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16 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Olivia was last seen on Y&R in 2009 I think. I don't blame Tonya Lee Williams for not wanting to return after she was unceremoniously dumped in 2005 after 15 years of service.

Tonya Lee Williams was last seen on February 15, 2012.

Audrey's rape. Such an important part for the storyline to come with Tommy's conception. Fascinating to read. I love the Jessie/Diana/Peter/Phil dynamics.

I like reading about Henry's addiction. Didn't know that.

Meg is boring to death though. First she was insecure about Iris for years, now Brooke. I understand the reasoning of course but reading the storyline it seems very repetitive.

Thanks for the 1970 summaries. I didn’t realize Phil and Diana were in the US near GH. I had imagined they were still in South America.

18 hours ago, FrenchFan said:

So Diana first appeared on April 8th 1970. A long-time mystery is resolved !

Glad that Brooke is back to stir up trouble. I know she will have an affair with Howie in 1972 but don't know much about her before.

Wonder if Iris is already out as she is no longer mentioned or if she will be written out later.

After reading more carefully, I think both Tracy and Iris were written out in January 1970. Tracy after her wedding to Jeff and Iris when she was told Scotty didn't need her anymore. Can you confirm @depboy?

So Diana first appeared on April 8th 1970. A long-time mystery is resolved !

Glad that Brooke is back to stir up trouble. I know she will have an affair with Howie in 1972 but don't know much about her before.

Wonder if Iris is already out as she is no longer mentioned or if she will be written out later.

40 minutes ago, depboy said:

Bridget Dobson is credited as writer with Frank and Doris, her parents, at this stage.  The Bacardi saga seems to have occupied most of the episode acts, with a smattering of Jane/Howie and Lee/Iris.  We're moving into the a few more hospital staff-centric stories.  And while I get the need for patient of the week, I was surprised at how heavy the Bacardi story was played.

Do you know since when Bridget Dobson was credited with her parents ?

1 hour ago, Dion said:

Oooh so the audience knew Phil was alive the entire time.

Yes ! Didn't know that. And I was expecting Diana. She had always been wrongly credited as joining in 1969 but this was 1970. How terrific to know that !

Incredible !!!! Thanks

Ah Peter !

never heard about Barbara or Carol, Jane’s cousin. Will see how they fit.

1 hour ago, jcar03 said:

I was not sure as the Paramount+ credits have failed to credit him at all.

Thanks ! That’s what’s I was wondering about. We will see next month maybe.

Thanks a lot !

Fascinating as ever ! So Douglas is dead. I thought Tracy would marry him and leave town with him. Maybe the new Jeff will be the one.

Denise is out. I was expecting more drama from her relationship with Steve with a jealous Audrey who starts being involved with Tom.

I love reading about the minor storylines such as Howie/Jane/Beverly. Had never heard about her before. Or Sharon and Uncle Henry.

So Phil has fled. Wonder how long before he meets Diana.

Again these recaps are priceless !!

Thanks !

Is new RJ recurring or in contract ?

Phil should be on the run soon … 

the Iris storyline seems to have really been put into the background. Wonder what will happen of her and Lee. Will they really have an affair ?

Very exciting to read about the 1969 episodes. I had imagined Phil had fled for the scene of Polly's accident but this is not at all how it happened.

Can't wait to see how he will meet Diana, and also Peter Taylor's introduction.

5 hours ago, depboy said:

It's the beginning of 1969, let's check in on the lives of the staff and patients at GH!

Monday, January 6, 1969: Iris tells Lee she will not continue to work for him.

Tuesday, January 7: Lee tells Meg he will continue to help Iris even though she's not working for him.

Wednesday, January 8: Denise tells Howie her husband suspects they are having an affair.

Thursday, January 9: Audrey returns and insists to Lucille that she doesn't want to talk about or see Steve.

Friday, January 10: Polly discovers she is pregnant.

Monday, January 13: Polly writes in her diary that her pregnancy may give her the means for reaching Phil.

Tuesday, January 14: Howie spoils dinner with Jane by telling her he owes Denise a thousand dollars.

