Faulkner

When did soaps stop making friendships (like Nina/Cricket) a priority? There are so few friendships on soaps, aside from people like Jason and Carly on GH and unexpected treats like Lani and Kristen on DAYS? A lot of black folks in today’s 1996 opening: Neil, Dru, Malcolm, Olivia, and Adam Lazarre-White’s Nathan.

I love these ladies, and their new album is amazing. An old song of theirs I still listen to all the time:

From Dallas 🇺🇸

What a weird thing to regret. That story was almost universally praised. Did he give a reason?

Probably the least inspired group of episodes they’ve put together thus far.

From Mumbai 🇮🇳

He’s married to someone who used to be an AD on GL. Looked it up and her name is Natasha Katzive.

I met David Kreizman at a soap panel years ago. And yes he’s hot. Annnnd he was super nice. Just too bad about his work.

Christine and Paul lying unconscious on those wet city streets after being mowed down by Phyllis, as the camera cranes up—still haunting. No way a soap could pull off such a set piece today. Even the passersby who rushed in to help would be too expensive.

She keeps on truckin’.

From Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 🇻🇳

I also felt like B&S pulled their punches with Kitty, never really going there with her as a conservative. They wanted her to be a sweeter, less self-absorbed Ally McBeal. I loathed Calista and Rob Lowe together. That was definitely a show I hate-watched to the end.

John Silva/John Castellanos was underrated sexiness. Victor to Nikki, in response to her misgivings about Sharon’s motives for marrying Nick: ”You were a little bit of a gold digger yourself!” 😂😂😂😂

From London 🇬🇧

I think there’s an argument that, in theory, it could be more relevant than ever, since we have so much data on how people listen to music. Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, and other places all have their own charts, but there’s no place that brings them all together. I just think Billboard hasn’t figured out the right formula to determine what’s a hit. And there are too many ways to game the system (concert ticket bundles, etc.).

For me, B&S never knew if it wanted to be a Zwick/Herskovitz family drama or a political show or a quirky dramedy (like its Desperate Housewives lead-in) or a balls-to-the-wall dishy soap (ditto), sometimes within the same episode, and it did all of those things poorly. The writing never lived up to the *incredible* caliber of that cast. Feels like a huge waste. You know, I actually liked EVC on the early episodes of Revenge. Another waste. Should have been a limited series, but that was before those were fashionable.