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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.

Aaron Spelling could've pitched ABC videotaped footage of his colonoscopies and they would've put it on Wednesday nights opposite "Magnum, P.I." He had made so much money for the network over the years that they would've bought just about anything and everything from him, regardless of any similarities between shows.

I agree. All J.R. cared about was money and power. Having his ex-sister-in-law air out all his family's dirtiest laundry didn't matter one bit to him as long as it didn't affect his control of Ewing Oil. Now, if J.R. had found out he had been switched at birth and that he wasn't Jock and Ellie's child after all....

D. L. Brock was one nasty piece of work. I could be wrong, but I don't recall him ever being nice to anyone.

For sure, the opening titles for "Finder of Lost Loves" needed more pep. It might have worked for a glossy miniseries, but not for a weekly series.

The six people who had planned to watch will be crushed.

If I ever meet Ken Olin - and I doubt I ever will - the very first thing I'm going to say to him is, "Loved you on FC," just to see his reaction, lol.

Perhaps it SHOULD have been about her 5000th pantsuit instead, lol.

I agree. I rather like David Jacobs' original interpretation of Bobby as a modern-day Brick from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Best part of the "Glitter" opening credits: KNOTS LANDING's Joan Van Ark (Val) doing her best impression of a DYNASTY cast member. (The trick is to look stoned.) I think Spelling would have been better off developing "Glitter" as a straight-ahead soap opera rather than as an anthology series in the same mold as "Hotel" and "The Love Boat."

That kitchen set looks like something out of "Three's Company." Any minute now, Mr. Angelino's going to bust in, yelling for "TRIP-PER!," while Felipe stands in the corner, stirring his mixing bowl while tee-heeing.

Whoever once said in this or another thread that the opening credits for "Glitter" seemed to go on forever wasn't exaggerating. As a matter of fact, it doesn't feel like an opening credits sequence so much as it feels like a compilation of opening credits from several different TV shows.

It's a shame they chose to waste bringing up Gordon Grey on a PITA like Cyrus Renault.

Here's one good example: Douglass Watson's final scene as Mac Cory on ANOTHER WORLD. In it, Mac's with Rachel, remarking that the past twenty-five years have been among the happiest, as they look ahead to the upcoming anniversary for Cory Publishing. Sadly, both actor and character will be gone by the time of the actual ceremony. But, strangely fitting: Watson happened to pass away JUST as Mac had learned that his own daughter, Iris, had been "the Chief" behind the hostile takeover that nearly destroyed him and the company he spent so many years building. Of course, it wasn't planned for Mac to die before forgiving Iris for her misdeeds; he was supposed to go away to Maine to think things over, then return. But the fact that he died without reconciling with his daughter forever haunted Iris, who spent the rest of her years in Bay City seeking forgiveness that would never come.

My favorite part is how she obliquely references said scandal with: "Sometimes the journey is long and full of obstacles, twists and turns, and even some pitfalls. But if you keep going, never lose hope, and follow your heart, it will take you to a wonderful destination." But, in the meantime, it'll also take you to the E.R., the plastic surgeon, the police station and the superior court for the county of Los Angeles. Because, true love.

"We complete each other. We have always felt that we were each other's missing puzzle piece, and when we are together, our puzzle is complete and we are happy." Let's all remember this the next time she bites off his lip (or some other body part).

IIRC, she and Julie Harris were let go during season nine for "budgetary reasons." Frankly, @Soapsuds, I think KL was growing away from him (and from Greg Houghton and Kim Lankford, too). I can't see how John/Richard might have fit in stories like Wolfbridge or Empire Valley. I did think they missed an opportunity, though, to have him return in season fourteen as Mack's attorney when he was arrested for Mary Robeson's murder.

I love that you called him "Steve Burton" and not "Harris," because, let's face it, Burton isn't strong enough as an actor to play anything other than a version of himself, lol. And it totally sucks that they didn't devote the entire episode to Marlena and John.

In a sense, JZ and Bobbie were a lot like Emily McLaughlin and Jessie Brewer. To many, both actors and characters represented a sort of compass for the rest of GH to follow.

IIRC, when Marland first went to work at GH, the plan was for David and Lesley to have an affair. Marland told the network Lesley wouldn't cheat on Rick with his old buddy. ABCD challenged him to come up with something better, so he wrote the David/Laura affair instead. Also, IIRC, David lost his wife and child in the hurricane, but I always wondered whether new story could be spun from that plot point. Like, what if they hadn't died in the hurricane? What if his wife and kid had lived, and his son (I think it was a son) showed up years later in PC?

Although I'm happy to see Constance McCashin has found a more fulfilling career in therapy, I must confess that I miss seeing her on TV. At the very least, she'd be doing stellar work as an NCIS director in one of their franchises.

That would be FANTASTIC if they did! I must confess that, aside from what Rita Lakin wrote, THE DOCTORS disappointed me. Even Douglas Marland couldn't seem to write strong, memorable stuff for the show.