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I always thought Palmer and Erica were close. Their stories didn't intersect much outside of Opal but they both lit up when they saw each other.

Buzz and Reva were married? How did the set survive?! But really, I had no idea and I watched the show for a few years. They didn't act like exes at all. Their paths rarely crossed when I watched.

She's utterly brilliant in Hamilton.

Ah, thank you! For some reason I thought she left in 2001.

Can someone tell me what was Mark Consuelos doing in 2002 that they could get Kelly Ripa back for Maria's return but not him? Or were they both still on contract during this time and he was sick or something?

Kevin Alejandro. He also played Lafayette's boyfriend Jesus on True Blood. I loved loved LOVED KHC on AMC but Damon Porter was just weird, man. He was condescending to every woman he met despite the fact that every available woman on the canvas was throwing themselves at him (I can't recall, did he and Phyllis even sleep together?). He played the part super weird. Detective Webber had no story outside of police work so I wouldn't consider him a Shemar replacement. He was just another in a long line of having black people play cops or judges or prosecutors in media. It fills a quota without having to give them actual story to contend with.

I'm pretty sure most viewers were just happy to have people they didn't hate onscreen. The Wildwind Chronicles youtube channel has been uploading a bunch of stuff from Maria's return and I'm surprised by how much I don't hate it. The story almost works in a bubble.

I don't know if it's up to date but @ChickenNuggetz92's Vault has the episodes organized by year.

It's so funny to read someone calling other people old and sad after they've spent paragraphs defending the former star of a dead genre and can vividly describe news and rumors from 30 years ago.

Thank you for that detailed summary @will81! Before I read your commentary at the end I was going to replying how much I didn't like any of that. Sounds petty and like they didn't have much story to tell for either John or Jill so they threw them into whatever that was.

How and why did John and Jill remarry? How long did their second marriage last and why did they divorce this time?

Alex Donnelly was fired due to age-ism I've always thought. She and Susan Walters aren't that far apart in age but AD looked significantly older nonetheless.

GL's last few openings weren't just embarrassing for daytime, they were embarrassing for television period.

AHHHHHHHH! This is amazing!

I gotta say, the fact that we're getting episodes from as far back as the early 80s shows that SOMEONE behind the scenes give a shite about the longtime fans of the show. Do I wish they put some of that care into the actual program? Absolutely but I have to give props when they're deserved. It's such a stark contrast GH and much of what B&B is doing. If this were GH we would have a best of Kyle and Lola week.

This is nice and all but SAY SOMETHING NEW. Use your words. Martin Luther King has been dead for 50 years, we have got to stop whipping out this speech every time there's racial upheaval in this country. Not that they're doing it in this case but I constantly see MLK weaponized to shut black people up and I'm tired of it.

Ah Candace Owens. White people and self-hating black people LOVE her.

They're both super bland middle-America types but I think that's your thing.

Thanks @DRW50. It's pretty crazy she never came back on regular basis considering all that Billy and Josh went through. They could have used her in any capacity, she had history with Alan and Ross too.

Good lord young Vincent Irizzary looks like a Greek statue come to life. During Billy and Vanessa's party they're playing orchestral versions of "Yesterday" and "Just The Way You Are", they sound so pretty. I had no idea that there was a Lewis...sister?! Did she ever show up in the last decade? I only started watching in '99 and do not remember her.

That actually looks much better than I imagined! Thanks for finding these pictures! And you're right, she does look like Paula Jones.

Oh no...lol that's terrible.

Noah and Julia were so beautiful together. Great chemistry here between both couples, you don't get the level of casual genuine affection N&J were showing to each other these days.