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I loved the Housewives reference on Friday!

Oh my, Edmund really is a villain! Haha - a sexy one at that. You raise a great point though - how in the world would she have SC mementos stored in a box in Springfield when (I assume) she went straight to Goshen from SC? And they're not wet... haha. Ohh what's the story with Grant and Crystal??? LOL. And I'm still so confused how Ghost Reva was even a thing. I need to go check my notes (although sadly I was not at all detailed for 1995 like I have been with 96-99)... but maybe there was a throwaway line that Josh was just having visions/dreams? I could have sworn Annie saw her though too.

I’m up to July 09, 1999. Buzz and Selena have their first date at the Towers and Buzz is overly nervous and fumbles everything. They realize it’s too fancy for them so they run out and go to a comfortable sports bar where they watch and bet on the horse races. They end up winning and have a great night. They spend the next day together too and have another nice kiss. Vanessa and Matt are finally back (7/07)! It’s been forever, and Vanessa’s hair is back to her shorter black color. They’re meeting Bill and Pilar for dinner, which makes Vanessa nervous given Pilar is part of the Santos family. It starts off well, but when Vanessa tells Bill there is a good job opportunity at Spaulding for him, he tells her he already accepted a job at SanCorp. Vanessa realizes it’s one of Carmen’s businesses and isn’t happy about it, saying she does not want her son involved with that company. Pilar says that Bill is brave and can do anything, to which Vanessa asks why he’s brave. Pilar mentions the shootout and then church bombing, but realizes Bill never told them about it when she sees Vanessa become irate. As they argue, Bill says people warned Vanessa about Matt being too dangerous when they first got together (which is such a weak defense/comparison to me), but Vanessa says she’s lost one child (Dinah) because she couldn’t protect her, so she’s not losing a second child. She says there’s no way in hell she’s allowing him to be with Pilar or work for SanCorp, which upsets Pilar and makes her run out of the Towers. Bill chases after her and brings her back, ordering Vanessa to apologize to her, but she doesn’t and Bill says she can’t tell him what to do with his life anymore. He’s going to continue dating Pilar and take the SanCorp job and there’s nothing she can do about it, leaving Vanessa stunned. Susan is at camp and Jim stops by to visit her. She’s miserable and wants to leave, but he won’t let her, so she says she hates him and will emancipate from him when she gets home. Jim is sad and tells her he can’t lose both Connie (his wife) and her, which makes Susan sad. They finally hug and she apologizes and he leaves. On his drive home, he calls Beth and tells her the camp was a good idea, and they make up and plan their next date, which makes Beth happy. Drew then shows up and tells Susan about Max running away, saying she never had a chance to tell Max about adopting him, which makes Susan scared for him. Drew then says she needs her help because she’s the only one that can get him to come back home. They cry together and bond over their different loves for Max and they make a pact that whoever finds him first, they have to tell him what he means to each of them. The next day, Drew and Jesse receive a letter in the mail from Max, which says he’s spending time with friends and clearing his head and he’s sorry for causing them any stress. This makes Drew happy knowing he’s alive and ok. The next morning, Beth leaves to have her quick coffee date with Jim in his car in the driveway. Lizzie wakes up and realizes she’s home alone yet again, so she calls Annie and says she’s lonely and wants to see her. Annie comes by and they play and goof around and Lizzie loves having her around. Lizzie hugs Annie just as Jim and Beth walk in, prompting Beth to ask what she’s doing there. Annie says she’s doing what she (Beth) should have been doing all along, comforting her daughter. Jim leaves for work and Annie/Beth get into it which makes Lizzie upset. Lizzie starts crying and hugs Annie, who keeps telling Beth how she’s not a great mother, when Alan walks in and tells Annie to be quiet. Lizzie says Annie is right and she was lonely and couldn’t find Beth, so she asked Annie to come over, like she had done many other times which was their little secret. That surprises Alan and Beth, but Alan is adamant that Annie leaves Lizzie alone and they can no longer see each other since Phillip won’t allow it. Beth takes Lizzie away and Alan tells Annie he’s very close to the end of his rope with her. He says if she doesn’t stay away from Lizzie, he will drop her completely, once and for all, and Annie runs out of the house crying. Danny and Michelle are at the Santos mansion packing for their honeymoon in San Cristobel when Carmen arrives. Michelle asks to speak to Carmen alone, and Carmen eventually says she wants