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That would work. Maybe she wins Michael over but is actually planning to bilk him and run off with the kids, or something along those lines.

Cynthia's great but this does feel like a natural endpoint for Nina. Once the NotNathan or whatever this is story is over I'd have her realize life is too short, disown Willow, and leave for a new journey.

And the thing is, it didn't even damage GL a decade later - it had gutted the show by 1985, while Kobe was still producer.

I didn't really get much out of his turn with Ava as it all felt very confused and relied too much on idiot plotting (and I never want to see another switching meds storyline), but I did enjoy her "breakup" scenes with Nina. I love Maura West but I wish they'd just done what I'm pretty sure he wanted to do and killed Ava off.

I'd be glad to see Krista on soaps again so this probably is what would happen. I've seen Van Hansis put in that category too, by some fans. I don't think it's entirely true, but I do appreciate that he works very hard and brings a lot of drama to every moment.

We are truly in surreal times when I hear Don Hastings joke about Pete Hegseth.

I see that Farah Fath is a poker champ now, but we can't lose hope.

@Vee @carolineg Clearly what you are saying is you want an Angel comeback and Sonny/Angel supercouple for a new era.

He's 91, so I have to keep in mind, but I was going in preparing for something like Helen Gallagher's appearance. Either way, I'm glad he's doing OK for now.

I get what you're saying, but the specific deaths she spoke about were written in ways that do seem spiteful (and Cady McClain may have implied as much). Bringing this back to GL, McTavish also said she did this to Nadine. Anyway, I will stop now as this wasn't even my post to reply to in the first place so I shouldn't be talking all over the place.

@YTG Thanks for finding all this info.

Amazed at how good Don Hastings still looks and sounds at his age.

Just this year Megan McTavish's memoir, where she talked about how much she enjoyed killing off a character due to her dislike of the actor, was a topic of discussion on here. It may not be common, but it does happen.

Demi Lovato's Ex-Fiancé Max Ehrich Arrested for Allegedly Attacking His Mom

This was already posted elsewhere, I think, but not here. GH's Rory Gibson said he tested for Vaughn before he was cast as Michael.

https://deadline.com/2025/10/david-del-rio-fired-matlock-sexual-assault-billy-martinez-1236574763/

https://deadline.com/2025/10/david-del-rio-fired-matlock-sexual-assault-billy-martinez-1236574763/

Thanks for reminding us.

I don't know if they saw the Bauers as a family they had to erase or if there were a lot of factors coming together to decimate the family. They may have had issues with Marsha Clark. They may have had issues with Don Stewart. They assumed Charita would be there for a long time to come. Then there was them supposedly firing Elvera Roussel to show that no one was safe...which was just stupid for many reasons, among them that they got rid of most of the cast anyway, so wouldn't firing all of them already tell them they knew they weren't safe? Would they feel threatened while in the unemployment line? With that said, I think they may have also felt that similar to what they did with the Hughes on ATWT around the same period, that newer, younger viewers didn't want to see the old guard. They wanted hot half-naked bodies in glamorous locations.

Thanks.

@JAS0N47 Thank you for finding all this information and honoring the memory of the various soap writers who would probably not be remembered otherwise. I never even thought of how difficult it must be to find info on various writers, especially those who used pseuds. Was Katherine Penders a sister to Maura Penders?

Vincent Irizarry and Robin Mattson on Donahue (along with former SB star Robert Newman).

Robert Newman and Kim Zimmer on Donahue (and also former/future GL stars Robin Mattson and Vincent Irizarry).

Peter Bergman and Taylor Miller on Donahue, also featuring Vincent Irizarry and Robin Mattson (when they were on Santa Barbara).

Gloria is another AMC heroine who seemed to lose a lot of her personality after the "redeemed by rape" story, but Teresa Blake was such a unique presence that she still managed to keep the character interesting for me (maybe other than when she was paired with Tad).