We're only about fifteen minutes into the show today and I'm already enjoying it so much more than yesterday's show(which I felt really down on), and I'm even into the 1968 story a little more, which I am very off/on with. For some reason, even though I think the flirting with RexBo is odd and I don't really like it, I think I really like Farah as Emma Bradley, and I like Loyita Chapel as the younger Renee. Heck I even enjoy Catherine Hickland as Olympia, they all are so interesting to me especially when they share scenes with BoAsa and RexBo.

I re-watched the Cord/Tina scenes the other day and I must say I LOVED them!!! Tina's been better for me since Mendorra ended.

I'm even liking the Tess story because of how much it digs into history.

That couple lost all fan interest ages ago. And while I enjoyed Adriana in her final months, and will enjoy seeing her again, I felt she was just another classic example of the "exiting actor suddenly becomes the fans' favorite person" syndrome, which had merit here but has also grown so very tiresome.

I agree with that. Same thing happened on Y&R with Sabrina/Raya Meddine.

I'm totally nitpicking about the breakdown (See, PhoenixRising? We do it with OLTL too! LOL!), but did anyone else think John walking in on Charlie/Roxy was a weird tag? Why not just go out on the Charlie/Roxy hug, and have John come in at the top of the next scene?

Well, I totally got sucked into the second half. LOVED seeing John grin from ear to ear for a change, loved Dorian/Blair, thought the intercutting of the time travel story was really well-edited. I know I nitpicked before, but this was much stronger than yesterday's show.

Olympia should NOT be at the Buchanan ranch back in 1968. She cheated on Asa around the time Bo was conceived and while he and Clint were young, Asa found out about her affairs and he divorced her and banished her away from the family and the country. She did not reunite with the Buchanans until the early 80s when she randomly encountered Bo in Europe. Bo and Clint were in their 30s/40s by then. Asa locked her away and kept her hidden AFTER she came to Llanview and tried to cause trouble for him and reunite with her sons. None of that happened in Texas in the 60s.

Not only that, but if I'm not mistaken, Olympia spoke with a European accent, one which I couldn't detect even a faint whiff of from CH yesterday.

I figured Olympia picked up the accent after ending up in Europe, where if I'm not mistaken is where she was found as "Nicole Bonard."

I would have preferred Lindsay as Renee anyway, since I didn't think we need Bobby's real-life wife in those scenes. Lindsay/Bo could still have had scenes as Renee/Asa, and you could still have the moment with Shane/Spencer and Lindsay/Renee and the watergun. I just didn't see the point of bringing Olympia into the mix in the first place.

I still would like to know, too, how this all happens in Paris (Texas), yet, Asa's ranch was in Arizona (and how do I know this? From the 1988 time-travel storyline, of course, lol); and Clint and Maria met and fell in love while she was in El Paso.

Edited August 14, 200817 yr by Khan

Well, they're not actually in Paris; Bo and Rex have said it's some ways away. They're just in Texas, not Paris, TX.

I just figured Asa had several ranches.

I still would like to know, too, how this all happens in Paris (Texas), yet, Asa's ranch was in Arizona (and how do I know this? From the 1988 time-travel storyline, of course, lol); and Clint and Maria met and fell in love while she was in El Paso.

this story has been one big clusterf--k. It worked for the 2 days of hte anniversary shows bc 1968 represented the 40 years the show has been on the air but dragging this out has rewritten history and opened up so many holes and inconsistencies. One thing, I praised Ron C for was his knowledge and respect for history and this story either makes it as if he doesnt know much about it or simply doesnt care

I still would like to know, too, how this all happens in Paris (Texas), yet, Asa's ranch was in Arizona (and how do I know this? From the 1988 time-travel storyline, of course, lol); and Clint and Maria met and fell in love while she was in El Paso.

It was Clint's ranch which was in Arizona. He moved there and became a newspaperman after leaving his father's following the Maria debacle. That's where Joe Riley found him and brought him to Llanview. Asa's ranch has always been in Texas.

Oops, lol. I stand corrected. Thanks, jinx!!!!

As far as WHY the actors and characters are set up in the 1968 story the way they were, I think it goes like this:

Lindsay = Olympia: The "crazy" love interest for Bo/Asa

Dallas/Loyita = Renee: Loyita was used in the original time travel storyline in 1988 (as Blaize Buchanan), so they echoed it by working her into this one.

Jared = Clint, Natalie = Maria: Young lovers that the Buchanans don't want to be together. Clint/Maria as a side-story in 1968 explains some backstory on Cord to newer viewers, since he is making appearances now. The history on Cord's conception was only talked about in the 80s, never seen on-screen, so this is an illustration of how it happened.

Bo = Asa: To have Bo walk a mile in Asa's shoes and understand his father better, knowing there were reasons why Asa did the things he did, and why he was the way he was.

Rex = Bo: Surrogate son to Bo, and Matthew would have been too young for the ages to match the history of 1968.

Gigi = Emma: To prove Rex/Gigi's love spans time and space, and potentially to explain that David is a Buchanan because BO fathered him, not Asa. Maybe that's a spot of history that Emma left out, and lied that Asa was the father because Emma would have preferred Asa to be the father instead of Bo. It could be a way to make Bo David's father without Bo necessarily having chosen to sleep with Emma those years ago.

Shane = Spencer: To maintain the Gigi/Emma continuity and to explain Emma's lifestyle's influence on Spencer.

Nigel = Chuck: Nigel was the "new" right-hand man to Asa, where Chuck was the original.

I think that covers most of the major ones.

Eh, maybe this 1968 story isn't so bad after all.

The 1968 story wouldn't be bad if it were a separate special done on SOAPnet or (gasp) ABC primetime. This is the type of thing that you do on the side, not work into the show. "Dallas" did a similar type of thing where they explained the history of the Ewings and Barneses, but they aired it as a special TV movie. It turns up on CMT eeeeeeeeeeeeeevery now and then (along with the reunion movies).