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Between Aaron Spelling and Marshall/Miller/Milkis/Boyett, ABC really struck gold in the late '70's.

Fourteen years and that's what they get? God, what a horrible promo. You could tell CBS was just ready to let go. What were TS/Gary and ML/Karen more shocked by? The sudden reappearance of Val, or the cheap wig JVA was sporting when she returned? And I REALLY could have done without FW/Vanessa and JG/Tom.

Lemme get this straight: Robin Strasser tried to save Cusi Cram's job...by going to OLTL's producers and begging them to let Dorian fat-shame Cassie? What in the hell was going on with Judith Light's hair?

To think that in my lifetime, I saw both the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Life comes at you fast, folks. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Putin has turned back the clock. It's 1984 all over again.

You're pregnant, but your evil twin sister needs your kidney. Only on the soaps, people!

Did Ann Marcus write that? That sounds like some mess Ann Marcus would've done, lol. (And don't get me wrong, I think Ann Marcus did some very good work on KNOTS LANDING and "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," but her work in daytime tends to be hit-and-miss.)

Too bad Ida Lupino had passed away the year before. She could have played Ruth Galveston, too.

Agree! Again, your identical twin sister has you committed to a sanitarium and assumes YOUR life (which includes your life with your husband) and you somehow find it in your heart not just to forgive her but accept her back into your life as well? IDC that Marlena was a practicing psychologist, or that Samantha was too strung out to realize what she was doing. No rational human being would forgive who'd commit such crimes. Now that I'm thinking about it, too, didn't Samantha need Marlena's kidney at one point? If I'd been Marlena, I would've said, "Bitch, find my ass for this kidney!".

Or maybe JER just didn't give a [!@#$%^&*]. But did they know about Uncle Eric molesting Kimberly when they named the twins? See, that's the difference. If they named their son after Roman's uncle without knowing the truth about him, then you can't fault them. But Sami was born years after Samantha had switched places with Marlena. If I had been in Marlena's shoes, I don't believe I would've been as forgiving toward her afterwards, and I certainly wouldn't have named my child after her either, lol. Agree. Also agree.

I guess it's appropriate that Marlena would name Sami after her sister...who once had her committed and then took over her life.

Yes, I've said this before, but as @carolineg has also pointed out, Sami (and Eric) had little time to bond with Roman before he "died." If anyone had reason to "hate" John and remain loyal to Roman and Roman/Marlena, it was Carrie, because she was actually there to experience the two of them together. Yet, for reasons that remain a legit mystery to me, JER chose to write it the other way around. It's madness.

That's possible. Truth be told, I haven't watched DAYS on a consistent basis since, gosh, 1993? I've popped in for spells, got disgusted, then popped out. Wash, rinse, repeat. So, it's possible the reconciliation occurred during a period when I wasn't following as closely. Nevertheless, I feel as if the affair is still motivating Sami's actions to a point. She's never really matured from being a bratty, whiny teen, regardless of whatever amends she probably has made with John and Marlena. ETA: No, it had to be later than '93; nevertheless, it's been a while.

I don't think she has - or if she has, someone at the show has forgotten. But I have heard her mention it again in recent years, which had me rolling my eyes and going, "Here we go again!".

That's what I'm saying - and as someone who needs to know why a character behaves the way he/she does, it wears thin on me as well. Exactly. Yet, my heart is supposed to go out to Sami every time she mentions the affair to John and Marlena. It makes no sense to me. I've TRIED to make it make sense, but I can't. To me, it's just lazy writing.

This. All this. Because, knowing Ron Carlivati's work, that's exactly what's gonna happen (and more!). My theory: Leo's got something on someone whom Craig is close to, so he's blackmailing him into this...relationship.

I know I'm on the edge of my seat! [/sarcasm]

And I am sick to death of it, too. I am sick and tired of Samantha Gene Brady getting a pass to behave like a total, spoiled bitch, because, once upon a time, her mother had the audacity to love someone other than her father. Never mind that that man had been more of a father (figure) to her than her own OR that what John and Marlena did doesn't even come close to what Sami, the so-called "tragic heroine" of DAYS, has done over the decades, or the lives she has destroyed. I mean, where does SHE get off? I could understand why Erica (AMC) or Delia (RH) or Reva (GL) behaved the way they did, because they operated from places of real, genuine want and pain. But Sami is like GH's Heather: there's no credible, psychological basis for their villainy. They're both just self-centered, narcissistic bitches; and in Sami's case, she's just a bitch for no [!@#$%^&*] reason that would make any sense to any writer who wasn't a hack like Jim [!@#$%^&*] Reilly. As far as I am concerned, the poorly developed, poorly motivated nuisance that is Sami Brady can STAY gone. That was the trouble with JER's writing. Everyone was so focused on the big watercooler moments - "Oooooooooo-wee, did you see Carrie the slug the hell outta that bitch Sami!?" - that no one ever stopped and really took a hard, serious look at the messages he was sending out with his writing.

Just one of the many reasons why I hated JER's writing and wanted him gone from the show. I mean, maybe such misogyny was present during the Sheri Anderson/Maggie DePriest/Leah Laiman/Thom Racina years, too, but it just wasn't so obvious, or so off-putting.

KA still could join B&B as a new character - say, a model-turned-designer who joins Forrester Creations? I'd even name her "Gina" as a wink to DAYS fans.

If he does, it'll be the first GOOD thing he's done in his life.

Ah, my beloved "Cavanaughs." You had so much potential.

To put it another way: Tucker Carlson is a lying, amoral piece of [!@#$%^&*].

God bless the brave people of Ukraine for continuing the fight, but this is rapidly turning into a Golan-Globus film.

I feel like K&A is unfairly overlooked. It was much, much better than "Growing Pains" or "Who's the Boss?."

That reminds me of an exchange between two characters (both louses) on KNOTS LANDING: "It's not the 1950's, just tell him we're sleeping together!" "It's not the 1960's either!" Anyways. You're right. Marlena shouldn't have been sitting around, punishing herself for the affair, or waiting for John to leave Kristen. Let her focus on her children and rebuilding her practice; and if a reconciliation with Roman (or a returning Don) was out of the question, then let a new man enter her life (and no, Stefano DiMera and Alex North are not what I mean, lol).