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Greta and Eric were cute. It just never went anywhere. Jensen left and that was it. I liked her and Austin as well, but again that went nowhere too. I even thought her and MA had chemistry. She just had pairings that didn't go very far. And Greta was definitely outshined by the other heroines her age range like Nicole/Sami-even though JM is older than I thought.

I think it's a number of factors with Greta not taking off. Her bizarre introduction, her cloying nature with John and to a lesser extent Bo, her obsession with her father, having no real love interest, etc. JM/Greta were fine, but I don't think she inspired a real fanbase. I haven't met many people that loathed her, but I haven't met too many stans. The consensus is everyone liked her enough, but no one is clamoring for her return. I hated the Jack is gay, but not really story. Like Jack be an adult just tell her you are not into her lol.

Okay, yes, now I remember that. In her final convo with John she said she knew who her father was, but it wasn't John. She did play it like she could have been lying and just left it alone for the sake of John and his family. So you are right. I guess at the time I assumed she'd be back and reveal the truth and I eventually forgot about it. I was thinking broader as in her whole time on the show she was lying. I remember she used to hang around John all the time and Marlena would get soo annoyed.

I think Marlena was suspicious she was lying for awhile, but I don't think she was. She honestly didn't know. But she told John he was not her father before she left.

I liked JM/Greta too. I feel like she got stories, but was still underdeveloped. We never even got to know who her father was and that's was half her purpose on the show. It wouldn't bother me now if John was her dad, but during that time the whole Greta/Gina/John stuff was so unpopular-I think the show just decided to leave it alone. I just think it would have been a less clunky way to introduce Billie to Ben. Like Ciara could have said she was married to my father and is the mother of my sister Chelsea and Billie could have mentioned Kate. Chelsea is more recent than Greta and Ben should be aware of all Ciara's siblings, but maybe not lol. Sonny and Will apparently got that small apartment of theirs because of it's enormous shower!

No. Ciara brought her up I think or Billie. And Ciara and Ben are going undercover to meet suspicious Faversham relatives as Greta and her serial killer husband I guess. And Lisa Rinna and Porte got a dance break after that because Ciara and Ben need to learn to tango. Poor Julianne Morris. You know she would have come back lol Like I said, I appreciated Ciara in this role going undercover. It fits her and I guess Ben can come along. Also, did no one else find it weird that when Ciara introduced Billie/Ben she didn't mention Billie is the mother of her half sister Chelsea? And Ciara didn't even ask about her even in passing?

Yeah. Ciara is going undercover to pose as Greta in front of some of Lily Faversham's relatives. They went into history at least.

Honestly, If I have to see Ben/Ciara everyday I like the idea of them undercover. I know I joked about Ben being an ISA agent, but this is the sort of thing I wouldn't mind seeing them do in the future. It's much better than them in bed doing nothing with their lives all day. Although Greta is legitimately twice Ciara's age, so it's not even a good idea. Not to mention she had an enormous coronation, so people have an idea what she looks like.

No, I know that, but he was making comments about how he would buy it for Marlena if he could in the first episode and then he told Anna he was looking for something in his price range at the auction. So I was just curious about John's financial status just in general. I know it has nothing to do with the money he's using today. Also, it's still pretty funny Austin can afford it.

I have a question about John. Isn't he a multi-millionaire? I know John/Marlena lost their money about a decade ago because of EJ, but I thought they got it back. Why is he acting like all this stuff is so expensive? He paid $100,000 to dance with Marlena once. Are John/Marlena not rich anymore? Or is John just suddenly cheap?

Carrie/EJ is my dream lol and they haven't even worked together yet. AP and CC just have an easy chemistry and, it's probably my 90's love, but AP has never bothered me ever. He was an idiot and wooden as an actor, but he was just very 90's JER Days. I do agree Carrie could branch out to several other pairings, but it is what it is with her schedule I guess.

I will go on record saying AP as Austin is fine. He has improved acting wise and still looks good. I will agree he is an albatross around Carrie's neck though. Carrie could have been in so many other pairings but we just trot out Austin every time. Muldoon just looks so old compared to Christie

I don't have anything negative to say about Tinker. He did well. It obviously took me out for a second for him to play Sonny, but he was very good. Solid recast acting and lookswise. Just need to see his chemistry with Chandler as Chandler was in it very briefly.

Billy definitely plays it bisexual so why not?

