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Well, it certainly "highlights" how Jason/Carly can have a variation of the same damn conversation over the years.

I do think there is a possibility Kristina could fall for Lucky and it's not reciprocated on his part. He was just being a good friend and Kristina has a long history of misreading romantic intentions. It then causes Kristina to spiral further and either have a breakdown or get some real help.

That's actually a really good idea. I don't know if that would 'age' Rafe too much, but there could have been an interesting dynamic finding out he has a grown son that is gay and now thinks he's in love with Leo. Javi could be resentful Rafe was never in his life and some of his selfishness and obnoxious with Leo could be because he's trying to test or annoy Rafe. I always enjoyed Rafe with Allie as well.

Rafe is probably one of the few characters that should have had a child years ago or had a long lost child show up. Rafe has been on a loop of failed love interests and cop/adventure stories and he's far too old for that now. Since the show seems to have no plans to write Rafe off, I would at least use Rafe in a capacity that works for him. That's a pretty spot on assessment that I would agree with, so Lucas is #1 on my list now. I still think the show missed the mark by not making Lucas a main player in this story. It really has nothing to do with Phillip in the end.

SSH seems to better with younger, lower key actors like Billy Flynn, Casey Moss, and the guy that plays Doug 3. I thought she did well when she was talking to Marlena about her grief too. Which is a bit of a shock since both DH and SSH are known to make some, um, OTT choices.

Lindsay Morgan's Kristina felt like an entirely different Kristina. I don't think GH ever mentions her marriage to Trey and his death. That whole Joe Scully/Kate/Connie era was a rough watch, so I don't think it's entirely LM's fault. Mansi lines up more with Ainsworth to me although I think Lexi is warmer and more sympathetic as an actress. Sasha was fine when she was first introduced. I don't even mind her now. She's never felt like anything more than a fringe character to me and never should have lasted this long though. Both she and MacMullen share so many similar characteristics. Neither actress really stands out in a good or bad way. Willow could get an upgrade if she was faking cancer and evil this whole time. Considering the whole Jake paternity debacle as well no one should believe anything Jason says about children's conceptions.

SM isn't even Kelly Monaco lol! A third retread is really excessive and you'd really think a few people in town would at least question the validity of Jason's claims considering he has a done this multiple times before. I am not surprised Burton is still employed. I am astounded SM has kept her job for so many years though. She's been on canvas since 2018!

Haha. There isn't a lot of drama in two consenting single adults having a baby. I just expected Carly to care more or Drew to be suspicious or something. Jason doesn't even care or share many scenes with Sasha so I don't get it. It's pointless.

I was one of the few people who was slightly interested in the idea of Sasha/Jason. Sure we have seen the story before and the age difference was always going to be weird, but Jason wasn't do much anyway so why not? Unfortunately, SM and Burton have very little chemistry and outside of Cody freaking out and Tracy sharing rightful concerns no one on the show cares. Everyone shrugged and move on with their lives. I was expecting at least a freak out from Carly or Sonny. Or Drew and Willow being more interested and snooping around trying to figure out the truth. Instead the whole reveal just happened and that's it lol.

You are correct. The show was just already planting the seeds that Molly/TJ were some sort of unstable coupling when Kristina started this idiotic custody journey. And really going in on TJ not trusting Kristina to be a surrogate which was the right fear. We will probably never hear from TJ again though so it is what it is.

I don't even know what other choices she could make with her material. Kate Mansi isn't exactly the most warm actress and the dialogue and story she is given is beyond stale at this point. But somehow was right? And TJ has disappeared into a vortex. Not that I think Kristina should be anywhere near a child at this point, but they really decimated TJ/Molly quite handily. That's fine because Josh Kelly needs something to do lol.

Kristina was moaning about how Ava doesn't deserve Avery because she is horrible and now poor and can't afford a child. Plus it's stressing Sonny's heart out. More than killing Jagger a few months ago? Unclear. I can't recall the 10 seconds we got to tie up custody with Sonny, but shouldn't he give Ava some cash if it's 50/50? It's really a waste of Kate Mansi who is actually capable of so much more. Ugh, as I said before I really think they hit the jackpot casting Mansi as Kristina. I have no idea how she is almost less likeable than Natalia at this point.

Today he called the baby Adella. I don't know if Lucky has consistently done it. Kristina was freaking out AGAIN about Ava and it could have been just a tactic to not make Kristina spiral more.

It's just my speculation, but right now Kristina seems to be very open to Lucky's advice and not screeching *much*. He also calls the baby Adella, which makes me think he believes Kristina's POV about the baby is correct. Meh. JJ seems much happier in scenes with Becky so we will see where this goes.

I thought the same thing. I would say it might be a fun, short term role for DC, but we obviously will be stuck with him until GH gets cancelled so that's great. And I think they are going there with Kristina/Lucky and I am not thrilled with that. Liz and Lucky seemed so happy today.

That's a fair point. I tend to believe Stefan outlived his usefulness and did get a lot of story. The ending was awful. There was a lot of messes along the way even starting with TC's run so it's at least understandable. Joy really didn't do anything important. It seemed like you could set up a Carrie/Austin/Sami like story where she would manipulate Alex because she was pregnant. She was super upset a month ago about Alex dumping her and now she is just like I guess I am leaving instead. It's just such an odd use of a decent actress and a character that had legit ties to Salem. It would make a lot more sense to have Joy pregnant by Johnny and reveal they were both lying about their hookup the entire time and her leaving town to save face.

It was really odd Joy had those scenes with JJ, then took the job at Titan, and left the next day. All of that was very pointless. Until I saw confirmation of her exit I really thought she'd be back in a few weeks. I tend to think something had to happy behind the scenes with her character because even the Joy/Johnny/Chanel story turned out to be a whole lot of nothing. Obviously, we know Joy will be back with a baby at some point.

😑 Please Donna stop. Hit upon whatever you want privately but you can't even respond to my fairly nice PM. You aren't changing. You aren't doing anything on this board except making it toxic. You literally told me your entire post towards me was cut off and Idk I have been posting all day fine. You should probably talk to the MODs about that.

And Stefan and his entire well being after being kidnapped and taken to Alamaina. Like how did Ava actually get the restaurant. By default? Did anyone actually sign off on a change in ownership?

I actually do think he's Vivian's favorite and he's not her actual kid. She's just disappointed in her own spawn.

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YOU STOP😂. I took it to PM to save the thread and well being of other innocent victims here.

Donna, we can take this to PM because it doesn't belong in this thread. It wasn't any post that involved you, you didn't make any laughing emojis, so I was taking it at face value. I sure hope Drake's family got it all out of their system by now too.

The dialogue in the Laura/Sonny scenes was pretty insane. Cool. Great that your friends guys but we don't need to actually go entirely overboard exalting their friendship.

I was joking. I am not someone who would actually put people's medical and private info on the internet for everyone to see like you. Because I don't actually pretend to know these people.