Marissa Gallant

By the time the marriage happened, there were too many Mason and Julia scenes and there was no going back from that. And yes, a lot of money was involved. Mason told CC that the baby could be his and CC offered a lot of money for Mason to marry her.

He he! I knew I could get people riled up with that post. But I still liked Mason's Shakespeare The producers didn’t expect Mason and Julia because they were stupid and blind. These are the same people who didn't jump on the chance to get Jed at the beginning and allowed Louise to leave.

I LOVED Carmen Duncan as Iris

On Santa Barbara, I liked Mason and Torie.

Not very much! Oh, swoon. That's why I liked Mason and Tory. They recited Shakespeare at each other.

Why didn't someone have the foresight to ask Jed Allan to narrate audio books for Audible? I could listen to that voice read a phone book. P.s. Audible, it's not too late to get Lane Davies... just aaying

I love SB. It was my favorite in 1986 and still is. I laughed, I cried. It became a part of my life. I prefer SB's level of OTT to say- putting the entire cast onto an island...

I don't mind OTT. And I adore OTT characters. But I need there to be some basis in reality.

Not really. There is a different forumn that accused SB of being OTT. Sophial shot her son, Mary gets killed by a C, and the tape story were given as examples. So I was like, yeah right- look at the same time period on Days. I do love Cruz and Eden, but I've made it very clear my favorite couple is CC and Sophia. Mason and Julia are a close second. I agree that Julia needed some as intelligent. And even from the beginning, Mason told her to start using her brain. I like that there are men on this show who love smart women. That's one of the reasons I like Cruz and Eden. He likes that she is smart and independent. It was a throw away line while she was married to Kirk. Kirk was all upset because he didn't know where she was. Cut to Cruz who was saying that he loved that about her. "She needs to think, so she'll just go off by herself." Lionel was a CAD but he loved Augusta's brain! They had a lot of other issues, but he respected her mind.

Oh Eugene and Calliope were favorites at my house. I love humor. And they provded that in spades. I start another new job on Tuesday, so my watching is going to slow down again. But the job is a half hour closer to home, is more interesting, and pays 25% more so I can live with not watching 9 episodes a day!

I have s new response for people who say SB was over the top. At the same time, Days had someone who owned a lion. And a character that used a time machine to fix the storylines.

Thank you! I thought I was imagining that.

Actual discussion at my house: Husband: Who is that? Me: Gina. Husband: Who is that and why is she shaking? Me: Santana. Gina got her addicted to crack. And we don't care because we hate her SO MUCH!

I love these ideas for Eden and you are spot on. Eden is supposed to be the one that's the most like CC. And at the beginning, she was very strong and no one's victim. But they couldn't have that and it all changed. Robin's Gina was SO much stronger than Gibbony that the pill addiction was a thing of the past. I think Mattson could have pulled it off, but I'm okay that it didn't.

She was very whiny for a very long time. I agree whole heartedly. She stopped eventually, but it was too late.

Lex, I think wanting to watch a quality show that you enjoyed is perfectly normal. Longing for your banana clip is nostalgia. Longing to wear shoulder pads under lace sleeves is an insanity that we need to prevent happening ever again. I agree with this. She and the entire Andrade family should have been more prominent. And Santana's addiction story is actually being played quite well. But as I've said, I'm over her by this point and no longer care. She's been too heartless for too long for me to care.

Julia and Augusta were having breakfast when Mark tracked down Julia to hire her. Augusta overheard, and let Julia have it. Then after Julia heard Mary's side, Julia and Augusta had lunch. Julia told Augusta she planned to throw the trial for Mary. Another thing I'm noticing is that Gina Gallego is doing a good job with the material she's being given. My problem is that I'm just so DONE with the Santana character that no one could salvage her. No one. And I love that Keith has a cat.

I just got to the climax of the Mary Duvall story. Julia announces to Augusta that she's taking Mark as a clent. And Augusta is disgusted that she would take him because Mary would never lie about that. Watching the scene ramps up my admiration of Louise Sorel. I'm so proud of her for refusing to do the Dash storyline they wanted. She's right, there is NO WAY that Augusta would not be 1000% on Julia's side.

It's no secret that I sometimes disliked the way storylines played out. Hated that they let Augusta leave! And I think the Perkins should have been recast and kept. I also didn't care for the way the Brick storyline played out. That said, it is a very good show. The writing and acting are wonderful. There are many great aspects. Jed Allan and Nicholas Coster are so awesome together. The show goes from humor to ripping your heart out in a second. And they eventually chose actors who could do drama and comedy. And it has some seriously HOT chemistry and couples.

I forgot Antony was a count! And wasn't there a relative of Eugene that was a countess and had a lion? Or is my brain making that up? I feel like there was definitely a big cat at some point.

But. Twinkle lights. And in fairness to Rachel's funeral dress, which wedding to Mac was that? But I do agree that Cassie's was atrocious. I think Felicia's worst hat is not a wedding hat. I'm a product of my age and kind of secretly love the big meringue wedding dresses. And the psuedo Victorian ones.

I still think Calliope, but Cassie's is a pretty close second. I mean Calliope's had lights!

Yeah, imma still gonna go Calliope Jones Bradford as the weirdest gown ever.

Nope- that was the story. The king's son's wife was supposed to get it, but the deliverer went to the wrong room. Also, Sophia Capwell was the Contessa Armonti. And I think that Bo and Hope from DOOL saved the Queen of England from an assassination attempt and that's how they had their OTT wedding with her 30,000 dollar dress.

Yeah, AW was canceled for Passions.