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That poor Julie. Thrown down the stairs, had a heart transplant, had her pacemaker hijacked, now bashed over the skull with a hospital tray. That poor old woman’s body has been through a lot. I guess that Johnny serenade was sort of cute. It’s sort of odd that someone with Johnny’s background would be a country singer, but there ya go.

An interesting piece on why SNL cast members don’t leave anymore—our current fragmented, IP-driven media landscape doesn’t offer as many opportunities for post-SNL stardom:

Trainer Jay Cottz and his “twins” from Dublin 🇮🇪 242605137_198579905675326_2803770589718535502_n.mp4

A harrowing thread about what can happen to your body when you’ve gone into the ICU for COVID. Click below for more.

For some reason, this will be one of my favorite Porsha moments:

Thank YOU!

Lord…

It is true. Courtney Hope is in her 30s, and her character often feels like a green yet ambitious recent college grad. And Summer and Kyle felt like high school kids playing dress-up as junior executives. But a lot of that is reflected in society, for sure. Thirty-year-olds simply felt older back in the days (compare “thirtysomething” to any comparable show these days—those characters feel ancient.) More and more, young adults feel like they’re in a prolonged adolescence. There is a commentary to be had about forty-something men feeling rootless and adrift, but Y&R wasn’t making it unfortunately. They just didn’t know what to do with its male characters. They still don’t. Nick is all up in his siblings’ business with no story of his own.

🎯 It’s just laughable that they playing these moments like big reveals, ending today’s show with Eric telling Ridge he gave Quinn permission to fûck Carter. None of it makes a lick of sense. Even the oldest and most conservative members of the B&B audience are more sophisticated than this.

LOL. I can’t bring myself to get angry about this Eric story or its racism. It’s too stupid. No one in this story is behaving credibly. It’s like Passions at its most idiotic. The characters talk about ED like a bunch of giggly Catholic-school kids, as if this medical condition hasn’t been discussed ad nauseum for generations.

Indeed. It feels like all drama happened in the past or in somebody’s dreams.

Glad they are looking to acknowledge Gregg’s passing with a potential Nene return. Drew needed to be a one-and-done, regardless of Porsha’s status. Her first season was a whole-ass fail, and her reunion performance was a disaster. Her husband will need to parade around in boxer briefs every episode to justify keeping her on.

Josh Griffith is so in love with crafting these elaborate character backstories that he can’t dramatize on screen. Like we don’t need all this convoluted madness with Ashland. Nor did we need it with Adam. Nor did we need it with Amanda and Sutton.

That’s hilarious. Kyle is gorgeous there, gotta say.

Tyler from NYC 🇺🇸

Or out on parole from Rikers Island…

I agree. This might be their NY S4/S5 moment. But this might be an even more substantial task than remaking NYC. It’s a tricky puzzle to put together, and I don’t envy the producers who’d have to do it. I have never been the biggest Wendy fan, but I actually liked how she stood her ground, especially against Robyn, who was behaving so stupidly. This is the obnoxious Robyn I don’t particularly love. The one who stuck her finger in Ashley’s face and escalated a physical encounter with Monique. She’s not slick, and she’s not the voice of reason.

The Laver Cup has dodged a lot of scrutiny due to Good Ol’ Rog’s involvement. Novak has pulled out of Indian Wells:

The sad year for soaps continues. Glad that I was able to finally watch his work as Quint to see him at his best.

A certain studio based in San Diego with the initials “S.C.”

These folks haven’t even been acting like human beings, much less in character. (I did tune in for the Carly/Nina fight.)

Ken, a fitness trainer from Indiana who will be familiar to many 🇺🇸

And Kimberly’s bitchy little haircut haha…

Obviously Tanner Novlan is nice to look at, but c’mon Finn, there are occasions when it’s appropriate to grab a shirt. I guess he wasn’t expecting to see Sheila there, but does Finn do anything but surf? Like isn’t he a doctor?