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[Angela]

She's been let go according to the new SOD. Her last airdate will coincide with the reveal that Kathy is really Kate, Tad and Dixie's daughter.

ETA: Thanks to a poster at GH, Soapzone for PMing me the info.

[KevC1980]

I don't watch AMC, but hasn't her latest stint been a huge bust...For such a popular character in the 90's when paired with Noah, they hardly ever gave her anything good this run..Hope she finds a soap that values her a little more..I'll take her on Days..

[AMCHistory]

Sad news. I loved Sydney. I guess this is truly the end of Wildwind.

[LeClerc]

Lazy easy-way-out writing.

But she came with a big price tag... she was supposed to be a lead and fill the void when Rebecca left in 2005 and it never panned out.

[detroitpiston]

Not a major loss. She was a poor character played by a bad actress.

[Southofnowhere]

Will she leave town or die? Didn't seem like they ever really had a plan for the character and the fact that all her family were gone didn't help things!

[Kyle]

Not a shocker. With all these returns there had to be people let go.

I hope Sydney Penny does well. She was great in 1995's. Her relationship with Noah was excellent but really every scince Maria left what has she done besides mothering Kate?

[Angela]

Will she leave town or die?

All that was written in the magazine is that she's been let go and that her exit will coincide with what was mentioned above.

She was a poor character played by a bad actress.

I don't think Sydney Penny is a bad actress. I loved B.J. on SB. I liked Julia a bit more this time around then in the 1990s, in the 1990s I had such a Santos family hate on. Maria put the nail in Brooke/Edmund's coffin. Julia put the nail in Anton/Kendall's coffin. Mateo put the nail in Hayley/Brian's coffin. They upset me, lol.

[Soapsuds]

Not a major loss. She was a poor character played by a bad actress.

For a minute there I thought you were talking about Laura Wright.

[AMCHistory]

There was so much potential to use the shows history (her rivalry with Kendall, teaming up with Livia to fight for Kathy like she had to do with Jamal).... she is yet another Santos victim of bad writing.

I wish someone who actually knew how to write this show would take over. It makes me so sad seeing so many of the characters we love pushed to the wayside (Barbara, Reggie, Lily, Brooke, et al.).

Whatever happened to Douglas Marland's rules? They worked for a reason.

[detroitpiston]

I don't think Sydney Penny is a bad actress. I loved B.J. on SB. I liked Julia a bit more this time around then in the 1990s, in the 1990s I had such a Santos family hate on. Maria put the nauil in Brooke/Edmund's coffin. Julia put the nail in Anton/Kendall's coffin. Mateo put the nail in Hayley/Brian's coffin. They upset me, lol.

I've thought that she was a terrible actress since she started back on the show in 05. Which shocked me cause I liked her on B&B. It was pretty obvious that this job was nothing more than a paycheck to her from the get go. In some scene's she had me wondering if she was even trying to act LOL or just phoning it in.

[detroitpiston]

For a minute there I thought you were talking about Laura Wright.

[Soapsuds]

Oh yeah??

[Adam]

I imagine she will die..... I can't see her just giving up Kate to Tad....

What a waste of history and talent as others have alluded too. Hopefully Sydney can find a new venture to sink her teeth into. I wonder if she will relocate back west?

[DevotedToAMC]

Darn I was really hoping for either a Julia/Josh relationship or Frankie/Julia....I wish Sydney Penny the best of luck

[Cheap21]

its about time. Julie has been a complete waste since she returned

I imagine she will die..... I can't see her just giving up Kate to Tad....

I can. They havent been playing her up as being a mother to Kathy. When I see them together, it looks more like Julie is babysitting for a friend, and not caring for her daughter. She and Kathy dont seem to have that connection and she knows Tad is a good person and father who wants his daughter. I see her letting him have her, while still staying in Kathy's life

Edited by Cheap21, 28 April 2008 - 09:08 PM.

[LoyaltoAMC]

That's a shame, but we all knew it was coming. It was just a matter of when they would decide to do the Kate reveal, and that time has come. They're not going to kill her off. She'll probably get a few episodes where she's very conflicted about giving up Kate, leading up to a teary scene where she decides to do the right thing and hand the girl over to Tad. She'll then decide to leave town, to join Maria or something, to start fresh. That's how I see it playing out.

[dragonflies]

Bit pissed off, not a Julia fan, but Kathy will lost ANOTHER parent? This is beyond ridiculous, that's 4 parents(counting Dixie, her adoptive parents, and Julia) in just a few years

Lazy writing that so many characters have to be sacrificed so Tad can be reunited with the daughter he doesn't give two shits about

[Cheap21]

Lazy writing that so many characters have to be sacrificed so Tad can be reunited with the daughter he doesn't give two shits about

I wouldnt say Julie is being sacrificed for Tad bc this was going to happen with or without him. She's been on the show for how long now and outside of her return, they have yet to do anything major with the character. Its obvious they had no direction for her and really had no interest in writing for her. She's been a waste of money especially since she wasnt being utilized. That had nothing to do with Tad

Edited by Cheap21, 28 April 2008 - 09:18 PM.

[Angela]

Seperating this girl from two sets of parents she loves (be it through death or leaving town), will they do it? Children are not purses despite AMC's weird laws on kidnapping, they have feelings. She loved the parents who adopted her. She loves Julia. Will they really have Julia say: "You can keep her since you're her daddy. I'm going to leave town." She's not a baby, she's like 6, right?

The only way you don't hurt this kid anymore, with the character leaving, is if the character takes the kid with her.

It'll be interesting to see what exactly they're going to do here.