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That's the interesting thought experiment... if Sony had to pick a time point from when to start making vintage eps available, what would make the most sense from a marketing perspective? Highlighting characters familiar to current viewers... Perhaps starting from September '81... Victor first sees Nikki dancing at the Bayou... or April '82... John Abbott returns, as now played by Jerry Douglas, and the Abbott home set debuts. Victor and Nikki are connected at this point, but this is when the Victoria pregnancy storyline kicks their story into next gear.

^ the ill-fated move from Thursdays at 10pm to Thursdays at 9pm. It was soon reversed, but the damage to the ratings was done. Thinking of summer '86 reminds me of an interesting Knots story from that time. It really shows how success in Hollywood can sometimes come down to luck and timing. By the end of Season 7, spring '86, Jill's affair with Gary had wound down, and Jill didn't even appear in some of the final eps leading up to the season finale. Chances are, Jill would have faded out w/o even a goodbye scene. But... as the writers were prepping the season finale - TV Guide contacts the show, as they are interviewing Teri Austin, and want to go on set to watch a scene with her being filmed. Based on that, the writers squeezed in a quick scene in the finale of Gary and Jill acknowledging their uncertain relationship status. After that, the rest is history... Jill was brought back for 3 more seasons of increasingly front-burner story. Imagine if it weren't for that TV Guide article, we never might have seen the Val "suicide" story...

Cute mention of OLTL in this profile of Michal R. Jackson, Tony winner for creating "A Strange Loop"... Florencia Lozano is his neighbor in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, and she lends Michael her SODs https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/realestate/michael-r-jackson-washington-heights.html

^ hope we’re not too off-topic but The Nanny was canceled in ‘99 and FranD felt the show had more life yet

You are my twin on this topic 😂

I don't like manufactured Survivor drama either, but I do think there should be eliminations. I want the stakes to be high and the struggle to be real. I pooped out on this All-Stars after the first 2 eps

minus Ingo R. in the role of Thorne 😫 with those awkward turtleneck sweaters and stiff acting

That was a shocking moment! I feared for poor l'il Eric, to be in proximity to his psychotic soon-to-be stepmother. With Sheila, maybe it's not OOC, because she is not sane. Maybe in summer '92 she convinced herself she had only pure love for the baby, but 6 months later, her true feelings emerged. PS - in 1713, Sheila asked Molly why her friends can't help her, and Molly explains why her friends can't help, but I was disappointed when Molly named the friends, but they weren't Naomi and Doris 😂😂

What…? Don’t remember ever hearing about this. If JC disappeared from the show for weeks shortly after this, perhaps this was when JC went to rehab.

I'm currently on 1540 but I jumped ahead to peek at the latest ep uploaded 1714, to see KB's departure for maternity leave. The story is Molly is sick and requests Sheila's help. Did the character of Molly go completely out-of-character at some point? Molly was consistent through Feb '93 when she last appeared on YR - very upset with Sheila for what she did to Lauren. May '93 - she strangely shows up for Sheila's wedding (without an invite) with a huge smile on her face, ready to celebrate. Molly apparently has forgotten or forgiven all of Sheila's past actions. Sheila inexplicably doesn't want Molly at the wedding, and cruelly sends her packing. Now in 1714, she's begging for Sheila to come tend to her. Did I miss something, some episode in-between, that would explain Molly's change of behavior?

Thanks FrenchFan! On YR, seems like weak reasoning for Chris to leave town. Even though she was devastated by losing Karen, Chris still seems in love with and devoted to Snapper. That's quite an abandonment. Hopefully it played out better on-screen. And maybe Trish Stewart left without much notice. Brad Elliott is cured of his blindness, right? But he seems very sidelined in the plot. Didn't he have an epic love with Leslie? Makes sense why Tom Hallick left. I don't see enough justification for Lance to cheat on Lorie with Leslie. If Leslie was indeed near a nervous breakdown, that's extra gross that Lance did that. @YRfan23 has commented that they finds Lance to be weak-willed and now I see why 😆

I remember Peter Reckell's character as a bust. It felt more like "let's grab this popular actor from Days and come up with a story for him". No chemistry with Nicolette. An irish accent that was eventually revealed as fake, I think?? Did anyone enjoy him on KL?

Salena came back one last time in fall ‘97 for Nina’s shooting

Thanks for posting! Oh, to ever see this someday… this must be around the end of “good Jill”, as she soon targets her mother’s beau Stuart for his money. ”Kay visited Jill at home to tell her that she couldn't possibly marry Derek because he was already married. She produced copies of the marriage license and certificate. Jill ripped them, saying that Mrs. Chancellor was insane and in need of professional help.”

Hi, does anyone know the episode # and original air date in 1994 when Kimberlin Brown returns from her maternity leave?

oh my gosh, we now have uploads to include '93 all the way through the Catalina storyline! Thank you so much, our angel - you are making all our dreams come true.

Good research, thanks! The July 8 date threw me off, as I thought Terry L left in June.

Great find as always @YRfan23, thanks!! Kind of a wheel-spinning ep but mostly enjoyable. So weird to hear Jill call Ashley "Ash", like there was a time when they sort-of got along ok. Amy and Tyrone have no chemistry and leave me feeling cold. She has better chemistry with Nathan but the show never properly invested in them. Bizarre to realize Terry Lester is a couple eps away from leaving the show! Imagine an alternative universe where he never returned to the show to play out the storyline... Does anyone know - was it Nikki who cheated first with Jack, or Victor who cheated first with Ashley? By "cheated", I mean sex It's so hard to tell from reading the synopses... I think it might have been Nikki, who mistakenly thought Victor and Ashley had consummated... but I'm not sure

😂 by Aug ‘88, Traci’s attitude towards Cricket has decidedly soured… even though Cricket is “joining the family” through Jessica’s marriage to John, Traci basically treats her as a stranger.

You’re our Sherlock Holmes! Thanks

LA Times interview with Danny (might be behind subscription paywall) https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-07-01/danny-roberts-hiv-positive-the-real-world-homecoming-new-orleans The gist: Danny is proud of his HIV journey, and discussed it at length in taped interviews with the RW producers. He was saddened to see that it was not mentioned at all during the entire show,

I'm so happily surprised the Videoland eps have the original music! I just watched the ep 1510 fashion show, and the models walked to classic songs from Aretha Franklin, En Vogue, and Frank Sinatra.

Fascinating stuff! plus, this was right during the Writers Strike, contributing to the chaos

It's a miracle from an Angel! 1611-1614 have been uploaded!! Thank you so much