I know this is stand alone, but I wonder if this 'disappearance' could be the eventual catalyst for Ciara to leave again. To go find her or what not with Ben hopefully.

I feel like VK always dresses like that, but it was distractingly skimpy. I liked it all. It wasn't amazing, but no one bothered me even Ciara/Ben. The idea Ben/Austin could buy priceless diamonds is funny, but whatever lol. Jarlena were wearing the same outfits they were wearing early last week and not the ones they were wearing on Thursday's episode, so that was a continuity error. And could Days buy Deidre that Blue lace dress in another color at least? She wears that all the time. I wonder if this will explain Hope's disappearance better. I doubt KA will come back though for this. I would assume they would have promoted that because I don't think she's a bigger get than Eileen or Lisa in terms of promotion.

I think they said 6 am on twitter now. Not sure if that's accurate. You would just think they would have released it on time. I really don't like the Peacock site. It's always so slow and it's the only way to watch certain sports so it's annoying if you pay. Since Beyond Days is free I guess it's slightly less annoying.

I mean it's 40 min late now. I just happened to be up and wanted to see if it dropped, but a lot of people were going to live tweet. I have peacock premium for their figure skating coverage and I have tons of problems with that, so I am not surprised their are issues.

I think the KeMo/Sam stuff was to his detriment. It was hugely unpopular and again it was a story that was right after him being a major part of the Brenda returns stuff so he was pretty visible. After that story tanked he didn't really do anything until the Carly stuff except randomly marry Courtney which was always a strange pairing. Ingo may be an ugly person, but I still think he is a very physically attractive man. He's not as hot as he once was but he hasn't aged badly. It seems like the show wanted Ingo/Jax, but never had a clear plan for him outside Brenda and later Carly. He was part of some weird stories like finding Alexis's sister, a triangle with Courtney/Nic, the Sam baby/triangle, but I can't say he's led any story on his own. Alexis has had bad stories, but she's definitely led quite a few. Jax is in a lot of stories, but I can't say there was ever a "Jax" story in the way Alexis had cancer, or alcoholism, or played a butler to get her daughter. Anyway, the consensus seems to be he can go, but it is interesting to look back at his 25 years on GH and find not a lot memorable there.

Yeah. I used to think Ingo was just badly underused for years and I still think he sort of was. He's never had much to do outside Brenda/Carly. The only other stories I can remember are the mixed married stuff and some Jerry Jax stuff. He definitely coasted for the better part of 25 years on having chemistry with his co-stars and being part of Sonny/Brenda/Jax.

Drake looks really strange in that picture lol. I personally would have switched out Ciara and Ben with John/Marlena and had Eileen and Lisa on either side of them. With Jackee more prominent. Ciara/Ben may be the be all and end all to Days on the mother show these currently, but if you were looking for relapsed or new viewers you would think you would choose recognizable faces. Maybe they are trying to lure in young viewers or something? But I doubt that will be the audience of this spinoff.

You would think it be the same timeline because they did show it on the main show and set it up. Maybe we just get "bonus" Ben/Ciara in New Orleans in a way that doesn't effect the Beyond Salem story (ie them making out in bed as per usual).

I think there is potential if they brought some of Justin's other kids on and I think there is a third Lockhart brother if I am not mistaken, but I'd rather they bring back Stephanie or Joey before that. Also, the unknown Andrew Donovan who we have never seen. JE and WK are good actors with tons of experience, but I think WK should focus on Ned on GH because there seems to be more story there.

Honestly, I like Judi and Wally a lot (I love Ned!!), but I forget Justin/Bonnie exist until they are on screen. For most characters/storylines I like them or I don't, but I can't even bring myself to care about either of them. Although I would have enjoyed seeing Kayla get wasted with Bonnie more than hearing about it later lol. So I am ready for this to be wrapped up basically.

I am going more by character ages than actors ages. Kirsten Storms was only about 22 when Belle was born (even though she didn't play her at the time) and I think that's a lot closer to Belle's age on the show at the time. That whole group was supposed to be in their early 20's back then. And I thought it was way too young to saddle her with marriage and a kid and I think it did hinder Shawn and Belle in the future. Instead of dating, finding a career, etc. she was saddled with an endgame pairing with Shawn forever and ever. I don't remember Shawn D being much of an issue for Hope. KA/PR left the show pretty shortly there after and Shawn was raised by Bo until Hope came back from the 'dead'. It didn't really prematurely age her and her stories because she just wasn't around lol.