P.J.

The Lemays are recurring, and I can't even tell you the wife's name. I think they even changed the husband's name to Jim when they brought him to town in '99. Oops, my bad. I knew that. I believe Jerry tells a story about Zas mooning the cast during one of the courtroom scenes. It sounds funny, but I can imagine that kind of attitude wouldn't endear anyone to her.

Bev seems to be the type that didn't suffer fools. I'm surprised she even gave SOD the interview. By this time, she had earned the right to not sugar coat anything. She respected people as much as they respected her, and she'd felt disrespected by Phelps. There's an interview of her from Canadian TV on utube that's very interesting. (AW was huge in Canada, and this was around the time Texas! started or just after she left...I forget.)

A--it's nice to hear a reference to Hamp. B--Jim and Dylan had met. When Dylan came to town and found out Harley had given birth, he roped his girlfriend Sam into babysitting for Susan/Daisy so they could spend time with the little girl. The Lemays threw a fit when they found out. A-M kidnapped Susan/Daisy hoping run away with her and Harley, and then Dylan/Sam went on the run to avoid the police, who thought Dylan had done it. It was a major story.

I think the '02 wedding, Marah and Shayne stand up with their parents. I'm not exactly sure when Josh's wedding to Annie is--Billy might still be in jail. I think the Lorelei book kicked off P&G's brief foray into tie-in books.

Yes, the takeover is starting the fall of '87, as Reva works her way into Alan's orbit, setting Vanessa's teeth on edge and pissing off Alex. Phillip decides to be a "good little Spaulding" and take his lumps by working in Spaulding's publicity department. Alan hires Reva, but Vanessa is trying to get her out--Reva's contract needs to be approved by the board. Vanessa is sure Alex and Phillip with vote with her--but they end up voting with Alan to lull him into thinking he's secure in the chair. Alan and Vanessa's engagement almost puts a roadblock up (as Henry/Vanessa would vote as a block and keep Alan in control) but Van dumps Alan, and Henry gets Van to sign over her proxy to him. Henry knows Alan's bs'ing him about the broken engagement (telling him they will plan a wedding when Van is back) and Alex has alerted HB to the fact Alan is kissing Reva while engaged to Van. (HB of course, seems more concerned about "poor little Reva" who's knowingly kissing up Alan than Vanessa, who appears to be in the dark about all that....but I digress...) There's not a lot up in the vault from Jan-Feb-March '88, when the plan is coming together. There's episodes up around Phillip actually pulling it off though. I think the strike was from March to August, iirc.

I hadn't checked out the vault in a while, there are some new uploads. A couple are from May '83, one of which is Vanessa getting blackmailed by her PI, which I'd only seen in German...so YAY! There's always hope more will show up.

I'm not even positive Billy was ever Josh's best man at any of his weddings. Even the big Cross Creek one. re: Alan---or even some skunk lawyer. I knew about the tape Alex had that blackmailed Alan out...I didn't realize there was such a sloppy explanation of what happened to it. Couldn't Alan at least have stolen it back? Yes, '86 is a bad year. The year of the summer camp. SMH.

I may be way off base---but didn't Pelphrey date Stephanie Gastchet (Tammy)?

That wouldn't be that hard.

I must say--I enjoyed the softer side of Kat as she talked with Tomas (super UGH) about Anita and living with "the grans".

With Marland's death, the show backed off it's social issue storylines. Although on the upside, I think they also stopped the week long celebrations of Lily's birth. I noted, ironically, that Rebecca Hollen, Alexandra Neil and Lisby Larson (all exGLers) were in the credits.

Wow...that is a really scaled down AIDS ball. I remember when that main set seemed like it was a football field long.

snort ... well, technically, Ed's kinda a prick too, but he had Ross. They might've given Josh some long lost friend who tried to bed Reva....if the show hadn't been so obsessed with making all of the Josh/Reva conflict Reva stories.

