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[!@#$%^&*] the soaps. I'd rather watch @Darn and @Vee in a buddy comedy.

I'm still laughing at that cumbersome name.

Agree. It makes him look less boyish, IMO.

Same. As much as I would enjoy seeing RN again, I just don't believe his Ashland will click with AH's Victoria. If Josh Griffith and Tony Morina were smart, they'd pivot him toward someone else. But, I have a feeling that once they reach the inevitable dead-end with those two, they'll either send Ashland out of town or send him to the morgue.

Yup.

What. About. Traci?

I wouldn't wish Michelle Stafford on the devil himself.

This show is just too toxic to stay on the air. So, of course, that means it'll go on forever.

When she and Ted Danson got into trouble over that blackface incident at the Friars Club, I knew she wasn't exactly the brightest bulb in the box.

Oh, good. I was afraid I'd never get to see her thinking about pizza again.

But seriously. I'm legit surprised that Billy Warlock and Julie Pinson are still together. Whatever you might suspect about him, or his...proclivities, I never took BW to be the type to remain committed to anyone for more than five minutes. But, I guess Peter Pan had to grow up sometime.

What rough draft? (I'm serious.) Exactly. Today's soaps might have the crappiest of crappy production values, but at least no one's sweating their balls off anymore in Peapack!

And that's bad, because...?

They're still together? Wow, that's crazy!

It's been a long time since I pulled out this needle drop:

Yeah, I liked Hillary, too, and I thought killing her off was a bad move on TPTB's part. Maybe she wasn't a vixen or a stone babe, but she was a steadying presence for long-time viewers who missed the rest of the Bauer clan.

Wait, didn't they have AH's character on LOVING go through the same issue?

Okay, but...you must really hate me if you think I would have two grown folks actually [!@#$%^&*] in a hospital chapel while HIS wife and HER daughter lay stone cold dead in the hospital morgue. I can push the old envelope, but come on, lol! I mean, what am I? Dena Higley or something? I'd love to put him in a triangle with Ashley and Traci.

Well, he didn't start out that way. As a matter of fact, Josh was introduced (by then-HW Douglas Marland) as a spoiler for Kelly and Morgan, who were GL's big supercouple. IIRC, Morgan was pursuing a modeling career. Kelly, being a young resident at Cedars Hospital, preferred his new wife to stay home and start a family. Josh, operating under the pretense of helping Morgan launch her career, exploited the conflicts between the newlyweds in order to get Morgan in the sack. (Which he did. Again, IIRC.) It's only when Pam Long came aboard and fleshed out both Josh's backstory and the Lewis clan -- keeping on Josh and his sister, Trish, while adding on Billy, Mindy, patriarch H.B., and eventually Reva -- that Josh evolved into pretty much what he was for the rest of his time on the show. Yup. I knew when they tried "Reverend Josh" that the show had hit a brick wall with the guy. Even before then, though, I actually felt the time had come to kill off Josh. We knew how Josh would respond to losing Reva to death, because we saw him do it multiple times. But how would Reva cope with losing "Bud"? Nobody was feeling Peapack. Especially the audience.

Did I say I would have them [!@#$%^&*] in the hospital chapel, lol? Maybe "clinch" was the wrong word but [!@#$%^&*] was not what I meant. Please, I'm not JER. Of course, if JER were writing it, he'd have Ashland and Nikki literally screwing on top of Victoria's corpse. But that's neither here nor there. Thank you!

Tell that to Ron Carlivati!

Dear God! They really blew her ass up!

Better yet...? Building off @Darn's suggestion: Victoria discovers Ashland and Nikki in bed together. After a bitter confrontation with her husband and mother, Victoria runs off. However, she's so overcome by the image of Ashland and Nikki together, she loses control of her car and crashes. (Whether the crash was deliberate on her part could be left up to the audience to debate.) At the hospital, a non-responsive Victoria is placed on a respirator, as her family and friends are informed about the accident. Eventually, everyone is informed that Victoria is brain-dead (shut up!) and not likely to breathe on her own again. Nikki begs Ashland not to turn off the respirator; however, Ashland believes Victoria wouldn't want to be kept in such condition for the rest of her life. He agrees to have the machines turned off; they are; Victoria doesn't breathe on her own; she's pronounced dead. Afterwards, Ashland and Nikki run into each other at the hospital chapel. Both are feeling extremely guilty over how their actions have led to this moment. Nevertheless, Nikki lashes into Ashland, believing that Victoria could have recovered had she been given more time. But...even as Ashland and Nikki's argument grows ever more heated, with Ashland defending his decision to end his wife's life and Nikki accusing Ashland of killing Victoria in order keep their affair quiet, the sexual tension between them mounts, culminating in a kiss and passionate clinch (...in the chapel...with Victoria's body not even cold). Unfortunately, for Ashland and Nikki, Victor has observed the entire scene from the back of the chapel...and that's when hell REALLY starts to break loose.

You're right, Victoria wouldn't do that. She's not clever enough (anymore).

Pretty much.