She's not just tweaking. In the current Soap Opera Digest (dated May 24, 2011, page 4), Cady says she was approached about returning as soon as Lorraine Broderick took over. They taped her scenes last week and inserted them into this episode.

Exactly my point.

I just watched today's episode. Haven't even been reading spoilers (about whether Dixie would be alive or not) OMG! I was thrilled! Dixie lives!!!!

Also. Does anyone think like me...That Jane Campbell is *gasp* JANET?!

I mean the clues fit.

Janet didn't like Erica much.

Janet hated Dixie

Janet went by Jane Cox that time that she first had plastic surgery.

Jane (Ferica) said 'I was in a room with 4 walls and a cot' and Dixie is in a room just like that.

Janet had her before.

And...to top it all off. If she releases Dixie now. It's gonna ruin her daughter's marriage to Jake. Cause Cara will go back to him!

It just points to JFAP.

Also. Does anyone think like me...That Jane Campbell is *gasp* JANET?!

I mean the clues fit.

Janet didn't like Erica much.

Janet hated Dixie

Janet went by Jane Cox that time that she first had plastic surgery.

Jane (Ferica) said 'I was in a room with 4 walls and a cot' and Dixie is in a room just like that.

Janet had her before.

And...to top it all off. If she releases Dixie now. It's gonna ruin her daughter's marriage to Jake. Cause Cara will go back to him!

It just points to JFAP.

Janet liked Erica. The two were friends in the mid 90s. When Janet returned in 2005, she was happy that Amanda was working for Erica. Erica taking an interest in her and mentoring Amanda, probably scored points with Janet last year when she followed her modelling career

Janet also didnt hate Dixie. She loved her. Back in 2006, she kept talking about Dixie as if they were best friends.

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Huh. I always got a feeling she couldn't stand Dixie.

Huh. I always got a feeling she couldn't stand Dixie.

That was back in the mid 90s after she was exposed and Dixie tried to run her out of town. Janet eventually reformed and was redeemed in the eyes of most in PV and I beleive they patched things up. Here's a clip fo Janet from her 2006 return talking about Dixie.

Janet: "Im the only one here that really gives a hoot about Dixie. Have you ever thought to yourself WWDD? What would Dixie do?" LOL

LOL. Well then it's probably not Janet who has her then.

Could be Madden though. Another back from the dead...At least Tad wouldn't be a murderer anymore!

okay then how would you explain her greeting Palmer in heaven? Dont you think its best to ignore that without coming up with some convoluted reason to explain that away?

How about a radical concept of... YOU KEEP HER DEAD!

Okay this was all I needed to read. We're never going to agree on this because I totally believe in checking out once you've given your two weeks. Not intentionally screwing up mind you, but the last two weeks but when you're done, you're done.

Then check out immediately. If you don't have consideration for those among you who ARE invested during those final two weeks, do everyone a favor and check the hell out NOW rather than having them deal with the sloppiness you're adding. Again, it's a selfish theory. Same for the shows. If you've been given time that didn't have to be given to take the show out with a modicum of respect for the fans who have been invested for 41 years, RESPECT THEM. Don't just write sht because "who cares?! It's over, anyway!"

As for the rest of what you said, we'll only be able to judge how this ends, once it ends. Everything on screen now is in a state of flux, so it's pointless to freak out over whether this is a "tweak" or not. Especially when we're talking about a five second scene last year where Dead Palmer "played" by an actually dead actor was welcomed to "heaven" by perpetually dead/undead Dixie. That scene was just a nice bit of fluff to acknowledge the connection between Dixie and Palmer. Not the GPS locator on Dixie's soul.

This is what kills me. A gesture, which was done in an attempt to play on and respect viewers' knowledge of the show's history, is all of a sudden disregarded... Then trivialized to a "bit of fluff." Yet, if Dixie didn't usher Palmer into heaven, there would be screams and screams of "WHY WOULD DIXIE SHOW UP IN HEAVEN FOR J.R., APPEAR TO TAD... BUT NOT FOR PALMER?!?!? Oooooh, THOSE WHITEWASHING, PROPPING, FRONS LOVING HACKS!!!" And you know this to be true, because it's happened on lesser occasions. "Kendall had was in 32 comas! Has anybody ever thought to call Alice Hart?!"

So it can't be "Oh, we pay homage to history... but history doesn't matter."

Sorry but that is just not the place to stake out the "going out with dignity" battle.

Says who? You? When a show has FOUR MONTHS LEFT ON THE AIR, when the hell is it "the time to stake out the 'going out with dignity' battle?"

They'll explain Dixie's ghost the same way they did Jesse's... by not addressing it. I am not sure why some of you are expecting that?

