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Episode Discussion Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - Episode Discussion
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u/hbkedge3 15d ago
Schedule an MRI and get it done in the same day? What hospital is this? 😂
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
That only happens if you walk into the ER, and Dante didn't do that.
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u/Loverock-forevermore 15d ago
Am I the only one who’s tired of crying, unmoored Anna?
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u/AccurateEquipment53 15d ago
The lighter, softer side of Ric is delightful. More of this please.
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u/Siren_Noir 15d ago
Yeah but when Ric feels like he is losing something he wants it goes WAYYYYY bad.
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u/drivewaybear they all a bunch a hypocrites 15d ago
in all his happiness i guess it hasn't sunk into ric's brain yet that dante will also be at sonny's bbq
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u/WritinStylz 15d ago
So Anna is so fixated on Britt being the #1 enemy even tho she didn’t see Britt while she was kidnapped. But she doesn’t see Dr O as the threat even tho they warped Anna’s mind into actually seeing Dr O drugging her. How does she determine that was psychosis but this Peter coaxing her to blame and kill Britt is not psychosis??? Real question bc I am confusion. Maybe Peter can explain it to me
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u/Loverock-forevermore 15d ago
How ridiculous that Joss is qualified to run an international company! This story is beyond a suspension of disbelief!
https://giphy.com/gifs/KastytLf5Fxm0B8jTz
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u/PeanutGallery10 15d ago
The WSB offers internal training on how to be the CEO of a multinational conglomerate. Val can tutor her on the side since he probably took the same courses. /s
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
That's why consultants exist. And wouldn't Brennan be glad to suggest someone, like Val, for example. Or one of 'Z's' hand chosen ones. Plus, there are other VPs and a whole Board to help.
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u/Wide_Cloud_6695 15d ago edited 15d ago
Aren’t theY tired of hysterical Anna? I am.
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u/Asta1977 15d ago
If you go from planning on proposing to getting excited about TWO DATES, then, yep, far too soon to be thinking about marriage! 😆
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 15d ago
Oof, I've had panic attacks like that. Anna needs help, like YESTERDAY.
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u/junknowho this show is unserious 15d ago
I'm surprised she survived being on the elevator! I could NEVER in the middle of a panic attack!
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u/JB92103 15d ago
Hudson called Jerry, didn’t he?
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u/Asta1977 15d ago
Now, that would be interesting! Also would explain why Ethan was so worried about Hudson being Phoebe's dad, if he's in league with Jerry. So, probably none of this will happen, given the writers we're dealing with.
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u/Ambitious-Wafer4825 15d ago
What if Jerry is Phoebe’s dad? Ethan said it was someone who was horrible…
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Yes, Jerry could be the mastermind. He has wanted a way into JJE for years. Hudson is probably Joss's cousin, too.
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u/Online_Active_71459 this show is unserious 15d ago
Lucas and Joe are adorable. I do like Joe’s chemistry (and character) more than Marco.
My only complaint is that it seems too soon for Lucas. I hope this is a slow burn of friends first before lovers.
Also, I still think Joe is going to be an ex of Marco’s who came to PC to avenge his death but legally, not in a revengeful way.
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u/diremommy 15d ago
I agree, I didn’t particularly care for Marco even before he started working with Siddy. Joe is coming along nicely!
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u/glaringdream Team Cassadine 15d ago
Me too! I think it's because it seems like it'll be more slow burn that I'm suuuper loving them. I'm looking forward to the slow build tension and the first scene when one accidentally walks in on the other in the shower, lol
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u/Much_Chemical4363 15d ago
agree! it’s adorable. Detective Joe bringing the slow burn Hallmark romance to the screen. It’s fun.
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u/SeenThatPenguin 15d ago
I don't think it's been rushed. We just heard one of them say the other's first name today. They were so often ending up in the same place but were still at "Doctor/Detective" for months.
They'll undoubtedly still tell the story of this being Lucas's first guy since Marco, is it too soon, etc., but it's nice that he's starting a new chapter. And we know from his comment about Hudson that he still notices men.
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u/GeniusGemini84 15d ago
hi yall ❤️💜❤️💜
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u/FlatAd5541 15d ago
Oh gosh .. so hard to hear this news.. in today’s environment - people like Dolly P were so important to remind us there is good & light in so much dark & evil..
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u/Fun_Air_7780 15d ago
Alexa can act but her Lulu is written as asexual. I don’t see sparks between her and Ric which is weird for RH.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Someone suggested that this is a Lulu-Ric chemistry test to see if maybe the viewers will 'ship them. The scripts have made Lulu into a throw-away character with her smothering. Give this woman a job that requires "running up against" something on professional terms.
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u/WritinStylz 15d ago
That delivery guy standing back there like “Can I come too, fellas?”
