Yes. She has MUCH more range than Miguel had. I'm over his departure now.

Ashley IS "snooty" to a lot of people, though. She's a social-class person...she looked down on Gloria and Tom for some of the same reasons she looks down on Estella. snob....

Only Gloria deserves to be treated like the trailer trash she is.

You free Lauren from Michael, and I bet Tracey gets let go. Her episode appearances are way down and she is constantly being written out for weeks at a time. You don't see her as a CEO or Fenmore's anymore. She isn't even shown in her boutique. You don't see her as a mother to Fen. Maria Bell doesn't seem that interested in writing for Tracey or Lauren.

They need to free Michael and Lauren from the neverending story of covering and bailing out their family and Phyllis. That has been their only story for years now and has been played out everyway imaginable.

I would like to see Lauren edgy again, so I think she needs a rival. Christine used to bring that side out in her, but nobody does anymore except Sharon lately and Lauren was used more as a tool for the Sharon/Phyllis rivalry that setting up any real rivaly between Lauren and Sharon.

Did you all see, on Sharon's phone, close to the top of her address book, was "C. Blair". THAT was interesting to see....

Only Gloria deserves to be treated like the trailer trash she is.

Provocateur.

It does not take away from the fact that Ashley gets...disdainful. With Diane. With Gloria. With Nikki. With Estella. Snobbishness is one of her consistent negtive traits.

Edited May 6, 200916 yr by MarkH

Yes. She has MUCH more range than Miguel had. I'm over his departure now.

Ashley IS "snooty" to a lot of people, though. She's a social-class person...she looked down on Gloria and Tom for some of the same reasons she looks down on Estella. snob....

I love Estella. Could be because I always hated Saint Ashley who could steal sperm and still get the proverbial pass from most of her family and even Victor. When John called her "My Beauty" while referring to Tracy as "Pumpkin" I always cringed.

I think the actress who plays Estella is good. No way is she gaslighting Ashley. It is too obvious, and I feel genuine outrage and hurt when Ashley is accusing her. I remember when they gave Miguel that one story where he dated the maid who was the nutty ex of Nikki's current husband Joshua Landers. I loved the story of Nikki getting shot and the deathbed wedding and Victor's quickie divorce from Diane, but watching Miguel actually in his own little story was painful. I was relieved when he went back to serving the family.

Edited May 6, 200916 yr by lmfan

Did you all see, on Sharon's phone, close to the top of her address book, was "C. Blair". THAT was interesting to see....

Provocateur.

It does not take away from the fact that Ashley gets...disdainful. With Diane. With Gloria. With Nikki. With Estella. Snobbishness is one of her consistent negtive traits.

You know I was never a big fan of Cricket's, but I could see her doing some good back on the canvas now especially if they move forward with the Paul and Nikki romance. Lauren will always dislike her, so she would let Lauren be snarky. And Heather is a joke as the ADA. I always bought Christine in court and she worked well off CLB. I would rather Christine be the new DA than Heather.

I agree. Ashley has always been a snob, even towards her little sister.

A big HELL NO to Christine Blair coming back.

A big HELL NO to Christine Blair coming back.

Normally I would say no, but she is better than watching Heather as ADA. And she might give some story to characters that desperately need some story, namely Paul and Lauren. I doubt she would eat the show like she did when her father was writing.

Edited May 6, 200916 yr by lmfan

You know I was never a big fan of Cricket's, but I could see her doing some good back on the canvas now especially if they move forward with the Paul and Nikki romance. Lauren will always dislike her, so she would let Lauren be snarky. And Heather is a joke as the ADA. I always bought Christine in court and she worked well off CLB. I would rather Christine be the new DA than Heather.

I agree. Ashley has always been a snob, even towards her little sister.

Your post made me remember the headline in 2008 that Cricket would be returning for something. I think most everyone thought it would be for Kay's funeral or something, but i wonder if it had to do with Paul's rumored death. I also wonder if her decision to not come back had anything to do with TPTB's choice to kill Brad rather than Paul.

I'm glad for Doug, either way, cause he's less castable than Don, IMO.

Lauralee Bell decided that she wasn't ready to come back, though she said she would in the future, especially if the story was right.

I haven't said enough about Estella - she's a wonderful add to the show and very believable. Anne Betancourt, who plays her, holds her own against anyone and everyone on the show. I hope they develop her even more. With Rafe being Estella's nephew, if she does get fired it'd be cool to see a wrongful-termination lawsuit. With all the maddness going on at Victoria Principal's house, i'm sure they could mine some gold out out of this classic upstairs/downstairs set-up.

And Ashley would never have been so rude to Mamie!

ITA. I'm loving Estella in this gaslighting Ashley story. I have started watching regularly because of this story. I like how they have slowly built up the antagonist relationship between Estella and Ashley. Ashley is not wrong to suspect Estella. Whoever is doing in has access to the house and property, Estella has access to Sabrina's things and Estella does not like Ashley. But of course, Estella is obviously innocent. Ashley is so financially secure that she cannot comprehend that Estella would not do something like this out of spite because she cannot afford to lose her job. When all is said and done, I hope we get a scene of Ashley eating humble pie and apologizing for her accusations. This story rocks.

Only Gloria deserves to be treated like the trailer trash she is.

Lauralee Bell decided that she wasn't ready to come back, though she said she would in the future, especially if the story was right.

She said she would come back if Doug had a good story and she was needed for his story. She doesn't want to just be used for one or two appearances for a special event. We all know the end game will be Victor and Nikki, so instead of having Nikki leave someone for Victor, maybe have Paul leave her for his true love. They could play this out for awhile since Paul is a decent guy and he has been friends with Nikki forever.

Edited May 6, 200916 yr by lmfan

Who's Likey?

LOL. I always loved Charles Nelson Reilly and Bret. My favorite game show as a kid.

ITA. I'm loving Estella in this gaslighting Ashley story. I have started watching regularly because of this story. I like how they have slowly built up the antagonist relationship between Estella and Ashley. Ashley is not wrong to suspect Estella. Whoever is doing in has access to the house and property, Estella has access to Sabrina's things and Estella does not like Ashley. But of course, Estella is obviously innocent. Ashley is so financially secure that she cannot comprehend that Estella would not do something like this out of spite because she cannot afford to lose her job. When all is said and done, I hope we get a scene of Ashley eating humble pie and apologizing for her accusations. This story rocks.

We haven't gotten humble pie served to anyone except Gloria. Chloe, IMO, never really did the sorry thing. Nor did Jill for all her attempts to deny Kay her name. I'd like Ash to get some a la' mode!