Wednesday, January 15: Denise tells Howie that her husband Freddy has left her.

Thursday, January 16: Tom tells Meg that Iris returned her engagement ring.

Friday, January 17: Polly tells Phil she is pregnant as asks for his help.  He tells her he cannot help her.

Monday, January 20: After Steve tells Audrey he believes she never loved him, Lucille finds her upset.

Tuesday, January 21: Jane gives Howie her passbook to their savings account so he can repay Denise.

Wednesday, January 22: Tom urges Lee to find a secretary, leading to a fight over Iris.

Thursday, January 23: Polly appeals to Tom to help her obtain an abortion; he declines.  Tracy reports to Steve that although Mr. Dillon has been doing well on dialysis, he still has his old prejudices.

Friday, January 24: Polly invites Jessie to lunch.

Monday, January 27: Polly appeals to Jessie to help her get an abortion.

Tuesday, January 28: Howie comes home with news that he's been fired.

Wednesday, January 29: Lee sets up a meeting with Steve and Audrey.

Thursday, January 30: Lee tells Meg he is going to Mexico for the Hardy divorce.

Friday, January 31: Douglas Burke, a blind patient with hypertension and an enlarged heart is brought in and Tracy is assigned to him and given special responsibilities.

Thanks !!! Couldn’t wait for this

On 4/14/2023 at 1:31 AM, Paul Raven said:

Yes and they give a lot of information-not just 'Steve makes a decision' or 'Jessie is worried' type of summaries you sometimes see.

Of course, this only makes me want the same type of thing for other soaps!

Same, would love to dig in for some other soaps too. I'm sure there are archives that can be found somewhere...

Very interesting to read more about Iris in particular. I only knew she was an alcoholic and had an affair with Lee but the drama around it and Tom being involved, I had no idea.

Tom is a very interesting character. He was so unlucky first with Jessie and then with Iris. I know his upcoming relationship with Audrey and the birth of Tommy will be doomed.

Always fascinating to relive this era of GH !

Can't believe we had so many informations for 1965 to 1968 ! This is so terrific !!!

Always so fascinating ! Thank you. 

8 minutes ago, slick jones said:

@depboy  Just outstanding to learn about early Henry/Sharon/Howie/Jane!!!!

Exactly ! I love hearing about them.

3 hours ago, depboy said:

Jessie is free, Polly might not be and young woman is brought to the hospital after a car accident...what perils await?

Monday, May 6, 1968: Jessie pleads with Polly to try living as a family.

Tuesday, May 7: Polly admits to Jessie she is scared.

Wednesday, May 8: Phil, protective of Polly, hopes the judge will not be harsh; the judge gives Polly a reprimand and suggests Jessie may provide better guidelines for her future.

Thursday, May 9: Lee is edgy and short with Iris, hurting her feelings.

Friday, May 10: Phil urges Jessie to marry him.

Monday, May 13: A young woman is brought in unconscious after an automobile accident.

Tuesday, May 14: Iris comes to stay with Meg while Lee is out of town.

Wednesday, May 15: Steve checks the new patient, Jane Harland.

Thursday, May 16: Howie Dawson tries to get in to see Jane.

Friday, May 17: Jessie agrees to marry Phil.

Monday, May 20: The police interview Jane.

Tuesday, May 21: Howie talks to Jane and learns the accident caused her to miscarry.

Wednesday, May 22: Lee and Iris go to A.A. together, and Tom tries to convince Meg that it means trouble.

Thursday, May 23: After the A.A. meeting, Iris joins Lee and Meg for dinner, and Meg is left feeling more excluded than ever.

Friday, May 24: Sharon points out a problem of their secret marriage to Henry.

Monday, May 27: Jessie asks Steve to be a witness at her wedding.

Tuesday, May 28: Jessie asks Polly to be a witness at the wedding. She declines.  When Phil asks her, she accepts.

Wednesday, May 29: Iris turns down an invitation to attend the Baldwin Family Memorial Day picnic.

