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I've read that about Episode 5 too and I'm optimistic :) That's awesome about Tawny, I actually didn't know that part. I loved Lower Decks haha. Same here, big time.

Anyone watching Starfleet Academy? I really liked the first episode, but it's going downhill for me. The 4th episode with the Klingon story was second best, but man I just can't get behind the Burn. I wish the Burn never happened and we weren't so far into the future. With Lower Decks and Picard finished, I'm pretty sad with the current state of Trek. I like Strange New Worlds, but we're about to have our last season and I haven't heard of anything else in the pipeline. I really really wish we could have had the continuation of Picard with Seven of Nine as captain and the LaForge daughters.

Welcome to the board! Who were your favorite GL characters and/or storylines?

Hahaha enjoy 🤗 So very true, many lost opportunities. That one was thing I couldn't stand, having Bridget become a sad sack pining after Hart. Such a sad way to see her go.

Same here! I haven't watched a soap regularly since AMC went off the air. Since BTG was brand new, I decided to give it a whirl... and now I'm watching GH and BTG daily. And I'm watching 90s GL. It's so interesting how this reenergized my interest and passion for soaps.

This, along with Peter's custody battle, are what I'm really looking forward to when I get back to this era. I loved Bridget and thought they handled her exit horribly. One of my biggest pet peeves with GL during this time was how they ditched Lucy/Bridget's friendship. They were so close when Lucy was at the boarding house and Brent raped her, but then once she got happy and AM/Lucy got to finally marry, they didn't even invite Bridget to the wedding and we didn't even get goodbye scenes between them? It just made no sense why that friendship randomly got dropped. Did you feel the same back then when you watched? I'm honestly shocked the Ben/Blake relationship has gone on this long, and I still don't know how Ross will be able to take Blake back after not only the Rick/baby lie, but then THIS with Ben? I mean, I find Blake's forbidden attraction to Ben pretty steamy and fun, but she really makes the dumbest decisions sometimes. She doesn't tell the truth when Ross gives her the space to do so guilt-free... she just can't do it and then gets herself in more trouble later when the truths are forced out. I don't know how Ross/Blake get back together, or when... I'll guess maybe they come together when rehabilitating Holly post-Nursery Rhyme story. Or I guess Ben eventually leaves, so once he's gone, there is no distraction for Blake. In my current watch, it seems like they've totally dropped the Ben/Selena history - or at least they haven't discussed it in months now - so maybe if he ends up being Drew's father, he'll get into their orbit and leave Blake. We'll see! (I know y'all know haha).

I think that's one of my problems with Vanessa. I don't know her personality well from earlier in the show so when she does this with Dinah, or allows her family to think she's dead, it's jarring because I don't expect sweet Vanessa to do that haha. LOL at your #FreeVanessa campaign :) I totally get your side after you lay out those facts too. It would be so much easier for me to hate Matt if he weren't so charming and handsome (I know, I know haha). Sanctimonious men on soaps makes my blood boil too, which is why Josh irritates the crap out of me when he gets all huffy and puffy. AMC had a few of my favorite characters that got that way towards the end of its run - Tad, Ryan, Jackson. It's annoying.

LOL I totally remember seeing this.

I liked Juan Pablo more than Carlos, but yeah, both didn't really last long. Wasn't that all part of the Fusion Sex and the City thing they were going for? I actually liked Erin Lavery and thought the actress was good, I need to go see what she's doing these days. She fell victim to the Satin Slayer, poor girl. As far-fetched as this was, I liked Ava only because it was interesting to see Leven play a different role from the beloved Lily. Awww, Sam Page. So hot 😍 haha.

