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I mean it's silly to suggest ditching Marlena after the major real life losses on the canvas, but I actually think Deidre's acting is better than it was in the late 90's and early 2000's. She more subdued and she stopped gasping and overreacting to dialogue. I think her performances through John's disappearance/death have been much more grounded and realistic. And this is from someone who loved her silly, overdramatic performances lol!

You've said this before and I think it's a great idea to have one of Keesha's kids be A.J.'s. I don't think Keesha even had an established career before she left so you could fit her in anywhere. I don't necessarily see her as a Dr/nurse, but perhaps a social worker? It lines up with the idea of the Ward house. Even if the story didn't have major impact I wish A.J. was brought back from the dead. It was horrible the character went out being killed by Sonny. Justus is dead too, correct? IIRC, his death was very sudden after Justus hadn't appeared for awhile. One of those Sonny rivals killed him instead of Jason? or something. You could easily bring him back. He would obviously end up in that Portia, Curtis, Jordan bubble, but if they recast correctly it could be a good love interest for Lois. If Rena is even still on the show lol.

I always preferred Keesha with AJ. A good recast could change that though. Keesha hasn't been seen in years, so you could pretty much give her any backstory. Tbh, I don't even know if Keesha got an exit or why she left-she just stopped appearing at some point lol. I don't think I would kill Jason off even if Steve left. It's still another dead Quartermaine. I'd consider killing Sonny off first (if they can't get Vanessa back). Even marginalized like he is today, I feel like Jason is less played out than Sonny.

Well, I suppose the show had to do something. Everything else has tanked and KeMo played her cards on the Jason/Sam situation and lost. Becky still is around but a Liz/Jason pairing would be such a backslide-yet they are still teasing her with Ric.

Not exactly in the general hierarchy. But I think Steve, Mo, and Tony had a big say in their stories. I think a lot was done to keep those guys happy.

I honestly don't even fully blame Guza. I feel it's more on Steve. I think Sonny and Jason's 90's popularity made writers afraid to mess with the entire plot. It was all working until it wasn't. Both were also coasting on very popular female leads and once Kim, Vanessa, and Sarah took a hike it stopped being as "romantic" or viable. There were hints here and there Jason was getting his memory back like when he fixed the paper Christmas tree dove/bird for Lila and it didn't really pan out.

Listen, you are preaching to the choir here. I have been saying this for years. There is a much more interesting story for Jason about getting his memories back and reconciling the two lives he's lived. It's better than Jason saving the day.......AGAIN. With Alan, Monica, AJ, Lila, Edward, etc gone it wouldn't make a ton of sense to do it now. Barely anyone even remembers OG Jason at this point. I've always wondered why Guza/Steve didn't want to go back. The eventual point to the whole thing would have been Jason getting his memory back at some point, right?

It's strange because I don't think Steve ever gave a clear reason WHY he didn't want to be a Q anymore. I know he didn't want to go back to goody two shoes, ugly sweater wearing Jason Q, but there was a happy medium to be found. He and Mo seem to think being a bad rip off of the Sopranos was macho and cool lol. It's too late to un-ring the bell now, but Jason absolutely should have gotten his memory back at some point.

I agree Sarah holds all the cards, but not because of money. Sarah is privy to all the illegal things Xander has done in the past. Even if he got away with most of it, no judge would give him full custody. He's a criminal. Sarah is a Dr. from a respectable family and while she does boneheaded things-she's a good person. There really isn't a fight here.

Brook Lynn looked like a plant yesterday. I was trying to laugh at Natalia being drunk, but I kept getting distracted by Amanda's hideous shirt. Sonny flirting with the ADA is absolutely cringey. I don't think Donnell's performance has changed in the last year or so, but if you watch clips from when Curtis first started to now I think it's noticeable. I really enjoy Jason as a Q again. You know I like Jason/Steve more than most, but it's annoying that we had to wait for Steve to be okay with it to get to this point. I do think the Billy Miller/Covid firing/divorce humbled Steve. I like Jason's scenes with the Q's, the kids, Michael, and even Sasha better than his scenes with Sonny and Carly.

Oh, you know I think Tanisha is bad. I just don't think she's actively tanking scenes on purpose. I'd be fine with a Curtis/Nina pairing at this point because Portia needs to get out of this lying to Curtis box. It's over. Pair her with someone else. Heck, angry pair her with Drew after he gets over his Willow obsession.

It's strange to me because I think Donnell Turner is charming and super handsome. He does nothing for me as Curtis though. I am not sure what he wants. Just a pairing with a white woman? Curtis gets a lot of airtime, he has 2 love interests, and has an entire family. It's not like he's on the sidelines waiting for a story. And it feels like Brook Kerr does all the heavy lifting here-and to an extent even Tanisha Harper who at least looks like she's trying. Curtis just looks bored and annoyed. I wouldn't want to be with that man. He just seems grumpy lol.

