Faulkner

What’s going on with GH? Personally, I’ve not been very engaged with the show lately. They really aren’t milking as much drama out of Sonny’s absence as they could be. Everything feels a little loose, even with Nina determined to exact revenge on Carly.

I’ve been banging the drum for Phyllis vs. Sally from the jump. As others have said, they feel more evenly matched than Summer vs. Sally. (Many of us wanted Courtney Hope as a Summer recast if Hunter King wasn’t open to returning.) Courtney sorta wakes MS up out of the shticky stupor too. And anything that moves Stafford closer to the man she *actually* has chemistry with, Peter Bergman, is a good move. It’s sad that the stories are so shallow these days, as I’d love to see how Ashley and Traci mix it up with Sally. Sally’s just a generically ambitious schemer right now. We’ve not had a scene with Sally as evocative as young Jill admiring Katherine’s things in the Chancellor mansion.

From the Philippines 🇵🇭

Agreed.

Where he belongs...

From Los Angeles 🇺🇸

3-minute-long thirst trap...

The Kristen/Susan stuff is just so bad.

From Haiti 🇭🇹

I liked the interaction between MEK and Kim Delaney better today. They really could get rid of Maxie.

Santa Barbara seemed like a total mess, and I can’t say that I’ve watched a lot of it. But I’ve watched some 1986-87 episodes, and it had the pop and fizz of great screwball comedy in a self-referential way. Such smart writing (not surprisingly, as the Dobsons’ GL was pretty erudite as well). What a cast of soap all-stars too. Louise Sorel and Nancy Lee Grahn in one scene. Robin Mattson and Justin Deas in another. Marcy Walker, Robin Wright, Lane Davies, Jed Allan... it’s really an embarrassment of riches. I can see why people loved it, even though it wasn’t originally my cup of tea.

Speaking of people who’ll turn 50 this year and still look great: Tamara Braun.

Even though I’ve enjoyed all these soaps, I’ve traditionally had more trouble connecting with daytime soaps set in California: Santa Barbara, B&B, Sunset Beach. They just don’t have the grounded, richly textured community feel that I’ve gotten from the Midwest/Northeast-set soaps. I don’t have the same issues with CA-set primetime soaps, but my expectations are different. I’m not looking for the same immersive experience.

From North Carolina 🇺🇸

I came to enjoy and accept AM, but SMG was iconic and did benefit from *much* better writing for the most part. I would be curious to see how an older SMG would interpret the role.

I hope she’s absolutely humiliated.

He’s got a great smile along with... everything else.

I love the big ears too. Haha.

LOL I’d never seen this before. This is why you don’t let random people speak!