Now, I’ll give you a caveat: Is Eisner really in “the know” anymore?  Nikki Finke thinks Eisner is full of it.  But, since I’ve been burned by Finke’s insider info before, I’m not placing my all trust there either.  What we DO know is that on Saturday the WGA Membership meets in the Shrine Auditorium in the west, and Times Square Crowne Plaza Hotel in the east.  Here, the writers will give their opinions of the tentative deal.

Then on Sunday, the west and east WGA boards will meet and vote on whether or not to send the tentative deal to the general membership.  BUT, another thing they will be deciding is whether or not to call off the strike BEFORE sending the deal to the general membership (the moguls asked this be done so the Oscars could go on un-picketed)

More (and a poll) after the jump!

So, theoretically, the strike may very well be over by this Sunday.  I have my fingers crossed, and I’ll stay on top of it and pass any new info along to you.

I’m an optimist, so let’s go off the assumption that the strike is on the edge of ending.  We already know from Silvio Horta himself that that Ugly Bettywill most likely come back for about 4 episodes. Since they wrote the episodes assuming a longer season, changes have to be made. ”We would definitely need to change storylines,” he says. ”I know where we’re going to end up, but there’s going to have to be some major readjustment to get there.”

So, we have a limited number of story arcs from the show we’re going to see.  My question for you is, which ones?  What are you just dying to see?  I included the ones to which I’m most looking forward:

• Some resolution to the Betty/Henry affair (for good or ill)
• The musical episode
• Lindsay Lohan’s appearance
• The launching of HotFlash! magazine
• The continuation of Daniel / Renee’s romance

I think the first and last are most likely (depending on Gabrielle Union’s availability). Lindsay Lohan would be nice, but can they iron out a deal in time?  And I’ve just about lost all hope for the musical episode, because there are SO many extra production worries with musicals.

There are other important plot lines: Wilhelmina’s baby (and Christina carrying it), Christina’s husband, love for Hilda, Marc returning to Mode (certainly he will?  he can’t be sneaking around the love dungeon forever!).

So, assuming the strike ends this weekend, tell me what you can’t wait to see!

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