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Since it's basically the same set I always thought they lived in the same building, although I think this is the first time it's been acknowledged by the show. I think John/Marlena just have the larger, penthouse in the building and Steve/Kayla get a kitchen lol. Oh, @AbcNbc247, you know Deidre Hall has never met a sparkly blazer she didn't like lol.

I still can't get past the visual disconnect either with Jagger. I agree AH is doing a good job and I'd probably be praising him up and down as an amazing find if he played anyone but Jagger. It's still really throwing me off, but I suppose I will get used to it in time.

I find Rachel mildly humorous, so I don't think you'd like Violet. Violet's not a demon at all. She's just this weird lisping, child prodigy who sings, plans dates, knows grown up business, and is overly precocious to say the least. Rachel is supposed to be a spoiled terror. Violet is supposed to be adorable.

No, she's alive. She just apparently hates her own child as much as we do and won't come a pick her up and raise her. Just realized Spencer and I have the same birthday (not the same year lol).

Hayden (Rebecca Budig). Liz's half sister is Violet's mom.

Yeah, I am a few days behind and have to catch up, but I don't get the sense Lois should or does regret anything in her life. I do see the point @Jdee43 is making about her seemingly suspended in animation for 30 years like she can just jump right back into PC as if she hasn't lived an entire life outside these characters all these years, but I don't think she is a caricature or anything. Lois is a character grounded in reality, more than most. She's just a bit quirky in her style. 100% agree about Kin. Once a month is more than enough of Scott for me.

Interesting. I have never heard her podcast, but that all makes sense. I am sure MB would talk about whatever she wanted to though.

I recall Vanessa saying she's been asked, but that she is trying to write a book about her life and once she is done with that she will go on his show. That was a few years ago though.

Maybe? But it would be nice to hear Stefan talk about the upcoming trial. Or, you know, actively try to pursue or find the real killer instead of whatever he's doing lol.

Yeah, he is, but Harris did tell EJ and that was enough for now to get Xander out of jail. Maybe Harris had some sort of plan if Stefan doesn't turn himself in. Like blackmailing EJ? Some bigger purpose-like to get Ava out of trouble for freeing Clyde?

Listen, I am still wondering if Gabi is ever going to get a trial or if we are ever going to find out who killed Li! The whole Stefan/Ava/Harris climax really lacked any impact on anything. So I can't predict where anything is going or if it's going anywhere lol.

I still don't exactly get what Nina's plan is. Like Ava said, should she just harass Sonny while Dante's shot lol? I want to see unhinged Nina harass Sonny while Dante is shot! I get it's a plot point to bring Sonny/Ava together, but I don't see Nina's logic at all. Maybe that is the point. This might be unpopular, but I'd recast Cam. I like WL and maybe he'll be able to commit to something in the summer and that's what the show is counting on. If not, I would just find someone else. It worked fine with Trina and it really does feel like Cam's missing especially with Spencer gone.

What's with the show's obsession of ugly braiding Rena Sofer's bangs? It's not an attractive hairstyle. Joss was her usual insufferable self, but I am happy she's sad about Dex. I don't really understand the reasoning, but whatever. I am going to compliment Diane and say I liked her and Alexis's scenes today. I don't really know what to say about the Kevin and Ashford family scenes, so I won't say anything at all. Obviously Ava is up to something and these Nina/Ava scenes continue to prove that theory to me in my mind. But Nina, Sonny is your husband! Just go over there and demand answers, fight, break up, divorce, reconcile, whatever. You are asking a lot of Ava. Fight for your own damn relationship.

Oh yeah. I mean, the man dated pre-fame Tara Reid for two years, I doubt he always had such pious views lol. Agreed. I know I had this conversation about AS on GH and the fact she doesn't like love scenes out of respect for her husband. Even though the reasons are different it just makes me think this is the wrong genre for you. Steve Burton had way too much power on GH and got way more say than he should. To be fair though, I could totally see Days hard passing trying to film and choreograph a love scene with a man with a serious gunshot wound.

Yeah, who knows? I know he said on GH had gained some weight and that's why he didn't do love scenes. I swear I remember hearing he became a born again Christian when he got married maybe? I don't know if that applies now since they are divorced though. I honestly feel like Deidre looked younger in the 90's than she did in the 80's and looked the same until age until about 2013 and I am not even exaggerating.

Drake/John's tears today were a um...choice? He spent half the episode with 2 tear tracks down his face lol. I know Sloane is awful, but, again, she is not wrong for being upset Nicole is hosting their baby's christening. It is weird and inappropriate. If Eric wanted Holly to be a part of it so much just have her help with the planning instead lol. Ej/Stefan are boring. So I know Brady/Eric consider themselves brothers, but does Brady consider Carrie his sister? I know Belle does, but I can't for the life of me recall a Carrie/Brady scene since he was a child. That has nothing to do with today's show, but I was just curious. I thought it actually did have something to do with religion..or Kelly Monaco lol. I swear I remember hearing Steve was a born again Christian and didn't like love scenes anymore.

