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LOL I think the same thing - my mind always goes to OLTL. 😂. But looks like it's changed now! I love the look, @Errol !

I'm glad they're sticking to Ned's health and acknowledging Tracy in this. I was afraid it would just be dropped altogether. Slower day today, for me.

Wow, in shock. RIP to a legend.

I totally agree re: Blake/Ross. Both men did essentially tell her to F off haha, but my guess is Ben will cave again and try to take care of her. We'll see, but yeah this story has officially gone too long for me. It seems like (hopefully) Kim got over whatever it was about Cynthia Watros, because it was really nice to see Kim cheer loudly for her when winning the Emmy. I think Cynthia even thanked Kim in her speech, and if someone wasn't treating me well and I had already left the show (like Watros did by then), I wouldn't be saying her name in my speech haha. Her dad died, so she got all his money (he was a 'famous' music producer).

The EastEnders gay bar thing is LOL! And sounds very similar to what I'm watching right now with Millennium. You're right with Dinah. I just got to the first scene where she's out of the hospital and wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, like Edie from Grey Garden'sl, trying to cover her face LOL. I'll have to go re-watch the scene with Hart and the door, because I didn't pick up on that surprisingly. Always love hearing your thoughts and insights!

This is fascinating and the kind of insight I wanted LOL. Thank you! So she had no idea she was going to be Annie and replacing Cynthia Watros until after 2 weeks of being there, very interesting. She was taken aback realizing she was replacing an Emmy award winning actress and it made her nervous, but she said ok, I'm going to play this character as crazy as I can, more than you ever expected (which now I'm excited to see). She said Kim Zimmer didn't like her from the jump. She was never warm to her and never liked her while she was there, and still doesn't today. Now I want to know Kim's side LOL. She said Beth Ehlers was so gracious and friendly to her. I love to hear that.

Ohh I'll have to find that Locher Room interview LOL! Yes, all unbelievable stuff, especially this truth drug they're using that instantly takes effect when you rub it on their skin 😂 But I have to say, I'm entertained. I like how the Annie/Teri thing weaves into the Nursery Rhyme Stalker story. It's a huge umbrella story that involves most of the cast which is exciting. I've already noticed the coin not lasting. So random, it makes me wonder if they had more plans with Vicky and her past there. So how was the audience reaction live... did people already know Teri was Annie or was this a huge shocker? I can't remember how bad spoilers were back then. I do like the Millennium set and I'm finally starting to enjoy the Drew character (her intro was bad and the original storyline for her seemed to have dropped, as with Dahlia/Marcus). I think they need to figure out what to do with Millennium though. They have this big new set, but why is Ross conducting business meetings and why are some people now meeting there for dinner... it's a nightclub, let it be that. They don't need to make the older adults go just to be in a new spot.

