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1984 Y&R is fully cemented in the Top 3. February 1984 will have Victor rescuing Nikki from Rick Daros. I read somewhere the beach scenes were filmed in the Los Angeles area at Portuguese Bend Cove Beach.

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Pam Long turned GL around. The stories and actors were clicking. GL with a 9 HH.

ATWT numbers rose too. The fall out of Barbara's stalker and Margo pretending to be Barbara to trap the assailant.  The assailant trapping Margo and setting the vacant house on fire. Margo in a coma and Craig being behind it all.

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Surprised that AW didn’t get a more of a bump during February sweeps.  The Cory jet had crashed over the Canadian tundra, and Mac Cory was presumed dead only to show up alive in the Friday cliffhanger on February 10th.  This episode is when Sally met Catlin as well.

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I wonder how Doug Marland felt to see GL doing so well at #3 when he was still toiling away at Loving ?

That storyline of Mac presumed dead-viewers knew that wasn't going to happen. It didn't come from anything built up and had no long term repercussions. So just a location shoot and some fake drama.

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