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So, Barbara is Florence Ballard, Sharon is Mary Wilson, Anita is Diana Ross and I guess Tracy is Cindy Birdsong? Though I guess Supremes technically was a quartet at first, before Barbara Martin left. I wonder if this will lead to Anita having a hand in releasing some of Barbara's recordings like how Florence Ballard's career got re-assessed in the early 2000s. Though... could Barbara have any vengeful children hanging around? -
Another good one. But seeing Sara Bibel, I wasn't worried. Yeeeah I continue to be unsure about Dani/Bill/Hayley coming back into the A story mix. Not that I don't see the potential. But...I just continue to feel too soon. That said...I definitely loved Dani vs Hayley. And I was happy to see Hayley hold her own. They came to a nice draw. And I loved how Dani would be putting up a good front, but would turn away from Hayley and the camera would see how hurt she would be. In fact, I thought the sums of the parts was so much better than the whole with Dani/Bill/Hayley. Hayley mixing it up with Naomi. Bill scheming one moment with Tomas to him having an episode the next. I've been loving the growing friction between Dani and Andre over her linger feelings for Bill and his attachement to Ashley. Speaking of...awwww Dani/Andre. It's been building. The feelings. The little cracks. The talks. The body language. So it's nice they started to have it out. It's been so organically done. Even if it also made me sad. First Naomi. Then Hayley. Now they both see Bill having a moment. Worse, it looked worse than a hand tremor. So that story is growing, too. I was not expecting another round of Kat vs Silk Press Sheila so soon. That was hilarious that SilkPress is stalking her around for someone wanting to put a restraining order on her. lol. Nor did I expect her to mix it up with Ashley and Derek...who looked in those blue jean. Mmm. But yeah...the highlight was the new turn in the Anita story. Like some others, I wish I could say I was not spoiled, but sadly that was not the case since I stumbled onto what it would be when I was looking for Kat vs SilkPress clips. Just ugh. I still love the scenes all the same and how they fleshed out more of Anita's backstory. It gave just enough to continue wetting the apptite for more, but did not give us everything. I still feel and hope that the reveal will be at the police fundraiser which also will hopefully tie back into the crooked cop storyline, too. A strong A story with several B AND C plots going on with movement = a good episode. -
By Paul Raven · Posted
Good episode. Tomas is improving and I didn't even mind Ashley/Derek. I liked the mixing up of characters and different beats and angles being played. Steven Williford did a good job directing-liked the new angles in Dani's kitchen. Yes it was silly for Hayley to visit Dani-but she is a bit child like and probably bored sitting in her ugly ass living room, so I bought it. -
Me too or Amazon Prime. Somewhere where you can just binge at your own pace. I hate that the series is incomplete but i'd love to pick up where I left off which was around the time Greta has gotten pregnant. -
By BoldRestless · Posted
Fantastic final scene! What a twist. It's very old school Bill Bell in a way, it's a totally internal emotional psychodrama. It was clever to have Anita recite the end by heart. It's a bit convenient in the sense that Anita really didn't do anything wrong. It's not her fault if Barbara didn't have the right talent that Dante was looking for. She's not obligated to quit the group if Barbara was excluded. She wasn't wrong, it's a tough business, it is what it is. And yet the hurt came across and felt so real when Barbara said she was supposed to watch from the sidelines like she was never a part of it. But Anita was so cold, and she didn't have to do that and I buy that her guilt is eating her alive. It's actually incredibly cruel and manipulative to write a suicide letter like that. There's just a lot of layers. I hope we learn more about Dante. Look at what's going on with Diddy and the ugly side of the business. They could go to some dark places. He could have had an Ike Turner type of relationship with one of the band mates, or groomed a girl to try to replace Anita. -
By AMCOLTLLover · Posted
I had such a crush on Zoe as a Kid. She was so fit. The only that took that Place for me was Roxy. Lacey who plays Stacey slater will leave This Show too later that year. I know Zoe has no real ties to any of them since she left but maybe she will be involved there in her Exit ? I Wonder the Story possibilitys for Zoe ! ONLY story I hated was Zoe and Dirty den! It looked Like she was laying in Bed with a corpse -
By Paul Raven · Posted
