You have to assume Ron cared because he cared about Bill.  I don't think Ron is a soulless monster-just a hack.   I think he took this seriously because it was a real life death of an important character and a revered man.  Props to Susan for being able to act this out on screen.  I can only imagine how difficult it was for her.  

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

You have to assume Ron cared because he cared about Bill.  I don't think Ron is a soulless monster-just a hack.   I think he took this seriously because it was a real life death of an important character and a revered man.  Props to Susan for being able to act this out on screen.  I can only imagine how difficult it was for her.  

I think he has writing talent; there were a lot of things that he did, on OLTL, GH and Days, that I really liked. 

But I also think he’s got a lot of issues too, and those issues are what got him fired. And hopefully, they’re not reflected in the episodes of BTG that he works on. 

2 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I think he has writing talent; there were a lot of things that he did, on OLTL, GH and Days, that I really liked. 

But I also think he’s got a lot of issues too, and those issues are what got him fired. And hopefully, they’re not reflected in the episodes of BTG that he works on. 

I think he has talent too.  A lot of his stories did sound good on paper even at Days, but they either drug out or came to weird conclusions.  Sometimes it was the execution not the idea.

I just think he can be a very imperfect, sometimes petty man.  I am not sad he left Days.  His time was up there, but that doesn't mean I don't think he can still write good things if he wants to.

2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Sometimes it was the execution not the idea.

100% agree

This may be an unpopular opinion but, I would much rather watch a curated collection of flashbacks (like on today's episode) versus entire old episodes.  The pacing of old episodes is always jarring, and it often feels like watching a long buildup to a joke when I already know the punchline.  My ideal would be a couple of one hour character-based flashback episodes per year. 

That being said, how funny was it to see Doug with an ashtray in jail? Smoking just looks so old-fashioned in the new millennium, especially in-doors.

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A great episode. The only thing I would have changed was trading Abe for Paulina. Sarah actually felt like a Horton today. 

Does anyone know who the pictures are of on the living room mantle that aren't Doug and Julie? There were three.

Did that Doug in jail clip play in the episode today? In Canada, we got a lot of flashbacks, but not that one.

9 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

Did that Doug in jail clip play in the episode today?

Nope, just in the preview.  I think it is from his first episode with Bill in jail.

BTW, is it true in Canada that they cut to commercial before the hourglass?

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4 minutes ago, j swift said:

Nope, just in the preview.  I think it is from his first episode with Bill in jail.

BTW, is it true in Canada that they cut to commercial before the hourglass?

The short answer is sometimes. I find if I watch live it's random (I actually watch with 15 min left, then go back to the beginning so I can FF through commercials). But if I watch a fully recorded version then it's normal.

Does anyone know the year/date of the clip of Maggie/Doug dancing to Carmen?  It's probably a question for @JAS0N47, but I have never seen it before.

I don't think flashbacks will ever take the place of full episodes.  Jarring or not, flashbacks don't give a whole story and sometimes the less flashy moments for a character are still memorable to me. 

39 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

Does anyone know who the pictures are of on the living room mantle that aren't Doug and Julie? There were three.

Did that Doug in jail clip play in the episode today? In Canada, we got a lot of flashbacks, but not that one.

No Doug in jail clip, no. 

I blew up pix but can't tell. 

Does anyone know what dance Doug & Maggie were doing? Wondering if it was a tarantella.

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19 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Does anyone know the year/date of the clip of Maggie/Doug dancing to Carmen?  It's probably a question for @JAS0N47, but I have never seen it before.

Probably sometime in January 1979, during the CT Scan Revue.

I'd never seen it before either.

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@Bright Eyes The photos were young Tom and Alice (that we saw earlier this year), Maggie on her wedding day to Mickey (think that's the wife of the Justice of the Peace with her), and Mac and Frances' Tom and Alice.

@AbcNbc247 is correct that the dance is from the CT Scan Revue.

1 minute ago, jam6242 said:

 

@AbcNbc247 is correct that the dance is from the CT Scan Revue.

Thanks!

I've always been interested in that Doug/Maggie pairing that they teased for a little while.

12 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Probably sometime in January 1979, during the CT Scan Revue.

I'd never seen it before either.

 

7 minutes ago, jam6242 said:

@Bright Eyes The photos were young Tom and Alice (that we saw earlier this year), Maggie on her wedding day to Mickey (think that's the wife of the Justice of the Peace with her), and Mac and Frances' Tom and Alice.

@AbcNbc247 is correct that the dance is from the CT Scan Revue.

Thank you both!  It was definitely a cool clip.  I love seeing the show dig deep with flashbacks.

An excellent observation from social media