Oh, I know everyone on this board including me agrees with you. I just wonder if that's the perception of the entire GH audience and TPTB at GH. The pairing still gets lengthy clip tributes even in the most recent primetime special. Idk, it's part of the reason I don't invest in Kevin/Laura. I just assume at some point they will convince TG to leave Amsterdam for a few minutes to reunite L&L.

Hey, we both like Robert and Olivia too. Which will contradict my next point. I think Robert seems a bit old and curmudgeonly to be viable with anyone. Anna and Laura just seem so much younger and vital. Sorry Tristian! That being said I don't understand the love for Holly/Robert over Robert/Anna. I know I am wrong, but I honestly don't "get" Holly/Robert or Anna/Duke. Idk, do we really think GH will end without Luke/Laura as a couple? I know it doesn't make sense nor do I like the couple much, but I've always thought when the show goes off air, they will end up together.

I am 99% sure he was going to propose and then went to Al-anon and reconsidered his decision. So the ring is/was for Theresa, he just had second thoughts about proposing so quickly after her relapse and realizing the scope of her problems.

So, I am probably creating a little more to early Brenda than what was on paper, but I think the Q bros might have been too easy of a get for her. She knew she was pretty and I think she wanted a project in Jagger. And sex was her best weapon on Karen. Get the guy from the wrong side of the streets just to stress Julia out more. She didn't think she needed money at the time, so I think Jason was too dull for her. AJ and Brenda do make the most sense to me and they obviously tested them pretty hard to the point AJ was jealous of Sonny. I just think it's a rare case where a show just followed the chemistry and MB/VM won out. Brenda did explicitly state early on her childhood was bad. She delved into a lot more with Jax when they first started dating . She wasn't that open about it with Sonny, but that could have been discretion on her part for once because his childhood was worse.

I really don't hate the idea of Robert/Laura especially since Luke is "dead". But I mostly probably like it because I want to extract Robert for Diane's barracuda jaws.

I think the jump from Robin to Carly was a bit of a stretch for Jason. Even though he was obsessed with Michael she never felt exactly right for him. And he would constantly judge her. I can see an argument for Sonny/Lily as a logical pairing. He would have probably fallen in love with her eventually. If LM/MB had a lick of chemistry it could have been a truly viable foursome with Brenda/Jax for years. I always liked Brenda and Jax. Just because he was so different from Sonny. He was charming, rich, easy to deal with, and respected her. They had great chemistry and felt like a welcomed change from all the drama of Sonny and Brenda. I don't know if it was an endgame pairing, but I wouldn't be upset if Jax and Brenda ended up together.* *Obviously I would now because the Ingo of it all, but before that I would have been okay with it. But everyone can have a different take and Ingo makes everything a bit icky, but I was always a true blue Brenda fan and liked Jax/Brenda almost as much as Sonny/Brenda at times. Which is pretty rare because most Brenda fans have a very clear preference between Jax/Sonny.

I feel like I don't even know you lol. Brenda, Lois and Robin are my top three favorites in that era in that order. Carly I am so hit or miss on. I found so much of her antics in the 90's disgusting, but I appreciate it now. Jax and Brenda had good writing in 1998 as far as their romance, it just took 75% of Vanessa's 1 year contract to get there. I think Sonny/Brenda can be a hard watch in retrospect because they are so good together, but it's so toxic. Young me ate that [!@#$%^&*] up, but adult me is a bit more icked out about the way Sonny treated her. I think the show was very open to pairing Vanessa with just about anyone. She had that bubble bath fantasy with Jagger, Jason, AJ, Sonny, and Ned as romantic interests. I would be most inclined to think the show was going to pair her with SK's AJ before a random Sonny scene at a car dealership caught fire. I wouldn't ever assume Vanessa was on the chopping block just because how strongly Mark Teschner believed in her and because they lost ASJ and CS and they needed Robin to have a friend at least lol. I would think Sonny was on the chopping block before Brenda. I hate 1997 as well. I can't stand Sonny/Brenda's reunion, the dumb origami killer story, and I haven't watched the wedding since it first aired. Not because I am so sad about it, but I find it all so cringey and have second hand embarrassment for Brenda. The walking down the aisle alone, the crying in the rain, Jason saying it was a great ride, etc. I just can't do it. I HATE the breakdown story after as well. I actually never saw Sonny's ending being more tragic. I thought it would be perfectly fitting if he was just his own worst enemy and the power he craved cost him everyone he loved and he had to live in his own misery.

Thanks! I have a much clearer memory of the Fluke stuff, but I do remember having a really hard time getting through episodes because I was just so annoyed by RC. The Connie stuff really turned me off the show for a long time.

Something about the way Carly needed to prove Hannah was a fed made me think they were going to go there. Not because the show was spelling it out, but she was obsessed with saving Sonny from EVIL Hannah and it felt like she cared a lot. I would have to watch the whole lead up again. I think I was still in a no Brenda induced depression at the time lol. You won't be shocked but the day Brenda "died" I took GH off my VCR timer and had a really hard time coming back. I was a VERY dramatic teenager lol.