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LOL at Allison and her mug shots, and bringing up Dani's recent mugshots where she treated it like a fashion shoot. I didn't love Leslie bringing up the race thing with Vanessa today, just didn't feel necessary here.

Totally agree on all of this. The cruise was like an ad which I didn't love. Every single lady looked AMAZING in their Spanish dresses in Seville. That was a great cast trip, and I loved how Alexia/Marysol called out Stephanie for her non-stop money/PJ talk. Excited for SLC!!!

LOL @P.J. - I'm sorry you had to deal with that, considering how much you loved Jack/Carly. That would have driven me crazy. Hunt was on AMC, but only for like a year, maybe even less and he was such a non-factor, that I barely remember what he did on that show and who he worked with. But now that I'm seeing him on GL, gosh he's not great. He's wooden, flubs his lines (so far), and just comes across as icky. I like villains, but this one isn't it. @MLH - I'm starting to understand your comments re: Blake in this storyline. She makes horrible decisions sometimes where I just want to shake her and ask her WHY are you doing this haha. I still love her generally, but yeah... @DeeVee - oh that's a fun game, who are the other 4 in your worst 5?

I just have to say real quick - I can't stand Ben Warren! I thought I would in his first week or two when things were intriguing, but now he's just nasty and the way he's treating Abby, Ross and Blake during this trial is disgusting.

Thank you for posting. Mary was such a great presence on screen.

They gave Leslie layers again today, which is nice to see. I wonder if this will be the last we see of Allison. If so, I do think she deserves kudos for playing crazy pretty well.

Bill is winning all the points with me today!!!

Oh yikes... that's not good

Agree! He had some fire today, which was great. Well they found Chelsea, which was a little too quick for me, but I thoroughly enjoyed the last 7 episodes!

I know nothing about the character of Ridge, but I'm excited to see TK again!

We're back! Excited... I love Nicole getting the upper hand here.

My sweet Carlotta (the actress) was anti-gay? Ugh, that makes me sad knowing this after all these years.

Whoa that is a lot of interesting stuff coming up... I wonder who dies! Might be Vanessa's husband, if Ashley is involved?

^Agree 100%. The shock and awe moment before spoilers/internet was such a strong feeling that we can't ever get back (except maybe when you allow yourself a rewatch and haven't read anything about the soap/characters, which I'm considering later in life with maybe 90s Y&R or B&B since I really don't know much about them). From my generation/era, I feel like these AMC storylines really were must-see, water cooler talks in the early/mid-90s (huge ratings): -Natalie in the well; Janet impersonating her; Janet kidnapping Hayley; the start of Dimitri and Wildwind. -Tad and Dixie's first coupling; Adam and Brooke's involvement; Tad "dying" while struggling with Billy Clyde Tuggle on the bridge all while Brooke was pregnant with Jamie; Tad's eventual return and having to convince Dixie it's really him. -Noah/Julia's interracial coupling; her abortion after being raped by Louie.

No, hasn't happened yet I've known that will be the outcome, which I'm upset by because I love Rick's bonding with Kevin, but I'm very curious to see how it all comes out. I'm assuming Rick will eventually force his name on the birth certificate legally and then it'll require some DNA test and maybe that's when it'll come out... *don't tell me * - but nope, hasn't happened yet as of early November 1997.

