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Ambyr Michelle (Eva) is also killing it today! Emmy reel-worthy!

Ohhh ok, well that worked out well! Hahaha. Ted to Martin: "Now isn't the time". Uhhh, Ted, this is THE time. What is wrong with you haha.

Eva is going to come out clean. So I'm confused, is Leslie really Eva's mom or not? Eva thinks her parents died and Leslie raised her as a mom, right? Or are they both in on the lie there? But clearly Eva is Ted/Leslie's real child.

I mean, regardless of preemptions, today definitely feels like a Friday! Wow.

Trish Mann-Grant is killing it today! Emmy reel-worthy!

LOL yes!!! They know when to move into action, for any scandal. Totally agree, that made me feel much better about it all.

LOL Vernon, Anita and Dani getting up like superheroes to handle the situation - they are experts at dealing with this stuff. I wish Nicole stood up to both of them and demanded answers like a boss b!tch vs. caving and crying into Anita's shoulder before really knowing the details.

Aww I feel bad for Eva. Nicole's boobs are pushed up so tight that her veins are showing. I hope she's comfortable, goodness.

Oh good and now Naomi is here! Phew.

I can see the need for a Ted recast *ducks*. He doesn't seem that concerned. This is fun though! Ok at least they show Vanessa in the hospital and not just randomly missing (like Kat was at the last party). Vanessa's roots are really showing today!

Ohh this looks good! I'm here for Kelli taking down Brit! Charles cheating! Can't wait to see all of this. Interesting no Cynthia, but she narrates it as the friend of...

Ok nevermind, Wolf is in Marian's getup on the Jan 9th episode. Lucy wakes up at the lighthouse and it's now Marian, drinking tea, and sounding like an old British woman a la Mrs. Doubtfire 😂 Wolf is actually doing a good job as Brett, but I don't think they made him look like a believable Marian - its too clown/drag, but also creepier - and Wolf has a large nose they couldn't hide. I guess at this point, it didn't matter since she was unhinged and revealing him/herself anyway.

Thanks! Uh oh, is this the Gilly storyline everyone seemed to hate? We'll see how I feel, but for now, I'm just glad Vivian and Gilly have screen time! They've been sorely underused in 1995. I noticed in the end credits recently that the actress playing Vivian is on contract while her husband is recurring. I haven't warmed up to the Griffin character, as he's quite pushy and not overly endearing yet. I'm not quite sure if Wolf dons the Marian getup, I'll let you know, but I'm going to doubt it. They've all now realized Marian is a man, and Brent left his wigs/clothing at the house and he now has Lucy hostage in the lighthouse as Brent. I actually found an interview from 2023 that Frank Beaty did with this online Italian group who are big GL fans. I was quite shocked and happy to run across this! Frank seems to be a really nice man. The interview is a bit of a slog, because half of it is the co-host translating back and forth. But here are some pretty fascinating facts that Frank mentions: -He originally auditioned for the role of Matt Reardon, but didn't get it. The producers remembered his audition and offered him the role of Brent Lawrence later. How interesting! -He was offered a second year on the show, but declined. He wanted to find meaning in life, research his faith and start a new chapter in life. He said declining the second year was ultimately one of his biggest regrets. The storyline offered to him was Brent's rehabilitation in a facility that Amish Abigail was going to work in and help him with, and she and Brent were going to become friends... how interesting that could have been! -He was very close with Rick Hearst and Sonia Satra, almost like the three musketeers. -Makeup for Marian took 3 hours each time. Between the time commitment of that, the pressure of the show, and his personal life which was going through some really hard times, he said he had a nervous breakdown and couldn't continue functioning on set. He was very complimentary of Mark Wolf replacing him. -Frank is currently getting back into acting and is excited about his future (although 2 years later now, curious to see if anything came out of this). He's dating a woman in Paris, long-distance. Honestly wasn't sure if Frank was gay or not, but I guess this helps give insight there.

