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GH is airing for me today in Texas (Tues 9/30).

Ohhh Kat is ready to pop off! I love this triangle, especially when Tomas is in a towel

I'll post my detailed recaps later, but this clone storyline is so stupid. It's actually an interesting idea, but you can tell as it plays out they've had to quickly write in and explain/answer questions that come up that makes this whole thing seem very implausible. It feels like they've gotten so much pushback to the point where one episode, this happens: The clone wants to go to Genoa City because a soap opera, Y&R, is based there and she wants to meet Mrs. Chancellor, but Cassie/Josh tell her it’s not real and just a soap opera that Billy and Wanda used to watch on their lunch break LOL. Josh has to tell her not everything you see on TV is real. I wonder why they added that in there - publicity for Y&R or because they got so much backlash on this story not being realistic? My guess is the latter and that was their way of telling the audience to just go with it LOL. They also made the Reva clone so annoying and selfish that it makes me not like Reva anymore. It's like they found the worst qualities in her and amplified them in the clone. One saving grace, the shirtless island man with the real Reva is great eye candy haha.

I haven't paid attention to GH in several years, but I decided to watch today to see Erika. Loved seeing her on screen again! So many familiar faces are on this show and it was great to see! Finola, Maura, Watros, Hearst, Wagner, Grahn, Wright! Gosh, some of these ladies have aged so well in the last 20-25 years! This Nathan character is very handsome! I really don't know any of the new faces or storylines, so was hard to follow, but I loved seeing all those vets today. I went back and watched last Friday's memorial for Monica and that was so great to see. I thought Cameron Mathison's character was killed off and he left the show - is that not right? The mansion foyer set is quite grey and drab, they need some color. Not sure if I'll keep watching, but this was a fun ride down memory lane today.

Ok that ChelseaKat QVC scene went on way too long (boring!) - but then Allison called in and I live! Haha

