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I thought her saying she owed her singing career to Doug explained that. And it was worth to have her leading the case in "Always." What I don't buy is that Liz didn't keep in touch with anyone in Salem all these years. And though I thought the Liz-Marie sniping was stupid, it did remind me how much I liked that storyline back in the day.

Scannell certainly has the look but the chemistry between Julie Osburn and Stephen Schnetzer was so unique and wonderful that I'd rather remember it fondly than risk a pale imitation of it. Then again, Schnetzer did have chemistry with almost everyone, so who knows?

A young Jamie Frame and Dennis Carrington discovering the remains of Rocky the stableman in a plastic bag under the floorboards of the Cory boathouse on Another World.

I much prefer her that way, but I'm sure she'll descend into camp silliness at any moment. Ron's still writing, after all.

I quite liked Brandon as Jake the mechanic, especially his relationship with Gwen. His Stefan, not so much. (Ditto with post-Jake Gwen.) But I hope he gets something else quickly.

This is devastating all over again.

RIP. He looked so thin when he came back from his extended time off awhile back, I figured something was wrong. He seemed like a terrific guy in real life, my thoughts go out to his natural family and his DAYS family.

That was so random, I swore he was going to be Connie's next victim.

It sure seems like the Connie story is coming to a head. I don't mind her as much as you all -- and not nearly as much as I did Konstantin -- but it's time. I have not yet warmed to Cherie as Gabi. I'm glad people are skeptical of fake Abigail.

You're going to have to wait a bit longer, I'm afraid. It's not airing until December.

I think he's a better actor than the guy who plays his brother.

The problem with an actor criticizing a past writer, especially with this show, is that they may return to the position one day. I suspect Ron would be even more vindictive than Jim Reilly was.

That was something I thought of and appreciated about today's episode. I'm intrigued by the possibility of Chanel and Alex playing lovers on the soap (no spoilers, I'm just assuming that will happen) and being tempted by each other. I like seeing Johnny and Bonnie have a purpose. But treating almost everything as a joke -- and mocking the audience in the process -- supersedes any potential good stuff.

I don't like her as Jennifer, either, but to be fair, the writing for the role is out of character. There's no way the real Jennifer Horton would leave town when the daughter she thought was dead might be back among the living.

I think Laura Malone looked great and it's a pity that she was replaced. I also think she was a strong and charismatic enough actress to have spun off into new stories once Sandy was gone. I liked Ben, as well, and never could figure out why they got rid of him/didn't bring him back. Carter and Thomasina were appealing, too. AW made some really stupid casting decisions.

It looked like Judi Evans was having fun, and I'm happy for her after many months of barely being there. But this episode felt to me like a sequel to Soapdish conceived by a high school video production class.

Did I misunderstand, or did Leo say that Xander was going to take an acting role in Body & Soul? We haven't seen a hint of that on screen. Guess it's the perils of filming out of order and a poor (or non-existent) continuity supervisor. And it sure seemed like they were laying the ground for Gwen to return in the Leo-Chad scene.

I just want to give props to Ari Zucker and the rest of the cast for continuing to give committed performances while all hell was breaking out backstage.

I am really dreading this Body & Soul plot.

I am beyond impressed that Suzanne Rogers still wears heels like that at 81 years of age.

One of the increasingly few things I liked about his DAYS was that he still gave Susan and Suzanne stuff to do. Not very good stuff, but at least they've been on screen. And you can tell he loves Deidre, though he seems to get a perverse pleasure in using Marlena to prop up characters we could do without.

I'm shocked. at this point, I figured Ron would be there until the show expired. I'm cautiously optimistic about the new team.

Susan said Bill was completely blind at this point, so yes, I think everyone knew his time was growing short. The scene was very sweet and I'm glad they got to end on such a graceful note. I agree with you on the rest of the episode. I don't care about Leo's transformation, Abigail's coffin or Connie's plan. I was intrigued by Bobby/Everett at one point, and I still like Blake Berris' performance, but the story is so convoluted at this point it makes no sense.

Or the Willis recast for that matter. Leon Russom is a wonderful actor, but I didn't buy for a moment that Angie or Alice would be attracted to him. The pairing with Gwen worked, though.

Weirdly, I don't remember Christopher J. Brown as Michael at all, though I recall liking Arianne Bunker's Marianne very much, and being upset when they recast her. I loved Beverly Penberthy, though I don't think the show ever really did her character justice. The family feel of these scenes was great -- that kind of everyday, intergenerational interaction is what I've missed about soaps for the last 30 years or so. I was struck by how different Liz was -- almost a more subdued Auntie Mame rather than the kind of sad, lonely woman she was in later years. (I guess time can do that to you.)