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I mean, recurring or not getting rid of Violet is top priority on my list lol. I totally get where you are coming from though. You are so good at knowing who's recurring and who's not. Half of my cuts wouldn't be helpful for the bottom line. It would be extremely easy to write Brook/Chase/Violet and Joss out and have them come back somewhere down the road. I think Duell has been coasting for years. I liked him when he first started with the show, but at this point I think they need a more dynamic actor. I think Duell is capable. I just don't think he really tries. Yeah, Burton could pretty much be written out tomorrow lol. I just think Sonny is probably the character that needs a break more. I think MB has a larger following than SBu though.

Oh I forgot Diane! I would absolutely cut her. I can't stand her and her Talbots suits!

Out of these I'd only cut Dex, Cody, Sasha, Gio, Chase, and Curtis. I'd recast Brook Lynn and Josslyn. I think they are important characters. Willow, Drew, and Maxie have been on my list for a long time, but they have improved. I'd add Violet Brennan Jagger (who I assume is on his way out) Jordan Natalia Michael (I'd eventually recast) Sam (I don't really mind her much, I just don't think she adds anything to the show) I get where you are coming from dumping Sonny/Jason, but it would never happen and I actually think it would hurt the show. We may all hate them here, but I know they both have a decent sized fanbase. I think you obviously could dump one but not both. I wouldn't mind them recurring or Sonny taking a long, long trip to Rome to figure out his life and coming back later on. That was one of their better ones lol!

That actually sounds like ridiculous fun. All of that I will pass on. I honestly thought Cody/Sasha already had sex lol.

So I am going to assume with all this credits talk today nothing of note happened on GH? Let me know if it's skippable.

As if AnnaLynne's minor skin issues are the reason the Abby story is unbelievable. That's the major hole in the story. Lol. Give the woman a break!

Thanks for your clarification! When I looked it up I was confused if Kelly Cohen was supposed to be Mimi or just another one of Belle's friends.

IMDB and her wiki is telling me that her role on SB was 5 episodes. She also played Nico's nurse on AMC for unknown episodes. So I would still stand by that fact that she was mostly unknown unless you were paying very close attention.

😂 I have definitely made peace with their decision.

Now, that is not saying a universal consensus on a couple per se. No, it is instead an acknowledgement about how much better Kirsten Storms is doing & how the activities they are writing for her are working SO much better now than in her past several years. I actually started to come back & add that we rarely agree on anything but when we do it is notable. Now, if you do not agree that most people are much happier with Maxie right now, then, fine, we can agree to disagree. But, I don't think you got what I said. For the record, I completely understood what you were saying in your reply to me, but this particular poster might have me blocked so it may have looked different to them.

So I thought it was the first Mimi Doren Fein. Looked that up and was wrong. It appears to be an actress named Kelly Cohen who is just credited as "Belle's friend" It looks like 9/6-9/10/99 she appeared. I guess she bridged the gap between Fein and Farah Fath. Because it's the week before Farah starts appearing.

It's been awhile since I have watched later seasons of MP, but I feel like Peter, Amanda, Rena Sofer's character, and Lisa Rinna's character all had weird backstories where they either changed identities or names or took a fall for another character years ago and held a long lost secret over someone else. Lol. TBH, someone still needs to explain to me if Carly "stole" the identity. Reese made it seem like a huge deal, but I think she just stole the name because she legit thought Reese/Charlotte was dead. The crux of the issue is how Carly "seduced" her dad I think. Anyway, now I am trying to decide if Reese's story was worse than Sonny/Emily and I think I am still going to go with Soily. Even though, admittedly, I think Sonny actually treated Emily decently (once you get past the fact he knew her as a child).

I thought he was a good straight man to her wackiness. I will never forget GV's Lucky/Maxie and that mess, but at the very least JJ/KS looked age appropriate together. And, let's be real, both characters have had worse love interests. I still prefer Maxie/Spinelli as well though.

I said might have worked lol. Not likely. KW would have had to have a lick of chemistry with MB or, frankly, anyone on the cast. I think the Carly/Reese backstory actually was interesting on paper. The way Guza (I think it was just him) told it was awful and disgusting. Somehow blaming Carly for sleeping with Reese's father and Reese's life imploding. When Papa Reese was the creeper sleeping with his daughter's underage best friend and that's actually a crime lol. If both woman were presented as victims and the show explored the trauma of how it got Carly and Reese to where they were currently I think it's an interesting idea. However, I am 100% sure I gave this more thought right now than anyone at GH did at the time. Anyhow, glad Reese died, can't stand KW, and really have no idea why I am defending her lol. Unfortunately didn't Reese dying lead us to bigger atrocity-SONNY/EMILY?

Everyone can get their pitchforks out now, but I thought KS had good chemistry with JJ's Lucky the last time he appeared.

I actually can't believe Sasha has lasted this long either. The perfect time for her to go was after the Gladys fiasco. I thought the show maybe had big plans for her/Cody, but here we are about a year later and there's been hardly any movement in that story. I thought the show might try to pair Maxie/Cody for a second, but I think Maxie is much better served settled with Spinelli. As long as Bradford continues to appear I would go with that. Maxie's romantic woes, pregnancies, children, etc have been draining. Maxie just raising her kids with Spin, working at Deception, having scenes with friends and family work much better for the character IMO.

I like the Scorpio/Jones gang tbh. Maxie has improved so much lately as a character. I like her and Spinelli. Sasha and Cody can go, but if I had to keep one it would be Cody. As much as I have defended Sasha in the past SM doesn't have much charisma. At least JK has that.

I think Reese *might* have worked if they tied her to Carly in the beginning. By the time we got to the most interesting of her many backstories and motivations the character was too far gone. Pratt/Guza did some great work together early on. It's crazy how it all fell apart in the end. That makes me feel bad for JB. Did we ever find out the end result of that lawsuit?

Low bar. Lol. Again, l didn't even think chemistry was the main issue there either. They had worse writing than Chad/Stephanie.

I think AK and BF had some chemistry. They just had pretty dull writing.

Well, Gina would have to get one of the million roles you put her up for first 😂 Agreed about Ron have no idea or direction for Stephanie though. Hennig did have better material.

Does anyone know when KV took over as Molly? She still feels new-ish in the role to me, but it has to have been almost a year since OldMolly didn't last very long.

Stephanie has always been a bit of a bore to me. I think Hennig made the character. AK does fine with the material, but Stephanie still lacks any direction of any kind. That is definitely a writing issue. They can't even figure out a pairing for her. I don't like Abby that much either, but the character just has more possibilities on the current canvas. Like everyone else I am not sure why they "killed" her off in the first place. Mansi really made the role for me though. Dang, I really am starting to sound like a Kate Mansi stan lol.

Thank you! I have said too much about this already, so I am moving on lol.

Oh, I don't think Mansi is mediocre at all either. I think the pairing was. I even remember liking Blaze/JGL in that stupid Chase/Brook Lynn/shady manager guy story. Unfortunately, she wasn't ready to be thrust into an A story. It's been an entire year since OldMolly talked to that stuffed horse for several episodes? I don't know what's worse the horse or the fact the surrogacy story has gone on this long.