carolineg

Absolutely. It's a lot of treading water with Jason, Sonny, Carly hoping something sticks or Frank will just figure it out later. I guess Jason has Britt now, but Carly and Sonny are basically on pause in their personal lives until they reunite or, idk, Sonny gets back with Nina and they recast Jax or something.

3 or 4 probably lol. And every time that mold of character has fizzled out while completely losing their dignity, so I guess it's nice Rota's wife is getting paid and getting health insurance out of it. Mo is not gonna make any effort on this random D-character plotline. It's at least three steps down from Eva La Rue's homophobic Natalia and we saw the effort there. I think in general the idea Frank has going for the show is decent, but the favoritism is wild and he can't get out of his own head to see the bigger goal in the long run.

It's funny some people here think that Sidwell's real life wife is an actual important character that is some sort of Brenda replacement. Frank doesn't care about the real Brenda. This isn't Guza lol. Just because a pretty brunette has scenes with Sonny doesn't make her a Brendabot. The two have nothing in common at all and frankly don't even look alike. This was obviously a nice gesture to Rota to give his wife a job too.

I feel like John got multiple monologues in about how creepy it was to be fair-and even Marlena and Roman were like that's really weird too. I clearly remember the rhetoric about Tony being blinded in the Maison Blanche fire and Kristen saying now she has to marry him and Wayne's Roman, was like, but why? And gave her a full side eye. RIP Wayne!

Stefano had raised her. So John's tale about Stefano fell on deaf ears to Kristen because she only knew Stefano as a good person. John learned Kristen was Stefano's adopted daughter a few months in I think. They had some sexy times and John was distraught after learning this, but then Kristen was like I am engaged to Tony, FYI, LOL. Her introduction was weird tbh, because the show was heavily leaning towards John/Marlena and pivoted quickly to Kristen/John. I believe someone and NBC wanted Drake with a younger love interest. And obviously when JER fully took over he was all in on John/Marlena.

Correct. Because the Possession was always built as a love story for Marlena/John. The throughline that John would do anything for Marlena was the basis of the story. Yes, it was silly, but it was also romantic and heroic as John would risk his entire life for her.

I see your point, but if Gh really, really wants VK just make her a new character. I still think this rumor is off the rails and VK's acting and vibe aren't a fit for GH in any capacity.

Now? Yes. As kids? No. I think by the time the Rachel backstory came out those two were too far gone to care about the origin story. This is actually a time where the re-Possession would make sense on paper, but I am so over that. Play it real. Marlena just lost John-her true love. We don't need supernatural, extra things.

I think JER used Marlena's affair with John and break up with Roman as another reason the Devil was able to control her because she was a "broken" woman at that point. You know, JER stuff. And, yes, Stefano entered her penthouse through her armoire lol. He bought the Penthouse next door. Which makes no sense since a penthouse implies it's the only house on the floor, but whatever. The Paris underground stuff had the VR glasses where John and people could see Marlena in a cage, but no mind control was going on. Stefano would manipulate Marlena by letting her hear recordings of Belle crying, telling her John was dead with fake newspapers, and that no one was looking for her so he could sleep with her. He told her he would let her go if she had sex with him willingly. IIRC, the OG Rachel/Women in white story was that Rachel and her husband knew Stefano's secrets (re-John) and Stefano was obsessed with Rachel's beauty. Stefano blew up her husband's house/car leaving Rachel horribly disfigured and mentally distressed and her husband dead so Stefano took Peter/Kristen in as his children. I believe they both thought Rachel was dead. Her main story was during Aremid when she secured Tony's diary to free John. I know there were plans for an Aremid spin off at one point, so the character may have had more use, but by the time she died in Paris Rachel basically completed her tragic arc.

Brennan is a throw away character to me, so I don't really care they made the change. And I know recasts can be wacky and still work okay. VK just seems so far off from Sasha in every aspect. She's just way to in your face sexy to be the Q cook lol. I am not a big VK fan, but she's definitely the type of actress that commands your attention and Sasha is so meek as a character. If the show really wanted Victoria they perhaps should have looked at her as a Molly recast. I don't think she'd be exactly right for that part either, but Molly is more pliable as role.