Because Jesse's ghost was only seen by Tad. Dixie's ghost has been seen by Tad, Adam, JR, Kathy and Palmer. What do you propose...? Mass hysteria?

But it would be kind of fun if they did. Just think of it. Palmer ( now played by Lenny Platt from OLTL) is on a mission to prove that heaven Dixie is a fake. Guess that will have to be saved for Fanfic

There's only four months left so why does it matter? Palmer should dig himself out of his grave in the form of Daniel Kennedy.

Screw the Zendall fans going ballistic. LOL..no need to preface your thought

Finally. Something I can't argue! Zendall fans and their delusional antics have dominated this show long enough! Zach is a beast! Keep that organ harvester dead!

LOL. Well then it's probably not Janet who has her then.

Could be Madden though. Another back from the dead...At least Tad wouldn't be a murderer anymore!

I beleive she even tried to kill Di, bc Di had the nerve to try and masquerade as her friend Dixie...lol.

Edited to add: She did! Here's the clip

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So R are you back to watching AMC or are you just freaking out on principle because I think this is the most involved I've seen you in an AMC thread in months. I'm just wondering if it's because of the show of if you've just had a lot of coffee today.

A gesture, which was done in an attempt to play on and respect viewers' knowledge of the show's history, is all of a sudden disregarded... Then trivialized to a "bit of fluff."

Disregarded? Trivialized? Dude it was HEAVEN, not a Supreme Court decision! Are we really supposed to keep track of storylines about ghosts of dead characters in Heaven? Maybe you want to do that but I consider ghostly visits like dreams. I don't care if it's Jesse, Jenny, Maria or Dixie. If the character is "dead" at the time the visit doesn't count. Continuity doesn't apply to ghostly visits. Please don't make me explain why not. It's like trying to explain why time travel doesn't count. If you want to work by a different set of rules obviously that's your prerogative.

Edited May 18, 201114 yr by marceline

Disregarded? Trivialized? Dude it was HEAVEN, not a Supreme Court decision! Are we really supposed to keep track of storylines about ghosts of dead characters in Heaven? Maybe you want to do that but I consider ghostly visits like dreams. I don't care if it's Jesse, Jenny, Maria or Dixie. If the character is "dead" at the time the visit doesn't count. Continuity doesn't apply to ghostly visits. Please don't make me explain why not. It's like trying to explain why time travel doesn't count. If you want to work by a different set of rules obviously that's your prerogative.

Don't make you explain...?

Explain away...

I'm coming from a position of believing in writing up to the viewers' intelligence. Not down to their stupidity. If you tell a story that a character has died... and have spent numerous revisits of the character telling the audience the character is still dead... then the character should remain dead. I don't understand what's so complicated about that. Does the audience want to see Tad with Dixie again, or do they want to see Michael Knight with Cady McClain? The answer to that is simply recast Dixie if TPTB thought Cady was too much to deal with. Don't kill her off. But the character has been killed off and the Tad and Dixie fans have come to accept it and her ghostly visits as part of their story, so leave it be.

LMAO at Kendall's reaction to Fakerica when she told her to let her know when she decides to go public HILARIOUS!

I love that Kendall accepted Ricky's proposal! I thought that last scene was brilliantly played by Alicia & Eddie. Kendall sneaking glances at Zach's picture; the way she was crying, you know it was because she didn't want to do it & was thinking about Zach, but to Ricky she was most likely crying because she was overwhelmed with joyous glee & emotion or something. LOL

I'm so glad Erica doesn't act the way Generica thinks she does. I wouldn't be able to stand Erica. There really is a clear contrast, Erica is so much more reserved and to herself than she used to be. She's not exactly over the fame, etc, but not as into it anymore as Janerica seems to think.

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It was *really* subtle, but the way Jane grinned and said to Jack, "You're so good to me!" really tickled me.

Cady says she was approached about returning as soon as Lorraine Broderick took over. They taped her scenes last week and inserted them into this episode.

More on this:

We were in discussion, talking about the length of time - but it was going to be in the year type category as opposed to the months or days category, which considering my history with the show, was validating. To be wanted back was a really great feeling in and of itself. Still, I had some conflict about it. Moving to Los Angeles and the commitment of it was going to be a massive life change. When we first starting talking about it, there were rumors about the show potentially getting canceled. A couple of weeks into the agents and lawyers doing what they do, my agent called me up and said, "All My Children and One Life To Live was just canceled. I guess we don't have to worry about this contract anymore." {laughs}. I was just like, "What??" It was shocking and crazy, and I just think I was in shock for awhile. {laughs}.

http://www.popstar.com/News/Celebrity/Article/1203

If you tell a story that a character has died... and have spent numerous revisits of the character telling the audience the character is still dead... then the character should remain dead.

Yep.