Ryan's Hopemania
Oct. 20th, 2007 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwynnegaI now have 22 DVD-Rs of Ryan's Hope episodes from 1982-1989 (plus a disc of interviews and promos). As if I needed more impetus to veg out in front of the TV. Right now I'm in the midst of the 1983 storylines. How will I ever tear myself away? Help!!
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Date: 2007-10-20 08:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-20 08:54 pm (UTC)In 1983, Frank is trying to run for the Senate, but a woman named Charlotte Greer shows up and pretends she was married to Frank in St. Louis and that he took her money in the divorce. It's great because they keep reminiscing about the 1975 campaign and all the stuff that just happened in the eps that just aired on Soapnet...
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Date: 2007-10-20 09:01 pm (UTC)He spent long enough in St. Louis to marry someone.
Did you get anymore of the EJ Ryan storyline? I thought Roger and EJ were cute, though he kept fluffing my lines and screwing up the setup for poor Maureen Garrett's line. So she looks like she's flailing a lot, but it was really him.
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Date: 2007-10-20 09:08 pm (UTC)I never got more of the EJ storyline, alas. The DVDs start at the end of 1982, so it's missing almost a year. I've seen some of Maureen Garrett's "Guiding Light" performances on YouTube, and she's SO much better than on RH, and not flailing at all. I think she was miscast as EJ - she would've been worlds better as a Siobhan recast.
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Date: 2007-10-20 09:33 pm (UTC):-)
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Date: 2007-10-21 12:05 am (UTC)(Please tell me that Frank figures out who pushed him down the stairs...and also, how much longer do we have to watch this *staring* Frank???)
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Date: 2007-10-21 12:38 am (UTC)Frank knows Delia pushed him...maybe you missed the eps where they discussed it? He agreed to keep it a secret, but much later Delia pushes Pregnant!Jill and accidentally knocks her unconscious, and then I think everyone finds out about Delia pushing Frank.
Teleprompter!Frank will be around for what seems like an eternity (maybe another four-six months our time?). The good news is, Frank #2 is much better, and Frank #3 is fantastic! (There were five Franks in all, and 2-5 are all worlds better than this one...)
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Date: 2007-10-21 03:35 pm (UTC)Or, maybe it's also part of the post-traumatic mental problems...yanno, the same thing that makes him stare into space, lol. (4-6 months at 2 eps a day? that *is* an eternity...). It will be nice to see a Frank that has chemistry with this Jill.
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Date: 2007-10-21 12:42 am (UTC)Re: p.s.
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