Melroser

I always wonder what would have become of the character of Paulina if Cali Timmins had stayed? She definitely looked more like Sandi Ferguson's sister than Judi Evans ever did and I loved the early Paulina/Jake interactions when he was blackmailing. Cali and Tom Eplin had great chemistry.

Katie Cassidy is the ONLY member of 2.0 I'd want on another reboot. She had a great chemistry/rivalry with Amanda. She'd be great. The two were just getting good when it ended. "Ella" having "Amanda" arrested and hauled away by the cops in the final scene was brilliant. You know there would be payback! I'd love for Lisa Rinna to be recurring as well but only if TC came back. She did have his kid somewhere! Well...not HIS...but you know what I mean.

That is a great cover! I've always wanted Laura Leighton to cougar me (even tho she's not technically old enough ) Is she not still on Pretty Little Liars? I only watched the first half of Season One because she was on it and then I drifted off.... The producers of MP 2.0 had admitted in many interviews that they had never watched the original MP and it showed. Not only was it a different feel like everyone has said but all the originals (Sydney, Amanda, Jane, and Jo) were all written as extremely bitter with less likability than the original. I mean Sydney was always scheming but to me she was never written as mean spirited!

Just watched the 10/22/82 episode previously posted. THANKS!!! Nancy Frangione as Cecile is one of my favorite characters ever and that episode showing her gold-digging ways is why I loved her! also....The student in Jamie's office at the end before Rachel walks in...Isn't that Ann Howard that later played Nicole Love when she was involved with Cass? That maybe me chuckle!

Final Season of MP (Season 7) is out on DVD today. Finally! I can have the whole collection.

Thanks for the Jensen update. I have always wondered why we've not seen her on an ep here and there in primetime or a movie-of-the-week on Lifetime/Hallmark. By the sounds of it, it isn't like she needs the money.

I'm curious about Jensen Buchanan as well. Did Tom Eplin retire completely after ATWT? Does anyone know what he is up to these days. I always liked Jake on AW from the get-go. Does anyone know what Nancy Frangione is up to? Cecile is one of my all-time favorite characters ever. Just loved her. Especially the Cecile/Cass/Kathleen days.

I only liked Carl in the early days when he was after Marley and took her hostage in the desert? (Was it Arizona?). When he came back during Kathleen's return, I no longer liked him and to me the idea of him and Lorna as lovers never really sit with me.

Having Beverlee McKinsey show at the end would have been great! They did that with Mark Pinter's Grant too (on Tanquir), which wasn't that shocking but still. I don't usually like 'cliffhanger' endings like that BUT I would have liked Iris returning if they didn't do the same in the next scene with Grant. Yeah, AW definitely had a rushed ending. In fact it didn't even seem like the show WAS ending until the very last scene with Rachel in the living room. Until then the last couple episodes were all about Cass and Lila's wedding...and the gorilla!

i didn't like Felicia with John either. I thought it to be very odd. I thought I had read an article once where Alice Barrett said she wasn't really sure where the character of "Anne" was going and if she'd turn out to be Frankie or not. It did seem like it was going to go in that direction but then they had to suddenly wrap things up to do a finale, that if i remember right, they didn't have much time to prepare for. The show never had any 'returns' to speak of for their final months.

I also liked Paulina-Jake-Vicky and although I am a big fan of both Judi and Jensen, I would have loved to see that triangle with Cali Timmins and Anne Heche. I thought Paulina and Vicky were much harder edged characters with those actresses and that could have been a great onscreen rivalry. Tom Eplin's chemistry with Cali was amazing and, of course, Anne Heche could have knocked anything out of the park.

Does anyone have a favorite "triangle" from AW? I would have to say that the return of Kathleen and the Kathleen/Cass/Frankie one was probably the only time on a soap that I could not take a side! I was a big fan of Cass and Kathleen back in the day and grew to love Cass and Frankie just as much. To me, that was a great story because I didn't even know where I wanted it to lead. I was then later VERY disappointed when AW was cancelled and missed out on the Lila/Cass/Anne (Frankie) story. I thought that story could have had great potential.

I remember really liking MJ and Adam as a couple and being upset when they 'suddenly' trashed MJ and it was ruined. That Halloween clip above also makes me remember how much I liked Sharon Gabet and how badly she was used on AW! Brittany was great in the beginning with the triangle of her/Catlin/Sally (Mary Page Keller), then it went downhill involving her with Peter. WOW! Rhonda Lewin as Vicky. I never disliked her but she was definitely out of her league compared to the other three actresses. AW always had so much....potential....but could never quite capitalize, whether it be jarring cast changes or stories that didn't make 'character sense'. It was always such an underdog, and then again, maybe that is why I just loved it so much!!

Can I ask where you are watching 80's episodes of AW? Are they online somewhere?

watching these old clips reminds me how much i miss this show still. Donna, Felicia, Cass, Kathleen.... I remember all the talk about Scott being a 'triplet' and think that storyline would have been so much better whether it were Philece Sampler as Donna or not. But at that time the whole Love family was badly miscast: Donna, Nicole, Vicky. Scott being a 'triplet' could have brought so many more layers to Mary's return, but after her daughters realized she was still alive the story completely fizzled. Scott as a Love and raised by a McKinnon could have been interesting.

I thought part of Cali Timmins leaving as Paulina was because she constantly complained about how the character was written. I thought i remember reading she wanted the character to not be so cold and when the opportunity came for Judi Evans, the show pounced on an actress that would (and could) play anything. Are there clips ANYWHERE of Alice/Steve/Rachel???? AW is my fave show of all-time but i wasn't even born til '73 so i never got to see the show when it was at its highest. I would love to see Jacqueline/George/Robin in scenes together!

OLTL: Melissa Archer (Natalie) also auditioned for Jenn Rappaport. AW: Ellen Wheeler (Ex-Marley/Vicky) was turned to resume the part when Anne Heche left. p.s. I LOVED Cali Timmins as Paulina with Tom Eplin! One of the funnest couples ever.

i know beverlee mckinsey, lisby larson, jay hammer, harley kozak, and michael woods from Texas were all on GL...but were they all on at the same time? Pam Long was writer then?

I was only seven years old when TEXAS started on NBC but i can still remember being anxious to watch this show with my mom. It is too bad that the show came on during the height of Luke and Laura on GH (it was aired in the same time slot at first, here anyway.) I think the show had a rocky start but I remember becoming a huge fan of (then) Diane Thompson Neil (and now as Alexandra Neil) as Ruby. She made that show for me. I vaguely remember a story near the end of its run involving her, Harley Kozak, Randy Hamilton, and Mark Woods (?) in an "Indiana Jones" -style story in the caves. They were searching for something and the character of Joel had been hit over the head and left outside in the desert sun causing him to go blind? I absolutely loved that story! Does anyone have more information about that? More details on the story and was it shortly before its cancellation? I wish NBC would have stuck it out with this show a little longer because I thought that it was really good. (but i was 9 when it was cancelled..what did i know?)

I refused to start reading AW Today because I find it to be a slap in the face as a huge fan of Another World. The show wasn't good enough to keep on the air, but was good enough to try and cash-in online with? (ten years later!) I find it appalling, and now after reading that last post on this thread where they have killed one of my all-time favorite characters, Cecile.....this whole thing saddens me for fans of AW.