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One fun thing to think about in all of this - it'll require an opening update, and I wonder if they'll move some people around, add/drop others, etc. Usually when they have to update an opening, they make more changes while they're at it, don't they? (other soaps)

LOL - I love Dr. Damon, but I've never noticed this before - yikes!!! She needs to get her husband in her chair!

May 4, 1995 --- ohhh, Brent is trying to work with Alan now to bring down Alan-Michael, now that Alan-Michael returned from Florida and realized how scummy Brent is! This is getting good. Question: Was Reva popular in the 80s and was her exit/"death" from the show a surprise and sad for fans? Her "spirit" that is haunting Josh and ruining his chances with Annie seem a little silly only because I know she ends up alive somewhere, so this was probably more of a tease for excited fans at the time when spoilers were not a thing, keeping them on their toes as to what happened with her. She keeps calling him 'Bud' - I guess that's her nickname for him?

Oh no... I'm already tired of the 5th Street obsession, how can it get any worse in 1996?? LOL. Plus you have Buzz who half the time seems to be adlibbing his lines in a messy web of thoughts that eventually get out of his mouth haha. I'm at the point where Tangie just got arrested for withholding evidence/information on who may have stolen this money from the Ball. I mean, we're basically talking about chump change here, and it's this big overhyped scandal IMO. Speaking of Tangie, she seems to just be floating around without much direction. She's a reporter that seems to work around the clock on leads, but then she's also is a bartender at the local dive bar at night. She seems to have random flirtatious scenes with Alan and Cutter, but it never really goes anywhere. Speaking of Cutter, there was a random week-long storyline where Mindy has to teach him about computers, and you could tell they were thinking of pairing the two together, but then it got dropped suddenly. Oh wow - that's fun that we're almost near the same timeline! I know, I've been able to power through a lot in the last two weeks because my work schedule this time of year is lighter. Once work picks back up again, I'll be slower moving. I also have so much current-day TV that I watch, so I'll have to balance it out here soon. Thank you all for your thoughts on the Alan character! I googled Christopher Bernau and learned he was gay and died of a heart attack at 49 due to complications with AIDS (if Wiki is true). How sad. I wish I could have seen his work - I'll have to find more clips. Ron's Alan seems ok for me right now, but like I said, he isn't on much between Feb-May '95, so my limited time with him has been a few banter scenes with Alex, a few scenes with Alan-Michael about how he isn't up to the challenge of running the business, and a few flirtatious scenes with Tangie. He is just now getting involved in the Sid/Gilly storyline and appears to have gotten Gilly fired from her LA job, which will prevent Sid from moving to LA with her. But that's very new still... I actually think RR looks like he could easily play Robert Newman's older brother. They physically have enough similarities to where I'd buy the relationship.

Yeah, I just listened to her instagram video she made about this. Sounds like 100% her choice - her son is graduating high school and another is starting a new career and she really wants to be present and around for those things in the next year, along with all the other non-RH projects she has coming up. I think contractually she had to wait to say something until after the reunion is filmed. Now who is Sutton going to lean on - she'll be an island, because Kyle isn't that girl for her, as much as Sutton wants it haha. I do hope this means we have new blood and a shakeup in BH next season. This season just wasn't it for me.

I'm up to May 1, 1995! Reva has returned, haunting poor Josh. Her picture shows up in his wallet, he starts to smell her perfume on people, a Tulsa rose shows up here and there... and then just as he and Annie are about to have sex for the first time, she shows up in person (his vision)! I'm excited to see how this storyline plays out... I'm at the point where Buzz and Fletcher are too much for me to swallow. If an episode has them both, I have to turn the volume down a bit haha. Buzz's obsession with 5th Street is too much. Right now, he was accused of stealing the money from the 5th Street Ball (donations), and now everyone is trying to figure out who would have stolen from the 5th Street restoration. He's a bit off his rocker right now. Dinah just moved into the Reardon boarding house for a bit, so this should be interesting to see how she terrorizes Bridget, David, Lucy, Matt, etc. I loved that Ross finally took Blake's side and kicked Dinah out of the house. Alex and Holly just got into a physical altercation in the women's bathroom over Fletcher... LOL. Did people not enjoy Ron Raines as Alan? In the almost 3 months I've watched now, he's only been on in small doses and doesn't really have a storyline going, but I do enjoy his banter with Alex and he seems like a strong presence.

I totally agree. I'm at the point now where Lucy finally went back to work and is still struggling with flashbacks and people touching her. Bridget told Frank her suspicions and he's now involved, but she keeps telling them she's fine and nothing happened. In fact, she just screamed at Bridget for saying anything to Frank, so there is anger finally coming out. It's done really well so far. Brent tried to make her think it was normal and continues to court her, but he now has his sights on Mindy.

Yeah, the Anita/Naomi scenes were great today and much needed.

Ohh ok, Jacob's dad is scary and a good actor! That last scene there was good.

Just seems weird that a juice is so expensive, but the burger meal isn't. Either make the juice $2.00 instead, or make the burger $12.99+. Or change the juice to a smoothie and then it'd make more sense. But, the fact I'm focusing on that is telling... this is a boring episode. 😕

The prices at the restaurant make me LOL - you can buy a Juice for a hefty $4.00, but then a black bean burger for just $8.99.

I do like the theme - BH rarely has one, right? I agree, Garcelle is the best! I also like Boz and Erika. The others are pretty safe. Even Dorit is understated, which is surprising.

Looks like our first episode without Nicole! She had a good 18-episode run haha. Eva cracks me up - I like her a lot.

