1 hour ago, Paul Raven said:

Does anyone know more about the casting of Dr Mark Dante?

James Yorke was cast in August 76 but it seems he only lasted a few episodes before Michael Delano took over,

I still think it's funny how the guy who played sleazy lounge singer Johnny Venture on "Rhoda" also played Dr. Mark Dante on GH, lol.

Aw, damn it, the 1986 episodes are gone. Well, that sucks.

21 minutes ago, Franko said:

Aw, damn it, the 1986 episodes are gone. Well, that sucks.

That's a shame. I've really been enjoying your writeups, even as I kept meaning to reply to the last commentary. I wish Celia had had a more memorable exit. At least she wasn't killed off, I guess.

5 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

That's a shame. I've really been enjoying your writeups, even as I kept meaning to reply to the last commentary. I wish Celia had had a more memorable exit. At least she wasn't killed off, I guess.

Thank you very much. I guess my writeups are the very last victim of the Laurelton Murders.

For what it's worth, March 3-7, 1986, wasn't a terrible week. It had great work from Finola Hughes and Jackie Zeman as Anna and Bobbie work their way from antagonism and angst over the prolonged murder investigation to respect and support. It helps that Bobbie and Jake ended the week having apparently found Terry's medallion, which would make it likely that she wasn't the killer after all. As for Terry, she spent most of the week in a coma after inhaling that gas.

And we even got the return of Dan Rooney, who helped confirm that Terry and the gas was an accident rather than a legitimate suicide attempt. Dan came to Anna's office announcing himself as a commissioner, and until I looked up that he was working as a buildings commissioner, I straight-up thought that Robert and/or Lee just completely did whatever they felt like with the PCPD hierarchy on their way out.

Speaking of the police, Frisco and Sam's activity this week included discovering that a longtime officer's a dirty cop. Perhaps the show was testing the waters for the Burt reveal? I also wondered if we were going to get a fakeout over Capt. Lewis being a bad guy after all.

Let's see ...

-- Kevin played the devoted husband for most of this week, insisting that if Terry died, it's because Anna killed her, and also punching out Patrick after once again being reminded of Valentine's Day 1983. Patrick had a good point, that he's apologized enough and eventually, if Kevin and Terry's marriage doesn't work, it's between them, not him.

-- Guy Mack and Kimberly McCullough had an adorable moment where they're in the background of a scene and Patrick is just charmed as hell by Robin.

-- Robin, Mike, AJ, and Jason all apparently go to the same school, which is STILL having furnace issues. Fix it or condemn it! Edward does his usual curmudgeon thing about the boys being home/school being closed, and Lila points out that he had private tutors during his youth. For whatever reason, I assumed Edward wasn't born into money, that he was self-made.

-- Mike runs away from home -- AGAIN -- and hides out in the park with Jeff. The Webbers and Derek really needed some family counseling.

-- And out of nowhere, we get a quick scene with Bryan and Willie's mom, setting up a will they or won't they?

On 3/6/2026 at 2:19 PM, Franko said:

Aw, damn it, the 1986 episodes are gone. Well, that sucks.

That does suck! I wish ABC would just be cool and let us watch them on YouTube since they won’t do anything about airing them again!

21 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

That does suck! I wish ABC would just be cool and let us watch them on YouTube since they won’t do anything about airing them again!

I suspect they'll be back at some point, in which case I'll resume my watch-alongs. If I felt like it, I could just watch the Laurelton and Sean Swindles the Quartermaines stories on their own, but I prefer full episodes because it gives you a better idea of what was dominating the show during a given week, along with the element of surprise (like that brief moment with Bryan and his would-be fling).

Also, this feels like a good place to vent about the forced humor in 1986 Soap Opera Digest recaps. If you have to strain that much to make a joke, it wasn't very funny to begin with.

Well, it seems reports of my watch-along's demise were premature. I'll give a full recap on March 3-7, 1986, in the next day or so.

The uploader said this won't be up for long. The opening of the Haunted Star.

General Hospital April 6 1982 W/original ABC commercials

One of the first lines being Ruby saying, "I'll tell you how I got off if you tell me," is certainly a jolt.

I wonder why they didn't have Luke's psychic powers return when they had that silly psychic warfare story with Helena and Chloe. Maybe Tony told them hell no.

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I still find that big climax of the David Grey story so wild lol. I've only seen bits and pieces of it but I never forgot that scene. Just bonkers.

I think it was Ron who had them mention 'the Treasures of Malkuth' in a local museum exhibit some years ago, or maybe it was the latest team. Another little cheap nostalgia hit, yes, but it amused me to reference the story at all with Grey and the Sword of Malkuth.