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But seriously, folks, if we're just gonna let the devil run loose in Salem, then we need to counterbalance it with the presence of some angels.

"Polly Prentice." Oh, Lord. This show has ALWAYS had troubling naming characters, hasn't it?

I swear, anytime AH gives off even the least little bit of spark in her performances, TPTB immediately put a stop to it. Either that, or AH complains, because she doesn't want to, you know, act. Frankly, I'm not here for Billy and Victoria's 2000th go-round; and if Jason Thompson is the best they could ever do, then maybe it's time for this show to put a bullet in Billy and end his ass.

I'd laugh if it weren't so damn true.

I still can't believe they named Neil and Sophia's son "Moses."

That's what I've heard! John Conboy tried to have Bill Bell replaced at Y&R, even though it was Bill and Lee Phillip Bell's creation, and they owned a portion of it. (I've no idea how much.) In fact, it might have been the source of tensions between the two. But, of course, if Conboy actually tried to get rid of Bell, he didn't succeed.

And it's only Sunday.

I don't even know what to say anymore.

Either that, or it's another Michael Muhney situation.

Somehow, I can't see Christian LeBlanc filling Burl Ives' shoes. (Or Fred Gwynne's. Or Charles Durning's. Or Ned Beatty's. Or James Earl Jones's.)

Between the stiffness and the extra pounds, it truly seems like LL was miserable on that show.

With that hair and beard, he truly looks like a villain on an episode of "Charlie's Angels." Like, he's running a bike messenger service that's a front for a call-girl ring; and any minute now, he's gonna tell Don Stroud or Tim Rossovich that Cheryl Ladd's getting too close to exposing the entire operation, "and she needs to be dispatched with -- and I mean permanently!"

IKR? Common sense would tell ANY one that phasing out a show's original families and replacing them with brand new ones is bound to be a little messy unless the first families were just awful, which the Brookses and Fosters clearly weren't, despite all the recasts and dud stories. It's just incredible that CBS and Columbia/Screen Gems/Sony trusted Bill Bell enough to let him figure out how to retool the show. Otherwise, they might have allowed John Conboy to go through with his plan to replace Bell, and who knows what would have happened to Y&R after that!

To this day, Jamie and Vicky's relationship seems like one of the most random things ever to occur on AW. It doesn't feel organic at all.

In a way, Stuart's post-Genoa City years are kind of a blank slate. Maybe Stuart married again. Maybe he had another family. If I were HW, I'd reveal that he had two sons: one, who's very driven; and one, who's a total cad. And maybe his daughters have very strained relationships with their half-siblings, not just because of the age gap, but because they've always regarded their second stepmom as a gold-digger and beneath the family's standards. It'd be a good way to reintroduce the Brookses by having those sons arrive in GC and shake things up for the Abbotts and Newmans, too.

IOW: the rivalry with Sheila was always the game plan. Lauren's marriage (to Scott) was just Bell laying groundwork. Gosh, I miss the days when the writers would plan ahead. Even if the story was predictable, you still watched, because you trusted they were "going somewhere." Besides, as TPTB have apparently forgotten, it wasn't WHAT happened next that mattered, but WHEN. And Bill never even bothered to explain what had happened to Stuart either, did he? Not even in '84, when the Brooks girls returned for Victor and Nikki's first wedding. I think it was just assumed that he and Liz had split, and that he was living away from Genoa City. And I think it was only when Theo was revealed to be his grandson that we learned that he had, in fact, passed away (which I thought was a mistake, but whatevs).

Yep, I'm ready for 2023.

Granted, I never knew Bill Bell, but I could see him saying as much, lol. I've often wondered whether John Conboy had considerable influence over the casting and recasting and whether it was that influence that caused so many recasts to be so godawful. I mean, Brian Kerwin, Wings Hauser and Howard McGillin as nuGreg? In what universe? RE: Scott/Lauren/Sheila -- How long were Scott and Lauren married before Sheila arrived on the scene? I wasn't watching then, so I have no idea, but I wonder if Sheila was created BECAUSE it was becoming evident that Scott and Lauren's relationship was becoming a snooze-fest. It's not that I think Howard McGillin is a bad actor. Far from it. But, speaking as someone who is familiar with Greg Foster, I just think he was/is all wrong for the character. IMO, he would've been much more suitable as a Brock recast. I could see him having a good mother/son chemistry with Jeanne Cooper's Kay.

Jesus, it's 2016 all over again. Now I know how people who lived through the Dark Ages must've felt.

Agree. Y&R had a good opportunity to introduce a new family onto the canvas that could shake up the mediocre goings-on. It just boggles my mind how Griffith/Morina/Sony literally run from making this show more exciting.

I'm not suggesting "the devil = all men," but I think it's time for this and other stories to show what our culture is beginning to recognize: namely, that women gots the skillz. Trust me, if Alice Horton were still alive, she'd be gathering all the forces she could, male AND female; and she'd summoned every last ounce of faith and courage that she could to look the devil in the eye and tell him where to go. For her sake, for her family's sake, for her community's sake, for the sake of the entire world if necessary. Because, as she showed us throughout her entire life, Love. Always. Wins. Plus, it'd be pretty powerful to see all those women, gathered around Johnny, holding vigil, praying without ceasing, while the devil and Beyonce's wind machine threaten to blow them all away. Like I've always said, I've never been fond of stories about demonic possession, because I feel that's literally inviting, through entertainment, the devil into people's homes and minds. Not every viewer out there is strong enough psychologically or emotionally or spiritually to handle it. But, this clip from "Soap," as Jessica Tate confronts the devil, who has taken possession of her newborn grandchild, is more-or-less how I'd handle the current story on DAYS (just replace Jess with Marlena):

Ignorance and selfishness have always been parts of the human condition, I'm afraid.

Or...he could just use something from the Indigo Girls.

It's truly ridiculous to see Chloe (who is herself a few eggs short of a carton) praise as "the best of the best" someone who once harassed, stalked and even threatened to rape Christine.

I am just so damn sick and tired of Alan Locher.