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Surely, there were more...elegant ways of communicating to the audience that George was getting aroused (and no, I'm not talking about the freestyle mix that the uploader added to the clip at the end, lol).

It is. The music in that promo is just...odd, lol. It's always weird to me that Maureen Garrett wasn't the original Holly. How different was she from Lynn Deerfield? Did LD portray Holly in a different way? Did she share the same kind of chemistry w/ MZ?

If I had my druthers, Leo wouldn't have been tied to any former character(s). Instead, I would have revealed that his given name is Levi and that he was raised in an Amish community somewhere in the Great Plains, with a younger sister and maybe younger brother, too; a mom, who was a homemaker; and a dad, who was a church elder. And I would have revealed that Levi Starger, who once dreamt of becoming a minister, was kicked out of the house and banished from the community at fifteen, after his dad had caught him with another boy, thereby forcing young Levi - who renamed himself "Leo" after his much beloved maternal grandfather - to become an underaged sex worker in order to survive.

Unfortunately, there are too many in this country who cannot afford to have Donald Trump back in the WH, but who also cannot afford to leave should that come to pass. To me, that is perhaps the greatest tragedy in this situation, even more than how our current leader has been treated by members from within his own party. I agree that the Democrats' treatment of Joe Biden has been nothing less than abominable. After all that his administration has done to bring this country back from the abyss, THIS is the thanks he gets? I expected the media to treat Biden like [!@#$%^&*], but his own party? And all because of ONE lousy debate performance? It's like what I've said before: the Democrats are so desperate to beat Trump that they're not thinking clearly, or even at all! Instead of circling the proverbial wagons and pointing out that Biden's shaky performance in the debate shouldn't negate his administration's record OR the fact that Donald Trump remains an existential threat to our democracy, it's like they're saying, "You know, maybe all the cash-sucking cretins on YouTube and social media who've been saying for years that Biden is senile have a point?" In the process, all these Democrats have done is to allow the GOP and the media to control the narrative once more, making the entire party look foolish and ineffective -- and at a time when this all should've been a lay-up for our side, too! Frankly, I'm at the point where I question whether either political party is worth saving, or whether there shouldn't be more than two, viable parties in this country.

I love that many of us assume already that Ron Carlivati's gonna land at Y&R, lol.

If you're going to spin off from another show, at least spin off from a show that's successful and that people watch. LOVING never really took off as a show until the end, and that's because the serial killer storyline was kind of a well-executed novelty that created some buzz within the press.

This is when we need Bill and Hillary Clinton. Not to run, of course, but to help the Democrats outline some kind of strategy going forward. Say what you will about those two, but they weren't afraid to get their hands a little dirty if it meant getting us over the finish line.

Everyone I loved on DAYS (that isn't still there - and that's a very short list!) has either retired or died.

IMO, Ron Carlivati's exit won't make much of a difference: DAYS is gonna be DAYS, no matter who occupies the HW's chair. But if this news means we COULD be seeing the last of his fucked-up tribute to Wayland Flowers' Madame known as Leo Stark...? Then, all I can say is...

No (thank God).

Frankly, I don't believe there'll ever be closure to Austin's murder, and that's probably because Frank Valentini is still smarting over the fact that he was pressured to cut Roger Howarth loose.

It's really a shame that the original "Equalizer" wasn't a hit. I thought it was such a fantastic show, with a one-of-a-kind actor in the lead.

ICAM!! That's why I posted that link upthread about the 1400 Black women who signed a letter backing Biden/Harris and calling for unity within the Democratic Party. They know what's up, lol. Watching Donald Trump is like watching JER's DAYS: after awhile, it gets old.

Yeah, that's Mae Clarke in the episode. It's just hard to recognize her without the grapefruit in her face.

It seemed like, every ten years or so, AMC would "clean house," so to speak, and refresh the cast.

LOL!!

Proof that the media endorsing fascism at the expense of liberty is not just a 21st century thing.

In other news: 1400 Black women see this orchestrated effort to push Biden out of the election for what it is: https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4780486-black-women-biden-harris-letter/ From said letter: “Further, we believe it is unfair and disruptive to judge President Biden for having a bad 90-minute debate performance against a serial liar who wants to destroy our democracy and be a dictator-in-chief."

I mean, it really bothers me these days whenever I hear someone say Joe Biden/Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama/whoever was or is just as worse as "The Donald." Last time I checked, no Left-leaning Supreme Court suggested that the president is immune from criminal prosecution for any illegal acts he committed while in office OR that the government absolutely has a right to control what women are allowed to do with their own bodies.

To say that I am heartbroken over the news of Bob Newhart's passing would be a grand understatement. Next to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," his two shows - "The Bob Newhart Show" and later, just "Newhart" - were the most influential to me as a child and young adult, as well as a lasting reminder of when network TV still trusted their audiences to be intelligent enough to get the jokes, and patient enough to watch the actors in between them. RIP, Bob; and wherever you are, I hope you're bringing down the house with one of your legendary, one-sided phone conversations.

I agree. We cannot pretend anymore that this is all "business as usual." Those days were over for us the moment Donald Trump stepped off that escalator at Trump Tower. I'm not saying that I wish Donald Trump were dead (...okay, maybe I do a little bit, lol...), or that I wish his would-be assassin had been more successful, but I refuse to feign concern for his health and safety, just because that's what human beings have been conditioned to do under these circumstances, regardless of the victim(s)' character. Like @marceline said, Donald Trump is a threat to the entire world. Whether he goes by natural causes, or by another assassin' bullet, or somewhere in between, the point is that he GOES. The sooner, the better, and before he is allowed to cause any more damage than he has already. Yup. I get that folks on the left are feeling desperate, because they know what is at stake, should Trump get re-elected. But I have learned that decisions made out of desperation often are the same decisions that prove the costliest in the end. Yes, you might have your reasons for wanting Joe Biden to step down - and yes, those reasons might be valid - but can you honestly tell the rest of us that there's another candidate out there in the field who can defeat Trump as soundly as Biden still could? Is there anyone out there who has engendered as much support and devotion from the average voter? Certainly, in this case, the adage is true: when you don't know what to do, do nothing. If what you suggest comes to pass, @Vee, it'll have to be up to POC once again to save the others from themselves - and we'll do it, because we know what's at stake (especially for us) if we don't! But, you know, I'd be lying if I, an African-American, said a part of me isn't fed up with my fellow African-Americans constantly being handed the task of dragging this nation back from the brink. Especially when White America never learns its' lesson and never thanks us either.

I agree. I really like how FC was set up in the beginning, with the Giobertis as stand-ins for the audience, who would have been new to that world; and the Channing/Cumsons as their pseudo-Gothic relatives and rivals, who controlled the valley, and who would have provided some intrigue on occasion. The only change I'd make would be to combine Emma and Julia into one character (as Lance's mentally unstable mother, who was unable to raise Lance herself - leaving the task entirely to Angela - and whom Lance regards more like a sibling than he does his actual parent).

Same here. Those episodes were rough, like DALLAS's and KL's earliest episodes were rough, but they also showed some promise. Moreover, given all that we know about Earl Hamner, Jr. and his career before FC, I think those episodes were more in his wheelhouse as a producer/writer. I think all subsequent seasons should have been mapped out that way: self-contained episodes that still fit within a season-long arc or mystery. The more FC tried to be like DALLAS and DYNASTY (and later, "Miami Vice"), the further it got away from itself.

Don't worry, it'll happen. Even The Once and Future Donald can't live forever (as much as he and his cult followers would love to).

I'd have to agree. I hate to say it, @Errol, but I feel like your sources are playing you, which is so not cool with me.