carolineg

Perhaps I was giving the entire team too much credit. I assumed the show snapped up Ingo when Titans flopped, were hoping to get Vanessa and it fell through, and scrapped together some wacky plot for Jax last minute, hoping something would stick. I was always a bit surprised they didn't try to repair the coupling of Chloe/Jax. I can see the idea of tying him to the Cassadines in his return via Alexis, but that story was just odd. Jax left his entire life in PC to find Brenda and gave up after less than a year and somehow ran into Cassadine intrigue? I could go on and on about the Skye romance. They were barely together and then were getting married. It wasn't anywhere near Jax's worst pairing, but everyone in the audience knew the show was ramping up the obstacles for Brenda's return and nothing was organic about it. Honestly though I always laugh when I think about Ric and Marianna? What a silly story no one ever mentioned again. Did JFP really think THAT story was going to elevate RH to lead status?

Robin being practically shunned out of town by Jason and Sonny was awful. While the initial lie about AJ made some sense for Carly the show should have worked harder to make a more even playing field after the truth came out. I would assume the idea was to get Ingo and Vanessa back at the time. Brenda was back a year or so later, so rebooting Jax was kind of a moot point in the end. Nothing Jax did in that year really changed the character or was memorable. I guess romancing Skye, but I believe that was only ramped up once the show knew they had secured Vanessa. When Carly went to the institution after shooting Tony I could understand her fear of losing Michael. It was valid. Jason saving her from that made sense. Once Carly/Sonny were together and married Carly was established. There wasn't a real need to keep AJ away from Michael all together. Once there were multiple acts of violence taking place in Sonny's world putting Michael in danger the reasons to keep AJ away from Michael became increasingly flimsy.

Personally, I was never a fan of Sonny/Carly vs. AJ for Michael. In the beginning when Carly was pretending Jason was the father I could almost get behind some of the reasoning. ALMOST. Once Sonny got involved the show had to work far too hard to make me believe Sonny was the better option as a father. Carly/Sonny had tons of support on message boards in the early 2000's though. The most ardent Sonny fans wanted Sonny to have a child because there was a time long ago where Sonny didn't have any kids (that he knew of) and Carly had trouble getting pregnant again. The writing was always an issue for AJ, but I would argue the recasting to Billy Warlock was also a big shift for AJ as anything other than a loser bad guy. Sorry, that's my longer answer to your initial question lol. I remember Ingo being gone for like a year and came back when Titans flopped. They announced his return at the Emmys, there was a good amount of promotion, and then that was the re-intro. He originally left to find a not dead Brenda and failed but found Alexis's long-lost sister instead. Yay? Lol The show never really knew what to do with Jax outside of Brenda and later Carly's orbit. It's amazing Jax lasted as long as he did on the show.

I would say no. Not at that point. Early on I think Sonny/Carly had some support from fans.

Fair enough, but people used to actually like Sonny. I could see Britt as a Katherine like character that everyone just eye rolls when she speaks yet vaguely tolerate, but that's really not helpful or what I think the show is going for lol.

Labine/Guza would have never let the Britt angle with Rocco get so far out. I do hope Rocco just walks dogs all the way to Sonny's house so Sonny and various characters can have serious life changing conversations while holding adorable dogs.

They were good. Emma got to actually say what the entire audience has been saying about her and Rocco.

Would you just leave it as is? I would at least revisit it personally because that was an anti climatic ending for the character. I wouldn't say Luke was alive all this time and now he's for real dead, but I would expand on his og death a bit more.

Yes. I think Stephanie is a very solid B-character in general. That's an odd thing to say about Patch/Kayla's daughter, but I think it would work towards Klein's strengths. There's a place on Days for the way the character of Stephanie is being written right now. It's just not in a leading capacity.

I do think Abigail Klein is at least serviceable and I don't hate Stephanie. The character just has 0 personality. She morphs interests and desires every time she switches boyfriends. And it's not as if any of her pairings have even been mildly popular. I agree about C/F obviously. It's better, but not special. The bar was so low the lack of offensive material made the show seem like it was moving in the right direction. The show really isn't moving anywhere lol. It's just existing day to day.

