Wendy

This is not getting much press, surprise, surprise, but Iowa had a special election tonight for its State Senate...and Renee Hardman, the Democrat, beat her Republican challenger, Lucas Loftin, 71% to 29%! By doing so, this win dashed Iowa GOP hopes of reclaiming a super majority (which ended following the victory of Catelin Drey, another Democrat, a few months ago!). She is also the first black woman elected to the Iowa State Senate!

Silly me. I thought spoiler clips were supposed to make people want to tune in! Aside from the sweet Steve/Kayla moment, my eyes glazed over.

Cool, thanks, as always! 👍👍

I was just coming to post this! I think it was especially well done, and it seemed to meld the old-style TCM tributes with the dialogue with the new, i.e. music style and such. And considering the sheer enormity of talent lost, not to mention very recently and in such a horrible way, this turned out better than I imagined, not looking at all rushed.

Well, to be fair, HIPAA wasn't a law until 1996! And hey, Kayla breaks that law on the regular today...

I will say I think the Jeremy actor (forget his first name, though I know the last is Roark, ironic since Roark Critchlow plays Dad Mike!) is actually pretty decent, and I'm fine with him not interacting too much with Alex if it means Jeremy would be sacrificed. (Yes, I know the character has a bad history, but crap on this show is mind wiped/altered all the time. And to lose a decent actor in the name of freaking Alex just seems wrong to me.)

Well, 2025 can just leave right now. What a horrific weekend it has been, and this is just the schitt cherry on top. May Tony Geary fly with the angels, along with the many others lost this past weekend.

I'm beyond stunned. This is awful! Hope whomever is responsible is apprehended quickly and thrown in prison.

Which is strange because, if I recall, Deidre and Andrea are (well, were, since Dee Hall had work done!) identical twins! I do remember reading a whole spread in one of the soap mags when DH returned in '91, chronicling her real-life wedding. And there were photos of both sisters together, and there, they did look alike! The wedding guests must have agreed, since the write up mentioned the guests standing up too early when they saw Andrea coming down the aisle (as MOH).

Charlotte looks great!

I have reservations about this return, only because Dan Gauthier outright said he did zero research on Peter's backstory. I don't expect him to mimic Jason Brooks, but I would expect him to know key tenets of his character's history!

The Pitt got a cover on Entertainment Weekly. and there is an article about behind the scenes and what to expect for Season 2, which will premiere on January 8, 2026. https://ew.com/the-pitt-stars-creator-preview-season-2-cover-story-exclusive-11864547

Brady and Sarah are...nice. Like warm socks out of a dryer. But the only sparks they generate is if they stick a fork in an outlet. (To me!) It's the same issue, IMO, Sarah had with Eric: In theory, two good (well, Brady is more gray, but good as of late!) people together is great, but edge is needed. I think it's why, back in the day, Steve/Kayla and Jack/Jennifer worked. And John seemed a bit more complicated (since the writers were making his past up as they went along) after being de-Brady-ed, which added something to John/Isabella. John/Marlena also had the affair and the Roman/Sami angles. And I think that's why Sarah/Eric failed, and why I think Sarah/Brady seem headed for the same fate. Not that I want Brady with psycho Kristen. I'd rather she vanish. But rather than EJ, why not try Brady and Cat?

Another Nicole. Kind of funny.

Apparently, The Pitt is airing in 3-hour blocks every Monday night on TNT unedited, from 9:00 p.m. until midnight ET, unedited* (*except for F bombs, apparently) through December 29th. So, obviously, Episodes 1 through 3 have aired (perhaps TNT will repeat them?).