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They can bring Trevor Donovan as Paul if he is not too busy making movies for the hatemonger version of Hallmark.

Thanks. I had forgotten he's 60. He's aged so well. I don't know how Carl Evans looks these days but overall the Alan Michaels were very genetically blessed or just knew how to have smart skincare and diet regimes.

Thanks @Vee for the detailed and nuanced recap. I've seen those fantasy scenes and enjoyed them - I don't think Malone ever got Tina (I know I've said this about 50000000 times) so I think he felt more at ease with her in that setting. I still don't understand how Cord went from singing operettas with Sheila to being the husband from hell to Tina.

Their reunion felt unearned as the story that should have been very powerful for Alfie (prostate cancer) was barely oncamera, and due to Jessie Wallace dealing with various issues, the story that was meant to be seismic for her (Tommy physically abusing her) was blatantly truncated, with Tommy living with Sharon's pointless (although I have grown to like him a little more over time) and perpetually brooding brother Zack offcamera for months as some kind of guardian/mentor. Jessie still does what she can - in a recent episode she flinched when Tommy was mad at her - but that was a whole lost period. I never wanted a story where Kat was abused by yet another man in her life, especially her son, so I'm not too sorry.

Thank you @TheyStartedOnSoaps . I believe Kirsten had temped for Andrea Evans so that likely informed their decision. Given how short her stint at OLTL was they probably made the right choice not to have her as Tina. I wonder if that is actually the reason they didn't have her as Tina. @Maxim Thanks as always. A very powerful clip. It's upsetting how absolutely nothing has changed since that time - other than maybe getting worse. Reba was a big ABC Daytime fan, which is why she ended up hosting A Daytime to Remember in 1997. You aren't wrong about Luna. That character was a mess in many ways, and that won't be changing. I do give Susan Batten a great deal of credit for her work.

A classy statement from Billy.

Exactly. It's something where we can wonder what might have been. The above characters were mostly dull and forgettable so I have nothing to say about them.

I don't think it would have mattered. Frannie and Sabrina went from lookalikes to looking different.

I tend to agree. This was a great way to bring in an old name with new ties. That doesn't mean it would work, of course, but in a world where ATWT had been a stronger show in that last decade, it could have worked. This also isn't a case where we could say fans had unrealistic expectations, because this is the show that brought back Dani, who had not been seen or mentioned in almost 15 years, just so she could call Craig "Daddy" and have sex with him. Not to mention the choice to bring back Dusty as a brand new character, with the bare minimum focus on his ties to Lily. I would have taken the Stewart quads over that waste of time.

We saw various tributes from many in the cast, as well as Valentini. I imagine there will be a goodbye to Scorpio as well. The only difference is Y&R put out a video with Jess Walton. While I respect Jess for being willing to do that, I can't criticize GH if they didn't want to make any cast do the same.

Earlier I had a dream that Nancy Addison was a family friend, and I got to tell her how great she was as Jill, but she did not want to talk about Ryan's Hope...

We Love Soaps TV has reuploaded a number of old interviews. Here's one from 2010 with the Cramer women. A "lost" episode with Shenell Edmonds.

Thanks again @safe We Love Soaps TV is reuploading a bunch of old interviews. Here's one with Christopher Durham from 2010. @Maxim You might enjoy this too as I think you liked his bit on OLTL.

https://archive.org/details/passions-21-08-02-99-woc

RIP Jerry Adler, who was a stage manager on the show for a number of years. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jerry-adler-dead-sopranos-good-wife-rescue-me-1236351995/

I guess she really wasn't getting any work post SBTB to audition for GH. To think if she'd had the part she wouldn't have done Showgirls...

Thanks as always @slick jones . Never knew Sadler was both on Another Life and the spokesman for Christian Children's Fund. Lucilla looks a bit like Kimberlin Brown.

Ava/Ric seemed to get a positive fan response too. I guess this way it's easier to write Ric out again once Liz finds out about his schemes to get money from Alexis. They don't seem to have any clear plan for Ava, but they never do.

@YTG Thanks for letting us know. Carolyn had a strong screen presence, helping her stand out in what I'm sure must have felt like a thankless role at times. Liz and Jeff Cummings were a key part of those early days of the show, and I always wonder what might have been with them.

Abigail/Chris was such a bad idea, as he just came across as too old compared to her and their relationship was not believable unless he was a perv. He had much more chemistry with Molly and with Emily.

@Maxim Thanks as always. They must have had fun making those drawings. Tonja Walker certainly had fun getting to play psycho Alex again, eyes a-poppin'. The most frightening part of that clip was her outfit.

As that meme says - just as I thought, trash.

@I Am A Swede I thought you might be interested in this. It's from the Did You See? Twitter account. August 11, 1985.

I know this period of GL has been up on Youtube before, but I don't think this episode (May 29th, 1992) is up at present. Starts about an hour and ten minutes in.