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I love what I call the "beautiful downtown Burbank" lighting in those scenes from the '60's and '70's. It's so artificial, and yet, it doesn't feel like vintage NBC without it. (See also: "Sanford and Son.")

Good!

Wait, what? I don't get it. Is B&B literally rewriting who gave birth to whom?

From what I've heard, Marland's original plan was for Kelly to end up with Nola, but when the whole storyline with her and Quint took off, he changed his mind.

Oh, no. Not Jan. "It's a Living" was, IMO, a mediocre sitcom nevertheless blessed with an extraordinary cast (minus Crystal Bernard, lol).

The news about Bruce Willis' condition hits me particularly hard, as I've always loved his work (opposite Cybill Shepherd) on "Moonlighting." To me, it was better than any performance he gave on film.

Linda Lavin Larkin on the same show with Lance, Leslie, Lucas and Lorie. God, so many L's, you'd think Laverne DeFazio was the HW.

Exactly! Thank you!

IKR? Maggie: "Is it safe?" Oh, please, spare me the Christian Szell routine. Just stick the needle in Sarah and get it over with!

When a story about demonic possession is putting viewers to sleep, you know your show's in trouble.

Oh, God, when Phyllis is the one talking sense....!

Anna snatching the antidote from Maggie's hand and injecting it into Sarenee's shoulder just about makes my 2022.

Q: Could the Academy file criminal or other charges against Will, even if Chris declines to?

Just be glad that the days of Richard Simmons at the Campus Disco are far behind us.

Ron Carlivati is what Kathy Griffin would call a "bad gay."

That would make more sense. Nate leaves practicing medicine to work for a medical conglomerate or some such, and then feels conflicted that he isn't doing the kind of work he was trained to do, even though he's still working in the medical field. Sigh. Could we just agree that WE, the posters of SON, know and could write this show better than the people who are being paid to?

Josh is so talking out of his ass there. Neil would have wanted Nate to honor his mother's legacy and stay in medicine. In fact, if Neil (and Drucilla) were alive and still on the canvas, and if Olivia were still on the canvas as well, all three would rage at him for turning his back on his true calling. Heck, I wouldn't have been surprised if KSJ had ad-libbed a line about the medical profession (and Genoa City Memorial) needing more "bruthas" like Nate to ensure that POC receive the adequate medical care that they deserve! This was (and is) really the time for Y&R to introduce a Mark Zuckerberg- or Jack Dorsey-type, who blazes into GC with his apps and such and gives Victor, who'd represent the out-of-touch establishment or "old guard," a run for his proverbial money in the tech markets. GC might have started out small or medium-sized, but I think decades of development and expansion have likely turned it into a metropolis. At least, that's how I view it.

Here's how I would handle that situation: You have Allie, the budding chemical engineer, who follows in her family's footsteps, working at Jabot Labs, until she develops a concept that becomes a cosmetics line for AAPI women; who becomes CONSUMED with guilt when, after spending her entire life never giving a thought to anything but proving herself worthy of her demanding father's love, she falls in love for the first time with her new business partner, the very married Chance... ...and you have Allie's younger, decidedly less serious-minded sister, who has always DREAMED of living in splendor; who sees finally becoming part of the very white, very rich Abbott family as a chance at legitimacy after years of being the target of racism and bigotry, but who also thinks nothing of using her "exotic-ness" as an Asian female to get what she wants, especially from men; and who proves just how big of a schemer she truly is when she lures Ashland, newly estranged from Victoria, into a tryst, fakes a pregnancy to get him to marry her, then conveniently "miscarries" the child while Ashland is away on business. And no, I would not have Keemo dead either.

I definitely agree. That's why I pitched in another thread the idea of Allie going to work at Jabot and eventually creating a new cosmetics line that is targeted toward the AAPI community. The cosmetics industry is changing, as consumers are demanding more and better diversity/representation. Y&R should definitely reflect those changes.

Yeah, I'm glad we're done (at least for the time being) with "stories" about Sharon either screwing random guys or turning up at funerals in wedding dresses.

Show me a TV series or movie that doesn't have at least a little BTS drama, and I'll show you a TV series or movie that never progressed beyond the page.

Once again, I have to hand it to Doug Marland (and to Laurie Caso): when David Stewart died, in 1991, they brought back Annie, Betsy and Dee for his funeral (even if Betsy was played by someone who hadn't played the role before). I doubt Chris Goutman would have cared enough had he been EP.

"Did you miss us?" Um, not really?

Agree. With all of it. Good point! The only other time I can recall someone getting slapped at the Oscars was in "A Star Is Born" - and that was just a movie! When someone shows you who they are the first time....