LOL - about right! 🤣

Y'all are bringing back great memories of AMC 2.0 for me. I haven't thought about it and the new characters in so long, well since it aired, and I plan to go re-watch it now. When AMC ended, I finally came to peace with it and accepted that I will never watch an hour of a TV show daily in my life again... something that I had been doing since I was 6-7 years old. I was starting a new career, relationship, and chapter in life when AMC 2.0 came out. I found a way to watch it, but things felt differently for me at the time and when it was so short-lived and gone, it became such a distant memory, sadly.

Episode 3 came out this week and it was good! I'm really enjoying this show, my only issue is that the episodes are so short and only released weekly! The momentum steams out... Its weird hearing JJ when all I can think about is Smitty from BTG hahaha. I'm still waiting to hear Vincent Irizarry. 3 episodes in and he's still not on. Otherwise, really enjoying this show and can't wait to hear what happens next!

SO good! I agree. Classic soap opera and it was a cliffhanger I've been craving for weeks now. First time in a while that I can't wait for tomorrow's episode!

I’m up to Jan. 8, 1996 and into a new year! This NYE masquerade ball has been outstanding soap opera! The jig is up with Marian. Brent stages a dummy in a wig at his apartment, making Cleary think Marian is alone at home all night, but Brent is really dressed up at the ball and stalking Lucy and AM. Meanwhile, Frank is at the docks and finds a wrapped floating body (Nadine) and calls it in. At the same time, unlucky for Brent, Susan just woke up from her coma and remembers Marian attacking her and tells Nick everything! Nick immediately calls Frank to tell him the news. Back at the party, Brent calls AM, pretending to be Marian, and lures him to her apartment just as Frank and Clearly storm in and they all find the dummy in a wig. Brent, now dressed as Zoro like AM was at the party, grabs Lucy, kisses her, she realizes it isn’t AM, and Brent attacks and drugs her unconscious! I can’t wait to see how this turns out… except for… In this moment, in the middle of the ball, a new actor takes over for Brent. So the episode starts with Brent attacking Lucy, but you have the voiceover man say “Today, the role of Brent Lawrence will be played by…” - taking you out of the scene, wondering what in the world happened. I know what happened, but I’m sure if I were watching live in the 90s without internet, I would be gasping. I had no idea the switchover happened mid-ball where you have the entire cast dressed up, working long hours. I have to imagine the stress of it all made Frank Beaty have his mental break, but I wonder how the rest of the cast/crew dealt with it given it happened right in the middle of this ball that everyone was at for multiple episodes. Did they have to delay the filming schedule to find a new actor? The actor must have had zero time to prep for the role, although I’m assuming we won’t see Marian anymore now that she’s been known to be a fake. I want to know all the juicy BTS details haha. But now, Rick caught wind that the police are trying to find Marian at the party and he starts to put the pieces together, given that he’s the only one that knows Marian is really a man. He walks outside and tells AM, Buzz, Frank and the police that Marian is a man and chaos ensues. Also, Nick finally proposes to Susan in the hospital in a very sweet scene. I didn’t enjoy Susan or this pairing in the beginning, but they’ve really grown on me and I really like how tough Susan is. She was the only one who really caught onto Marian and stood up to her. Meanwhile, Amanda locks Blake in a bathroom and ends up pulling Roger into a kiss after midnight, which Blake sees after she finally escapes. The girls fight, slap each other, throw food and pies… what a fun time haha. Reva the diva is in full force and her sweet milkmaid Goshen personality went out the door for good. She makes Alan go to the ball with her, dressed in a sexy red dress, and makes quite a scene. She kisses Josh, they fight in front of the whole party, she breaks down, they scream at each other, poor Annie runs off crying and Reva leaves the party and tries to seduce Alan to make herself feel better. Reva’s performance in front of everyone was pure Reva and honestly the Reva I prefer. I was so tired of Amish Reva for 7 months, so this is a breath of fresh air. I don’t think it all came together perfectly, and I don’t think Reva nor Josh have made good decisions, but at least the story is now moving forward and I have the old Reva back, for better or worse haha. I’m a little disappointed in Bridget. She’s very quick to crush on Hart again and she’s almost pining after him at this ball. Vanessa of course isn’t that happy with what she’s seeing. Matt tries to reassure her. Speaking of, Matt is looking really good at this ball - the mustache and hat really works for him (sorry, PJ haha). Another point about Bridget that bothers me, which is the writers’ fault, but she’s been totally dropped from the Lucy/Brent storyline. They were basically best friends and she was involved in the beginning, but they completely replaced her friend role with Susan/Nick, which I get because she has HIV/AIDs and Bridget may not have worked as well when the story continued along that path. But still, I wish we could see Bridget checking in on her or be worried for her (same with David). Finally, a little story is brewing with Griffin and Gilly’s mom, Vivian. She just confronted him and asks if he’s planning to do to her daughter what he did to her long ago. Interesting…

LOL now this sells it for me! I can't wait to watch later tonight!