Thursday, May 30: Sharon tells Uncle Henry that Henry is taking Sandy Griffith to the Interns Ball; Uncle Henry and James Griffith discover they are old WWII buddies.

Friday, May 31: As Jessie and Steve chaperone the Interns Frolic, Polly arrives as Phil's date.  Henry manages to swap partners so he can be with Sharon.

Ah Jane and Howie joined ! Very interesting. I am very interested in minor characters like them, Sharon, Henry. We don’t know too much about them. 

15 hours ago, depboy said:

Jessie's in trouble, Audrey's heartbroken, let's check in!

Monday, March 4, 1968: Audrey drives Steve to distraction with her obsession of having another child.

Tuesday, March 5: Sharon gets jealous when Judy is chosen to assist Henry.

Wednesday, March 6: Iris tells Meg she is going to quit working for Lee once the trial is over.

Thursday, March 7: Polly testifies that Jessie and Tom prevented her from talking to her father about changing the will.

Friday, March 8: Polly's testimony continues; Steve learns that Audrey is getting interested in the lost children of Vietnam.

Monday, March 11: Phil Brewer calls Jessie; Lee cross examines Polly.

Tuesday, March 12: Phil returns to help Jessie; the State rests their case.

Wednesday, March 13: Dr. Nelson tells Audrey she will not be able to have more children.

Thursday, March 14: Audrey arranges to leave for Vietnam, and writes Steve a letter.

Friday, March 15: Jessie convinces Steve not to try to stop Audrey.

Monday, March 18: Phil and Polly talk and develop a kind of rapport.

Tuesday, March 19: Tom takes the stand for the defense.

Wednesday, March 20: The D.A. cross-examines Tom, to the defense's disadvantage.

Thursday, March 21: Iris worries about what she is doing with her life.

Friday, March 22: Phil confers with Steve about Polly; Jessie takes the stand.

Monday, March 25: Lee finishes his direct examination of Jessie.

Tuesday, March 26: The D.A. cross-examines Jessie.

Wednesday, March 27: Phil offers to be a character witness.

Thursday, March 28: Phil probes Polly over how she feels about Jessie.

Friday, March 29: Phil asks Jessie to marry him.

Monday, April 1: The D.A.'s closing argument is powerful.

Tuesday, April 2: Steve defends Jessie and Tom to James Griffith, hospital director.

Wednesday, April 3: Lee makes his closing argument.

Thursday, April 4: Tom struggles through waiting for the verdict.

Friday, April 5: The jury reaches a decision.

Monday, April 8: Tom and Jessie are found guilty of first degree murder.

Tuesday, April 9: Lee confides to Iris some of his personal doubts about his defense of Jessie and Tom.

Wednesday, April 10: Griffith urges Steve to make a public statement, but Steve insists on Jessie and Tom's innocence.

Thursday, April 11: Henry is unable to refuse Griffith's request that Henry show his niece Sandy around town.

Friday, April 12: Tom and Jessie are sentenced to 20 years to life.

Monday, April 15: Polly has a nightmare about her father.

Tuesday, April 16: Meg discovers that Lee wants to keep Iris as his secretary.

Wednesday, April 17: Meg tells Lee that Steve want Iris to come back to the hospital.

Thursday, April 18: A reporter presses Polly for an interview.

Friday, April 19: Lee tells Iris that Steve wants her to return to the hospital, but she decides against it.

Monday, April 22: Griffith tells Steve he thinks that Phil is a poor replacement for Tom.

Tuesday, April 23: Iris tells Lee she solicited Meg's approval to keep working as his secretary.

Wednesday, April 24: Sharon learns that Henry is taking Sandy to a discotheque.

Thursday, April 25: Phil learns from Polly that her father took pills for bursitis.

Friday, April 26: Phil questions the possibility that Prentice committed suicide.

Monday, April 29: Phil learns that John Prentice was authorized to use Alkaloid X-34.

Tuesday, April 30: Polly confesses to Phil that she gave her father pills the night he died.

Wednesday, May 1: Phil tells Lee of Polly's confession.

