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I always thought the Casey the Alien story was kind of popular. I personally thought it was a bit silly and a very different tone for GH, but it's mostly inoffensive and sweet. Was it universally panned? I have heard mixed reviews on it. I found it a little difficult to distinguish the members of the Cartel apart. Harlan, Leopold, and Lord Ashton were all kind of the same character or at least very similar. The show really didn't need all three on the canvas at once.

To me, it actually would have made more sense to bring him back more than the dead mom. Just saying. There was more material there. The obvious miss was not making Cooper Barrett Julia's son. Just a random guy that had the last name Barrett no one questioned. The Jagger flashbacks are truly hilarious. They don't even give a lot of clarity to the situation. The mom just left. Did Jagger try to provide for the kids or did they immediately get separated? Where's Jagger's father? Do they all have the same father? I am still so unclear on the situation because Jagger looked so much older than flashback Gina/Stone. Was it just to show ASJ's angst?

IIRC, that is correct about Harlan, but everyone in that Cartel story fizzled out besides Faison. He was played by a vaguely famous prime time actor right? Not to be dense, just not super familiar with Michael Cole's work*. It seems like a Monty thing that didn't work? He was trying to kill Robert at one point, so I don't know how far the character could have gone. It's strange to give the character more material and a daughter after he died though. The Jagger flashbacks are pretty hilarious. The coloring of the flashbacks, the mom being ridiculously evil, and the kids crying. IIRC it ends with Jagger just sitting slouched in a hallway sobbing, which was obviously the type of "acting" ASJ excelled at lol. *ETA I just realized he was part of the Mod Squad, so he was pretty famous lol. They had to have more plans for Harlan.

I didn't find Harlan terribly interesting while alive, but after his death there was compelling material that could have been explored while he was living. I don't remember that thread of Julia's story at all, but it sounds interesting. Obviously Vanessa did a lot without good material. She was a paper thin character that was cast on charm and looks. I think Vanessa just inherently is likeable. A backstory would have helped, but I am not sure if Levinson had a vision for Brenda long term. Yes, the Cates flashbacks were sepia with much younger Stone/Gina and ASJ playing Jagger. It was always unclear to me where the father was as well. I wasn't even positive that man the mom ran off with wasn't their father. He just didn't like kids and Jagger was "old enough" to take care of it. I might watch the Jenny clips if I feel especially in a good mood later lol. I think Marcil is pretty astute about how to play things especially if she doesn't exactly agree with the material. Bold for a brand new actress on GH, but it worked on screen for the most part so I assume she didn't get much push back on it.

Thank you for giving more details. I remember them interacting and partnering up. I just couldn't remember when it turned "romantic" or for how long.

I think Addie is so dated it's almost current now. It's a very Gen Z kid name. I actually didn't know Hope's middle name was Alice and Kayla's was Caroline. Interesting.

I don't recall all the details and my edits aren't super helpful, but I think Simone left town because Tommy wasn't adapting well to Simone's engagement to Justus. Tom finished out his part in Laura's fake death story and left town quietly to go back to Africa. Separately from Simone. I did find this cool channel that has quite a few Ward/Mary Mae videos I haven't seen. I couldn't find Simone's departure specifically, but it has some great edits on there. Link in the spoiler.

Well, you have two Alexander Kiriakis's currently. Plus John/Johnnie. Susan and Sarah have been used more than once. If you go with kids getting named after someone the list gets long.

I think there are places Scott could be useful. Aside from Scott/Ric filling a similar role career wise, I don't find them redundant. I just can't stand the kooky way Kin decides to play Scott these days. He plays him more like a joke than a human. Outside the scenes with Jagger about Karen, he's usually so OTT and campy. It's not like Kin doesn't know the character or how to give Scott nuance-he just chooses not to for whatever reason.

It's excessive. I side eyed the first child, but to give her two is a lot. It limits where the character can go if Days does decide to bring her back. She's so young at this point she'll have 5 kids by 30 lol.

Thanks! I couldn't remember if it was a fling or just one night. I have no use for Scott on the canvas and haven't in years though lol.

I am pretty sure Tracy/Scott have been romantically involved in the past, so it's not that crazy. They had a fling before she married Paul, I believe.

Yeah, it had to be one or the other. If the dress was at least knee length or midi length, the top wouldn't be so bad. If the top was more covered up and the dress was short it might have been acceptable. The dress was really short though lol. Anyhow, on to today's show. I agree it was a big mistake to not have JJ or Chad at Doug's funeral. It's not like the story progressed while the funeral was happening. I don't understand why Chad didn't book hotel rooms with two beds. That's extremely common in almost every hotel regardless of how nice it is lol. It's not like Clyde thinks Chad/Cat are sleeping together so there would be no reason to book only one bed for Gabi/JJ at the very least. The EJ/Johnny and Alex/Joy stuff is whatever. I like EJ's involvement, but I don't need Alex's at all. I still think the actress that plays Joy looks a lot like Amber Tamblyn lol. Do Sal and Lamon not want to be on Days full time? I am glad they visit fairly often, but they would be nice on canvas permanently. Not much of a cliffhanger this week.

