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I’d love for Bridget to come back but I think Thudley really burnt through a lot of story with her. First he threw her at Ridge for the love of God knows why and then how many marriages/miscarriages with Nick did she have? I don’t even remember how the Jackie/Owen/Bridget/Casper quad ended lol.

I know it’s unpopular opinion but I actually loved every minute of Zimmer as Reva on GL…..well except for that crap story with Noah, that was baaaad, really dreadful. But overall I enjoyed it even though I know her airtime and dumb stories definitely rubbed the wrong I felt Zimmer sold it all. Also enjoyed Laura Wright’s Cassie as well.

Justin is so dumb for going along with Xander & Gwen’s plans. Trask remains the most miserable Days character? And since they’re all arrested, where is this story going? Because all four are dead weight at the moment unless Carlivati is saving them for his Jailbreak 2022 Edition story 🤣

Oh yes, I think the SSM era was wacky fun for a lot it—-I enjoyed the Jonesey story, Swamp Girl, Ali with Carrie Reed Barbie doll, Kate paying Nicole $5 million to marry Lucas etc. Of course some things they took wayyyy too far…Vivian’s tooth microchip( that received radio signals?!), Mike & Carrie’s flying bed, Sami on death row, and of course the worst offense being Sub-Sex Ugh. Still it beats the Langan era by miles for sure and era where I think I only enjoyed the Last Blast crew and evil Lexie. The rest was generally messy and wacky, but not in a fun way at all.

Why exactly did JER leave Days in the first place in ‘97? I’ve heard and read various reasons why. Carrie knocking out Sami was great fun, but the Rome story, the Jungle story, Vivian babysitting and dancing as a French fry, and whatever was going on with the Jack/Jennifer/Travis aka Trent circus story was a mess. Some say he tried to sabotage the show before he left which may have some truth there but I think some of it was Reilly becoming lazy on his way out. The worst Reilly moment aside from all the rape, incest and bathroom stuff really came on Passions when it took 5 years to reveal the mystery of the shed 🤣🤣🤣🙈

Can I complain about how cheesy Marlena’s demonic voice sounds? I know this story is going to be cheap but when the voice distortion sounds cheap it’s bad lol.

It was the secondary person who caused the board wars between SON and WOST back in the day in addition to [S.W.S.N.B.N.] 🙈 I believe they had posed as Vanessa Reardon last year.

LMAO I had noticed the fake Todd Strasser was back 🤢🤢🤢 I always liked Conner he was good with both Brooke and Sheila which was definitely a change of pace for characters but the show never followed through on any of it and Conner ended up being wasted as a pop up lawyer for years. Ugh.

LOL I spit out my wine laughing over the original post. Maybe they should actually use a real actress name next time 😅

Y&R on NBC….Erm no that would have ended in a mess. Wasn’t Brian Frons in charge, or at least VP of NBC Daytime at the time? Yikes. I can see the allure of trying to poach another soap at the time. It’s funny people mention they grew up in a CBS house or an ABC house for soaps but crickets for NBC house, at least since the late 70’s.

The actress name is Ashleigh Olden and she did play Danielle Jorgensen for a good while there from 2001-02. She was kind of brief replacement for Rianna’s character if I recall right. See the link below:

I found the episode’s ending was really the worst with that Nick & Jack conversation and then Phick acting naughty. It would have been far more interesting if after Jack’s confession a confused Phyllis suddenly passionately kissed Jack; Nick sees this from afar, and promptly gets totally wasted and blurredly he sees red head in the bar; thinking it’s Phyllis and invites her back to his room and they have sex. Nick wakes up in bed to find he had sex with Sally, a la Grace all over again even if the plot is tired. At least it would provide more small scale yet high stakes drama. Oh well, I suppose if Thudley was writing Y&R we would have a scene of Nick encouraging Phyllis to sleep with Jack for a night so he won’t feel lonely. 🤣😵‍💫

And when “Never Say Never” premieres I can sooo see a scene with AP Austin & Carrie tell each at how well they enjoyed Patrick Muldoon & Andrea Barber played them while Roman & Kate marvel how their favorite “Dynasty”actors Wayne Northrop & Deborah Adair were lured out of retirement to play them specifically 🤣🤣🤣 Doug & Julie were MIA for the entire original possession right? I just remember Shawn being attacked by the swarm of bees and Caroline praying all the time when she wasn’t being a self righteous hypocrite towards Sami lol. Alice was too busy with her Gina puzzle but she was there at Marlena’s funeral. I am not sure why JER didn’t utilize Mickey & Maggie at all during his first run other than Mickey being the worst defense lawyer ever despite everyone singing his high praises. It be fun to see Marsha Clark’s recurring character return lol she was the original Melinda Trask for years. Same here. Bill did a fantastic job although I was a bit disappointed by Hall’s simple jaw drop lol. As for Johnny I’m surprised he didn’t already know….LOL it gave me a flashback during the Gemini Twins story to when John, Marlena, Bo and Hope told the Last Blast kids there no such thing as the paranormal 🤣🤣🤣