I’m up to February 08, 1999. Just as Blake and Ben are about to have sex, Ross interrupts and tells her about Hart and they all rush to the hospital. While at the hospital, Susan calls Harley begging for her help, as a mother, to get her clothes for a school dance, since Jim isn’t capable. Harley promises she’ll call her back and help, but now isn’t the time and she ends by saying Daisy’s name. Reva overhears and asks if that’s her Daisy, her granddaughter, and Harley tells her what happened. Reva is a little upset that she never told her about it, but she gets over it. Harley confides in Reva that she hasn’t told Phillip that she’s still communicating with Daisy, so Reva warns her not to keep secrets from her husband. Meanwhile, Lillian confides in Rick that she still wishes Phillip and Beth would get back together, if only to help Lizzie. She’s worried about Lizzie, especially once she finds out that Harley is pregnant. Hart is in stable yet critical condition until they can get the bullet out of his chest. While he’s unconscious, Cassie visits with him and she cries asking him to hold on for her and RJ. He wakes up, but can’t say much and she tells him it’ll be ok and to save his energy. We then see Dinah, disguised mostly with her head scarf, watching the two of them from the hospital window. Rick and Cassie leave Hart and Dinah comes in and talks to Hart. Hart is confused and keeps calling for Cassie. Dinah keeps telling him she loves him so much. She asks him if he remembers what happened and he said she shot him, but she says that’s not true and Cassie is warping his mind. He says she’s crazy and tells her to get out, but Dinah keeps crying about why it all happened, blaming Cassie for pushing her to do it. Hart tries to reach the call button, but Dinah stops him and she gets angry at him. She starts shaking him and yelling at him and he panics and can’t breathe and the machines start going off. She says she can’t go to jail, she’s sorry and then leaves Hart. Rick and Cassie run in and Hart is crashing and they’re worried he’s dying. The doctors are going wild, but Hart manages to let out Dinah’s name a few times and Cassie realizes she was there. Meanwhile, Dinah runs out of the hospital but Matt catches her and says she’s not going anywhere, even though she’s begging him to let her go. Matt calls Vanessa and she comes and says she won’t turn her in but they just need to go to the police station and tell her side of the truth. Beth walks by and overhears all this happening, and Vanessa/Dinah get into the car but Vanessa locks Matt out and speeds off! Beth shows herself and tells Matt that Vanessa is helping Dinah escape! Vanessa has arranged for Dinah to be shipped away to Lucerne in Switzerland, where the nuns took care of Vanessa. She tells Dinah this is the only way to save herself, and the nuns will take care of her and make sure she’s never caught. A crying Dinah thanks her and says she’s always known that she loves her and they hug and Vanessa leaves. Dinah looks at a picture of Hart from her wallet and we get a flashback montage of their love story (2/04). Gosh, is this the last we’ll see of Dinah played by Wendy Moniz? What a wild 4 year ride it’s been with her (Feb 1995 to Feb 1999). I find Dinah to be selfish and crazy, but I enjoyed the ride for the most part and Moniz was amazing in the role. She was non-stop front-burner for those 4 years! Vanessa comes back to the hospital and overhears Matt and Beth call Frank, telling Frank that Vanessa has been lying and she helped Dinah escape. Vanessa is incredulous and gives him a death stare. She’s also upset that Beth is involved now too. Beth leaves and Matt asks Vanessa where she took Dinah. She won’t tell him and said it’s not like she can trust him, which Matt says it’s been that way for too long these days. He tells her she gave up on them and didn’t spend enough time on their marriage and baby. This might be the tipping point for Matt/Vanessa, yikes. Matt brings up her decision to leave her family again back when she had the disease, thinking she was dead, saying she didn’t trust him then either and maybe she never did. Vanessa says that Beth has changed Matt and he’s also never really been a parent, so he doesn’t know what it means to make sacrifices for their children. Matt says she treats him like a child and maybe their age difference really is a problem. I have to say, as it relates to Dinah, I really think Matt is in the right here. Ross walks in and asks where Dinah is and Matt said to ask Vanessa, because it’s none of his business anymore and he walks away. This was all pretty heartbreaking to watch and well-acted. Vanessa tells Ross that she’s somewhere safe and she won’t be back. Ross leaves and the cops show up and arrest Vanessa for aiding and abetting a fugitive. I guess Michelle and Jesse are sadly over, although I really didn’t see the sparks there with the Michelle recast. She does have more spark with the Danny character. Michelle confides in Drew that her plan to free herself from the Santos family will take a long time, but she needs to continue to teach herself that she can’t let people run her over in life. She tells Drew that she’ll always love Jesse, but she doubts he’ll love her by the time she’s finished with her goal. She gives Drew permission to go after Jesse, but to be careful if the attraction is only one-sided. She