Contessa Donatella

RonC says upfront not to take the show seriously. Scab writers are saying & doing everything seriously. Scab writers are hitting more dramatic beats, every day, with just about every character. There's not nearly as much of this thing where it seems to be different times of day in Salem. Pace is better. Balance is somewhat better but still off. Dialog is about 80% better. Showing the relationships between people is at least 110% better. Now, the show was even better than this when Ari/Nicole was carrying the show dramatically every day. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. @AbcNbc247 do you have anything to add?

I think you hit the spot. They didn't want to. Why would they? They're just trying to get the show on the air, hope to get a renewal & continue on & they see these people as what they are, actors in need of a job & in like fashion they need actors. Works out swimmingly. They don't have a responsibility to continue characters from another show.

Something or somethings about the scene were definitely ominous. I imagine that they wanted to forecast what they were about to do, at the last minute.

Also add in Alexis & Sonny! No one usually gets beautiful obstacles!

If you ask me, it's pretty simple. GH has no story for Maria. GH has story for Blaze's mom. Beautiful, a solid actress, right ethnicity, what's not to love?!

Nicolas Coster, if he were alive today might disagree with you.

Huh? Julie's dead ex??? Probably meant HIS dead ex's house, but it was never Addie's house!

Let's see. How many women has he bedded? How many children does he have by different women? How irresistible is he? Has any woman resisted him? How virile? How fertile? Do they or do they not chem test him with EVERY female just in case? I think the picture accurately portrays the way the show sees Sonny. And, you come along & point it out! Observant to the last image.

Yes, I can certainly see that she was underwritten. They could have done better.

LOL a lot, but nope. See below. YOU initiated.

It took something like that to elevate Lily!

I have no problem agreeing to disagree.

Gee, they shouldn't have a chance at jobs they're good for?!!

There was so much in the show that it seemed longer than an hour! Really dense, with images & imagery & sights & sounds & meaning & many many people, although maybe that's an illusion. Anyway, totally worth the time & I grabbed it so now I have it even if there's a YT purge! So competitive! I know who I would want on my team for Trivial Pursuit!

I wish NBC had lived up to their promise to the Dobsons & fired Anne Howard Bailey for them & there would never have been any lock-out or lawsuits! NBC had one chance to do the right thing & they blew it.

Isn't it great?!!!

Oh, no, it's starting again!!! 🙉🙈🙊

Thank you for your source. That's what we all thought the instant she went Fi-Core status! (And, hoped.)

I even specifically asked if she'd been spotted at the studio. (No.) Of course, that isn't definitive. She wouldn't have to be there to write. I've wanted her to be there. Do you really know she is, or are you just putting analytical hopefulness into high gear? I'm not looking for spec. Is what you're saying all your spec?

Definitely agree! We are getting more actual drama almost every day! That was one actor where I had to hold down the Minority Rapport on! Really seriously disliked him. All around me people falling all over themselves wanting them to redeem him. HUH?!!! Also agree about their making more than one person suspicious in wondering who the mole is. Like very much!

Looking frantically at keyboard for the brain recovery key.

Albert Alarr at first. Maybe to clarify ... Albert Alarr did what some EPs do some of the time & that was to abuse their power & become de facto HWs. His doing so had zero to do with the strike. He was already doing it before the strike. Since he wasn't a writer he did not go out on strike & going by things where it's known if he did them, we know that he kept on doing so at least some during the strike. But, also, scab writers definitely wrote the show during the strike. No one knows who. I tried, again, to find out just last week. No luck. We are still watching scab-written DAYS episodes.

GL Peapack also did.

My favorite pen is the TUL bold point. My second favorite pen is the Pentel EnerGel Liquid Gel Ink .7 pen & they now sell a 3-pack that has 3 different purples in it. 🎤[drop]