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Yep. Man, I wish they had never written off Joyce. I, for one, would have LOVED to have seen her in the '80's and '90's.

I really love Denise Alexander and Lesley in those scenes. As Lesley, she refuses to collapse under the weight of her nemesis, Monica's, venomous insults. She won't give her that satisfaction. It's good (and rare these days) to see a female stand up for herself in that fashion.

I think I've said this before, but I've often wished GL had asked Lynne Adams to make a brief return as Leslie's ghost, possibly to help her son, "Freddy," through some crisis in his personal or professional life.

I believe it was the former.

Yeah, I read once that Bill Bell fought for a long time against killing off Lauren's supposed baby boy, Dylan, on Y&R, because putting Susan Martin through a similar ordeal was too gut-wrenching for him as a writer. In the end, though, he went ahead with the story, because he felt the impact and fallout from Dylan's death was just too important to Lauren, Scott and Sheila.

It IS amazing when you think about all the great stories of that era from so many shows -- not just from the ones you've listed, vetsoapfan, but ATWT, OLTL, GL, Y&R, RYAN'S HOPE.... Even GH had a few good ones despite being, from all accounts, in a major, critical slump in the mid-'70's.

I'd love to see more of Morgan's work on SFT, too. From what I've read, Jennifer, and Morgan, brought a lot of mainstream attention to SFT and daytime.

Truth.

I'm really starting to believe that the best way to handle Trump and his followers is not to debunk their ridiculous claims, but to contain them. Just...you know...circle around them and cut off their bloodlines as best as possible. Because, as we've said before on NUMEROUS occasions, the facts no longer matter to these people. They know what they know and they're comfortable with that.

As the saying goes, one man's normal is another man's WTF'ery.

And they did it, obviously, to make us care about him, since it was clear to us that we didn't. I just wish this show would focus on the case of the week and skip the "personal life" stories. They just don't work in the L&O-verse.

"Hey, man, that's just the process!" The process? Of being what? An asshat, who abuses his colleagues on and off the set? I'm sorry, but nothing that I've read about Method acting or any other style of acting suggests mistreating your fellow actors. Excusing that type of misbehavior as just some kind of process is complete b.s. You, as an actor, can struggle with bringing material to life and still be a gentleman and still ensure a safe working environment.

Re: Judy Woodruff's tweet -- I've long suspected that the Russians' involvement in our last election went way deeper than merely influencing potential voters on social media and the like; that, in fact, they might have tampered with the votes themselves. I mean, not only does he win on the slimmest of margins BUT he wins in the exact same places that pundits said said he would need to win BEFORE the election. I've heard pundits call it pretty close before, but not THAT close.

Just watched the bloated-as-hell two-hour season finale. PLEASE tell me "ADA Strike Back," as he is known elsewhere, is not coming back. I mean, when they have to turn the whole show into an action flick JUST to keep him in his dramatic wheelhouse, it's clear he's a bad fit.

Trump's people insinuated that the Obamas left behind cockroaches and jheri curl stains; and now, we have the WH literally sinking under that man's feet. Tit, meet tat.

Not to knock Judith Chapman, but given what I've read of the character in ATWT's histories, I think Kathleen Turner would have made for an interesting Natalie Bannon Hughes.

Brooke. Definitely Brooke. I really enjoyed the chemistry between Richard Shoberg and Julia Barr, and I always appreciated how they remained close even after they had divorced.

I'm probably dead wrong about this, but I feel like he's doing this, either for the attention or because he's not well mentally. Or worse.

Some thugs have all the luck.

"Crossfire Hurricane," huh?

I read once that Shaw was HW "in name only," and that it was actually Leah Laiman and Thom Racina who handled those duties.

If he ever leaves office (and I say "if," because I fear he just might get his wish to remain President for life), he will leave not just this nation in shambles, but the entire executive branch of government in shambles as well.

Suddenly, AMC's Proteus storyline does not seem all that confusing.

Remember when we were supposed to gaf that Kevin lost Grace, the alleged love of his life? Oh, that Jill and that Megan! Always with the comedy with those two!