Thursday, May 2: The D.A. doesn't buy Lee's pitch for a new trial.

Friday, May 3: Polly signs an affidavit confirming the new evidence; in court, Lee moves to dismiss the case and Jessie and Tom are freed.

Thanks !!!!! I so much love that

7 hours ago, depboy said:

Apologies for the lack of posting these summaries! Let's finish 1967!

Monday, November 13, 1967: When the D.A. calls Jessie to come to his office, Lee insists on going with her.

Tuesday, November 14: Polly asks Tom specific questions about the medicine that killed her father.

Wednesday, November 15: Lee recounts Jessie's talk with the D.A., and tells Steve he fears a full-scale murder investigation.

Thursday, November 16: Steve enlists Lucille's help in getting Audrey to go to a doctor.

Friday, November 17: The D.A. suggests to Lt. Todd that they explore the possibility of murder in Prentice's death.

Monday, November 20: Steve confides in Meg that he is worried because Audrey won't see an obstetrician regularly.

Tuesday, November 21: Lt. Todd questions Tom.

Wednesday, November 22: Polly has a nightmare about her father's death, and convinces herself that the pills she gave him had nothing to do with him dying.

Thursday, November 23: Pre-empted.

Friday, November 24: Henry and Sharon plan to secretly marry before Christmas.

Monday, November 27: Steve learns that Audrey has been to see Dr. Nelson and she informed the doctor that she and Steve are separated and she has been artificially inseminated.

Tuesday, November 28: Lee reads Prentice's will to Polly and Jessie, and it's more than Polly can bear.

Wednesday, November 29: After Iris reacts negatively to an A.A. meeting, there is a new revelation for her and Lee's feeling for each other.

Thursday, November 30: Iris tries to explain to Meg why she walked out of the A.A. meeting; Meg urges Lee to continue helping Iris.

Friday, December 1: Audrey asks Steve for a divorce after the baby is born.

Monday, December 4: Lucille learns that Audrey has decided to divorce Steve.

Tuesday, December 5: Lt. Todd questions Tom about his connections with Polly and Jessie.

Wednesday, December 6: Lt. Todd interviews Jessie again.

Thursday, December 7: A miserable Iris tells her troubles to a sympathetic Lee.

Friday, December 8: Sharon and Henry arrange to get a marriage license.

Monday, December 11: Polly tells Lt. Todd that Tom only dated her to please Jessie, and that Tom would do anything to please Jessie.

Tuesday, December 12: Iris is unable to get a patient's blood sample and is shaken.

Wednesday, December 13: Audrey has lunch with airline president Jeff Robertson, who says she can have a job anytime she wants.

Thursday, December 14: After Polly and Jessie argue over finances, Lt. Todd arrives.

Friday, December 15: Polly tells Lt. Todd that Tom is in love with Jessie and recalls the night before Jessie's wedding when she overheard Tom tell Jessie he loves her.

Monday, December 18: Audrey and Jeff Robertson discover they are both lonely people at Christmas.

Tuesday, December 19: Lee, Meg, Scotty and Iris trim the Baldwin's Christmas tree. Iris celebrates going on the wagon.

Wednesday, December 20: Audrey accepts Steve's invitation to attend the Baldwin's Christmas party.

Thursday, December 21: Jessie makes plans to go see her family for the holiday; the D.A. tells Lt. Todd not to let Tom or Jessie leave town.

Friday, December 22: At the Baldwin's party, Steve tells the nativity story.

Monday, December 25: Pre-empted.

Tuesday, December 26: Henry has to postpone his wedding to Sharon.

Wednesday, December 27: Tom tells Steve that Lt. Todd questioned him about his feelings for Jessie and that he warned him not to leave town.

Thursday, December 28: Lt. Todd questions Meg about what she knows about Tom and Jessie's relationship.

Friday, December 29: Steve unwittingly interferes with Henry and Sharon's honeymoon. Iris falls off the wagon.

