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That's how I feel about Looking. The show could easily delve more into Agustin's self-loathing or include more of Richie's perspective. There's no reason to go full Degrassi, to use SFK's term.

Exactly. No excuse for the GH, Days, Y&R, and B&B to be so lily-white and full of tokens when shows like Shonda's dramas and possibly Looking are diversifying their casts (and most importantly, given minorities lead parts and front burner status) to great success.

GG played Nick with such an aura of violence. In the scene in which Althea says she'd never marry Nick, he came as so imposing and aggressive that I was afraid he'd strike her. But Liz Hubbard gave as good as she got in that scene. Such a fascinating and electric dynamic between the two of them.

Yep, that's my fear as well. I hope they didn't simply cave to pressure for the show to be all gay things to all gay people. The show was already dealing with some interesting diversity issues that they could have explored more deeply.

I can't stand Phaedra, but let's be real: she is one of the best at reunions. She's intimidated by Nene, yes, but there's no way Kenya or Cynthia can touch her. I'm not as familiar with Claudia, but she has her work cut out for her. The only way I see Phaedra going down is when all of the skeletons fall out of the closet, and in that event, I'd expect her to pull an Adrienne Maloof.

This show is marvelous. Wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much I am. We've been so shortchanged as soap fans in this era. And Dr. John Rice is my favorite. Sort of pathetic but also the smartest guy in the room.

Beth Maitland is really beautiful. Only in a soap world would that be considered the "ugly duckling." Granted, the show often styled her to look dumpy and BM played Traci's insecurities to the hilt, but she's really gorgeous there, even with the unbelievably smokin' Don Diamont in her midst.

Might I get the link as well? Thank you!

"Phaedra is having an affair with some African man named CHOCOLATE?!?!" LMAO!

It feels so weird to hear that same patrician, grande dame voice coming from a much younger Liz Hubbard. It freaks me out a bit.

A great scene. TL was fantastic as we all know, but Jerry Douglas is just criminally underrated. The level of restraint and precision here with his performance is masterful. Too bad the latter-day regimes at Y&R saw it necessary to dismiss him.

Yeah, my hope is that they don't do diversity for its own sake. Nothing is worse than forced diversity, especially coming from privileged white male creatives. The introduction of a trans character struck alarm bells for me, as in-PC as it sounds. It just doesn't sound organic to the story the show was telling, and I was generally fine with the show as is. Perhaps I'll be proven wrong, and they'll seamlessly integrate the character into the story.

How did Bev and Vicky get on?

Nancy Addison was such a striking woman.

David Vickers should have never been a comic relief character/joke character in the first place, Tuc Watkins gift with humor be damned. He was such a sexy, sly character when he started on OLTL back in the '90s. It's sort of mind-boggling that he's being compared to Ivan, but that's exactly what the character was lowered to. Sad.

I want to like JLB in those scenes, and I think she's gorgeous and has tremendous star quality. But that ****ACTING**** is just rodonk, even accounting for Lorie's horror at her sister's betrayal.

Brenda had a slammin' body herself.

Oddly, for the very first time, I understand why people think Stevie J is sexy. When he pulled off his shirt...wow. I'm not proud!

Jill to Katherine: "You miserable, vindictive old fossil..." "You filthy-minded old hag..." LMAO.

Wait, did they edit out Tamra's "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!"? That's the only reason why I watched this season. LOL

. Oh God. IK would have been all wrong for Selena.

So sad. He was relatively young at 72. I think it's worth posting on the main board.

Will each season end with someone being stuffed in the trunk of a car? Pretty ridiculous and anticlimactic, given that we know nothing's going to happen.

I Googled Petronia Paley and found this interview in which she speaks very highly of Paul Rauch for getting her the gig on AW. Interesting considering his rep with black actors: http://www.welovesoaps.net/2011/11/petronia.html?m=1

I know TP can be incompetent, but he does have his moments of brilliance, and that Veronica/Jeffrey scene was really, really great. When Veronica was encouraging Jeffrey to try to overcome his disgust at hetero sex by "doing it again, and again, and again - until it becomes you," that was so cold-blooded and callous and played so well. TP really steps up his game for their scenes. They must resonate for him for some reason.