19 minutes ago, Daytime Watcher said:

Well, she was in the Matthews house for Russ and Tracey's wedding reception in 1980. Don't know why else she would have visited up to the Christmas scene.

That's cool. I didn't remember she had attended the wedding reception.

11 hours ago, Tisy-Lish said:

Regarding the December 24, 1984 episode: Wow, Rachel at the Matthews house?? I bet Rachel hadn't had a scene on that set in at least a decade. LOL.

On Christmas Eve, Rachel was at the house to clean up and redecorate the house after Aunt Liz’s Christmas tree had started a fire in the house on the previous Friday cliffhanger. Mark Singleton was in a wheelchair and walked when he saved someone in the house from the fire. I’m thinking it might have been Kevin Thatcher he rescued.

19 minutes ago, watson71 said:

On Christmas Eve, Rachel was at the house to clean up and redecorate the house after Aunt Liz’s Christmas tree had started a fire in the house on the previous Friday cliffhanger. Mark Singleton was in a wheelchair and walked when he saved someone in the house from the fire. I’m thinking it might have been Kevin Thatcher he rescued.

I understand all that, because I was watching the show back in 1984. I was just commenting on how unusual it was to see Rachel in the Matthews' (a family she previously hated) house. But I do understand the situation on that Christmas eve.

Edited Saturday at 02:45 PM1 day by Tisy-Lish

This is a very silly coincidence, but TCM is showing King's Row right now, and I was thinking about the fact that two of its stars have a connection to Another World -- Ann Sheridan, who played Katharine Corning, and Bob Cummings, whose son (by his third wife) Tony played Rick Halloway -- when Parris (Bob Cummings) suddenly said to Drake (Ronald Reagan):

"Dr Tower said something once: each of us live in multiple worlds."

The echo of "we do not live in this world alone but in a thousand other worlds" made me laugh.

On 1/16/2026 at 8:06 AM, Tisy-Lish said:

Wow, Rachel at the Matthews house?? I bet Rachel hadn't had a scene on that set in at least a decade.

I know Rachel and Russ lived there together with Jim and Mary early in their marriage. Did they move out together before their marriage broke up? I know nothing Russ provided for her was ever good enough for Rachel but I can't remember whether they had their own place.

2 hours ago, Xanthe said:

I know Rachel and Russ lived there together with Jim and Mary early in their marriage. Did they move out together before their marriage broke up? I know nothing Russ provided for her was ever good enough for Rachel but I can't remember whether they had their own place.

Yes, Russ and Rachel eventually moved into their own apartment, and were there until their marriage ended. At that point, Russ moved out and I assume Rachel and Jamie stayed there -- at least for a while.

7 hours ago, Tisy-Lish said:

Yes, Russ and Rachel eventually moved into their own apartment, and were there until their marriage ended. At that point, Russ moved out and I assume Rachel and Jamie stayed there -- at least for a while.

Thanks. That surprised me at first because I was assuming that the apartment would have been modest, but I see from the AWHP synopses that Rachel managed to get them into an apartment beyond their means and that was where they were when Russ left. There are references to her using the money Jim and Mary had given them for Jamie, and thinking about earning money by having baby Jamie get into modeling! But it looks like she and Russ had moved into a more modest apartment in the spring of 1969 and about a year later Rachel arranged the move to the "luxury" apartment.