Maelstrom

I know, between Roman's hair and Rebecca's it's hard to say whose hair is more glorious.

Or cult leaders. Willow's got ISSUES. My thoughts exactly. Whenever they've mentioned or brought on anyone from the other two shows it only ends up ruining them, and at this point I would rather keep my memories of all I enjoyed from AMC & OLTL over the decades I watched them.

I'm recording the 2 hr highlights reel from NBC right now but haven't watched it yet - do they actually show C/B's free dance? The past few weeks it's only been the top singles skaters, with no dance or pairs in sight. (Have I mentioned lately that NBC sucks?) I agree the sound has definitely been off in all of the arenas so far, tinny and shrill. Add in the Idiot Twins chattering endlessly and it really does make one grab for the mute button. Japan's really been dominating the singles scene so far this season, looks like it's going to be an exciting GP final.

Which is why I want them to undo this dumb retconned storyline, the way they undid the Finn/Chase paternity bs, so Sasha and Cody are no longer related. Contrary to what other soaps like GL and Days may think, incest isn’t sexy 🤢 ETA - count me in the Brad fan club too! I’ve never understood the arbitrariness of people like Brad and Ava and Nina being beyond redemption while liars and schemers like Carly are revered as saints. It’s infuriating.

I feel ya! I've never enjoyed bathroom humor at all in any context, and yet somehow my rantings about Michael always end up scatological (for instance, Michael is a giant bag of crap in the shape of a man). Which makes me hate him even more. NOOOOOOOO!! On both counts. Sasha deserves better than being saddled with a kid with the giant bag of crap in the shape of a man, and yet it'd be heartless to wish for a tock after all Sasha's been through. And the odds of her surviving a fling with Jason aren't great either (just look at Sam and Britt). Why can't they just forget undo this BS paternity story, like they did with Chase and Finn, and just put her back with Cody? I really liked them together. The writers are great at selective amnesia when it suits them, why can't this be one of those times? Please?

As Flower would say, the lack of Sass in this ep was a real bummer, man. In my mind, he somehow won a full day's worth of "sitting in the shaft of sunlight" rights, and spent the entire episode upstairs enjoying the sun and the relative quiet. I can imagine Thor's summary of the day when Sass turns back up: "Patience put Sam on trial, and we voted her a witch. Then she turned into statue and small man sold her to strange man who nearly exploded her, and then her head fell off, and oh! You must watch video with watermelon, is very good! Patience went back into dirt, and Sam no longer statue. Was fun day."

My personal theory is that Jay takes some super strong cold medicine that leaves him able to see the ghosts while it's in his system 😆

Ryan Paevey actually tweeted/posted sometime earlier this year that he's no longer working with Hallmark - some kind of falling out, though he's never given details. And turns out he's been acting as a caregiver to his mother 😢 Hopefully in time he can get to a better place emotionally and mentally. https://heavy.com/entertainment/hallmark/ryan-paevey-acting-mom-cancer-update/

Just caught up on two whole hours of Skate Canada we were so generously given (thanks NBC 🙄) and why for the love of all that's holy did Tara have to yammer nonstop during Kaori's entire FS? 🤬 Can someone at NBC please muzzle her? Enough already! STFU Tara!

Me too, JMO - I usually end up saying “Nikolas” and “little Nikolas” 😆

I'm so far behind but I've been stalking the thread so I know when KeMo's last day is. And from everything I've read on here, I can't say I actually want to watch any of it (I just finished the ep with Brad telling Lucas to get that mole checked, which was really the only thing that sounded remotely entertaining). But even without seeing today's ep I'm already crying over Sam's death. It's just so stupid, short-sighted, and deliberately petty to kill her off. I've been a fan of KeMo since her PC days, and I've liked Sam in her non-Jason storylines. Though it was painful watching her be so flat and lifeless during the JaSam years when SB sucked out her life force like the Black Hole of personality that he is, once she was finally freed from his orbit it made me remember all over again why I'd liked her for so long. Best of luck to you, Kelly, and wishing you the very best as you move forward! ❤️

Penny Perry is apparently in her late 70s, with serious health issues, and has been the main casting director for Hallmark for over a decade now (I remember seeing her name credited on almost every movie of theirs). Sadly, this lawsuit is about so much more than just being told she was too old. I'm paraphrasing a lot here, but essentially - after years of giving her glowing reviews - the Hallmark brass A) deliberately made her working life difficult/impossible by not giving basic accommodation to her physical disabilities (like having a handicap accessible building) B) gave her more and more responsibilities while cutting her out of crucial meetings and such, eventually forcing her to report to a coworker with the same level of seniority as she had when the VP refused to interact with her C) tried to force her to take a pay cut and demotion and sign an NDA D) harassed her when she refused to immediately go along with that plan E) forced her out of her job while she was in the hospital due to her health problems flaring up from the stress they'd put her under F) and finally, started a smear campaign against her and essentially got her blacklisted in the industry so she can't find another job. A sample from the lawsuit: It's all even more unbelievable when you take into account the happy wholesome image Hallmark loves to project. 😡

I've seen Penny Perry's name on so many things I swear she does casting for all of Vancouver. The span of her career is incredible. (I'm with you on HK. And sadly, she's still miles better here than she was on Y&R). Thank you for posting this, featherhat. I read through the entire thing and holy shit, Hallmark is rotten to the core behind this cutesy sweet image they project. The harassment she endured is mind-blowing. I hope Ms. Perry wins in court and takes the company, or at least the current crop of executives, for every penny. Fuck you, Hallmark. (Why can't we have nice things? Why does everything end up turning out to be toxic and abusive? First figure skating, now Hallmark. Ay carumba.)

This show is The Worst. I'm a week behind on eps, but I feel confident stating that this show is trying to out-The Worst itself, and it's winning. And we, of course, are losing. 😔

Except presumably SIN wasn't written on the wall in blood when they settled in for the night ("Here, Diane, you can sleep in the Bloody Walls Suite...")