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I've mentioned it before, but reading the summaries from 1991-93 implies there was a lot of writing by the seat of one's pants going on. There seemed to be quite the ripple effect in 1992. Robert and Anna are gone, seemingly for good, but it happened right after Holly came back. She'll get paired with Mac, who's easing out of his relationship with Dominique. Eventually Dominique will end up with Scott (at the moment, sans Lucy), Holly will end up with Bill and Mac will get involved with the newly-returned Felicia (followed by Ryan). Now that she's free from Bill, Julia can join the not quite love hexagon of Marco/Tracy/Paul/Jenny/Ned/Julia. And, of course, we have Jason/Karen/Jagger/Brenda (plus Robin, a little too young at the time to be a serious player in this). I think Steve & Audrey and Edward & Lila were the only couples that made it through the year unscathed. Alan and Monica stayed married, but they had to deal with A.J. & Nikki. And then there were Bobbie (and Tony) and Tiffany (and Sean) fighting over Lucas.

Is Austin the same character as Jonah, Charity Gatlin's son from 1986, or did Charity and Jimmy Lee have a son of their own after moving to Utah?

The hair varied, but the imperious attitude was around at least until Bill & Julia became a couple.

According to the summaries on Jason47's site, Anna's original run ended in July 1986. She didn't even hang around for the John and Marlena wedding. I wonder if it had to do with Leann Hunley's contract with Dynasty? "Anna also checks in on Roman to make sure he's doing okay, as he tries to find the keys to his past and deals with Marlena being in a coma."

Ted was apparently very hurt/angry that Jump the Shark referred to him as their "patron saint." I can understand it from his point of view; what working actor wants to be saddled with that (non-proven) jinx?

Variety, by the way, got in a good lick in 1989 -- "Aaron's Dynasty Over." Spelling, in his autobiography: "And they didn't mean the show."

No, no, he's Milton Moorehead of Syosset, Long Island! (Hello!)

I always consider Lynn Herring (ultimately briefly) leaving in 1992 to be the end of the waves of change that began in late 1990 and is commonly associated with Gloria Monty's second run.

Also, my summary makes it sound like Julia left town in September 1993. It was actually two months later (she went to London to keep an eye on Barrett Industries). By that time, Julia had largely moved on from the Deception storyline and was in a triangle with Ned and A.J. while the trio also dealt with running the Port Charles Hotel. Because Ned needed something between Jenny and Lois.

You're welcome! I love Brenda too, I just was a little confused how she could claim Lucy's company was something she could inherit. Unless ... of course, Brenda and Julia are the long-lost Coe/Shore/Moss/Simpson cousins! Correct. Lucy was gone for just over seven months, the time it took for Lisanne Gardner to be introduced, entangled in the Alamain mess and then killed off.

I'm now wondering how soon the show knew that Lynn Herring was leaving in 1992. They could have easily not pursued Deception past Lucy's initial interest. On the other hand, like so many characters at the time*, Scott, Julia and Dominique needed a storyline, so there we have it. *Seriously. While not all of Wendy Riche's new ideas for 1992 worked, I give her credit for trying so many rehauls at once.

It was founded by Lucy in late 1991. November 25, 1991 - Scotty and Lucy are eating at Kelly's. Lucy is talking about making perfume. Scott is reading the financial pages. Lucy wants to start making perfume and start a business. Lucy is still trying to convince Scott to get involved in the perfume business and she needs him to front the money. Lucy says they should get married. Scott is like he doesn't want to get married to Lucy now. Lucy says she thought they had a lot going for each other. She says she feels like he is throwing her away like an old shoe. Scott ended up getting involved in Deception, first "in spirit," then genuinely. Julia was hired by Lucy in March as the PR woman. Dominique, rather than Lucy, became the product's first model. March 26, 1992 -- Scott and Lucy argue about her taking off with someone she doesn't even know (Greg Bennett) and her giving up on Deception. Lucy wants Scott to buy her out. March 27, 1992 -- Scott offers Lucy a finders fee for Deception but other than that she gets nothing, as that was their agreement. March 30, 1992 -- Julia offers Scott financial backing to get Deception into production. Deception was officially first sold in May 1992. Soon after, plans were in works to have the Deception Spa (designed by Jenny) at the Port Charles Hotel. September 30, 1992 -- Scott tells Julia that he is resigning from the day to day activities of Deception to concentrate on law. Jan. 4, 1993 -- Lucy wants Julia to let back into Deception. Julia offers her the Deception Spa manager position. (The spa opened that week.) May 20, 1993 -- Dominique's will is read. Lucy is given 10% ownership of Deception. June/July 1993 -- Lucy decides Brenda should be the new Deception model and Julia eventually agrees to it. Also that summer, Katherine comes on board (she was scamming Scott at the time). Sept. 3, 1993 -- Just as she is about to leave, Julia offers Katherine the director of public relations job at Deception. Jan. 10, 1994 -- Brenda tells Lucy that she would love to get involved in the business side of Deception. April 21, 1994 -- Lucy wants Damian's help to get Deception back. She wants him to buy it for her. April 28, 1994 -- Damian tells Katherine that he wants ELQ to buy Deception. Katherine is game to help him convince the Qs. May 4, 1994 -- Edward sweet-talks Lee into getting Scott’s share of Deception. May 5, 1994 -- Damian wants Ned to be the one that tells Lucy that ELQ bought Deception. Ned drops the bombshell on Lucy about Deception May 10, 1994 -- Brenda learns ELQ bought Deception (and) rips into Ned for stealing her birthright (entitled much, Brenda?). July 12, 1994 -- Lucy is booted out as the head of Deception, but Katherine tells her she can remain with the company reporting to her of course. (During this time, Lucy and Damian reprised their seduction bet, the one that caused so much trouble for Tony and Bobbie. This time around, the idea was for Lucy to seduce Luke. If she succeeded, she'd get Deception back.) Sept. 21/22, 1994 -- Lucy gets Edward to reinstate her as the head of Deception. Lucy gives Katherine the heave ho out of Deception. Brenda celebrates with Lucy about Katherine being out of Deception. I'm sure this is more than any of you all care about, but it is kind of a fun little narrative. Tee hee. I literally just posted the gist of "Deception, the early years." I can't remember what Lucy's motivation was for calling it that (similar to "Obsession"?), but Scott got a good quip in. "Well, who knows more about deception than you?"

