Francie

I need to have you know -- I cackled. I outright, out loud, scared the cats cackled at this. Well played, Ciarra, well played. Man, I loved that 35th anniversary special. The photoshoot section with the boxes. Back when production values mattered. That time -- what, 1996? - felt both like the the pinnacle of quality television and like the end of an era. It's hard to explain why -- I enjoyed that time immensely and was unhealthily addicted to watching GH. The Cassadine saga with Stefan and Nikolas. The Sonny/Brenda/Jax triangle. Lucy with her Doc. Jonathan Jackson and Amber Tamblyn. The introduction of Sarah J. Brown's Carly. But so many of the veteran performers were already being cast aside and some history was being forgotten. And then came Miranda. And, more importantly Guza left as head writer and Culliton wrote the show into the ground in a matter of weeks. JMHO. YMMV.

Oscar, after getting beaten up and having his money stolen from the male hustler: I have learned my lesson! Oscar, after getting led around by the nose and having his money stolen from a female con artist: Clearly, I learned the wrong lesson!

Not if Greenpeace has anything to say about that.

The kids now have the money with the GoJo deal to fund the Pierce deal. So, it should be a 'go.' But the kids were only interested in it as a way to get their father's attention, so with their motivation for it gone, it'll probably fall apart due to their inability to follow through on it.

So, so, so many great lines! Chef's kiss to the comic relief in the middle: Everything about Connor's sticker system, with "subsequent circulating mourners" and "second tier bereaved." But especially ... Connor: ... after two stickering perambulating circuits .. Shiv: We call them SPCs. and then Roman: They call that the second week itch, I believe. Shiv: Heard the latest about the, uh, Wisconsin court thing? Wylla: I'm sorry, what court thing? Oh, I need there to be an afterlife in this universe where Logan witnesses the the cow-print couch being placed in his living room.

The best possible ending. Seeing Roman smile and have him recognize he's better off? Going into this episode, I so much wanted to see Gerri and him have a moment. But I realize now that Roman being on his own and away from it all was the ending he needed. And, man, I just hated him -- hated him! -- just two episodes ago on election night. This season opened with the most depressing birthday party ever, and then we see Logan Roy -- apparently not long before that -- enjoying the company of his girlfriend, colleagues, and oldest son. Who knew Karl could sing?

My favorite blink and you'll miss it moment was when Connor said there was one person in the room who didn't think he was a joke, and Matsson did a two thumbs point to himself. The bored multi-multi billionaire who has amuse himself. Shiv and Tom were devastating on the balcony, but the comment that cut someone to core the most? Was Nate telling Kendall that he (Nate) wasn't Gil and Kendall wasn't Logan. He didn't mean it as an insult. And the fact it was a matter-of-fact observation made it all the more powerful. Who'da thought Connor's choices could singlehandedly save American democracy? Stay in the race, bud, and syphon off those votes in the honeymoon swing states!

You're very welcome. I'm glad I was able to contribute something positive to this board. :)

No. Current Waystar execs edited Logan Roy's statement, and Kendall told the audience, "Here's what my father had to say about the value." Breaking it down more fully, Kendall was saying, "Here's how this legend, this figure almost mythical in how successful and business savvy he was, evaluated the potential of this project." That was a misstatement of fact, and it was done with the specific intent to overvalue Waystar, and for further nefarious purposes in tanking a deal Romana and Kendall were just entrusted to complete by virtue of their being voted as co-CEOs. I'm thinking of the wrong being done to the shareholders, stake holders in the deal with Go Jo, and the public at large. What you're referencing seems to be a possible defamation claim Logan has against them for changing his words. You can't defame a dead person. That's why there's so man tell-alls after people die. One's reputation is not an asset that's passed along, inheritance-style. Whatever other book cooking they did, that illegal act stands alone. Kendall's just at fault, but in my imagination he skates and Greg takes the fall. A girl can dream.

