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Is Chloe needed? Not really. Which is exactly why the show probably WOULD bring her back...and then, as per the pattern, promptly tire of her a week later.

Or maybe Lynn wanted time off to work on her ranch and be with Wayne (until he obviously couldn't work on that ranch anymore. Dementia is a cruel disease!).

If the people of Hungary can oust their despot, so can we in the US. And we have to, if we have any hope of maintaining the crumbs that remain of our democracy. Consider, too, that the Hungarian election had 77% turnout! Makes the US look like the apathetic mess it is. And says how much other countries do NOT take democracy for granted as so many here obviously - and sadly and foolishly - have. And on the topic of Pope Leo, what a wonderful speech.

I still think that may be a possibility, considering recent news... Which is...

I am a lapsed Catholic, but wow, do I love Pope Leo. And the fact that this scumbag administration THREATENED him should be grounds for removal. But what do I know?

+1 Why this show continues on with this ZZZQuil equivalent is anyone's guess.

Well, whatever Ungaro was insinuating about Melania, it has to be significant, or why the press conference no one asked for? (Seriously, Melania took gasoline to her involvement with Epstein, Donnie too. Maybe she is trying to get Donnie sent to prison or whatnot. 😎 ) Whatever is going on, these bottom feeders deserve each other and all the misery attached.

The Amanda Ungaro/Melania brouhaha is most curious. Considering Ungaro was deported and separated from her kid by her ex, who is a Trump ally, based on her TwitX post, its date/time [just yesterday], I'm thinking maybe Melania's surprise Epstein crapshow of a press conference may be connected. The Chinese were understating the "may you live in interesting times" saying. On another note, Iran continues to dog-walk Trump with its latest Lego video. (Yes. And they have released a few.)

Harley Jane Kozak (ex-Mary Duvall, Santa Barbara, among other soap roles) has made a nice second career out of writing books: https://harleyjanekozak.com/writing/

A very big club! 😋

Dump's latest bats.h.i.t post, on freaking Easter Sunday, no less, shows he's completely messed in the head. The 25th Amendment HAS TO BE used. Now. Yesterday, even.

I cannot believe this show is still pushing Sarah and Brady. But that's not the show's only issue. The pacing is awful. Then there is the Sophia mess, etc. I have to wonder how those in charge above the Days PTB feel about the show no longer being in the Top 10 at Peacock.

Still, as you point out, anything is possible. Especially when you consider the way Mike Horton and Sarah Horton have been SORASed and then deSORASed through the decades! With Parker as an afterthought 9 times out of 10, I doubt parental age is a factor. But the way this show goes, she could be playing a new role, which would be disappointing but right up Days' alley as of late. Hmm. as others have also speculated, she could be yet another new Abigail for the newest Chad. Or, and no disrespect to Abigail Klein, but maybe a Stephanie recast? I guess time will tell.

I know I read somewhere that Days had asked Nadia Bjorlin to return at some point, and she declined. Maybe Sophia Mattsson is a recast Chloe Lane?

Yeah, surprised you missed the news as it seemed to be all over at the time, but Alice Halsey is going to be the new Laura Ingalls in the reboot of Little House on The Prairie on Netflix.

Absolutely. The care and time @slick jones has taken is phenomenal. So, another thank you here!

So, As The World Turns was ahead of its time in recycling actors! Both Days and GH seem to have made that practice an art form! 😎

I can't even fathom that one!

Oh, yeah. Speaking of Santa Barbara, another obvious conflict was between Jed Allan and Wanda de Jesus, so much so, that apparently, Jed touched upon it in his memoir. I always thought that whole plot point made no sense, anyway, given Santana's past with C.C. vis a vis Brandon, etc. But it seems Jed Allan was not sorry to see Wanda de Jesus go.

Yeah, just as impressive. Weren't there, like, 200 Toms? LOL! (A lot of Mike Hortons on Days, too!)

Yes. I always thought that, no matter who was playing Mason, NLG's Julia still managed sparks with all three. A bit unusual to have that with two recast Masons.

It's obviously common knowledge now, considering the Soap Opera Weekly joint interview with Lane Davies and Nancy Lee Grahn around 2002, when Lane Davies joined GH the first time as Cameron Lewis, but Lane Davies and Nancy Lee Grahn had a relationship that went sour, which led to them not even speaking to each other off screen. Which was a factor in Davies leaving SB in 1989. They obviously buried the hatchet and got past things, though.

Yeah. The Dobsons saw Mason/Julia as "star crossed". But they were one of the last gasps of the SB heyday keeping the show going after Cruz and Eden were no more.

Santa Barbara did have a lot of dropped stories. But there were so many, they all kind of meld together. In terms of specifics...I do recall, during the Capwell Dinner in 1991, when Gordon Thomson's Mason brought his mother, Pamela, to dinner, there was a big deal made about C.C. having stolen land from Rosa Andrade and her family. It seemed like the show was going to play that up, but it went nowhere. Pamela, in the midst of her insane rambling, also hinted at the father of Cassie Benedict (Lockridge), but that, too, went nowhere. Then there were the blink and miss pairings, like Ric and Kelly. It seemed like the show was really hyping them up, but then it just disintegrated with Robert Barr blackmailing Ric, and Kelly was off in Robert's circle, which was good for her character, but kind of a cheat, because CG was great with Peter Love's Ric, too. Then again, I don't think there was a scene partner that Carrington Garland didn't spark with. Which is probably why her Kelly was sort of flaky for a while, since the writers seemed to like tossing her from Ric to Robert (and Quinn) to Craig and back again. One last thing I remember was the whole thing with David and Angela Raymond and Angela's dead, never-seen sister, Marilyn. The show, when the characters were introduced, seemed to hype that death up as some sinister mystery, but no one cared, especially since David wasn't well received (and meant - per the Dobsons in an interview - to be Julia's next big love interest, which didn't pan out!), while the audience did like Angela - out of David's orbit. The whole thing was reduced to some throwaway scene or line (been so long now) with Angela revealed to have been the driver, but nothing happened. The audience shrugged and moved on.

I know she was more known for films, but I will always remember her as Susan Lewis' (Sherry Stringfield) mother, Cookie Lewis, on ER. May she rest in peace.