Roman would have made the Possession hard to buy in general because John had to be her savior. No. He returned when John/Marlena were about to married. So it went Possession, then Aremid, then the Paris kidnapping, then the Kristen baby story with the secret room and Susan. So there were multiple arcs before he returned. Roman actually "died" in 1997 and gave John/Marlena letters forgiving them and encouraging them to be together then popped up shortly afterward. Kristen/Stefano found him

Thank you. There wasn't anything extra at play here in his firing in 1994. I am pretty sure Wayne used the terms that his character had run out of story and he was let go, but could be back in the future. That's a production decision. JER was ready to move on to his Possession story and I could see Roman not fitting into those plans. There was no way Roman would have just not cared or been involved if Marlena was in trouble. You probably could have set up a Kristen/John/Marlena/Roman quad, but outside of Carrie/Austin/Lucas/Sami, JER seemed to prefer triangles. Roman did have that whole wacky story about play a faux Mrs. Doubtfire for Marlena and the kids when he was supposed to be on the run in 1992. He did have some lighthearted moments, but that was mostly due to Wayne's inherit charisma. He became the real heavy when the show was building up to the affair. His anger in 1991 was mostly understandable due to circumstance, IMO, at the time. I'd be mad if most people preferred my imposter too lol.

I'll be honest I don't think JER hated Wayne-he just preferred Drake. Roman and John did become redundant in the 90's especially if JER's vision was Jarlena and it was. Sure, you could have spun Roman off into several different directions and he was viable. It just didn't happen. I do think it was quite calculated to recast Roman when Wayne was already tied to PC, but I chalk that up to a Corday decision. @j swift Wayne openly admits his contract wasn't renewed in 1994. It's in articles. He didn't choose to leave. That's a production choice. I absolutely don't think Wayne's health had anything to do with anything here. He came back in 2005? and was giving very coherent interviews with SOD about his character and hiring less than a decade ago.

Well, living in Vegas I see much less attractive people wearing much less unfortunately. If I saw her in this top or that dress in real life I would think she looks amazing-she is gorgeous. Just know your audience and your event when you are on TV. And, of course, Days is not blameless here.

If she wore a tank top underneath it instead of just a bra it would have been perfectly fine. Bo/Hope/Shawn live in Europe. Wherever Bo got shot. Greece I think. Ciara is just on a boat somewhere as far as we know. It doesn't seem like Ben/Ciara are currently near Hope, as it felt Hope hadn't seen Ciara in awhile today. Jack/Jen live in Boston Thanks! I already found the dress though.

Honestly, I am pretty sure Days lets actors use their own clothing if they want. I doubt they have a closet full of dresses for VK as she's just a guest. I am 100% sure she wasn't forced to wear it either. And, c'mon, she lives on a boat with limited closet space, but could buy at last minute ticket to Salem? We have no indication she is poor, so she could have bought a nice enough funeral dress. I doubt Ben has that extensive of a wardrobe. He owns like two shirts and doesn't wear them.

Well, I looked up Ciara's exact dress from House of CB and it literally says made for smaller busts in the sizing info, so VK obviously ignored that lol. It's velvet and mesh. A high neck fitted velvet maxi dress would have shown off her figure just as well and looked more appropriate for a funeral and the month of December. To me, it's similar to the previous Kirsten Storms issue-there are things the actors like wearing and things that don't fit the character at all. Someone in wardrobe should have at least asked her to thrown on a blazer for the actual memorial.

I mean, for Ciara this is FORMAL funeral attire. You forgot to show how short the dress was as well lol. Her 9 months pregnant "maternity" clothes were more revealing. VK wants us to know she is hot and Ciara looks quite good after having two babies in like two years. I am telling you Ciara's hands didn't open up the Horton time capsule. Her magical boobs willed it to open on its own.

I was going to ask if Curtis/TJ often referred to themselves as "Uncle"/"Nephew". I couldn't recall. It was stilted and odd, but I just couldn't remember if that was something the two of them always called one another.

You feel my pain. I will never understand as it's not that uncommon of a name and is spelled phonetically. It always bothered me when Victor said it like that. Drake/John would switch back and forth between the right pronunciation as well. Since it's not Peggy McCay's real name maybe she didn't care, but I know I automatically correct people without even thinking. Someone at some point should have corrected John Aniston.

Not really relevant to the Robert pronunciation, but I can tell you the Caroline vs. Carolyn pronunciation happens extremely often in my life. I think A LOT of people think they are the same name.

I liked the Kate/Maxie/Lulu Crimson team. It was a fun dynamic. Lulu was much less into than Maxie though. The leap from working on a magazine to becoming a reporter isn't crazy I guess Okay, so I am not crazy. Brook Lynn is the same age as Maxie and Lulu, so I am not sure how much older that makes Dante. In theory he should obviously much older, but with SORAS it's hard to say.