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So did Rebecca Budig when she started at GL. But totally agree. 100% agree.

Martin really isn't a great father. He needs some serious guidance. Thankfully those kids have Smitty. Loved the Ashley/Hayley stuff. I also wonder why Hayley would fake a pregnancy, not sure where this is going. Stalker girl is getting creepy, and I like it.

Ahhh interesting, thank you Very wild.

Oh yes! I meant to reply to your original thought on this, but I totally agree. That would have been a great idea, and prevented Lonatrat completely haha.

Isn't it wild? I've not heard two different voices like that have a seemingly casual conversation about a topic, with real facts, be AI. I wonder why AI hates Megan McTavish so much though LOL - I wonder if there is so much written distaste out there and it picked up on it. I also hate the 'unalive' word too, so ridiculous. Let's just use our words, call a spade a spade.

I just realized I'm the same age (41) as AMC was when it was cancelled and ended on ABC (before Prospect Park). That is wild to me.

LOL at Erica walking through a basketball game, owning everyone in her path like the boss she was. I'm also quite shocked at the seedy dive bar where Angie slapped the man, and then later in the ending credits, the bunny lingerie dancer was on full display! How R-rated for the times haha. I randomly came across this podcast on YT, and it feels very AI, in fact I still don't know if it's AI or not. But, it's a great summary from beginning to end. They hit the highlights. I can't tell if they intentionally threw shade at Megan McTavish or not, but it's funny. The fact Susan Pratt got a shout out during the entire show's timeline in this short 35 minute podcast is wild. Again, had to be random AI. I do think this highlights how amazing AMC was in pushing the envelope with social issues. AMC was 100% a trailblazing soap opera.

I finally watched OC and I still side with Emily. I just have a spidey sense with Katie, who seems like a Karen grifter to me. Whatever that story was about her driving to a man's house and acting a fool, still gets to me. Don't get me wrong though, I enjoy her and like having her around. She's like a Danielle Staub - love to hate her. Atlanta's reunion was ok - Kelly said more than we expected from the trailer. I didn't realize she and Porsha were at odds like that though.

Totally agree, the February sweeps in 1997 really gave it some life we needed. I thought all four actors killed it for two straight weeks - Kiefer, ver Dorn, O'Leary and Ecklund. I was surprised to see only Ecklund was nominated that year, although I guess it was very early into the year. Very happy with how much screen time Holly is getting with these interim headwriters, and the attention Roger/Holly are getting. Computer! I use a Mac for my personal computer and only know how to use the internet and text on here. My work computer is Windows and I'd know how to do things on there. I really need to get better at using my Mac haha. I'll go search how to print screen and see what I can do. Let's see if I did this correctly... Whoop!

I’m up to February 25, 1997. Into 2 full years of GL now (Feb 1995-Feb 1997)! During the lighthouse rescue at the Ball, Roger came across Holly, who had tripped and fell. He helped her up before they both knew who each other was in the darkness. Now Roger is having flashbacks and feelings over Holly again, as he’s scheming with Amanda. He has a very sweet scene talking to Meg, which Holly overhears and visibly has a soft, fond reaction to it. Zaslow’s speech in this scene is pretty noticeable, which is heartbreaking. Holly is back to work now, post maternity leave, and she’s working the Roger/Amanda scoop and has some great scenes sparring a bit with Alex. Holly and Roger then get trapped in an elevator, which plummets to the ground, and they are holding each other. Roger is doing a great job of comforting Holly, who is freaking out. Man, I’m so glad they’re finally getting Roger and Holly back in some kind of orbit again after such a long year of nothing between those two. And I’m so glad I get to type more about Holly after all this time! Feb 7 - ugh, Lucy and A-M leave Springfield and have a tearful goodbye at the diner with the Coopers, although only Buzz and Eleni were there. Where was Frank? I’m still salty that Lucy’s friendship with Bridgett was completely dropped long ago. They did spend a good amount of time between Lucy and Buzz, which was sweet to see. After their wedding, and with the A-M recast, it felt like Lucy lost her charm that I fell in love with in 1995. She was barely on post-honeymoon boat disaster, which again, I think a big problem was that she lost any friends she had at the boarding house so she was isolated. A-M basically left for me once Hearst left the role. So this is bittersweet for me. Annie is setting Reva up on a wild goose chase trying to find her long lost sister, just to get Reva out of town and away from Josh. Annie also continues to blackmail Blake into helping her scheme against Reva (stealing files out of Ross’s office; tapping his phone, etc). She holds the parentage of her twins over her head, and while it is mean and I feel for Blake, it’s still quite entertaining to watch it unfold. Rick and Abby have their engagement party on Valentine’s Day, which was nice. I loved that Reva and Alan showed up, only because they brought Abby to Springfield, and it would have been awful if the writers forgot that. Great soap opera: With Holly’s support, Blake finally broke down and made the decision to tell Ross the truth about Rick being the father of one of the twins (great acting by Keifer in these scenes!). She decides to skip Rick/Abby’s engagement party and go to Ross’s office with the twins in tow, and BOOM, gets into a car crash! What a great Friday cliffhanger. Of course, Rick gets called to the hospital from his engagement party to tend to the accident victims and realizes it’s Blake and the twins. Lillian and Rick figure out the twin that’s injured is his (Kevin). How heartbreaking. The hospital calls Ross, who finally showed up to the party, and tells him about the accident. Everyone from Blake’s family heads to the hospital, leaving poor Abby pretty much alone (I feel so bad for her, especially when the baby truth comes out). Kevin is close to dying and Rick screams out he needs to save his son, which Lillian and other nurses hear. Rick and Lillian then save his life in surgery, all while Blake is in a coma, being watched over by Roger and Holly. Rick then FINALLY tells Ross that Kevin is his son. Ross gets angry and throws Rick across the room. These scenes have been fantastic and highly emotional. Wonderful acting by Jerry and O’Leary! Then Ross takes his wedding ring off, walks to Blake’s room where she lies in a coma, and just stares at her. So chilling. Blake then wakes up from her coma and Ross calmly tells her that Jason is fine and Rick saved her child, Kevin’s, life. She then realizes he knows and he confirms it. He coldly tells Blake “You are truly your father’s daughter. Genetically incapable of telling the truth. So amoral and self-absorbed that all you can think about is yourself and your well-being.” Ouch! He then walks out on Blake while she’s crying in her hospital bed alone. Meanwhile, a distraught Rick goes back to the engagement party where only Abby is left alone with their gifts, and Rick tells her the truth. Abby breaks down, cries and slaps Rick. She eventually walks out on him, leaving Rick to cry. Both performances were very strong. I wonder if these are the scenes that got Ecklund her Emmy nom. Meanwhile, Buzz bails Jenna out of jail after she’s caught trying to steal the Grants’ jewelry. He follows her to Texas and she finally spits out the truth that baby Cooper is actually hers. I’ve never been a Buzz fan, but he’s been so tolerable and much more calm since Jenna has arrived and it’s refreshing. So Leo just told Roger some of the Spaulding secrets. Brandon had another kid, Victoria, and left his will to both Alex and Victoria, thinking Alan was dead so he got nothing. Victoria gave everything over to Alex… interesting. J is now courting Michelle and being an absolute gentleman. I love the change they’ve made to this character. Pilgrim’s version was so immature, mean and a bad boy, but now we have a nice, gentler J and I’m happy for that. Opening credits note: Zachary was removed from the opening on Feb 12, and Lucy and A-M were removed on Feb 13. Jenna was added, replacing Lucy as the first character. Ending credits note: I’ve noticed now for over a month that Geoffrey Ewing is erroneously listed as ‘Griffin Williams - Geoffrey Williams’, but still placed in the right alphabetical order between ‘J Chamberlain - Ethan Erickson’ and ‘Holly Lindsey-Reade - Maureen Garrett’. I can’t believe no one has noticed this error! I’d send a screen grab if I knew how haha.

