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Well, tbh, I would probably watch that 😂 I could write a multi-page essay on the decline of MB's acting since he started in 1993. I don't even know what he's doing and haven't for years. I wouldn't mind if Sonny took a nice long break to Rome or anything, but I would ditch so many more characters before Sonny even if I do think he's played out.

Oh, Ava's definitely not on my top of the list to go. I just don't really get the appeal and don't think she's one of the greatest actors in daytime. But everyone has their own opinions. I actually think Roger Howarth was a better actor and more of a commodity than MW, but that didn't translate to GH. I don't think Ava translates that well either. The character and their motivations are so muddled and MW mugs it up like a campy retro film star. That being said, there are probably 20-25 people I would cut out of the cast before her. I know.🤷‍♀️😂

🤦‍♀️Obviously, everyone but Brenda. Don't be mean to me! The very slim hope Vanessa will show up on my screen gets smaller everyday lol. But pretty much every other role GT can have. Why? I think it's a valid thing to talk about.

You haven't. Lol. I am secretly rooting for GT to get all the roles just because you like her so much. I don't know. I think MW could be swooped up by Days. She's the type of actress Ron would like to make a wacky Dimera villain or Clyde's presumed dead wife or something. I strongly dislike Nina, but it's always hilarious when she's called out for making solid business decisions. Like firing someone who has performance issues? But Carly would never. Because she doesn't know how to run anything, but people are transfixed by her humanity and great hair. KeMo is in my good graces lately with the Dante shooting story, but for the last decade it seemed like she barely had a pulse. Two very different actresses. Maura gives it all and Kemo is the chillest actress on the entire planet.

But Sonny didn't take Karen from Jagger? They had their happy ending and Jagger ruined it. It's such a petty reason to be mad when the actual victim in the whole situation decided to forgive Sonny years ago. I mean, you don't give up MW? Even if I don't love her she's too big of a daytime get to not keep her around. Yup. 100% agree. There are a couple of things I have been clear about here on this board and that is 1. I don't get Gina Tognoni and 2. I don't get Maura West. I don't dislike either one I am just more on the 🤷‍♀️ side of things.

You know I can take or leave Ava and Maura West, but I will always feel like Ava is ill defined. Is she a villainess to be feared? A wacky romantic heroine? A caricature of a human? I hope PM begins to shape Ava as a character better and go with the villainous mob threat over any romantic story with Sonny. We've discussed this before, but Ava is definitely a character that has suffered from lack of motivation for years now.

Ha! Ha! That is an accurate assessment. Kate Mansi had the same WTF expression I did while watching Ava/Sonny interact. EWWWW. To the Carly triangle. I feel like we already watched various versions of this nonsense for years and I still don't get why anyone would want to deal with Carly. Unless these guys just really find good hair extremely attractive. 😂 I swear MW could be a silent film star. Her expressions are so OTT. I am not terribly familiar with her ATWT work, but from what I have seen she was slightly more subtle, but Ava is practically a cartoon character, so fair enough.

I do not need two men fighting over Carly lol. I have a hard time believing one man would tolerate her let alone two. Still giggling over Drew's shirt and the goodness of Nina/Drew. I can't wait to watch Sonny and Carly's heads explode when they find out! And I know everyone loves Maura West, but some of those faces she was making were right out of a Saturday Night Live parody like someone noted earlier. I just find Ava so campy, in mostly a good way, but I am not sure if it's intentional on MW's part.

Okay. I just died when CM/Drew's entire shirt fell off. LOL for days. Those sucky buttons!!! Also Wagger, just call the cops. Carly always pretends she has no medical experience unless it's a gunshot wound.

Weirdly, I can see Michael and Willow having fans. They are a very white bread, Midwest, mildly attractive, bland coupling. It is a couple I can see attracting a certain type of fanbase.

I really didn't think there were Sonny/Nina stans. They were okay, but not the second coming of Sonny/Brenda or even Sonny/Carly. Lol So the way I always thought about Sonny was that he was intelligent, but not well educated. He just had street smarts and charisma (back in the day, not currently lol) Jason was very smart and the brain damage didn't change it, but like you said, his brain just worked differently after. I side eye him not even checking the last name Cates out, but again it's a minor detail.

I mean, Jason was in med school. I don't think he was stupid. I just think brain damaged Jason was supposed to be intuitive and smart in different ways. I could be totally wrong, but I always though brain damaged Jason was much smarter than Sonny. Can't wait to watch this silliness!!!

I mean, sure. But we've seen Jason allowed to have both weapons and a phone. So they trusted Jason enough with a gun and electronics. You can google on a phone lol. Even burner phones have internet. Yes! Crystal could have been his sister (the girl that od'ed on heroin that presumably gave Stone AIDS). Perfect! More motivation than something that happened to Jagger's dead ex-wife.

