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Constant writer turnover can really destroy the foundations of a soap. Bad enough to have one horrid writer dismantle all that had preceded. Of course, it’s good that some things are forgotten, a la Eddie Winslow Winters.

Ok I don’t want to laugh at that, but that’s just sad and embarrassing. Oh Winters Wednesdays...

From China 🇨🇳

Funny Reddit post that echoes a lot of what’s said here (edit: too long to embed): https://www.reddit.com/r/realhousewives/comments/gjsebz/kyle_failing_hard_at_trying_to_be_new_lvp/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Certainly 1991 and ‘92 Bev could have won. 1993 had Linda Dano (winner) and Ellen Dolan (off the rape story), who were both strong, but she could have had a shot any year. She was the best. Those early ‘90s Supporting Actress races were stacked. Especially ‘94 with Maureen, Signy Coleman, Sharon Wyatt, and Susan Haskell (the winner).

That’s the thing I don’t like about this show. While I know the “Game of Thrones” exists on all the series to some degree, the BH ladies feel so cold and Machiavellian. Like they’d easily sell each other down the river under the right circumstances.

As much as Michael Zaslow was underappreciated aside from his much-deserved win, Beverlee McKinsey was not once even nominated for playing Alex after being nominated four times in a row for playing Iris on AW. Talk about absurdity. Friggin’ Marj got nominated for playing Alex. I guess they put all their eggs in the Kim Zimmer basket, which paid off with three Emmys from 1985-90.

I think DD was trying to look like a mafioso or something. I didn’t think it was his best era lol. Just awkward phase between young hunk and daddy.

He does look great, but I’m like, let it linger, guys. He was the hot guy of that era of Y&R, with Don Diamont sporting that awful cut. Yet they were all about Josh Morrow.

They hate Kyle on Reddit too, and I feel such schadenfreude.

Shemar in his form-fitting shirt basically dips his head into camera and dips back out.

I agree. I’m not saying those people need to be catered to. It would just be an additional benefit to having the episodes updated with extras (interviews, informative pop-ups that aren’t intrusive, etc.), which would just be helpful for newer viewers or those of us with shorter memories.

Totally. That would be next best thing, and there would be a 360 experience online to increase their social media followers. Or in lieu of pop ups, they could promote more live tweets for viewers to follow along with the writers or actors who could share more info about the stories and who’s who (although that’s a bit trickier with varying timeslots in the different markets, but that never stopped primetime live tweets, where the West Coast often gets screwed over). One of the complaints I see from the smaaaall minority of naysayers is that they’ve seen these episodes before and have no need to see again. Having some extras and maybe some BTS secrets revealed would also freshen them up.

I think that’s the key part of the classic episodes that is missing: context. The intros don’t really provide enough of it. I’d hate to see these beautiful episodes marred by the VH1 Pop-Up Video treatment, but even things like highlighting Dennis Haysbert’s appearance would be nice. Bravo does a decent job with their annotated Housewives episodes; their pop-ups are pretty unobtrusive. But... the timing was a bitch. I’m sure they scrambled to even get these on the air. History and getting talent to do interviews, even on Zoom and everyone’s schedules freed up, takes time. Maybe they can coordinate some of that for future episodes, especially if this becomes more protracted.

From Los Angeles 🇺🇸

From Vietnam 🇻🇳

So funny to see him then looking like a nice young insurance salesman. 40 years later, he’s a leather daddy. All things considered, he’s aged well. OT: I can’t with how extra both Tony Geary and Robin Strasser were when they won.

Everything was so yellow in that episode. Daniel’s Kurt Cobain hair was yellow. Sharon and Nikki were yellow. The hay was yellow. The blinding light on everything was yellow.

OMG. STFU Teddy.

Thank you! I will say that’s what great about her area: people look out for each other. But isolating there can be a struggle. I think folks are scared, though, because people they know are being infected and hospitalized. It’s no longer some crazy thing that’s happening in NYC. My mom was so afraid for me up here, and now the tables have turned. Much of it is tied to chicken processing plants, which employ a LOT of people in my mom’s county:

So glad to hear he’s in recovery. I can’t imagine what that’s been like for him, or you. (Thanks for your prayers!) Also learned that a former co-worker was completely laid out with an illness a couple weeks ago and only just now was informed she had COVID from the antibody test. Thank you! Having an 81-year-old diabetic mother and a sister with lupus/kidney transplant in a COVID hotspot is scary, as I’m sure it’s been for all of us with vulnerable loved ones in hard-hit areas.

Thanks for the love, both of you!

The Sharon/Nikki fight (and the silly dialogue they are spouting) is just so crude and awful. Bailing on this one. Governor Murphy, take it away...