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Just finished Smoke on Apple TV and who should turn up in the final episode as a kick ass senior police officer but Amy Carlson. It's like Josie continued her police career and ended up running the show.

Robin is great in The Girlfriend.

This is what I'm referring to. Odd story choices. And-too many characters who we never see working. Andre (unless it's story related). Never see him refer to an assignment, or at his studio in the middle of something, when say Dani arrives. Vanessa the real estate agent with no office and tons of free time. Nicole the psychiatrist who never has a patient. Martin the politician, Smitty the journalist, Naomi the lawyer, Ted the surgeon and so on. I understand it's not a documentary, but it might be nice to see them in some sort of work related scenes.eg Nicole finishing up with a patient, Andre showing Dani some shots he's been working on etc Choosing all these different occupations and not having sets for them is a negative.

@dc11786 thanks for sharing those. Do you have any other summaries of radio soaps in the 50's? Details of characters and stories are scant.

Interesting points. I have to say I am a bit dismayed with some of the story decisions. like Leslie the instant gazillionare. They seem to be ignoring some beats that would, to me, add interest and depth. Like I get that Leslie would start spending like there's no tomorrow but there should be a scene with the trustee or whoever to alert her that it's not a bottomless pit. And stories like June's journey, which was ill timed and seems to have has zilch dramatic consequences. The twins just accepted her. June's struggle to get her life back together would have provided months of story, with it's ups and downs. The lack of family connections eg June's arrival into the teen's life was all Naomi and Jacob. Vernita, Ted and Nicole should be all in on this. As for Samantha and the never seen before guy who she fell for on his first day on the show... and what happened to her brother's love interest? I hoped that once the show was airing episodes already shot, they would tweak some stuff, but they seem to be continuing on the same path of random story points and questionable plots. The potential is still there and I want BTG to improve.

The Golden Girls was 2nd for it's second episode , still out of season. In premiere week GG fell to 20th as new episodes of other hit shows debuted. But then it bounced back to 12th the following week.

Has any mention been made of Derek having a family and/or why he has had no one visit him in hospital? It would have been nice had a few firehouse buddies turned up and some flowers or a hamper arrive from everyone at the station. Maybe I missed any of this type of stuff?

I'll be in charge of sets!

On point!

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I don't mind Jen Jacob as an actress, but the character of Ashley as written would have Meryl Streep struggling to make it work. Ashley would work as a supporting character but not a lead. When she went through the plot points with her mother, you got the cliff notes of the story so far. On paper it looks interesting enough, but the way it has played onscreen just hasn't worked. As for AA, he has not improved one bit in all these months and that is bringing the story down. Obviously no one is having a word in his ear about his performances.

Thankfully they seem to have pulled back on her in the dress up box outfits but she was back in full force and looking ridic.

They really don't seem to care. Michael just walked into Victor's office. Now they could have Victor talking to a secretary/assistant-'Micheal Baldwin, yes send him in.' Or an extra sitting at the desk outside Victor's office. They can have a few extras in restaurants so why not there? But they show Michael walking past the empty desk into Victor's office through an open door. He could have easily come in through the closed door in a tight shot so we didn't see the empty foyer. But they can't be bothered. Morale among the cast must be low. Surely they are aware of how standards have dropped.

Back to the set situation. The Hamilton living room still wins hands down as the ugliest set. And why did Jacob and Naomi get a bedroom? That space could have been used as small living room set with a door or archway etc to suggest a larger space.

So Izaiah will be a university counsellor. Hope they have a set for this or will he join Derek, Naomi, Vanessa and Martin in not having a workplace?

Maybe they blew the budget on the plastic maze and the train set... The set situation seems to be worse than ever. My only thought is that there is some studio issue at the moment and they are limited-that it's a short term thing. They are still at Television City right? Is some redevelopment underway that means they have less space? I thought that the Newman Ranch and Abbott House were permanent so why not make more use of them? Or maybe they are saving money for new sets for the upcoming 'LA Noir' story? Whatever the case it is an untenable situation-made worse by Josh's idiotic business stories.

Dr. Carolyn _________ Chandler Baldwin ...Augusta Dabney July 75- March 76 Widow of Jack Chandler, mother of Bobby, mother in law of Samantha(Sammi), old school friend of Lee Baldwin. Ran an adoption service that placed Augusta's child with new parents. Concerned for Bobby's health, unaware he had a fatal blood disease Married Lee Feb 76. Left for New York with Lee, Bobby and a pregnant Samantha, to support Bobby who had been misdiagnosed and would now receive correct treatment.

Terri Webber Arnett Bobbie Jordan April 1976 - Sept 77 sister, Rick; half sister, Jeff; singer, ran Terri's Place night club. Involved with Mark Dante, who was trapped in a marriage with disturbed Mary Ellen, who recovered and plotted to keep Terri and Mark apart, going so far as to try to murder Terri. It all became too much for Terri, who left for LA.

Gerald Gordon pg. 33 GENERAL HOSPITAL Dr. Mark Dante September 1976 - July 1978; 8/16/1982 - 8/2/1983

Susan Pratt pg. 16 GENERAL HOSPITAL Nurse Annie Logan November 1978 - June 1982

Well this kidnapping was over in a day? So by the time Pamela heard about it, Chelsea would have been safe. So probably a text to support Dani. Dani had too much on her mind to be updating Pamela.

It's just being down to get Y&R/ B&B viewers to sample BTG. Which at the moment is not happening to the extent they want.

Isn't Pamela mostly out of town?

The show is just not working with minimal sets and characters. Tuesday teaser was Daniel and Tessa singing in the park-riveting. Them Ms Sad Sack Mariah arrives to once again explain that she's suffering. Finally the shocking reveal -she ALMOST killed a man, At Crimson Lights for Claire/Kyle and his ridiculous $5mill contract not to hurt Claire. Then back to the other fake outdoor set for Nick and Phyllis to discuss dastardly Cane. Honestly Phyllis is useless. This woman was running a hotel and now is grovelling for work from Cane. So just 3 sets and 7 characters for the entire episode.

I mentioned months ago that Anita could have been somewhat supportive of Hayley-seeing her as misguided and somewhat of a victim of Bill- to give another flavor to her character but that ship has sailed. Intentionally or not, the Duprees come of as sanctimonious and hypocritical.