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Great idea for a discussion!

When I first saw that hair it was a big no. Then I saw the rest! GH needs to bring Lucas back as an angry bad boy. 😍

OMG! GH needs to bring him back immediately.

You are correct. The original Mac - Robert Emhardt was part of the Mansion of the Damned Story. When I watched the episodes on YouTube a few years ago I found Mr. Emhardt very likely but nothing like Doug Watson!

I recently watched the few 1982 episodes online and Anne Rose Brooks (Diana) did have some type of accent going on. Not sure if anyone from Australia would claim it though. I thought Steve adopted Sally as an adult but I may be wrong about that.

I really enjoyed the first 2 episodes. I worried it would be more of the same but they are really taking the characters forward in stories that are plausible for them. I agree with Cat that Carrie will most likely have financial issues. I also think Miranda will have an alcohol problem and Charlotte will be Charlotte.

Gail Brown was so different than every other actress on AW. I loved her and Clarice. The working class Ewing family were one of my favourites. One of Margaret DePriest's biggest mistakes was getting rid of them,

I also really liked Stephen Yates. Bekins is my favourite because I believed his Jamie was Rachel’s son. He could be passionate, charming and difficult. His chemistry with Doug and Victoria was incredible. And his scenes with Connie were so real. However, Stephen Yates in those cutoffs eclipses all of that!

The best Jamie. Richard Bekins.

With the correct writing and directing Vanna Tribbey could have been a very interesting Alice.

If you are in Canada you can watch Family on the CTV app. I haven’t started it yet because I know it will consume my life!

i thought the situation was that Virginia Dwyer would change her lines to better reflect who she felt Mary was and not how Lemay was writing her. Hugh Marlowe was struggling to remember his lines at the best of times and was thrown off because his cues were no longer as they were in the script. Once again Lemay's ego and favouritism was on full display. He praised Connie Ford (who was a stage actress he loved) for changing her lines but was angered when Virginia Dwyer (a soap actress he did not like) did the same.

OMG! It looks like they are guest starring on an episode of Buck Rogers.

A little off topic but Tanquir was first mentioned leading up to the launch of Texas. Tanquir was a big part of the story for the first several months of Texas. If I remember correctly Cecile was nasty without much humour (other than sarcasm and snark) until the Alma Rudder story. Cecile’s frustration with Alma when their plot against Blaine snowballed is when Nancy Frangione’s gift for comedy started to show up onscreen.

Personally I thought Henrietta had a lot of live left in her. She was unique and I loved the character. I suspect she was written out so new Head Writers Richard Culliton and Gary Tomlin could bring in some of their own characters. In addition to Roy and Henrietta they also wrote out Gil Fenton, Vivien Gorrow, Nicole Love, Abel/Leo Marsh, Julia Shearer and David Thatcher.

1) I believe their friendship grew due to Henrietta's son (RJ) dating Quinn's adoptive daughter (Thomasina). RJ was always getting into trouble and Quinn supported Henrietta. 2) This is testing my memory but I think they left to expand Henrietta's pie business. 3) Joe Morton played twins Abel (a doctor) and Leo (a singer). Roy did not have a twin. Jackee's appearance were seriously reduced once she got 227. Lily and Quinn both were in interested in Grant Todd who worked at Smiley's were Maisie also worked. Smiley's was used a central location where a working class group of characters interacted and were friends. 4) Gil and Roy worked together as architects.

I remember that last episode like it just aired yesterday. 1982 was a horrible year for my family and my mother and I cried like babies watching that last scene. We loved that little soap. Was Joel Walker (Charles Hill) related to original characters Bart and Samantha Walker and then also Reena and Victoria?

I think Sally and Jamie did actually go on a date when Julie Philips or Jennifer Runyon was playing Sally. I thought it was gross and was glad it did not go any where.

Wasn't Johnny Perkins on Santa Barbara the heir to a kingdom? His mom Amy was impregnated against her knowledge somehow at the dentist office or something? lol. It hope I have it mixed up because that is kinda bonkers.

Ruby Wright (Alexandra Neil) and Mark Wheeler (Michael Woods).

Chris Rich was asked back for the 25th anniversary episodes in 1989 but declined. Not sure if he was asked back again for the Maggie story. The talk at the time was that P&G refused to let her return for the final episode as they were still pissed that she got one over on them at GL.

Thank you!

Who is the lady on the far right in the group photo? She is the only one I don’t recognize.

Me too! I had very high expectations and they were not met.

ugh. I have been mostly enjoying the show and am not looking forward to a new possession story. But I will wait and watch before passing judgment.