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I love how Ava is always drinking a martini - that girl must always be drunk LOL. I don't recall seeing that set Ava/Lucy/Sidwell was in today - or maybe I just don't remember that fake sunshine lighting. I really like it, but it isn't always flattering. I hope to see that more often though!

One of these days I'll finally get there and see it... I look forward to it! So glad they gave Jordan more story. Love the details, appreciate it as always Wow - paralyzed for 6 months. I have to wonder if Phillip or others blamed Reva on that... if so, that should have been something Phillip addressed with Reva when she came back, but I get why not - new writers, EP, too many years went by, wasn't priority haha. And you're right, we hear Roxie more often than you'd expect. Ohh how did the Academy change rules? I love that!

Hey Smitty! 😈 Glad we're getting the kids and their storyline again. And Leslie! It's been too long.

I've been having the same issue for what seems like 2 months now. I clear my cache and it works, but then it's rinse and repeats, sometimes even daily. Really frustrating. I'll keep tagging @Errol to see if he's paying attention/knows why this is happening to many posters and whether it can be fixed behind the scenes somehow. 😇

Really appreciate your notes/perspective! I'm not sure why Englund left the show originally, but I always found it strange that Dylan was never a thought during Reva's return in 1995. They finally had some throwaway line where Reva called Dylan, but it just seems silly that we're supposed to believe Reva/Dylan reconnected all offscreen during that time. When I was watching, I just assumed that maybe Reva and Dylan weren't really close for whatever reason, but after seeing that 1990 episode of Reva which includes Dylan and Sam in the mix, it's clear they were in story/closely involved when she drove off... now I'm wondering if there was much Reva talk, from him or others, between the time Josh left and when Reva came back (since Englund was there for most of that period).

LOL - well, I must admit... after the show teasing San Cristobel for ~2 long months, I'm finally happy it's here so I can see what all the hub-bub is about. I know it lasts way too long and wasn't a fan-favorite, but so far, I'm kind of intrigued LOL. The mystery behind it all has been interesting and I was shocked to see Michelle/Danny roped in. I'm going to give it until the location shoot is over and see how I feel then. BTW - I recently followed a new GL instagram account that posts a ton of episode clips from over the years. Yesterday they posted a ton of clips from the 2006 Daytime Emmys. I did not remember GL almost sweeping the acting categories that year! Kim, Tom, Gina and Jordan all won! That had to be a nice surprise to the entire cast and fans. So 2005 must have been a pretty good year - maybe their last great year? Because they had many others nominated too that didn't win...

Wow - so I just went down a rabbit hole haha. I didn't realize Phillip had a full bio sister, so I had to figure out what happened to her. The GL wiki page just says she left town in 1992, so she didn't die... I'm surprised they never bring her up anymore now that Phillip is back from '96 on (or Justin/Jackie for that matter). I wonder if she just wasn't a popular character? Then I realized Reva must have left soon after that July 4th episode and sure enough, she drove off that bridge on July 23! So I went to that episode in the Vault and the quality on that episode is amazing. And let me tell you how shocked I was to see that Sam, of all characters, was actually in the car with Reva! It looks like she jumps out just in time, but I had no idea Reva had someone in the car. I didn't watch the whole episode, so no idea how/why Sam and Dylan are there with Reva/Josh in Florida - I guess it was a family vacation maybe. Oh and Josh in a black speedo on the beach! And now that I'm finally in San Cristobel, I guess this random rabbit hole leading me to the bridge scene was meant to be haha.

Finally got to watch and I loved it too! It was a pretty fuzzy copy of the episode, but I can tell Ross had a nice tan against that blue tank top... he looked good! And I know you loved that ending when Billy dumped Nadine and went to Vanessa There were a handful of characters in there I'm not familiar with... who was Dylan's girlfriend in the pink, and her dad with the sunglasses?

