Just now, DRW50 said:

Kriezman wasn't HW at ATWT that long. I mainly remember a story where Paul Ryan had a chip in his head (wasn't that Paul?).

His GL run was very polarizing. I didn't watch most of it. If you like mind control, intrigue, or bad boys who want to sleep with their cousins, he's for you.

I could be mistaken, but I think it was he (and Donna Swajeski) who also hit upon the oh-so-brilliant idea of giving Erica Kane an evil lookalike (or someone who had plastic surgery to make herself look like Erica, I can't be bothered to remember which anymore). Now, y'all KNOW that Erica Kane is my spirit diva, but even I know that giving La Lucci a dual role is rushing in where angels fear to tread.

Just now, Khan said:

I could be mistaken, but I think it was he (and Donna Swajeski) who also hit upon the oh-so-brilliant idea of giving Erica Kane an evil lookalike (or someone who had plastic surgery to make herself look like Erica, I can't be bothered to remember which anymore). Now, y'all KNOW that Erica Kane is my spirit diva, but even I know that giving La Lucci a dual role is rushing in where angels fear to tread.

I forgot all that. What was her name - Jane?

Between that and sleeping with Ryan and the showgirl they really were out of ideas for Erica in those last years...

5 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I forgot all that. What was her name - Jane?

Yes. I thought Agnes and Broderick had something to do with some of that too, or maybe it was just what they inherited near the end.

I thought Tom Pelphrey's brief character on ATWT had the James Stenbeck microchip in his head. Or who knows, maybe both he and Paul did. I barely watched any of the show by that point. So bad.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

Yes. I thought Agnes and Broderick had something to do with some of that too, or maybe it was just what they inherited near the end.

I thought Tom Pelphrey's brief character on ATWT had the James Stenbeck microchip in his head. Or who knows, maybe both he and Paul did. I barely watched any of the show by that point. So bad.

Oh right it was Pelphrey. Thanks. I have some vague memory of a mind controlled Paul too but maybe I just hallucinated that while fast forwarding.

17 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Between that and sleeping with Ryan and the showgirl they really were out of ideas for Erica in those last years...

The thing is, the story to end all stories for Erica - the one event that could have set off a chain of other events and spun her life in an entirely new direction - was staring them all in their faces, and either they didn't recognize it, or were prevented from telling it.

That's right: I'm talking about Erica Kane finding a lump in her breast.

Anyways.

14 minutes ago, Vee said:

Yes. I thought Agnes and Broderick had something to do with some of that too, or maybe it was just what they inherited near the end.

I thought Tom Pelphrey's brief character on ATWT had the James Stenbeck microchip in his head. Or who knows, maybe both he and Paul did. I barely watched any of the show by that point. So bad.

I see Kreizman stays getting points for creating or co-creating Dr. Reid Oliver, a.k.a. The Gay John Dixon, but creating one fascinating character who was both a total shitheel and the most mature romance young Luke Grimaldi Snyder ever experienced does not mean he's capable of HW'ing an entire show. Believe me, I suffered through enough of his GL and AMC to know what I'm talking about, lol.

49 minutes ago, Khan said:

My needle drop to anyone who thinks David Kreizman should be given another HW'ing gig:

OMG, I absolutely love that song. ONJ has always been one of my favorites. Great song choice 🤪🤪🤪

-- Julie running a Bereavement Book Club? Yeah, that'll bring in the viewers.

-- Leo is beyond pathetic. Do the writers think we sympathize with him when he says he needs time to process his feelings about Dimitri? When he tells Javi "I'm not good enough for you"? I want Javi to be angry instead of crying all over the place. Leo is a POS.

13 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

-- Julie running a Bereavement Book Club? Yeah, that'll bring in the viewers.

When Alice was Julie's age, she was helping Bo break out of prison! Julie is way too vital to be doing something like a moderating a [!@#$%^&*] book club. They might as well wheel her out to Shady Pines.

3 minutes ago, Khan said:

When Alice was Julie's age, she was helping Bo break out of prison! Julie is way too vital to be doing something like a moderating a [!@#$%^&*] book club. They might as well wheel her out to Shady Pines.

Exactly. Just more proof Cwikly and Ford are awful.

And no, I don't want to see her and the old guy together. I'd say this show should know better, but I don't trust them.

The bookstore was a bad idea from the beginning. It's suffocating and stifling, and watching extras walk around and look at the same 4 shelves of books is laughable.

4 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

The bookstore was a bad idea from the beginning. It's suffocating and stifling, and watching extras walk around and look at the same 4 shelves of books is laughable.

I wouldn't say that! For years, ATWT had the Wade Bookstore as one of its' mainstays; and from what I understand, a lot of great drama went down there, too. And I'm not necessarily worried about Julie owning and running it either, because Lisa ran the Wade Bookstore, and Lisa and Julie were very similar women (no doubt, due to Bill Bell's influence). But ATWT usually portrayed Lisa as being more glamorous and worldly than how DAYS is portraying Julie these days. Lisa wouldn't be hosting no damn book clubs, and certainly not any BEREAVEMENT book clubs.

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