This is great, I'll have to watch these videos later today! I also meant to mention that I had no idea there was a Skye before Christopher! That was a shocker. Sadly I haven't seen much of AMC from the 80s - only random clips here and there. My first memories of AMC are from 1990 (I was only 6 haha). I really remember everything starting 1991.

Thanks for posting - that's quite the hodgepodge of clips! Did that skip to ATWT after AMC? Looks like Lisa Brown! I didn't realize she was on ATWT. I also didn't realize Kassie DePaiva was on GL! Love the AMC scenes in there.

Love seeing this - thank you! I didn't realize Roger and Jenna were married haha. I love this promo - thanks!

I had never seen this before, thank you for sharing. Beautiful tribute.

Finally watched and the ending was a good Friday cliffhanger. I do LOVE that we have outdoor shots, but like someone else said, it's a little LOL that all the trees are without leaves in the middle of July. But, if you're doing a scene in the park and filming scenes months in advance, I guess you take what you can get haha.

That's cool!!!

I watched the first episode on YT last night and it was even better to see it vs. just listen. Both are great, but I'll watch the rest going forward. So happy they are doing this!

Very interesting background, thank you! And yes, give your recaps/thoughts of your watch, always love to read!

Thank you! Very scary situation for sure and just thankful my immediate circle made it out ok. ♥️

I'll have to watch today's episode on Paramount+ tonight. My local news is breaking in to cover Trump's arrival to Kerrville, TX. I live about an hour away. Such a horrible situation that was. I had very close friends there during the floods who thankfully were able to evacuate in time before their home was washed away.

Haha very true. And oh yes, Matt was heavily involved with construction during this time. He and Josh had quite a few scenes building things, which led them to being friends and Matt being Josh's best man at his Annie wedding. Then you have Matt constructing his and Vanessa's dream home on that island where they met. I just recently got a scene in early 1997 where Matt is actually at the Lewis offices, which was nice to see because that office set is rarely seen since early/mid-1995.

This is going to be very embarrassing to admit, but I always thought this Dorian was just a younger Robin Strasser when I've seen clips. If y'all hadn't talked about an Elaine Princi, I would have never known. They look so similar! What great casting. You're all going to make me add this era of OLTL to my future soap opera watching list. As a kid, I never had time to follow OLTL year-round, only during the summers if I were home and had time after AMC. I distinctly remember loving Tina and Cain (likely bc I had a young crush on Cain), and I definitely remember Max and Luna (again, probably same reason with Max haha). Then, my next phase of OLTL memories starts with the Vega family.

Definitely throughout 1995-1996, the main focus was construction, with the 5th street fire and rebuilding (David Grant falling from the scaffolding bc of Brent; Josh supporting the rebuild all through 96; Matt and his hard hats haha).

Gilly left August 1, 1996. IIRC, Roger/Dinah fired her and she went to work for Griffin (horrible storyline). You're right, at least from mid-1996 to February 1997, there isn't much to WSPR (same with the Springfield Journal after Nick left and Fletcher/Holly was having Meg). I haven't gotten the sense that Dinah really 'works' though, she just seems to be a figurehead.

I already don't remember the exact details (haha), but it was around '96 during the early Lonatrat stuff with Roger. Either Roger gave it to her in the marriage, or she basically stole it from Roger when he was on the drug and going crazy. Soon after she got ownership, there was an episode where Hart kept filming Dinah on set with the big cameras when she was pretending to be on air and they flirted throughout like the start of a porn movie haha.