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No. McKay's was around since the 1970s. There's a classic clip of a teenage Erica and Chuck having a burger there where he teases her about having to be the center of the universe. I think it was shown in the 20th anniversary show, but I might be mistaken about that.

Until Tom's daughter Laura was killed by a drunk driver in 1988. Tom sold it and opened a health club because he didn't want to be serving alcohol after her death.

They didn't have to since Opal found his skeleton in the Martin attic years ago. What's not to believe? I believe the Valley Inn was around since the beginning as well. At least since the early 1980s when I started watching.

I might not remember correctly, but I thought it was implied that Peter & Jill had been involved sexually at one point. I don't remember them being siblings by adoption. I loved when Jill hit Paige with the urn! The second best part of the Peter Hollister story was Abby burying his body in the construction site.

Pat was a huge presence in Angie's life back then, which is why it felt so glaring that they didn't bring her back when Jesse & Angie returned. I have no idea how far they wanted to go with Angie & Jeff or why Jeff was written out. I really liked that actor and thought they could've done more with him. I've never been a fashion expert, but I think Hillary's hair at least was the popular style in the late 1980s. The country look was popular around the time of Urban Cowboy, which I believe was at least 6-7 years before this, so I don't know why they put her in that outfit. I loved how Brooke called out Skye & Hillary on not being professional in the workplace. How far AMC had fallen by the time the Fusion girls were having office catfights and pole dances!

Brooke & Nina were best friends when I started watching circa 1980. Julie was always bland, imo. Of the three actors in that triangle, I always thought Rosa Nevin would be the breakout star but it seems like she turned out to the be one less known for anything else (Robert Duncan MacNeil did a Start Trek show and Lauren Holley did Picket Fences). I loved bitchy Barbara versus Erica. I always wished Barbara had teamed up with Natalie against her. Phoebe hated Mitch because he wasn't good enough for Hillary, just like his sister Donna wasn't good enough for Chuck. I loved how Mitch was brought on the show; we saw him riding his motorcycle into Pine Valley one day and a couple of days later he showed up at Cortland Manor, asked for the lady of the house and collapsed. He didn't know Donna had divorced Palmer. I can't wait to watch this episode later today. I loved the Palmer/Natalie/Ross/Ellen/Mark story! I liked having characters pop up midway through for a scene or two and never knowing which characters would be on each day; it meant if you switched the channel you might miss something. I always liked Hillary and really wish they'd brought her back before the network run ended. She should've been involved with Tad again before Dixie's final return from the dead, imo!

I haven't made my way through the 6 hours ghfan89 posted yet, but this might have been the first time we saw Cliff was alive; at least that was the impression I got from that episode. I agree about Matt & Nina. I wish they'd paired him with Erica back when he was staying temporarily at her house since she was the only woman on the show I thought he had any chemistry with. I agree about the trial. I hope somewhere out there is the episode where Julie shows up in court and admits she was the one who overheard the rape. Thanks so much, by the way, for putting so many episodes up! I need to make more time to watch what's on YouTube. I'd love to see the episode where Nat kills Silver again. I wish they'd brought Pat back when Angie & Jesse returned, even if it was just a short visit. She really should've been there for the wedding and the aftermath of the baby switch.

Ditto!

Yes, Alfred was on at the same time as Bob. Alfred came on originally as Greg's college roommate who had a crush on Liza. She was on for a few months. I have no idea if this article is correct about her run being extended, but she was the madame whose floppy disc of clients fell into Tad's hands and ended up literally kicked under the Martin family sofa. Tad went on the run with his ex-wife Dottie, which imo was great because it spoofed so many other soaps couples on the run stories, before Mickey was apprehended.

Bob had been around for awhile before this story began. He was Tad's best friend in high school.

It looks more like Robbie Duncan McNeill as Charlie Brent to me.

OK, I see no one else has admitted it yet, but I too am a Taylor Swift fan! I've never seen her in concert, though, and while I admired her for writing her own material and not falling prey to the messed up partying of Britney, Miley, etc., I wasn't really paying too much attention to her songs until "Back to December" was released off Speak Now. When Red was released, I decided to buy it for myself as a Christmas present and I ended up later buying Speak Now, as well. I really think her songwriting has matured as she's gotten older and my favorite songs by her are "Red", "Everything Has Changed" and "Begin Again".

Just one word, Eric. WHY?????

ITA, I hope Fusion closed down or moved its offices to Paris, which could explain why Greenlee & Ryan are no longer in Pine Valley.

The bad run imo started in October and ended with the episode right before Bailey's wedding. This show is finally getting back on track this season. I loved the tension between Arizona/Callie/Derek and Meredith/Christina. They need to keep the focus on them and give us less of those annoying new interns. Not one of them imo is a breakout character like Lexie or April were in the past.

David put the poison in Edna's tea before Dottie switched the cups. I don't remember Dottie hanging out with Jesse at all and I think you've confused her with Tad's sister Jenny. I know Jesse didn't run off to New York with Dottie, but he did follow Jenny there after Liza falsely accused him of rape. Dottie went on the run later on with Tad during the call girl story and they ended up in New York so maybe that's what you were thinking of.

He was young and horny & she was willing to give him gifts for his services. Back when he was in high school, his nickname was "Tad the Cad" although now you'd probably call him a player (unless my slang is 10 years outdated, which it might be since I was in high school when Greg, Jenny, Jesse & Angie were).

Yup, she did lose it to Lawford's Charlie, gross as it was. I'd have jumped either Brian, but would've tried to have a relationship with the second one (I can't remember the actor's name but he was playing Brian when Dixie was involved with him).

Well, McTavish brought her back as a watered-down version. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt this once that network interference was involved, but the Cecily from the 1980s had much more of a backbone and would've definitely gotten alimony from Nico. It's too bad that her return was so mishandled imo because Rosa Nevin was great at playing a vixen.

Yup, that was the start of the Silver storyline. Cecily was a great, fun character in the 1980s. Imo, her 1990s return was another example of a strong female neutered by McTavish.

I think the custody battle was basically a way to get Bianca out of Pine Valley so Erica wouldn't have to be a full-time mother. I don't agree that the character had matured too much by that point to wear gold lame to court, though. I haven't rewatched those scenes on YouTube lately but at the time I remember thinking the whole point of Jack admitting his affair with Erica on the stand was a cheap way to break them up temporarily. No, she didn't mention it since Pratt didn't care about the history of the show. Wouldn't it be funny if Sean & Kevin made one appearance as a couple on the reboot?

ITA. I thought Susan Lucci was the only woman on AMC TK had great chemistry with. It also would've been great story-wise for Erica to have split up Zach & Maria!

I love the idea of Lyman playing Opal's long-lost sister! Maybe they could say she and her sister stopped talking because her sister couldn't stand Ray and tried to talk Opal out of marrying him. Then Opal was too stubborn to try to contact her after Ray's death and admit she was right all along.

I think that was when Erica was accused of killing Kent. Faux-Silver/Connie Wilkes is still alive as far as we know, going to jail after Tad clued in the cops to her true identity, so Erica wasn't dressing as her per se, just trying not to be noticed. The real Sliver didn't wear glasses and didn't die until 1988. I think you're right about Edmund's death; Jonathan hit him in the back of the head in the barn. I liked Bobby Steggert as Sam too and thought there was great potential for him and Lily, but either Frons or McT chose not to go there.

Thanks for posting this! I hadn't seen the Swiss remote since I was a teen and it looks as suspenseful as I'd remembered.