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4️⃣ As is guest star #MichaelHalsey as a sleazy producer, encouraging Jade to strip for a screentest. Another of my favourites, #JohnShearin from #Hunter, pops up as a cop.

5️⃣ Not one weak scene or moment in the whole episode.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

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The best part of #CruelSummer, season 1, is the range of #ChiaraAurelia as #JeanetteTurner. #OliviaHolt as #KateWallis is also very good.

What #Chiara did was next level, imo.

From geeky, awkward, innocent, and desperate-to-be-liked, to dark, brooding presence, her performance elevated this twisted #SoapOpera.

And the ending is just right.

It starts slow and grating (immature teen drama) but the final few episodes pay off.

It's a good show, overall, just don't expect a lot.

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2️⃣ The Joe-Dominic stuff that opens the episode is much like all their scenes together. Even Joe chasing his mysterious ally back to a boarding house doesn't really change anything.

3️⃣ The big kiss at the end might change things. We'll see. It certainly comes out of nowhere.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY

WILLOW B: WOMEN IN PRISON - 6/29/1980, ABC

Today in 1980, ABC aired this unsold pilot for a proposed US remake of the Aussie prison soap PRISONER (aka PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H).

The show includes, as one reviewer put it, more "lesbian stuff" than you'd expect from American TV at the time.

#Prisoner #PrisonerCellBlockH #SoapOpera #80sTV #lesbian #gay #bi #LGBTQ #queer #television

3️⃣ And there's a lovely Santana-CC scene, which shows a more compassionate side to the patriarch. I'd forgotten that #PeterMarkRichman was so good in this show.

4️⃣ The highlight here is a short scene where Kelly helps Joe escape from the mansion, after breaking in.

5️⃣ The cliffhanger is weak. Dominic pulls a gun on Joe. Again.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

3️⃣ The half of the episode devoted to Jade is very strong, too. I love the light sitcom vibe of the three teens sharing the apartment in Hollywood. The performers have solid chemistry and their horseplay/banter here is fun. That said, it's time for something to happen.

📺 My 592nd #TVReview of 2023. Averaging 2h8m of TV every day.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

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#SantaBarbara 015 (1984) - 9/10
Friday, August 17, 1984.

1️⃣ Augusta dominates this episode, sharing scenes with Peter and Joe. Fighting with both. Whose side is she on? (The cliffhanger appears to answer that.)

2️⃣ The best scenes involved Cruz, standing up to both CC and Mason and defending his friend Joe. Very cool. He's quickly establishing himself as one of the show's best characters.

3️⃣ The final 10 minutes are very good. Joe breaks into the Capwell mansion again.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

#SantaBarbara 014 (1984) - 9/10

✅ #DaneWitherspoon is very much the leading man here, and Joe is in pretty much every scene. We get to see him meeting Cruz, Toni, and Minx for the first time (in the show). They all like him, and trust him, it should be noted. He also spends a lot of time with Augusta. As we know, she definitely likes him!😆

📺 My 560th #TVReview of 2023. Averaging 2h11m of TV every day.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

2️⃣ I also love the romances. Joe and Kelly have their first really long conversation in this episode. A conversation that's not just her telling him to go away. (Though there is some of that, too.) The best scenes, however, involve Ted and Laken reunited after several episodes/days apart. So darn cute.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

#SantaBarbara 012 (1984) - 6/10

1️⃣ There’s not much to this episode. No developments, nothing changes. It’s more character-driven than plot-driven. Character conflict rules the day. Arguments, basically. CC & Mason. Again. John & Marisa. Again. Kelly & Peter. Again. Everybody saying stuff we’ve heard before. Probably a good episode for new viewers.

2️⃣ #PeterMarkRichman and #LaneDavies are good together. I like Richman’s CC more on this rewatch than I did on first viewing.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

Spooky, yo.

WATCH HERE:
https://youtu.be/pM2exRSyEsA

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#smallstreamer
#smallyoutuber
#nintendoswitch
#famicomdetectiveclub
#thegirlwhostandsbehind
#neonoir
#80snostalgia
#murdermystery
#kiddetective
#highschooldrama
#copdrama
#soapopera
#nes
#remake
#visualnovel
#letsplay

Spooky, yo.

WATCH HERE:
https://youtu.be/pM2exRSyEsA

#smallcontentcreator
#smallstreamer
#smallyoutuber
#nintendoswitch
#famicomdetectiveclub
#thegirlwhostandsbehind
#neonoir
#80snostalgia
#murdermystery
#kiddetective
#highschooldrama
#copdrama
#soapopera
#nes
#remake
#visualnovel
#letsplay

#AnotherWorld #SoapOpera

The fight between Vicky (Anne Heche) and her mother, Donna (Anna Stuart) about Donna having just slept with Vicky's twin, Marley's husband, Jake (Tom Eplin) is forever seared into my brain. Power performances by all three actors in four characters through my facourite soap storyline. Ever.

Jump to 5:57 to enjoy, or watch the whole thing for the good old days of soap opera slaps

https://youtu.be/ujxOcp3JPsQ

His reactions to what he’s hearing over the phone really sell the danger of what’s happing out on his oil rig.

4️⃣ The rest of the episode is very good, too. There’s tension/excitement with Joe (unsuccessfully) breaking into the Capwell mansion to look for clues to Channing’s murderer. Jade and Danny have a nice character-driven moment in Hollywood. And plenty of conflict between Santana and CC, with Mason wondering what it is all about.

#80sTV #SoapOpera

TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY

AS THE WORLD TURNS - 5/20/2008, CBS

This daytime soap opera had, by this point, stopped being quite so damn prissy about showing physical affection between Noah (Jake Silbermann) and Luke (Van Hansis), aka "Nuke." The characters were a couple on the show from 2007 until the series' cancellation in 2010.

Here, Luke and Noah seem to finally be freed from the main problems in their relationship: 1) having to sneak and hide because of Noah's green-card marriage to a woman (so she could stay in the U.S.), and 2) threats and violence from Noah's homophobic father (who by this time was in prison).

https://youtu.be/656ixBCeDcw

#television #MediaStudies #gay #queer #LGBTQ #ATWT #AsTheWorldTurns #VanHansis #JakeSilberman #SoapOpera #daytime

You know who should be in charge of a murder case? A 15 year old.

WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/DTbV_HJ_Jvo

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#smallstreamer
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#letsplay

You know who should be in charge of a murder case? A 15 year old.

WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/DTbV_HJ_Jvo

#smallcontentcreator
#smallstreamer
#smallyoutuber
#nintendoswitch
#famicomdetectiveclub
#thegirlwhostandsbehind
#neonoir
#80snostalgia
#murdermystery
#kiddetective
#highschooldrama
#copdrama
#soapopera
#nes
#remake
#visualnovel
#letsplay