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I think it was with TC. I remember that more vividly than with Stephan Martines or whatever his name was lol. It looks like the first time they have sex was in 1998 and TC was still in the role.

I think it was an unintentional find for sure with Stefan/Bobbie. We weren't supposed to be rooting for it, but they were just hot together. And I wanted Bobbie to be happy after that Carly/Tony stuff. It's something the show probably should have gone back to, but just didn't. I just think 1997 was a hot mess for GH in every way possible. I mean the Pierce Dorman murder? The Tin man saga? It's all a no. I thought Bobbie and OG Jerry Jax were really good together too lol. Stefan clearly should have been Nik's dad. And yes, they dressed Genie in what appeared to be either old curtains or doilies. I know she gained some weight, but they make clothes that are fashionable above size 10 GH! I actually prefer Stefan to Patch, but I know that's unpopular. I just thought SN hits all the right notes as a gothic, tortured villian.

I am sure there was an investment based on the fact she was a huge soap star. She kept falling off those parapets and coming back to life lol! I forgot about her Dominque connection. Wasn't she paired with Damien too? She just never clicked with anyone except Lynn Herring/Lucy. I loved the Deception vs. Jax Cosmetics stuff. MBE is great at bitchy humor. Which what ever happened to Jax cosmetics? Did it just disband after Brenda 'died' lol? Anyway, I was pissed that they went hard for Katherine/Stefan when Bobbie/Stefan was clearly where it was at. They were great together.

Katherine was not with Tom IIRC. She was with a much younger Nik. She was "married" to Ned too, which is weird they were paired on Days too as they didn't have much chemistry on either show. I like Katherine/Lucy but I do think Katherine was an ill defined character. I think she worked better as a schemer but the show kept trying to make her a heroine then would change their minds and make her a villian again. Matt Ashford's Tom and his annoying African bracelets and cringe worthy pairing with Felicia was all bad. I couldn't stand the character or the fact him and Felicia were constantly so sexual lol. I remember an episode with Jason/Robin, Sonny/Brenda, and Tom/Felicia all having romantic moments and 2 of those couples were sexy. Felicia/Tom were playing with ice cubes on a roof with all these awful double entendres? Lol. I have never forgotten watching that. All that being said, I would take a recast of him and Tommy Jr. MP probably would be fine as TH. But I do think there are a lot of unemployed soap stars that would be fine as Tom. Cameron Mathison would have been okay as TH. Maybe a little young but whatever.

Drake did really well with it too. I wish John would mention Paul more. He is literally the least obnoxious of all his children. Blah, blah Belle and Brady. Paul is still the coolest child. I would be okay with a recast but I think CS was given crap to play and made it his own so I don't know how it would go over. There was just something very authentic about the way CS played Paul with everyone he was involved with. I feel the same with Guy. He clearly was trying and giving it his all, but he was always just FAUXWill to me. He wasn't a disaster. He was just there for me. I do think he would have been better served completely away from Sonny though at least for awhile.

Christopher Sean was great. Such a good find. And he had one of the worst backstories and retcons ever but he was so charming and wasted a lot. He had great chemistry with both Will and Sonny. I still don't buy that John got 3 women pregnant in a span of like a year, but CS really channeled Drake in mannerisms and looks honestly. He was exactly what I would imagine a child of Tori/John would look and be like. Chandler vs. Guy will always be Chandler to me. I do think Guy gave more effort most of the time and had fire chemistry with Paul, but Chandler is my Will for sure. I think both Guy and Chandler could do a lot more with better writing. And less Grandpa cardigans....

I have a soft spot for Chandler. I have always ignored his flaws because I liked him. Guy Wilson was always so goofy looking to me. But he had chemistry with Paul for sure. I don't even know if I'd recast Sonny. Maybe? I think the show would be better served getting CS back or recasting Paul.

For some reason I do remember them interacting or having a moment. I honestly thought it happened and I missed or it was mentioned and occurred basically off screen. Of all the Rick re-writes this one doesn't bother me at all. At least it vaguely makes sense for both characters.

He has the right look for Will for sure. But even with all Chandler Massey's smirking faults he's Will to me. I couldn't imagine LA as Will really.

Lucky us? Lol. It was weird. I was only watching while doing something else and I thought I just ignored all Rafe/Ava stuff and missed them. I feel like Days does this all the time. They spoil things or people and they completely cut them. Not that I care about Rafe/Ava, but they did this recently with Belle/John or John/Marlena and they had a SOD spoiler or something and they literally just disappeared half way through the episode without getting to the spoiler. I like new Chanel and I like Chanel/Allie. Her and Tripp are zzzzzz//but probably endgame, but they are just boring.

Probably. She's turned into a really pretty young woman. She's the missing piece to a love triangle. Remember all that time they devoted to Emma/Spencer/Cameron? Lol Dark times... I still don't see the big deal about NB being recast by some people. Worst case scenario, this guy is a dud. They can wait some time and bring him back like they did with Christie Clark on Days or Lexi as Kristina. Lexi still looks like a teenager and she's 28 and married lol. I find GH to be really good right now. Miles better than Days and I usually find Days a much easier, quicker watch than GH. I think after years of the same old same old different things are finally happening that are unexpected.

He was cute in the beginning and I liked him, but he got tired real fast. Plus, they probably needed a slightly hunkier actor. I mean, they can always bring NB back if it doesn't work out. We need Emma now. I know BRS is still young, but she looks fairly mature on insta lol. I think she could fit in with the group.