I think you have a valid point, and I get where you are coming from. IMO, at least he stepped away instead of sleepwalking through the next ten years, which he probably could have. He played the part for a decade and a half. I think most of us have had to stay at jobs longer than we wanted to because we had to pay bills. That's not excusing his behavior, but I can at least understand it when he lays it out.

I honestly don't know if Donnell has been doing it recently. It was just his thing for a long time. He wants a Genie pairing. He was also very pro to a Nina or Hayden (at the time) pairing. I don't know if he thinks it will get Curtis more airtime, but I think he already gets a lot of airtime. I don't like Portia that much. I think she's still ill-defined. She just keeps secrets to keep secrets without much rhyme or reason. I don't care much about Natalia either but it's hilarious we went from 0 to 100 on the character in a month.

If DT didn't try to pimp the Laura pairing at every turn and also advocate to be paired with Nina-I'd be nicer. You have Brook Kerr in front of you and you barely care. I do have to laugh over how the show was like Natalia isn't evil to full on Natalia is a drunk, delusional mess without any progression from point A to B.

I see Chad at Y&R in under a year. I don't know what my take should be on Natalia. Is she just really drunk or did she think Sonny was serious? Like, sure, Natalia you and Sonny are going to live in Belize together. You didn't even get an offer to THE ISLAND, crazy.

It's literally like the show is listening to the audience (LOL NOT) and half-heartedly putting this romance together. They care as much as Maurice Benard does at this point. Umm..Donell Turner is just waiting for the Laura pairing that will never happen. Natalia must realize Sonny has married, impregnated, and divorced women in the time he was her friend. He's not interested. I don't think Chad will be back at GH any time soon, but if I was a future employer at a soap I would appreciate the honesty. It's probably not how anyone hires anymore. But saying, hey, this wasn't working for me anymore and I needed a change goes a long way in my book as a performer.

Lol. Maybe if Gio delivered it to her shirtless. It would be cute if you were 25 and trying to win over a crush. The man is 60, has 1000 kids, and has been married 50 times. Looks like a winner to random ADA girl to me!!

Why did I have to watch Sonny flirt with this woman over a baseball glove? I am eyerolling on Brenda's behalf from my couch. Natalia drinking whiskey/wine? while recounting Sonny's bad financial decisions was kinda fun-even if Brook Lynn was dressed like a fern. Like Sonny you've been doing this for about 40 years now, why are there accounting errors? I am so confused as to why Natalia thinks Sonny is in love with her lol. At least she's gonna go out in style I guess. Carly's dress was hideous. I know LW loves to go braless and wild out, but that was more of a beach dress rather than a church dress. Amanda Setton could give her modesty tips. Portia, on the other hand, looked fabulous. I don't love Portia, but Brook Kerr does do good work. Curtis is sucky and a hypocrite.

I am not a huge Chad fan, but it was obvious he was more talented than the work he was putting out toward the end. I actually respect him more for openly admitting it-and leaving.

The only thing keeping me going with Mansi's Kristina is how much I liked her Abby. I agree with whoever posted Mansi is too intense. I am not saying Lexi could play this better, but she had a more naive and almost fresher approach to Kristina. Lexi's Kristina did stupid things in a flighty, silly way while Mansi's Kristina is laced with selfish bitterness. There is absolutely nothing rootable about Kristina and I do feel bad for Mansi. At this point she'd be better off going back to Days. Also, I thought that scene last week with Willow was hilarious too. You know if Kristina is looking at you like you are a nutcase, you're crazy.

Correct. I don't even know why she was homophobic. I assume it was based off religion, but she is a twice divorced woman that has multiple DWI's* and never seemed religious? She rarely spoke about her faith. *not saying divorced women with an alcohol problem can't be religious, it's a just a weird narrative choice for a TV show.

It's a headscratcher they hired Eva for THIS part in the first place. I suppose you can assume there were bigger plans for Blaze that fell apart for whatever reason. I just don't know why they kept the homophobic mother and doubled down on that with Marco. You are correct. There was an easy way out for the character. If you have someone as famous as ELR you should at least give it all a try. Have her and Sonny give it a go, try to reform her, make Sidwell a serious threat to her, show her descent into alcoholism, etc. Instead Natalia just lingered for a year plus and then became an alkie overnight. I doubt Natalia would have ever become a popular character, but if you have ELR there you should use her.

It was pretty funny at the time too, not gonna lie. Sasha's entire purpose on the show is to have tragedy, get gaslit, or get duped by someone. The character has been through so much torture.

I really think it depends on how bitter Frank is he had to recast Lulu in the first place. I thought they just hired Kelly back for Steve to be honest. I thought Natalia and Sonny would at least kiss goodbye. That still doesn't give her a purpose, but at least I could put it in a box of a failed Sonny romance. I still don't know why Natalia has to move to Belize over a 2nd DUI, a fairly mainstream crime, while murders run the town lol. At least send her to rehab or something. There's pointless and there's we have to move you to another country because you suck pointless. No loss, but yikes, what a waste of space. Sorry Eva.