to gift the family home in San Cristobel to her and Danny as a wedding gift, which shocks Michelle and she thanks Carmen. While alone with Dietz, it’s clear Carmen’s words to Michelle were just a ruse and she still doesn’t like her. Danny comes in and Carmen asks Michelle to deliver chocolates to a family friend in San Cristobel, which Michelle finds odd. Privately, she tells Danny she doesn’t want to deliver chocolates, but Danny says they’ve always done this on every visit and she shouldn’t worry. She shakes the box and says it doesn’t sound like chocolates, so Danny tells her to open the box. She does and it’s really chocolates, which Danny lovingly rags her about. They leave for the airport, and Carmen, having seen the chocolates be opened, tells Dietz that her plan worked - she has Michelle’s trust now, but the next time Michelle goes down to San Cristobel, there will be more than just chocolates and she will have to earn her keep if she plans to be part of the family. The next morning, Carmen and Ben are flirting and kissing at the Santos mansion when Vanessa arrives. Vanessa sees Ben and says she should have known he was connected to Carmen. Vanessa then calmly and coldly tells Carmen to stay away from her son or she’ll make her very sorry (wow, go Vanessa!). Carmen says she had no idea Bill was hired at SanCorp, but Vanessa isn’t fazed. Ben then makes a call and tells the person to fire Bill and asks Vanessa if she’s happy. Vanessa starts to leave and Carmen tells her she’s doing a great job raising a fine young man, and Vanessa thanks her, but says she wants an alive young man and leaves. Ben and Carmen start kissing again, rip each other’s clothes off and have sex on her desk. Reva and Josh are still waiting for the police the next day in San Cristobel, but sees Olivia’s picture in the newspaper. They realize she’s the secretary that is marrying Prince Richard and Reva gets amped up knowing that Olivia recognized her. A police detective finally comes and says because nothing was taken, there’s nothing they can do, which infuriates Reva and Josh. They take the ring to a local jeweler, who claims to know nothing about the ring other than it was custom-made. He says he’ll ask his other jeweler friends, and asks to keep the ring for a bit so he can continue examining it. After Reva/Josh leave, he makes a call to someone and says Reva was there and acted like she knew nothing about the ring or the child inside the ring. Later they’re walking around their resort and notice the jeweler, the detective from before and Olivia huddled together talking, which freaks them out, with Josh saying the police are now involved and they need to get out of San Cristobel immediately. Danny and Michelle arrive in San Cristobel and Michelle is amazed by the family home they’re staying in. While Danny is getting champagne, a man walks in with many gifts. Michelle assumes he’s an employee of the family, so she asks if he’s a driver, gardener, etc but Danny walks in and calls him Your Royal Highness. Michelle is so embarrassed, and Danny introduces her to Prince Edmund, who is the younger brother of Prince Richard (7/08). I have to say, this Edmund is very handsome and has a wonderful British accent. Danny and Edmund seem to be long-time friends and is happy that Danny has found a beautiful woman to marry. Edmund makes reference to Carmen and says he never got along with her, which Michelle says she can relate. They later talk about Prince Richard’s upcoming wedding and Michelle asks about Olivia on his way out, and he says she’s a very complicated woman. Later, Danny and Michelle run into Reva and Josh, who are still panicked. They’re all shocked to see each other and Michelle asks why they’re there. They officially meet Danny and I’m wondering why Danny or his family wouldn’t have recognized Reva now if they’ve been going to San Cristobel his whole life, and knows the royal family - hmm. Josh is trying to get them to leave immediately, but Reva wants to wait and get her ring back, so Michelle offers to get it for her later. Reva/Josh leave and Danny/Michelle contemplate why they were acting so weird and seemed scared for their lives. Danny then says there’s no way Michelle is going to get that ring for Reva because they’re on their honeymoon and it’s clear Reva is running from something bad. Meanwhile, Josh is packing their stuff quickly, but Reva puts her foot down and is now determined more than ever to face her past, which makes Josh angry. He says there is no way they are staying and they start running with their luggage to the car. As Michelle is trying to convince Danny there is no harm in helping Reva, they hear police sirens from their dinner table. Michelle gets up, walks to the open window and they see the police blocking Josh and Reva’s car. Everyone is shocked as they arrest Josh and Reva, separate them and put them into different cop cars, yelling out each other’s names throughout! This is actually quite entertaining, I’m really enjoying the start of San Cristobel!

