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JPL seems like a fun guy. I like him. He is just so wrong for Phillip in every way. Pretty much every time he appears @AbcNbc247 says something that amounts to "these scenes would be good if JPL stopped making goofy faces" lol. JPL would probably work fine in a less established role on the show. He's just literally the opposite of JKJ's Phillip and it doesn't work.

It's almost like Nathan Dean took the show by surprise, but he made it clear that was his time frame all along. It would seem he really wanted out if he wasn't available to tape a day or two of scenes. I am not sure why GH couldn't have cut some extraneous Ethan scenes and filmed his exit instead before ND left. Sometimes I think the backstage antics are more exciting than the show. I think the softball stuff is dorky and kind of cute. The only issue I have is that there are always about 3 people who have no idea how to play softball like it's cute. Why did you sign up for softball then? Brook Lynn screaming at insanely buff Drew while her baby is on the ground right next to her for 20 minutes was amusing. Great parenting. I guess Jason's leaving the mob again. I wonder how long that will last.

The show is going the wrong way with Gus/Javi. I know we are supposed to see Gus as wrong for Javi or a heavy, but he's the only rational one here. He's not sure about kids, is upfront about it and says he might be open to kids in the future yet doesn't have much experience with babies. He thinks Leo is weird and obsessive. He thinks Javi should not worry about Leo this much if he's in a relationship with him. That's normal behavior for a person in a committed relationship in the early stages. I guess he's too normal lol. I am unclear why Kristen didn't go and see Rachel before she left? She had the time. Rachel's more important than her mom that abandoned her for a million years.

The bottom line with Scott is that if Kin wants to come back to the show he needs to stop complaining about it on social media. He complains about mistreatment every time he exits. Whether it's true or not, we all know Frank doesn't like that sort of nonsense. Perhaps Kin is totally retired and over it, but a post welcoming KK as his onscreen daughter and saying he love to work with her would gain more traction with fans than the sarcastic post above. Of course that's just my opinion. Kin can keep doing Kin things lol.

@AbcNbc247 I always read them everyday before I watch. Thank you so much for doing these recaps! I'll try to post on here more. Sometimes I watch an episode and my only thoughts are well, that happened today lol.

Idk, I think Serena has untapped potential despite me not being sold on the actress yet. We haven't seen her since she was essentially a child. She could be or do almost anything. And I am with @Vee I care a lot more about Lucy than I do about latter day Scott and Kin's antics. Besides, I think Kin made it clear he doesn't want to come back or never will or whatever his last rant was lol. No, the TVline article is on here, but she only said she sent in a video audition then moved on to beauty influencing.

She mentioned him today. He's in Key West living his best life. Serena made it sound like Scott might be retired in not so many words.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I wonder if Kelly was a Lulu option at one point.

Yes, it's really too early to tell, but I definitely wasn't wowed. She was okay. I am wondering why Frank specifically thought of her though or if they did any auditions or put feelers out to anyone else. Well, someone should tell KK to stop being that blonde lol. I still don't understand why Frank was going back to audition tapes from 3 years ago? Did every other minor soap name turn him down? Lol.

You can see her face work for sure, but I didn't distract me too much. Maybe it will settle? Idk, Ethan isn't even Australian anymore lol. I don't think Serena needs to be that blonde to mimic Carly Schroeder, who hasn't been on in years. I think she would be fine as a medium or darker blonde. Tbh, I wasn't very impressed with KK, but it's only her first day and too soon to judge. I am not sure she was ever the right choice and the fact she said GH told her they wanted to hire her based on an audition tape she made three years ago? Okay? Did they not test anyone else?

I am glad she's back too. I thought KK's hair was more off putting than any facial work. It seemed way too light and unnatural for her complexion. It could have been a combination of both I suppose.

It feels like this would have been a great opportunity for Drew to "play nice" and act like a decent human instead of going all out immediately. He could still be plotting the ultimate revenge, but getting people on his side would help his cause. Willow was also being very smug with Michael although I think we can see the downfall coming.

Yeah, I really don't know what the plan was or is for this set of teens. Even the Joss/Spencer group added new characters. It reminds me of when Guza only aged Michael and Kristina up in the 2009 era and thought about pairing them. Those are good pictures. They do make an attractive couple even if they are basically marketing themselves and their own events because the show barely cares about them.

I know I always say bring back Georgie, but I am a bit surprised they haven't aged up Avery. She's only related to one of the two boys lol.

The whole teen scene is weird and the four of them together aren't entertaining. They all are kind of whiny brats obsessed with their parents. I wasn't super impressed with the Willow/Drew scenes either. They were good, but I was expecting more or perhaps a longer conversation between just the two of them? Gio's reaction to everything like it was normal to visibly horrified Nina/Brennan and then retelling it to his friends was pretty funny though. Hat dad, Portia, and Isaiah were kind of out of place in this episode. ETA-I totally forgot to mention Jason, Sonny, Carly so I guess it wasn't very memorable to me. It's all blah, blah, blah we stick together.