Glad they avoided the cliche fainting reaction. Thanks, @Joseph
Watching those two July 1993 episodes, the main thing I noticed was how high-energy the show was compared to the 1991 episodes. Not always in a good way (Gwyn behaved so erratically that her mental breakdown suddenly made much more sense - we even got a Jeremy-style death for Buck [nearly] at her unintentional hands), but certainly in a more memorable way.
The Shana and Leo material felt tryhard (mainly the scene of Shana practically coming to an Elvis movie), but the actors did their best and did have nice chemistry together.
The material with Ava and Jeremy and Faison (and Shirley Stoler!) was very horned up. What got me most was the extra details of having so many bit players pawing at each other, the guy who wanted to have sex with his girlfriend in a coffin, etc. The train sequences all felt like something from softcore porn.
I don't think I've ever seen Ava, or any woman on Loving, treated in such a "male gaze" way as she was in this episode, especially the various shots of her in the tight lingerie. If this was when Bob Guza was a headwriter, I guess that makes sense, but it's jarring.
Jean le Clerc just never clicks on the show, and I'm still not sure why they spent so much time trying him with Lisa Peluso.
@Veewill remember better than I do, but I think Andres Hove was unhappy about the Faison material in these crossover episodes, as he and Tony Geary were so high on their own supply about the material Faison was meant to get during his 1999/2000 GH return (IIRC he later went on to badmouth THAT as well, which was, like everything else on GH by that point that did not involve Sarah Brown, dull as hell).