I’m up to November 03, 1998. *Halloween 1998 was very entertaining! Jesse now wants to move into the apartment above Millennium, which Michelle is against. They tour the unit and love it, but it’s across the hall from Drew’s apartment. Michelle finally caves and allows them to get the apartment once she sees how much he wants it. But later, Drew pays off the landlord to cancel his check and decline them as tenants, which is weird. Not sure what she has planned here. Leading up to her Christmas wedding, Harley picks out her wedding dress with Jenna, Selena and Cassie’s help. She then asks them all to be her bridesmaids. After, Phillip sees Harley in her dress and tells her how beautiful she is, which was sweet. Later, she tells Lizzie she wants her to be in the wedding along with all the other children (Rocky, Cooper, etc). Ross has changed his tune yet again and wants to proceed with full custody of the boys. He meets with his lawyer team, with one being a girl he taught long ago in law school. She admits having a crush on him before, which she thought was appropriate to tell him now that he’s seeking a divorce (how professional haha). Elsewhere, Ben continues to feel miffed by Blake and tells her to rot in hell when she asks if he’ll help her with Ross’s custody battle (oh Blake…). Vicky gets David to help her investigate the cursed coin. She tells him the curse says ‘The holder of the coin will have no love’. On Halloween night, Alan has a private funeral for Annie alone, with that dead body in a casket and a huge painting of Annie looking over it. He recites his wedding vows again and Phillip then arrives to support him. Buzz tells Frank he has a premonition that something bad is about to happen, which they refer to Nadine and her psychic abilities here where she envisioned her own death. Buzz doesn’t believe Ken is the stalker. Reva/Josh host a party at their house on Halloween night and David is first to arrive, who tells Reva/Josh how interested Vicky is in the coin. He tells them the coin is missing from the trash can and Marah then comes by and shows them the same cursed coin that Tammy just found next to a framed photo of Reva/Josh! Reva decides to laugh it off as other people show up to the party, including Teri, Harley/Phillip, Buzz/Jenna/Frank, Rick/Abby, Michelle/Jesse, Cassie/Sean, Vicky. Reva makes an announcement that while the night isn’t a celebration of Annie being dead, it’s essentially a good riddance and goodbye, with others cheering and making comments. Michelle tells Rick about moving into an apartment with Jesse and he says over his dead body! Just before the party, we see Teri put some of the experimental truth drug from the police station in her purse. At the party, Frank and Teri talk about how well they work together with Harley/Phillip, just as Eleni surprises everyone and arrives back from Greece. Hart shows up to sign some work papers with Josh and sees Sean/Cassie together which makes him jealous. Sean tells him it’s clear that Hart/Cassie both want each other and just man up and make it happen. Jesse then announces that everyone is invited to the after party at Millennium and many leave for the club. Teri then pulls Josh aside and asks if they can talk privately about how Frank is making her uncomfortable by flirting too much and touching her inappropriately (what?!?). When they’re alone upstairs, Josh says that’s odd, not believing that Frank would do that. We see Teri get out the truth serum and she’s able to rub it on the back of his neck as he’s trying to get them back to the party. The drug starts taking effect and she assertively tells him to sit down, which he abides. This is when it’s revealed that Teri may be a villain, hiding her real identity. The creepy nursery rhyme background music plays, inferring she is the stalker. She then tells him he’ll only remember the parts of their conversation she wants him to remember. She then says her name isn’t really Teri DeMarco! She says it’s fitting for Halloween, to take her mask off and reveal her true self. She then puts up a cutout face of Watros’ Annie face, removes it and says she’s Annie! Wow, how exciting this reveal was (even if far-fetched)! I need to understand how she looks/sounds different to the point no one knows her; how she has a past in Detroit, etc. I’m guessing she just stole the real Teri’s identity - maybe the dead body from the boat. I want to know if they tried to get Cynthia Watros back and she said no and changed the Teri character to fit Annie, or was Teri brought in from the beginning as the new Annie? A calm, drugged Josh says it can’t be true because she doesn’t look like Annie. Teri says it’s a wonder what cosmetic surgery can do to someone (oh boy). She reveals she stole a body out of the morgue to put on the boat that exploded. She made the real Teri have an accident and now she’s in a coma somewhere. She damaged her vocal cords to sound different (LOL), and now she plans to take over Reva’s life. What she has planned for Reva is much worse than death! She then asks Josh if he ever truly loved her and would have spent the rest of his life with her if Reva never came back… and he says Yes. She gets ecstatic and says if he could love her like that once, he can do it again. She then tells Josh he can’t tell Reva anything about what she’s said, and he can only confide in Annie now. He can only listen to her and reminds him that they only talked about Frank and how inappropriate he is with her. She tells him that Reva will start to annoy him tonight and he’ll slowly fall in love with Annie again. Josh resists and says no, and Annie freaks out about the drug not working. Reva, searching for Josh, walks in and the drug seems to be working as Josh is quietly assertive with her, saying they were having a private conversation. Reva gets suspect, so Annie tells her about Frank kissing her, which is what she was talking to Josh about. Annie then leaves and Reva questions Josh about being so short with her. He is grumpy and finds her annoying, so the drug seems to have worked, and Reva is so confused about why he’s acting the way he is. When the drug finally wears off, he apologizes and says he’s not sure why he was acting that way, and they kiss and make up. Annie goes to her own gravesite with white roses and Alan arrives asking her why she’s there with Annie’s favorite flowers. Annie says she wishes she knew Annie because she’s intrigued by her. Alan says she reminds him of Annie in a way and then leaves. Alone, she says she wishes she could love Alan, but Josh will forever be her one true love. Knowing that Hart went to the Lewis house where Cassie was, Dinah purposefully starts a fire at Hart’s place to lure Hart back (she is certifiable at this point). She then calls the police for help while staying in bed (she took more blood pressure pills so she’s not healthy again). The fire gets out of hand and she panics, while Hart gets a call about the fire and he and Sean run to the house. The guys and firefighters arrive and save Dinah, but she has minor burns and is rushed to the hospital. They bandaged half her face and she freaks thinking she’s been disfigured. At the Halloween party at Millennium, Drew is stressed out and in a bad mood. Selena tells her she needs to leave for LA for a couple weeks to follow up on a lead about her daughter, which angers Drew even more since they just opened and she wants time off. Drew tells her no and if she leaves, she’ll be fired. Drew later sees Mick selling drugs to a customer, so she privately calls the cops. They arrive and arrest Mick and he threatens her saying she’ll pay for it. Meanwhile, Michelle changes her mind and tells Jesse she can’t move in with him. Jesse gets upset and believes Bill has been pressuring her against it, so he confronts him angrily. Jesse then impulsively proposes to Michelle, but apologies soon after for being so quick. He explains that he just loves her and wants whatever she wants. I wish Michelle would just give in to Jesse and stop second guessing things!

