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He did. IIRC, that (Ruth or somebody discovering a panicked Doreen hovering over Henry's unconscious, half-naked body in bed) was the last cliffhanger, as "TO BE CONTINUED..." scrawled across the bottom of the screen. And it was mostly because Henry felt Peter Whitmore was coming between him and Ruth - luring Ruth back into a singing career, for example. I can't remember whether it was common knowledge that Peter was Chantal's biological father, but I do remember Henry had been drinking when he and Doreen went to bed and before he had had that (fatal?) heart attack.

Unfortunately, you (and we) are dealing with religious zealots, who believe this all has been prophesied in the Book of Revelation, and a sign that Jesus Christ is coming back, and soon. So, those folks are only TOO happy to hasten the planet's demise.

I want to think @GymnastGuy as well for sharing so much hard-to-find material with others. Watching these episodes has been a real treat - and a FANTASTIC way to kick off 2025! Welcome back, as well, to @EricMontreal22!! Many of us on this board have missed you and your love of all things Agnes Nixon. Hope you'll stick around/post more often?

I'm sure this reboot will be produced like most productions are these days: either too-fabulous-for-words campy (I can already see Nellie Oleson doing "Real Housewives"-esque commentaries on the action) or sad and dismal, with scenes that are plodding and have been drained of all energy in order to be "edgy."

I mean, that's the way it SHOULD be. Not just for Steve Burton/Jason, but for Maurice Benard/Sonny and Laura Wright/Carly as well. They shouldn't still be playing the same kinds of stories that they played 15-20 years ago. Let their offspring be the ones doing the stupid [!@#$%^&*] while they get frustrated with them, "because it's clear you didn't learn JACK from what I went through!" People never stop making mistakes, but they do try and learn from them as they get older, unless they're just total sociopaths, lol.

Marlena should be like the warm, stable, non-judgmental mother figure Leo's always craved, not his ride-or-die.

I always remember what Henry Slesar once told Soap Opera Weekly: "[After EON, I went to work at OLTL], with the caveat that I not turn it into a crime show; yet, at the time, they had two murder mysteries running simultaneously, with two different murderers."

I shouldn't have laughed, @marceline, but you are so spot-on, I couldn't help BUT laugh, lol. IIRC, even stuff that Trump didn't handle personally or couldn't have predicted turned to [!@#$%^&*] when he won last time, too. If you ask me, this is another one of those times when God chooses to "turn His face" and allow nature to do what it's gonna. So, among other things, get ready for another, massive wave of people dying, just like all those celebs and public figures did in 2016.

I think I read somewhere a long time ago that he wrote Karen Wolek's confession on the witness stand.

I think Steve Burton has reached a point in his life where he is grateful to still be working in the industry at his age. If TPTB were to come to him and say that Jason won't be a principal driver of story anymore - that, instead, he'll take more of a back seat to his now-adult kids - I think he'd be okay with that. Not excited at the prospect of taking a more patriarchal role on the show, but content. (Provided, they don't turn Jason into Steve Hardy, lol).

Pairing Jason and Sasha is like pairing any other two people on this show: it's not the least bit organic or logical. It's motivated strictly by giving two actors/characters something (or someone) to do.

Honestly, trying to appeal to people who otherwise wouldn't watch soaps is the reason why we're down to four soaps today.

Joel Fabiani also played King Galen on DYNASTY.

So, now we're blaming DEI for two planes colliding? God give me strength!

And one that isn't on [!@#$%^&*] Rumble.

That's what I've been saying, lol! People are going around saying, "He's learned a thing or two since the last time." No, he hasn't, lol! He's a malignant narcissist. Malignant narcissists never learn from their mistakes, because malignant narcissists never believe they've MADE any mistakes. And he is not the type to say, "The only thing wrong with my last administration is that I didn't hire enough yes-men," because that, too, would be an admission of failure on his part.

Fingers crossed that it's old Betamax tapes of WTHI or LIAMST episodes that someone has been keeping unawares in a closet!

So long as Martin and Tracy remain as cohorts/sparring partners, I'll be okay. If it crosses the line into an actual, romantic pairing, however..... While poor Josh Swickard is saddled with being the worst joke ever: a cop who's "shooting blanks." It's enough to make you call the REAL cops and have someone arrested.

She has? Well, good on her, lol! Lord knows I've never been able to stomach Belle (although, the brief period Charity Rahmer played the role provided some unintended comic relief).

I don't think I can bear to watch. Not just because of Alan Locher, but also because I'm too devastated by the news. Justin Deas remains one of my all-time favorite actors in this industry. As I've said on many occasions, he might have a tendency to be self-indulgent in his work, but to me, he does the one thing all actors should do: he doesn't bore you. He makes you sit up and pay attention to whatever he's doing in the scene, because he's actually ACTING - meaning, inhabiting a character, making specific choices - and not just standing there and waiting to say his next line. God, the thought of him not being around anymore, much less not acting anymore, is just too much to bear. I just hope his wife and kids are holding up okay.

That storyline is crying out for Sami to return and say, "I should've sold you while I had the chance," lol.

It's just so old hat, I can't even begin to describe my frustration with it.

It seems like what Ed Scott has given (or given back) to Y&R since his return is the ability to find the "spine" of each scene and build toward that, instead of letting scenes just lay there with no energy whatsoever.

I didn't know that Ellen Holly had been approached to return for OLTL's 25th. Or, if I had known, I had forgotten. That's amazing (...and kind of sad that it didn't happen, although I certainly understand why). I wonder if Holly and Lillian Hayman might've been more inclined to move over to AMC, since that had a higher profile than LOVING. AMC had a very large cast at that time, but I think they could've trimmed a few actors from the roster to make room for them.

Personally, I'm glad they made Jeff Pomerantz lose the accent. It was unconvincing and made it very hard to understand a lot of what he was saying. But I do agree that the on-air explanation for his dropping it was ridiculous. It would've been better just to have him drop it with no explanation at all, lol. I agree - but that's an argument we've had many times before on this board, lol. Didn't Paul Tulley also play that creepy guy on Y&R who was obsessed with Nikki and even brought her home to meet his "mother" (in actuality, her ashes in some urn or something)?