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I've been enjoying the loving roasts on Twitter. It feels so Joan Rivers. I will miss that bitch!

Whoever made this BS could have waited more than, what? 5 hours!

Thank you so much for this. It was amazing. You can totally see their devilish sense of humor that was also obvious in the show itself. They are so right about the Amanda cancer storyline. It did provide us with some great scenes (Amanda learning the news and taking it out on Michael is one of my faves) but it was such a serious story for such a darkly fun show. It clashed. Badly. Of course, no one is surprised about the Matt stuff. I am a little surprised, though, by the comments on Jo. I thought the character worked from the very beginning, although obviously it took a turn for the better once the Reed storyline took place, that awesome boat shooting scene, etc. The stuff with Kimberly kidnapping and breastfeeding the baby and Jo giving the baby away are classic scenes, although I did feel they went too far with making Jo a victim eventually. Oh the fantastic memories of MELROSE PLACE season 3. Brilliant. Fun. Unrepeatable! I need to check some of their other stuff out.

You're welcome! Thank you!!

lol Thanks for defending me against my own self.

It was exaggeration (to a point), cassadine. Of course they fought, like any mother/daughter does. But that's very different from beating each other so badly that they would draw blood. This twist just joined them at the hip, neutered them, and essentially put an end to decades of passionate, co-dependent hatred in favor of "she annoys but she's my mom, so I'll make sure she gets her rest." Not remotely the same. If anything, they should have hated each other even more after the reveal.

There is no end to the fun that is Jill and Katherine fighting. Ever. Well, unless they make them mother & daughter and have them hold hands and drink tea day in and day out.... But, other than that, it was, is, and always will be the very best thing about Y&R. I will never forget Jill wondering if they will ever find a spot large enough to bury Katherine's liver.

LMAO!!!!!

I'm not even going to talk about that irony right there!

This must be some kind of joke?

The music they used in the German dubs was atrociously bad. Just really--really--horrid.

I love--love--Diana. A great and honest portrayal of a teenager on TV.

Did I just spy Bobby from TWIN PEAKS as a drug dealer on KNOTS LANDING? How fun! And David Palmer from 24 using his booming voice as a cop lecturing parents on drug-abusing children.

Mary in general had issues with mostly anyone who dared come close to her beloved Paul! But she eventually ended up adoring Christine to the max, just like everyone else did. Barf. You're lucky! lol Problem was, she was a very basic character, who was ridiculously propped for decades. But at least the writing for the show in general was good, and the direction much better, so that helped her. Back then when I was watching,I liked her well enough but the huge problems with her are obvious to me now.

I mean, even mad hater Mary Williams was singing Christine's praises! (It made sense with the characters involved but I certainly could do without it). Thank God she didn't get it, if that's the case. First, it would have been completely OOC and, secondly, she wouldn't have pulled it off. So we were probably better off.

But she's beautiful, angelic, virtuous, does-everything-right Christine... Which means, she's always going to be victimized by everyone around her and will need to be handheld and babysat. She'll take a quick break to lecture us on some Very Important Social Issue... and then she'll go back to same old, same old. I mean, what else is sweet, perfect Christine gon do?

I don't know, I guess what we define as useful is different because Lauren, as a recurring character, was exactly what was needed for Mac/Billy/JT/Raul/Brittany/etc, provided a great setting with them, and also had time for romance with Paul and Michael, getting involved with Isabella, etc. Would I have loved more? Sure. But what she did I still remember and like. Granted, they've spent almost the last ten years giving her zero, so... If she ever went back to B&B, I think Bell would give her back her fangs. He managed a reset of sorts for Ashley as well, so I'm hoping he'd go back to a Lauren with personality.

You're welcome. Phyllis and Diane got involved several months earlier. Phyllis became jealous of Diane/Michael & the rest was history lol. The stuff with Victor and Jack came later. She and Jack were friends with benefits although I don't think Phyllis would have minded being more than that. lol SN actually made PB seem extremely hot and desirable. Phyllis and Michael did indeed make up before she left and... well, I'm not gonna put that out there. Loved your post except Lauren wasn't a bore when she returned, at all. In fact, 2002/2003 Lauren was extremely cool. She had fallen into this role of being the chill adult that the kids got advice and help from. I loved the setting of Fenmore's and having everyone work there. Lauren was the perfect character to do that and felt like a great progression of the character: More mature but still not out of touch with the younger ones. It's not until the Baldwins saddled her and started ridding her hard that Lauren ceased to exist as a person.

SN's last airdate was Feb. 22, 1999.

Jeff loved Fallon and wanted to be with her from the very first second he appeared on the show. Fallon didn't stay with Jeff, or even marry him, to produce heirs. She exchanged herself for Cecil's helping Blake with his financial problem but I do think she slowly grew to love him. I'm rewatching season 2 so I will get a more definite answer on that soon, in case memory doesn't serve me right. It wasn't about rebelling. Quite the opposite -- she loved Blake so much she sold herself to Cecil Colby for a few million dollars. She had the affair with Michael for the same reason she slept with every member of Blake's football team, among others: She was something of a hedonist. And he was hot, he was there, he wanted her, she was bored... So, ultimately, Jeff got the impression that she wasn't that into him because Fallon really just didn't like him. She found him boring, pathetic, and told him clearly that she only married him for the deal she made with Cecil. Oh, the time I can spend talking about Season 1 Fallon....

I spoke too soon! Samms has just appeared, crying, begging the police detective to help her. That's what I'm saying too!

No, she hasn't appeared yet. It's towards the end of season 5 and they didn't show her.

LAWD! Jeff spots supposedly dead, amnesiac Fallon in a picture of a rock concert taken by Lady "Dead Is Me" Ashley! The insanity!

I've been re-rewatching Season 1 over the past few days and, once again, I am stunned at how marvelously it's constructed, how well everything fits together. I marvel at all the surprising character connections, the rich, well-developed arcs, the simple beauty of it all. Just gorgeous. By comparison, I'm continuing my Season 5 journey for the first time and, my God, the show just finds new depths of hell to sink into in every turn. Dex and Daniel's putrid undercover missions are done but only to be followed by yet another homoerotic and utterly ridiculous--visually--fight between Blake and Daniel, during which they manage to knock out the pilot and get their plane to crash. Of all the ways to do a crash (including bad weather that the show mentioned just two minutes ago), this is what they do? I guess anything to give Krystle a reason to forgive Blake, following her annual Carrington mansion walk-out, right?

OMG I immensely enjoyed that. LOOOL! He is easily in my top five sexiest men in the world.