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I am surprised you thought she was fresh in her first year when she was a complete Brenda clone literally inserted into VM's stories when she abruptly left. Once she moved out of that and became more of her own character she was okay. Kemo was best as a villian/vixen during the Liz/Jason/Sam stuff. I would honestly say the shelf life for her character expired about a decade ago. KM is just one of the most low key and lethargic actress I have ever seen in my life. I do think there were periods where Sam and Jasam worked, but she isn't anything special.

The seeds of Stefano's obsession with Marlena started at Maison Blanche when Marlena stripped for him to set John free. You could argue that he's always been weirdly obsessed with her because he wanted to kidnap her and the twins after Roman died and did end up kidnapping her in 1987. I thought Jarlena's affair and the guilt of that and the end of her marriage left Marlena vulnerable to the devil. Like cheating on your husband a couple of times is such a sin the devil just swooped right in🤣, but I swear that was part of the narrative as well.

I haven't heard a lot of outcry. A lot of people say it would be better if Missy played this or that, but I think the consensus is Cady did a fine job. I haven't seen many complaints even from online Jack/Jen stans really. Just disappointment that Missy wasn't there. To be fair though, I think Jack/Jen stans are used to this stuff. Both Jack and Jen have been recast and off and on the show for years now. I consider Jen important, but not in the league of Marlena or Hope. I am nowhere near a Jen stan-I can take her or leave her. I thought Cady did a great job, but a few times I wondered how Missy would play that or felt CM was off on Jennifer's vibe in certain circumstances.

Maybe? But I figured it was mostly about the heat she got for her racist views and tweets. Cast members spoke out against her, so I don't think it would be the best environment for all involved. Or the show or Ken may have strongly suggested she take a break.

Lol at that promo. But I like that they used Carmen as their background music.

DeVry is unnecessary. I lived through Julian. Bring back Jason Brooks!! Also, congrats to VK on her emmy. She looked beautiful.

Weren't there also rumors Missy was a bit of a partier and or serial dater before she married him? And she certainly wasn't as devout? It has always left a bad taste in my mouth even before Missy's other behavior. I don't care she had an affair that happens all the time. I don't care she wanted to save her marriage, but it makes me feel like she basically dictated what she wanted twice. First by bailing mid-contract then by having say over her story and casting decisions. I am not saying Peter is necessary, but he has always been a strangely absent character over the years.

I don't think it was the Peter stuff was part of the court settlement. But it's rumored to be an agreement upon her return that he wouldn't be mentioned or brought back in any form. It is a fact. It was in the actual court documents. They were leaked online years ago or possibly just public records. I am pretty sure if you google it you can still find them. She allegedly called Ken Corday one night saying Scott found out about her and Jason and she had to quit effective immediately to save her marriage. I mean they are still married and they did hire her back for several years, so whatever works I guess. You know Scott still holds it over her head in every argument though lol.

I remember them heavily implying Chloe was Stefano's for a minute there. And then they went with Craig, which made no sense because why would Nancy hide that all those years? I really don't like the option of John or Stefano for Greta's dad. Stefano has way too many kids and Greta was so annoying and cloying with John. If I had to chose I guess it would be John, but there isn't much drama there. Marlena might have been slightly irritated, but it was before they met so who cares? If they wanted to give John more kids it would have been better if they busted out a 1986 Jarlena kid raised by Stefano that was bitter and hate Jarlena. Regardless, it was crappy to leave the audience hanging about Greta's parentage when she spent the entire run of her character trying to figure it out. Perhaps they thought they'd bring her back? The Jack story was awful but I thought MA and JM had chemistry.

Stafford and Mo together would be so much shouting and mumbling. She is one heck of a scenery chewer and let's call Mo an under actor. It would have been a mess. Plus, she 10 feet taller than him. This might be unpopular but I did think MS and Ingo had good chemistry as well as her and JPS. Better than CW. Mattsson is pregnant IRL. She didn't announce until a week or so ago, but that is why Sasha has a 3rd trimester baby bump all of a sudden. I wouldn't mind Chase manipulating the situation, but Chase can do so much better than these fools I kinda want him to just cut his losses and find new "friends". This is probably unpopular, but I have never warmed to Sonny's house and never liked any version of the set. I vastly prefer the penthouse. The penthouse fit Sonny much better stylistically.

She still looks good. She does seem to have a lot of botox though. She's quite a bit older than I thought though. She's 53. 10 years older than Jensen and only 4 years younger than KA. She played much younger than that on screen. I can't think of a time when Greta would ever been useful coming back, but I guess if they don't bring Jennifer back she can hang out with Jack again.

Wasn't he a huge, huge bible thumper along with Julianne Morris? I remember a lot of articles about that back in the day and then things went the way they did with him and Terri Conn at ATWT. I didn't like Greta much. She was cute with JA's Eric and Julianne Morris was delightful, but all Greta ever talked about was finding her father and she never did! Her coronation was fun as well. I am not surprised Greta never reappeared, but I am surprised JM never landed on another soap. She was gorgeous and a likable actress.

To be fair, he did get slightly better towards the end of his first run with the Sami wedding stuff and his interactions with Nicole. And AP was one of the greenest, most wooden actors on the planet, but JER didn't actually give him anymore to do than be the hot mannequin Sami and Carrie fought over. Then he got to hang out shirtless with Greta in a Virtual Garden of Eden. No one could make that work lol. His best moment was running Sami over twice with his car. HILARIOUS!

