charming_essa

I liked all the actresses who played Vicky, with the exception of Rhonda Lewin, who only played her for a short time. Whever I think of Vicky though, the face that always come to mind is Jensen Buchanan. She was the last actress to play Vicky and played her through the majority of the Vicky/Ryan storyline. There are lots of clips I like to re-watch from time to time, but many of them wouldn't be as meaningful out of context. Also I don't want to get the thread too off track since AW wasn't an ABC show or one that anyone else here watched. I appreciate that you gave me the chance to talk about this show though. It was fun to take a little trip down memory lane.

I remember Holden, Lily, and Dusty but mostly Holden and Lily. Even though I didn't watch ATWT, I obsessively read soap opera magazines so I knew some of the storylines on shows that I didn't watch.

ollibear

Don't worry about going off-topic with this thread. We debated the title in the beginning of it, anyway. I always meant for it to be about more than just Freeform's other series. At the time, we only mentioned ABC Family to encourage people to talk about The Fosters, etc., too.

I'm going to change the title right now, so we can talk about any other TV series. It's all fair game, here!

Anyone watch Dr. Who?

charming_essa

Okay, good to know!

I've seen some of the Dr. Who episodes. My son was watching the "newer" (2005) series on netflix. We saw all the episodes with the 9th doctor and Rose and some of the ones with the 10th. They took it off netflix though, so that was as far as we got.

~AnastasiaGrey~

I dont know think I have seen Doctor Who

ollibear

Me either!

I like the idea of it, though, from what I have heard.

A couple of years ago, my students in a fan fiction class, threw a Dr. Who fandom celebration and brought the most interesting food, like fish sticks and custard.

Who knew?

charming_essa

Wow, that sounds like fun!! I might have disliked school a little less if we had done fun stuff like that!

Is anyone watching anything on netflix?

~AnastasiaGrey~

That sounds like a cool idea lol

girl under the floor

I'm watching Gossip Girl Essa
Had never watched it before

~AnastasiaGrey~

I liked that show

ollibear

What's it about?

I haven't heard the premise yet. Interesting title!

girl under the floor

Pfhew, I don't even know how to explain Amy
It's a show following the life of Upper Manhattan teenagers (and their parents to some extent).
The name Gossip Girl is because on the show the voice-over is a Gossip Girl, someone who runs a blog about the entire social life of those teenagers. And you only find out who that person is at the end of the show (I think )
I'm liking it, but I don't think I could binge watch it. There's A LOT of teen drama going on and I find myself sighing at it

~AnastasiaGrey~

Yeah I did it at the beginning too

charming_essa

I've heard of it, but never watched it.

John S

I'm glad to see that this thread is still active, considering that I was "yelled at" by a former mod for posting it.
The Fosters looks like it is becoming more negative. Apparently, Brandon won't be going to Julliard because he committed academic fraud and it looks like Callie might be going to jail because she left the scene of an accident. Like Bay, she MIGHT have the label of convicted felon. Previews have her being locked up.
We'll see what happens.

ollibear

Sounds like an interesting premise. Teenagers are so private that I imagine they would not like someone running a blog on their social life, even if they are not named. (Are they named?)

Is Gossip Girl over now? Or is it still being broadcast?

Is anyone here interested in the return of Twin Peaks later this year? I adored that TV series back in the 1990s. I can't wait for the return and plan to watch every episode beforehand, as a refresher.

Thanks for starting this thread, John! I am sorry you felt your contribution wasn't welcome. It was, and it is! You are welcome to start new threads here. I don't think any of us meant for you to feel otherwise.

I am excited to see you back here with us.

The Season 5 premiere knocked the wind out of me. (I get emotional about these things! ) But I am getting my wind back, and it is wonderful to see fans return to this board.

I didn't watch The Fosters premiere, but I think it may be turning more negative. It looks as though Jesus might be paralyzed and unable to communicate. It's a shame about Brandon. I would have liked to have seen him at Julliard. I like Callie, but the idea of her going to prison because she left the scene of an accident AFTER SHE HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED seems ridiculous to me. If someone has been kidnapped, then escaping to save their own life might take precedence. (But as I said, I did not watch the episode, so maybe that's not how it all went down.)

I really don't care about any of the characters on The Fosters.

I loved, I mean really, really loved, the characters on Switched at Birth. I cared more about Emmett than I have ever cared about any fictional character. I cared about Bay, too, and even Daphne. Heck, I even cared about the parents, back when I wondered how they would all cope with the switch. But everything has been glossed over for so long on Switched at Birth. As viewers, we never see any character do the hard work of solving their problems. Instead, difficulties just disappear in the next episode or the next season, as if they never existed. I can hear the writers saying, "Time to move on."

Just because one or more of the writers suffer from ADHD does not mean that the fans suffer from it. I would like to have time to explore these characters problems, rather than being told, "That problem is solved. The next problem for this character will be blah, blah, blah. Oops! That problem is solved, too, now. But, hey, next season, this problem will occur. Watch closely, because it will be solved, too, in only a few minutes of screen time. Pay attention!"

Yep, I got it.

Maybe this season the writers will go deeper. That's the advice that Emmett's professor at USC gave him on the script he wrote about his failed relationship with Bay. Maybe that is advice the Switched at Birth writers have received from their professors in the past. If so, they'd do well to heed it.