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Oh, wow, I didn't realize that Emily was barely out of high school, lol.

That arc amounted to a few scenes of Susan Sullivan looking sleepy before Maggie was shipped off to rehab.

You make it sound like everyone there is waiting for Ted Corday to come back riding a comet.

I think Sonny/Emily might have worked had they recast Emily.

There was a time when such occasions were catered by Chasen's or Spago. Now, they have to settle for a supermarket sheet cake and plasticware from Dollar Tree.

But wait! There's more! "Elvis" will meet and fall in love with a girl named Priscilla, who'll end up giving birth to their child, named (are you ready for this?) Lisa Marie.

I agree!

I, too, see all those mob heavies from the recent past as one big blur. I couldn't begin to tell you which heavy did what and how it hurt Sonny, lol.

I'm amazed as well, @soapfan770. For a long time, I've thought the Tony Awards should air on PBS instead.

I predict Ron Carlivati will end up giving EJ a split personality named "Elvis," who wears jumpsuits all the time, does karate moves and eats nothing but fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

Just as I don't think David Jacobs cared much about any future crossovers with DALLAS, I also don't think Leonard Katzman cared much about any future crossovers with KL. DALLAS' producers always looked at KL as being more of a "women's show" in the pejorative sense of the term.

I think David Jacobs committed only half-heartedly to the idea of DALLAS and KL characters crossing over occasionally, because he saw the two as being entirely different in terms of scale. However, DALLAS was the hit show, and CBS and Lorimar thought the crossovers would help KL build an audience. But David Jacobs always wanted KL - the show he created first, loved more and was more involved with - to have an identity separate from DALLAS'; and as soon as he could sever ties between the shows with Bobby's return, he did.

It certainly helped FC to establish an identity of its' own, one that didn't remind viewers of DALLAS, DYNASTY or any other major primetime soap. But I think what hurt was not that that was the new focus, but that Freilich spent so much money on it. If he had kept the production within budget, or if the show had experienced an upswing in the ratings, then I think he would have been allowed to continue with his vision.

Having J.R. buy Val's publisher was such a DYNASTY move, lol.

I agree!

I agree. Phyllis' "death" has to backfire on her in some glorious way, or it's just going to make her look crazier than she already does; and instead of showing everyone how dangerous Diane is, she'll end up having everybody side with Diane against her! (And if that's how Diane is playing things, then, well played, girl!)

More than that, they never slowed down and built that character or gave her layers. She just blew in, had crazy, lip-biting sex with Ned, and then started shooting people. As I've said before, I liked Faith's unpredictability, but gurl, why you rushin', lol?

I just would like to understand Phyllis' goal in faking her own death. Obviously, she's doing it to punish Diane, but...wouldn't that mean Phyllis would have to STAY "dead"? Or, am I missing something? To me, what Phyllis is doing is hurting herself and her kids more than it's hurting Diane. I could be wrong, but I don't think she has thought this all the way through, lol.

Sadly, @Faulkner, I agree. I should be waiting on proverbial pins and needles for the big moment when Phyllis reveals herself to be very much alive to all of GC. Instead, I'm just waiting for it all to be over.

Going gray was the best decision Drake Hogestyn ever made. #silverfox #moveoverdoc

“We were sitting in his apartment doing a Fourth of July episode. Our fans love holidays. And we had the ‘evil woman’ come in, and she was trying to get the good guy. And we came up with this idea that there’s a little girl with a baby doll, and the evil woman is pregnant with the good guy’s baby, so she goes, ‘I guess I should practice.’ And she holds the doll and goes, ‘Ew! It wet on me!’ And she throws the doll on the grill and it explodes. That was one of my favorites.” That's...not funny.

Unfortunately, I don't think Charles Pratt, Jr., who was likely handling Faith's storyline, is capable of slowing anything down in his work. He always burns through too much story on every show he's worked on.

Thanks, @Soaplovers! Perhaps it was because the first two-thirds of season thirteen were so awful by comparison, but I've really come to appreciate what Ann Marcus did with the last third of season thirteen and with season fourteen, too. So much of the Lechowicks' writing had become overly campy that it was nice to see KL come back down to earth.

Although what Joan Van Ark has done to herself is unfortunate, I think Michele Lee and especially Donna Mills look very good for their ages. Whoever did their work did a good job.

ICAM, @Soaplovers. So, Mary Robeson wasn't really Laura's mother? Because, to tell you the truth, I was never entirely sure.