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I thought the same thing too, but they just said she works for her at the house - so guessing maybe her housekeeper? I like that they're developing more relationships/friendships though. I like that Leslie is giving Peaches some of the money - the right thing to do for sure.

I think you mean Blake, not Cassie I need to go back and watch the first Dinah from the 80s so I can put a face to these stories! That's what I've heard... we'll see what happens, if it gets insufferable, then I may go back to early 90s at that point. Oh I've heard about the Time Travel storyline too. I actually watched some YouTube videos that highlight some of the craziest soap stories from the past and the clone and time travel stories were always featured from GL haha. I find myself agreeing with you on Cassie/Reva as an annoying duo. It's too sugary sweet so I'm ready for some conflict with those two.

LOL that is wild. I guess it really is true that they need to figure out a way to appeal to both generations of soap watchers. I definitely wanted another week of Chelsea being chained up

Mona and Jan! Love that they're back to gossiping about the neighborhood. They need a new third member now haha.

I’m up to February 24, 1998. Dinah finds Rob Layne at a halfway house. Rob is a very handsome man! He flirts with Dinah and they discuss his past with Cassie/Tammy. Dinah’s goal is to get him out of the halfway house and in front of Cassie before Valentine’s Day hits. Meanwhile, Cassie/Hart are in Puerto Rico on vacation, but Cassie gets a bad sunburn and they’re not able to have sex (which strangely they haven’t done yet as a couple). Reva calls them about Vanessa and they come back home early to be with everyone at the hospital. Later, Tammy disappears when Rusty is babysitting. Cassie rushes home and finds her with Rob, who has now shown up in Springfield. She tries to give him money to leave town, but he refuses and Hart shows up and they get into a fight. Michelle comes back to Springfield with her male doctor to visit Vanessa in her coma and meet baby Maureen. Drew is at the hospital trying to give blood for money because she’s still broke and cut off from her dad. Jesse arrives and Michelle hears Jesse and Drew together and assumes they’re a couple now, but Abby tries to convince her they’re not together. Later, Jesse walks by and sees Michelle and her doctor hugging and assumes this is the guy she’s now seeing. As they’re driving back to the facility, Michelle starts to realize she should be happy she’s alive and celebrate that, not hide from it, so she asks the doctor to take her back to Springfield. She’s now convinced Jesse still loves her and couldn’t have moved on with Drew. Meanwhile, Jesse and Drew are commiserating over their lost loves with beer (Drew talking about Sugar Hill, who was a creep and would rather be with Dahlia than her). Drew loosely says since they’re both single now and attractive, maybe they should get together, which Jesse laughs at, but they start dancing and then eventually make out. Sadly, Michelle and her doctor walk up to Jesse’s place and the doctor sees Drew/Jesse making out. He tries to take her away, but Michelle hears Jesse telling Drew that he really wants her and they continue kissing. Michelle is sad and rushes away with the doctor, but she drops her facility name bracelet on her way out. Jesse/Drew stop before fully having sex because Drew wanted him to make love to her like Michelle, and he stopped and wasn’t able to. He then find’s Michelle’s bracelet. Maureen tries to convince Vanessa to fight and go back to life, but Vanessa seems set on dying and letting her loved ones move on (which is a common theme with Vanessa, it’s so weird to me). Maureen shows Vanessa a grim future without her, starting at Matt’s wedding to Dinah, who happens to be in a wheelchair. Later, a moment with Matt/Dinah in a car talking about Dinah trying to kill herself, and they get into an accident which caused her to be in a wheelchair. Another scene in Cassie’s bar and Dinah being an alcoholic and smoking, which was just before the car accident. In this vision, Josh also shows up and berates Matt for losing his job and being an awful friend. Then, the final vision, Vanessa sees Matt at baby Maureen’s grave, which confirms that baby Maureen died the same day Vanessa did. Heaven Maureen tells Vanessa that her decision to die will be for not and Vanessa then realizes she can’t allow herself to die. In the hospital, all her friends/family have gathered with a priest, assuming she’s about to die. At the same time, Rick sadly tells Matt that baby Maureen’s organs are shutting down too and she likely won’t survive. What a gut punch! Vanessa jumps back into life, wakes up out of her coma and is alive - yay! She