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IIRC Lemay said that too.

@marceline I am calling you out! I am dying for your thoughts on the Loving Murders. Just got to the big scenes with Debbi and Darnell near the midway point (after Curtis' death, just before Charles is revealed as Lorraine's old flame) and damn. Sure, Jacob was largely Jesse by another name but it worked, both then and now. I'm not clear on Jacob's full backstory - something about his wife and son dying in a bombing somehow? What month did he come on in '95? I was always glad AMC never killed him off later on, as I'd grown up watching Angie and Jacob. I like to think he and Lorraine are together in Paris (his last known location), if she didn't patch it up with Charles.

I still do not fully understand Victor's relationship or history with Douglas Austin. Lotta layers!

Apologies for commenting on 1993 late: Rowell and Kristoff are luminous. It's always amazing how much more authentic they (especially Dru) were allowed to be onscreen vs. most latter-day (or past) characters of color, who are often written to be safely bland by half-interested predominantly white writers. And this was the Tiffany soap for CBS. Incidentally I always found Kristoff hot as hell. Certain folk online used to clown him way too much, including on this site. Even John Abbott is not buying poor Jack's delusions about Nikki and Victor, lol.

What exactly happened to Jack #1 again? He died IRL? Was the original story with him and Stacey her as the friend/'ugly duckling' who got him after Lily, or what? I don't know when or how the plans for Jack/Lily died.

Well, if they don't put up the '81 a link would be appreciated; I'm dying to see it.

Right. Am I missing some or will they be putting up yesterday's?

I'm finally searching for the classics. Couldn't find any up on CBS.com so I'm trying the All Access app - I only see three, one from '84 (4/13), one from '90 (4/10) and one from '91 (4/17). Any suggestions are appreciated.

They also wanted Lisa Peluso for Amanda around then.

I remember losing my mind when Gaskill showed up on AMC. I'd watched and enjoyed him on Models Inc., where he had a good role as Linda Gray's son only to be unexpectedly written out midway through. Months later this grown-ass man showed up at a high school locker like 'how do you do, fellow kids?' I was maybe 14 and baffled. I loved Kelsey. TC Warner got a raw deal. Could not stand Laura or Anita. None of the Scotts registered for me.

I think these reunions (as well as the Loving Murders uploaded in their entirety) have been a real gift. I hope the response to these events, the classic episodes and the overall need for comfort food for people at home in all walks of life makes some network folks think again about what they have at their fingertips. The fact that ABC is choosing now to run a primetime special about soaps certainly gives me pause. I am dying to know when the LM culprit was told they were the one. Even a third or so of the way through, with having just been killed, there are so many leading looks, lines and performances.

1/10

It picks any topic you all will respond to (JFP, Ellen Parker, Passanante, beloved vets, Daniel Goddard, livestreams) and transparently pushes to get attention. You don't have to reply to every thing it says just to let people know how you feel for the umpteenth time. This is an old game with a slightly more roundabout approach.

They have no stakes. It's just another angle. Starve it and when it gets desperate enough to show out more, that will be the end. But you can be rid of it now by cutting it out of your presence.

Don't feed the troll just because it's belatedly attempting to change up its play style. It's about finding a topic, any topic which will inflame users and make people respond. Same as the Y&R threads a few years ago. Memes and GIFs only feed it. Block or ignore. I'd say report, but....

wrong thread

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Don't feed it.