Darn

I was reminded how much doppelgangers/twins ability to fool the family and friends of the people they're impersonating for months pisses me off when Spencer figured out that Esme was lying about having her memory back all because she called him "Spence". But these doppelganger stories always make the entire town look braindead. I mean, I notice when a close friend gets a line up at the barber! But sure, Trevor doesn't notice that Natalie's body is completely different.

My guy, you quite literally quoted me LMAO are you okay?

I don't even remember Sean on the show! Lol

How old do you think Maxie is? And I appreciate that you and @ranger1rg recognized yourselves in my "wah wah flashbacks" comment. I didn't even need to tag you!

Maxie and Liz aren't even contemporaries. They're 8-10 years apart. The show has been pretty consistent about that. And Felicia is about 10 years older than Carly, they don't come across as contemporaries to me. The Felicia/Carly scene was outstanding and man, for the first time in probably 20 years I actively ENJOYED a Carly scene. All you "wah wah where are the flashbacks" people are real quiet right now. Are you not embarazzed?

Sounds good. Stick with that emotion. I wonder if Luke is Bobbie's contact. He had to fake his death because to avoid retaliation from human traffickers. Luke, the reformed rapist trying to right past wrongs by helping girls escape abuse is not the worst way they could bring Geary back for a spell.

@ranger1rg really bold to tell someone why they feel the way they do. And this is a soap opera, a continuing story, the lifeblood of the damn thing is have one moment influence the next so yeah Bobbie's death is creating new story for the people left behind.

Didn't expect to come here and find 90% of the comments bitching about flashbacks. Good lord. Go to youtube if you need flashbacks that bad. It's free. I thought it was beautiful and tying Bobbie's final days into her past is, to me, smart writing. It gives her daughter Carly, a character I do not like but the show's female lead, and Felicia, her best friend, something to play other than grief. Jane and Lynn's grief felt palpable, I felt like they were going to break a few times. And Laura's eulogy was beautiful and after a certain point it was clear that Genie was no longer talking about Bobbie but Jackie. And no, @Khan I don't think she'll be revealed to have been murdered. Come on!

Beyond the favoritism that just sounds SO BORING to write.

I'd fück him. But really, I think he's aged into his looks. He did nothing for me in his youth on Port Charles. He looked like a billy goat to me. And like I told @Vee earlier today, the blonde on blonde pairing of Rafe/Alison just felt like a hate crime.

This has got to be one of the oddest story beats I've read to write an actor off temporarily. Suddenly Lily's children exist again...and a wildfire...kills one of her teacher...and Mattie so traumatized Lily needs to take a work sabbatical. Just weird.

Just put him on contract at this point. And lean into this look, it works for him.

The lack of thought and care put into this story is kind of astounding. But MTS and CZ look incredible. 70 ain't what it used to be.

And that would track since Rebecca Herbst looks to be on the verge of vomiting in every scene with him.

Susan (Lucci) in a similar vein had a lot of primetime work in the 80s and 90s, numerous TV movies and guest spots. But she stayed with AMC the entire time. I know she was loyal to the show but I wonder why she never left, I'm sure she was offered plenty of opportunities. Victoria Rowell did Y&R and Diagnosis: Murder simultaneously somehow. Full-time on both shows. It seems like daytime actors used to do a lot more primetime/outside gigs than they do now.

Good list. Sasha's had more tragedy in her short stint than other characters have in 30 years. And absolutely no one cares. Liz and Finn winning worst couple warms my heart. Poor Becky, shouldering the burden of yet another of ABCD's former bad boys as they've long aged out of "dangerous" and into filler and hair dye. Isn't that kind of crazy, ABC devoted so much time, energy and money into making Michael Easton and Roger Howarth the male faces of OLTL to only have them whimpering out a decade (!) later playing characters that are personality free and contribute nothing.

Honestly, that's the business. And they only worked with her for a year. Acting is such a transient profession, less so on soaps if you manage to become a staple but so many of these actors don't so you kind of can't get too attached to a co-star exiting. Especially on B&B where they've made it a habit to hire an established actor with fanfare only to dismiss them with a whimper shortly after.

Of course not. Daytime is increasingly a despicable, ego-driven, incestuous, clique-y industry. Anything said in support of her would just result in retaliation from Brad and jeopardize that actor's employment.

Oh this is so sad. Surely there are TV movies she could be doing, no? Maybe this is karma for wishing she could have been Putin's mother.

He has before and will again. Don't tempt him!

This is so so stupid.

You can't expect a show that's currently telling a "he might DIE--or? Maybe not." story with an 80 year old man to be capable of making good decisions.

And they only begrudgingly allowed 70 year Jack to have an adult son a few years ago. It often feels like the characters are stuck in status from where they between 1995-2005. It's downright bizarre that Victoria has no adult children (before whatever this thing is with Claire is) to interact with. Is the fear that if someone turns on the show and doesn't immediately recognize everyone as they were 20 years ago so paramount that they're not building for the future at all? Daniel, Mariah, Kyle, etc. should be driving story and they all could, they're played by talented actors who seem in it for the long haul. Why is Sony not demanding a true investment in them?

Crazy that the alleged next generation of Newmans has been window dressing for 15 years. They've done so little with him that he might as well have aged in real time. Has Noah ever had a memorable storyline?

Cole joins the Crimson Lights coalition I see. Is there an important conversation that can't be held in your local coffeehouse? Nope!