Everything posted by Jdee43
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GH: September 2025 Discussion Thread
Such a silly choice linking Michael and the escort. He seriously believes she would make a good alibi? Was his brain damaged too somewhere along the way? The show lucked out in getting 2 successful recasts with Lulu and Michael, but it both cases the writers have saddled them with B level crappy material. Can this show ever take an actor that fits and give them a good story? Instead they give A stuff to Britt, whose reunion scenes at GH felt so hollow and clunky. It all fell so flat. Literally, who cares. Give Britt the B stuff and Michael and Lulu the A stuff. As always, the priorities on this show are all wrong.
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Somerset Discussion Thread
Pamela Toll did have charisma on The Doctors. Unfortunately, it didn't seem like she had it on anything else she was ever on. The Doctors should have made her character Matt's daughter or something, to tie her into the foundations of the show. It got to the point that it seemed hard to understand why her character was even on the show, other than to get some young viewers to tune in. When she left, her character was forgotten, as she had no ties. But then again, her character had a lot of ties on Somerset, and that didn't guarantee a long run, so go figure.
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The Soap Opera Masterpieces You Have Actually Seen
It's sad to realize how many soap opera masterpieces no longer exist and are not available for viewing 😥
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GH: September 2025 Discussion Thread
Didn't Sonny fire a second shot at Jagger, after shooting him point blank in the heart, last year? 🤔
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GH: September 2025 Discussion Thread
I wonder if the writers know who it is going to be. They love to make stuff up as they go along.
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BTG: September 2025 Discussion Thread
Another week of reruns is a bit disappointing. I could get into the habit of not watching..
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
All of a sudden, in the last week or so, all the characters are now talking about how Drew is going to get what's coming to him. None of them said that during the past year when he's been like this. Is Drew's contract with the show expiring or something? Or is killing off an evil character a Labor Day tradition with them now? Last year it was Jagger. I'm all for a mystery, but it seems rushed and the motives not as strong. And I hope they don't kill him off, but just shot so he can return to his evil deeds down the line.
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
With Scotty, I think Kin revealed on his social media that he had foot surgery a year ago, and it went really wrong. So I think that's why he hasn't been on for a year, health reasons: foot pain and mobility issues.
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
The show really should bring back Georgie. It was such a colossal blunder to kill her off. Maybe recast and tie her into the WSB story as an agent?
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
We've already seen this coma stuff with Lulu; now they are giving it to Maxie? And haven't we already seen Ava hit one of her boyfriends on the head? Why are the writers so blatantly repeating themselves? It's pretty obvious that the show has no interest in writing A-level material for either Ava or Ric, and that it sees neither of them as leads. I do hope they keep Ric around though, to flirt with Liz and to continue to fill the sleazy lawyer role now that Scotty's gone.
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
Lucy acting like a human being again with Felicia, only to be interrupted and pushed out of the scene by Spinelli acting like an over the top goofball 🙄 Was that his manic attempt at an Emmy today? Where was the director telling him that a little goes a long way? 🤮
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
Can the show end the Lucy/ Sidwell romance crap? There is no depth to the writing or acting of any of it, nor is there any chemistry. And hasn't Lucy already been through all this with Victor a few years ago? It's a complete time filler, and along with the Deception crap, an insult to the character of Lucy, who has been there for almost 40 years. She is the vet that has been treated the worst the last few years.
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
Drew is serving the purpose of AJ. If AJ were still on the show, isn't this how he'd probably be written, hating Jason, stealing his son's wife, etc?
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R.I.P.: GH Star Tristan Rogers has passed away after battle with cancer
Really, really sad. He really was the lead of the show from 1984-1992, and pretty much a co-lead with Luke from 1981-1983. I'm glad his character was still recognizable at the end and got a happy ending. He always had a great, mischievous smile. Too bad they didn't have his character do more of that.
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
The writers really needed to completely forget Britt's first run on this show. To see them instead doubling down on it is insane. What's the point; it does no one any favors.
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GH: August 2025 Discussion Thread
I think Jason/Britt round 2 will be DOA. Their chemistry is not that off the charts; she's not that strong an actress; and her character is beyond stupid (I can't believe how much they are bringing up her first years on the show when she was pretty much a cartoony villain; it would have been best to just forget all that). It's a testament to the sad state of the canvas when it comes to women that she is the only one they had to pair Jason with, after failing with Anna and Sasha.
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GH: July 2025 Discussion Thread
There were many ways to handle the Willow/Drew story. Leave it to the GH writers to always take the path with the least dramatic pay-off.
- Another World Discussion Thread
- DAYS: Actor exits
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
Watching into early March 1985, with the story of Sophia revealing herself dominating the show now, I can't say I'm that enthused. I don't know if it's the story, or the performances, or both. Judith McConnell charisma is a bit below Nicholas Coster's and Louise Sorel's. She dosn't seem to have much of a connection or chemistry with anyone on screen at the moment. She's adequate at best.
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ARTICLE: ‘Days Of Our Lives’ EP Ken Corday On Show’s Renewal At Peacock: “Excited To Continue Exploring And Telling Meaningful And Fun Stories”
Taping episodes so far in advance with no audience feedback, how can they tell if something is working or not? Do producers get together and watch episodes in a room and react to it as fans? Or do they hire people to watch and figure out what's working and what's not?
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BREAKING: Days of our Lives Renewed through Season 63 (2027-2028)
They really need to pour more money into the production, for actors and sets, and stop shooting so far ahead. And what about finally posting some classic episodes, like episodes from the 80s? Surely that might get a bunch of new people to sign up?
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I finally got to see the final week of Joe and Peter from late February 1985. It was good. It was an interesting choice to make Kelly responsible for Joe's death. Cruz's schemes to get Peter out in the open for the snipers was working, but then Kelly decided to go and try and shoot Peter herself. Unfortunately, she didn't bother to check to see that the gun she brought along worked or not 😂 The actors who played Kelly and Peter did great jobs. The actor who played Joe less so. The show was so clearly over Joe and his family. The doctors said Joe had no chance, he would die right away after waking up. They gave his family no scenes of their own to grieve him. Joe's death scene with Kelly was good though. It was hard to believe Joe was the lead character for the first 3 months of the show, with the treatment he got at the end.
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GH: July 2025 Discussion Thread
Doesn't the show actually sell those beauty products on a website somewhere? They make a little coin on the side, as they turn GH into a real life infomercial? I hope that they also see those scenes as an attempt to do pure comedy. But comedy is hard; those scenes always come off as cringey and FF material.
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GH: Actress exits
The actress had some charisma but the writers could never write to it or to her talents. Instead, it was a lot of ridiculous darkness and seemingly always being gaslit. And then last fall, they went to all the trouble of retconning her to finally make her relevant, only for her to be out 9 months later -- like so much of GH, it was all a total waste.