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Either the higher-ups have interfered yet again, or Josh Griffith simply has no idea what TF he's doing anymore. Or both.

Yeah, never again do I want to hear anyone complain (even in jest) that Claire Labine's GH was too depressing to watch. Trust me, her GH wasn't nearly as depressing as mourning three or four deaths in a row.

Agree. And don't tell me that wasn't your intention, powers-that-be, because we all know that's a damn lie. Neil was deliberately written into a corner like that so it would be that much easier for the show to marginalize him right off the canvas. KSJ saw the writing on the wall, too. I'm just sorry about how it all added to his mounting and ultimately overwhelming personal issues. (Y'all oughta be ashamed of yourselves, Sony/CBS.) I feel like that's because the audience was so angry over how her and Ed's affair led to Maureen's death. TPTB greatly underestimated how the audience would have felt about losing Maureen. Ergo, giving Lillian increased story and/or airtime would have been like rubbing salt in the wound.

On the one hand, it's a shame that Rosalind Cash didn't get to live long enough to make an even bigger impact on the show. Having her as the matriarch of an African-American family -- and one with ties to the Quartermaines, at that -- was nothing less than a stroke of genius. On the other hand, I shudder to think how Bob Guza, JFP and others would have dispatched with her the same way they did with the rest of the Wards.

Isn't that awfully...sudden?

I liked Deborah Goodrich as (Sterling) Silver, but I think Kelli Maroney (ex-Kimberley, RH) would have been so much better in that role.

Yeah, except I think Leonard Katzman and his writers might have written the show with more depth. The Shapiros and Pollocks -- God bless them -- always had big ideas, but they never possessed the skills necessary to make them work.

LOL!! But seriously. I feel like Linda Evans wouldn't have been as formidable as Pam. Not that the writing ever made Pam a legitimate threat to J.R. and the rest of the Ewings, but if David Jacobs' original plan was to have Bobby die and Pam take on his brother and other enemies...? It wouldn't have worked.

Damn. In my mind, Mr. Poitier was one of the most dignified men ever to grace the screen. He proved that Black actors could do more than just play the butler or the Mandingo. Denzel and Idris and so many other actors of color owe a ton to him. May he RIP.

Frankly, I never understood their appeal. IMO, Keith Hamilton Cobb was a piss-poor actor, and he had absolutely zero chemistry with Sydney Penny. Agree. Even if Drucilla/VR were to magically reappear on Y&R, her return would be so hollow, because Neil/KSJ wouldn't be there.

If this ends with Devon abducting that kid....

Hey, don't knock that! That song was SEMINAL in Bo and Hope's story! Corday and Langan were nothing if not ambitious, lol. But I feel like a much stronger HW or Co-HW could have made all those disparate stories work.

This is why I hate surrogacy storylines on soaps: the sperm/egg donor inevitably becomes so attached to the baby that they end up making life hell for the couple who would otherwise be childless. It's become a cliche, and it paints a very negligent picture of surrogacy.

The only thing missing was this dude: I'd love to see a story where Nicole becomes acquainted with a troubled, underaged girl, whom she ultimately rescues from the porn industry. It'd be a good use of Nicole's history, and it would give her/AZ something to do other than obsess over a man.

I'd love to see Tonya Crowe back on TV, but not as Lois.

I'm not seeing it either. If Laura were still single and/or pining for Luke, I'd get it. At the very least, Luke's death would allow her to move on. And if Luke weren't really dead, then having him pop back up when Laura and her new beau were about to get married or something would provide a good, classic, soapy twist (provided, of course, Tony Geary wanted to return and play out that scenario, which we know he doesn't, lol). However, Laura moved on years ago with Kevin. So, what's the point?

Agree. I also hate the fact that Bobby and Pam never had a child of their own. They could have had a daughter, who grew up and became one of uncle J.R.'s biggest nemeses.

Why does this show assume the devil can possess or control only one person at a time?

Given what I know of her track record, I think LB might have kept up with the outlandish ideas -- after all, like it or not, that had become DAYS' trademark -- but maybe with a renewed emphasis on character. Salemites would still do screwy things, but maybe we'd understand better WHY.

And that's why I thought it was odd that Ken Corday would have hired her in the first place. Supposedly, he and Broderick had become acquainted over the years at various industry functions, but either the man had never actually watched an episode of AMC before hiring her, or he was making an honest attempt at bringing DAYS back to basics and away from the camp and silliness, and Tom Langan successfully torpedoed it. I don't remember Broderick, in her brief HW'ing stint, moving away from the JER-inspired crap, but I *do* remember her attempting to ground it all in character and logic, so that it would have made some sense. The Gina/Hope stuff, in particular, didn't seem *quite* as ridiculous with Broderick in charge of the writing.

And that final shot of smiling Reva twirling into also-smiling Josh's arms? Woah my God!

Didn't Lorraine Broderick quit as HW, because she disagreed with Tom Langan over how the teens were introduced?

Ugh. I couldn't begin to count the number of people who should've been fired for that.

You know, at this point, I'm willing to explain away all this demonic possession crap as mass hallucinations brought on by ergot poisoning. LOL!!

Actually, it would be "SamanDevil." But, if you think about it: Samantha could be paired off with John, Hattie could be paired off with a returning Chris Kositchek and Marlena could be reunited with Wayne's Roman. It's a win-win-win situation.