Thanks !!! Couldn’t wait for that

14 hours ago, depboy said:

Continuing the summer of 1967,

Monday, July 17, 1967: Iris comes in late, and tells Meg of Baird's rejection.  She tells Steve she wants to stay on at the hospital.

Tuesday, July 18: Polly starts a new job as nurse's aid.

Wednesday, July 19: Meg and Lee discuss Iris, and Lee wonders if she isn't an alcoholic.

Thursday, July 20: Lee convinces Audrey to help avoid scandal by letting Steve support her and the child. Later, Steve receives a package from Mike Costello -- an infant's christening gown and carved angel.

Friday, July 21: Iris confesses to Meg that she's had a drinking problem in the past.

Monday, July 24: Polly tells Tom he is the only person who really understands her.

Tuesday, July 25: After Iris tries to cancel a dinner with Lee and Meg, Meg insists that Lee go to Iris and pick her up.  When Lee arrives, Iris' nervousness confirms his guess.

Wednesday, July 26: Judy Clampett tries to teach Henry modern dances, so he can surprise Sharon.

Thursday, July 27: Audrey goes to see Dr. Gregory, who tells her she is dehydrated and need to go to the hospital, but she declines.

Friday, July 28: Polly kisses Tom, who doesn't respond.

Monday, July 31: Jessie and John set their wedding date as one week after his release from the hospital.  Later, Tom tells Jessie how much he cares for her.

Tuesday, August 1: When Meg suggests she talk to Lee about her drinking problem, Iris panics and denies she needs help.

Wednesday, August 2: Meg tells Lee that she suggested Iris talk to him, but Lee is not willing to get involved.

Thursday, August 3: Polly confesses to Tom that she has never had any real life experiences. When Tom's reacts disappointingly, Polly blames Jessie for his reaction.

Friday, August 4: Jessie gets a disturbing letter from Phil.

Monday, August 7: Polly confides in her father that she is afraid that Tom isn't interested in her.

Tuesday, August 8: John asks Jessie to talk to Polly, and when she questions Polly over her feelings for Tom, it evokes Polly's resentment and suspicion.

Wednesday, August 9: Polly tells Tom she suspects there is something between him and Jessie.  He reassures her and she is encouraged by his attitude.

Thursday, August 10: Judy and Sharon are rivals for the privilege of teaching Henry to dance.

Friday, August 11: Shaky, Iris tries to resign, but Steve dissuades her.

Monday, August 14: Audrey tells Lucille that Dr. Jones has confirmed that the baby may be Steve's. Jessie and John set September 15 as the date of their wedding.

Tuesday, August 15: Steve is called away on business, but leaves his itinerary for Audrey insisting that she call if anything goes wrong.

Wednesday, August 16: Tom cuts John's does of anticoagulant, and Iris administers the new dose.  Later, Iris has a nightmare that she has given John an overdose and takes a stiff drink to calm herself.

Thursday, August 17: Lee promises Meg he will try to help Iris.

Friday, August 18: Steve impulsively kisses Audrey goodbye.

Monday, August 21: Tom reluctantly agrees to go with Polly to look for her an apartment.

Tuesday, August 22: Iris shakily drops a bottle of disinfectant at the nurse's station.  Later, Meg calls her and she is frightened when there is no answer.

Wednesday, August 23: Meg and Lee stop by to check on Iris and realize she has been drinking.

Thursday, August 24: Iris, late to work, promises Meg she'll have no more reasons for being late again.

Friday, August 25: John tells Lee he wants to make a will leaving Jessie as sole benefactor.

Fascinating !!! I love hearing more about Iris as we never knew much about her.

please keep it coming. 🥹

8 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Love of Life

Bud the Juvenile delinquent basketballer   Michael Corbett

Tess Krakauer Prentiss Randolph Prentiss ...Toni Bull-Bua...Nov 1966-73 

Richard Rollins...Lawrence Weber July 1969-71 affair w/ Claire  

 

Toni___ Lamont Prentiss Davis..

        .Frances Sternhagen...June 1967-68 

Don't know if you already have this but Toni Bull Bua left in Nov 73.