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Does anyone have ideas how this Martin/Alan/Traci plot is going to play out?  Do we already have the answer?  Or is there going to be a twist at the end?  It has been so predictable since day-one, I sort of hope there will be a surprise ending and the audience has been wrong all along. 

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So, there are two Jack Abbot(t)s on TV now, apparently. I was watching The Pitt, and actor Shawn Hatosy is playing Dr. Jack Abbot! (Although some write ups spell it as Abbott.)

I just find the coincidence amusing. Trying to think of any other daytime/prime time characters with the same name but am failing. By the way, if you're into realistic medical dramas [per doctors and nurses that have watched], The Pitt may be the new show for you.

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This head-writer has no idea how to write a romance.  And seems to have absolutely no interest in writing any type of long-term romantic plot.  Characters change romantic partners, and characters change jobs at billion-dollar companies -- ad nauseam.  It's all willy-nilly with no purpose, and with no long-term effect on anything.   Big YAWN...

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-- I said this before: Audra is an absolute moron for again going into business with Victor. We're told repeatedly how great a business guru she is, yet she goes into business with a guy who destroyed her. I have whiplash from all the times Audra's character has changed.

-- Victor himself is stupid for hiring Audra to break up Insipid Kyle and Amish Claire. He'd be better off hiring someone no one knows.

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Somehow we forced to accept this drivel because for whatever reason Griffith didn’t want Audra and Summer on a collision course.

 

Pretty much…not to mention unlike ZS or AL who at least have passion, HE has the chemistry of a cold wet sock the way Claire is written too. 

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Third or maybe fourth Amen.

Maitland is the heart of the show for me. I wish Tracy could get a decent romance. 

 

Claire/Kyle are a snooze. She needs some spark of a personality. 

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The Claire character from inception has been a misfire,

Did Victoria need another child when she has nothing to do with those she already had?

Cole has disappeared.

Reed could have returned or  if we wanted a new character to mix it up with the Newmans have Matt return to announce he has discovered a daughter. Matt brings her to GC and then is tragically killed. 'Claire' joins her newfound family.

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Beth stated in an interview that they are still taping 5 eps in 4 days, which has been the practice for a few years now. But good to have that clarification as I was worried they might have gone further.

So that averages out at an extra 9-10 minutes each day which should be manageable considering that episodes are shorter these days than previously.

I would love to know the daily routine as it seems there is one rehearsal and then taping.

BITD I think there was  a read through, camera blocking, dress rehearsal and taping.

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