I have a new wishlist item: Greg goes down for ordering the sound person to alter Logan's words. Like goes to white collar country club prison for a couple months going down. Because altering Logan's pitch from whatever percent it was to double seems hella illegal to me. Like fraud in the inducement of the existing and potential investors and perhaps a whole host of other federal trade regulations and laws. Sure, Greg was following orders, but that does not get him off the hook (and, nope, not going to make a comparison of that with Matsson's tweet). Interesting to me is that, had Roman not delivered his father's message to ax Gerri, she'd likely be supporting him and guiding him right now. Indeed, we started the show with two women scorned: Gerri, because of Roman, and Shiv, because of Tom. I though Shiv vocalizing Tom's betrayal to him was actually a healthy step. While, in my head, I know they are a toxic pair, in my heart I can't help but root for those two crazy kids to work it out ... and go live on a beach or in a home with a yard so that Mondale can be let out of his crate! This episode lacked all the great bits of dialogue I've come to expect. Way to set a high bar and not live up to your own impossibly high standards, show! I blame the lack of Marcia, Lady Caroline, Connor, and I especially blame the fact the Greek chorus -- Karl, Frank, and Gerri -- were not together much. They even teased us with the three of them sitting in a balcony. In a balcony, people!! I was ready for them to go all Waldorf and Statler, at least with each other, and deliver some devastating killer insults, but then Kendall had to go and actually make a good presentation. Dammit, Kendall, ruining my fun!!

Can you access you tube Paramount Plus channel? The channel puts up either the ready room interviews or whole shows on them (I've never watched it, but it comes into my youtube feed as 'suggestions.') Otherwise, I agree that it might be a browser issue. Thank you! I thought I was going crazy with the near universal praise I see outside this forum. There've been two reviewers with whom I've been in near entire agreement, but as to the rest -- I was feeling like one of those minority of people who eats cilantro and tastes soap. I can't understand how so many others are tasting something else. By the way, and mainly the reason I'm responding -- I absolutely love your screen name! I know that has nothing to do with what we're talking about here. One might say it's a moo point.

I hate that lazy writing. The whole notion that, "Oh, we can totally get away with doing this insanely stupid thing if we have one character be the defeated voice of reason." Any script writer whose television or movie offering relies on that should have their writers guild card revoked faster than one can say 'plot contrivance.'

Kestra is named checked two or three times (I forget if she was mentioned in Riker's post going through the alien birth canal videocall), and both had to do with Riker's man-pain. He mentions in the first episode that he thought Kesta would like some time away from him, for instance. That was my disappointment. Whether the PicardS3 show runners like it or not, Riker had his own family now, and it was shucked aside so that the showrunners could pretend Picard and Riker were some kind of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance duo. That was my point. Riker's faux annoyed (or real annoyed -- who knows) "Do you hear yourself?" is stupid if he isn't taking on real or pretend offense. And I agree with you that the writing is so bad and so trying to be all Marvel-esque that the joke doesn't work without extrapolation. But Riker's line was "Do you hear yourself?," and he should only be offended if the comment involved Deanna. The exact point I'm making -- how the women got erased out of this -- seems to be point you're making to say, "this wasn't even about a woman." He didn't say they shot or had a scene with Kestra at Starfleet Academy. They didn't re-hire the actress from Season 1 or have a Starfleet Academy set for a one-minute scene like that. TM said Kestra was at Starfleet Academy on social media because he was getting questioned about it there. At the time he shot the show, he quite clearly didn't know or care where Kestra was. Now, whether he actually shot scenes with Deanna and Will that were cut from Season 7 is a little unclear. He said there were scenes that intercut with a Crazy Amanda. So those scenes were at the very least were scripted, and it seemed like they were shot. But even that he didn't confirm 100%. Given the threat they were under, no parents should have assumed and no reasonable, normal parents would have thought their child was safe. They would have -- and should have been -- worried sick. Like so many others have said, the tone of this show was so off.

Agreed. Joel committed a little "light" white collar crime.

Thanks. When you mentioned it was on free tv, I was confusing Pluto with one of the streaming channels like tubi or freevee. I did look up Picard's availability on free tv last night, and the second season of Picard is available, but not the first. So second season episodes are available, on demand, for free. I'm going to mix sci fi franchises and say people should warned, it's a trap!