I’m up to March 06, 1998. Baby Maureen needs a kidney transplant to survive, so Holly gets tested and is a match. She decides to be the donor, but didn’t talk to Fletcher about it first and he gets upset because he still wants to move to Canada and this would set them back. Holly/Roger connect on the decision and he’s supportive and they hug, which Fletcher sees. He later tells Holly that another reason he wants to move the family is to get Holly away from Roger, which upsets her because she sees it as manipulative. Amanda shows up and later gives Roger an ultimatum, either leave with her next week for California or stay in SF with Holly. If he stays, she leaves him and takes away all his Spaulding power and opportunities. Roger decides to go with Amanda, which Holly overhears and appears to have a sad reaction. Later, the baby is in dire need of the kidney so Holly is forced to go into surgery to start the donor process, without talking to Fletcher. They can’t reach Fletcher, but Roger shows up and is there for Holly as she’s wheeled into surgery. Meanwhile, Blake can’t reach Ross and Ben shows up, and she leans on him as she cries/worries for Holly. Blake continues to make horrible decisions here haha. The kidney transplant was successful and everyone is happy. Fletcher finally arrives and continues his push to move to Toronto. Vanessa/Matt visit Holly in the recovery room and ask her to be Maureen’s godmother, which was sweet but makes her want to be in SF even more. Fletcher questions if they’re drifting apart, while Roger tells Blake that Holly still loves him and isn’t as close to Fletcher. Later, Roger talks to a sleeping Holly and tells her he’s only with Amanda for money and power, which he likes, but that he really loves her (Holly). He says he needs her, wants her back because he doesn’t know how to deal without, and he’ll love her until the day he dies. She appears to wake up and says “I know”. He tells her to give him a reason to cancel his flight to CA and his wedding to Amanda, just say the word. She said she’s too tired to think about this right now, so he says think about it and let him know, and then leaves her room. Again, as a Holly/Roger fan, I love to hear this, but it just doesn’t have the same impact without Zaslow in the role. Josh is working with police and divers to find Reva, but he finally hears the voicemail that Reva left him and he breaks down, which is so emotional. Later, he returns to Springfield and has a meltdown at home alone, believing that Reva is dead and he has to tell the kids. He’s drinking from the bottle and listening to Reva’s voicemail over and over, while crying. Micheal then comes by and Josh tells him everything that happened, which I find really strange because Josh barely knows this guy. I guess it’s easier to tell someone you’re not close to vs. telling loved ones, given they’ll be devastated. Ok, I see where this is going now. Michael then finds a medical card in a wallet and Josh tells him that Reva had harvested some of her eggs in case they wanted to have another baby down the line. Michael then tells Josh he can’t tell anyone about what happened to Reva because he has a plan to potentially get Reva back, by cloning her. Josh flips out on him, telling him his sci-fi BS is ridiculous, but Michael keeps pushing his research about it. So here comes the infamous clone storyline that turns GL into DAYS territory haha. I knew it was coming in 1998, but had no idea that it was directly related to Annie’s exit (well, Watros’ exit), how interesting. No wonder Michael, his research lab and weird black cat popped up a month ago, they were setting this all up. In real life, Dolly the sheep had just happened in 1996, so I guess that might have been on their mind when coming up with this storyline. We’ll see what I think as it goes along… Later, Michael takes Josh to his lab and introduces him to the cat and the cat’s clone LOL. He explains to Josh that the clone would start as a baby, and he’s been working on a growth stimulant to speed up the life cycle. Josh just can’t bring himself to believe a clone Reva will help, because it won’t feel like the same thing. But Shayne/Marah call him, and he just can’t bring himself to tell the kids that Reva is dead, so he reluctantly agrees to start the cloning process. I will say, Robert Newman has done a great job in all these scenes, you can really feel and believe all his emotions throughout. Michael then tells Josh that it’ll be an exact physical copy, but she won’t have Reva’s life experiences. Ok, my question - how can you guarantee this clone will love Josh, and how would she have any memories of Reva’s, like if someone were to ask questions or bring up stories, could she contribute? Michael says he’ll take care of the baby until she’s an infant, which is when Josh can then meet her and take care of her (ok LOL, this is sounding silly). But, Josh, even though he’s drinking during all of this, keeps saying he can’t have his kids go through life again without a mother, so he’s going through with it. The clone will get to Reva’s real age in a few weeks and then they’ll stop the growing agent. At this point, Alan walks in asking what they’re doing together so late at night, and drinking no less. Alan says Michael is finished and drunken Josh lunges at him and tells him Annie killed Reva, but then course corrects after Michael says no, and he says she killed Reva’s spirit. Alan then kicks them out of the lab and secretly vows to get to the bottom of what they’re up to, as he looks at the cats LOL. The next morning, Michael is packing up his stuff and Alan tries to stop him, so Michael uses a chemical to knock him out, he takes his cats and equipment and leaves. Josh, who kept having nightmares about Reva, wakes up and decides to tell Michael he can’t go through with it, but finds Alan knocked out on the floor. He wakes up Alan, they fight, and Amanda comes in to interrupt them. Josh leaves and sends Michael a voicemail telling him to stop with the cloning and he’s going to Cross Creek to tell the kids the truth. So the legacy of the Michael character will more likely be tied to this clone storyline than Vanessa’s, and I find it odd they didn’t even have Michael be near Vanessa during her birth and coma. Did they just give up on that friendship in favor of the clone storyline? Meanwhile, Cassie and the kids are in Cross Creek, waiting on Hart to join them. Rob shows up instead to see Tammy (and secretly seduce Cassie as part of his and Dinah’s plans). Cassie demands that he leave. He tries to leave, but his car won’t start because they’re in the middle of a snow storm and now they’re all stuck there in Cross Creek. Come to find out, Rob faked the car not being able to start, which irritates Cassie, but he tells her he wanted time to feel like he was a family and get to know Tammy better. Later, Cassie is napping by the fire as Hart’s car is pulling up, so Rob gets shirtless and puts his body next to hers for Hart to see them together. Hart is upset, but that doesn’t last long because he believes Cassie, so Rob goes back to SF and Hart/Cassie enjoy their time at Cross Creek. Josh later arrives, heartbroken and stoic, and prepares to tell the kids and Cassie/Hart about Reva but Michael runs in and stops him. Outside, they continue to argue about this decision and Michael knocks out Josh. He tells Cassie/Hart that Josh ran back to SF to take care of a work emergency, and that Reva got hung up in Springfield, effectively telling them she’s fine and he’s seen her. Michael rushes out, but Hart is suspicious after finding Josh’s truck when chopping wood. They try calling Josh’s cell phone, and we see Michael driving with an unconscious Josh, and he turns his phone off. So now Michael is obsessed with his project and taking things into his own hands, which seems more villainous now. Abby and Rick share their wedding news with friends/family, Phillip gives a great toast and they all celebrate. Ben spoils it and Ross tells him they’ve decided to take the plea bargain. Jesse has renewed his efforts in finding Michelle, with Buzz’s encouragement. Meanwhile, Michelle and her doctor continue to get closer and they end up kissing. The doctor tells her he’s attracted to her and she wonders what he looks like. He then takes himself off her case because he’s getting too close to her, which upsets Michelle. Jesse finds the facility that Michelle is staying in and ends up seeing her walking around, clearly blind and he realizes the truth that she’s blind. Michelle’s male doctor that likes her sees Jesse and stops him from talking to Michelle and they argue a bit about how he’s seen her with Drew. He pushes Jesse to leave Michelle alone and let her start a new life, but Jesse is able to get a job at the facility and runs into Michelle, who asks who he is. He starts speaking Spanish to her and pretends to be a man named Carlos. Not sure why he won’t just tell her, but we’ll see where this goes. It seems they’re developing a friendship (as Carlos), and my guess is Jesse is getting intel on her true feelings for him first. The male doctor sees that Jesse is now working there and decides to tell Michelle he’ll start working on her case again and be her mentor, and vows to keep Jesse/Michelle apart. Harley gets Lizzie to open up about their life in Arizona. Lizzie mentions there was a bad man that made Beth really sad all the time. Beth doesn’t know about this but later reminds Lizzie there are things about their past that shouldn’t be shared. Hmm, wonder what it could be. Lizzie later tells Beth/Phillip that she doesn’t like her teacher because he reminds her of Beth’s old boyfriend (Carl) back in Arizona (after her divorce from Phillip). Phillip starts to question who Carl is and Beth tells him she broke up with him, meanwhile Harley plans to get to the bottom of this. Later, she meets with an investigator friend in Arizona and finds out Carl hasn’t been heard of since telling everyone he broke up with Beth.

