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lol, a guilty pleasure of mine! Being occasionally babysat by teens in my family in the 80’s paid off in that I saw a lot of stuff way too early. Jaws 3-D in the theater being one of them!

Bess Armstrong! I loved her in everything!

What a strange pull. I wonder what the story is.

I wanted him as Jeff Webber so bad when they recast him a couple years ago. Amazing to me we got Jeff Webber and Liz’s mom, and the story was ultimately about Finn. This show really pisses me off sometimes. I think Justine and Jacinda were just fine for recurring players to keep it pumping plot wise. Justine actually came alive prosecuting Willow in a way I was not expecting. Jacinda did too in earlier scenes with Nina and Portia.. They are just not meant to be paired with two leads, it’s such an afterthought and a waste of Michael in particular.

Call me Gloria Monty I guess, I just want the show full of folks with some charisma, especially if they are paired with leads! Didn’t he just give Selena Wu a million dollars to botch killing Drew? Which was just a twist I guess like all the rest on the fast paced and often messy GH. During the first Anna is kidnapped story when Duke was pissed that Robert was keeping him out of the investigation he went to the Jerome family for help. Which lead to years of story for Duke/Anna. Where is Selena Wu turning the screws on Curtis?

Oh I agree, that’s why what they did pisses me off. I think Sonny (and Kate) would have been better served if they never went that route or recast her. Even killing AJ ended up meaning nothing after a year or so too.

I don’t know if he is capable of calling it. He’s tired of the grind and shows very little commitment onscreen. But when he is alone with himself too much his mental health plummets. He has spoken about it quite a bit on State of Mind. I think his wife is a saint, and I have empathy for him. There are places for Sonny to go if he’s going to stick around three days a week.

I know I do! At least when Genie decided to hitch her wagon to a recurring character it was Kevin! This one level up from a day player nonsense with both Sonny and Michael is just so weird. As others have said- Nina is right there! Doing a lot of nothing. This is part of why what they did with Kate Howard pisses me off to this day. We finally had a new lane for Sonny romances that was an actual character that was not Carly or Brenda. Then they took her perfectly believable for soaps name change and made it DiD, with a terrible recast, and she was DOA. She could have even come and gone and still been there for a viable option if Megan Ward was available. If we are going to do this again with Sonny make it count. I know Tea Delgado was not always liked but at least Florencia Lozano had chemistry to burn and went there. Sonny and Maurice have always done better being paired with strong actors. She could even play a new character, just bring the heat to keep Mo from dominating with boredom. Lure the still very beautiful Sherri Saum back to soaps. Do something that counts!

That’s FV’s GH! A plot point either means nothing and is forgotten quickly, just something to do to pass the time like the shallow version of characters drinking coffee at the table used to be, or it will end up being their baby. An umbrella villain is fine, they just need one major target, it could even be an entire family. But specific. 1990’s Stefano had Tony running his own vendetta against John, Peter running his section of the crimes and story with Jennifer/Jack/Laura, and Kristen walking the line between them (before going full bad). It was all connected to Stefano but he wasn’t directly doing it all. This feels very tacked on when she was doing perfectly fine committing her own smaller lever crimes against Drew/Michael.

Thanks @Errol for including the stats from the last Olympics. It was interesting to see that the ratings haven’t collapsed as much as I was expecting in four years for the soaps. While I know inflation is squeezing their productions just like everything else, it also shows some signs of health to me.

And in a terrible story with that hair covering her fake scar, that she was wearing for penance. It was a messy introduction, Emma Samms was incredibly popular as was Robert/Holly. Tristan, Finola, and Monty willed her into staying power, and the writing pivoted to support her relatively quickly. Then Robin arrived.

And I get that decision. I just think they should have maybe let Wendy Riche put it together and get the creator credit, but then turn the show over to another EP and Wendy could consult, be a supervising producer credit from airing day one after the pilot. She knew from her first year at GH that she needed strong writers with a vision and they did not do that with PC. Culliton had already not been working on GH. As trashy as he was, Levinson would have been better. At least he would have made the show gritty and sleazy instead of bland. It was pretty well cast and I loved seeing Lee and Gail again thanks to Scotty and Serena.

Thank you for the quotes @Errol and @Liberty City During some of his Arrow interviews (and bts leaks/gossip) he irked me, so I haven’t given him or his shows much of a chance. I do think Baywatch was of a specific time and place. But then again, it holds some thematic parallels with the 911 franchise, so maybe a pure trash version will find an audience. I will gladly look at the rest of the cast photos when the marketing kicks in!

This is actually the Anna I miss. She could seem aloof or even cold when in job mode, but I thought that kind of helped her stand out at the time amongst soap leading ladies. Robin and her friendships got the more emotive person. It’s also part of why Anna/Duke took off, because her more sensual and playful side came out. But when it was work she was always business, and was calculating. Then Duke died and she really became cold. I get that being more in touch with her emotions is a good thing, but Anna now is so weak compared to back then. I remember how chilling the scenes were when Olivia Jerome caused the accident that killed her baby, and Anna knew it was her, and went after her. Even the stupid Casey the alien story introduced Faison and reminded viewers about her time as a double agent. Anna was a great character, and she was unique.

I think it truly depends on how much they think he hung the moon. Big fan and open to his suggestions/defers to him leading the scenes? Then maybe he would be excited. Much like Michael/Jacinda, it’s such a nothing relationship! I don’t get what the show does most of the time when it comes to couples. People who naturally should be together are, they spend years building something up just to destroy it and rarely mention it again.