Dammmmn, Phaedra showed her a$$ last night, yikes. Toya will always be my favorite, she just tells it like it is haha.

"You are my sunshine..." one of the most touching scenes ever!

Love to hear it re: AMC I'm the same, I hate missing an episode or even scenes, so I get it. Are you watching the episodes from Blake Marler's YouTube or somewhere else? I just checked and it looks like he has most of the 1990-1991 episodes now (although both years seem to miss most of Jan, but Feb-Dec seems to be there).

My AMC watcher! If you stopped in late Oct '93, when did you start? I keep hearing great things about 91-93, so I'm sort of kicking myself by not starting back then, but I really came to start the Brent/Marion saga (for better or worse), so I started Feb 10, '95. I know this period sort of gets dragged, but as someone who never watched GL pre-2000s, I am REALLY enjoying it so far. I'm up to April 20, '95. If you start GL, promise me you won't stop your AMC watch! Because I really want your take on 1991-1992 I have to say, the Buzz character is starting to come off as another Fletcher-type to me, where he can do no wrong and comes across as annoying and a bit sanctimonious. Otherwise, I'm enjoying most of the storylines. Dinah just hooked up with Roger, which I figured would happen, but wow, he's technically her step-grandfather, so that's... weird hahaha.

Yep (well, close)! He won 5 times and was nominated 16 times! Well-deserved.

LOL - I do get the smug, judgmental that you're referring to. She earned her tougher exterior though. Ohh I'd love to see that smackdown with Gloria. I don't remember that specific scene.

I rarely meet someone who isn't a Brooke fan, or at least doesn't like her! Please tell me why!!

I remember as a teen thinking with Robin in place as Janet, and her redemption arc, it made sense. I've read so much about how Kate hated James (a la Vivian Vance/William Frawley), but I've always wondered how Robin got along with James. Once they brought Kate back as kooky Janet, they sort of undid everything that happened, but yeah in the moment, I remember buying the Trevor/Janet pairing.

Making my way through mid-April '95. We're at the 5th Street Ball, which is this outdoor Christmas Carol-looking party, where everyone is wearing period piece outfits. I always enjoy a large party that brings all characters and their storylines together. Although they're bidding the girls off for money and Fletcher, being the whiney a$$ he is, refuses to go, but can see it all happening from his home (or wherever he is), and he bids on Holly by yelling from the rooftop, just so Roger won't win. LOL - so cringe. Eww and he's now professing his love and doing this soliloquy from the rooftop to the whole party about how much he loves Holly. LOL I can't. I feel so bad for Lucy right now, and the actress is doing such a great job with the material. She just confided to Bridgett about her date and how Brent went too far, but denied being raped. Bridgett doesn't fully believe the story and is really giving Brent the stink eye. Lucy reminds me of Rachel McAdams (the actress). I can't believe Ross is willing to mortgage his house to save Dinah and her $50K credit card debts to this scary dude. I'm very team Blake right now. Speaking of Dinah - I just googled and it's the same actress as the Governor on Yellowstone! (I love Yellowstone too). So wild seeing her 30 years later. That's what happens when you start watching a 90s show, you think they'll look the same today but it's 30 years later haha - so wild.

LOL - sorry Maybe I'll warm up to her, but it doesn't sound like there is much time left, as Budig comes in later this year in '95, which I'm really excited about because I loved her on AMC. Wow - that is a wild ride that I really want to go watch haha. The Eve of 1995 is not at all like that - she sees to just be a nice quiet lady (aka boring haha). I'm now at the part where she got out of surgery and it sounds like a blood disease or something that she picked up from her time in the war (which war? I guess it was the third world country you mentioned haha). That is awesome! Happy to hear it I'd love to hear your thoughts from '95 too, when you've got time. I'm really enjoying it! Are you watching the episodes through this same YouTube link that I am?

Ahhh, Phillip sounds like an interesting character. I look forward to seeing him eventually. I just got to the episode where Brent rapes Lucy. Interesting turn, as I actually bought into Brent being a good guy and Lucy really enjoying dating him. It almost came out of nowhere because they were swimming and kissing only a few episodes ago. I guess Alan-Michael was always meant to be endgame here. Ironically enough, I just met Michelle and it's not Rebecca, so I guess she'll come in later in the year. This teen actress is a little wooden. LOL wait, this girl ends up marrying Macaulay Culkin in real life?? From the dialogue, it seems like Eve had a sketchy history and had to prove herself to the residents of Springfield. Was she a controversial partner for Ed at the time? I think I missed something critical during the OJ Simpson preemptions/lost episodes because Eve is now having surgery, which is what keeps Rick in town, and it doesn't seem to be related to her pregnancy. I saw Eve be told she's pregnant, and Ed overheard but didn't tell her he knew... then they're planning to get married at city hall, so the ladies throw her a quick wedding shower. They then leave to get married and she collapses. Now Rick is in town to help Ed do her surgery, and I can't tell what the surgery is for or if she's still pregnant and if Ed/Eve have talked about it. This is the only storyline where I feel like I missed something important. Oh! Annie just saw Rick at the hospital and had a shocked reaction, I guess she knows him...

Early April 1995 - Rick Bauer just returned to town to help his dad with Eve's "illness". He mentioned he didn't like how he left town before - how long has he been gone and what did he do before? He seems like a nice guy haha. They keep mentioning a sister Michelle, but haven't seen her yet. There is a new actor playing David Grant now - wonder what happened to the other actor? I'm really enjoying the A-M/Lucy/Brent triangle and the Dinah/Ross/Blake storyline! Annie is acting weird and now starting to turn Josh away, not sure why.