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Does anyone know how long Judith Light had been portraying Karen when these scenes originally aired? IMO, the scenes served two purposes: 1) to help the audience see Karen as more than just Jenny's wayward sister and Larry's shallow wife; and 2) to establish a bond between Karen and Viki that's going to pay off down the road when Karen basically sacrifices herself on the witness stand to clear her newfound friend's name of murder. Obviously, Tina's arrival will tie in with Marco Dane's "murder," giving Viki a motive for wanting to kill the bastard. However, I, too, have wondered if Russell originally intended for Tina to serve as a troublesome, surrogate teenage daughter for Joe and Viki, since their marriage was pretty solid, Kevin was still an infant and Joey hadn't yet been conceived (AFAIK).

Nikki thinks she's achieved the American dream by strutting her stuff every night at the Bayou. That's cute. Thanks, @Darn. I only wish Victor and Nikki had remained this charming throughout the years.

If I were Kellyanne Conway, I would, at the very least, march straight into that Oval Office and tell him, in no uncertain terms, that the next slur he utters against my husband OR my kids will be his last. OTOH, if I were Kellyanne Conway, I wouldn't be working for Trump in the first damn place.

Speaking of James Carroll, what happened to him? He seems to have dropped off the face of the earth!

Actually, Pamela K. Long and Jeff Ryder had planned to do more with Victoria, along with the rest of Brandon's Barbados family. However, as Ryder himself suggested to me (via email), P&G nixed it, because they weren't entirely comfortable with there being African-American Spauldings.

All these years later, and I'm STILL mad about how AMC tanked Travis and Erica's relationship.

Agree.

As I've said elsewhere, I just think it's so neat that these actors are participating in these online reunions for their fans. It's been just what we needed as we continue to cope with this pandemic.

I'm not sure, but I THINK that's Paul Tulley (ex-Dr. Larry Wolek #1, OLTL; ex-Creepy Edward, Y&R). He played Scott Bradley.

Ah, the '90's.

Frankly, I don't think anything will change at the NBC News organization. They'll continue to commit the same, old atrocities against the journalism profession. They'll just have someone new to rubber-stamp 'em. But, at least Lack's out the door. So, I'll just celebrate that and move on.

But seriously. I think White America was and is bothered by the Obamas, not necessarily because they are African-Americans, but because they are African-Americans who stay refusing to play into stereotypes about African-Americans. IOW, Barack isn't strutting around like Chicken George, and Michelle isn't going around saying, "Ain't nobody got time for that!," like Sweet Brown. They don't pander to White America, who's fine with African-Americans so long as they stay "non-threatening" and in their lanes. They never have, and they never will.

Yet, if African-Americans were protesting, there would be attack dogs, gunshots and tear gas canisters aplenty.

IOW, it's not an actual soap.

Meanwhile, the blasted NYT's editorial board is looking to sabotage the election once again in Trump's favor by asking for a full investigation into Ms. Reade's claims. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/biden-tara-reade.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

It just seems to me like they forget the cardinal rule of satire, which is to send up something you actually love. That's why I give Susan Harris and "Soap" a pass, because as loony as that show was, she still managed to imbue her show with a lot of character, suspense and heart.

You have to remember, too, that Bert Bauer and Nancy Hughes weren't always so benevolent. Nancy, in particular, was quite meddlesome and judgmental in ATWT's earliest days. She just mellowed over time. And even Liz could be quite frosty at times, too. Bill Bell wasn't quite as nostalgic or sentimental toward his characters like Agnes Nixon could be.

Sigh. Soap parodies.

This is what happens when people refuse to learn from history. May that woman (and others like her) live in interesting times.

Daniel Hugh Kelly was the best Frank by far. It's just a shame TPTB couldn't hold onto him.

All I can say is, you ain't gonna hear Susan Lucci talk s**t about anyone she worked with on AMC, and we ALL know about her and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Boy, does my heart break (again) watching that message. But, God bless Debbi Morgan for bringing to everyone's attention how this crisis is affecting African-Americans in particular. And she's right. We are strong and we WILL get through this.

I guess we know now why it was called the HUBBARD Squash.

Ah, okay. Thanks, @Vee.

Which I can't see, for some reason. In fact, I can't see anyone's sigs.