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Lemay would NEVER have gone for it, but a "Who Shot Rachel?" storyline with Aunt Liz, Alice and Iris among the prime suspects wouldn't have been a bad way to generate publicity/build the audience amid the one-hour expansion in '75.

Does Geraldine Whitney (EON) fit your archetype, @j swift?

Here you are, @j swift. http://www.angelfire.com/tv/curlyqgrl/gh/eps/ghepsmenu.html

Jackie definitely became so single-minded, @victoria foxton. Robert and Holly probably had grounds to successfully sue her for libel more than once. I don't know if Jackie had a final episode per se, but she faded out during the Two Grants story, briefly being dated by Bad Grant.

Over the past few weeks, I've been amusing myself reading the summaries from 1981 onward. I'm up to June 1989. Rewinding back to 1983, what do we think of Jackie being such a woman scorned over Robert & Holly getting together? I'm team Holly, but it seems like if the show wanted to keep Demi (or she wanted to stay), she'd have been aces as a first class villainess.

Ditto. JC and BD were selling every facet of this humiliating experience. It's more unique than, say, if the scene had been played for laughs.

Oh, if only my life had this kind of forced civility and blatant pot-stirring ...

Agreed. I don't want to assume, but it also seems the most likely scenario.

Speaking of OT, let's try to solve that Queen ABC puzzle. The other women who appeared at the 1996 event, according to Wikipedia, are: Kelly Ripa Eva La Rue (who didn't appear at another one for six years) Robin Strasser (one and done) Gina Tognoni (one and done) Erin Torpey Kassie DePaiva (who, like Susan, appears to have gone to all of them) Lynn Herring (one and done) Vanessa Marcil Jacklyn Zeman Sarah Brown ETA: Interestingly, it looks like ABC never had anybody from The City or Port Charles attend these things.

Yes!

Thanks! The Loving Murders uploads really spoiled me. In addition to some amazing work by Christine (and Lisa Peluso), I got a glimpse of one of the great WTF moments, Cabot dressed as a pineapple. My wish list at the moment includes Mike Donovan's visit to Washington D.C. and the Heaven dream. As an across-the-board-wish, I want to see stuff from the '88 writers strike, but with a show like Loving, it's maybe not likely easy to notice OTT changes or filler.

The clips are nice. I just wish there wasn't the new (?) and overpowering music. It took me a moment to remember where I heard the underscoring for Luke's scene.

What, no half-hearted attempt at promoting Texas and The Doctors? "I was two hours early today. Thank goodness I'm into tantric!"

Did Larry Haines ever talk at length about his working relationship with Mary? He'd be the one whose stories I'd want to hear.

Next batch of uploads are posted. If my calculations are correct, the show returned from repeats on Friday, Oct. 13 (part #66). As of right now, we're up to Part #68/Tuesday, Oct. 17.

I wonder what the overlap of viewers watching in March '81 was with the viewers watching in November '63.

A few observations on where we're currently at with the uploads and how it corresponds to the big picture. Forgive me if I screw up the spoiler tagging.

There's quite the tonal shift in the last promo.

How do you like that. I never knew Donna McKechnie was on Loving. And that church set!

Such a shame. The impression I'm getting is that LOVING had turned a corner. Wasn't it also getting some positive press in SOD? Talk about a bad time for a cast exodus. Oh well, at least we didn't get grim but gentle deaths for Trucker and/or Cooper ...

@dc11786, I know it's been said before, but we are so, so lucky to have your detailed descriptions of LOVING. Between those, the increasingly frequent new uploads and additional insight, I'm looking at the show with new eyes. Now I wish it wasn't the one ABC soap my grandma never cared for.

Janet standing up to herself to Wilma. One more, just because I love Janet giving it to Wilma.

The ending will always choke me up. Something I'd never considered until recently ... was having Steve/John proudly exit the hospital/studio by himself meant as a response to Santa Barbara's last moments, with Rauch putting out his cigar on the floor?

Last week marked the 30th anniversary of when the Casey the alien story began.

Semi-related: to the best of my knowledge, the first Bobbie and Lucy confrontation. And a couple more.