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The woman who plays Karen Richards looks so much like Jamie Lyn Bauer. I thought it was her at first and I am sure it was not unintentional.

You are right about KZ's sex appeal. Hope was never meant to be sexy. Bad idea lol. How about Marj Dusay as Rita? A difficult part to recast.

How about recasting the part of Kevin?

I know people will hate me for even suggesting this... but what about Kim Zimmer as Hope? Try to keep the Reva madness out of your mind while thinking about it. Zimmer played Nola Dancy Aldrich on THE DOCTORS. I could see 1983 Hope being more like Nola during her divorce. Nola was also an alcoholic. KZ's Hope in a nasty divorce with CB's Alan and having Alex be her Mona Aldrich Croft. When I think of KZ of think of horrible 80s hair, crazy, sleazy stories and GL's downfall. I found her far more interesting on THE DOCTORS. Just an idea from someone who thought that Reva and the 80s madness ruined the show.

I've been thinking about that too. (And that TPTB have the same opinion as well?)

So Stephanie is our new psycho? Will she kidnap Sharon?

I remember people here mentioning a black man appearing with Leanna during her early days on Y&R. He was never mentioned again. What was that all about?

I would love to read your thoughts about BTG for quite some time and I haven't found the proper thread to ask you. So, in order to make it a Capitol question... in what role would you like to see Kimberly Beck in our new CBS soap? (Just kidding)

It would be very nice if at some point Josh Griffith should start writing soap opera stories and stop focusing on these "arcs".

I remember reading that Aunt Janet was very close to one of the Matthews girls and thought that she might be revealed to be her birth mother at some point.

Willow has become a cross of Hayley Hamilton and Erika Kirk.

Was the Hartford House a hotel? Are there any episodes online where we can see the set?

How could I have forgotten a young Michael E Knight? I was crazy for him when I was a teen.

RC has created his own soap? What do we know about this? I have never heard anything about it.

Thank you for taking the time to post them. They really look much better. At this point I think that the current Dynasty-like images of the characters all dressed up and giving us dramatic looks, are very old-fashioned and not in a good way. I wish that we would go back to the drawings (or some close-ups) and the 80s YR logo. A modern version of the late 70s LOVE OF LIFE intro would fit the show much better.