From Joe Diliberto
Today was the talented Martha Byrne's last day playing AS THE WORLD TURNS' Lily, and the dialogue was dripping with so much irony that I had to wonder how much of it was the writers being clever and how much might have been anguished improv by the actors. When Lucinda urged Lily to go spend time with Iva, she told her daughter, "We want you to be you, Lily." How funny is that, considering that when Lily does return, she will be played by a different actress. In Lily's last scene with Holden, Byrne asked, "Do you think it'll help for me to go?" Longtime acting partner Jon Hensley replied, "I think it stinks," in Holden's best supportive-husband manner. "But I want what's best for you, even though it stinks for me." Byrne's expression seemed to be one of genuine pain. "I feel so guilty leaving you here like this." She left him a note and headed for the door. "Come back to us," he bleated. In the car, later, Lucinda told her to take enough time away "to be your own real, true vibrant self." If only. Back at the farm, Carly found Holden grieving, so she reached out to place a tentative, consoling hand to his shoulder. And that's when I heard a shriek from ATWT editor Mala Bhattacharjee's office: "Get your hands off him, Carly!" Farewell, Martha.

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