Morina, Griffith, and Steve Kent are still trying to recreate lost ABC soaps. Thudley is trying to recreate lost NBC soaps, specifically Passions and Sunset Beach. All cancelled. CBS Daytime is gutter trash 🤨

Haha I just remember in my earliest SON days just how many vibrant Days fans there on this board…however when Days nosedived in the fall of 2007 (remember when Days fell dead last behind GL lol?) and the other shoe dropping with the Jarlena firing they almost all disappeared, even if Days did experience a creative and ratings upswing by the fall of 2009 some just didn’t ever come back.

Haha let’s not even start with B&B lol. The really tragic thing about Y&R is all it would take is one semi-decent writer to at make the show worthwhile. I know AW, GL, ATWT had it rough there final years as they imploded and inspired indignation, but what’s happening at Y&R at the moment feels far worse tbh.

Given there does indeed seem to be age discrepancy, I also wonder if Ashland is actually going to turn out be Theo’s actual dad, just faked his death and came up with a new identity? Sounds ridiculous but this is Josh Griffith’s Y&R in 2021 so of course something dumb/off would occur like that.

I wonder if oldtime SON user Kennylicious still watches the show….he would have a loved a possession revisit story.

That would have been way more interesting as well. I wonder if the show has reached out to JLB at all? That would make the story much more impactful. Then have Eric McCook guest on Y&R as Lance 😂

Just after watching today’s episode I do wonder if Ashland is suppose to be Brooks Prentiss?

Wow they all look so stunning. Did Cheryl Lynn Brown ever act as an adult?

Maybe we’re all wrong and it is Julie herself who gets possessed?? With Stefano coming back from the dead in a rejuvenated form and new actor (Idk who, Armand Assante?) hiding in their new armoire telling Julie she was always his original Queen of the Night when they first met in 1982. And just like that, Doug leaves the bedroom because he thinks it’s too cold and we see Julie levitating above their bed while a picture frame of Tom & Alice on the night stand randomly shatters.

I thought about Nicole. Haha maybe EJ wants her as his Queen of the Night? LOL. Had Sami stuck around I could easily it happen to her following an attempt for EJ to gaslight her into being faithful to him. So true about Jarlena. I had to cringe a bit with Steve-ano stuff and then the Orpheus stuff last year. I did think their material on Beyond Salem was fun but also John(and Shane for that matter lol) still as ISA agents trying to save the world is downright silly even if it’s staying true to Days. It’s a double edged sword. Personally, if I had to revisit a storyline from the height of the 90’s it would have definitely been either a return to Aremid or a return to the tunnels of Paris just refreshened. The lady in white could be Gwen’s mother, Jake sets up his own death and frames Chad, Tripp becomes the parrotman etc. Heck Ron could have had a field day in Aremid bringing back Renee, Stefan, Benjy, Megan Hathaway, heck Stefano himself lol as all alive in Aremid. Or maybe he’s saving that for next year. 🙈

This! I enjoyed the earlier parts of the possession a lot more when it was pretty gothic and spooky before it descended into bad costumes and special effects. Remember demonic Isabella lol? . The possession story hadn’t taken over the whole show like it later would in its final months either as at the time I recall Sami “Bobbitizing” Alan actually briefly generated more press than MarDevil. That said, Marlena’s possession was briefly revisited by JER himself in 2004 during the SSK story, it doesn’t need to be done again. Does anyone really want to see 70-something Marlena floating above her bed? If possession had to be done, I’d rather see it occur to someone else. Maybe Chloe?

Epperson, Walton, and Barton were definitely the highlight of the story’s climax as they gave all out performances. Epperson’s above really highlighted some raw emotion there over the betrayal. I don’t recall anyone else besides Ashley, Jill and Mari Jo knew about the Blade/Rick reveal though. Rick slithered out of town after receiving death threats from Mari Jo and Jill. Ashley left right before Christmas as the above occurred in early December. And when Shattuck’s Ashley returned a few months later in March ‘96 she barely mentioned Blade but was still apprehensive about Mari Jo. Which is a shame because Dru was indeed so disgusted with what Malcolm did she considered abortion but chose not to over her personal health risks. The later romantic stuff between Malcolm & Dru in 2000 didn’t feel right either.