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Yup. Another missed opportunity.

June 10, 1986 Synopses “Liz told Catlin that she is taking Kevin to California, encouraged him to move forward with his life, and expressed relief that Brittany had snagged Peter so that she was not free to pursue Catlin.”

According to the Another World Homepage Liz and Kevin left together to go to California. I remember Liz saying goodbye to Catlin and saying she was leaving with Kevin. I just don’t remember where she said they were going. Liz’s last episode (June 10, 1986) is not available on YouTube to verify.

I thought Liz took him to California to live with Alice.

I think bringing Ben back and putting him in a triangle with Nancy and Vicky could have been interesting. I would not have recast Ben though. I thought Richard Steen had a lot of charm and I would liked to have seen what he could do with an adult storyline. There was way too much unnecessary recasting on Another World. Keeping Nancy around and having her jealous of an grown up Amanda would have been storyline gold. Nancy was use to her drama being the centre of Ada, Jamie, Mac and Rachel's worlds. Having their focus move to Amanda and forcing Nancy to grow up was the natural story progression.

December 1982 through mid 1985 was my second favourite era. But I agree that the last half of 1985 was a mess. The thing is that the elements were there to make it great again without discarding Larry, Clarice, Cory, Jeanne, Liz, Quinn, Thomasina, Carter, Grant Jr., Maisie, Nancy, Peter, MJ… Sally could have left town with Kevin after finding out that Catlin got Brittany pregnant. Killing her off was stupid. Quinn and Zack had great chemistry. There was plenty of story for their families. It took a decade before there were prominent black characters again.

100% factual!!

I disagree. While new families (Loves, McKinnons, Harding / Todds) and characters Felicia, Cass & Wallingford were prominent before DePriest arrived, the Matthews, Ewings and Corys were still represented. DePriest wrote out the Ewings, Matthews and Harding / Todds completely. The McKinnons & Loves were mostly recasts and written differently or new characters were added to the families. Several popular characters were killed off - Sally, Zane, Quinn, Maisie. Violence and misogyny replaced humour and intelligence.

What DePriest actually did was gut the show to the point it never truly felt like Another World again.

I've always felt Marland (with a competent EP - not Phelps) was the writer who could have brought Another World back to life and to the top of the ratings. I suspect he would have rebuilt the Matthews and Frames and brought on a new family.

Aaron was proven to be Trey’s father and he signed away his rights.

I thought Amy thanked Roman for letting them use the pub for the reception after Sophia’s memorial. Not for the actual memorial.

Because Connie Ford was a movie and stage actress and Dwyer and Courtney were “soap” actors in Lemay’s eyes.

Agree. I am enjoying the episodes more and more. Still some improvements to be made but the progress is good to see.

I don't think Stefano knew about Stefan and Jake. I understood it as them not being named in the will but Theo listed Stefano's children who did not leave heirs.

That might be the best scene they ever aired on Texas!

I thought Gabi said she knew Theo since he was in high school. Not they were in high school. Unless I misheard.

Ok that could me watching. 😀

If Stephanie accidentally kills Jeremy I am done with Days again.

I believe the original concept was set in the antebellum period.

I wonder if the Days writers have watched Wes Craven's Chiller. This Lexie story could take an interesting turn.

I finally finished my Texas rewatch from the beginning. I am as sad about it being over as I was on December 31, 1982. Once it found its footing in the fall of 1980 it was an entertaining show. It had great, unique characters, a talented cast and so much potential. I believe that if the Corringtons and Paul Rauch were given another year they may have been able to get the ratings up. Although Guiding Light and especially General Hospital were incredibly tough competition. I was surprised at how much I liked Paul Rader’s stint as Head Writer. I did not enjoy Pamela Long’s first month as HW but her second month had a lot of heart and she gave Texas a beautiful ending. I have never seen an interview with her where she explained what her long-term story outline would have been. I would be interested in hearing her plans. The discussions Vicky and Reena had about Mr. Brandon cancelling her shows and replacing them with cheap games shows were brutally honest. Didn't expect that. It is mind boggling that Lisby Larson (Paige), Alexandra Neil (Ruby), John McCafferty (Billy Joe) and several other actors never found another successful role in daytime. Their work on Texas was Emmy worthy. I had only ever seen David Forsyth on Anther World so I was pleasantly surprised at how charming, sexy and playful he was as TJ. I know the first few months are slow, but I encourage people to rewatch from the beginning. Get to know the characters and their relationships and watch the show improve.

I thought the rumour was Suzanne stayed friends with him after the break up and took his side. I’ve never heard about an affair.

According to IMBD Mark Lenard also played Judge Fred Billings.

I am loving this discussion of AW's early years and all your memories of watching back them.