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That's a good interpretation, I think. Sonny knows he and Carly have reached the point of no return, but he's too afraid to let go of all the years they've spent together (for a very uncertain future with Nina). Add the fact that he's off his bipolar meds and therefore unable to think rationally and you have something good there to play with. If only Mo B and the writers would step the [!@#$%^&*] up. Listen, I still remember when he was still Nico Kelly on AMC, and as green as he was back then, he was still more compelling than he's been as Sonny in a very, very long time. I mean, even on those increasingly rare occasions when he doesn't appear checked out, he still can't hold my interest the way he could as Nico. Wyndham's Rachel was hood before being hood was a thing.

And Ron has used not one of them!

DId anyone on this show just STFU and play what was written in the scripts?

That's it, I'm putting you on ignore.

And I'm sure VW and DW hated a lot of their material, too, but they committed to it, because that's what actors are supposed to do. They take what's on the page -- now matter HOW awful -- and they make it work. If only Mo B would understand that.

I don't even understand why someone would WANT Tony and Marlena to share offspring. I mean, Stefano and Marlena? Maybe. But TONY and Marlena??

Or, he could have been RealRoman's kid, conceived during either time he was away from Salem. (It's DAYS, so it really doesn't matter.). I mean, if you're gonna have Josh Taylor on your show, you might as well do something with him, right, lol?

It's the same here in OKC. First Y&R, at 11 am; followed by our local news; then B&B, at 12:30. When I was a youngster, here's how (I recall) the soap skeds worked: The earliest was LOVING, at 10:30 am. Then, it was a choice between AMC and Y&R at 11. All three affiliates went to news at noon. Then, at 12:30, it was either RH, on ABC; or CAPITOL, on CBS. At 1, it was AW, ATWT and OLTL. At 2, it was GH, GL and SANTA BARBARA. At 3, it was DAYS.

I still [!@#$%^&*] hate how they killed him off ATWT. The first interesting new character to come along on that show in ages, and they dispose of him with the quickness.

IKR? Imagine: Lexie is back, and The Artist Formerly Known As Whitley Gilbert-Wayne is playing her. It's a story and situation that [!@#$%^&*] writes itself. Y'all better stahp. You know Ron Carlivati will steal from anyone.

I think people missed Bobby greatly, but I don't think the producers trusted the show and its' cast enough to let it evolve without him. They wanted DALLAS to remain a global phenomenon, even though the law of averages dictates that every long-running, successful series will fade eventually. Nor did the several other course corrections in seasons past that ended up being short-lived and inconsequential. There reached a point when its' audience realized the Shapiros and Pollocks didn't know HOW to fix their own show, so they moved on. That's what was so great about KNOTS LANDING, IMO. David Jacobs and his team regularly took risks, and not all of those risks paid off; but you could count on them to recognize when they've gone off-track and do their utmost to fix things before they got TOO out of control. It only really faded during S13 when the show had become so unrecognizable.

Frankly, a Twitter hashtag isn't good enough. GF and Laura deserve a lot more. A whole lot more. Trust me, if this were TG's anniversary, and he were still on this show, we'd have to suffer through yet another, Emmy-baiting showcase where he gets a whole hour to himself; spouting more, dreary monologues about how it's all Laura's fault that he's such a miserable bastard. ("How DARE the woman I raped ask me to settle down and be a good husband and father!?")

Agree. With everything.

Unfortunately, whenever a show makes a move out of desperation, it rarely, if ever, works. So what happens? They end up making another, even more drastic move in order to course-correct from the first, drastic move; and on and on it goes until they've chased away their entire audience for good. Just look at what happened with DYNASTY and FALCON CREST for examples.

I've come to the conclusion that DAYS resorts to such cheap tricks, because they know their characters have about as much depth as a roll of paper towels that you've bought at your local Dollar Tree. (Which, coincidentally enough, is also where DAYS gets most of its' decorations and props.)

Don't worry, Genie's used to getting the shaft from this show by now, lol.

Agree. Many music artists came and went during that period. He's just the only one who hit Donna Martin.

Donna/Tori only would've looked like an idiot if she had gone back to Ray even after he had rehabilitated himself. But, you know, in order for a redemption storyline like that to have worked, 90210 needed to be a show that could do that kind of story well. Unfortunately, aside from maybe "Family," Aaron Spelling's shows were lightweight. I could be wrong, but I fear that Ray's redemption arc just would have come across as the tritest thing ever, lol. Moreover -- and this is just my personal opinion -- but I feel like it's difficult, if not impossible, for ANY series to redeem a character once that character has been written into that specific corner. I mean, you can get away with a seemingly nice person gradually becoming unglued, but when he (or she!) starts assaulting other people (especially women)...? The audience, I think, has a hard time forgiving OR forgetting. I think that's why soaps, in particular, typically resort to explaining away the abusive behavior as the result of a brain tumor or chemical imbalance. (That is, when they don't just gloss over the matter entirely...hey, Luke, wassup?). It's a lot easier for the writers to deal with the issue that way than to put in the years of work that it would take to redeem an otherwise irredeemable character with no guarantees that the audience will ever accept him/her as a protagonist again.

Agree! Memo to Ron Carlivati: stay the hell off social media.

I think the house looks gorgeous. I hope the new buyer knows what he's getting.

Even when a soap says it's a soap, it's still reluctant to be a soap, lol.

That would have made more sense. Especially the former option. John's pre-Pawn past is both convoluted and a blank slate. Anything could have happened during those years. Anything.

I just wonder why the show felt it was necessary to give John yet another child in the first place.

Okay, who is this supposed to appeal to? Former GL/Josh (& Reva) fans?

Another reason why undoing it all later with the "dream reveal" was the worst move Leonard Katzman could have made.