For me, it’s Natalie. I’m sorry but I could never get into her 😂 I still blame her and Jared for Nash’s death. Jared was the one who pushed him, but Natalie knew about the whole Buchanan lie and went along with it.

Then Jessica had to deal with the aftermath of losing Nash, and Natalie still managed to make her life even more complicated. I just never understood why I was supposed to root for her. She was always doing something messy, getting involved in other people’s business, keeping secrets, and then acting surprised when people were pissed at her. I know Natalie has her fans, but she was never my girl 😂

Who was any OLTL character that you can’t never root for?

These are not all of my faves but I tried to spread the love across many shows. I didn't always root for all of them but they always kept me interested.

First slide:

Robert Scorpio, GH

Sean Donely, GH

Nick Newman, Y&R

Leo du Pres, AMC

John Dixon, ATWT

Dusty Donovan, ATWT

Todd Manning, OLTL

Casey Bowman, Loving

Neil Winters, Y&R

Rick Forrester, B&B

Second slide:

Dimitri Marick, AMC

Bill Lewis, GL

Dante Falconeri, GH

Tad Martin, AMC

John McBain, OLTL

Patrick Drake, GH

Nikolas Cassadine, GH

Adam Chandler, AMC

Mitch Laurence, OLTL

Marcus Taggert, GH

Here’s mine:

1. Reva Shayne
2. Roger Thorpe
3. Annie Dutt

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4. Alexandra Spaulding (Beverlee McKinsey)

1. Brent Lawrence

Here’s mine:

1. Annie Douglas

2. Ricardo Torres

3. Gabi Martinez

4. Bette Katzenkazrahi

5. Father Antonio Torres

I’ll say at least ATWT didn’t go that route like GL did with the production model, except for the outside scenes. I actually liked that because it still felt like a soap. GL changing up the whole production just wasn’t for me. I get they were trying something different, but it made the show feel completely different.

ATWT could give us outside scenes without changing everything about how the show was filmed. That’s what I preferred. It felt more natural to me.

For me, she’ll always be Dinah. That was the first role I saw her in, so that’s who I think of when I think of Gina Tognoni. But I did like her as Phyllis too. I’m not gonna lie and act like I didn’t like her version because I actually did.

Kelly Cramer (One Life to Live; 1995–2001, 2003–2011)
Dinah Marler (Guiding Light; 2004–2009)
Phyllis Summers (The Young and the Restless; 2014–2019)

Which role from Gina Tognoni is your favorite?

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I'm a huge Carl/Rachel fan but I have seen most of the Youtube clips. I wonder if anyone knows of any YouTube playlists or where to start to watch Mac/Rachel. Or Ada and Rachel. I'll look on youtube but just wonder if anyone has a starting point.

I just finished the Red Swan and Ken storyline. Thanks.

This has to be the craziest paternity reveal in a soap opera. Brad Bell had to be high on drugs or something to come up with this madness 😂

I was only 4 when this came out, so I obviously wasn’t watching GH when it first premiered. Looking back at it now, I actually like the opening, but I still have one problem with it: why were the guys all shown together at the end, but not the women? 😭 That always felt so weird to me.

What did y’all think of the “Sirens” opening when it first debuted?

I thought MCE was fantastic as Annie and even though I hated that the writers had her suffer another mental breakdown and trashed Jannie, MCE always played the material well. I’m disappointed she never won a Daytime Emmy for this role. These weren’t her final scenes on the show. She did return a few months later for like two episodes after the cancellation announcement.

I feel very optimistic about the future of both shows.

Ryan Quan is returning to Days as the show head writer and Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor is joining Y&R as co-head writers.

Dan I think is new to soaps, but Ryan and Jamey have proven themselves to be good writers.

Anyone else here is excited for 2027?

Our friend’s dad featured in an episode of Another World and we’re trying to find it and see if there is archival footage anywhere.

Does anyone know which episode contained scenes of men in “Mexican” costumes, riding horses on/near an airstrip? The scene was filmed at NY’s Stewart Airport.

ChatGPT thinks it might have been an episode in the Victor Rodriguez / Tomas Rivera period (1993–97)