immediately is concerned about Maureen and wants to see her. Phillip and Harley move into their new home, which is a nice new set on the show! But, their time is ruined because Phillip tells Harley that Lizzie cried and pleaded with him to stay at the Spaulding Mansion with her, and so he will have to perhaps split time between both places. Harley of course goes crazy over it, tears up the lease to their new home and they fight. I’ve gotta say, Harley makes it hard to like her sometimes. She’s like a neurotic chihuahua and it drives me crazy, but then sometimes she’s likable and funny. Meanwhile, Lillian continues to worry about Beth’s mental health and tries to get her to see a therapist. Abby is offered a new plea deal with a lesser crime (involuntary manslaughter), which likely means 18 months in jail. She decides she wants to take it, even though everyone is telling her not to. She’s resolved in her decision and wants to make love to Rick before she goes off to jail. He decides instead to take her to a priest so they can get married. Abby looks beautiful in her dress. They say their vows and get married, which was such a sweet moment with just the two of them and their priest and his wife. I love this couple, always have, so it was nice to finally see their wedding. They later get home and she asks Rick to show her how to make love to her. I guess I just assumed they already have had sex since they’ve been together now for so long and stopped talking about it, but I guess not since she was always going to wait until they were married. Harley takes Reva to the gun range so she can practice shooting targets. Josh gets upset with her for having a gun and tries to persuade her to get rid of it. Michael visits with Josh at Lewis Oil and tells him about his research. He says what he’s working on is very serious and could have bad consequences if left in the wrong hands. Therefore, he wants to move away from Alan Spaulding and get Josh’s backing instead. Later, Reva is alone at Lewis Oil and Annie sneaks in, uses a syringe to drug Reva, and straps her up in a stretcher! Josh returns to the office and can’t find Reva and starts to get worried. We then see Annie and a tied up Reva in a prop plane. Annie has a camcorder LOL, and she’s giving updates on her feelings and plans. Reva tells Annie she’s crazy for drugging and tying her up, but Annie was quick to remind her that Reva did the same thing to her at Cross Creek months ago (good point!). Annie said Reva never should have come back from the dead, and this time, she won’t be able to because she’ll see to it that she’s dead. Apparently the pilot is working/being paid by Annie, and she reveals that she played the part of a nurse (with her unconscious patient) to get onto the plane. Annie then calls Josh to gloat, but Reva knocks the phone out of her hands, they struggle a bit, and Annie punches Reva out cold. Josh is yelling for Reva over the phone and the drama is building! Reva wakes up and Annie is still talking to Josh. He tells her he’ll do anything he wants to get her to stop, so Annie asks if he’ll marry him, to which he says yes. She then makes him say he loves her, so he says it. She then tells him to memorize an address and go there alone, and the address happens to be in the Florida Keys where Reva originally ‘died’ when she drove her car off the pier. OMG - Annie then gets out her gun and forces the pilot to parachute out of the plane, leaving the plane on auto-pilot. Annie then taunts Reva a little more, telling her that she’ll be seeing Josh soon after she parachutes out. Annie tells her ‘Sayonara’, jumps out of the plane and leaves a tied up Reva all alone in a prop plane! Wow, what a great Friday cliffhanger, and how in the world can Reva survive this?!? Meanwhile, Josh uses his Lewis Oil plane to fly to the Florida Keys. Reva works hard to get her hands free and make it to the pilot’s seat. Both engines go out and she’s out of fuel, so she calls Josh and leaves a tearful goodbye voicemail on Josh’s cell phone. Josh makes it to the Keys/location where Annie told him to go. There’s a tape that says ‘Play Me’, so he does and sees the camcorder footage of Reva/Annie from the plane. We then see Annie talking directly to the camera for Josh, telling him the Josh/Reva love story is over and dead (once Reva crashes in the ocean), she’ll be back when he least expects it, and she’s signing off…for now. She blows a kiss to the camera as Josh screams out for Reva. We then see Reva finish her voicemail by saying “Always, Bud. Always” and the plane seems to crash! That video of Annie is the last time we see Watros in the role of Annie Dutton, wow! What an iconic actress and character. ♥️

This man is still watching, obsessing and posting about BTG? LOL - I kind of love it. I wish we knew the full story.