Oh that's right, I keep forgetting that Michael's real dad is AJ. Thank you! 😃

I've been meaning to ask this for awhile, but what's the relationship like between Michael and BLQ? I tried to find information on this GH site I use, but it doesn't seem like they're related or have been in a relationship. Since Michael isn't a Q, I've been wondering why he's at the house often (like during the Ronnie story or in today's episode).

I just watched the eyelid mites thing and that was so random LOL. It was such weird filler for a single episode.

I've gotten used to it too and like it generally. LOVE seeing 5 topics per forum in the front page, but agree that the forum pictures are too big. Thanks as always, Errol! We appreciate you and SON!

I like it too. We need a familiar face there since we're always in OG's. Even though the storyline for June and her personality really made no sense, I'm glad she's happy and the way she is now.

Oh I would love to read your thesis, if you don't mind sending to me! How awesome that you got to speak to some of the writers and actors. What other actors did you get to interview? I'm so sad to hear that about Ben. Either I forgot or I didn't know, because when googling it after you posted, I was shocked by the news. Do you know why he changed his last name from Jorgensen? I really loved the character of Kevin, such a sweet young guy. (Apologies for taking a few days to respond, it's been such a busy week 🙂)

🤣 I'm excited for this!

Wow, this is an amazing read - thank you for posting! I had no idea that storyline mirrored a real life story. I also didn't realize those episodes were what won AMC the Best Writing Emmy that year, which was well-deserved. I distinctly remember this storyline as a kid and it's a good reminder that I knew I was gay well before middle school at just age 11 (sometimes it amazes me at how young we really were with those thoughts/feelings). I had a big crush on Chris Bruno! 😅 Eric - have you published anything you wrote after interviewing the writers/cast members? Would love to read anything out there. Who did you get the chance to interview? That's such a great experience.

Oh my gosh, I vaguely remember this guy! The name Henry came to mind, but if you google that name in relation to AMC, you just get Di or Del Henry. But thankfully I finally found him and this is all the info there is out there: Henry Chen (Ivan Shaw, 2003) Maggie's former Chinese-American boyfriend. His family operated an Asian restaurant and wanted him to continue the family business rather that pursuing a career as a doctor.

It was great seeing Anna again! Gosh, I haven't seen Mac in AGES. That was great to see him. His voice seems much deeper, but perhaps that's aging. I liked the twist that the ADA is actually playing Sonny. I'm going to guess she doesn't last long once he catches on. I'm actually really enjoying this show. It's never boring, at least (for me). It's amazing how much Lulu and Charlotte look like mother/daughter in real life.

This is how I feel... I just watched today's episode and liked it haha.

For me... it was nice, yes. It was festive, loved that. Everyone looked great, even if the outfits were all over the board. But the part that annoyed me was ALL the time and dialogue spent talking about it over Oct/Nov that we had to endure... if it was just going to be a single episode Christmas thing, great, but don't hype it like it would have been a Nurse's Ball - ya know?

LOL - I thought that was such a random, yet wild way to escape that was just nonchalantly accepted. Something discussed over in the BTG thread, but it was also annoying that it just happened off screen, when it could have been a fun exciting thing to see. I know budgets are tight these days, but they could have given us something. I've been watching 90s GL lately, and the first thing I thought of was when Annie (Cynthia Watros) parachuted out of a plane and left Reva alone on a crashing plane LOL. We got to see that in the 90s, let's see it in 2025!

Ahh interesting, thanks! :)

This was such a nice way to start the episode haha. So wait, what's the story with Setton? She refuses to show skin on the show because of her real-life marriage?

Great perspectives - thank you both! One thing you pointed out was Holly/Michelle's relationship, and I liked that too. Budig's Michelle had a few fantastic scenes with Holly about her alcohol abuse here in 1998. It was nice to see.

I really can't believe Winterfest lasted 1 episode LOL. After months of talking about it, planning for it... for 1 episode? Hopefully it just builds to something bigger and bigger each year. So aside from Hayley drugging Bill, what other stories do we have going on other than couples just being paired up. And we didn't get to see what was really happening between Vernon/Sharon? So I guess he decided not to go through whatever he was planning to do... or did I miss it after Leslie overheard that quick convo they had?