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Heat wave this week.

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We are boiling alive. Such high temperatures in Germany are rare. The app says a thunderstorm is coming. I just pray it comes, because you can't even open the window for some fresh air. And I hate AC-air.

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It feels like Fall came tonight. Drastic temperatures shift... I almost feel like I have a cold. Icy wind... I see leaves falling already. We had like 2 weeks of summer and that was it. Hashtag-this is Germany.

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Phoenix, Arizona!

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It feels like Fall came today. It really feels like a different season.

Goodbye summer.

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It's snowing again here too in Germany. CHILEEEE STOP IT. I'm sick of this winter. I hope to God I don't slip and fall again tomorrow. This season I've slipped 3 times and Thank God haven't hurt myself. It's just horrible to walk outside with an over the top dog who wants to eat the snow and pulls me... I'm dreading what tomorrow will look like outside. I'm too old for this sh-t. I used to love snow.

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Ducks in Kansas say no to snow (from December 2019, but it's how I feel.)

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1 minute ago, janea4old said:
Ducks in Kansas say no to snow (from December 2019, but it's how I feel.)

Yes chileeee... That's gonna be me tomorrow!

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Just came back from a dinner. It's unwalkable outside. So slippery. Pure hell.

I want spring. Now.

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The snow is fake in Memphis...lol

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What else? Mainstream credibility. It's not enough to be a "niche" show on Saturday nights; you gotta up your game if you wanna hang out at the pool with the cool kids ("Law & Order," "NYPD Blue," "Picket Fences," etc).
Plus, as fascinating as the four Reed sisters had been (due more to casting, I think, than to actual character development), I don't think there was much more you could do with any of 'em after S3 without feeling like you're repeating yourself.

By Khan · 2 minutes ago2 min
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I agree. I've watched the entire series I don't know how many times, and I still don't feel like I know anything vital about Kenny, other than he was once a surfer (who lived out of his van?) before he decided to give marriage and a career (as a record producer) a try. To me, guys like Kenny Ward end up leaving their families behind because adulting is too hard for them, and they end up living out of a van with some chick half their age in a vain attempt to recapture their youth.

By Khan · 12 minutes ago12 min
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swoon For Peter Dunne! What he did for season 7 of Melrose Place was amazing.

But damn, season 4 of Sisters so far is depressing and Very Serious. I'm not sure what they're trying to do here.

By te. · 21 minutes ago21 min
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IMO, if "Sisters" needed to transition from being a quirky family dramedy to a full-fledged "serious" show or soap, it needed a stronger producer who knew how to do that without letting the stories go entirely off the rails. IOW, it needed a Peter Dunne.

By Khan · 23 minutes ago23 min
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I still think Kim Lankford was unique enough and had a compelling enough presence to where Ginger could have worked on her own in some capacity, but the marriage with Kenny never worked and Kenny just wasn't a likeable or interesting character.

By DRW50 · 25 minutes ago25 min
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I agree. Even David Jacobs had Richard Avery dismiss their backstory as a joke - "they got married on an incoming wave" - and Jim Houghton and Kim Lankford just didn't have any real chemistry with each other, or with anyone else. (Houghton really should've stayed on Y&R).
There's no WAY anyone would've been able to do this on primetime TV in 1979, but I think I would've written (or, rather, rewritten) Kenny and Ginger as a couple where one of the spouses (maybe Kenny?) is gay, and the other spouse knows about it, but agrees to be their "beard," because of their deep friendship and their fear of being alone.

By Khan · 29 minutes ago29 min
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I think Hogan Sheffer was good at structuring his storylines, but I think his worldview was too dark for a genre like daytime drama. I don't think he had much hope in life; and to write effectively for the soaps, you gotta have hope. You have to believe that people are innately decent, and that good will always triumph over evil and love will conquer hate. Sounds corny, but it's really the only way that a genre of storytelling that thrives on its' audiences "tuning in tomorrow" can operate.

By Khan · 45 minutes ago45 min
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You know how you often hear about something, but you don't really believe it until you feel it?

Season 4 of Sisters. A complete vibe change into a Very Serious Drama, except it kind of just get soapier and more ridiculous.

By te. · 49 minutes ago49 min
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I tend to blame that on the casting woes. The original Hart, Jeff Phillips, was a dud. His successor, Leonard Stabb, was more promising, but the injuries he sustained in an accident left him unable to continue with his acting career. Sean McDermott, who replaced Stabb, was just a temp recast until they could write the character out; and when they did bring back Hart, they did so with one of the most bland actors GL ever hired (Marshall Hilliard). By the time Grillo and his "goomba" accent and demeanor took over the role, it was clear no one at GL even knew who Hart Jessup was anymore.

By Khan · 55 minutes ago55 min
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I looked him up. He had co-headwriter(s) at every one of his soap jobs. Having a co-headwriter is not unusual, but I think it's unusual that they were different at each job.
I also see that he wasn't a screenwriter--he did script analysis at film companies. Which is a fancy way of saying he read scripts and wrote coverage--summarizing the scripts and deciding if it was worth the company's time to develop them.
I did that for a while. Gosh, if I'd known that qualified you to write soaps...

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