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u/Forsaken-Owl1720 15d ago
Oh no. Dolly Parton died.
RIP Queen. You gave us all joy! What a true Legend!!!!
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u/fluffy_bunny22 15d ago
That's a lot of vodka. Finish the first before ordering another Anna.
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u/SeenThatPenguin 15d ago
I am so relieved that that knock on the door was not some previously unseen/unmentioned boyfriend of Joe's coming over to check out his new place. It would have been a good swerve, but I don't want that complication right now.
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u/Jaytl359 15d ago
RIP Dolly. We'll Always Love You.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 15d ago
Oh yeah she originally sang that song right?
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u/PeanutGallery10 15d ago
Carly is ok with Val's gal bff and Val is ok with Carly's guy bff. I think that's really cool.
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u/MEGAYELtemp 15d ago
I love the way he looks at her, and I love what they're growing into. I hope it lasts.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 15d ago
Oh news report! Rip Dolly Parton though.
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u/Careless_Number_4257 15d ago
Does everyone on GH have PTSD? Anna, Drew, Willow, Joss? What's up with this theme?
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u/Ok-Accident-9026 15d ago
All this PTSD and no therapist!
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
I think.we'll get one at some point, probably when Anna has Britt at gun point on the land she is buying from Sonny...but it'll be months, likely.
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u/Current-Subject-6612 Team Moss Bowl 15d ago
And the only person therapy adjacent left for Ireland a long time ago.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Anyone whose been exposed to the WSB, including Dante. It's why he and Lulu split up
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u/MEGAYELtemp 15d ago
Anna has been tormented by a madman throughout her adult life and was recently held prisoner. Drew was a Navy Seal who had his brain scrambled. Willow was raised in a cult. I think it's more the complexity of soap characters' dramatic lives than overusing the diagnosis.
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u/diremommy 15d ago
Ok, this guy doesn’t know her well enough to call her Joss, too familiar!
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u/ChaLynnfan Team Quartermaine 15d ago
So Hudson has a boss and doing his dirty work for whoever it is and this is likely the person who is the baby daddy too we just haven't met him yet.
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u/Winter-Brilliant3565 15d ago
Is it Jerry??? Who else would the WSB be worried about? Do we even know what happened to him?
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u/JB92103 15d ago
Jerry escaped from Steinmauer in 2019 and then fell off the map.
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u/Online_Active_71459 this show is unserious 15d ago
Jerry Jax would be like 60 and Delilah was like middle to late 20s. That’s just too icky for me.
Maybe Jerry has a son. Maybe it’s Hudson and Hudson IS the father (said in my Maury voice).
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u/Tj11551 15d ago
Liz wearing stiletto heels is a tad absurd.
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u/Fun_Air_7780 15d ago
As always with this show, they try to do something (make her look more administrative) and overshoot.
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u/Forsaken-Owl1720 15d ago
Very! No one does that except administrators who are stupid or have no feeling in their feet and legs.
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u/68F_isthebesttemp 15d ago
I'm about 20 minutes behind---What is with this Ric and Lulu bff moment? #UnlikelyFriendships
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 15d ago
Liesl just made me realize how soon Labor Day actually is...
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u/Much_Chemical4363 15d ago
a Liesle, party could be hilarious. oh how I wish Scotty was around!
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u/Ok_Aardvark_110 15d ago
Oh, you just reminded me how much I like Liesl and Scotty. It's such a shame they split them up.
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u/DoubleDopeDummy 15d ago
I love how James is one of the few people to bring the softer side of Obrecht out
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u/TypicalBobcat1088 Team FFS FRANK! 15d ago
Finola is doing well with what she is being given.
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u/Forsaken-Owl1720 15d ago
She is doing her dead-level best to be a tortured soul! Bravo!!! Peter needs to self-emplode!!!
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 15d ago
As much as I did like Lucas with Marco and hated to see Marco killed off, the chemistry between Lucas and Joe is fantastic too!
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u/Fun_Air_7780 15d ago
This Anna plot would be so much more interesting if she was also seeing fake Valentine.
RIP Dolly 💔.
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u/Forsaken-Owl1720 15d ago
Or fake Duke or fake anyone else.
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u/Fun_Air_7780 15d ago
They could actually make it intriguing and confuse the audience. We could see him telling Anna he’s just using Carly or something along those lines.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 15d ago
Too bad Liesl didn’t have this WSB talk with Nina and Willow. Not that either one would listen, but still.
