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Which are the two other favorite openings?

The idea behind the opening is not that bad. If only the colors were a little bit more vibrant.

RIP Bridget Dobson. Reading about her relationship with her parents helps me understand why she did such an amazing job writing for Mason.

I also like the Ritournelle. More than any intro that followed it. It's the show's logo that had no personality and creativity.

Josh Griffith thinks that he is writing old people's Melrose Place. Crisis after crisis with no real impact and emotion.

a) Mattie started the fire. b) She was in love with the teacher. c) She is a psycho. d) None of the above. e) All of the above. f) Another Josh Griffith random idea that means nothing.

I always thought that Arianne Munker (Christine) was originally cast as Hope (she even looked like Elvera Russell) and that an altered version of the Valere story would involve her.

This. The Angela/Deveney story was so dark and scary. There were hints in the very early episodes when Stephanie would be caught lying about visiting her sister Lorraine (later Pam).

I almost cried with Liz and her son's scene. The sad part is that I cannot think of another soap character acting like a real mother in such a scene. Does the show understand how valuable BH is is? This is a really touching and sweet moment. Not some Ryan Murphy parallel universe stupidity. Bravo.

The show chose to give Eric a story about dying. A rather bad story. People react to the story. It is not as though viewers have been demanding for years that the character gets killed off.

I can't take Eric seriously as the Forrester patriarch. I saw him as Stephanie's husband and the father of her children. He was never a strong man, he was never a wise man and all his stories involved inappropriate affairs. The character lost any charm he had left when they started giving him these "funny", sleazy, "sexy" scenes. However, if John McCook leaves the show, we are left with Brooke in a sea of random people and a(n even more) poorly structured Forrester family.

Eve Howard did it first.

Y&R Jennifer Foster, Jill's niece from hell. The perfect candidate for an All About Eve story at Jabot in the 90s. Her brother Chuck, a a young doctor. Jill could have used a family, but Bill Bell had erased the 70s from the show's history. Brooks Prentiss, a handsome young businessman in the 90s. By that time the show was way too obsessed with the Newmans though. Wasn't Brooks also related to Jill? I keep forgetting who his mother was. Lori or Leslie?

That's what I thought back then as well. Now when I am watching random episodes I realize that Carrington is the best thing that could have happened to Kelly. She brought the character in the 90s era just like Kimberly Simms did with Mindy on GL. I adored Lane, I was in love with his Mason, both I thought that both recasts did the part justice and worked well with NLG, Robin Mattson and the Capwell crowd. Now Ava Lazar on the other hand.. she will always be my Santana.

Y&R's cast anniversaries have become a weekly thing now? Like GL's Inside The Light? They are constantly honoring someone and use it as an excuse to write something interesting. Instead of doing specials for everyone all the time, they should try working and focusing on some new people.

Loved reading the synopsis, thank you for sharing it @dc11786! 1981 Search seems far more interesting before becoming an adventure soap.

What is so shocking and dramatic about Luna being Finn's cousin?

This person is not Mamie, but I like watching her.

Donnatella knows best.

What I understand from all this is that Rauch and Lemay sabotaged their own show by overestimating Wyndham's (or Mac and Rachel's?) star power and getting rid of major parts of AW's fabric. I can't know why they did this, but they messed things up.

How about TodaysMolly?

I know. Neither would I.

Advocating is NLG's life Donnatella.

Please, NO. So Ginge is B&B's Cricket?

What about psycho Andrea?