1976 Pt 11 Laurie confronts Vanessa to tell her the little plot failed and she will marry Lance no matter what Vanessa tries. As a parting shot, Laurie reminds Vanessa that she has three things Vanessa doesn’t: beauty, youth, and sex. Laurie then accompanies Lance to South America, as he’s got a lead on Lucas. But they are dismayed to find they’ve arrived just hours before Luke took off. Liz thanks Kay for agreeing to cover Bill’s hospital bills but returns the ring of Phillip’s that Kay had given her for the baby, saying Kay wouldn’t have demanded that Jill write the affidavit had she not known in her heart that the baby was Phillip’s. Kay continues to insist not, but gives Liz the affidavit. Learning that Kay has returned the statement, Jill is terrified she will renege on the bills and hurries to Kay’s. Kay assures her that the bills will be paid, and Jill gratefully asks Kay to visit her father. But Bill, accidentally handed his bill, has been trying to leave the hospital, and when Kay and Jill arrive, the bed is empty. Jill becomes hysterical. Bill is brought back in, and once Jill has assured herself at he’s all right, she explains to Kay that the way she learned Phillip was dead was to walk into his room and find the bed empty. Kay painfully replies that she discovered his death when she happened to see the announcement in an old newspaper; no one had ever told her. Bill asks Brock to say a few words over him when he’s gone, as he doesn’t want a formal eulogy. Brock agrees to do this. At Greg’s insistence, Bill is being released to go home to die, but he suffers a sad attack and has to be placed on a respirator. Snapper has to admit to Liz that this is the end—he’ll never be off the machine, and the pain won’t stop until it’s over. Liz slips back into the hospital after visiting ours to be with her husband, and when he begs her ‘to help him out of the unbearable pain, Liz, out of love, pulls the plug on the respirator. Snapper walks in. and realizes instantly what Liz has done. He takes her home, suggesting that she not tell Jill and Greg, as they might not understand it was what their father wanted. Only then does he remember the plug. He returns to replace it, but Nurse Warner has discovered Bill dead and the respirator unplugged and is looking for him. He suggests that someone might have already found Bill dead and unplugged it but her conscience bothers her, and she later tells the administrator, who orders an investigation. Bill’s funeral is simple and dignified, with Brock speaking the thoughts Bill had wanted expressed. Kay,who hates funerals, comes out of respect for Bill and his family. Brock has convinced his mother to ask Joanne to live with her; he feels Kay must not be alone and —that Joanne could help her while saving money by not having to rent an apartment while attending college. Kay, drinking again, tries to lure Joanne into breaking her diet, but, after only one brief lapse, Joanne’s self-control is intact. Kay finally admits to Joanne that she drinks out of loneliness but it doesn’t help, because when she’s sober again the loneliness |returns. Despite Kay’s dislike of holidays and her own inability to eat fattening things, Joanne plans a full Christmas dinner to make the holiday a happy one. -
By Paul Raven · Posted
GH 1976 Pt 7 Jeff, meanwhile, has been upset because Monica has rejected his suggestion that they have a baby. He assumes that her refusal is due to her own upbringing as an orphan and a lack of security. Actually, she admits to herself, she wants only Rick’s baby, and she rejects Jeff’s offer of a house of their own as an anchor for her. Monica sees a divorce lawyer to find out about no-fault divorce, but is thwarted to learn that Jeff would have to agree, since there are no grounds. Monica manufactures small incidents to keep. Jeff on the defensive and moves out of their bedroom. Hurt and frustrated, he begins a vicious cycle of sleeping pills followed by “uppers” to get through the day. When Jeff grabs her arm while trying to talk to her, she pulls away, causing a bruise, which she exhibits later to Rick, Terri, and Audrey as proof that Jeff is not the sweet guy everyone thinks he is. Jeff is crushed when he finds Rick’s letter; now he’s convinced that Monica never really loved him at all. She won’t discuss it or anything with him, and he takes more pills to face this. Finally he has a reaction to them. Heather’s there when the suffocating attack occurs, and she helps him through it, assuring him that she won’t tell anyone. When Jeff, miserably upset, drinks too much at their anniversary party, hosted by Terri, Monica puts on a long suffering wife act to impress Rick. With Steve’s recovery almost complete, he and Audrey begin their wedding plans. But Tommy presents a problem when he tells his mother that he doesn’t have a father and stepfathers can’t be trusted. Audrey and Steve help him gain a sense of identity by seeing where his real father, Dr. Tom Baldwin, worked in the hospital, and Steve prepares to adopt Tommy as soon as the marriage is performed. There should be no problems, since they have a coroner’s report of Tom’s death in Mexico. But Tom Baldwin isn’t dead. Convicted of a murder he didn’t commit and sentenced to life imprisonment in a Mexican prison, he arranged for forged death papers, to save his infant son from a life as the son of a convicted murderer. He assumed the nurse took Tommy to Audrey, and has no idea that she kidnapped the child, who was later