The ad leading up to Anna's rescue was so dramatic. (Nearly two years in the making!) Also, Simone and Tom made the cover of Jet.

Turning things back to GH, let's take a look at the week of March 2-6, 1992, which would be early in Wendy Riche's run. According to the Curlyqgrl summaries, Tristan Rogers had just left, and the top stories include: -- the final days of David, Monica's old flame (Dawn's dad) -- Mac + Holly (who have taken over for Robert & Anna in leading the "Nanny Network" mystery) -- Deception getting off the ground If you need to be arbirtary (like me), you could argue that the Riche era "really began" on Monday, April 6, the first episode after Robert & Anna's funeral. (Either that or Friday, March 27, the episode that introduced Karen.)

I approve, @kalbir.

The thing is, @Khan, that did actually happen -- with Isaac! A Scandinavian cruise on the Royal Viking Sky begins in London and travels through Oslo and Stockholm: Grant Cooper (John Davidson), vice president of promotions for a suntan lotion, seeks a native Scandinavian female from dozens of applicants to be the company spokesperson. Greta Lund (Christopher Norris) impersonates a native Scandinavian in hopes of winning. Lonely Mel Davis (Jack Klugman) thinks women don't like him because of his large nose. Planning to get cosmetic surgery in Stockholm, he meets Kay Webber (Susannah York). She falls in love with him but thinks he's planning a different kind of surgery. Scientist Dr. Fabian Cain (Telly Savalas) creates a robot duplicate of Isaac and plans to use him for nefarious purposes. He's helped by aspiring actress Delia Parks (Janet Jackson), who may or may not be in love with Isaac. Wealthy Swedish actress Helga Bjorsson (Priscilla Barnes) captivates Gopher. Grant and Ace go to Greta's parents' home for a photo shoot with her. Kay expresses concern to Doc about Mel's operation. Dr. Cain tries out Isaac's robot double in public, while the real Isaac goes on a romantic boat ride with Delia. Gopher leaves the cruise line to work with Helga.

Mark, Rick or Steve. No, wait, that's the most common gay names in Steel Magnolias.

Poor Marlena. Her next month's going to include Kellam proposing to her, raping her once he's rejected and getting falsely accused by Liz of leading him on.

A few things to add about Liz's performance. 1. We know that she's singing Barry Manilow, right? "It's A Miracle." 2. A+ job by the editor, unless it was always planned for Gloria and the accompanist to only perform that much. 3. In addition to Don, can we please appreciate Renee enjoying the performance and Mary not?

Speaking of 1982 Days, remember that Feb. 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the Salem Strangler reveal.

Thanks! AJ was actually who I was thinking of when I thought about that question.

The sad thing is, at the time, I thought it would be so progressive for the guys to be objectified. Spoiler: it ain't.

Years back, I had the idea for a show with a magical female heroine whose hobbies included causing men to lose their clothes. I realized that there needed to be more to a show than just masturbatory fantasies. Ron apparently doesn't think so.

I'm going to throw a new wrinkle into this conversation. What if a retcon takes place during a SORAS interim? Let's say you have a character who goes from ages 8-18 in a one-year span, but then 20 years down the line, it comes out that something significant happened when they were 13. Where do we stand on that one?

It was, yes. For this to work (and that's a big "for"), Scott would have to have been living incognito in Port Charles (not outside the realm of possibility) at the time he hooked up with Heather. Personally, I'd prefer if Franco (who I forgot *isn't* Jason's twin, so my parentage objection is now voided) was conceived in 1983 and born in 1984.