I think Willow will marry him too. She's not wrong about it being the best chance to get her kids back to be honest.

Yes, 2010 Mo was bad and searching for lines still, but miles better than what's happening now. Plus, even with VM's "unique" 2010 acting choices like the cackle, she still worked well with him. And honestly, I know Kelly T. is Steve's savior these days, but Vanessa and Steve work well together too. I also think Mo would be okay taking a backseat to Vanessa. He seems to really like her and respect her as an actress and Brenda as a character. I think he'd be comfortable letting her take the lead in story. I wonder how many viewers left would even care about Sonny/Brenda. There used to be so many messageboards, fansites, and groups dedicated to them that have mostly disbanded because it's been so long. Most fans have moved on-except me lol.

Yup. I think killing off/firing Mo/ Sonny is way too risky. The Brenda solution is ideal but I don't think it's anything anyone is thinking about. We are just going to be in a holding pattern until the show decides to do something. I still maintain Mo has a strong wacky FB, Twitter, and offline following.

Thank you! Very creepy. It's a shame because the OG Possession was available privately in edits on you tube for a long while, but someone had to ruin it lol

I am assuming Sophia will be out once her arc is over because the actress is terrible, but who knows? It does seem like it would be easy to keep Doug3's story going now that he and Julie made up and he stole the necklace from Gwen. Plus, there was unfinished business with Holly/Ari and he could have grown his relationship with Roman and planted some definitive roots in Salem.

That's what I figured. I just remember more opera dates with Stefano and don't recall harem girls, but it clearly happened lol. It looked like Joe Mascolo was either edited out or something because you could vaguely see Stefano behind her in the beginning of the clip.

The ONLY thing I would buy about Konefal as Sasha is the fact she was the Face of Deception. Sasha was never believable as that, but VK would be. She has more of an it factor than bland SM (who I do think is beautiful too). And honestly, VK does look a little bit like Emma Samms. I think Sasha making guest appearances it a perfect place to land with the character. I don't think the show was committed to making RG's Michael/Sasha an item yet, so we honestly only need Sasha back to give us updates about the kid and Robert/Holly for now. There isn't a single character on the show I could imagine VK playing as a recast. I guess the show could go wild and age Avery or Donna, but VK is probably too old for that.

I'll get the most embarrassing thing out of the way from today. I paused the show halfway through and came back so when Sarah looked up the test results I thought "OMG! Marlena's a male!" Because I totally forgot Sarah/Brady were talking about Sophia's baby earlier.😂 Does anyone know what those Marlena flashbacks were? I assume it's from before she got OG Possessed but I couldn't recall those particular scenes. I really enjoyed those Doug3/Julie scenes. They were sweet. It's too bad the character didn't work out. Also count me in as someone who doesn't even remember Gabi/Gwen fighting over Jake of all people.

I believe Sasha will be back or recast somewhere down the line, but VK? She's entirely wrong for the part of Sasha. Not a single thing about Victoria, her acting, her looks, her age, etc fit Sasha in any capacity lol. I know it's from unreliable sources, but this seems extra unbelievable. Which obviously means she will be cast and start appearing next month 😂

This is why I get so annoyed with Carly. She was complaining about the danger of Sonny's world two weeks ago and now everything is back to normal. She's defending Sonny again. And, honestly, I don't think Sonny really even solved anything long term with Sidwell. GH has always had a habit of making Sonny/Carly look right, but this is ridiculous. Marco is completely innocent. Lucas isn't overreacting about him being kidnapped. Just because Marco is fine and released now doesn't make it okay lol.

One of these is not like the others!

Carly coming off like a loon is pretty standard to be fair 😂

I don't even hate Curtis being Dan from GG today. I just wish he did it with less disdain. Yes, Nina might be mad, but your wife is going to lose her entire career. So....yeah.

Lol at Scout wanting to call Willow mom. Sam's been dead for a few months. Ouch! Nina realizing her daughter is a psycho is great lol. I guess Curtis standing up for Portia is nice. It's just all so lackluster on Donnell's part.

Oh thanks! I must have missed that.