This is exactly what would happen to me. I hope Errol's update fixed it all for us. I haven't had any problems yet today (knock on wood)... Thanks, @Errol !!! I hope this fixed it So far so good today on my Mac, and I'll check my work computer (Edge) on Monday.

Thankfully Adam said on Wednesday's WWHL that Miami will be back (eventually). That's positive, I'll take it!

I'm so jealous of y'all getting to rewatch 1995 in such wonderful quality. I loved the whole Arlene/Alec/Hayley storyline! It looks like Agnes Nixon's family is working hard to make it happen for the States - I can't wait for that day!

LOL! I've only been watching since September, but if I had more of the background/history like y'all, maybe I'd think differently. I think Eden is a great actress and really was impressed with her scenes a few weeks ago when she discovered Valentin. I also found it odd though that she ratted out her mom to Brennan. They really do. Today showed more of that and like @CrazySexyQ , the show got me! I'm into this pairing.

I've noticed this a bit too about Blake, but that doesn't bug me too much (yet)... probably because I don't know SS's Blake, which I look forward to seeing one day. Blake was pretty good going up against Dinah and Amanda in 95-96, but she became a puddle around Ben (which I also didn't mind bc they had serious chemistry - hard to admit because Ben is so slimy haha). I recently saw a quick scene on Instagram of someone named Tori that imprisoned Blake... it looked fun to me and hopefully Blake was able to stand up to her like the good ol' days and wasn't just a damsel in distress. San Cristobel - so I'm really enjoying it more than I thought I would. I know I'm very early in, but the mystery and intrigue actually has me hooked and I never realized Danny/Michelle were part of this from the start. My initial question is how did Danny not recognize Reva from her San Cristobel days if he's spent so much time there and is good friends with Edmund. I hope they explain this. I can't tell if these people are villains or not, especially Edmund. Btw, Edmund is extremely attractive, wow! I know that's not the point, but it helps when watching LOL. I haven't met Richard yet.

LOL - I usually avoid spoilers so I rarely venture into this part of SON... but I couldn't help myself today and was happy to see that little video preview!

Ok good - we have confirmation that the cotillion will play out on screen - yay!

Wow, it's hard to believe a full year has passed since Leslie blew up that anniversary dinner! And now Nicole is playing multiple men... LOL.

What a great Friday cliffhanger! LOL at the temper tantrum that both Valentin and Carly had after their fight. Good camerawork. I can't wait to see Carly get herself out of this on Monday. I enjoyed today - it brought characters together that you normally don't see interact. Like Cody and BLQ - didn't realize they were good friends. Also unpopular opinion, but I like Joss a lot and I really enjoyed her catching onto Cassius today. Bringing up a Maxie memory that he clearly didn't remember... but he's onto her now and that was a good cliffhanger. I'm curious how they plan to keep Cassius just good enough to where he can stay on the canvas.

100% agree, she's ridiculous. Like he said, she's delusional, but you're right, it's dangerous. Martha was on WWHL afterwards and said she and Margo are not friends nor speaking. The buzz was good for this show, so I'm expecting a second season. Will be curious who stays and who goes.

Love to see it. One step closer for the US!

Thanks, @slick jones ! I love those pictures of VI.