later tells Danny that she plans to commit to him and see this through, and doesn’t want to be miserable doing it. She wants to get to know him better now and go on a date. Annie’s arraignment hearing starts and Ben isn’t there. She calls Blake asking where he is, and she reveals to her that she is Annie Dutton. Blake comments about how Annie switched her paternity test results and what an awful friend she is. I’m glad they revisited this because they needed to close that loop between Blake and Annie. Anyway, Blake says she won’t help her and hangs up. Ben arrives at Blake’s and she tells him there is no way he can help Annie after everything she’s done to her, but he convinces her it’s for the best and he has to. At the courthouse, Reva and Josh show up and Reva says she’s never leaving until Annie is found guilty. Ben then arrives and they’re ready to go. Ben agitates Reva during his remarks and she of course can’t keep her mouth shut and makes a scene by yelling to the judge that he must not let Annie go on bail. The judge eventually rules that Annie is a flight risk and is denied bail. Annie freaks out about having to go to jail and tells Reva she’s going to be dead. Billy shows up (2/05) and tells Josh they’re in big trouble because of him. The company is going down and the stock price has dropped, and he needs to turn things around before they lose Lewis Oil forever. There is a takeover bid and Alan shows up and reveals that he’s the one taking it over, and he’s now their boss. Alan makes them an offer, he’ll give back Lewis Oil if Reva and Josh don’t testify against Annie. Reva is totally against it but Josh and Billy want to take the deal because they can’t lose HB’s legacy. Reva is super pissed at them and I don’t blame her considering everything Annie has done to them. Ok nevermind, Alan leaves and thanks them for doing business, but then it’s revealed that Reva/Josh/Billy were plotting together to bluff/lie to Alan and they still plan to bring Annie down. Holly has now been checked into a rehab facility with Ben’s assistance. She doesn’t like it and the counselor tells her she’s not able to leave, which makes Holly go crazy again. They bring in another nurse and they sedate Holly, telling her that Ben has put her in here and no one will know she’s here. She later finds a phone and calls Blake, begging her to get her out, but Blake thinks she’s exaggerating and tells her she’ll be fine. The call gets disconnected so Blake calls back and speaks to the counselor taking care of Holly, who tells Blake that she has no phone privileges and won’t be allowed to talk to people from her past that got her into this situation. Blake is stunned and the counselor says that was all explained to Ben when he arranged it. She later confronts Ben about it and he reassures her it’s for the best, and the alternative is jail time for being the Stalker. Meanwhile, Holly finds a way to knock out the counselor and escape. Phillip and Harley tell Lizzie that they’re having a baby and things go well. Beth walks in and Lizzie tells her about it, which surprises her but they deal with it civilly. Beth tells Phillip that this sort of sets her free, but they’ll always be friends. Daisy then calls Harley and says she did something bad because she couldn’t wait for Harley to help her. She stole a dress and now needs her mother’s help. She ran away and is at the bus station with no more money. Harley runs off to find her, but lies to Phillip about why she’s leaving, saying she has an important work meeting with David. Meanwhile, we see a sketchy guy watching Daisy at the bus station. As he’s about to attack Daisy, Harley shows up and stops him. At the diner, Phillip runs into David and realizes he wasn’t meeting with Harley and now wonders what she’s up to. As the attacker is harassing Harley now, Daisy is able to call Phillip and tells him where they are and they need help. Jim shows up first though and gets the attacker away from Harley and saves them. Phillip and David then show up and Phillip gets mad at Harley for lying to him and Jim gets mad at Daisy for running away. They both then get mad at the girls when they realize they’ve been secretly talking to each other on the phone since Daisy left. On the side away from the girls, Phillip offers Jim a job at Spaulding as an accountant so they can be close to SF, and he thinks it over without answering. Matt shows up at Beth’s door and tells her that his relationship with Vanessa is all over and he’s going to pack his things up tomorrow. Beth surprisingly encourages Matt to go back home to his wife, and she decides to be a grown up and stop anything before he regrets it. Meanwhile, at the police station, Vanessa continues to stay silent about Dinah’s whereabouts. Ross shows up and tries to support her along the way. Ross then calls Beth looking for Matt, and Ross tells Matt that Vanessa is arrested and refusing to talk. Matt is surprised and he and Beth go to the station with a plan to say they’re not sure what they saw because it all happened too fast, meaning Matt wants to save Vanessa. When they arrive, before they can say anything, Vanessa is upset to see Beth and doesn’t want anything to do with them and she’s then escorted to her cell. @P.J. - curious how you felt about Vanessa here and how she helped Dinah escape. I still can't believe I've seen the last of Dinah!