They do look fun! Yep, I knew she was back because I heard of a feud she has with a former friend (don't want to spoil), but I was just surprised she wasn't featured more in the trailer, which leads me to believe there is way more drama to expect than what we see there. Maybe the midseason trailer will have more too.

So excited!! They have some expensive trips this year, to include a cruise - I think that's a Housewives first. The new girl doesn't seem to by shy, so that's good. Looks like Alexia/Marysol may have some tension and if Marysol doesn't like Todd, that'll never bode well for their friendhsip if she continues to stay with him (which it seems like she is still making out with him on beaches as of last week). Weird that we didn't see Adriana at all. She usually stirs a lot of drama.

Thanks on the A-M and Hope background! Oh how funny, her real last name matches her character's last name. That scene you reference was actually a flashback in the '95 Christmas, where Bert and Josh were in wheelchairs, how sweet that was. I need more I Love Lucy fans in my life I'll have to see if SON has a topic already for this show. Yep, PJ just answered too Thanks, and agree, love to see them having the chance to work as long as they can/want!

LOL at this - I've thought the same thing about nuEleni. At least Frank joined the police academy and is now a cop during the Marian storyline, because that finally brought some energy back into his character. Heck, his partner Cleary has more lines and screen time than Eleni. As I watch Frank and Cleary zero in on Marian, I'm starting to pick up a Mulder/Scully (X-Files) vibe, especially with Cleary's red hair. It would have made sense given X-Files' growing popularity in the mid-90s. I'm going to watch out for the Nadine death reactions and let you know. I have a feeling its coming up very soon during my watch.

Ahh - so Ed is AM's great uncle? That makes more sense now, considering a close scene they had during the July 4th Bauer cookout. So what happened to Hope? AM never really mentions her. Did the actress playing Bert pass in real life, hence no longer on the show, or did she have an exit storyline written for her? That iconic catfight scene between Vanessa and Nola was clearly paying homage to this iconic I Love Lucy episode, where Lucy and Ethel realize they're wearing the same dress and start angrily picking pieces off each other. So funny!

Dec 25, 1995 - Christmas episode This was a beautiful episode with several flashbacks and clips of prior Christmases. Ironically, they showed a clip of Billy and Nadine showing up for Christmas together when Bill was a younger boy. Speaking of Nadine, they showed some flashbacks of Nadine/Frank (and Frank/Harley/Mallet), and it reminded me how weird and sad it is that Nadine is frozen at the bottom of the lake while everyone is celebrating Christmas, and they have no idea (and she’s not there visiting nor has she called them!). There was a big emphasis on Bert Bauer, who seemed like a lovely lady. Was she Ed’s mother? There were several other people in the older clips that I wasn’t familiar with, but still heartwarming to see nonetheless. There was a hilarious flashback of Nola and Vanessa showing up in the same dress. They started ripping pieces off each other’s dress in the dressing room, which ended up with both on the floor tussling around. A clear nod to one of the old I Love Lucy episodes where Lucy and Ethel wear the same dress. So funny! It sounded like it was for Nola’s engagement party where they introduced Nola and Quint. Assuming this was around Christmastime given this was the Christmas episode, but they didn’t really say. I have to admit, seeing a younger Reva was pretty entertaining. They showed a clip of Billy (while with Vanessa) throw Reva out of a Lewis family Christmas party. They all seemed to have a stronger southern accent and colloquialisms back then, especially Reva, Billy and HB. I got to see a flashback of a young Lujack for the first time. Seeing VI that young is fun! Ok, Christmas is over and now I’m ready to see how this NYE masquerade ball goes...