Nope, no acknowledgement or reference to July 4th at all. No decor, nothing. So odd, but like I said, the storylines right now probably didn't lend itself to really squeezing it in, even for a day. The location shoot in Puerto Rico when Reva/Josh get to San Cristobel started on July 1st, Michelle and Danny get married privately at Laurel Falls on July 2nd. Rick and Abby are fighting about the Michelle situation. Blake/Ross just finalized their divorce (although over July 1st/2nd, they have sex in the bathtub - more details coming in my recaps haha). Max just learned he isn't related to Drew, so he ran away from home which makes Drew sad. Susan hates everyone, which drives a wedge between Jim/Beth. No one is really happy right now LOL. That '90 BBQ sounds like a great episode! I'll have to go see if it's in the Vault and maybe I'll watch it as a one-off. I'm curious what song they would have sang at the time. I keep forgetting that Ross and Holly were together before he got with Blake. That had to be awkward for them haha.

Wow! July 4th has come and gone in 1999 and there was no Bauer BBQ this year. There was one every year from 95-98, so I just assumed there would be another in 99... although now that I think about it, Rick and Michelle are at odds, no one is really happy, and San Cristobel is just starting. I guess they couldn't figure out a way to make it work this year. Was this the first year, or had they let other years go by with no acknowledgment of July 4th?

I can't say much about PPD, but this is a big eye roll for me. It's clear she's doing this to save whatever image she may have left.

Oh wow, they're clearly a couple in real life - I had no idea! Thanks for posting, this was cute.

So I just checked my notes... the last time we saw Charles was in July/August of 1998 (almost a year ago!). He was at the Bauer BBQ for July 4th. He fell ill and people thought he was having a heart attack, but it was actually a stroke. He was in the hospital for a bit and this is when David Grant came back to town and Vicky was also new. They both visit him in the hospital and that's the last we see of Charles. Now, in June 1999, we hear that he suspends Rick (offscreen) for his role in "kidnapping" Michelle, and then David randomly tells Vicky that the Santos family hurt Charles. I'm hoping there is more to this story coming haha. Nope, Beth Ehlers isn't back yet! She's missed so many pivotal moments - introducing Susan to Dylan, Reva's bachelorette and then the Jeva wedding, gender reveal of her baby, the aftermath of the diner fire (Beth's last scene was the diner on fire and Susan being rescued). I'm now into early July and we're finally in San Cristobel! The location shoot in Puerto Rico so far looks really nice - I'm excited to see how long it lasts (the location shoot only - I know San Cristobel lasts for years which is wild).

I'm starting to experience this too. On my Mac (Safari), I've had to clear my cache daily, on average, over this past week. It's really frustrating. @Errol - any ideas?