recovered by his mother. But Tom now has hope, as an attorney, Ramon Hernandez, has an eyewitness to the real killer and is starting the machinery of rescuing Tom. But since Tom is legally dead, the judge won’t reopen: the case. Tom’s only hope is the nurse who was with him in Mexico. He writes to Florence Anderson for help, and she goes to the park to take Tommy’s picture, but is afraid to go to Mexico to testify about the forged papers. After a cruise to restore her health, Leslie comes home to have her suspected pregnancy confirmed. ‘Knowing now that Cam was a truly evil man, Leslie fears that his child, conceived by rape, could be just as evil. She considers abortion but rejects it immediately, as she did when she was pregnant with Laura. However, when Cam’s secretary offers her a letter of | Cam’s in which he embarrassingly and very fully contrasts his wife and his mistress, Leslie buys her off (for a thousand dollars, to match Men-Women Magazine’s offer) and decides that abortion may be the right choice after all. Peter assures her the child will be whatever she raises it to be—if it has love, it will be loving—but Leslie has a nightmare in which her child turns out to be a devil, and she secretly arranges for an out-of-town abortion, asking Terri not to tell Rick, whom she insists she’s not attracted to. Terri’s attempt to help Mary Ellen, called Mellie now, fails miserably when Mellie, instantly jealous of Terri, hysterically tells her what Mark did to her in the accident. Never having heard of the story, Terri is helpless, and has to call the doctor to treat Mellie. Terri is furious at Mark for not preparing her, but soon accepts his apology, understanding that he was reluctant to admit what had snapped Mellie’s mind. Mellie runs away from the sanitarium and is hit by a car. Feeling that she is now suicidal, Mark has her father come to take her back to Boston. Terri goes to Mellie and pleads with her to forgive Mark, because he loves her. Mellie asks her father whether, when one has enemies, one should try to keep them. in view or ignore them. He replies that one should watch them, then asks Mark about this. Peter suggests that enemies can be things as well as people, and agrees to accept Mellie as a patient when Mark decides she should stay in Port Charles. Realizing that Mellie needs attention, Peter suggests that Diana befriend her. Mellie isn’t overly enthusiastic about this. Monica is furious at Steve’s anniversary gift: a week’s honeymoon in Florida. Jeff tries to force their acceptance, hoping they can salvage something, but Monica fakes flu, canceling the trip, then makes a miraculous recovery. When Rick’s former surgical adviser, Dr. Pierre Namath, arrives in Port Charles, Monica promotes an invitation to join him and Rick at his farm. Rick refuses for her, explaining that she is now his brother’s wife, but Monica, undaunted, arrives at the farm by bus, assuring Rick that she left Jeff a note explaining where she is. Heather, however, who has seen Monica buy the bus ticket, manages to mention it to Jeff, who consoles himself with more pills and liquor. When Rick’s car breaks down on the way back, they have to spend the night in a small town, and Rick calls Terri to explain, learning that Jeff had no idea where Monica had gone. Monica manages to pull a fast one and turn herself into the object of pity, winding up in tears, which precede a romantic and passionate embrace. But Jeff goes after them in fury, and Rick, warned by Terri’s call, takes another room, so all is seemly when Jeff arrives. When Monica coldly asks him why he didn’t read her note, he apologizes humbly. Monica manages to dash off a note and drop it on the floor at home for Jeff to find, citing the note as proof that their marriage was a mistake. The next day Monica tells Rick that Jeff told her their marriage was a mistake. -
Excellent Roman and Kayla scenes. Best work I’ve seen from Josh Taylor. That was real emotion there. Awesome comments to wrap up Roman and John. Deidre Hall was once again perfect. When she slightly snapped at Abe and Paulina for asking about the funeral. Just perfect. Hope we get a lot more of Julie with Marlena. As rude as it is, I wish they would’ve done another Eileen/Stacy switch for this story. Stacy’s Kristen is completely defined by Brady and we don’t get flashbacks. The balls on EJ to show up at Marlena and John’s home. It was so perfect and sad. -
It could have been interesting, given that she and Alex were friends. I imagine he would have ended up bringing out her Solita personality. For all the talk of crazy fans, for a long time fans did seem willing to embrace the rivals of...well, Reva's rivals. (no wonder Kim felt insecure as it happened three times with her) You don't seem to get as much of the tribalism until the "Manny" era. I guess some might say "Matessa" too, but as I could not stand Dinah in those years, I am not one to talk about their fans if they managed to repeatedly put the kibosh on a Matt/Dinah pairing. And at least that did not seem to involve death threats.
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