Agreed. He's what 3 or 4 years older? It's not like he's 35. He's fine. I also think Joss, Cam, and Trina don't look particularly young in the way Kmc and JJ did. But the old Spencer did seriously annoy me so I am very open to a new actor lol

I always thought Tyler looked way too old especially next to baby JJ. It never threw off the story for me, but he definitely did not look like a teen. But that sort of thing doesn't bother me. Brenda, Jagger, Karen, Jason looked significantly older than Robin, but I was fine with believing they were peers (or that Robin was only a couple of years younger) even though they looked like 25 year olds and she looked 13. Anyhow, I don't think this new Spencer looks too old at all lol. People are crazy! It feels like a lot is happening right now on GH! Like real shifts. JaSam is done for now! Carly/Jason! Britt/Jax! Unfortunately we still have Michael and Willow to bring the show to a screeching halt, but I do like that things are happening.

I have to be honest I was really curious as to what Pricetown would sell? Is it like a Walmart or more classy like a Target? Is it like a Ross/TJ Maxx? Can we imagine Marlena/Julie/Kate hanging out near such establishments? I say this a lot but wardrobe (especially Ciara's) bothers me. VK looks great, but she continues to wear things that are not only seasonally inappropriate but way too sexy and dressy for the occasion of seeing Ben. She looks like she is going to a club. Gabi/CB has the same problem. I get they are young, hot girls, but throw on a dress that is at least appropriate for the situation. Lani, Chanel, and Claire all manage to look trendy and cute without the overt sexiness those two bring. Idk, it's probably silly, but the way Ciara dresses is not how the character is even supposed to be portrayed so it bugs me all the time.

SJB's Carly worked with Sonny, but I just couldn't see her with Jax back then. She was too rough around the edges for Jax. She had a trashiness that just wouldn't work with Jax's character back then. But, yeah, I never thought Carly of all people would be Brenda's #1 rival for Sonny/Jax back then. I was going to say I liked TB and Ingo back then lol. I thought they had decent chemistry. I remember thinking the show was going to go there, but they quickly threw Carly back with Sonny and she ended up stealing money from Jax. I will say I agree that Jax/Carly don't make sense as far as the history of their characters go. Why on earth would Jax want to get involved with another woman so closely tied to Sonny? And why would Carly want to be with Sonny's enemy? Anyway, you're right it worked during that period where it never looked like Carson were getting back together. The show really is lazy with the Carson stuff. They both moved beyond that, but the show was lazy and just put them back together because I guess they couldn't think of anything better lol.

Lol Marlena was all serious about being on duty and then violated HIPPA like 1 minute later. I did enjoy the Jarlena stuff though. I do think it's a little weird for Theo to want to marry Ciara already. But it's probably because their entire 'relationship' has been off screen. Ben comes off like a psycho. If I were Marlena I wouldn't advertise him as my patient lol

Funny, I was just watching 1998 and Jax and Brenda did interact with Carly a tiny bit. Jax was in the background more or less. But they did talk at the docks gala. It was more Jason/Brenda focused stuff, but they at least knew one another existed.

Wiki (which obviously take with a grain of salt) says Claire Labine hired her in 1993. So it seems that episode is a real hybrid of Labine/her new staff/playing out Levinson's last stuff. This would probably be one of MVJ's first episodes as a script editor/writer.

It looks like Claire starts in August 1993 so this would be the tail end of Levinson's stuff. Or perhaps a hybrid of both of them. She definitely didn't create Sonny. Labine is the one who finished the Sonny/Karen stuff very quickly and then moved him on to Brenda. Claire basically created that monster that is Sonny though by making him a 'good' guy. I believe he was to be written off post-Karen, but then Claire created Sonny/Brenda, brought on Stone, etc. etc. and it looked like Brenda was initially headed toward an AJ pairing, which I could have been about. I thought VM and SK had pretty good chemistry.

I like the Stockholm stuff in 86 and 87. The entire cast practically gets involved. It does get a little wonky with Marlena dying multiple times, but that's a Deidre Hall scheduling thing. I would agree the 1991/1992 were pretty boring and the Tale of 2 Romans starts awesome and then fizzles out horribly. Marlena/Roman do nothing in 1992 and it's disappointing. But once Marlena gets thrown in a pit things start moving quickly. Lol. Just saying the same thing. Isabella's death and the pit is where it starts to get good again. The jewel thief stuff is awful! And the Tale of 2 Roman's starts so good, but then they end up in Mexico for what seems like an endless period of time. I wonder if Ken or the writers ever look back and think they should have just kept John as Roman because I sort of think they should have.

I have been watching 1986 stuff and man Shane/Kim, Steve/Kayla, and John/Marlena are so hot together. I can see why they hired Drake, Steven, Charles, etc. RoJohn/Marlena literally make no sense but hot damn they are good together. Bo/Hope are a total disconnect for me at this point. I don't like them at all. But I never have so I guess it's all relative. Caroline/Victor are odd too. They have chemistry, but I don't see Victor going for Caroline. It's strange... He seems too sophisticated for her I guess. Anyway on to Stockholm and I am wondering why Britta is so into her brother lol.

In theory that would have been a good story for Brenda/Alec. But I would hope they picked a different actor. I would hate to think Brenda gave birth to someone as lame as Oscar lol I think Tams would have been fine as a Kate recast. I am just not sure it was necessary when Megan Ward was available. I have a hard time picturing her doing all the Connie stuff. But maybe she would have made it a lot less cartoonish and played it realistically. I feel like everything Jason and Carly have done the last 25 years has proven their loyalty. Anyone who did the most minimal background check or even google search would know they are obsessively loyal to one another.

I honestly would say Rafe has bigger issues in life than a love triangle if a bear is talking to him? And in his own voice lol. JER just had characters talking to themselves not inanimate objects lol

Duke the Bear airs more than some of the cast. I have seen him more than Deidre Hall these past two weeks. And now he talks. I am glad GG is a Passions alum or otherwise I would think he would be embarrassed by this material.