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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.

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...

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

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

It’s almost comical! Like you see a scene about to take fire, and he dumps a huge pail of water on it. Even today, during the Sally/Kyle confrontation at Society, I thought we were going to see Sally go into full-on bitch mode after the commercial break, and it just went so... flat. It’s like clockwork.

That would be such a great soapy story yet progressive—ostensibly straight woman falls for her bisexual surrogate while her husband is away. Right out of Patricia Highsmith.

Are they gonna do an Abby/Mariah fling or not?

Why on earth would JG have Summer hear about the kid from KYLE, especially when Kyle had previously withheld that info, potentially leading up to a soapy reveal? It’s like he has an allergy to drama.

I’m sure budget/availability is the reason, but delaying follow-up to Charlie’s murder for a full week kills momentum. It’s one of the worst things about soaps in 2021.

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I feel bad for Wes because he’s being set up to embarrass himself on national TV, when the writers/producers of GH should have ended this a LONG time ago.

Even though ATWT was originally my mom’s show and not mine (I watched OLTL), I had gleaned enough from my repeated glimpses of the Marland era to pretty easily jump in during the mid-‘90s when I became a more regular viewer. But by that time, a lot of Marland’s characters were gone, and only the big big names were left: Lucinda, Lily, Tom, Barbara, Margo, Hal, John, Lisa, and others. It’s funny: I have such a love-hate relationship with AMC. While I always respected it, something about its tone always bugged me EXCEPT for Lorraine Broderick’s tenure in the mid-‘90s, when I just plain loved it. I don’t have the same uncomplicated allegiance to it that I do Y&R or GL, even though both of those shows deeply disappointed me.

Wow, the SAG Awards will simply be an hour-long pre-taped special this year: https://variety.com/2021/tv/awards/sag-awards-2021-telecast-producers-1234920953/

He’s doing the most, on screen and off.

Did he mean to spell it “lye”? Is that like Middle English or something? I agree with Alan Sarapa that sometimes it’s better for public figures to be quiet.

“Guess what I have?” seems to indicate COVID. A lot of media companies have simply given up on their linear channels. They don’t think it’s a smart investment anymore. I certainly see that with my old workplace (one of the reasons why I left).

For chrissakes, please tell me Peter’s comeuppance is imminent. This cutesy scene with Maxie asking him to marry her is like twisting the knife. I don’t even think Josh Griffith would be this cruel.

Oof. I feel bad for Wes, but that reaction to Alex’s videotape was dreadful. You could see his eyes get wet, but the tears wouldn’t fall. Why they didn’t realize this wasn’t working and cut bait before creating these Byzantine connections is beyond me. Some of the worst acting I’ve seen in years. Certainly on this show...

Exactly.

It’s a bit confusing. I believe that, through August 4, players will be able to hold on to 50 percent of points from 2019 events that were not held in 2020 (like Indian Wells, Miami, and Wimbledon). They will also be able to hold on to 50 percent of points from rescheduled 2020 events like RG into 2022. Of course, if they better their 2019 or 2020 performance during 2021, they’ll keep 100 percent of their points. So basically Roger Federer won’t be penalized that much for skipping Miami, since he’ll be able to keep 500 points until they drop in 2022. Which I’m sure he knew beforehand.