I was on vacation, so couldn't watch GL for 10 days, but I'm happily back in the saddle! 🤠 I’m up to October 31, 1997. Harley and Phillip have a first official date at her apartment and it’s a comedy of errors, with both having internal dialogue that’s pretty funny. This finally got me to enjoy them, so we’ll see how I feel going forward. Buzz proposes to Jenna, but they’re still spooked by the stalker. J stops by the Diner and tells Buzz that he’s worried about his mom, who is now at the Bauer cabin fantasizing about Buzz. J then recognizes Nola’s earring that the police recovered and tells Buzz it’s his mother’s, without really knowing what’s going on. Buzz then realizes his stalker is Nola. He goes to the Bauer cabin to confront Nola, which happens to be during a big thunderstorm. She starts to deny it, but then breaks down and tells him the entire truth, which he is empathetic over. She apologizes and asks that he not tell anyone, which he agrees and they decide to restart their friendship. On his way out, he grabs firewood for Nola since she is going to stay at the cabin, and he falls down the cellar stairs! Nola tries to help, but the roads are flooded, her car is stuck in the mud and the phone is out. Buzz finally wakes up and seems to have amnesia because he doesn’t recognize his own name and doesn’t know Nola LOL. Oh brother. It’s quite funny because he says the name Buzz is dumb and he can’t believe he’s stuck “slinging hash at a Diner”. Nola tells him he’s in love with Jenna, but he keeps refusing it. The storm is over and J is able to call her, but she doesn’t say anything and hangs up. Oh Nola, she is so conflicted and making all the wrong decisions. J then shows up, Nola hides Buzz, and convinces J she’s ok and actually is dating a man that she won’t tell him about. Later, Nola and Buzz continue to console each other over their feelings of loneliness. J ends up telling Phillip and Harley about his concerns and recent visit with Nola at the cabin and Harley puts it all together that Nola was Buzz’s stalker. They race to the cabin and just as Buzz is walking out to start a new life, Harley shows up and he asks who she is. Harley can’t believe it and starts to freak out and Buzz tells her that he only knows Nola and she’s taken care of him and he wants to be with her. Harley is furious with Nola and vows that she will pay big time. They all eventually convince him to call Jenna and tell her he loves her. Jenna is ecstatic to hear from him and Vanessa convinces her to go to the cabin and surprise him. They arrive and Jenna is devastated to hear he has amnesia and tries to remind him of wonderful memories they had together. She vows to help him relearn his life. Meanwhile, Vanessa grills Nola a bit for the truth. They all head back to Springfield and take him to the hospital, while everyone still figures out what to do with him. He clings to Nola and she eventually returns him to Jenna against his wishes. He finally warms up to Jenna and notices pregnancy pills and she admits she’s pregnant. Overall, it is nice that Nola is getting her own storyline, but this was a bit ridiculous. Jenna takes Vanessa to the hospital to terminate her pregnancy (she doesn’t want Matt to go and experience heartbreak). Matt finds a letter that Vanessa wrote their unborn child, explaining why she died and why she’s without a mother. That makes him change his mind and he rushes to the hospital to stop Vanessa from terminating the baby, and as he gets there, Vanessa tells him she couldn’t go through with the procedure either and wants to have the baby, regardless of the risk. They tell Dinah, who pretends to be excited but she’s not because of the risk. At the same time, Jenna finds out she’s pregnant, but is still worried about Buzz because he’s gone missing. She also voices concerns to Vanessa that it may not be Buzz’s child (i.e. Jeffrey). She later takes a test at the hospital and the results show that Jeffrey is the father and she breaks down. Drew’s dad cuts her off and forces her to get a job because of her meddling and forcing Dahlia to quit; he’s spoiled her far too long. Sugar then quits. Jesse gets J to hire Drew as a waitress at Company and she sucks at it. Michelle sees Jesse/Drew together at Company is getting jealous of Drew. Given that Jesse knows he has Maureen’s heart, he tells Michelle they can’t be together anymore, which Michelle further assumes it means he likes Drew instead. Later, Drew sees Jesse’s scar on his chest and Jesse tells her she can never tell anyone about his scar. Ed tells Michelle he isn’t staying long, but wants her to go back to Africa with him. She says no. Ed privately asks Rick to get Michelle to drop her search for Maureen’s heart because it’ll lead her back to Jesse. Ed explains to Rick that Jesse had a congenital heart defect and the only way he’d survive is if he had a heart transplant. Ed says he didn’t cause Jesse’s mom’s death, but he had a lot of pent up guilt about the whole thing. Ed made it possible for Maureen’s heart to be given to Jesse, sort of a debt to be repaid to the family. Diaz was his mother’s maiden name, which was used at the time of the transplant. Later, Ed sees Jesse alone and they acknowledge what they each know and agree never to tell Michelle because it would hurt her and Jesse’s father both. Jesse continues to push Michelle away (even though he still likes her), and Michelle decides to get her life together and go back to Africa with Ed. Before she leaves, she goes back to Jesse’s one last time to tell him. His shirt rips open and exposes his scar. He says it was a knife fight, but she puts all the pieces together and realizes he has Maureen’s heart. He finally confesses that it’s true, but Michelle doesn’t mind and still wants them to be together. He agrees and they go to Ed to tell them she’s staying in Springfield with him, which upsets him. Michelle then starts to have issues with Lillian and her role in Maureen’s death (she had an affair with Ed and Maureen found out and got into car crash and died). Michelle hasn’t been able to forgive Lillian yet. Cassie is pushing dates with Billy because she’s being forced to by Alan through blackmail (Tammy’s safety). Billy kisses Cassie and she’s not interested romantically, but has to play along, even though she likes Billy as a boss and now friend. In the office, Reva/Billy/Cassie find out a dummy corporation out of the Cayman Islands is buying up a lot of Lewis Oil stock, which is fishy. They find out the CEO of the dummy corp is Annie Dutton LOL. Later, Cassie decides to take Tammy at night with the petty cash on hand at Lewis Oil and run away from her situation with Alan, but Hart walks in on Cassie stealing the money and pressures her into the truth. She spills everything by saying two ‘bad people’ are blackmailing her, but never says Alan/Annie’s names. Hart now wants to help her get Tammy back. Annie breaks into Cross Creek and now has a written “Hit List” with Reva “The Liar”, Josh, Harley, Phillip, Alan and Cassie all listed. She wakes up and starts drinking, to help herself “think more clearly”. October 3rd is the episode Watros submitted for the Emmy and won, which shows her alone drunk at Cross Creek, guzzling bottles and destroying/breaking stuff. She finds some prescription pills and takes them with alcohol, all while crying. Strong scenes here. She later realizes she took all the pills, freaks out and yells for help before passing out on the floor. Josh travels to Cross Creek and finds an unconscious Annie and calls 911. He calls Alan too and tells him he’s found Annie. Alan gets to Annie at the hospital and at this point he’s had a change of heart and wants to continue protecting Annie. She agrees to stick with Alan if he gives her full power and ownership of the Lewis Oil stock, and he agrees. One night at the Towers, Reva/Josh/Billy/Cassie are having a double date and Alan/Annie show up. Annie doesn’t think Cassie is putting forth enough effort to seduce Billy, so she follows her into the bathroom and reminds her that she and Alan have Tammy’s life in their hands. Cassie gets pissed and yells at Annie, which Reva starts to overhear. The bathroom scenes in this episode are pretty amazing where Annie/Cassie have to make up a story to Reva about how they just met, while still hating on each other. Later, a case worker tells Cassie that having Hart appear as her soon to be husband will help her chances win back custody of Tammy, so he eventually agrees even though Dinah will flip her lid, but Annie overhears the conversation and gets angry. She decides to tell Dinah about their upcoming night in Chicago together before her early hearing and Dinah freaks and decides to go up to Chicago, but she’s delayed due to a fog storm. Hart/Cassie got there early enough and are forced to share a suite. Dinah finally arrives and walks in on them in pajamas. They try to start explaining but the case workers arrive early and Dinah blows their cover, the case workers leave upset, and Cassie slaps Dinah (loved that, much deserved). Then they tussle and have a great girl fight until Hart breaks them up. Abby and Holly meet again to discuss their experiences and how Abby feels, which is sweet to see Holly mentor her. Rick goes to Holly as well to get advice on how to handle Abby, which Roger overhears. He tells Holly later that the same advice might have helped the two of them. He tries to kiss her hand and she pulls back. Blake arranges a dinner with Holly/Fletcher/Roger/Amanda, but tells Ross everyone was aware and happy to attend, but they weren’t, she surprised them. She pushes them to be a family for the sake of Kevin/Jason and they oblige. Holly even jokes how Amanda will be a step-grandmother before being a mother LOL. Rick starts having issues with not seeing Kevin as often as he wants, so he talks to Blake and wants a schedule where he can see him more often and then be named father legally on his birth certificate. Blake agrees and tells Ross, but Ross gets upset and says no way (which annoys me). Rick and Abby then meet with Griffin at the Towers club to see what his options are and after the meeting, Abby gets attacked again in the parking garage by the same goon as before (Roy), but thankfully Rick shows up and he runs before he can really hurt her. Roy follows them back to the Bauer house where Michelle and Jesse are and he watches the four of them discuss what happened. Rick finally apologizes to Jesse and they re-introduce themselves to each other and shake hands. They see Roy out the window and Jesse catches him and Abby is able to stand up to Roy and give him a piece of her mind before he’s carted away to jail. Later, Roy gets off on bail and on Halloween night, he shows up and threatens Abby while she’s home alone and giving out candy to trick or treaters.

