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And an actual fan favorite the audience wanted to see return, with a real story to back it up! Same. I just think if she does return, wants to stay, and they finish this story it would be best to put Maxie fully in supporting to avoid this. And the story is clearly on hold and they need to do something about that. A half assed chemistry test with Lulu isn’t it either.

The entire story should have been scrapped. Compare this to Britt’s return- the Five Poppies, built in angst with Jason and her family. Brad. Tying her into the Laura/Sonny plot. Her issues at GH and getting her medical license back. Rocco. I haven’t seen so much story flung at a returning actor since Vanessa Marcil in 2002. Nathan is just there. Just like Lucky was. If he didn’t fit the Valentini mold so well I would wonder if ABC forced him on them instead of Frank wanting him back. They aren’t even using Obrect and I assume that is also part of the story stalling, because it was set up to include her more by having her so upset with Britt and then here’s Nathan back too. I also got the impression when they were interviewing him about coming back that this return was for a specific story, not necessarily a return meant to last beyond said story. So the question now is how long until they fully revamp the whole thing? I like Storms, and Maxie was another character that got her mojo back when Mulcahey was handling the scripts. But they need to work on transitioning her fully to supporting if they get this story told, because she cannot be counted on as a lead anymore.

Much like Trina and Spencer, the actual romance is being imbued by the performers. And they also were shelved for months at a time. The fact that they read the room well enough to lean into a sweetness for their characters obviously paid off.

It seems to me that they planed his return around the original timeline Storms was going to return as Maxie. We were probably going to get a few weeks with his return before Maxie played some part in it. And it all got derailed. So he has been treading water since. It’s almost as bad as Lucky’s return was because there is nothing. Whatever the twist is they are preserving it by having him just there not really doing anything. They also dropped most of his interactions with Britt too. So her suspicions and odd looks at him will return a couple of weeks before Maxie.

I have been watching a lot of the original Frank Smith story into the early part of the Ice Princess. Laura is feisty, competitive with Luke to prove herself and to establish an independent life, and they are very much in love even if they spend time apart. But when returns after this disappearance, she is pretty much haunted and frightened and even when she sees her family and friends again Laura isn’t the same. It’s kind of sad when you watch them close together. It’s understandable with the story being told, just sad to see her victimized and losing so much spirit.

What we need is one of their out of nowhere twists when we see Vaughn again and he is soon revealed to be a double agent. That at least gives the Joss side of the story some real danger. And we already know him, as opposed to another no name day player.

ICAM. I just signed up for Peacock again for The Traitors (which I regret- Michael Rappaport is a giant no from me dog) and watched the 60th week. I have not watched DAYS since the funeral for Doug. Even with the lovely flashbacks and nostalgia the show was a mess, but I thought those four were good for the young set. Johnny is a himbo but that’s a soap tradition, especially on DAYS. I get Peacock doesn’t have the subscriber base of Hulu, or even Paramount Plus if you look at the money used for original programming. But DAYS needs retooling badly and enough money to get closer from tape to air dates. But I wouldn’t have cut the those four to do it. It actually made me sad for DAYS to watch it.

I agree tha My concern is that bringing Ava in will eliminate Lucy in the story because they are moving him more front and center and placing him with a more important to them character. Since we are revisiting the 90’s, my preference would be Lucy figures out what he is up to, or overhears about the dead professor, and works with her old pal and business partner Sonny and Laura to bring him down, while Ava genuinely tries to become a power player again by being with him. Lucy has always annoyed Laura, so we get the tension there. Plus I would love for some of Lucy’s more calculating side to come out again. She’s not a killer, but she can be dangerous. I thought the ADA was pretty great in the courtroom. Not for Sonny, but she did solid work there.

Alexis has a long history of panic and anxiety based reactions. She is the opposite of good in a crisis!

That was a really nice scene. Thank you for posting it. It does feel more like Tony and Genie than Luke and Laura. I recently watched most of the original Frank Smith on the run story, and the aftermath when they return to town. It’s not that I didn’t understand it before, because I did get them and why they were special. But when you watch it being built from the ground up, it’s really something. I totally get why the show was so popular, and why they became such popular characters. It’s interesting to see the nascent supercouple storyline being created that will become pretty much a formula that dominated soaps for the next decade. With them it was fresh though.

Back then every setting had those kind of recognizable supporting players. The Q’s had Stella, the hospital had Amy, Kelly’s had Ruby, Robin had Filomena etc. Built in talk to’s. And also the PCPD was such a huge focus they needed recurring cops for Robert, Anna and Frisco to boss around.

Willow has to be the best revitalization of a character on this show since Brenda went from attacking Karen to get Jagger and revealed her own vulnerability and deep insecurities. It’s nearly incredible. For the faults of that brief tenure, Mulcahey revitalized Nina, Drew, and Willow and laid the ground to make them watchable. Nina has fallen backwards, but Drew and Willow are keeping this show alive right now. And I never would have said this before this toxic pairing began. Speaking of Drew- I continue to see the complaints that he is not in character (I would argue Drew was barely a character to begin with), or he needs to go. He reminds me so much of what Scotty was like before the Dominique and Serena storylines. CM doesn’t imbue Drew with the sly humor Kin did with Scotty, but their behaviors are very similar. Kin was more likable in general to me than Cameron has ever been, but I don’t want Drew leaving anytime soon. I know this is shallow, but Michael is too hot for dayplayers. And if they do go there with Kristina/Jacinda, they have to figure out a way to do it without continuing to diminish Michael.

The Lucy Coe reveal is another thing that stands out as something he would do to me.

I would think that too except I think they are also trying to victim her to give them the sex worker redemption route. Although I don’t want her to be another victim of violence, it would be easy where she is right now to pivot and have her end up dead, with scumbag Ezra set up to take the fall and it was Willow all along. Bonus points would be Nina as a credible suspect too, and throwing herself under the bus to protect yet another homicidal daughter. On the other hand, I actually enjoy Willow now so I’m not quite ready to send her away. She certainly found new life going from saintly victim to where she is now. I cannot wait for Chase to find out. But they should sleep together or at least kiss before he learns the truth. Twist that knife a bit more. I could see her with a decent guy but he would need at least a little bit of an edge.

He’s a little too far in scumbag land for Laura. The signs have been there since the stuff with Daisy/Sasha, thy just dropped that aspect except for Michael bringing it up once in a blue moon.