Even that threw me because it made Jason look dumb and although Jason isn't my fave he's not an idiot. Putting aside the fact that Jason has apparently never heard of Jagger or seen a picture of him or didn't recognize the last name Cates, I can't believe he didn't do the most minimal research on his FBI handler. It's a very minor detail, but I know Karen, Sonny, Robin, and Brenda have discussed Jagger with post-accident Jason.

Yes! That's what I was remembering and I think that's why I thought he was more of a general practitioner back then. Thanks for the clarification. I thought I was crazy lol. I guess that position no longer exists these days. Very unsettling about Don Jeffcoat. KMC and Robin looked so young for so long. I wonder if soaps don't realize how young these actresses look when they pair them with older guys. I feel like Days did the same thing with a young Christie Clark as well and it just looked squicky.

I think Bryan looks fine, but he's an odd choice compared to the others.. He's good looking, but does nothing for me either. He kind of looks like a chipmunk lol.

I think both PAS or JV would be a great choice for the role. I am coming around on AH as an actor. I think he's doing well with the material that he is given. He's just not Jagger or anything that resembles the previous take on Jagger. I am okay with a character evolving and a different actor making the character their own, but AH's John/Jagger is a completely different character. They share the same name, but that's the only similarity. I still am curious why the show felt the need to bring Jagger back at all as AH could have played this character as someone new and done the same things. Being mad at Sonny for something that happened years ago and knowing Jason in high school doesn't really have much impact on the story thus far. An FBI agent doesn't need a deep seeded reason to hate Sonny/Jason. He could just hate them because, you know, they are criminals lol.

So this is probably a hot take and I am not agreeing with how Spelling went about firing her, but I often wonder if HT's pregnancy was the straw that broke a casting that was wrong from the beginning. Once the writers starting creating the story, HT just wasn't the right fit in general. It was a stupid excuse to use and cost Spelling a lot, but I could see him being old school and thinking he could get away with it. I guess what I am saying is that I assume her pregnancy wasn't the only reason Tylo was let go. Then again a jury agreed with Tylo so I could just be spit balling theories lol

Am I the only one who can't imagine Tylo as Taylor at all? Even early Taylor before she became wacky? Lisa Rinna has such a different vibe and different strengths as an actress. Of course, once they fired Hunter the character could have changed to fit Lisa more, but I can never picture HT as Taylor.

Yeah, I am not advocating a Dex/Kristina pairing but a fun hookup would be perfect just for Joss's reaction.

I personally hope the show ditches this surrogacy plot all together. I really don't want to go down the road of Kristina trying to keep the baby. I would have Kristina lose the baby and have Molly/TJ reassess their baby plans (offscreen). Kristina would spiral and get messy and sleep with Dex (just to make Joss cry) and Kraze would break up and the show can find a decent love interest for her.

I agree there are a lot of dated stories on GH like all the baby stories. I am not saying Blaze's situation doesn't currently exist. It's just something we have seen many times before. I am just not finding anything captivating enough about Kraze to root for them long term. I really don't mind them. They just don't have quite enough chemistry or quite enough of an interesting story for me invest in them or see them as a star pairing.

I don't mind Kraze at all, but I don't think the actress that plays Blaze is up to par with Mansi and they aren't compelling enough to be an "A" couple. I just don't care about Blaze that much and this homophobic mother story isn't helping. It just feels very dated for the year 2024. With the investment the show has put in Mansi I agree they could find someone better for her. Even when Joss is right, there is something so smug about EM's delivery that you want her to be wrong lol. I think all soaps have the same issue with villains, especially Days (Orpheus, Clyde, Kristen, etc). GH did the same thing with Nelle. They find a good actor and feel like they need to keep them forever even when the story is burnt out.

Agreed. JMM didn't really have enough time to really define Tate. I do think LH does look older though.

Honestly, I need to give it more than a day with the new Tate. Nothing immediately turned me off about him, but nothing was spectacular either. I agree with everyone that Holly's romantic feelings for him came out of nowhere. I can understand why she would have feelings for her after what he went through to protect her but we skipped from point A to point D in the romance without getting clear views from both Tate and Holly about the progression. I didn't really think much of Jada using Sloan as a lawyer. Jada needed a good lawyer quickly and I don't think it's crazy she called Sloan. Justin may have been a better choice, but Jada doesn't really know Justin so it's not that odd to me. I'll be honest, Leo doesn't actually bother me in scenes while he's at the Spectator. He bothers me pretty much in any other scene, but Leo objectively has a job and a purpose at the Spectator so I'd rather he do that than shop and act creepy towards Jude. I can kind of understand Everett not signing the divorce papers under a different name. I am sure he has a more ulterior motive, but considering his circumstances I can understand his hesitance, especially since he didn't have his own lawyer. The whole thing was completely sprung on him.