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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.

I haven't heard very much about his career in recent years...the last I heard about him was his talking about his failed marriage.

This is around the time Y&R had Nikki become a businesswoman too. I guess with characters they were starting to run out of ideas for this was an easy way out. Luckily, they never go too far with Reva to where she is running a company.

She's presumed dead for part of the year, and the rest she isn't working, IIRC.

It will depend on how much Frank likes her and whether she is viable for conflict. I think they will likely be cautious over whether or not she starts going on a killing spree, but even if she does, Ava is still around even though much as I respect Maura West, I would have cut that character years ago. (I would mention Sonny, but Sonny is on his own level)

Thanks @Skylover I hope it's a fun watch.

When nothing matters to a show, then clearly nothing matters. I have no idea what Eddie is even doing now but if he didn't want to go back to that ugly role on a show that wouldn't pass muster on public access, I can respect that.

He seems to have been a casualty of the show wrapping up the whole story with Ava and Kristina. I would rather not see him wasted in the dross Martin gets, but they should do more with him while they have him.

Totally forgot this was today.

True. Tame isn't a bad thing in some cases - the emotions were there, a sense of love and connection. I prefer it to Joss and her romps.

That was a nicely done scene. Compared to some past years it was tame, but for today's climate I thought it managed to be tasteful yet also sexy, with genuine chemistry between the actors carrying the moment.

I remember that meeting Kim mentioned where JFP told her the show didn't need Reva anymore. I'm sure it must have been very satisfying for Kim to be asked back (even if the story was putrid).

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/george-rr-martin-interview-thrones-winds-dragon-knight-1236473519/ If you can skim through a lot of GRRM angst this has some details about the extremely grimdark Jon Snow prequel that never was and attempts to revive the show, possibly including Arya (for the moment Kit Harington doesn't seem interested).

That artist did not love Lucy... (courtesy of the @televisionaryzw.bsky.social account)

Long was also completely overridden by JFP, probably even more than Labine was at GL. So many writers had their voices snuffed out. I guess one positive of GL's last decade was most of the writers had their own voices...but a few of those voices I didn't want to hear.

That would have been a fun idea. (and they couldn't have cast Red Buttons in that part)

Oh I'm not complaining - and they still give Sonny his fair share. Just surprising to see, especially with Carly. It's their own fault for making the character too powerful and too audacious. Just building a brick wall around her.

44 years ago today (give or take a few hours), Laura vanishes. GENERAL HOSPITAL - JANUARY 15 1982 FULL ABC W/ ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS Who is the woman with Tiffany. She looks familiar to me. Oh right it's Nita Talbot. Forgot she was already mentioned.

Thanks @Soapsuds For a character I had no interest in, I do have a lot of questions, like whether they planned a Mark/Lily pairing, what he thought of the treehouse stuff, T Jones, the Connor recast, having to cut his hair, if he blames cutting his hair for being fired, and so on. I doubt most of that would be talked about though.

That Olivia/Holly story sounds much more interesting to read about, although I'm sure Maureen would have played the hell out of it. I would have been interested in seeing Claire write for Lisa Brown, but Mae, Stacey, or a de-aged Trudy Bauer, that character was never staying around long.

I think she needed strong partners. She seemed to have that at GH, and of course RH. She wrote some beautiful individual moments at GL and OLTL, but the shows themselves spun wildly out of control.

Sonny would have done and said much worse to Alexis once upon a time. This story just reminds me again how left behind Sonny and Carly feel, especially Carly. I don't think she has a single genuine relationship on the current canvas.

She brought mob stories into all her soaps, even when they were not on the canvas at the time of her arrival (like OLTL).

Rauch likely sabotaged her, but I think her work was just too dark (and yet simultaneously aimless). I can believe she didn't get all of her own ideas on - I can't imagine her wanting to write for San Cristobel - but most of the mob material seemed like her and I thought it was unwatchable. Cigarette girl Mae and the questionable decision to make Blake into Lucy Coe also seemed like her. She did use Mary Stuart very effectively, along with characters like Claire (maybe the longest-running GL character that no one ever seemed to know what to do with).