I actually wish more of that story were up. Phillip's scheme to get Alan out of the company involved setting up a fake merger with Lewis and that fake emerald mine. The fake merger ends up scuttling the HB/Alex romance (well, no biggie), but I don't quite get the mechanics of it. Or how Alan had kicked both Phillip and Alex out on his '86 return.

And the "lone wolf" type of characters like Alan and Roger (and to an extent, Reva) you understand not having that type of friendship. But when you get to a character like Josh (who had been on the show forever) and you can only really think of one person (outside of Billy) who he really called "friend" in the twenty-ish years on screen, it just seems weird. (and that was Will, who was setting him up). (Okay, I'd think of Vanessa, but that's me.) It's not that there weren't friendships shown, it just seems like the majority of them were either very short term, or simply set ups for story purposes.

I could understand Alex being attracted to Roger, to a point. And it seems to be a pattern for Alex, being attracted to users like Roger, Warren and Eric. But it got very uncomfortable, watching everyone in her life try and warn her and her ignoring them because Roger was apparently that and a bag of chips in bed. Was there really a serious love interest for Alex? Fletch and Alex might've worked, had Jay been an actor with more gravitas. As it was, it was sort of like pairing Bette Davis with Jim Nabors.

Well, Bev and Michael didn't let it show onscreen. Whether it was just a personality thing or not, I wouldn't blame Bev for not liking the Alex/Roger storyline. I can't imagine Bev liked the idea of Alex being led into so many bad life choices. As for liking the story with Fletch... it was probably a change of pace for her. I guess that's a reason to like it. :)

No, I cringed through Oakdale Confidential, that was bad enough.

I suppose I sound so dour. lol I think GL always did family relationships better anyway. I suppose the cast turnover has something to do with it--Reva was always so busy chasing men she didn't have time to develop friendships. oh, Ditto. On rewatch, Judi Evans is at times so sweet and pure it makes my teeth ache. I suppose Beth Chamberlain was happier playing a more complicated woman, but her Beth rarely had any self-respect, imo. Which would've been fine, if any writer had ever leaned into it and linked it back to growing up with an abusive stepfather. (which they may have actually tried at one point, I forget) But all I remember is her Beth jumping from man to man, more and more desperate.

The thing about gatherings is that "everyone" usually ends up invited. Josh and Rick probably never had a conversation that wasn't centered on some medical emergency. (This reminds me, when Josh saved Mindy from Will, who had forced her to take an overdose, it was Rick who saved her, but I digress...) Ditto: Vanessa and Reva. Other than Abigail, I can't think of anyone I'd consider Reva's friend. (Ex-husbands and sisters notwithstanding) Beth really has become unlikeable. Ironic that she's throwing the same shade at Cassie that Harley and Vanessa threw at her.

I don't think the writers really cared about the names of secondary characters like cops and secretaries.

ugh...Jenna. Van being her friend is so ugh. Van never would've given that woman the time of day, back in the day. I love Lisa. RME...The show worked triple time to convince us Reva could love that creep.

a lot of mid-89 to mid-'93 is up. I wish at the end, Van and Nola had had a real conversation, and said how much they missed Henry. Surely two minutes of Reva endlessly yapping at Jeff's pic could've been cut for Lisableepin'Brown --one of GL's most memorable actresses. I can't watch Nola's return--it's just too sad. And he-who-shall-not-be-named stinks up the joint.

I think her appearances lasted less than a year. She came to town and around Christmas '98, it was revealed that she had been the one who ran over and killed her husband Bert. (Brad had taken the blame and gone to jail, that was the source of Jack and Brad's estrangement.) Then I remember her living with Brad and Carly after they married, and Carly paying off some IRS debt for her. (around May'99). I doubt she was seen after August, as that was when Brad busted Carly and she lost the $50 million. He left town shortly thereafter and Loprieno was fired.

I'm not sure Perrine was ever a regular, but the revolving door or Brads in '98-'99 didn't help the situation. It would've been nice if Dolores had ever checked in on her kids---Jack used to get shot/injured once a year.