Maura West! Same reaction, wow. Based on a news article I just read, it sounds like Jerry had prostate cancer back in 1993, so well before this storyline. But I think you said it well - sadly, the writers/producers didn't care enough to know the backstory/history, or care to give those little character moments that mean so much to viewers. It's all about plot and moving forward in the moment, I guess. In this era with E&B, SO much is going on that I have to imagine it's hard to get certain characters together in scene when their own storylines are going a mile a minute.

OMG - such a great point, I honestly didn't even think about Nola or where she was. Such a shame, but they've put Nola on an island after her obsession with Buzz. The Cooper's don't like her, J left town and she really has no one left. Buzz seemingly has his memory back (they haven't really confirmed this, it's very grey, but he's working at the diner and seems to be back with Jenna - the whole storyline has been back-burnered Jan-March). I guess the writers just didn't know how to use her during those scenes, which again is a shame.

Aww that's sad I'm almost to the end of Bryan's Bill. I really like him. And agreed with your assessment on the 'old' and 'new'. Re: Ross, I found it odd too, he was there once but then disappeared, and they just said Ross was out of town during Holly's kidney transplant, so I guess Jerry might have been on vacation maybe? Not good though.

Most of these look too similar to what we have, but I LOVE the GL and AMC ones... don't love whatever they tried to do with B&B and OLTL haha. Thanks for posting!

Very true - I was hoping they would do more with Billy generally during this whole storyline. I was getting worried about Bill not being around, but they finally brought him in towards the end. Thank you for posting! Very interesting. The location of Springfield and its history was one of my first questions many months ago when I first jumped into GL.

Spot on - those were all big moments and Watros was excellent! While not in her last year, I thought her dry-out scenes at the Bauer cabin with Phillip in 1996 were superb too.

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).