WTF!!!!!

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Frons backtracked later on to admit letting Dixie die was a mistake. This, I believe, was when Cady returned in spring 2008 to haunt Adam and to get Kate and Tad reunited. Basically I would imagine Megan pitched the idea, and he saw it as unloading an expensive contract of an actress inching closer to 40.

Yeah, and McTavish must do awesome pitches--because that seems to often be what gets her the work. I know there are many reports about her initial "rape Bianca and get her pregnant" (for lack of a better phrase) pitch that got her rehired, and I understand the politics of why many were offended by it, but it also made much better soap than the planned rape of Kendall--as uncomfortable as I am to admit that--and gave Bianca story at a time when networks were *still* too afraid to do much with gay characters beyond a coming out story.

Corley has mentioned about when they won the writing Emmy for AMC largely based around the 90s gay storyline. The network execs refused to really aknowledge the win at the after party and were extremely uncomfortable being seen as winning for a gay storyline--and it was a fight to keep Kevin on the canvas (of course when McTavish returned he quickly disappeared).

There has always been confusion over who cut the story for Brooke. Either way, Megan never wrote a romance for Brooke after Edmund because JB had the audacity (rolling my eyes) to voice her displeasure with Brooke becoming Edmund's doormat during their romance. I loved Edmund/Brooke, but watching it again on YT, I have noticed there were many conversations were Edmund would wax on and on, and Brooke would have just a simple response. It probably got old from an acting standpoint. Both times that Brooke and Adam were headed toward a romance, Megan was forced out in 95/96, and the next time it lead to JB's recurring offer. I don't think there is much love between the two.

It still irks me to know end how things ended with Brooke in 2006, and the years leading up to it. Grateful her story was eventually resolved, although it took the show near cancellation to do it, but it was an atrocity to let an actress with that talent sit idle for so many years and then to let her go in such an unceremonious way. I've been watching early 1994 episodes on youtube where Brooke and Tad were duking it out for Jamie's custody, and then her ectopic pregnancy... she is just absolutely amazing.

The community feeling was back, yes, but from me, the focus was too much on the Kanes. Although Erica was never my favorite character, I did believe she should be front and center, but the show lost balance. The MC story suffered from not knowing who was the killer, and she the baby switch story went on for far too long. KWAK and Babe=Love were enough to make me vomit. Additionally, the show was just in such bad condition from Rayfield/Cascio that almost any seasoned writer could have made it better at that point.

Just for the record--while I was thrilled to have a sense of the show back, I agree with nearly all of this. And AMC had been in rough shape ever since Nixon left from her brief Bianca storyline return--Passanante was a mess, having 4 months with no HW when she left to ATWT during rumours she was being fired was a mess, Culliton seemed plagues, either his own fault or interference, by dropped stories and characters, and then Rayfield/Cascio whose work, even the times I enjoyed it (and I did sometimes) felt so completely none Pine Valley.

This thread is a hot spot for people to say things they shouldn't admit to tonight.

My iPod's name is Thaddeus.

There's something else I shouldn't admit to.

Every time Eric mentions Hal Corley, I picture Steven Carrington.

I'm surprised Brooke was never suicidal, though. She was always getting dumped...or when she would land a man, he either be a kiddie pornographer or the guy that drunk drove and killed her daughter!

Lord.

I guess I shouldn't feel bad about my own love life now. Thanks, Brooke. LOL

The feeling's mutual! I guess with me and McTavish I don't think she deserves the scorn of, say, Pratt or Passanante (and I actually did like Pratt's first few months)--while it may not balance it out, she did provide me with a lot of stuff I love about AMC and the more I hear about he writing room in the 1990s and after, I don't think it's fair to say that that was simply because Agnes was more involved--from the Who Shot Will and even the Natalie in the well story, it was basically Megan but with Agnes' approval being more important (as well as a better EP, and less network involvement). So while not Nixon's ideas, she definitely shaped them by saying yes, or no, and I think McTavish does really need someone (in the writing room or as an EP) to do that. Carl once said on here he would love to see Broderick and McTavish co-HW AMC and while there's no way in Hell that would ever happen, I think it would be a pretty good mix of what makes a soap like AMC appealing.

