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Nah, not a smear campaign at all. I think she deserves the Emmy for the scenes involving John's death. You are absolutely right that Deidre carried the show for decades. There's no denying that. There's also no denying that she has had, and continues to have, problems with some of her colleagues and she is not good at covering her disdain for them when onscreen.

And let's not forget that Maggie wasn't even onscreen for John's funeral, but in the following episode she and Sarah talked all about the funeral as if both had been there. It's pretty clear to me that Kristian and Deidre do not get along either. If Deidre Hall thinks she is on the same level as Susan Lucci, that is a case of delusion that even Dr. Marlena Evans herself could not solve. I remember years ago she and Susan and Eric Braeden presented at the Emmys. Tension! When Kristian left a few years ago, she gave an exit interview to Soap Opera Digest and named every single member of the cast, except Deidre Hall, in thanking them for their friendship over the years. The omission was glaring. The body language was so tense and stiffly turned away from Suzanne. She didn't meet her eye line once. Suzanne acted just fine. Her "Don't go, Marlena" sounded sincere. To me, it's a one sided feud.

Mark-Francis is about to become an icon internationally. He's already well known in the UK to @Cat and me.

Show me a television project of SMG that has been a hit since Buffy ended in which she's been the lead? There haven't been any. And I like SMG, but the facts are the facts.

Once you see it, you'll see the implication is correct... ;)

Correct. SMG can use all the help she can get.

Totally agree. What Meredith tried to do, and failed I might add, was absolutely disgusting.

Oh good to know, another cast I won’t be watching.

Just finished watching it - I enjoyed it. A very light mystery that adapts an Agatha Christie storytelling trope. Given the budget was very low, something like $1 million USD, it looks quite good. That's the upside of location shooting in a very old Czech mansion. Joan has more charisma than the rest of the cast combined. Her eyes light up and the camera loves her. She's still got it. The British actors, Simon Cotton and Toby-Alexander Smith, were very good and certainly deserving of good careers on UK television. Nadia Bjorlin was fine but a bit stilted. The pleasant surprise is India Thain, who is the granddaughter of Joan's late sister, the great Jackie Collins. Obviously a nepo-baby hire courtesy of her great aunt Joan. However, she is very natural on camera and a better actress than Bjorlin. The false note is Jacob Young. He is such a ham they might as well have glazed him and baked him for 3 hours on low. His line readings are really off. He's also let himself go in a very unfortunate way. He's got long hair he's put in a man bun while also sporting a significant amount of extra weight. He looks rough. He was a co-director so might have been haggard from working behind the scenes.

Dame Joan was Queen of the B Movies in the 1970s - she did Empire of the Ants after all - the scriptwriter is a friend of hers. Her next movie, The Duchess and I, is decidedly more high profile.

What about Bobbie v. Lucy?

Yes, I will be watching on Friday night!

Carson and Raven are good actors and their characters have been good for the show. I'm surprised they are being let go. I agree that Carson would be an easy recast for RJ on B&B @dragonflies The other two...I have not enjoyed.

Completely agree and that's the fun of it for me. Angel has been a flop all season and this trip continues that trend. The difference, however, is she's making Gizelle and Ashley miserable this time, so I'm here for it. That's my take: I find this funny to watch. One thing I note about Angel's house: the principal rooms (kitchen, living room etc) all felt on the small side. The other thing was that firepit with her husband's friends...and that one particular guy smoking a cigar. They were all basically rude to the rest of the ladies.

POTOMAC I don't even care that Angel has organized a flop of a house that doesn't have running water because she's made Ashley and Gizelle miserable and for that I salute her. Ashley really is sour, especially in her VT's where she's wearing a wig with a hat on top. Gizelle is such a control freak about wanting to be top dog on this show. If she just relaxed she'd come across so much better. Stacey continues to really make me laugh. Monique is putting her own stuff on Angel's marriage and I don't see the parallels. What I observed with Angel and her husband is the dynamic where the spouses check in with each other to make sure things are OK. That's called communication. BH I got through this week's episode. Take it from me, this season is dry and the only thing going on is Dorit's divorce and she's letting it all hang out. Sutton remains insufferable, but she appears to have had some really good work done on her face and looks great. Jennifer Tilly remains hilarious. Kathy remains an interesting facet. Other than that, there's nothing going on. The new girl, Amanda, is a total flop.