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Following coverage of Anne’s passing reaffirms my detest for the term, “brain dead”. It is so crass.

This makes me ache. I was already looking forward to her triumphant interview of redemption on the other side of this. Anne has suffered so much from a very early age and it’s heartbreaking and infuriating to see how the effects of childhood abuse can be utterly inescapable. I wish Anne and her family and friends, as well as the victims of the accident, peace and healing. This is rough.

Jada the thirsty, slow down, you just got here. All of this.

ITA with you and @ironlion but I understand how times have changed just as my own life and viewing habits have changed. As someone who used to be home all day when AMC and OLTL were still around (posting daily at SON), who is now someone who often works six days a week, twelve hour days at that, I have found comfort in creating my own viewing routine out of necessity. I’ve been watching DOOL on Peacock and B&B on Paramount for months now, typically late at night as I eat dinner and get ready for bed. Add Judy Justice on FreeTV to the list. I’m watching DOOL live as I type this because I’m off on Mondays and too tired to run errands lol. But I do feel for people who can’t work streaming platforms into their budgets and will be missing their story airing 5x/week at 1pm. Not to sound selfish at all, but programs airing during daytime hours are simply no longer of use to me unless I can watch them elsewhere at night or on the weekends. I could invest in an expensive DVR package, but I know good and well shows would just pile up unwatched when I find it so simple to watch on my iPad that I can tote into the bathroom when I’m showering or shaving. It sucks to have to pay, but at least there is the option. This is much better than cancellation which would put so many people out of work.

I loved her as Katrina Stoneheart in Pound Puppies! I also appreciated her presence in that very different final season of Too Close for Comfort. She was a shining star here in D.C.’s theatre scene, notably for her collaborations with Michael Kahn at Shakespeare Theatre Company. I’ve been reading some lovely tributes on Facebook from actors she worked with back in the day.

Erica had a series of portraits. The first was a Lempicka inspired painting that hung above the stairs at Linden in its original grey and black color scheme. When the set was painted softer shades of mauve, that painting would later be replaced with one Jeremy painted. Erica made several moves, and that painting would turn up years later in Erica’s office at Enchantment. When Erica moved into her childhood dream home, David gave her a life size portrait to hang over the mantle. It was a photo of Susan in her Erica Kane doll dress as seen in this commercial:

The portrait of Robin’s Dorian is intended to be a different portrait from the Nancy/Claire one commissioned by Victor. It replaced the portrait of his late wife, Eugenia, in the Llanfair library. Cassie had the Robin portrait commissioned as a gift to her mother after Dorian bought Marty’s house out from under her and had it renovated.

How is Lucas Abigail's uncle? For me, my relationship with my sibling would take priority over my relationship with my spouse, so I always find it odd when Julie refers to Ciarra as her granddaughter. Did Julie take on a maternal role in Hope's life? I thought their relationship was actually pretty acrimonious back in the day? I would be very weirded out/damn livid if my sibling married my parent. How did this all play out back in the day and were there scenes where these characters "decided upon" the parameters of their positions as relatives to make it easier to understand for the children?

Li, you effing IDIOT! I hate it when characters are written to do such stupid things!

For me, it was years of seeing her name in print before ever hearing it spoken and I pronounced it “Caddie” in my head. That threw me too. I rewound to make sure I wasn’t imagining things. I wouldn’t be surprised by this. “Cady, Days wants you back… tomorrow. Courier is bringing you scripts tonight.”

While Robin Strasser could have played Erica Kane throughout the seventies into the early nineties, or Rachel Davis indefinitely, Susan Lucci never could have played Dorian Lord or Rachel. Victoria Wyndham could have served a delicious Dorian, but never an Erica. I would love to see Wyndham and Slezak opposite one another.

I am sad to see Tripp go. Maybe sadder that I’m happy for a fictional character to be getting out of this mess. Add my voice to the choir, killing off Abby is a short-sighted move and DOOL has played itself because death means nothing to its audience as it means nothing to the show itself. As an empathetic person, I may have a moment of emotional reaction watching a fellow human being mourn. But this show will never, ever touch the dramatic heights of Laura Cudahy, BJ Jones, Megan Gordon…

In its golden years, I think AMC was best at conveying a cozy hamlet comprised of unique, clearly drawn characters, some of them, the best quirky and comedic character portraits of any tv show.

Yeah me too. I was actually happy for Eric, but admittedly, I'm not a longtime viewer familiar with his infidelities.

Search for Kevin Sheffield videos and you may luck out.

Alexis does mention Jason leaving Sable for Frankie but that's the extent of it. I assumed they got their happily ever after.

JE had been a producer on Loving years earlier, I don't recall her being involved bts on The City. It seemed evident that MF wasn't happy with how The City was doing ratings wise. Michael Logan had interviewed her for TV Guide and when Morgan said she didn't know how the show was doing in the numbers, he added, "not at all convincingly." It was sad and disconcerting to see the big star of the show abandon ship. JE had been appearing on GH leading up to her transition onto TC. I think it was a good example of making lemonade. In terms of big ABC crossovers, Tracy worked better on TC than Rae did... anywhere. (Coincidentally, my favorite Rae scene is Tracy laying into her at the hospital over her relationship with Alan and Skye's parentage.) It's been a long time since I've watched TC, but JE is one of the best sparring partners in soaps. She and Carla were good at going at it.

Yes! I was like, "Donna got body-ody-ody..."

Maybe, I honestly don’t remember Brooke having scenes with her sisters. Hope and Deacon comprised her major support system. The last time I remember the Logan sisters all assembled was when they were discussing Flo’s place in the family and welcoming her into the business.

Capitol’s two leads were matriarchs. Best friends turned enemies, Myrna Graves Clegg and Clarissa Tyler McCandless. They had very different relationships with their children.

The last notable event that I can recall was her blink and you missed it budding romance with Carter. They did have scenes after that shriveled up and I know she made a few more appearances but I’m drawing a blank.

I was happy to learn that she’s still acting. She was only in the first season of Fifteen as Kelly. Kelly and her best frenemy Brooke (my favorite character) were the OG mean girls. Absolutely! You should definitely watch!

Coincidentally, SC and 15 both have 65 episode totals. SC aired 5 days/week like a traditional soap for one season, while Fifteen aired on Sunday afternoons over four seasons. I've debated if I should watch an episode of each, the same debate I've had with finally catching up on PP AMC and OLTL. I think I'll just focus and binge on one series at a time. I've also got to tackle the '80s primetime soaps that have become available before they, well, aren't.

I'm binging on season one at present. All four seasons have been uploaded to Freevee (formerly IMDbTV).

Tonight's cliffhanger did excite me if only for the flash of nostalgia. It would be fun if we got Caress as well, but I am so turned off by this version of Alexis that I don't particularly crave to see her relatives who were so excellently cast in the original. I am sorry to see the show cancelled. Admittedly, if I'm home on a Friday night, Dateline and 20/20 are going to get my eyeballs, I always tell myself I can just binge Dynasty at a later time. I guess it'll be even easier to catch up with now.