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I generally think it's ridiculous to bring popular actors back to different roles (I am not even going to touch RH or ME because I am not sure their characters were popular to begin with). Claudia/Kim weren't even twins or doppelgängers. The audience was just supposed to pretend we didn't notice and that's just disrespectful. Claudia had potential, but she got some awful, misogynistic writing and I believe it was Sarah's choice to leave. And Oscar's mom was set up to be such a mystery and it turned out to be Kim? A woman we didn't know or care about lol. And the show didn't even try to re-pair her and MB. So weird. I had forgotten how much I liked SK's AJ and LW's Carly. I even liked him and Liz. What a shame......

I go back and forth on all of them. TB was my favorite in real time because she's the first Carly I liked, but SJB has some really good work when you look back. I just really irrationally hated her so much because she broke up Jason/Robin and I really, really loved Jason/Robin. I swear I was convinced they were an endgame couple and they never even got back together lol. TB/MB just played really good romantic leads together. TB's Carly was definitely softer around the edges, but once Sonny shot Carly in the head I basically lost all goodwill I had towards Sonny/Carly and now I have just grown used to them being together.

I remember hating Christie's hair most days vividly, but it probably wasn't a big deal. I just recall her making a serious of bad hair choices and it was bothersome to me on the show, but I can't find any good pics or vids of it. Lisa Linde played Ali and she was married to James Marsden for years. They have a couple of kids. She hasn't had an acting credit since 2000 so I assume she retired from acting.

The platinum blond bob is the start of the problem. It's acceptable but looks very unhealthy. My true problem is when she dyes her hair a muddy brown color and adds bangs that always look greasy. this whole situation but it looked 10 times worse on the show. I remember sparkly bobby pins and clips and just her hair was a weird mess for those years. Photos are truly not capturing what it was.

Haha haha! I completely forgot Mike left the show and came back to pick up Carrie. I legit thought they left at the same time. I think I was really over Christie and her bad hair* at this point and thought she would return in like 6 months. I was wrong lol. *her hair looks fine in this clip but see 1995-1999 as a reference because oof that hair....

I can remember this so clearly and the flying bed, but did Carrie even get to say goodbye to her family? I can't recall at all, but I am assuming she did.

I liked Mike/Carrie, but I honestly felt bad for their hardcore fans. The time they actually have sex they are in a freakin flying bed with "How do I Live" playing in the background. So many years in the making and it's absolutely ridiculous. Haha I was just going to say I think a white horse was involved lol Big send off for Christie who was part of the show her entire life lol

Lol! It's fine, but when Carrie/Mike had sex they were in a flying bed. I can't make that up. It was ridiculous and epic at the same time. I am going to find it on you tube if I can.

Same. Loved TB's Carly with Sonny. They had the most believable romantic chemistry. SJB/MB were sexy, but TB's Carly was really the best with Sonny overall.

I actually feel like the Carrie/Austin/Sami/Mike stuff went on too long as well. All the other stories went on forever, but Carrie/Austin actually lost all momentum as a couple in the way the other stories didn't. So that was a mistake on JER's part. By the time Austin/Carrie got married most people were rooting for Carrie/Mike. Carrie/Mike left the show together. They had an affair while she was married to Austin. In the end I guess it didn't have much payoff since she was with Austin but I believe Carrie/Mike were engaged and living in Israel for several years off screen.

I think she had already given her notice basically and I think she was tired. She was playing like 45 characters and Kristen really had no where to go once Jarlena reunited. I honestly don't think Dee changed the way she played Marlena until the mid 90's. But I think something was just lost along the way with them chemistry wise. Isabella and Roman would never have fit into Reilly's Days unless they made Isabella a psycho which I could see. I think it's possible for Roman/Isabella to stay on the canvas past the affair and hook up or something as revenge, but they weren't going to be major players in JER's vision. He clearly had tunnel vision on Jarlena and while I could see Isabella as the psycho spoiler, Kristen just works so much better and ED is obviously the much more versatile actress. You really have to appreciate Stefano's dedication to stalking. And also John's dedication to giving Marlena ugly ass jewelry.

Here you go! It was posted on twitter recently. The Vivian stuff was bad and demeaning and it felt like John/Marlena, Carrie/Austin, and Bo/Hope just stalled out. Things happened but not quickly. It took 2 more years for John/Marlena to get married!! And Carrie/Austin had Mike and Sami but it felt like the show was unsure to pull the trigger on the Carrie/Mike stuff. And the Bo/Hope/Billie stuff...............blah. Peter having jungle madness was cool though.