LOL this was good

Yay - Chelsea is still chained up! I was hoping it wouldn't wrap within a single week. I also loved the previews showing that maybe Kat/Jacob/Madison get into a car wreck on their way to rescue! That's more good soap opera. They really built great momentum going into a holiday week. I can't wait for 9/08! Oh and loved the 90210 references!!! LOL at Leslie showing up to Nicole's house at the end.

Appreciate all the responses and thoughts! I can't say I'm surprised by the answers LOL. @P.J. - surprisingly I find the actor playing Jesse to be pretty good for his role. He's so handsome too, I've already forgotten about that sweet Zachary haha. I love learning the history about Nola and her passion for old time movies from her time in the 80s, so thank you! It actually helps me enjoy the storyline better now since that part originally seemed to be odd to me (where she would fantasize about Buzz and her in movie roles). I gotta say, I enjoy watching Dinah stew and getting some much-deserved torture from this storyline with Cassie/Hart.

I'd be annoyed, but I'll be on vacation this coming week so I guess this works out well for me haha.

Anyone else's episode skipping? It's the only channel skipping, so weird. I guess I'll have to watch on Paramount later

Another solid episode IMO. This week has really been must-see for me.

LOL - right? Always!

Ohhh ok good! Because I was always on Stacey's side re: her lying about hiring TJ. I didn't want to have to eat crow on that haha. RIP T'Challa!

LOL at Allison! Chelsea: "You'd better not come within 100 feet of Madison!" Allison: "Ah, easily done, there's lots of ways to get rid of someone from that distance." 😂