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I think that is entirely possible. The timing of Genie’s return makes me think she did the same for her “vacation”.

I remember thinking Casey looked adorable when I would see him in soap mags with Ally. My local affiliate didn’t carry either Loving or The City. Thanks for posting this ep. Laura Wright was great even back then.

It was an odd time. The loss of huge characters didn’t help- Bo, Hope, Marlena all left and came back (Hope briefly) during that period. Michael T Weiss was also a great Mike, and he left too. At first Roman/John was paired with Diana, and while I liked her, she was ill defined and didn’t last very long. Also- as much as I loved people like Justin/Adrienne, and Jack/Jennifer, I think the supercouple formula had run it’s course. I loved Eve, and Nick, but many did not care for Nick, especially as a lead. There were also lots of starts and stops to stories due to talent leaving. And I loved Carly, but I remember thinking she and Marlena returning were two bright spots in an otherwise terrible era. RKK was a great recast when PR decided to leave again, but he had his own issues backstage and I was very happy when Peter came back. I also though Peter’s Bo had better chemistry with Carly.

It would be a great opportunity but Carly’s life is so hollow now. And over explored at the same time. Too many years have left nothing to grab hold of, and there are literally no avenues currently set up for her to change course. She owns the hotel already. We met her dad and that turned out not great. Everything was revealed about Nelle. Jason is gone so she doesn’t have a player to complain about Sonny with that has the same issues with him. No AJ to create another Monica/Alan dynamic and reinvigorate her. Michael is with a bland character with no conflict with Carly. It reminds me of the period of time Laura was just miserable between Lucky’s death and then Luke telling her he was alive. She was just there, grieving, while everyone else was involved in the motions of the story. Except she at least had better day to day writing to hold onto, even if there was no actual story for her. They have almost completely removed her from having a point of view that makes any sense and anywhere to go IMO. They could cast a new love interest, but they have to build it up somehow. For the first time in a long time, I feel there was/is natural story for Sonny and even Jason already there and set up. But not for Carly.

At the time I wondered if the GH writers were trolling him.

Well, I can’t say I won’t think of him from now on as the dirtbag of daytime. Thanks for the post, I never would have seen that otherwise.

She was one of those soap performers that I knew about even if I didn’t watch GL or ATWT when she was a main character. Obviously Marland knew how to use her talents. Truly sad news. What I have seen thanks to the internet has been so awesome, especially Nola. She is really good as Iva too, it’s just as other posters have said, she so rarely got to have long lasting joy or any fun.

How sad!

I thought they went up when Steve was gone. Coming out of the 50th and Robin is alive story culmination, the show had its best ratings in almost a decade. He’s certainly not driving ratings success right now. And yet, they went right back to Sonny overkill, killed off AJ again, and the mess with keeping the OLTL 3.

She was on SB and BA’s podcast, she pretty much glossed over/asked to not discuss the traumatic parts of her tenure. I think she prefers to not dwell on that, so I’m not sure she would be down. I watched that one too, because she has given off a I don’t give a f vibe for a few years when it comes to TPTB and GH. So I knew she would be honest. I remember being so happy when she publicly spoke out against Stuart Damon being fired and Alan killed off.

Michael Sutton is the next guest on MB’s YouTube series, and he just announced that after that one is Wendy Riche and Shelly Curtis. I might actually watch these!

Oh brother.

Oh I’m sure it’s his misguided beliefs. He has always seemed like someone that read Ayn Rand at a formative stage and never looked back. He just doesn’t make as public a show of it as Ingo does, which is the kind of thing these conservative media outlets are looking for in commentators. Exactly. How many people have to die before you stop ignoring it when talking about your personal freedom? I hate knowing so much about these soap stars. It is killing off whatever nostalgic joy I get out of watching soaps the rare times I actually do tune in consistently.

Of the two, Ingo seems to be angling for his shot with any conservative media connections. His posts and comments from more than the last year are right in line with attention seeking from conservative circles.

That’s the other thing all these personal freedom types that lean into how healthy they regularly are- we don’t know exactly what the long term effects of even a mild case are going to be down the line. This could very easily cause respiratory issues later, and who knows what else. Just because your case was mild doesn’t mean it won’t possibly have repercussions down the road. It took about a decade for it to be widely known and acted upon that exposure during 9/11 had been causing multiple health issues to survivors, first responders, even to search and rescue dogs. Personally I am just sick of this. Just try to do the best for you but also for those in your community! I’m not religious at all, but all these conservatives claiming Christianity really need to start believing the crap they hurl my way on many occasions.

What a ridiculous excuse- it’s about personal freedom. From the mask mandates to vaccination- everything has been about mitigating the illness for you, and even more about protecting those around you. You know- showing concern and care for the community both small and large. So your personal freedom is worth more than everyone else? Bye Steve, I hope they don’t just welcome you back. He for sure knew his last airdate, because he waited to comment until it happened. Which may have been mandated by his contract. I also love Nancy for reiterating these people choose their fate- GH didn’t just let them go. They chose to leave by not vaccinating. I wonder if anyone else is out too?

Already being immunocomopromised by other ailments or chronically, some patients undergoing cancer or bone marrow treatments, etc. There are a few actual issues that they have allowed medical exemptions. I also know people being treated for cancer that their doctors recommended the vaccine. So it also depends on what type of treatments you are on and your doctor’s risk assessment.

The dynamic changed quite a bit when they both teamed up against Nina when Jess was there. But I still enjoyed them, and Jess is a more versatile actress. They vacillated between being on the same side and then fighting with each other. Often with Rex trying to cool things off. The scene where they are both at Phillip’s grave, I think it was Memorial Day, and they have a civil but then ultimately angry discussion was one where I felt Brenda shined as Jill, showing those layers in their relationship.

It’s so interesting that they are both equally awful to each other. I really wish we could see the affair, death and aftermath. Katherine is so much fun when she is fighting Jill.

It’s also the only place I prefer Brenda’s Jill. When Brenda mentions Phillip, there is genuine emotion and sadness quite often. She plays how important that was to Jill and how haunted she is by what happened. Sometimes she also played like she had a tender spot for Katherine, even after everything that happened. By the time Brenda left she wasn’t doing anything subtle with Jill. But she still was at the point of the episode posted.

I wonder if they are still planning a Stuart Damon special episode or if that has fallen by the wayside, especially now with Steve more than likely out.

This is my favorite version of Katherine too- so full of contempt for Jill and willing to hurt even the dearest friend if it means she is hurting Jill.

Presumed death is hilarious if that is the route they go with. We are still basically in the middle of Sonny recovering from his time as Mike while everyone thought he was dead. And Jason has been presumed dead and revealed to be alive twice- once as Drew and then again as Jason! I wonder if the actual conversations and negotiations about the mandate started back when the show was giving us Carly and Jason as being deeply in love. Because that ended so abruptly, it seemed like they switched gears due to interference.

I also think her just sticking it out when everyone else left around her gave her longevity on this era of DAYS as well.

Sad news. And poor behavior on TPTB at GH for cutting her when her health started to decline. I hate that kind of mentality.