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  1. 11 hours ago, Anna Yolei said:

    Even if it was just “fluff,” it’s still a lot more than most soap actors who were far more acclaimed have gotten. What happened to Jennifer “As the World Turns Around Gwen Norbeck” Landon, for instance? Billy Miller has actively attempted to do prime time and he’s still on GH. Hell, even our own JMW can running back after a year of flying solo doing similar fluff work. Makensie Mauzy who played Phoebe back in the day has had a role in a major film but not much exposure before or since.

    im happy for Matula that she has built her career up, cuz honestly, the last Soap actress I can think of who dug their way out the trenches in recent times is Eva Longoria and her stint as Christine took place back when we still used payphones.

    Jennifer Finnigan hasn't done too badly.  I'm certainly looking forward to S2 of Salvation. :-)  It was dumb but as long as Santiago Cabrera is on my screen, I won't complain too much. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, Anna Yolei said:

    Liam needs some frigging friends. Not ones who he has fucked or who want to fuck him, but someone needs to tell him that when he separates from. Steffy to just choose himself this time. Yes, he has Sally crushing, Hope's history and I doubt Ivy would kick him outta bed, but... geez. At this rate, Liam is shaping up to be B&B's John Dixon! ?

    John Dixon?

    Agreed - a real friend of Liam's would be welcome.  While I've thought for quite a while that Hope needed to be recast and back in LA it was mainly for Brooke - not for a new ToD.  It would be a shame to go from the Emmy reel scenes to a retread of any Liam triangle.  (Substituting Sally for Steffy might be an upgrade but won't be anything I want to revisit.) 

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  3. Today's episode  was tedious - not a fan of watching Liam being harangued about forgiving Steffy.  But I'd give yesterday's episode a solid B. Not a lot happened, besides Bill and Ridge facing off but it did highlight some of what I'm liking about the show lately. 

    A Katie who laughs is high up on the list. And I'm fine with Watie discussing the scandal of the day, especially since it affects both of their families. The NuHope actress is okay so far.  Sally is back. I'm even liking JMW more (disliking her less?), not only is she (mostly) showing up, she isn't afraid to show Steffy wallowing in her misery, red nose, pasty complexion and ratty hair.  (Though now that Hope's back she better start brushing her hair, at least.) 

    Which kind of leads to the main thing I like about the fallout of the Still ONS - they messed up royally but it didn't come out of nowhere, it wasn't really OOC (except for the lightning fast Brill implosion), it's affecting a lot of other characters and there haven't been any gross consent issues. (Other than the ones characters are positing to excuse Steffy, which she flatly shoots down.)  Hopefully the outrage over Misunderstanding Night had some impact at CBS.  There is clearly enough drama without that crap.   

    I'm also hoping the baby is outed as Bill's sooner rather than later.  Except I don't want anyone we know to have messed with the tests.  I vote for someone seeing on the news that a local lab has been shut down due to sloppy lab procedures, which leads to a week or two of angst and a 2nd test. 


      

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  4. 15 hours ago, TobinAlbers said:

    Friday, January 26, 2018 Episode 7763
    Hoping to bring comfort and resolve to Steffy, Bill admits his true feelings and advises her to not allow anyone to bring shame upon her.
    Ridge attempts to persuade Liam to forgive Steffy and exact revenge on Bill.
     

    Ridge is an idiot.

    I have mixed feelings about Bill playing the "L" card.  It's too soon, for Steffy and for the audience. Swill deserves all the shame and scorn that can be heaped upon them, and while I will grudgingly give Bill some credit for trying to protect Steffy from her well earned portion, they need to pay some more before they bond and become the villainous super couple we know they can be.   

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  5. Aww... now I"m missing Craig again (fiercely). 

    On 1/16/2018 at 1:02 AM, paramitch said:

    and I'll never forget his famous monologue about his sobriety and why he would not be mocking Britney Spears... to this day I think it's a milestone in late-night television for its eloquence and humility.

    And that cold open to his final episode was one of the most wonderful, joyful, exuberant things I've ever seen on TV. 

    Absolutely.  2 of the best things I've ever seen on tv. 

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  6. 2 hours ago, drivethroo said:

    Liam should've told Sally and Thomas at the time about Steffy and Caroline's roles and lies.  But he was being loyal to his wife.

    I tend to forget about Steffy's part in that. I still blame $Bill more I suppose because his efforts to acquire the SF land for "Sky" lead to more than one disaster.  And without his dying lie, Caroline wouldn't have had a chance, no matter what Caroline and Steffy plotted.  But yeah, no one came out of that looking good. 

    I know it's too much to hope that Still is endgame. I don't like either character all that much but I have a weird fondness for villainous power couples.      

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  7. Liam stayed quiet about $Bill/Caroline's lie about her health so I always thought he had his own responsibility (albeit second-hand) in messing around with Sally and SF once Thomas went to NY to be with Caroline and Douglas.  I was only watching sporadically around that time because I liked Tally and hated how they handled PF leaving but Liam's halo was definitely tarnished with that episode. No matter that he tried to help her afterwards, Thomas and Sally had something really special that enhanced both characters. I liked their designing partnership.  

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  8. Wait. Justin is a grandfather? 

