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Having Kate kidnap Chloe and Sami so her sons could forget about them would have made more sense.

That's good, @Vee, let it all out.

It would have, if they had had a better actress portraying Nikki.

TBH, I've always maintained a love/hate relationship with SANTA BARBARA. The show often had great moments/scenes, or string of episodes, but it also had the shortest attention span of any soap I've ever watched. Potentially great storylines were always killed before they had a chance to develop, either because Charles Pratt, Jr. lost interest (as he tended to do...a lot), or because he was more concerned about keeping viewers (and himself) on their toes than about simply telling a good, complete story, or because he COULDN'T tell a good, complete story, or a combination thereof. And I know the Pam Long/Paul Rauch period has its' many detractors, but I personally give that regime props for recognizing that SB needed to become a more conventional soap if it was ever going to survive. It's just a shame that it was all a case of "too little, too late."

As much as I like Billy Warlock, I have to admit, he was all wrong for A.J. GH should have brought him on instead as a recast for Blackie Parrish.

Agree. I actually liked Gerald Hopkins as A.J. But I do remember hating that storyline where A.J. was determined to marry that gold-digging hussy, Nikki Langton.

Frankly, at this point, I don't care. Even if the Senate gets the voting rights legislation passed -- and I still think that's a big "if" -- the GOP will just find another way to disenfranchise POC while the Democrats will insist we keep going high.

WILEY Corinthos?? Suddenly, my nightmare of "Candace Cassadine" inches closer toward becoming reality.

I love how the Democrats are applying the pressure to Manchin, but I hope they're also getting out the message that the ones we should REALLY be angry with are the Republicans, since not a single one of 'em has chosen to support legislation that would help so many individuals in this country, thereby forcing us into this situation where one pissant from WV can potentially sink Biden's entire agenda.

That's because he's storing nuts for the winter.

I know that LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING, LOVE OF LIFE, THE SECRET STORM and WHERE THE HEART IS are all pretty much gone (save for kinescopes that have been uploaded online, or that are gathering dust in someone's closet). You're right, @DramatistDreamer, I totally forgot about the Bell shows (and DAYS). If the folks at Pluto TV were smart, they'd start streaming episodes of GENERATIONS. It wasn't a perfect show, by ANY means, but it was a groundbreaking show that had its' moments.

Unfortunately, I still remember the Joey/Emily Ann/Katie "triangle" very well. When you're rooting for the mentally unhinged girl to off the sweet but bland nurse, you know the story ain't workin'.

In retrospect, Joshua and Veronica Landers do seem less like fully fleshed-out characters and more like means to an end (the end, of course, being Nikki's brush with death and reunion with Victor).

Well, he WOULD have been perfect as Eugene and Calliope's kid, had he remained the goofy nerd that he was at the start.

I've been saying the same thing for years. It's time for "new blood" to come in and really shake up the show.

Agree. It seems like the only two soaps whose archives have been carefully preserved are DARK SHADOWS and THE DOCTORS -- which, if you ask me, weren't exactly what I'd consider to be quality shows.

Nah, she was just nuts. (I'm kidding.)

Of all the films to pay homage to, they choose the film where the heroine contracts consumption and dies at the end!?

Yep. Cathy Breton. And IMO, she comes across as being even more lame than Jessica. If that's even possible, lol. I suppose then-HW Hogan Sheffer wanted Nick to have solid, established ties to the Salem community; hence, making him the son (and sole offspring?) of a couple who hadn't been seen, heard from or even mentioned in decades. But, you know, I think it would have been better just to say he was Eugene and Calliope's kid and Marlena's godson.

ICAM. The fact that Sunny remained on-canvas through all the upheavals is a testament to how much SFT's fans loved Marcia McCabe. I just wish Paul Avila Mayer and Stephanie Braxton hadn't destroyed all hope of Hogan and Sunny ever hooking up permanently, because, IMO, MM and David Forsyth had terrific chemistry.

I hate to admit it, but I had sorta-high hopes for that otherwise cockamamie story about John's memories and personality being stashed away on some CD-ROM or something. It was like DAYS itself was admitting they had gone as far as they could with John as Roman-Lite or Dollar Tree Jason Bourne and were now gonna try and evolve him into an antagonist. I should've known better.

Especially when the shows...? Weren't that good to begin with.

Look, it's only a matter of time before the whole thing becomes wall-to-wall pre-taped bits hosted by Craig Robinson and Sarnoff, the Rapping Peacock. Lorne's just speeding up the apocalypse.

I'm saying she has no freaking idea what "good" writing is, only how much the writers at that moment are writing for her. She LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED what JER wrote for her, for example, but most long-time DAYS fans that I know would agree that JER really dumbed down Marlena to the point of insanity. I'm fine with her staying -- even though I think Marlena (along with most of DAYS' characters) has been damaged so badly that she'll never be taken seriously again -- and I'm fine with writers writing a lot for her, too. I just wish someone over there would remember what she USED to be BITD and make an attempt to bring back that concept of Dr. Marlena Evans.

Agree.