Faulkner

Have they interacted at all yet? Another missed opportunity if they haven’t at least run into each other, but this show is dogshit at planning. She absolutely should have been a witness to Ashland/Victoria/Rey’s accident, but this show rarely thinks big picture.

This guy just won’t go away.

I think Chelsea should be gone from Y&R, but I actually think she could work with Nate.

Performer Griffin Barrows 🇺🇸

So Erika said something shitty on last night’s WWHL regarding Dennis, Bethenny’s late ex, “Her guy is dead, my guy’s in a home”… …which prompted this tweet (Bethenny appears on WWHL tonight, which was pre-taped):

The Chariots of Fire theme has become part of our pop cultural iconography. I also enjoyed his original version of “State of Independence,” which Donna Summer popularized:

This story is *still* going on?!?!

Noah is HOT, but I’m not seeing it with Allie so far. Too low-energy of a combo for me. I’m glad he’s no longer sniffing around a lesbian.

Today is the Abbott men/Summers women sexytime episode.

One thing I’ve also noticed is that this feels much “younger” than the previous iterations, even though the actors are of similar ages. Some of that is early 30s feels younger in the world at large than it did 15-20 years ago. Hopefully we get a well-rounded sense of these characters’ lives, including their work lives, which we saw in the previous versions. I hope this reimagining doesn’t come across as a series of ticked identity boxes and trauma porn. It doesn’t have to be as light as, say, Noah’s Arc, but you know? Even the Showtime version, with its all-white primary cast, could often feel like it was bogged down by “issues” and trying to cover too many bases to tell a coherent story. We shall see how Stephen Dunn juggles all of this.

Next season will be its last.

Israel from Spain 🇪🇸

Posted in the ATWT thread and on the main soap section, but just adding the sad news here. After Chadwick Boseman, Virgil Abloh, Sarah Harding, Tom Parker, and Nicholas Tucci, it feels like cancer is taking so many young lives in the entertainment industry:

That’s so sad. I feel like we’ve had so many young deaths from cancer in the news recently. I remember her well.

The full trailer has arrived. As I somewhat expected and feared, it feels a touch somber. (How would a show that loosely depicts the Pulse shooting be anything but somber?) Very Pose-inspired in a lot of ways.

He’s so beautiful.

Troy from Taiwan 🇹🇼

Does Amanda exist only to needle Phyllis about Jack?