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AFAIC, this thread belongs to Kay and Jill (Y&R). Their feud (before incompetent HW's watered it down to a soggy, soppy mess) was EPIC. Bill Bell was a genius storyteller - maybe the GOAT! - but nowhere did his genius shine brighter than in his ability to use one event (Phillip Sr.'s death) to fuel decades of drama between two, very determined, very complicated women. The entire story remains a masterclass in soap writing.

Who needs network programmers when you've got AI, lol?

New year, old crap!

That sounds awesome! Maybe something that could've played out over a summer.

I agree. I think it would've been wonderful to see Tony rebuild himself, personally and professionally. Was a reunion with Bobbie possible? Probably not, considering how much blood flowed under that bridge. But I would've loved to see Tony find love again (and redeem himself) with someone new. It's just like you've said, @titan1978 : Bob Guza knew how to tear everything apart, but he never knew how to put it all back together, making his GH, for the most part, a very dark and unhappy show. (Of course, I'm at the point where I'd take even THAT over what we're getting now, lol).

I think Ken Corday is the type who could be talked into just about anything.

Exactly. But, like I said, Brooks isn't playing Peter this time around; it's a new and different actor. Are the Reeveses afraid she'll be tempted to stray again, because he's playing the same character? I don't get it.

Perhaps. Alas, we have to memory hole the whole damn thing and forget about DAYS making even the most oblique references to it, all because Miss Chick-Fil-A is afraid her fundamentalist hubby will get riled up again. (I mean, it's not even Jason Brooks playing him this time, and we STILL can't talk about it!?)

Proof positive that 2025 has been one wacky year!

Say what you will about Cady McClain, but if she were still playing Jennifer, we could've gone there again with her and Peter.

Listen, if he could fool Rhoda and her family....!

If Kelly comes back: 1) I don't want it to be as Sam. 2) I want her to play a nun. A nun with edge! But a nun. (Yes, I'm kidding!!)

Was that before or after D.L. pushed an elderly woman in front of a speeding bus and strangled her puppy with his bare hands? (I'm kidding.)

That's the trouble when you have a season with only 19 episodes: you have literally no time to set up things like that (Gary/Kate) properly.

I agree. Which is why I'm more convinced than ever that Drew set the whole damn thing up, lol.

I didn't know that, or I don't remember it, but I'm not surprised. GH might've been the #1 show during the '80's, but for my money, DAYS was better produced. Their remote/action sequences are still things of beauty.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: when Lucky said he should've left Liz to die in the snow, I was done with them as a couple. You don't come back from something like that. ICAM!

Actually, @AbcNbc247 , I think Ben and Cathy's affair held a lot of dramatic potential. For one thing, it helped that Douglas Sheehan and Lisa Hartman shared nice chemistry. (Of course, Sheehan was the type to share romantic chemistry with just about every woman, lol). Moreover, I liked how their affair grew organically out of their friendship and circumstances, with Cathy putting her life and career back together after Joshua, and Ben feeling left out with Gary, Val and the twins. Unlike when Abby first pursued Gary, neither Ben nor Cathy had designs on each other; which, in turn, made it difficult to brand either of them as the heavy or villain in the story, even though their affair hurt people that they both loved and cared about. If not for the fact that Lisa Hartman was on her way out, I would have liked to see where, if anywhere, Ben and Cathy's affair would've gone, because, IMO, it's probably the kind of story David Jacobs always wanted to tell on KL, and probably the last character-driven storyline we'd get for a LONG while, lol.

Knowing Gary and Val, though, it wouldn't have lasted. Those two kept trying to recapture something that wasn't meant to last in the first place. Plus, Gary was more like his father and brothers than even he cared to admit. He never wanted Val to grow as a person, just stay the same cute, 15-year-old hash-house waitress he first met in Fort Worth.

Most sobering thought: we're losing more and more individuals who lived through the Civil Rights Movement at a time when our nation's fate couldn't be more precarious.

We could, but IIRC, Gary and Val were on the outs again in the DALLAS revival series, and Lucy appeared to be close to the two again (or at least to Val). (Or maybe, in DALLAS' universe, Gary and Val never got back together after he slept with Abby? I dunno, it's all so damn confusing, lol!)

Well, this definitely looks more authentic...but now I'm wondering why they have Anita looking like Claudine?

That's correct. KL severed all ties with DALLAS after that infamous shower scene. David Jacobs felt it was a cheat; and if they had acknowledged it, that would've meant everything that had happened on KL during the 1985-86 season was a dream as well. (Although, in hindsight, there are parts of KNOTS S7 that I'd love to dismiss as a dream, lol).

That's what I would do as well. It's fast, it doesn't play off any current trends (that will make the piece look dated once those trends pass) and it requires little to no updating.

I would much rather have watched a storyline where Val realizes Lilimae has Alzheimer's Disease and moves her back into her and Gary's home than that crappy story about Michael Woods co-writing her latest book while trying to sleep with her (or whatever). And maybe it's just me, but I feel like Diana's return in S14 was the PERFECT time for Karen to learn her daughter was involved with another woman.