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Are we talking about Brad and Lucas' story in particular, or GH in general?

Ingmar Bergman, I guess?

ICAM!!

Hey, just as long as they ADMITTED the premise was corny, lol! WTB? had a really strong premise - a Tracy/Hepburn "battle of the sexes" for the '80's - but, as usual, the execution let it down. The writing should've been much more witty; and the cast, save for Katherine Helmond, was truly limited in terms of comedic skills.

Most Texas that I've encountered don't have the so-called "Texan accent" - and if they do, it's not thick - because Texas, like Oklahoma, isn't a strictly Southern state. It's more Southwest/Sunbelt than South. You don't really encounter a true Southern accent until you go to, say, Arkansas or Missouri. Now, Texas, I would argue, is more ostentatious than Oklahoma, but even they get misrepresented all the time by characters like Florence Jean Castleberry on "Alice." People criticized Donna Reed for the way she dressed as Miss Ellie on DALLAS - upscale, but not showy - but the truth is, that IS how older women from Texas dressed back then! It's Barbara Bel Geddes who had it all wrong with all those Esther Walton originals.

Yes. IIRC, she's a former Miss Alabama. And if you watch even one early scene with the Lewises, you can tell that's what she was writing. In the beginning, the Lewises and Shaynes were this queasy combination of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Giant," but neither truly reflects what being an Okie means. Okies are more Great Plains (Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, etc.) than Southerners. We don't walk around wearing Stetson hats and Colonel Sanders outfits like H.B. did. We don't prance around in Chinchillas like Mindy or Reva, or mink stoles with tailored hats and outfits like Miss Sally (and by the way, we do have madams in Oklahoma, but none of 'em look anything like Miss Sally, lol). We don't even drive luxury cars like Rolls Royces, because Okies don't call attention to themselves like that, no matter how rich they are. Furthermore, that Brick-and-Maggie routine that Josh and Reva had going at the beginning, with Billy as Gooper? That might go on all the time in places like Alabama, but it's been my experience, at least, that Okies aren't that hypersexual. We're more William Inge than Tennessee Williams, lol. And those accents! My Gawd! People from outside our state are always amazed when I tell them where I'm from, because "you don't have an accent." And then I have to tell them, "Neither does anyone else from Oklahoma!" Listen to James Garner. Listen to Rue McClanahan (when she isn't playing Blanche Devereaux). Listen to Kristin Chenoweth. Hell, listen to Beverlee McKinsey! Do they SOUND as if they're from Dogpatch! ("But, what about Reba McEntire," they say. And I reply, "That's a put-on. No one else from that area sounds like her.") One more thing: no self-respecting Okie is gonna have an outdoor wedding IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, when the heat in Oklahoma is at its' most miserable, near a creek, with all the mosquitos, wasps and other bugs flying around. That's a surefire way to guarantee that no one's coming to your wedding, lol. Nor would you see any plantations like the one the Lewises apparently lived on. Again, Tulsa isn't Tara or Twelve Oaks. Just as Dallas isn't what DALLAS made Dallas out to be. Also hilarious: the backstory that Sarah Shayne had worked as the Lewises' maid. First of all, if the Lewises had had a maid in Oklahoma, she would've been Black, Hispanic/Latino, or possibly Indigenous. Second, even if Sarah had been the maid, she wouldn't have worked JUST for the Lewises. She would've cleaned several houses, because most housekeepers around here belong to agencies. They're not employed by a single family like Pearl on "Diff'rent Strokes."

And that seemed odd to me, because the Lewises and Shaynes were supposed to be from Tulsa; yet, Tulsa, IMO, is a very urban, very progressive city. But even the small town where my mother is from isn't exactly like Hooterville, lol.

What is it with the GOP and the aviation industry? First, it was Reagan, who fired all those air traffic controllers and privatized the airlines; now, it's Trump and Sean Duffy, who've got planes literally falling out of the skies! Do they want us to go back to the days of horse and buggy?

I come from the same part of the country where the Lewises and Shaynes came from, and I gotta tell ya: Pam Long never had a CLUE about people from Oklahoma, lol.

