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Almost in time to see Sasha discover her newfound Australian heritage lol I wonder how long it will last though, I don't think Australia ever embraced GH the way it did Days, B&B or even Y&R. Even during the peak Scorpio years the show was about 5 years behind and then dropped in 1989 (to be picked up again the following year having skipped most of the late 80s and leaving some viewers wondering what happened to characters like Holly and Jake!)

I don't know the exact details but it definitely aired in Australia during at least part of the period that Carmen Duncan was on it...I don't know if they also aired the episodes with Julian McMahon (who was known in Australia for being the son of a former prime minister and for being on Home and Away). Then in 1995, it ended up on Foxtel (Pay TV) and they played the remainder of the show. In New Zealand the show aired around 1991/92 but I don't know how far we were behind

Yeah I loved that scene where they went to Robin and she was flipping through her old journals and was like "oh no can't be my dad, he was here in Port Charles fighting against Mr Big" or something like that

They had some scenes last year when Felicia and Holly went off to rescue nu-Ethan at some sort of auction and Tracy was already there trying to bid on him too to save him as well. And if you like veteran characters interacting there's this gem from 2009 with Luke, Holly, Tracy, Monica, Edward and Alice the maid

At least Ethan fit somewhat neatly into the timeline...I always appreciated that even if it did mean Luke cheated on Laura (wasn't as fussed about Holly cheating on Robert as I think it was already established back in the 80s that Holly had been with another man before she was presumed dead)

Tbf though Holly was presumed dead for a good chunk of that (Victor Cassadine faked her death, shot and killed Paloma and then burned Paloma's body to fool Robert into thinking it was Holly), she came back about a month after Brando died. Though that just raises even more questions about what Sasha knew, why Holly didn't go visit her after she came back etc.

Well honestly I don't know the show that well, particularly this period, but I managed to dig this episode up from YT. I have to say, I know the actress is really American but her Australian accent is fairly decent to my New Zealand ears, she almost sounds like she's doing a stint on Sons and Daughters (an Australian soap that would start the following year)

I found this interesting while perusing the 1975 synopses at AWHP. There were indeed plans for several new cities in Australia under the prime minister of the time, Gough Whitlam (if you know Australia, you'll know that most of the population is crammed into the 5 largest capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide and this was an ultimately failed attempt to change that). For context, this was a week before Mary died and two months before Steve died was presumed dead. Oh and on another Another World note, Gough Whitlam was the prime minister after Julian McMahon's dad (William McMahon), Whitlam having beaten McMahon in the 1972 election.

I think you're thinking of Nurse Deanna, whose name I always remembered because it was like Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Then I recently found out Nurse Deanna's last name is supposed to be Sirtis - as in Marina Sirtis who played Troi - so guess I'm not the only one who made the TNG connection lol. So maybe that'll help you remember Actually come to think of it, I wonder what Genie Francis makes of this lol

That whole situation is really weird. Hopefully nothing wrong with Sean health-wise or anything

Yeah Sebastian Roche had a Scottish mother, a French father and apparently they lived on a sailboat travelling around the Caribbean, Africa, South America and the Mediterranean during his teenage years so he has a slightly weird mix that sounds really posh lol

Well he may have been born in England but he actually moved to Australia (and likely has Australian citizenship) when he was 5 and lived there until he was 25 (including attending NIDA, Australia's most prestigious acting school) before moving to New Zealand and doing a lot of roles here (including Hercules and Xena, but strangely not LOTR lol). That said, I don't see the need for Jax either.

To be fair, Maxie found out she was pregnant shortly before the extended break due to COVID and that's partly why the pregnancy went on for so long. That said, Brook-Lyn slept with Valentin many many many months (like pretty much half a year) after Maxie found out she was pregnant and yet they had Brook-Lyn passing off Maxie's child as her own with Valentin even though the math didn't math lol.

I remember when Laura "died" in the lead up to Twist of Fate they had Brenda have this whole dialogue with either Sonny or Jax or someone else about how Luke never cheated on Laura.

I had a quick look and the vide really seems to preface something like the Australian soap Paradise Beach (which also didn't last for very long but of course starred Ingo Rademacher) *EDIT: I meant to say vibe not vide lol

The one thing I know that was mentioned about Heather's backstory is that Heather's father apparently used to beat her (she told Joe this in 1981). I could see Alice turning a blind eye to that while also being hypercritical of Heather during her childhood. Alice also seemed to favor Susan over Heather as well.

I remember Gail went off to Thailand a few years ago and really seemed to enjoy the holiday? Maybe she'll go back permanently.

Jennifer Ludlam did an interview with the NZ TV Guide. Major spoilers - even the link is a spoiler so have put behind tags

Big story for Toyah coming up

Yeah I think you're right there, most of the set-up was Culliton rather than Guza. I remember MBE writing a column in the Australian magazine TV Soap (this was around the time there was a brief resurgence in interest in GH there because of course Ingo had joined the show) that gushed at length about all the things that Culliton was doing. And she promised a big twist for Steve and Kayla fans which of course turned out to be Stefan shooting Katherine! The main things Guza did that would've potentially undermined the Stefan and Katherine pairing was to pair Stefan with Bobbie first which in retrospect was a far more interesting pairing...and then at the end when Stefan became obsessed with Laura again and soon after post-parapet Katherine with Nik.

A ten episode sequel to The Chase was not on my bingo card but I'm diggin it.

I don't know but it does seem that way

I think you are correct about Alan having the position before Harrison. It was Buzz who originally had the job and when he left Monica was selected for the position much to Alan's chagrin. The stress and bureaucracy eventually got to Monica so she quit the position and Alan replaced her. I think this may have contributed to Monica going off to the spa to unwind, where she would meet a young man named Ward...

That would be a good twist I'm fairly certain the money is a bond - like putting your house up as collateral for a loan - and would have been repaid anyway after the outcome of any trial, provided Jason attended all his court appearances and didn't run. Otherwise there is no incentive to stay.