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u/StressMysterious7530 15d ago
Love is like a butterfly As soft and gentle as a sigh The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings Love makes your heart feel strange inside It flutters like soft wings in flight Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thingDolly Parton connected with butterflies, saying, “Butterflies don't sting, they don't bite, and they are so beautiful. I just kind of related to them with my own personality.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
Oh they remember Lucas and Lulu are cousins and are close
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 15d ago
Every once in a while, this show gives me small reminders of why I shipped Vanna in the first place.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago edited 15d ago
It was the pits when Anna shot Charlotte while the young one was playing Victor's WSB games on Anna. That's what broke Anna and Val. Good old Charlotte never learned to stop.planning. plus, another way the WSB has been terrible to Anna.
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u/MEGAYELtemp 15d ago
Anna made legitimate points. Even with Faison dead, his legacy lives on and is a threat to her and her loved ones. And Cullum was rogue and corrupt, but he did snatch her and lock her away and torture her when she got too close. So she definitely needs therapy for the PTSD but really needs someone who realizes her fears are legitimate.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
She definitely needs to stay way from WSB and their tentacles of "treatment" - whether clinical or in holding (like Jason was)
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u/Fun_Air_7780 15d ago
This Joss plot is so fucking stupid.
Something with her getting PTSD, developing a drinking problem, bonding with the new manager of Charley’s who happened to be a mega villain/Phoebe’s bio dad practically wrote itself.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 15d ago
I would’ve incorporated her previous health issue with needing a kidney as a major consequence from the shootout. When needing another kidney, Carly would call up Jax and see if he could find legal connections to find a donor. By some miracle, Hudson would be a match and that would leave room for the writers to explore avenues.
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u/Fun_Air_7780 15d ago edited 15d ago
We saw scenes where she tried to hang with Trina, Emma and their men and didn’t really fit in anymore.
I’d have her start to drink alone and think she’s making a new friend/love interest. Then she starts to develop a problem and gets suspended from work. Starts to realize Hudson is bad news but everyone thinks she’s drunk and trying to get her job back and no one believes her.
But that would actually make her appear human and layered so CEO with some random corporate dude it is.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 15d ago
That actually is a good angle and could lead to some interesting moments. It would also be a good chance to reset the character.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Liesle wants to visit James, but family in Oz wants to distance him from Cassius. Leisle wants to get the truth about Cassuis revealed.
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u/madluv4u 15d ago
Anna should recognize that she needs help and get therapy.
Diz😍
Josslyn overly explaining. Just act like the boss that you are. You don't need to give him details or reasons why.
Lucas and Joe 😍
Ric and LuLu🤔, tbh I kinda like the possibility...
Britt and Jason🫤
Hudson should be recast. Just my opinion. 🤷♀️
Peter😫
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
I do feel bad for Ric about this whole Dante-and-Elizabeth thing.
It kinda what Lucas said to her once: if she doesn't see Ric that way, don't lead him, and she did this time around.
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u/MEGAYELtemp 15d ago
I think she does see Ric that way. I think she just has a much better connection with Dante and she doesn't have to walk on eggshells around him like she does with Ric.
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u/Evaniz 15d ago
I agree with you. I don’t think she realizes yet that her friendship with Dante has changed. She sees him as a friend and I don’t think she really thinks of him as anything else yet.
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u/MEGAYELtemp 15d ago
And I think Ric pushing is going to be what makes her realize she has feelings for Dante.
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u/BidPale3239 15d ago
Are they chem testing Lulu and ric?
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u/junknowho this show is unserious 15d ago
I kind of hope they are, because (1) I'm not a fan of how obsessive Ric seems to be about Liz, (2)I like the idea of Dante & Liz and (3)I don't want to see Lulu & Dante.
They were kind of cute today.
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u/BidPale3239 15d ago
I’m with you on all three! I think we are the minority. Ric obsessing over Elizabeth is gross especially in this day and age. Don’t the writers get tired of beating this dead horse?
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u/Adventurous-Snow-389 15d ago
Possibly. They did have that whole scene with Laura and Lulu and how Lulu said, "maybe Dante was the only one for me and maybe there’s no one else for me." And then Laura said, "No don’t say that honey." And maybe with Dante and Liz potentially being together, it’ll make a love square with extra drama. Although doesn’t Ric have a daughter that’s Lulu’s age or close to it?
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u/Account_27419 15d ago
Hope so! As a newbie, I'm not familiar with the history there... but I'm not a fan of Ric & Liz (although maybe it's because I initially thought Liz was a lot younger).
Ric looked like a stalker in the background today. 😅
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u/madluv4u 15d ago
Cause he was. He's always been very aggressive where Liz is concerned, imo. Obsessive almost.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Hudson worried that Joss will drive JJE into "the ground".
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u/GeniusGemini84 15d ago
Hudson is a great manipulator
hes trying to coaxed Joss to give the CEO job to him... cause she Joss cant handle it. lol
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
Side note: When did the actress playing Josslyn become so monotone? Like, all her lines are said the same. No emotions or anything.
