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Dr. Tyler: "You're a very brave woman, Erica!" Erica: "I know!" Gets me every time, lol.

Or perhaps it was simply too much story baggage for one character to carry?

GL's final decade (or more) was wall-to-wall inexplicable choices.

I'd love to say goodbye to FB, too. However, that's how I keep up with everyone I went to high school with. Beats the hell out of attending our class reunions, lol. I guess it's possible that right-wingers feel safe to join or return to Twitter now? Of course, that's presuming those 92,500 followers aren't bots themselves. I really can't fathom the impact this takeover will have on the Internet. We've been saying all along that Twitter doesn't represent the majority; yet, it's hard to deny that social media companies in general, and that Twitter in particular, have had a tremendous impact on our culture. What happens if/when Twitter "goes away," or loses its' relevance? Do we go back to chat rooms or something, lol? Man, the world just keeps getting smaller everyday.

Agree. Here's hoping Eric Braeden will pull a Will Smith and slap the [!@#$%^&*] out of somebody on stage. ("I'll be damned if I let you continue insulting my wife!")

True. I'm not saying FC was a terrible show, but was it really capable of beating DYNASTY or KL? I'm just saying.

No arguments here! And count me as another who thinks it's way past time for Y&R to do the damn thing and reunite Nick and Sharon permanently. I mean, a few days ago, I suggested a Paul/Sharon hookup, which should tell you how much I'm at a loss over what to do with her. Of course, I suspect JM is the reason why the show keeps teasing a reunion and then backs off, as he likely still sees himself as a stud and viable, romantic lead. But you know what? If a Nick/Sharon reunion just ain't gonna happen, then maybe it's time we talk about sending one or the other to that Great Backburner in the Sky (...or at least out of GC indefinitely). (Personally, I'd nominate Nick, but I doubt Y&R would ever consider letting JM go under any circumstances - so, fine, let it be Sharon instead.) Well, I would have at least let them marry on his deathbed, lol. Yes.

Lesley's backstory sounds turgid as hell.

You know, I can't even say whether FC had a "best" season, because it was clear from the beginning that it wasn't the kind of show that Earl Hamner had wanted to write or was capable of writing. IMO, it lasted as long as it did, because it followed DALLAS on Friday nights, and because it came at a time when the public was fascinated with all things Reagan, including his legendary ex-wife.

Granted, I haven't read much about the Elon Musk/Twitter situation, but what I have read makes two points clear: 1. Elon Musk has killed Twitter. 2. Twitter's CEO and board of directors are pretty much taking the money and walking away.

No need to apologize, @Cat. I always love getting the perspective on politics and other events outside our own country. The US media can't seem to report on anything outside its' borders without bias.

At the very least, Chelsea and Rey could have kissed just seconds before a distracted Rey crashed his car and died. That way, Chelsea would have felt extremely guilty for her part in his death.

Again, you know you've messed up when a Black man who beats women and kills a drug dealer after scoring enough cocaine to keep the entire cast of "Square Pegs" happy is more menacing on your show than the devil himself.

I'd love to see her back on the show, but they'd never be able to afford the rights to any song for her to perform.

That's the trouble when you have no budget. In days of old, Diane could just reveal herself to everyone at Gina's or the Colonnade Room and then there'd be no need for Jack to play messenger to all of GC.

Look, I know "time is money" and all, but I also know it doesn't take that much time for a director to tell these actors to STOP CROSSING THEIR ARMS.

Just 50? Did Frank do a cast purge and nobody told me?

Yeah, and those are so disappointing, too. They don't have the budgets, the star power or the ability to tug at the emotions the way, say, "Lace" or "The Thorn Birds" did.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: if CBS and Lorimar had just left Earl Hamner and his original vision for FC alone, and not tried to force it into being another DALLAS or DYNASTY, I think they would have had something special on their hands. Hamner was a wonderful writer, capable of crafting stories and characters filled with humanity and truth. FC needed to reflect that more for sure.

IDC what anyone says. I know all about the history of Steve, Alice and Rachel, or at least as much as I could know under the circumstances; and I STILL say having Alice become involved in a May/December relationship with the right actor as Jamie, if told slowly and carefully, would have been FIRE.

I'm not ready to throw in the Twitter towel just yet. It's taken me this long to get close enough to so many TV writers at once, and dammit, I'm not letting go!

Agree. Sometimes I think the Academy award actors hoping that'll be that and they'll never have to bother with them again. And sometimes I think they just live to [!@#$%^&*] with Glenn Close, lol.

I remember watching "Judith Krantz's I'll Take Manhattan" when it premiered on CBS and thinking Valerie Bertinelli was the greatest.