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KKL was really bad today, I thought. She usually doesn’t miss much, but not a good day at the office with those scenes of Brooke confronting Sheila. Very tight and forced.

More details on the Frank Langella allegations.

These fight scenes are so poorly choreographed. Curtis should have easily been gutted.

This sounds so cool. I got to meet most of the living Doctors at the 50th anniversary celebration in 2013, which was so fun…

Glad to see the show tease

Amanda makes zero sense as Phyllis’s friend. Phyllis treats her like [!@#$%^&*]. I’m trying to think of other men on the canvas for Summer, if they ever need to go there to cause problems for Skyle. (I could see Diane manipulating things in their relationships.) Obviously the Newman men are off limits. Devon and Nate are unlikely. Billy again? Chance? The old clips of Esther are nice, but it’s a rather muted tribute so far.

They have Imani acting so goofy and corny, like the nerdy comic-relief girl who flirts with the cheerleader’s boyfriend because she lacks social awareness, not like a vixen who is intentional. Imani came on as a confident, take-no-prisoners woman who defended her family, and that characterization has been all but ditched.

Lordy…

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 🇪🇸