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By the time he jumped to LOVING? No. Jeremy had long been relegated to the same back-burner where so many other, once-popular longtime characters on AMC had been relegated to, especially because (I think) it got tiresome watching a man with a vague, European accent always fall for some damsel in distress, only to lose interest in her once she's stable. Nevertheless, I do suspect LeClerc/Jeremy, with his dashing, European air and aura of romantic mystery, remained very close to Nixon's heart. (Personally, I would've killed him off AMC - maybe during his and Ceara's wedding - and sent Richard Shoberg/Tom Cudahy over to Corinth instead).

I don't think it was Skye so much as it was RC and the fact that she and Linda Dano had also portrayed mother and daughter on AW, which ABC had tried and failed to add to their lineup. But that's just my opinion. I still remember when Angela "Shop the Soaps" Shapiro was touting Dano's multi-show contract with ABC, throwing out buzzwords like "synergy" to make it all sound cutting edge. Personally, I thought it was stupid from day one to have Dano (and Christopher) travel from show to show like a two-person band of gypsies, rewriting history everywhere they went, and never gelling with ANY show, no matter how hard ABC tried. It was like watching Tori on "Saved by the Bell." No one at Bayside High in Port Charles ever saw her or talked about her; yet, we're supposed to pretend like she's always been there, lol.

I think Millee Taggart was great at writing scripts, but HW'ing...? I dunno. Sometimes, she seemed inspired; other times, her HW'ing was very paint-by-numbers. And that's true, I think, of all the shows where she worked in that capacity, and not just GL.

Ugh, "Glitter," lol. Even their opening credits - which, as of this morning, are still going - were the worst. The sitcom fiend in me remembers too well watching "Webster" on Friday nights.

I could be misremembering, but I do think the drug storyline happened under his watch. Overall, I'd say Conboy didn't do any better with Alex/Marj than any other EP on GL. In fact, I'd argue that the biggest damage done to Alexandra occurred under his watch (again, the drug storyline). But Conboy's BIGGEST problem as an EP - not just at GL, but at every show he produced (save for Y&R, of course) - was that he was only as good as his HW at that moment. When he had a strong HW working with him - Bill Bell at Y&R, Peggy O'Shea and Henry Slesar at CAPITOL, maybe even Ann Marcus at LIAMST - he could concentrate on what he did best: lighting, set decor, etc. It's only when he DIDN'T have a good HW that you noticed how truly ineffective he was as a showrunner.

When it was announced that Sally Sussman (Morina) was succeeding JER as DAYS' HW, I remember some people were like, "Is she capable of the same kind of outrageous writing as JER (and that propelled DAYS to #2)?" And all I had to do was remember the storyline with Aunt Mary and the missing diamonds to know that, "Yup!," she was, lol.

Ironically, when Beverlee McKinsey had left GL, and they were casting about for a new Alexandra, I thought Marj Dusay would've been perfect, because Alex and Myrna had so much in common. However, I failed to realize that a lot had changed BTS since 1987 - namely, the fact that directors didn't have the time anymore to modulate actors' performances; and that even the worst writing on a miserable show like CAPITOL was still miles ahead of what GL was capable of bringing forth at that point.

I'm not surprised to hear that Roscoe Born and Robin Strasser didn't get along, even though the two worked so well together as adversaries. But it did irk me a little bit to see Strasser invade Born's personal space like that right before taping their scene (and I say that as someone who ADORES Strasser). I mean, all she needed to do was ask Born to fix his collar; and if he said, "Nah," then just shrug and carry on. But, if you just reach out to fix it without giving him enough of a heads-up, of COURSE he's going to back away and ask WTH you're doing. That's just common sense.

You know, I wonder if Agnes Nixon only brought Jean LeClerc/Jeremy to LOVING until she could figure out a way to get him back on AMC.

That storyline is probably KL at its' most plot-driven. Val has to be the "village idiot" in order for that story to work. Otherwise, the minute she wises up to Danny, it's over (and it was).

LOL!! She had the same attitude when she was on OLTL. Skye Chandler stayed pretending everyone in Llanview/PC knew her like she was performing some Jedi mind trick.

Like I've said, I really don't care that the sets look the same as they do on every production today, with no thought put into how they can reveal something about the characters who inhabit them. I just care about the writing and acting; and so far, I'm good with it.

I'm seriously putting in a call to the NAACP. The show did everything short of putting Abe in a [!@#$%^&*] dress and changing his name to "Madea."

What a marvelous scene to watch. So much history, so many mixed emotions. Cora grieving over her decision to do what she believed was right for her sons...and poor "Christian" being reduced to tears, as he's reliving what probably was the worst, most pivotal moment of his life. And it's long enough that EB and Dorothy McGuire are allowed to ACT and not just regurgitate plot. Thank you, @BoldRestless, for sharing.

IDK why, @DRW50, because you're not wrong...but the way you put that just cracks me up, lol.

"Tonight's Episode: 'With Six You Get Murder'."

That's another thing about so-called progressives: they keep moving the damn goalposts, so that nothing the Democrats do is ever enough. Even if Kamala Harris had publicly denounced Joe Biden's stance on the Gaza crisis and called for an arms embargo against Israel, I guarantee many on the far-left still would've yabbut'ed her.

I'm afraid so, lol. Believe it or not, though, I like Jeff Kober. It's just a shame that GH saddled him with a character who has LONG outlived his usefulness.

I still can't believe Daniel Benzali and the dude who played my favorite "Hill Street Blues" character, Sgt. Belker, were once on this show (and wasted in thankless, short-term roles as Sonny's Villains of the Month). JFP tried SO hard to be Steven Bochco in a skirt, lol.

He'll always be Dodger from "China Beach" to me, lol.

Frankly, @carolineg, I'd rather watch your husband than watch any more of Sidwell - and I don't even know your husband, lol!

I'm just wondering how many more characters will Sidwell now bring along with him:

Yeah, Johnny Lee DiMera looks REALLY happy to have a baby, lol. And I'm sorry, but Maggie Horton asking whether someone's going to do the do will NEVER be okay.

It doesn't look "cheap," but it doesn't look distinctive either. It looks pretty much like all soaps and other shows do these days, quite frankly, which is good or bad, depending upon how you feel about such things. (Personally, I just want the acting and writing to be good).

What an odd-ass motivation to kill someone, lol!