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Agree 100%! It was too obvious in the beginning, especially Angie's scroll (which was still kinda fun), but it smooths out quickly and its one of their best seasons. I think the last two seasons of SLC have been fire. Enjoy it - tell us your thoughts along the way!

LOL at the bolded part. That's interesting, Lillian has brought up a few times her breast cancer scare, but she's definitely just been a very background/support character in 1995. She doesn't seem to have any family on the scene, nor connected to any characters outside of just being a friendly nurse that everyone seems to know. Skunk was this "bad boy" biker guy that Bridgett met and started dating briefly. She started staying out late and was hiding the fact that she had Peter from him. Matt and David gave her a hard time for becoming a reckless mom, and one night she didn't get home until the next morning after partying all night, and that's when Peter was 'missing' and no one could find him. Dinah was about to allow Viktor to kidnap him, but chose to save Peter and allow herself to be kidnapped instead. But then very quickly after that, Skunk left town and the story just dropped out of nowhere. I noticed a handful of stories like that sort of just dropped out of nowhere - Skunk/Bridgett, Mindy/Cutter romantic pairing and his computer training, Carroll/Nadine...

Thanks! And some local Santa Barbara news as an add-on! The quality of these episodes is so good. There was nuNatalie, I see. Man, I haven't seen an episode with her in so many years. While I was always team Tad/Dixie and really loved Tad's return, I remember still liking Brian Bodine because of the Hayley/Brian pairing with the first actor. This second actor was good too, but some of Brian's bad boy persona got lost.

The only bright spot on last night's BH was Andy finally pushing Kyle more about Morgan. You could tell he agreed with Garcelle a bit and was trying to push her... but unfortunately it went nowhere and she eventually just skated by. Oh and Jennifer Tilley's snacking during the Dorit/Sutton exchange at the end LOL. Dorit was baiting Sutton so hard and finally got her to react.

Mid-August '95: So 3 new characters have popped up, making 5 within a single week with Nola and Hawk. We have Susan Bates, who is HIV+ and just got a job at Spaulding; Abby with Reva in Goshen; and then Marcus arrived as Dinah's best friend from Paris. He seems fun and is a new dynamic/companion needed at this point in Dinah's storyline. I don't know if this is a new EP decision or new HW McTavish's, but 5 new characters brought in and we also lost 4 all within ~2 months: Eve, Mindy, Skunk, Carroll. That is some wild turnover in a short period of time.

Ahh - thank you! I didn't realize Sean was only a blip in GL history. Nola's second episode had really nice scenes with Henry and she admitted that she and Quint are separated and he is now with a 23-year old. I've noticed that GL likes to pair people with big age gaps haha. Wow - so Ed and Lillian were sleeping together? And this was his third affair? Ed was a dog! He and Lillian seem like really sweet people in 1995, and good friends at the hospital. I'm guessing Lillian may not have been popular in Springfield or with the fans if she helped drive Mo to her death.

Yep, SLC is one of few, if not the only, that films right away after their reunion. I read they do this because they want to be able to film in the winter with snow and keep that aesthetic season over season. Also, Meredith and maybe another housewife only rents and lives in SLC during the winter.

LOL - I sort of expected this and as long as she plays natural crazy and not fake crazy, I'm all in!

I'm up to August 8, 1995 and two legacy characters have made their return! How exciting, I wasn't expecting this. 1. Hawk is back and I've figured out he's Reva's father, but more importably, it's Gil Rogers! What a pleasant surprise, as I loved him on AMC as Ray Gardner. I can see him being Reva's father too, given their personalities. Speaking of Reva, her Goshen Amish storyline started a week or so ago and it's so ridiculously campy. There are so many scenes of her bathing and washing herself, VERY slowly and weirdly erotically I may add for an Amish setting. The bowl of water she uses is making her have flashbacks to her "death" and drowning. I don't really get why water now, after 5 years, is triggering flashbacks, but whatever. Her slow Amish accent is LOL too, so ridiculous. On his way to find Brent Lawrence's sister in Gary, IN, I find it very strange/convenient that Buzz happened to break down right in Goshen at Reva's little cabin. Out of all the houses he could stumble upon in all of IL and IN, he finds Reva's door. 😂 2. Nola! I've seen mentions of Nola on this thread lately and she just showed up to the boarding house today. She's interacting with Bridgett and just met Peter, and isn't too happy to hear that Vanessa is co-mother. Bridgett asked how Quint is, which is another name I've seen here lately, and Nola mentioned he's out hunting with the kids. So Nola is Bridgett and Matt's aunt and Sean and Maureen's sister, right? It's a bit odd they didn't bring Sean and Nola back together, but they brought Sean on first for a couple months and now Nola after he already left. Were the siblings close at all? Is Quint tied to any established family or current characters? I just got through Alan's court trial over his involvement in the Brent Lawrence/Spaulding Enterprises 'cook the books and try to get Alan-Michael booted' scheme. Which btw, it was very icky that Alan and Alex barely cared about Lucy being raped and was willing to protect and pay off Brent to get what they wanted. Anyway, the judge left him off (weird), but that entire storyline emphasized just how weird Alex/Alan's relationship is. She is so obsessive and dependent on his attention, and borderline wants Alan to be single and hers forever. There was a dream sequence where Alex played lawyer, judge, and bailiff, grilling Tangie on the stand, and while Marj did a great job with the material, it was just weird because she was so upset that Tangie and Alan were together.

A fun, light episode - a contrast to yesterday - and nowhere near dull. Lots of much-needed new character interactions. This is shaping up to be a great week of BTG!

Haha that's awesome - you need to go back and get all the BTS scoop from him

100% agree - we need more of these to help establish the family dynamics/relationships and allow us to care about them.

This is great, thanks for sharing! Great quality.

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.