Love the news about the OG NYC girls. I'm surprised Dorinda isn't listed - I'm guessing she's pissed and/or still in a Bravo contract somehow and couldn't get out? Potomac - I just really loved that Colorado trip. Those three episodes were so LOL to me, probably top 5 trips of all-time housewives to me haha. I do feel bad for Angel, but also LOL at how bad a host she actually was, especially for someone who makes money doing that stuff in Colorado (experiences and Airbnbs haha).

Ok Vernon and Anita dancing is the highlight of my day! Loved that.

It really is nice! :) I thought she gave amazing performances during her rape storyline with Brent. Once when she was telling Bridgett, then AM and then when telling Buzz. I posted early last year the exact dates/episodes when I was first watching, but I really thought she was so good. A few months ago, I watched the Locher Room interview with her and Rick Hearst and you could tell they were close friends back then. It was a great reunion to watch. I hear ya, Holly/Fletcher were boring and rarely even used throughout late 95 after they got married and through 1996/early 1997. It was sad to watch them only pop up once a month, but I never bought into the relationship. And then he's now to blame for her downward spiral. I thought his exit was almost a slap in the face to Jay Hammer. I do love Maureen though, and agree on her relationship with Blake (although I never saw the early days when apparently she wasn't always there for Blake. This is something that keeps coming up right now in my early 1999 watch - how she never was a good mother to both Blake and Meg).

I just saw the news and am gutted. What a loss, she was such an amazing actress and comedian. The way this was written seems prepared, so I'm guessing a quiet cancer? I hate speculating. But gosh, so unexpected.

Look at Nicole with her date options and two men pining after her. She deserves this!

OH yes, this one probably wins the award in this category. Just awful.

ICAM! Didn't like it.

That's right, Braden! Man, those Lavery brothers were trouble. It seems like Ryan kept collecting siblings along the way haha. I had NO idea that Platt was that character! She's the new Victoria Spaulding on GL that I'm watching (as you know haha). I just googled and she married the guy playing David Grant at the time, wow! The more you know :) Gosh I loved that Jamaican storyline, as wild and DAYS-esque as it probably seemed back then. I vaguely remember this, I'll have to go research and see if there is anything online because now I'm very curious to remember.

Dang! I guess that makes sense, a way to try and entice people to pay for the service and see more episodes. Keep us updated, you're doing the Lord's work :)

Another AMC one I would add is Becca Tyree. She came from Pigeon Hollow, seemingly our next generation Dixie Cooney character, but she went nowhere fast.

Definitely agree with Camille and Kit. Camille's death was absolutely memorable - loved it haha. :) Wasn't Ryan Lavery accused of raping Kit or am I misremembering? Tanner - I think I remember hearing the same as @carolineg . This was also when Kelly Ripa was pregnant, so all that time she was in the cave, they were covering her belly. I personally didn't mind Tanner and the strife he put Hayley/Mateo through because to me, it was a way to root for the couple. They got married right after this when Hayley was recovering. There was also fun action with the 'plane crash' and cave stuff. I don't know, I got the sense early on he was going to be a villain and likely not stay longer than the story arc, but who knows.

Go BTG! Those are great gains.

Great ideas! I especially like the idea of AM and Blake having a child. And very cool on the Peace Corps, such a great service. We'll always have that bond, starting our GL journey in early 1995 and immediately falling in love with AM and Lucy, and Rick H :) I like the idea of Gilly and Nick. I actually ended up really liking Nick and Susan, but right as they were solidified as a couple, they left the show. I felt short-changed in that experience, especially in not getting to know more about Susan outside of her HIV status. You root for her to live through Marian's reign of terror, but then right as she wakes up, they pretty much leave town. Oh well. So what did you think about Holly and her downward spiral post-Fletcher/Meg? Were you a fan of the Nursery Rhyme Stalker or did that go too far as a Holly fan? I'm still in the thick of it, and curious how she gets redeemed after all this mess, but sounds like you continued to really like her.

Oh yes, her story about TP getting cast was so interesting, it makes me want to see their chemistry and his story ASAP. I'll eventually get there :) I'm currently in Feb 1999, so the very start of Manny. In Nov 1998, Budig left as Michelle just as she and the recast killed Danny's brother Mick. Danny then comes to town looking for his killer and that forces Michelle/Danny together for the first time. I'm just in that very beginning part of their story, where Carmen is now on and they're about to get married under the church. Great point about making Michelle feel isolated though. It makes sense and I think they definitely accomplished that. I'm such a big Budig fan and loved her Michelle, but even more so really loved Michelle and Jesse's love story, so I'm bummed that it's ending, but I think the chemistry got lost with the Lenz recast.

Go BTG and GH! My two shows are on fire :)