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I never knew that about SH-interesting. Wiki said she declined because she was pregnant. Anyhow agree about the weird Vanessa Marcil tactics. But sometimes she was literally unavailable when the rumors came out. I honestly think the show would be much more likely to pull the recast trigger now. Guza seemed to be the one with the most adoration for Vanessa.

I mean, obviously, I think there's no recasting Brenda but some names have been better than others. Gina T and RB to name a few. Lisa LoCicero said that they initially offered a Brenda recast to her and she declined, which was wise. Sarah Brown for some reason feels a little young to me to play Marty. I wonder why Susan turned it down. If it was storyline I wonder how she felt about what she did end up having to play.

Budig just has such a different energy as a performer than KMc. It's hard to imagine anyone else playing Robin, but definitely not Budig. I think VM/RB are much similar in acting styles and it still wouldn't have worked but I could see the idea behind Budig being Brenda. Sarah Brown might have refused to play such an iconic character? So I guess OLTL just went in the complete opposite direction and hired Chambers? Poor girl.

Now that you say that I have a vague recollection of that rumor. RB would be so wrong as Robin lol. I just remember the soap mags bandied about the idea of RB as Brenda a long time ago. I could possibly see RB as Brenda, but could not see her as Robin at all. I think Sarah Brown might have been able to pull off Marty. Lol! I know. I never thought of RB as much of an actress to begin with. More of a charming performer.

Sorry. I liked Hayden. Sort of. I think I was so scared RB would be a Brenda recast I just tried to really like her non character because she wasn't Brenda.

I am shocked they haven't brought RB back as Hayden yet. I thought that was coming the minute CM was cast.

I didn't read all the recaps but the first line of the recap from March 31st is riveting- Belle and Shawn's night of romance was foiled once again when Belle was upset with Shawn for making fun of her underwear??? What? Lol.

I always giggled that all the other villians just got tired of their kidnappees and just gave them to Stefano for fun and games? I believe perhaps Stefano might want Marlena but I don't think there was ever a plausible reason he wanted Hope or Steve. Aside from the weird Gina retcons.

Well, I have no horse in the Carson race so I don't care about that. Listen, I am not expecting the MB's acting level to be at Stone's death bed scene or even at the level of when he broke up with Brenda a decade ago. I don't think anyone would argue his acting, charisma, and interest level have waned. But there were much worse acting atrocities happening on that same episode lol. I thought the fight/dialogue was long overdue, both actors did well, and it kept my interest. It also had flashbacks-which makes me think everything is 100 times better.

I guess I am in the minority and thought Mo was good? Believe me, I know he has flaws. There are scenes where I can't even hear or make out what he's saying because he is whispering and mumbling. There are times you can clearly see him pausing to try to remember his lines. There have been many times over the years where you can tell he's completely checked out of the Carson pairing. But yesterday I thought they were both good and the fight had better dialogue than usual.

I knew there was a time when they were thought to be Tony/Marlena's but I wasn't sure if that was truly a red herring. Now I realize it was just a writing change, but Tony/Marlena sharing kids to me seemed so WTF that I almost assumed there was a different plan. It truly should have been Stefano and that's where I assumed it was going at the beginning (or they'd be RoJohn's). I don't necessarily want that for Marlena, but that would have been great drama. Also would have been good. But was Orpheus in the cannon as Marlena's kidnapper at the time? I know he obviously was, but for several years the show made it seem like Stefano was her kidnapper not Orpheus until Orpheus returned.

I am probably just projecting my annoyance of their characters and some backstage rumors, but I could imagine JP thinking Brandon was 'above' dating Val and JG objecting to Kelly being in that triangle lol.

Cassie/Rex didn't need to exist lol. Or be anyone's children on the canvas. I think I have asked this before but was the original plan to make them Tony/Marlena's? And it got changed?

Lol! Genie Francis and Drake Hogestyn's Japanese love child. I am not sure if it's more or less believable than masks.

Yeah definitely, but then we lose Christopher Sean because he's Asian lol. And CS was the best thing about Paul. But a Diana/John kid would have made actual sense. Paige 100% should have been Frankie's. Lol. No one would seriously care about a Roman kid. He already got two more in Rex/Cassie and Paul would then actually be related to Will.

I always wonder if the Val-Brandon-Kelly triangle was something Jason or Jennie didn't want to do. I know Jason had a larger role behind the scenes and it just feels like a story both might object to and it's clear they had influence. I am just speculating, but it was so quickly dropped when it always seemed like that's where the show was headed.

Lol! At the end of the day Carly/Sonny are equally crappy to each other so I don't blame either in this situation. They are just toxic. Whatever. I did enjoy their scenes today. It was a good fight.

Yeah, but I think Mo was clapping back at Sonny/Brenda fans more than Carson fans because that was so soon after Vanessa left and they divorced. Mo's been over the Carson pairing for years (like the rest of us). I think he would take just about any other pairing. LW (at least publicly) is much more pro Carson.

Yeah. And there was no weight to his one night stand with Tori. It's a who cares situation. They weren't in a relationship and she was no threat to Marlena. A child and a wife from his past would a bit more interesting. Not that I can see anything being a threat to John/Marlena, but some insight into that past would nice. But I guess we have been down that road a million times before. I don't know if you are going to give John another kid at least try to make it dramatic lol

It seems unnecessary because you would think if they had to give John another kid it would be from his forgotten past or another kid with Marlena from 1986. It really didn't cause a lot of drama either. There was a moment John/Paul didn't get along but it passed quickly and Marlena didn't care, so why did the show even do it lol I know. You would think Paul's mom would at least secretly check up on her sons father every now and then. He was clearly in the newspapers during that time. CS was so wasted and it was annoying.

This one is a little different for Carson. I have to say there are parts of it I like. Carly walking in and her sad face was funny.

That love scene between Nina/Sonny was filmed so oddly. I do actually think MB/CW have chemistry and I had to LOL at Carly walking in.

Oh! Nothing against CS. He's awesome. I loved Paul. The story was just dumb and I can overlook it, but it still makes no sense. It also happened all off screen so I disliked that. It's not like John is a newbie character. There was stuff that happened on screen the show could have gone off of.

Obviously, but I assume she could have done more lol. Marlena barely blinked about it. John/Marlena weren't together at the time Paul was conceived. It was kinda crappy to do to John and Paul. But whatever. No one seems too mad about it.

Google tells me Tomlin and Whitesell. Idk, it all was very flimsy because Marlena didn't even care and it's not like John wouldn't have taken care of his own child. And I don't recall John even being that mad about it. It was just basically a non story. Does anyone know if Paul's still paralyzed?