I’m up to June 30, 1999. Susan is now grounded and argues with Harley about it, but Harley tells her they’ve all decided she’s going to a sleepaway camp for the summer, which pisses her off. Cassie comes by to babysit Susan while Harley goes to her doctor’s appointment, and Cassie tells Susan this is for the best. Susan then sneaks away to the roof to call Max and tells him he needs to come over because she’s on the roof and may do something stupid. He says she’s being silly because camp is easy, but she then says she’s going to run away from home. Meanwhile, Phillip is waiting for Harley at the hospital and tells Dr. Sedgwick that Harley is adamant about not knowing the sex of the baby until she gives birth. She then leaves Phillip in the room alone, but he happens to see Harley’s file and takes a peek and learns the sex, which makes him smile. Harley finally arrives and reconfirms her decision to wait on learning the sex, but once Phillip leaves the room for a minute, Harley secretly takes a peek at her file and also learns the sex, which makes her smile. When Phillip returns, they talk about how they can’t wait to see their child grow up and Phillip says something that makes Harley think he knows it’s a boy and calls him on it. She says he must have seen the green paper in her file and he asks how she knew it was green, which gives her away too and they both laugh about knowing they’re having a boy and new Spaulding heir. Jim goes to Millennium and tells Drew/Jesse that he will meet with social services tomorrow about Max. He says that living on top of a bar in a single bedroom with them is no way for a teenager to be raised, which pisses off Drew. Jim then goes to Harley’s to pick up Susan, but Cassie tells him he’s being too harsh on Max/Drew which he scoffs at. She says Drew is the only family Max has now and he needs to support them. It finally sinks in when Cassie reminds him of her struggles to parent Tammy when she was stripping and he leaves to go apologize to Drew. Jesse decides that in order to make themselves look more mature to social services, they should be married so he proposes to Drew. She says that shouldn’t be the reason they marry, but he goes into how much he loves her and she gets excited and says yes. Jesse leaves to get champagne to celebrate and Jim stops by and apologizes to Drew. He says he won’t proceed with social services and wants them to be happy, which makes Drew ecstatic. Jesse then walks in, sees Jim and goes off on him, with Drew trying to tell him Jim has changed his mind, but Jesse quickly yells out that Jim can’t go to social services because Max isn’t Drew’s brother, just as Max walks in and hears everything! Max gets angry and Drew tries to convince him that what Jesse said was a lie, but Max doesn’t believe it and says they’re all liars. Drew says she only knew the truth a couple weeks ago, but Max runs out and Drew chases after him. Drew tells him the whole story and says they’re still siblings because they have a special connection, but he is nasty to her and leaves. Max goes to his mother’s gravesite and scratches out Drew’s name that he got added to her tombstone. Beth talks to Lillian about Susan and they agree this camp will be best for her, since it helped Lizzie when she went after shooting Carl. However, Jim is now convinced, thanks to Cassie, that she shouldn’t go to the camp and Beth and Jim clash about it. Susan later overhears them discussing it again and how Beth wants her to go, which pisses Susan off. Max then calls Susan asking her to meet him at the park, but she’s grounded and says she can’t, but he presses her about how important it is they talk, so she tries to leave but Beth catches her. Susan tells her she’s not her mom and can’t tell her what to do, so she leaves anyway. Jim comes home and Beth tells him what happened, proving why she needs to go to the camp. She eventually says if they can’t agree on this camp, then she needs to exit from their relationship for her own good. Susan finds Max and he tells her about the Drew situation. He decides to runaway from SF and Susan says she’ll go with him. He says no at first because too many people love her in SF, but she insists she’s going so they plan to meet the next day at his mother’s grave and go from there. Meanwhile, Ben shows up to Company and overhears Selena and Drew talking about losing Max and Ben chimes in and says Drew should adopt him. Selena tells him to go away, but Drew wants to hear him out and he says she could legally adopt Max and be his legal guardian, which excites Drew. Ben offers his services pro bono and Selena tells him on the side he better not screw Drew over. Cassie and Blake have lunch and discuss their lives, with Cassie saying the farm is so expensive to maintain and she’s living paycheck to paycheck. Blake says she gives her blessing to sell the farm and Hart would completely understand, which makes Cassie feel better. This is kind of sad if it happens, as the Jessup farm was pretty important, but I get it since Hart is dead, Roger is gone and there isn’t much left to do with it. Selena asks Buzz for another night off to go on another date with Billy. Buzz says yes, but then fires Selena on the spot saying he needs a manager that can be there full-time while he’s trying to get the revamped Company off its feet. Selena thinks he’s being silly, but they argue and Selena gets up to leave. Before she walks out, she uses the phone to call Billy (in front of Buzz) to confirm their date that night. Harley comes by later and pushes Buzz to admit that he wants to be with Selena and he’s being ridiculous for firing her. Later at the Towers on their date, Billy is giving Selena a background of SF and mentions Roger and Alex, but it’s clear Selena isn’t paying attention and only thinking about Buzz. She notices Abby a few tables over and gets up to talk to her on the way to the bathroom and Abby tells her she needs to think about her future and learn to just enjoy the date. Selena then acknowledges Abby’s new implant which was nice to see, considering Selena came to the show because she was Abby’s cellmate. After, we see Buzz at Selena’s porch with flowers, but he hears Billy and Selena walking up being happy, so he places the flowers on the stoop and leaves without being seen. Selena sees the flowers and smells them, leaving Billy to proclaim she must have herself an admirer. The next night, Selena stops by Company to pick up her last paycheck and Buzz apologizes for being mean to her the other day. She mentions someone left her flowers after her date, but he denies it was him, which she doesn’t believe. He eventually offers her the job back and they’re cute together when she playfully makes him sign an agreement to be nice to her and never fire her again. Rick and Abby have dinner at the Towers, but Rick gets upset seeing Danny there. He confronts him and they argue more about the Michelle situation. Later, we see Rick walk back to the table but Abby isn’t there, and Rick sees a note that says “Your wife is with me, now you know what it feels like”. He realizes Danny took her and heads to the Santos mansion, as we see Danny sitting there waiting for him. Rick arrives and demands to know where Abby is, but Danny plays dumb and says he had nothing to do with it, but taunts him by saying it must hurt having someone take his wife away from him. Rick is forcefully escorted out of the mansion, and Abby then walks out and reveals that it was her idea to do this with Danny because she assumed Rick would let Michelle go. Abby is now distraught that her plan didn’t work out and begs Danny to drop the ruse, which he eventually agrees to. Rick goes to Phillip for help, who tells him he has no choice but to let Michelle go. Meanwhile, Carmen visits Michelle at the psych ward and says she wants to repair their relationship since Danny will need to be in both of their lives, but Michelle balks at the idea. Carmen says she wants to be closer knowing that she’ll have her grandbabies one day, but Michelle says there is no way in hell she will ever let her kids be around her, which annoys Carmen. Carmen then taunts Michelle, insinuating she could have one of her men come in and act like an orderly and attack her, which makes Michelle go manic and the doctors have to sedate her. Rick, now influenced by Phillip’s passionate words, decides to let Michelle go, but when he tries to wake her up, she’s unable to and he panics. He talks to the doctor who said they had to sedate her because of her reaction to Carmen, but Rick says she’s fine and needs to be released. The doctor says no and based on her evaluation, Michelle needs to stay another 14 days which pisses Rick off. Danny and Abby then show up and a shocked Rick embraces Abby. Abby says Danny took good care of her, but it was all her idea. Rick gets upset with Abby about her role in it. Danny asks when Michelle can go, but Rick tells him about Carmen’s visit upsetting Michelle and how the doctor is now requiring 14 more days, which makes Danny irate. Danny dresses up like a doctor and removes a sedated Michelle out of her room and takes her to the Santos mansion. She finally wakes up and Danny tells her he’s going to take her away somewhere safe, but Ben and Carmen stumble into the house making out, about to have sex. Carmen is surprised to see Michelle out of the hospital and Danny goes off on her and makes Ben leave. Rick and Abby show up and Rick tells them he’s giving up, but Michelle says she can’t trust him anymore and he’s ruined their relationship and a sad Rick and Abby leave. David and Vicky have dinner and see Bill and Pilar walk in. David tells Vicky his biggest goal is to bring down the Santos family. He then utters under his breath that the Santos family hurt his father and they’ll pay for it. Hmm, we haven’t seen Charles in forever, so I guess they’re making up some backstory here. Meanwhile, Bill tells Pilar that he scored a computer job at this company called SanCorp (where Ben is now president), which makes Pilar laugh because it’s one of their family businesses and he’ll be working for her mom, which shocks Bill. Bill says he’s not taking the job because he doesn’t want to work for her mother, but Pilar says it’s their one business that’s legit and he should rethink it.

