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Hilarious to see Jason go all Lee Harvey Oswald, outdoors, with no gloves or mask, in this day and age, and then wuss out at the last moment. Kind of like a metaphor for the whole show. They really should have hired a stronger actor for Cullum, my goodness. He's more cardboard than creepy.

An episode from 1967 of the cop show NYPD guest starring Jane Elliot ran this weekend on METV+. She looked and sounded pretty much the same, from almost 60 years ago!

Why is Cody being wasted on Molly? He should be paired with Tracy, and Molly should be off the show. Doesn't Frank see by dumping Molly he could save a little money?

I've tried to get back into it. I'm in mid-March 1985. The show did come alive with Peter and the serial killer storyline, but now that it's over and the focus is on the return of Sophia, it's all so boring. Sophia should have been a little meaner to Mason and Eden, to give them a real reason to want her gone. She also should have had wild chemistry with Lionel, but she doesn't. She doesn't feel like much of a threat to Lionel and Augusta, which makes the endless scenes of Augusta's jealousy a little hard to buy; quite a way to take down what was supposed to be a strong, lead character in Augusta. Lionel and Augusta should have been the real patriarch and matriarch of the show, from its start to its end. Cruz and Eden were too young and CC and Sophia were recast too many times. Lionel and Augusta were fun. Too bad the show missed the boat on this.

I'm starting to suspect Maxie deciding for Spinelli in one day was done for budget, to wrap up Spinelli's story so he won't have to appear. Has he appeared since Maxie made the decision? With Maxie choosing Spinelli, all this drama over Lulu and Nathan feels so fake and manufactured, like the drama between Dante and Gio, and how the drama between Willow and Alexis is starting to feel.

Dante and Liz have very little chemistry. If they go there, it's going to be pure time filling, budget saving, fast forward material. If they want to give Dante something to do, they should have him mix it up with some of the older ladies on the canvas. They can have him go weird and mix it up with Alexis, or see how he goes with Nina. Not many options though. Since they can't cast good romantic partners for most of the cast, I doubt they will do anything for him. He's just stuck with Lulu, once Nathan is revealed as a fake, which I guess Nathan is now since he couldn't swing a baseball bat today... can they hit the audience more over the head with it..

Tracy mentioned Scott to Martin during the blizzard, but only to remind him how Lucy had an affair with Scott. There's been no reference to where he is or to what he's doing now. There was some surprise among the characters for a week or so after he disappeared in the summer of 2024, and Ric did tell Heather that Scott called him to take over her case, but that's about it. Maybe he's been hanging out at Eckert's bakery with Taggart and TJ, being treated to some free donuts from Sly.

The undercover story with Jacob is so silly. They obviously don't have the budget for something like this. Most of it is taking place literally in front of a brick wall!

With the scenes today, it looks like they are building up to a Michael/Jacinda/Kristina triangle. I guess it's the ultimate in budget saving, having a cheap dayplayer be involved with two contract players. Was that an old picture of Lucy and Anna in the background in the scenes in Anna's office? You can see it clearly in Dante's last scene as he sits down. Since Anna and Lucy were never close, is that more of the actors being close? It's strange seeing that as a long term viewer!

She was also in the pilot episode of Quantum Leap. Another beautiful woman gone too soon.

I don't know if I was totally feeling Joss's performance. It was a little bug-eyed and over the top. Also the stuff about Sonny came out of nowhere. It felt a little jarring when the rest of the show treats him like a cuddly romantic hero and go to guy for life advice. Carly did better with her performance, mostly because it was more restrained. She has more chemistry with Valentin that with other people they've tried to pair her with the last few years. But Valentin is such a crappy, wimpy character.. we really need more of him?

Great ideas on this thread to bring more life to the show! I wonder why stuff like this isn't tried. Lack of budget? Lack of creative vision? Burnout? Complacency?

The whole show is beyond played out and has no purpose whatsoever. What is the point

With the way the actor looks, they could have cast him as a recast Lucky

If giving Chase and Brook Lyn an insta-baby means they won't be having Chase spiral out, that would be really disappointing. The Sonny stuff is such trash. If they were going to do this story for the umpteenth time, they could have at least found a real actress that he has real chemistry with. A tall order, but they should have at least tried for the "star" of the show. It's beyond time they bring Brenda back. The show is making some disappointing, repetitious choices lately. I guess it's just Frank trying his best to dismantle the good place the show has been in...