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Yes! Absolutely! It's been so long since DAYS had a HW who could play the long game.

Who? Oh! Him! Yeah, they should totally bring back whatshisface. Or he could perform a massive retcon and reveal that Marlena, who returned from the dead in '91, is really Samantha, and that the real Marlena is still being held captive on some island. #ATaleof2Docs

A DAYS character without a love interest? Surely, you jest, lol.

That could have been fun to watch. Belle, as a young girl, is infatuated with the older Shawn, but Shawn thinks of her as just a kid. Then, several years down the road, when it looks like Belle, who is now age-appropriate, is about to embark on her first, real relationship -- maybe she's even about to get married! -- Shawn, finally realizing that he has fallen for Belle, pulls a page from his father's playbook and whisks her away to reveal his feelings. I'm ALWAYS down for the slow burn.

Belle Brady makes Mary Richards look like Sue Ann Nivens.

TBH, I don't remember Conboy's other series, CAPITOL, having very good openings either. In fact, the first one in particular played like the introduction to a video on D.C. tourism. I guess he just got lucky with Y&R.

IIRC, ABC didn't even contact Dorothy Lyman about reprising the role.

That's...really not saying a whole lot.

Yes, I know they're not. I'm just kidding.

In that case... SOD BREAKING NEWS: Rebecca Budig IN As DAYS' New Sami!! (No, I'm not suggesting I want RB as NuSami. Shut up.)

Yeah, the implication that *I* got was that everyone assumed that he had left town. Kudos to David Paulsen, though, for revisiting that backstory. It brought some much-needed life to the show. I just wish it had been enough to save it.

I feel like that's what they were going for with Tracy Middendorf's Carrie, but there's a big difference between bad and bratty.

I do apologize if it sounds like I'm blaming AS; I'm really not. But, the show really needs to lay down the ultimatum: either agree to return, on contract, or accept the possibility that Sami will be either recast or written out permanently.

Yeah, I'm not buying it. Luke ain't dead. But, at least, Jane Elliot brought back my fave hairdo of hers.

Agree. By the time MADD hired JC to run GL, he was just out-of-touch in general.

Just a thought, but...what if Drake/John was behaving that way for a reason? #thedevilmadehimdoit

You know the end times are near when you have folks wishing Mimi were back. I get why TPTB are glad to have Alison Sweeney any way they can get her, but I agree that her infrequent visits are wreaking havoc on the stories. If she can't (or won't) commit to returning full-time, then don't bring her back. (I would suggest recasting Sami, but I know that's like pissing on Macdonald Carey's grave around here, so....)

Exactly. I felt that that ship (Dex/Alexis) had long sailed. And as for Sable defending Blake against the allegations that he had murdered Roger Grimes, Alexis was right: Sable was only defending Blake, because she hoped to get into Blake's bed. By the time THE COLBYS came around, it seemed like the Shapiros had dispensed with most rules of storytelling. All they cared about was showcasing well-dressed characters behaving abominably.

Same.

Same!

But, in due time, Laura and Lucy will get shoved aside (again) for Frank and the writers' latest creations, Lavender Corinthos and Pilot Cassadine.

Has Chloe ever met her biological father, Tiny the Plumber? I think that could be an interesting story to tell, lol.

I think you're talking about "True Light," which ran during the John Conboy/Ellen Weston era. As I said at the time, the whole thing reminded me of some cheap talk show.

"Colt 45" is the brand of malt liquor that Billy Dee Williams pitched BITD. His ads and commercials for the product are iconic among the African-American community.

I think so. Whenever CBS tinkered with KL's time slot, the ratings always took a big hit. They didn't understand how important its' time slot was to its' success. But were Alexis and Sable fighting over the same man? I didn't consider Dex/Alexis/Sable or Blake/Alexis/Sable to be romantic triangles in the traditional sense.