Today was very heavy on Anna - I wonder if Finola will be back soon? I sure hope so!

Oh I love this! Thanks for posting.

Ugh - there won't be a reunion, but so wish there would have been! I think Bravo realizes it was a popular season, so I'm not worried about getting another season thankfully.

Ohhh - thanks for the reminder! I guess all the speculation vs. the actual truth stayed in my head. Phew!

Tonight's episode was pretty wild. I could see Margo imploding like this from the first episode. She's not a great person. Next week's finale will be good too with Margo and Mark coming together to discuss.

LOL right?? She had great potential, but I think the majority of fans got upset with Reese sleeping with Zach. So yeah, her tenure wasn't really noteworthy in the end.

I could do without Ashley's Tide commercials today - goodness. One was enough, but now two? Washing your laundry isn't a storyline haha. I know, I know... it comes with P&G haha.

But why was Tamara Braun there, since she's nowhere near 1995... although Eden isn't either haha. Unless the new Pluto channel in Canada has more episodes beyond what BeyondTV has been airing? Interesting!

Oh good, it looks like Vernon will be ok. We didn't really need that story right now. I like seeing the country club used as a nighttime drink spot. They should use that more often vs. using Uptown so much.

I just noticed Tamara Braun in there! I find that a bit odd since she wasn't there long (~6 months)... would they really bring Reese back for the AMC Lifetime movie? I guess Bianca would need a wife (I'd hope!).