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That bolded part! Toot was good at what she was good at, but it was a little too one-note. She had a couple good weeks in the middle where she branched out, but that's it. Her confidence was cute in the beginning, but it became too much as the season kept going, especially in the Untucked episodes. Unfortunately Sam Starr is just as bad and I can't wait for him to grow up a little more and mature a bit. Once he's grounded, he'll really be a great drag queen. But you're right, I could see him getting it slightly over Onya. OR, Onya gets it and Sam grows up a bit and comes to All-Stars in a couple years and wins. True about Jewels - total consolidation prize, which she deserves and I'm happy to see. I think for Lexi, the experience and affirmation is what she'll get out of it, which is exactly what she needed to feel accepted and whole.

Oh my goodness! Haha - three thoughts: 1) Vanessa was SO waspy back then! Way more than she is in the 90s. Her southern drawl is much more pronounced too. The longer hair suits her. I think I would have preferred this Vanessa over the more mature/robotic version I'm watching right now. 2) LOL at how much she despises the Reardon's and vows to get them all 'out of her hair', yet just 12 years later she's engaged to one and is the shared mother of one (basically). 🤣 3) What in the world is that GL opening?!? I've never seen it before. It was so funny going from waspy Vanessa to this loud 80s disco/action-adventure opening. 😂

Hahaha! As someone who likes messy housewives, I was expecting Brit to be there all along and see Kenya's 'presentation', but sadly she missed the whole thing. I'll be curious to see how she reacts to what she's told next week about what happened.

Aww, this is very sweet to hear, thank you! I'm happy you enjoy reading my thoughts, just like I enjoy yours over on the AMC thread! And you're so right, I find that I like many things that others didn't and vice versa - that's what makes the world go round Welcome - happy you're here!! LOL at your mom's viewing habits, sounds like my younger grandma back in the day haha.

Oh no! I hope not, that would be a huge loss for BTG. If true, I wonder what happened. I just found his LinkedIn and it still shows that he presently works on BTG Season 1. 🤞

I hope you're right!!! 🤞

Flag this episode in history, because it was pretty much perfect. I re-watched Vernon's speech at the end and each character's scene was perfect for what he was saying. The script writer today was 💯. Today really reinvigorated my desire to love and look forward to this show. I really love how Samantha has her brother's back too.

What a beautiful ending! Loved that voice over speech from Vernon. GREAT episode today - best we've had in weeks, IMO. This is the BTG I love. Great script writer too!

It did for me!

Oh lord, not more Febreeze 🤣

The actress playing Mona gives me Loretta Devine vibes, with her quiet, higher pitched voice at times and her overall demeanor. Anyone else see it?

Aww Tyrell is getting bullied because he loves chess. He seems like a very smart, sweet kid.

Agree with you all, some of Ted's true colors came out today, which I'm happy about because it gives Leslie more credibility. LOL - I never really noticed this before, but now I see exactly what you're talking about.

Such a good eye you have! Ohhh - so what is going around school - a photo?

Leslie realized the picture and slammed it down - smart again! They're acknowledging all our questions/thoughts today!

And now Mona is back - yay! Oh she acknowledged why she's in the hospital - a follow-up procedure. Smart!

LOVE these scenes of Vernon and Anita with their great grandkids. They got the generational dialogue down! LOL I can too now that I see it, but can't believe they decided to do that hahaha.

Great-grandkid scenes - yay! Still can't believe that girl is 30 years old LOL

LOL good point - and I just assumed she was a forgotten character used as a plot point, but happy to see her back and unforgotten.

My favorite storylines are back - love seeing Leslie and Ted right now. Bribing her to leave town for good. Enjoy seeing Martin and Smitty, just really ready to figure out who he killed and what his nightmares are all about.

Laura is back!! Wow. I figured she was just gone for good haha.

Oops - wrong thread.

Sadly yes I hope I'm wrong, but I really think so. I think this Love Hotel show is their attempt to do something similar but moving away from the troublesome Girls Trip. It wasn't just the Morocco trip that had random lawsuits from what I heard - I think the butler from another season tried to bring out a lawsuit too - maybe the one from the Berkshires.

100% agree - and thank you ♥️ Good question - I can't remember all of the details, but he just doesn't show up to work after feuding with the writers due to his storyline. I think he was disgusted by the pornography-style pictures he took of Brooke's daughter, but then also being responsible for Maria's plane crash, IIRC. This was on AMC back in 1997. Here is a clip of the sudden recast, mid-scene:

Well, I got to McTavish's first episode - July 17, 1995. While her time is short with GL, I'm interested in seeing what she does over the next year, good or bad (beyond the Brent/Marian thing, which I've known). I know most people aren't fans of McTavish, but I have to say, her early 90s work on AMC got me hooked as a kid, so I don't hate her. But boy, that memoir she wrote, wow. She lives in her own soap opera head. So on her first day, Brent Lawrence is pronounced dead in the arms of his sister, on the docks, in front of Alan-Michael. Shoutout to the actress playing his sister - she was good! I do wonder if his death was the original endgame, or if he was on contract and he was supposed to still continue on, regardless of McTavish. I think this entire storyline has been great, with the exception of Alan getting involved. His hatred over his own son allows him to be blind of or rationalize rape as being ok, so in my mind, he's a rape-enabler and it's icky. I do like how they brought Tangie into this storyline. After 5 months of seeming like a monotone floating traveler, Tangie finally got some meaty material here and I'm enjoying her character. McTavish also didn't seem to have a hand in Ghost Reva, which has been the most ridiculous storyline ever, only because I know and have now seen that she's really alive. Having Reva act like a complete shrew, visible to multiple people who are talking to her in public, is stupid. It doesn't make a new viewer like me want to like Reva. What I am truly enjoying about GL is the community feel of this soap, aside from annoying Buzz and Fletcher. But seeing the poor and rich come together, whether it be Alan-Michael getting lunch at the 5th Street cafe, or Gilly interviewing Lucy on the news, or Alex coming into the Journal offices to shoot the sh!t... it sees to be a family that I love watching. The pacing of this show, and generally in the 90s, was always so good. It's hard to get bored because storylines advance, there are cliffhangers almost every day, and they rotate storylines day to day. I'm loving Roger and his antics. He reminds me of a mix of Adam Chandler and David Hayward on AMC. He loves Blake unconditionally and I love seeing their father/daughter relationship. I do think the Alex/Alan sibling relationship has weird flirty vibes to it. Alex seems to care too much about his sex life and seems to get jealous at times. They bicker like an old married couple, so it toes the line. She also has a weird obsession over Fletcher and I have no idea why she was even at Fletcher/Holly's wedding since she clearly doesn't support it. So I'm 5+ months in from my original GL watch and I'm still very much enjoying this show. It'll be interesting to see what McTavish brings, good or bad. I know most here don't love this era of GL (), but having never seen the good stuff pre-95, I'm just really enjoying a 'new soap' to watch, which honestly beats the hell out of anything they're airing today (no offense, I watch BTG too, but you really can't beat how good 90s soaps were, sadly).