Oddly enough, I also actually think that McTavish and Broderick together would be great. McTavish is outlandish, but Broderick could bring the heart that is often missing from McTavish stories. They could balance each other other... I also always thought that McTavish and Broderick were the real life counterparts to Erica and Brooke, respectively.

My iPod's name is Thaddeus.

There's something else I shouldn't admit to.

This thread is a hot spot for people to say things they shouldn't admit to tonight.

Its on its way to becoming the SON embarrassing confessions thread.

It still irks me to know end how things ended with Brooke in 2006, and the years leading up to it. Grateful her story was eventually resolved, although it took the show near cancellation to do it, but it was an atrocity to let an actress with that talent sit idle for so many years and then to let her go in such an unceremonious way. I've been watching early 1994 episodes on youtube where Brooke and Tad were duking it out for Jamie's custody, and then her ectopic pregnancy... she is just absolutely amazing.

Brooke's non-exit almost made me give up the show. Even through some of her least liked stories (I admit I kinda liked the one with Eli the priest/her child's murderer that nobody else likes) she was always one of my fave, if not the fave, characters, plus Julia Barr always delivered. It was just such an insult to the character, though I understand Barr herself didn't really want an exit, since she was so offended about being offered recurring status (dunno if that's true). I was so glad when she returned to usher Adam out, and then for the finale.

I think I really fell for her as a character, when I was a teen watching the ectopic pregnancy storyline. It could have been just another tragic soap heroine storyline, but she really elevated it (and--credit t Mctavish it was pretty strongly written as well).

Its on its way to becoming the SON embarrassing confessions thread.

We need a thread like that.

I'm surprised Brooke was never suicidal, though. She was always getting dumped...or when she would land a man, he either be a kiddie pornographer or the guy that drunk drove and killed her daughter!

Lord.

I guess I shouldn't feel bad about my own love life now. Thanks, Brooke. LOL

That just made me giggle ridiculously, and I don't even have a glass of red wine in my hand.

My iPod's name is Thaddeus.

There's something else I shouldn't admit to.

Also very funny!!!

Brooke had a horrible love life.

Also. About the profanity thing. I wanna hear Dr. Dave say the f word!!!

LOL. Me too. He was the first person that came to mind when I thought of the possibility of swearing on the show. I want to hear him say "F*ck you, Martin!" or "F*ck you, Junior!" just once!

I'm glad to hear Debbi has signed on, yay one more person from the hospital crew! Now we just need RPG, Jordi & Cornelius to come aboard too!

I've got an upddated dubstep arrangement in my head with a Joss Stone-like female vocalist. I wish i knew how to edit/mix music.

As long as it's not Kassie's version (as much as I love her as an actress--although if it ended with a visual of her falling off a piano, I might be in).

Just for the record--while I was thrilled to have a sense of the show back, I agree with nearly all of this. And AMC had been in rough shape ever since Nixon left from her brief Bianca storyline return--Passanante was a mess, having 4 months with no HW when she left to ATWT during rumours she was being fired was a mess, Culliton seemed plagues, either his own fault or interference, by dropped stories and characters, and then Rayfield/Cascio whose work, even the times I enjoyed it (and I did sometimes) felt so completely none Pine Valley.

Richard Culliton walked into a mess, and I think he did his best to tie up what stories he could, and yes, simply dropped the ones that just weren't working. I don't think he did well with Frons interference, and I still would have loved to have seen what he had planned. I may not have liked everything he did, but it was the first time, in a long time, that I didn't know how the story was going to pan out. He managed to create suspense, which was incredibly hard to do during a big spoiler era.