. But what can you do with how they eviscerated her character, really.

I blame Frons, but we blamed Frons for everything back then. Of course, usually it was true! I would assume they get along. I've never heard otherwise, but who knows. If Jack and Kristina can be genial, anything is possible. Speaking of the past, some Wiki stuff lists Finola as coming back for one day - 2/25/1992 - after Monty recast the part for Anna's last month and cut her loose at the end of '91. Does anyone know if this is accurate? Did Finola appear once more after the brief month-long recast with Camilla More? That episode appears to be one of the few missing from the period on YT.