It was sneaky but it was there. When they were in the jungle getting Roman's cure John was delirious and making out with Hope thinking it was Marlena and I was like, nope, nope this seems like trouble. Good thing they didn't try to make that work for several years lol🤣. And it would have been more scandalous if it was Kristen he was making out with, but I just remember Kristen standing in the corner mad about it. They really just wasted Eileen for her last 6 months, but they gave her a good workout for the entire previous year so whatever.

MB/LW truly do lack romantic chemistry, but at the same time I feel like Carson still makes sense? Sonny/Carly have both had so many pairings that it's easy for them to come together. I don't think they are each others great loves, but I don't know where you go at this point with them. I don't want to see MB in another failed romance and the show has really doubled down on them over the years. Although it seems like they might be trying to shake them up now. I honestly would not care if they broke up tomorrow, but I would hope the show had a clear idea where they were headed because if not they will just default back to them again.

Well, I'll give Marlena the pass on this, but not John. It's stupid that John has two nannies anyhow since it appears Belle/Brady live together whether it's with John or Marlena. It doesn't seem like the kids stay apart so John stop wasting money! But I am already at the Possession part where John hires Chelsea who really is underrated. The amount of times John/Marlena were kidnapped/in jail/possessed/etc I assume Chelsea had to put in a lot of overtime and then the poor girl got retconned out of history for the Nanny they briefly brought back that was related to Celeste and not the nanny we saw on the show. Anyhow, I need to stop thinking about Jarlena's childcare decisions lol. It's just more exciting than the Possession I am watching right now. It really does drag in the middle but I am committed! Yes. Most of the main stories ended and then it veered into John/Hope stuff and wasting ED and JOSH TAYLOR as Roman. Jensen Ackles might have been the highlight of that season. I think fake Jack/Jenn were on the run in the circus. Nothing really entertaining happens until "kristen" dies and then Franco's shooting. Everything just sort of stalls with no movement for awhile. COUNT ME IN as a BO/Billie fan. I was so pissed when Alice/Hope/the Devil screwed up their wedding.

This story should have been Brenda/Sonny's from the start, but it's been a decade so I will get over it eventually lol. I think Nina/Sonny do have possibilities but I may lose it completely if he leaves the mob for Nina. I will just die in a pool of tears for what might have been for Sonny/Brenda. I honestly think there's an 80-90% chance that when Mo decides to leave or GH is cancelled he will end up with Brenda but there is zero hope on the horizon as of now. It's so hard to say though because I agree with you and @j swift that Sonny/Carly are so established and it's possible my inner fangirl is talking. I don't really think anything should break Carson apart at this point. They have been through so much and even a Brenda reappearance shouldn't shake Carly. It probably is the only thing that would make Carly insecure, but it shouldn't if you look at the actual history. The chemistry really isn't there with MB and LW but they work okay together. I think it's hard to compare the two couples because there are so many what ifs with Sonny/Brenda and Brenda flits in and out of the canvas unlike Carly so Carly has visible signs of growth and change while Brenda doesn't really. Anyhow, I like Laura Wright and think she has done well with Carly. It's just a different Carly than I would have imagined SJB's Carly to be.

I assume Johnny's eye is like Phillip's lost leg. Miraculously cured and never spoken of again. I honestly forgot about Johnny's eye too..

I feel like it's the Devil's manipulation but he does love Marlena so Idk? Maybe he's just horny. I have a hard time believing even PriestJohn would stop wanting to have sex. But it started with Devil as Kristen seducing him then moved to DevilMarlena seducing so I think there is something behind that. The idea of bringing back Wayne was much better than the execution of it all. I would say the bottom dropped out when they brought JT's Roman back. It was okay when the Sami/Austin/Carrie stuff was revealed a bit later but that was the beginning of the end. I still think the early Kristen/Susan stuff was good.

I can see what your saying with Carly and the character trajectory has changed for her. I just see them almost as two different characters, but that sometimes happens when a character is on screen for so long. I find that SJB's Carly was so insecure she made awful choices, but LW's Carly is very confident. Again, it's probably just character changes over the years, but she's less vulnerable than SJB for sure. LW just lacks something SJB had that was more rootable as the scrappy underdog which Carly isn't anymore. BUT I like LW and she saves the character of Carly for me when I generally wouldn't be a fan since I am so pro-Brenda. I don't think any of those female characters were big losses, but it seemed at the time if they weren't immediately a big hit GH just dropped them. Characters like Carly/Brenda need time to develop and I am not saying any of them were even in that potential, but it was like one failed pairing-bye! She drops the urn and the ashes fall. Actually she might knock it over and freaks out, but I would have to re watch the scenes. It's been awhile. I just remember her screaming at Sonny A LOT Here it is. She does throw the ashes at Sonny lol.