That was a lovely statement. I am under no illusion that Tony and Genie were ever bff, but I does make me a little sad they hadn't spoken in years.

RIP, Tony! You will be missed! I know he wasn't exactly a young man and there were rumors his health wasn't great, but I am always shocked when a tv legend dies. They always seemed so larger than life on tv and you think they will live forever. Especially an icon like Tony.

Lots of good ideas on here about how to refocus the show in the last few days! I know most people on this thread have problems with Leo, Alex, Cat, Rafe, Susan etc. They are problems lol, but I think Stephanie is almost a larger problem. Days centers so much of the show around her and her romances, but she's not a good leading character. She has no depth. She's a very nice girl with poor taste in men and a writing hobby. ZZzzzz..... Abigail Klein is very pretty and seems likeable enough, but she certainly isn't dynamic or interesting. Characters like Jada, Chanel, Gabi and even Belle are much more layered, and they get less than half the material Stephanie does.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing about the tree. Like it fell down? That's an annoying mess, but the tree isn't ruined. Just readjust it? Johnny and Chanel are living in Paulina and Abe's old "penthouse". Paulina gifted it to them.

I feel like Days was always going to run into this problem regardless of writing. Days has done a horrible job establishing the next generation of leads. It has relied on Marlena, John, Bo, Hope, Kayla, Steve, etc., etc. for far too long. We end up at this point where most of the characters that get significant airtime are boring. It seems to me the writing team is just too afraid to entirely revamp the show and are doing the bare minimum and coasting along with mediocre material. Because at least it's not as bad and offensive as Ron, right? Let's not rock the boat too much.

Lol!! That could explain some of it.

Yes. It's the coldness that bothers me I think. He hasn't really got a chance to explain why he was mostly lighthearted before this return. I think we can assume that as an audience, but it would be nice if Theo was allowed to say it himself. Abe is the only character that has mentioned the breakup with Claire was hard on Theo. I think the only person Theo's been able to speak on himself is JJ.

I think Tyler Joseph Andrews is a good recast for Theo, but I also think there is something off putting about his portrayal. I'll preface this by saying I don't know enough about Autism in general or even what type of Autism that Theo has. That being said it appears like TJA really leans in to portraying Theo's Autistic traits and it sometimes comes off cold and studied-almost like he's trying to win an Emmy for playing someone autistic instead of naturally infusing that as part of the character. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. Anyhow, I do think he's a better actor than any previous Theo's-I just don't find him as likeable. I thought EM looked fine shirtless. He's thicker than he used to be, but he's still in very good shape.

I mean, Chanel, Allie and Alex had a threesome on Days, but it wasn't that sexy lol

Chase wouldn't know what to do with a man or woman that takes their shirt off at bed time or walks around without 15 layers on .

Yup. They can seriously just use Lexi at this point. I am sure she's cheaper lol

With the Chad situation being what it is I feel like the show is moving Cat toward EJ or maybe Rafe? I don't think having Cat/Abby on the same show is redundant. She'd at least get to do more than she's doing currently on GH.

Listen, I have been worried about cleaning my cat's litterbox for years now because of this!!! Does Kristina even have a point on the show anymore? She hasn't had much of a story for months besides the Ric captive hijinks. Mansi would almost be better served leaving and go back to Days unless GH continues to let her direct. The back and forth with Willow's trial is so annoying. The PCPD has literally blown their case already. Maybe not push for a trial when you don't actually have all the facts, Brendabot DA? The whole thing is like a comedy of errors. Blah to Britt and Jason. I do feel like Steve is giving the whole thing a real effort though.

That's honestly all I remember too. It seemed like Sonny was in that ditch for years lol. I think she had hallucinations about Drew and Jason, but it was mostly focused on Sonny and I can't recall why.

Lol! It started out okay. I thought Sam was losing her mind and that was fun. Then the conclusion was, "Nope, toxic brain infection from cat poop and she might die". I guess she gets bonus points for shooting Sonny and kicking him into a ditch or dumpster or something.