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Four sets? Wow, that's three more than what DAYS has today!

In retrospect, Kristin is a terribly weak choice for the culprit in J.R.'s shooting.

Agree. But, as I've said elsewhere, that's truly Ron's (and Frank's) style. They LIVE to demean actors who they either can't control or just plain dislike for whatever reason. And not that other writers and/or producers haven't ever "made it personal," but those two in particular seem to lack the ability to make it not obvious. Exactly. No writer is immune to criticism, but most learn to develop a thick skin about it. Ron Carlivati can't, or won't, because, deep down, he knows what his detractors say about his work is the truth; and like the guy said in that movie, he can't handle the truth. Again, Ron Carlivati just needs to stay the hell off social media.

I've always seen PC as a substitute for Albany, even if Albany itself has been name-checked on the show in the past.

See, THAT is why someone at DAYS should have brought back Dougie LeClair (God, I hate that name) as an adult. As Hope's half-brother, he would have been PERFECT as Billie's new love interest (after Bo) and a way to keep them both in Bo and Hope's orbit as part of a romantic quadrangle.

It truly doesn't pay to be Joe Biden.

It's just my stupid way of saying "white people," I'm afraid.

I definitely think Angela treated Emma and Julia the way she did on purpose. She sheltered and manipulated her daughters' lives for so long that when they turned out unable to cope with life, she could say, "See, I was right, I knew they couldn't cut it," when, in fact, they probably could've, had Angela been more of a mother to them, and less of a prison warden with a Dutch boy haircut.

Agree.

Same.

Former DAYS/GL writer Victor Gialanella wrote the notorious 1981 flop adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," which opened and closed on B'way on the same night. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/theater/frankenstein-broadway-flop.html Pam Long was a perfect fit. She's always excelled at heart-warming, family drama. Sam Hall (AW, OLTL, SB) was one of several writers (Anne Howard Bailey and former AW HW Corinne Jacker were two others) who worked on the 1976 miniseries, "The Adams Chronicles." And former AMC/GL writer (and one of my personal heroes) Wisner Washam self-published a novel several years ago about the cloning of Jesus. (Yep, you read that right.)

Exactly! Billie reminded me of early Julie. Both were complex, self-destructive anti-heroines whom you nevertheless sympathized with, because, deep down, they were just desperate for someone to love them. When it was clear that Bo and Hope were to reconcile, the show should have taken pains to transition Billie into a new romantic relationship of her own, with someone who didn't possess the baggage of being one-half of a supercouple BITD. Billie deserved a great love of her own, not to become a cliched, jealous "third wheel" to Bope. Of course, if I had been in charge back then, I NEVER would have let LR leave. She might not ever be the greatest actress, but she MADE Billie work.

I always saw Billie becoming the owner and hostess of a nightclub/restaurant and, in time, serving as a sort of "den mother" to all the wayward teens and young adults who come looking for work or whatever. And while I understood the appeal of Bo/Billie, I also felt like Billie deserved her own great, star-crossed love, a la Doug and Julie.

Look, I love Dee as much as the next DAYS fan, but I am not here for watching her give herself Botox injections.

That's definitely true for LR/Billie. I still want to know whose (not-)so-bright idea it was to stick her in that [!@#$%^&*] cop uniform years ago. That "look" wasn't Lisa or Billie AT ALL. Yup, lol. Proof positive that Marlena/Samantha switch was built on the conceit that everyone in Salem is [!@#$%^&*] stupid. I mean, look at them. Do YOU think they look exactly alike? Case rested!

Well, Sami IS awfully cunning, lol.

Wait, PC is still a small town?

It's like DAYS or the NBC promo department is trying to appeal to "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries" fans. Leave it to DAYS (or Ron Carlivati) to turn even an exorcism into wacky hijinks.

How DARE you call the lady who played Betty Childs in the "Revenge of the Nerds" films a D-list celebrity?

Well, after all, this IS DAYS. Can't say that I blame Anna for reacting the way she does to Maggie's suggestion that Tony move in with Sarenee. In fact, if I were LH, I would've ad-libbed a few NSFW obscenities, too, lol. I mean, the "story" has already exploded the boundaries of intelligence and good taste; now, we're gonna have Maggie ask Tony to MOVE IN with the crazy heffa? SERIOUSLY?? I'm just glad that NBC's promo department chose to play it all for laughs, because, honestly, everything happening on the show right now is so silly and low-stakes, DAYS might as well be rebranded as a sitcom with running storylines.

What does she specifically about that? I'd watch and find out for myself, but...sigh...not with Alan Locher, lol. IIRC, TP has mentioned in the past that there was tension between her and Robert Calhoun. Did she touch on that at all?

Granted, I wasn't around for much of the Asa/Samantha storyline, but to me, it just seems really gross, lol.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: wypipo have always lived under this cloud of existential doom, because they're the only race (for lack of a better word) without a true, ancestral homeland. Wherever they've traveled, they've always ended up being escorted out. Ergo, this is their last stand for supremacy (at least, in this country). If they can't beat back the changing demographics here, then that's pretty much the ballgame for them.

Awesome! I'd wondered what had happened to him. I still remember when he made a cameo on an episode of "Moonlighting," catching up viewers once again on the latest between David and Maddie. Thanks, @DRW50!

The '80's were rough for many of DAYS' old guard. The Hayeses and Jed Allan left, John Clarke and Suzanne Rogers were virtually reduced to recurring characters, Joe Gallison was okay as long as Gloria Loring was still on the show, even poor Macdonald Carey and Frances Reid had to make do with cutesy storylines about tainted doughnuts and writing poetry under assumed names. Deidre Hall managed to survive, but it seems like the show de-aged Marlena while evolving her into a more action/adventure-type of heroine.