    That was what went wrong with bringing back Sheila in that weird mini "who is out to get Quinn" mystery - it ended up only really affecting Quinn and Eric and it seemed to come out of nowhere. (Well, to be fair it did come out of nowhere.) And no one cared in the end.  Except the rare Deacon fans who weren't happy with how that worked out - is he still in jail, btw?

     

    1 hour ago, TobinAlbers said:

    As much as I hated Amber, I'd watch the shit out of this story. Her coming back with a young adult Deacon Jr would fuck everything up in a good way.

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  9. 1 hour ago, Anna Yolei said:

    Yeah, that was dark times, and probably the only time anyone ever agreed with me unironically to bring back Amber because that was far better than any relationship Rick had back then.

    As someone who has never seen Amber on this show (just Y&R) I would kind of like to see her, as long as it was AF and not a recast.  I haven't really liked Rick's stories since I've been watching these  last few years. (Though not right now... unless nuHope doesn't work out.) 

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  10. The Rick/Hope/Ridge/Brooke/Maya scene was interesting in that I almost got suckered into believing they might be planning a nuanced sibling rivalry, Hope doesn't realize the world has moved on from her awesomeness kind of storyline. 

    I do remember advocating for a Hope recast awhile back but it was partly to give Brooke some reason other than Ridge or Bill to be onscreen and partly wishing for a Deacon sighting.  Be careful what you wish for, I guess.  (Though honestly, I'd suck it up and watch whatever if it did include some appearances from SK.)  

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  11. 28 minutes ago, Waldo13 said:

    This!  Plus the black hoodie is a better actor than Stuffy.  It portrays more emotion than she can. 

    A new potential cast member?  The black hoodie of (self-inflicted) pain and misery...

    NuHope was okay but reminded me more of Donna than Brooke.  Brooke looked great though.  And I'm finally resigned to Watie, I guess because I thought they looked cute together.  And Katie tap dancing re: Steffy was fun to watch. 

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  12. Pilot Episode/TBA

    Series Description: From executive producers Ellen DeGeneres, Emily Kapnek ("Suburgatory"), Jeff Kleeman ("Little Big Shots") and Dean Holland ("Parks and Recreation") comes "Splitting Up Together," the story of Lena (Jenna Fischer, "The Office") and Martin (Oliver Hudson, "Scream Queens"), whose marriage is reignited by their divorce. "Splitting Up Together" stars Jenna Fischer as Lena, Oliver Hudson as Martin, Bobby Lee as Arthur, Lindsay Price as Camille, Olivia Keville as Mae, Van Crosby as Mason and Sander Thomas as Milo. Mette Heeno, Mie Andreasen and Hella Joof are also executive producers, along with DeGeneres, Kapnek, Kleeman and Holland, of "Splitting Up Together," which is based on the original Danish series of the same name created by Heeno.   Source

     

     

     

  13. The scenes with Liam and Bill on the floor were so weird - a very odd directing choice. And I'm a little baffled that Bill is all about Liam forgiving Steffy, unless they are trying to show that he really loves her that much. It would be interesting if true, because I can't tell if Still or Steam would then be endgame.  Or maybe they are going for a Brooke/Ridge/Eric kind of triangle they can play out for the next few years?   (I suppose that's way more lazy, recycled material than Brill had available. Not that I'm bitter or anything...)

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  14. I'll make it an even table for 4. The delusional, desperate, panicky and begging Steffy was an appropriate change from her usual arrogant self.  I did feel like JMW was channeling Scarlett O'Hara a bit much but at least she was trying.  

    I've been watching SC for many years and knew he was capable of more than the show was giving him so this week has been very satisfying.  

    Also a special shout out to @CountryGirl for the riveting recaps. I probably wouldn't have watched if I hadn't read them. CBS media should put you on the payroll. 

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  15. I caught a minute of Prince Harry's interview with Barack Obama in the car today.  

    http://people.com/royals/prince-harry-interviews-barack-obama/ 

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    Obama also answered a series of quick fire questions, picking basketball star Michael Jordan over LeBron James and Friends’ Rachel over Monica. In a nod to his fiancée Meghan Markle, Harry also prodded Obama to pick which he preferred: TV series Suits or The Good Wife.

    Replied the former president, “Suits obviously.”

  16. It was great to have Fitz back, and teamed up with Hunter made it even sweeter. 

    It's weird - I'm so used to various plot devices for time travel that the idea of taking the long way surprised me.  Loved the SW refs - I mean how could anyone going to be frozen in a capsule resist?  

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  17. 22 hours ago, Kiddvideo said:

    Oh my! I forget they stream - everything I've ever looked for on there wasn't available, so I've only used the shipping. This is most excellent news. Thank you!

    I don't care for Amazon's streaming UI myself, so I usually never even look.  The movie has made me nostalgic though so I might watch some of my favorite episodes. 

  18. Juliet didn't seem like a dirty cop when it came to the Chief's daughter.  Cops let people go with warnings every day and Juliet knows the kid and wanted to know what was going on so she could help. Justice doesn't always demand an arrest and compassion is a key component of her character.  So I was okay with that.  But I didn't care for the direction they went with Henry.  That seemed OOC but it's California, so who knows?  :-) It was just nice to see everyone again. 

    My daughter actually alerted me to the fact that Psych is now streaming on Amazon Prime, so if you have it, it's free to watch. 

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