ICAM!!

Man, they were harsh on that episode, lol! IIRC, Michael J. Nelson and several others on the MST3k writing staff were discussing AMC; and somehow, they learned the GH episode was in the public domain and therefore available.

CUT TO: BREAKING NEWS: GH/PC Alum Kelly Monaco Is Y&R's New Heather! (Don't look at me like I'm crazy, you know something like that's just around the corner.)

I'm truly amazed at how Eddie Murphy and SNL were able to mend fences. Chevy Chase's post-SNL film career has been even more notorious than Eddie's. Yet, because Eddie wasn't on SNL at the same time as Lorne, he was made the butt of a very cruel joke (and by David Spade, of all people). Lorne just seemed very reluctant to give Eddie credit for keeping SNL going at a time when NBC could very well have cancelled it.

As much as I love KL, I don't intend to pay for any episodes. Not when WB could allow a FAST streamer such as Pluto TV to continue running them w/ commercials. I hope you can continue, @Vee. Reading your analyses has been a real treat.

My issue with the doppelganger storyline - aside from the fact that Susan Lucci is not strong enough as an actor to play a double role (one viewing of "Double Edge" taught us all that lesson, lol) - was that Erica's doppelganger was someone we'd never met before and had no connection with Erica other than being some obsessed fan, or something. And as for the "Phantom of the Erica" storyline: my issue there was and is the same issue I always have with this kind of story. We know Erica is not going to be disfigured for the rest of her life, so what's the point? It might've provided an opportunity for Erica to realize how she had taken her beauty for granted; to really "work on herself," as it were, and see how much more she had to offer the world besides her looks. But I'd watch enough of this show to know better, lol.

Reminds me of all the times when I would get so frustrated with GL and the mess it had become. And that was before Peapack, lol!

ICAM!! I think Lorraine Broderick, Victor Miller and later Margaret DePriest all recognized that the time had come for Erica to mature. That's why they finally let Erica become a mother (to Bianca) and reunited her with her father; and even though her relationship with Travis might have taken some hits, there also was the possibility that they could work through their issues and reconcile. Once Agnes Nixon returned, however, all that was undone. Eric sold his Enchantment shares to Natalie and left town, thereby re-igniting all the abandonment issues between him and Erica. Travis and Barbara slept together and conceived Sean as a bone marrow donor for Molly; and that, along with Erica and Jack's lingering attraction, and Travis' rather boorish reaction to the whole mess, pretty much guaranteed that Travis and Erica never would reconcile. Finally, Erica had to suffer the indignity of losing custody of Bianca - to Travis, who actually got a happy ending with Barbara (albeit, one that was off-screen) DESPITE their infidelity! - as "punishment" for sleeping with Jack, who, by that point, was clearly being propped as the better suitor over Travis, who had become a royal PITA.

You can include me in that list, @carolineg, 'cuz I didn't like Morgan/BC or Britt/KT either, lol.

Whenever I see Jerry Lanning, I immediately think of that episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" that he guest-starred on, as some singer who was introducing a new dance called "the Twizzle."

SMDH. We all know the nation and the world are in crisis these days, but nothing should stop us from honoring our loved ones on a day like Valentine's Day. If anything, this is the PERFECT time to show our gratitude for each other and prove that "love wins." I love NLG and think she deserves far more than what GH gives her. But she's really gotta shut the f**k up.

At last! My prayers have been answered! Cady McClain gets to have a role of her own on a soap, instead of being a recast! Thank you, MVJ, and everyone else at BTG for making this happen!!

Nah, my vote's for another school bus crash.

Yeah, but to say THEY invented the soap opera. No, you assholes. You didn't invent the soap opera; Irna Phillips did. She might not be around anymore, but give her her damn flowers just the same.

A great episode, except for one thing: who on Earth would bring their husband's suicide note with them on a cruise?

Whenever I have the time to sit down and watch clips on YT, I'm always impressed at how professional the production appeared to be, even though the show was taped in VA and likely didn't have a large budget.