Yeah that racist line does not age well at all, but NLG really killed that scene and spoke several non racist truths to Sonny. I liked the idea of Kristina and the actual initial story, but they truly have failed her as an adult on the show. I liked that it was right around the time Sonny thought he would never be able to have a biological child and Kristina was his first. Little did we know................ I think LW plays Carly more soccer mom than poor white trash, but I don't hate it. There is just something more polished about her than SJB's Carly. I can't really imagine SJB's Carly interacting with Josslyn or even Michael. I am sure SJB is more than capable of making it work, but I just have a hard time picturing her doing it. I think Jamie Ray Newman falls in line with a lot of young heroines in that basic era that weren't well received at first and GH just ditches them almost immediately. Chloe, Hannah, V, Miranda, Angel, Kristina, Reese, Summer etc. That's why the show has a hard time finding a female lead outside of Carly because the only leads they tried to make work in that era were Courtney and Sam. Yes. This was the beginning of the set up for Brenda's return. I believe that's why she's even referenced in Alexis's tirade even though they didn't ever really interact before this.

I liked OG Kristina for some reason. She was super aggressive about telling Sonny the truth about Alexis and the baby which was really none of her business but I liked her. I think I am easily bewitched by people with red hair although I hated Siobhan and demon young Michael. Jamie Ray Newman won an Oscar for producing and still acts, so I think it turned out okay for her. BTW, my fave Alexis scene of all time is when she throws the ashes of Kristina at Sonny at her funeral. And Alexis says something super racist about Sonny being a peasant or worker for her family. But that scene was good.

Yeah, and Kristina is basically useless to the writers anyways so it's all for nothing. I do get kinda grossed out the Dante/Sam share multiple siblings lol. I can't recall a single second either though they must have had scenes. Probably not memorable ones I guess. I will always like both TB and LW as Carly (TB is my fave), but it's a shame Sarah couldn't continue to play her through the years. I would love to see her take on Carly today. The character of Carly has just moved so far away from what it was intended to be.

Probably all of the above on the Ted King situation, but I remember hearing MB was especially jealous of him. Ted King and Laura Wright tend to have chemistry with most people they interact with (outside of MB and SBu for her lol), so I would have been okay with it. It seems weird they have not brought back his and Skye's kid to mix with the teen scene. Did Claudia and Jax interact much? I can't really remember. I know Jax was part of all the shenanigans but I can't particularly remember him and Claudia.

Wasn't MB who made it clear Ted King couldn't be frontburner again? I don't think either Alcazar brothers were that well developed. I kind of like the crazier Luis tbh. It does seem like the obvious route to put LW/TK back together on a new soap, but I don't remember them having much chemistry on The City. I have always really enjoyed CarJax and I know I have said I think TB/IR had chemistry when they worked at that Club together. I don't think SJB and IR had enough scenes to even evaluate chemistry, but her Carly does feel much more raw and too gritty for Jax. Jax tends to prefer damsels in distress and that is not how I would ever describe SJB's Carly. I liked Jax's role with Carly and her kids and it made so much sense for both characters. I would be 100% fine if CarJax were endgame because I think that's LW's best pairing and the show is just treading water with her and Sonny.

I think the Jax character took a major hit post-Brenda's return. I remember him frequenting hookers off screen and that seemed so unlike Jax. Anyhow, he basically brutally dumped Skye for nothing. I can't believe Jax would ever, ever, leave Brenda at the altar like that. It was so awful and then he offered her money. Ugly stuff that Jax wouldn't ever do. I know it's dramatic and all but Jax would have broken up with Brenda and her hair extensions, ugly tattoo, and hideous dress in private. Courtney and Jax literally felt like the most random pairing EVER. I don't really have an opinion on them one way or another, but I felt it came out of nowhere. But it led him to Carly lol. So there is some investment in IR/Jax because they wouldn't have paired him with LW. Or maybe they just couldn't find anyone tall enough for her and Jax was it lol. The lack of investment in TC/Nik in later years might be due to his personal problems and his lack of interest in even trying to act than Guza losing interest. It was so clearly Brenda's story it's not even funny. They didn't even change it really. There just wasn't much investment between Sonny or Jax being the dad in the way it would have been with Brenda. I still wish VM stayed for that. I think it would have been a good story and I think the kid probably would have lived and maybe saved us from the 10 other children Sonny had in the future and I thought Jason/Brenda were kind of hot the first time around. I was willing to watch it.