It would have made more soapy sense to make Lani creeped out more and against the relationship if they felt the needed to tell, but she was immediately fine with it. So it was just a weird thing to bring up. I liked Gwen and Xander today, not going to lie. Allie has looked cute two days in a row. I am so happy she's losing the frumpy accessories. I thought Tripp/Allie/Chanel were cute. Tripp is obviously the weakest link in the throuple, but I still thought he was cute and dorky today.

Well that's probably a good thing in Austin Peck's case. Because the defining characteristics I have of Austin from his first run is: stupid and looks good shirtless. At least he was trying his hand at acting the second run(s). Plus, he aged better than Muldoon.

I definitely bought the HR stuff at the time, but now I have no idea how she qualified for that position. Carrie, Belle, and Sami have always come off very intelligent as far as book smarts. Eric is a little more hit or miss and Brady seems very dumb. Jen at the hospital worked too. Again, not sure how she was qualified and I agree about the Spectator, but it works best with Jack. Carrie has always been my favorite out of the 3 Marlena "daughters". I hope she is able to come back someday.

I always remember LR's Billie singing while PM's Austin played the piano as basically her entrance and it was weirdly incestuous lol. I wonder is Austin still plays the piano. Remember when Carrie was like the HR director of the hospital and botched everything horribly by sleeping with Mike? Carrie has had a ton of careers too. CC does fine playing a lawyer, but I guess Austin/Carrie spent their entire time off screen going to school lol. I love CC and miss Carrie so much. I would absolutely welcome her and Austin back.

It feels like the Mike/Nina stuff is building to something. I like that it is some different outside the normal Carson/cheating/breakup stuff. I just wish MB could find a woman he has chemistry with. And honestly, I don't think CW has had chemistry with anyone either. The Ingo stuff is disappointing because no one at GH needs to work with a problematic person like that. Well, I will always have fond memories of Brenda/Jax. Just curious, is Ingo even an American citizen? Not trying to start a weird debate or anything I am just genuinely wondering.

Yes, it was uncomfortable and awkward. I mean they had sex once it doesn't mean she has to run and tell her niece, his daughter. Paulina could have acted like a normal human and just brought up the fact they were seeing each other. I did, however, find Abe and Roman kinda funny. They have been married, had several relationships, and have kids and grandkids and they were acting like silly teenagers. I have officially turned the corner on JT's Roman. I feel sorry for him and want him to get laid. Off screen, obviously, but he's so lonely.

Agreed. He can go off a be with Brenda off screen for all I care. I think he's a totally easy character to get rid of. He is absolutely someone who can drop in and out. But I honestly think he will be gone soon and he is not a character that needs to be re-cast. He is just not necessary. I loved Sexis back in the day too! Yuck! I don't follow or even at look at soap stars on social media. I am generally unimpressed. Sounds like he should have been fired, but seems like Ingo sounds like the kind of guy to complain to the press or sue.

Well, IR is far less visible than Roseanne Barr. I am not terribly familiar with all of IR's tweets and think he's an ass, but I thought they were more pro-Trump than anything. I never saw the terrorist stuff. Maurice and Ingo BOTH need to be punished for the NLG stuff, but I am not sure that's a fire able offense. I think he's a goner and I am not defending him, unfortunately, I am just not sure he has done anything to be out right fired. I would never want a Jax recast. Leave him gone.

It's weird, but Marlena's patients are mostly good friends, former family, or people she knows well. She rarely has just random patients like Stella and Roger Lombard. Allie is way too close of a relation, though and it is weird. They have mentioned Marlena is a very famous psychiatrist, so maybe she has pull? She got Claire and Ben released too. Belle may have never actually went to nursing school, but there is definitely an episode in 2007 where she makes that her intention. So hot! Can you imagine nuEJ and MM's Abby doing that now? 🤮

Yeah I just briefly looked at some recaps and it was mentioned in August 2007 and not mentioned again (in recaps at least) and she and Shawn were gone by March 2008. They have put use to her work as a lawyer quit a bit, so it's fine. I think she would have been useful as a nurse as well.

Soapcentral's bio on her says she was a former nursing student, so I guess. I have no memory of that, but it lists her as a former university student then as a former nursing student, so it must have been after her first foray in college. I guess it could have been around the time she and Shawn had no money?

I definitely see IR as being on the chopping block. He's on, but he doesn't really make an impact. There is no inkling the show is re-pairing him with Carly and his Nina stuff was a bust. I can see keeping him around for the Nina/Mike stuff, but not much longer. The show had no problem canning him in 2011 when he was in the middle of several stories and we knew a lot less of his off screen personality. I would absolutely keep him over Easton, Howarth, and Mathison as Drew because he's Jax and has all this history. Unfortunately he's been pretty useless for years riding of late 90's and early 2000's popularity. I like Sonny/Nina. Not because they having any real romantic heat, but it's something different. It weirdly makes me like both Sonny and Nina as characters more even if it's all fake. I think the pacing is weird because we have to see CW and MB so much due to contract guarantees. Nothing real happens for days at a time, but there they are. I need something to happen with Cameron/Joss/Trina. There needs to be some romance or happiness because they are all so miserable. I wouldn't be against bringing Spencer or Emma back.