Oh that's very cool! Haha, yeah I started gushing with Tuc but then I checked myself shortly after, trying to play it cool

Great point, I didn't think of this (shame on me!) haha!

I ran into Tuc at a bar in Toronto many years ago and he was just as you'd expect (or so I'd assume) - delightfully funny, but dry and sarcastic haha. He was with his former partner, pre-kids, and after his Jet Blue flight incident. My partner (at the time) and I hung out with the two of them for a good hour, it was great! Love to see those pictures above of their little reunion.

LOL - this made my day! 🤣

Today was the best show of the week, but I'm still annoyed we didn't actually see Doug die. Maybe it'll happen in flashbacks later when they figure out who was behind it, etc.

I've felt this haha. I've seen those first two scenes you mentioned, and they teased it for quite a long time when Dinah did first show up in 1995. She even tried to seduce and blackmail him and he usually held his ground, but it was definitely teased. I knew GL was pretty fluid (is that the right term? haha) in their hookups and relationships; everyone seemed to have their turn, so I figured there had to be good examples. I haven't gotten to Gus yet, so curious to know how he's related to A-M and Phillip! I didn't realize Blake and Alan had a history, eww (unless it's later/toward the end of the series, but even still, ewww).

Agreed, she's doing a great job today.

Thanks for thinking of me @prefab1 Hmm, we got very close with Gilly/Vivian (I'd almost just count it considering how gross it was). Nothing else comes to mind on GL right now, but on AMC, pretty much Hayley/Arlene with Alec (Grant A) haha.

Ah c'mon - we didn't get to see Doug's death at all?? So I guess yesterday was the last we got from Doug. How sad. I really enjoyed yesterday's scenes.

Dani: "Who gets black out drunk like this?" Umm... you did the entire first 4 months of this show 🤣

Much better episode yesterday and great ending. I actually really felt the Vanessa/Doug phone call scenes, and when he found out Joey was there with her, I felt that hurt. Great scenes. Naomi freaking out about the rings makes sense to me, seems normal for most women, except the symbolism/worry about the marriage breaking apart if she can't find them, that part was odd. Although did I miss a scene, how did Naomi get the rings in her bedroom after June realized they may be hers... did she come deliver them, did Jacob go get them? That was confusing. Did they expand their bedroom set? I don't remember the space with the mirror. The set for Vanessa/Joey seemed new too, I wonder which existing set they changed up for it.

Yay, love to hear it! You won't regret that decision haha ♥️

I love to hear this I know you're so into OLTL right now, but I can't wait until you get back to AMC. I think the idea of watching 1 episode of each, each time, is great! You are going to love the Dixie/Tad storyline, I think.

But 1997 is the year AMC won the Emmy for Best Drama! I actually really liked it, but I could see how some thought it was dark. I was a teenager, so maybe this makes more sense, but I was so intrigued/invested in the Tanner/Hayley/Mateo storyline... gosh, when he kidnapped her during the airplane flight and we watched Mateo rescue her! They got married right after that in the hospital, it was so sweet. Being a big Hayley/Mateo fan, that was thrilling and I loved watching Mateo play hero.

Thanks for sharing this link! I've been wondering why they chose this episode/year to start, and their reason makes sense now to me. Although some of those bullet points happened well beforehand (i.e. the 1994 tornado and aftermath haha).

That's a very good point. I think back to when Annie first came on and how much I loved her and Josh together, because she seemed like a sweet girl and was such a caring step-mother... so to think she was always a schemer and was essentially a fugitive on the loose, is odd. I guess the only thread I could pull on is her past with Rick in Chicago when it was revealed she was an alcoholic. I'm just curious now if Eddie was before or after Rick and whether Rick would have known about Eddie (assuming not). They didn't have Rick in this storyline at all towards the end, so we never got his perspective over Annie's final descent.

Ohhh I see it! That's a smart system, thanks for sharing! Always grateful for the Vault!

This is what I really want to see! Dinah has deserved it so many times.

For some reason, I'm not seeing it yet, but maybe it just needs time to update on my end - I'll check again in the morning. Thanks for doing that! Thanks!!! The updates came through on my end Hopefully I'll be able to see the new/clean Feb 10 episode soon.