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Rick and Mindy were engaged and celebrating in the last episode, "one year later." No word on if Phillip and Beth had remarried in the intervening year, or if Blake/Frank and Marina/Shayne had gotten engaged or married. And who knows? Maybe Ed and Holly returned married for Rick's wedding!

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Alina Adams continued GL on Twitter for a few years after the show was cancelled. Did anyone read it? It was sanctioned by P&G for about a year. I recollect Rick and Mindy married and then adopted Allie Fowler's son (from the AW continuation). Mindy found out she wasn't a Lewis after all. Toward the end, Roger Thorpe returned very much alive.

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So this is apparently Mart Hulswit's last episode, if we go by Soapcentral (which as always is a big question mark, given that they are 10-11 days off for Kristen Vigard's - I do have a feeling this episode was her last...if so, it was the perfect last scene for her...very pure and beautiful and innocent, the last day of hope and contentment before Morgan and Kelly returned to Springfield [and reality]). Not much of a last episode for a man who was on the show for over a decade, but oh well. This is also the end of the bizarre Ed/Vanessa relationship, which I guess was done just to move Ed toward being with a woman who had nothing in common with Rita (Maureen). It sure wasn't ever mentioned any after they split.

The second clip has several scenes that sum up this era's Vanessa perfectly - paranoid, delirious, and wild. Henry repeatedly shutting her down as she rollercoasters from demanding he fire a servant to accusing Barbara Norris of spewing poison in his ear is hilarious, as is her warning a befuddled Mike to stay off her "turf" when he tries to give advice in his best Bauer manner.

Other highlights include breathy recast Jackie being an idiot for plot purposes, Justin being hot, Carrie introducing herself to yet more people, and the potential of a Mike/Trish romance that sadly never came to pass (imagine the conflict once Alan showed an interest in her). She also says she can't wait for him to meet her father and brothers, even though not long after this they claimed Josh was estranged from the family...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stutATfpry8&list=UU1SN29flGTjicPnAzxJM28A&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZkbd_zVn8&index=1&list=UU1SN29flGTjicPnAzxJM28A

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Looks like Mart wasn't gone quite yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-VL1KIKwZc

I never knew Kelly's father was on this show. Keith Charles played one of Hope's college professors about 5 years before this, and I think he went on to play a younger Brandon Spaulding a few years after this. He was also on ATWT in several periods. I guess someone at P&G was a fan.

So Ed and Vanessa got back together that fast? He really could be a pushover at times. Looks like she's got the eye for skeevy Tony though. I laughed when Maeve was awkwardly holding her huge hat in front of her belly.

Kristen was still playing Morgan at this time, apparently. When will Jennifer appear? Any minute, any day! Fun to wait and see, I guess. I'm glad to get to see more of Kristen's work.

I love Bert's sour, sour face when Ed mentions Vanessa.

I really did not like Tony at this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6HBfAbKfBs&list=UU1SN29flGTjicPnAzxJM28A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlQotjz5z64&list=UU1SN29flGTjicPnAzxJM28A

Mike is so awkward around Trish. It's sweet. And Vanessa is shameless, rifling through Mike's things when he's in the room.

And this would also be a nice final scene for Kristen, if it's her last.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRwnuvdkoLE

So the Kristen Vigard Farewell Tour continues...

Tony sure spends a lot of time telling women how they're supposed to feel and what they're supposed to do.

I did like the scene where he and Katie remarked on all the rich and famous people wandering around the hospital. Nice meta moment on the absurdity of so many tycoons on a soap.

I wonder if this was the last period of time time Philip even saw Jackie alive. If so how sad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-kH3w9rdb8

I guess with Kelly clothed, Mike had to lead up the beefcake brigade.

They barely show Vanessa, but what they do show suggests a Star Wars robe.

I think Trish is wearing Rita's old coverup...I wonder if that weirded Ed out.

I remember reading that Doug Marland wanted to write typical young married couple problems for Scotty and Laura on GH, which he didn't really get to do for long. I guess he transferred some of that to Kelly and Morgan.

I guess this is also keeping up the Mart Hulswit Farewell Tour.

Stir that pot, Nola. I enjoy this. The goofier side of Nola was sometimes a little much for me. I kind of enjoy the trashier side of Gracie too.

Seeing Vanessa, or Vanessa's head and shoulders, in the midst of Bauer Power continues to be surreal.

I really liked Derek.

Nice to see all this Carrie/Ross material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxDKYGGdR-w&list=UU1SN29flGTjicPnAzxJM28A

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