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Guiding Light Discussion Thread

I'm sure some must have...I just can't think of one on a show I watched. Some would probably say Liz Keifer taking over the role of Blake and Blake/Ross but I'm not sure I ever could've bought SS's Blake and Ross as a couple. Hot in bed, sure.
I just loved Grant. He almost managed to make Crystal Chappel rootable for me.

By P.J. · 3 minutes ago3 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

I do think Kimmer was at a bad place here..she knew that Reva was tangential to the story, and that Annie..or the Clone..or the island, whatever. was going to drive it not Reva anymore. She got burned by Hollywood and not getting a good role (which I think she would have been great in a sitcom) and she was in her 40s stuck in a soap..inferior material, but still on everyday and realizing what became of other women over 40s in soap, you are either a mother/grandmother or you are nothing. Funny, she loved Rauch and her worst material was under him, but then, she was on everyday.
Kimmer is an actress, with a huge ego..so you think she would allow the camera to not focus on her standing there clapping (plus I am sure she actually was clapping for another actor winning something) and her being..."mean" to younger women goes back years...on the Shayne reunion on the Locher Room Kriste, who has no shits to give or is too ..flaky..now to care...said, "Oh, I know how mean you were to me when I first came on Kim Zimmer" but in a way, where they eventually became friends. I remember interviews during this time when she was complaining that now there were 6 characters during that time that were doing Reva things...(Jenna, Blake, Dinah...who knows who else) so she was grasping for relevance at this time.

By Mitch64 · 4 minutes ago4 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

Tom and Margo are a confused case as I thought Scott Holmes had no chemistry with Hilary Bailey Smith but did with Ellen Dolan (until the late '90s when both became unwatchable).
I'm sure some recasts have had good chemistry with the love interest they are brought in for, but the list is short.
At the time, I did not have any rooting interest with Philip and either lady because I thought Philip was sanctimonious and dull and I still had some residual fond memories of Harley. Beth I barely knew so just saw this woman throwing herself into any available bed and having breakdowns.
As time passed, I realized Beth Ehlers did not have chemistry with anyone anymore and was just cold to watch. I thought Beth Chamberlin had chemistry with a number of men, but I still didn't care about Beth, as she was clearly a plot device and a bed warmer.
If I step back, I do think Beth Chamberlin and Grant Aleksander had chemistry. I just didn't give a damn.

By DRW50 · 15 minutes ago15 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

I was okay with Cassie (and Laura Wright was certainly better than Nicole Forester), but simply being Reva's bastard sister isn't exactly a great tie to Guiding Light's history. Although I know this fictional child is part Thorpe, Hart didn't claim that name, and I have no clue what last name RJ was given.
Maybe it was something other than Watros' win....but I think it's possible to cheer for someone getting recognition for your show and realizing at some point down the road that you're not getting the same type of praise you did before they came along. Kim had been the big dog on the block (while not the only award winner on the show, but it's biggest) for so long, she never really had to deal with not having that spotlight.

By P.J. · 16 minutes ago16 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

LOL - fair point on the bold part. I'm learning something new now, you're not a Cassie fan either haha :)
LOL!
It's interesting to hypothesize... I did recently learn and posted about Signy saying Kim was horrible to her, so I wonder if that had something to do with it... either Kim just wasn't in a good spot in life during this time or she just didn't like Signy and her personal disdain was coming through the screen. I don't think it was the Watros win, because you can see her standing up and cheering big time when Watros won, but I suppose that could have been alcohol or adrenaline, or just the fact that someone from GL won, but then she later thought and stewed about it haha.
Maybe it was all the bad press/critiques about the cloning storyline that she just came off of haha.

By alwaysAMC · 32 minutes ago32 min
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I wasn't aware of this.

By Franko · 34 minutes ago34 min
BTG: January 2026 Discussion Thread

-- So Naomi is clearly lying about her test results. So this is how the planner and organizer in the family responds to something like this?
-- Jan was ridiculous. She's been away for a month falling for some Owen dude and she's now out of her mind because Ashley is dating a new guy? Really?
-- Looks like Jan also got a makeover, so I guess Ashley isn't the only new thing in town.
-- Eva proved again today that she wasn't sincere about reaching out to Kat.

By ranger1rg · 38 minutes ago38 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

Reva hadn't worked since 1985. And even then, I doubt she did anything. All she ever knew was how to cash checks.
There's a point where I think Kim was just sick of everything. I don't know if Watros winning that emmy got under skin, or the writing, or just realizing she was back where she started and not going anywhere.
I never thought Kim looked good in short hair. And it really didn't fit Reva's character.

By P.J. · 45 minutes ago45 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

My eyes, my eyes! I just can't stand Hunt Block. And I had to cringe through plenty of Hunt Block's making out technique on ATWT.
I'm not sure I've ever witnessed a recast where the new person had a good chemistry with their love interest. Whatever Tom/Margo on ATWT had withered through the multiple recasts. It's probably why I was more of a Phillip/Harley fan than a Phillip/Beth fan with Beth Chamberlain in the role.

That some weasely writer ignored a boatload of history and foisted a brat on some insignificant notShayne instead of giving us a grandchild of Chamberlain/Marler and Thorpe lineage is a crime.
Who names a child after their brother in law? An ex-stripper who doesn't know her own daddy.

By P.J. · 57 minutes ago57 min
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