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I was surprised how reprehensible they made Gladys after mostly redeeming her via her support for Sasha after Liam and Brando. If they had stopped with just the stealing, maybe but the drugging and commitment to Ferncliff... ugh. I wouldn't mind some ongoing scenes with Sonny and Sasha bonding over how awful gambling addiction is.

Right? Chase is a cop (they see the worst of the worst), not a delicate flower.

I saw the latest one in a drug commercial the same day. Kristen Vaganos is her name. (I plucked this picture from the Soap Opera Digest site because she's smiling. The pensive brunettes all look alike to me.)

Tbh, Haley's voice often grated too but because we saw Molly grow up onscreen (more or less), she had a lot of goodwill to balance it out. The earlier Molly recasts were not good fits in multiple ways. The latest seems fine so far. As for the Kristina situation, Kate Mansi is much better than I expected but I do miss Lexi's liveliness.

The photo above reminds me of Carlos and the Chicken's prank call to Frasier about his statue in the 'Hall of Thinkers'. I have seen way too much Frasier.

As a Nik/Gia fan from back in the day, this might be interesting. (They were such a pretty couple.) But I'm not sure I could handle watching Grandma Portia.

This show gives me a headache. Bill was in rare form (for him), delivering some genuinely funny lines and actually pushing back against DeSantis and Ham a bit but good Lord, I just can't deal with the anti-vax stuff. Eta: I wonder if these guests were the same ones he would have had if he had come back without writers. A whole hour of just the panelists would have been a disaster imo.

I am pro labor so it pains me to agree that I'd rather keep the current writers. Let's hope the WGA writers have been watching the show and taking some notes. (j/k, you know the old writers can't possibly watch the show, considering how crappy the normal writing usually* was.) * added because they did occasionally let the Awesome Writer out.

Paging @incandescent - that is if you still remember the item in question. 🙂

I think she did answer it. She's an idealistic Republican and was from an early age. The fascinating part of her story is how she barely escaped the rot at the top with her integrity (mostly) intact. Rachel is usually respectful to her Republican guests. I might roll my eyes a bit at times but civility matters.

I agree. It was also a nice touch to play a clip from the audiobook (which she narrates), instead of just quoting it.

I thought the interview was okay. Cassidy Hutchison was there plugging a book and it piqued my interest, so mission accomplished? I don't really like Jen Psaki and I'm not sure why. The network seems to love her though. 🤷‍♀️

Actors can appear on talk shows as long as they don't plug projects that are struck or that were for the big studios, right? But Real Time is usually heavy on writers, journalists and politicians. I don't know if the tv journalists are connected to SAG-AFTRA but I imagine the rest will probably come back. Especially his conservative pals, so they can pat him on the back for at least trying to get out from under the yoke of that awful union tyranny. /s

It looks like the WGA has a deal, though no one has said when the rank and file will vote on it. Theoretically, I guess that means there might be a show this week?

I feel like they found a decent balance with the pods so I was good either way. LMAD really needs the audience, imo. The contestants all seem like wannabe actors or influencers and the remote players always seemed like an afterthought. A normal studio audience makes the shows accessible. In a "that could be us and maybe we should go to Cali on our next vacation" kind of way.

Billy Miller suffered from bipolar disease and severe depression, which ended in suicide. I don't think many people knew of his struggles. Esme also supposedly has a trust fund from her adoptive parents, which she oddly has no access to. Any soap needs some characters that have few resources but Esme's finances are just lazy writing.

It's going to be weird to have an audience again.

The exception that proves the rule? 🙂 You're right, of course. But I think overall, if I had to be a soap kid, I'd want to have villain parents. Even if you are just a trophy.

I don't think the adult misbehavior is necessarily a problem with their kids, at least when they are younger. With the exception of Michael's first year, Carly has actually been a pretty good mom. (It hurts me to say anything nice about Carly, you guys.) Sonny, too, for the most part. Valentin was a better father when he was a bad guy. It's the good guys that join the WSB or get kidnapped or put into comas. Or dedicate their lives to healing other people's woes while ignoring the ones at home. Abandonment is a pervasive issue. Most soap kids should be in therapy.

I thought Victor might be a possibility but the mirror and paint doesn't seem like his style. Although he does have minions. 🤷‍♀️

After the way they were looking at the video footage, I think so too. Because she's the only person Valentin and Nina would both cover for. And because I'm in denial about that other person being a possibility.

Freddie leaning in to the blue collar side of the Crane family seems like a perfect way to rebel against Frasier and Lilith. (At least on paper.) And I bet Martin would have encouraged him. My main problem with the clips so far is that KG doesn't really seem like he's quite recaptured Frasier. Of course, it could be that the character is trying too hard because of his son but I don't hear classic Frasier yet.

Aren't most of the crew jobs, like camera people, directors, etc also unionized jobs? That's awkward, asking them to cross a picket line. Even if they want to get back to work. (Though I do understand the trickle down effect for caterers and local businesses. ) I think it's a mistake for Bill to go out there and wing it. He's so out of touch anyway, this will just shine a spotlight on it. Without writers his default state is petulant geezer. (Which I can say, since I'm about the same age.)

I liked the Blair and Tracy scenes even though the dialog was a bit clunky. They should know better though, I can't see either Martin or Lucy forgoing 50k a month for holy matrimony. Blair would have more luck just taking Deception away and then dangling it as payment to Lucy if she got Martin to marry her. I had some stuff to say about the stupidity of the prison scenes but now I'll just say this - with Billy Miller's passing, it will be even harder to watch CM as Drew.

Wow. I was just discussing BM with someone a few days ago. Such a tragedy. 😥