Faulkner

6 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Agree!  Also, she, like Susan Seaforth Hayes, has the ability to light up the screen with just her face.  All any director or camera person has to do is put the camera on her and the rest takes care of itself.

Indeed. She’s captivating. And soaps have trotted out tons of people, even actors who are also professional singers, to perform over the years, and it’s almost always embarrassing. GL is a cut above.

Gloria Loring could flat-out SANG!

6 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

Okay my phone is acting goofy. But my thot thought is that whatever Eli is offering, I’m taking  

Yeah, I’m like what is THAT about? Lordy Lordy.

I’m glad Paulina will mix it up with Kate. We all saw that one coming.

From Orange County, CA  

5 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

I forgot about Labine I remember being pumped up at her coming to GL and how that ended in absolute catastrophe. I don’t know how much of that was Rauch & MADD’s fault but it really looked bad compared to newbie Hogan Sheffer’s ATWT at the time and the soap press were more than happy to point that out. 

Yeah, even after her weak OLTL, I too was stoked to see what she could do at GL. But it felt like a caricature of a lot of her previous work, with the quirky “humor” (May Merisi), extending the mob stuff with the Santos family, sad deaths of children (Cassie/Richard), shoehorning in social issues stuff (Reva and the human trafficking story that led to Catalina’s arrival), etc.

Sometimes we learn that failures are the results of interference from the highers-up, but Claire Labine’s uneven OLTL and nearly disastrous GL come to mind. Both felt like self-parodies. That’s after her triumphant GH run and the well-earned respect for co-creating and writing Ryan’s Hope.

Kvitova owns Muguruza.

From Miami  

From Nigeria  

Zende is a Forrester, but you would hardly know it from this show.

I’m no Billy and Lily fan (and Victoria is actually absolutely right about her ex).
 

But Victoria is so smug, and Lily should have gathered her today. It’s long overdue. 

21 hours ago, Antoyne said:

It’s so so bad. That story should literally be the A. story.

And they’re not playing it today. Just bizarre pacing.

Also mentioned in the GL thread:

From Mexico  

6 minutes ago, ChitHappens said:

 

He can leave at any time.   

 

No one is setting up these dreadful performers.  Like Howarth and Easton, Ramsey has a job he shouldn't.  Frank doesn't require any talent and holds on to the worst of them.  If the viewers object, Frank digs his heels in more.  

He certainly can, although I know actors get promised stuff TPTB never make good on. Like “this will go somewhere. Trust us!” But what he’s been offered is beyond his capabilities. And whatever happened yesterday is both his and the writers’ faults.

5 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

 

Despite everything, I have to admit today's episode was really good. Yeah, Wes' acting needs work and Finn was being too whiny and dramatic with Anna, but overall I enjoyed it.

 

WR was the weak link, even if he wasn’t as godawful as he was yesterday. Everyone else was on point, especially Finola but including Kirsten Storms.

It did feel like a good classic soapy takedown (at a wedding!), but certainly not worth what we went through to get there.

Bianna coming with the HEAT...

Benoit Paire, y’all...

9 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

 

Is this actually happening? I hope they let us linger and luxuriate in Maxie’s despair for being such a fûcking idiot...

15 minutes ago, Cat said:

Yeah I was kind of ready for Sally or even (heaven forfend) saint Mariah blackmail Kyle about not telling Summer about the child for a few days. They could have got Kyle to vote on Jabot stuff they wanted, even if it went against his own interests. Just a little light humor watching him do stuff he obviously doesn't want to do because he is trying to cover his mess.  

That would have been highly preferable to the tension-free stuff that’s been playing out on screen.