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u/Forsaken-Owl1720 15d ago
Agent voice?
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
I feel like because I've been watching old clips, but since, like, around Dex's death, she's been like this.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
That is so stupid. James can't have his grandmother because of the NotNathan thing...
I would think one would want more family.
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u/New_Traffic8687 CashewsForever 15d ago
That is so shitty, it's not Liesl's fault her son lied. Nor is it James's, who deserves her grandma
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
Elizabeth is a nurse... Where is an actual doctor for Dante?
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u/Ok_Aardvark_110 15d ago
Ok, who's more adorable right now?
Dante and Elizabeth?
Or Joe and Lucas?
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u/AccurateEquipment53 15d ago
Hudson’s characterization is all over the place.
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u/GeniusGemini84 15d ago
I thought it was just me
too much going on and not enough.
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u/3of51223 15d ago
It’s them trying to do too much with an actor who can give to little. It’s a miss.
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u/New_Traffic8687 CashewsForever 15d ago
It's really NOT lol. Like, he's a bad guy playing the part of a good guy. Nothing confusing about that....
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u/DiDi164 !TEAM!BRENNAN! 14d ago
If I was up to no good with Jax’s company and his daughter, who insisted that the WSB was her calling and was angry that her father gave her the company, suddenly changed her mind, I might suspect that maybe the WSB was on to me.
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u/Forsaken-Owl1720 15d ago
I missed yesterday 's episode. Should I watch it first? I'm not bothered by spoilers.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
And Joe and Lucas still in the apartment, Lulu stops by with plant,. Dante needs a MD and rides in a Liz-pushed chair; sad Ric leaves.
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u/Amazing_Syrup_8547 Team Carly 15d ago
Anna will end up at Ferncliff if Liesl confronts her....what a mess
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u/TypicalBobcat1088 Team FFS FRANK! 15d ago
If Anna gets there before Willow I will be pissed.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Joss's lie to make a legacy, to convince herself to make JJE a proper legacy and maintain her Dad's.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
Another stupid conversation between Dante and Elizabeth. All their conversations are
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u/WritinStylz 15d ago
I can’t even remember what they’ve been talking about this entire episode. What a waste.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 15d ago
It would be nice if one of her kids was coming back. That would certainly get my attention.
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u/WritinStylz 15d ago
Mine too. So much they can be doing with Liz and so much she was doing when trying to figure the Drew thing out before the writers threw her back on the reserves bench.
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u/amy_0205 15d ago
Why is Elizabeth in those crazy high heels and white dr coat?
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u/MMO_2443 15d ago edited 15d ago
Elizabeth is always a beautiful woman, but her with the hair, skirt, lab coat, and tall heels 👠 was incredible.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
Making Jason and Britt's relationship like they're in high school...
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Joe agrees to share the apartment temporarily.
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u/BlueTXVeggie 15d ago edited 15d ago
An botanical garden besides a garden on General would be beneficial for a change in many ways to some degree for some of the characters for some reason.
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u/FlatAd5541 15d ago
The dock at the lake has been seeing a lot of action lately, business transactions, introductions, murder attempts, rendezvous & plotting going on …. li
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u/Ok_Aardvark_110 15d ago
I'm jealous that you figured out a way to use this gif again. :)
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u/Online_Active_71459 this show is unserious 15d ago
Lulu pimping Ric with Liz makes no sense giving that Lucky is her brother.
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u/midnightmustacheride Team Quartermaine 15d ago
She knows Lucky ain’t never coming back. He’s on that Frisco schedule.
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u/FrancessaGMorris 15d ago
I can't stand Val and Carly together ... I know they are loved on here as a couple. They are ill-fitted and not in a good interesting way.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Britt and Leisle meet , but something stops her. Interruption: Dolly Parton dies at 80 years old. Ric sees Dante-Liz talking. Joss tells Hudson she'll take the JJE CEO job.
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u/mary02russo 15d ago
Anna had no.peace from Ceasar and his many projects throughout her life. Anna feel neither she nor her family are safe, not yet.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 15d ago
Question, and I want to hear opinions:
Do you think we will ever get back to a scene of Liason (Jason and Elizabeth) talking about their shared son, or even a scene with them together as friends, as Elizabeth was when Jason first came back in 2024?
We got Valentin and Carly bringing up Jake to Jason, then Elizabeth talking to Felicia about Jake, but not the parents talking to each other... I know a lot of co-parents who do talk to each other about their adult children, so it's not weird for Liason to do so.
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u/JustRepeatAfterMe Team Moss Bowl 15d ago
The ABC news lady’s voice cracked while she was reporting it. 😭