carolineg

I haven't watched yesterday or today yet and probably won't be able to for a few days. But...........did you all say Violet was moving out of town?

There are multiple interview videos of her online if you wanted to hear what SM sounds like in real life. And it's exactly how she speaks as Sasha.

Sasha didn't really react like she was seeing her presumed dead mother just show up at her door. It was more subdued, but, well, SM does tend to "underact" at times lol.

I am sure the show tried to vaguely explain this, but why on earth did Jennifer need to learn to dance? And how did they explain gang member Emilio's love for dance and song?

They are both FV hires. I don't think it's much deeper than that unfortunately.

Yeah, there are so many plot holes here I can't see it being worth the effort for a character like Sasha. I forgot about the Sasha/Cody DNA thing.

I suppose it could be angst for Cody/Sasha. I really don't want Sasha to be in the GH history books as Robert/Holly's daughter. That paternity lie would actually be the best route to go, but poor Holly. It's like the show hates her. She just keeps messing with Robert with her rando kids paternity lol. I definitely need more details and backstory from Holly before I make a final decision on this reveal. Right now, I am not liking it at all. I just don't think I know enough to make a judgement at this point. I don't necessarily want Cody/Tracy, but I think JK and JE could sell the hell out of it.

Sasha has been on this show for 6 YEARS!?! I will say I was pretty shocked by the reveal. Well, not really because I read this thread before it aired on the West Coast lol! I think it's certainly a twist, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It came literally out of nowhere. I think they are probably going to make her Robert's daughter too. She'll obviously break up with Cody and I wonder if they are pivoting Sasha in a new direction or just going to have her leave the canvas all together with this random plot point. I am not sure making Sasha Holly/Robert's kid makes her anymore useful than she was before. Neither (R/H) appear that often or are on contract.

Perhaps Billy Hufsey's appeal is lost on me because I was born too late. I have never in all my time on soap boards run into someone that was an Emilio stan though lol. He ended up being abusive to Melissa and she pushed him into a glass ceiling or something to his death. Anyhow, I would assume BF was a big "get" at the time and his teen idol status helped him stay on Days longer than he should have. @AbcNbc247 I do remember the third brother. Wow, the Ramirez family did get a push back then to be relevant.

I think Billy Hufsey had a pretty sizable fanbase from his work on the Fame tv show and he did some Playgirl type magazine work. I can't believe it was from his Days work alone lol. But stranger things have happened.

Yes, Julio. I can picture the actor's face and him in the younger set. Young Carrie and maybe Sarah had crushes on him. I think there might have been a very chaste romance with him and Carrie.

The internet is telling me Barash/Mansi should have overlapped, but for the life of me I can't be sure. I do think most of her work was with TC's Stefan too. That story was mostly over by then though. I just remember Abby's reveal in the sanitarium and she was suddenly Kate Mansi again.

Did Barash ever work with Mansi on Days? I can't recall, but I want to say they did interact.

I liked Kristina/Ethan so it wouldn't bother me. They do have a history.

I don't think they are dropping Kristina's bisexuality, but I would almost bet her next love interest in male.

To be honest, I always thought April was a bit of a dud of a character to begin with. She didn't leave me with much of an impression. I can only remember her being an alcoholic and something about her mom's death. She's better than her brother just not very stand out as a character.

From what I have seen, and it's not everything from that period, Nick pops in a few years after 1981, but isn't relevant again until 1987. It's more of a character that Days decided to bring back in the late 80's instead of a character that was driving much story for all those years.

I have heard the same. I think the storyline about Mike/Robin's faith differences was just more interesting than anything April/Mike got. It seems like Derya Ruggles was a real handful to deal with though. I am not a big fan of either couple, but I think Lisa Howard/MTW had more chemistry than DR/MTW. From what I have seen, Robin seemed exhausting in general lol.

Thanks! That all makes sense now. It doesn't sound like MTW was that thrilled to return either lol. I knew I remember reading something about Days letting him out of his contract early.

Well, they appeared on screen. Is that not enough for you? 😂 I actually liked the Brad scenes, but mostly because Portia is annoying me.

Well, the Xander/Fiona scenes were very good. That side of the storyline was good. So, I am supposed to believe Johnny just left after catching Alex/Stephanie and finished taping scenes? He then just decides to not ask any questions and thinks Chanel threw out her back having sex with Alex lol. This is the dumbest misunderstanding on the planet. Johnny's last scene was pretty good with all the anger. I am convinced he's an idiot though. So Abe decided Leo was the best option to convince Marlena to play Charlamagne? Not Abe, Kate, or her own GRANDSON. Just her random patient? Deidre does seem to enjoy playing off GR so I guess there is that? 😕 We also got a Sam mention!

I am curious too. I briefly searched to see if I could find any old articles about it, but had no luck. Maybe MTW was suppose to return to reunite with April and they would leave together? I wonder if Days just changed April's story and they decided they didn't need Mike anymore. She ended up in a triangle with Nick and his brother but they all were written off shortly after. I think April left town alone anyways lol.

Thank you for such a thoughtful post as always. You are very creative with your ideas. This sounds like an amazing arc. In 1994/1995 I feel like a gay/bi Mike storyline would have sidelined Mike even worse. The show couldn't even figure out a straight story with Mike for years. With no other gay characters on the show until years later I just don't see it. It's an interesting idea, of course, but I don't see it fitting into JER's plans at all.

Gosh, I can't remember anymore, but I don't think anything serious happened with Billie. They may have casually dated? Billie was definitely interested. Nicholas eventually rejected Billie for Kate, but Kate was like "nah, not super interested in anything serious lol". I think Billie went back to romancing Roman and then KA's Billie left town not long after. Unfortunately for all of us looking for Victor Webster eye candy, he didn't last long, but there were plenty of shirtless scenes. And for the first part of your post-I am pretty sure Carrie/Mike actually spoke about growing up together on screen too.

Strange story. Kate was already moving in to sexy, cougar villainess territory by then. I think they hired Victor Webster to romance Krista Allen's Billie and he ended up having better chemistry with Koslow. Setting up a silly mother/daughter triangle. They de-aged Nicholas Alamain and the whole thing was completely forgotten, but Victor Webster was super hot lol.