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At the time I remember the show making it very clear they didn't grow up together, weren't blood related, and Alexis basically kept Kristina away from Michael/Sonny/Carly, so it could have happened. Especially if Michael decided to move more into the Q fold. Drew Garrett and Lexi had some chemistry. I am sure it would have been a disaster but it would have been a memorable disaster unlike whatever happened during James Franco's run.

I agree with Chloe, but she could always be Phillip's endgame so I do consider that. I think all John/Marlena/Roman's kids seem the same age lol-except Paul- who does seem younger.

All makes sense. Franco really derailed the show that year. I would have been at least interested to see MB's take on Valentin, as I am sure the role was completely different than whatever we have now. It was a mistake not to bring Zoe or even a few other teens on. It was odd to me they just aged Kristina and Michael, so the two of them basically only interacted with one another in their age bracket. That's why the audience thought they might go there with Kristina/Michael lol.

I liked them too when Eileen came back as Kristen. I never thought they were endgame though. Kristen definitely needs a fresh start preferably not in Salem lol. She just looks pathetic running after Brady at this point.

I think the problem with Brady is the show spent WAY too much time trying to make him/Kristen some sort of endgame. The show has given Brady so many love interests as well that you end up with Brady being 50, single, and living with his mom, sister, and his kids lol. John, Bo, Steve, etc were all well established with their endgame pairings by 50. I'd prefer him with Chloe, but I'd take Theresa.

My point was that Brenda is the original-the others were replacements. Although I don't put Claudia in that category at all. Even though SJB was playing a second character I thought Claudia was fairly original. She was more similar to Faith than any of Sonny's previous love interests. Agreed. It would be a great time to explore Rory's chemistry with new love interests. It doesn't appear he's the chemistry vacuum Chad was. I still wonder how far a long they got with casting Zoe. I remember the character being mentioned in interviews and on the show, but never appearing. I suppose Guza ditched the idea early on when he really couldn't figure out what to do with Maya.

I think Rory Gibson is great. But the writing for Michael has gotten much better since Chad left.

I am not an Italian American, but I dislike the name Rocco. I can't see Lulu being strongly attached to an Italian name like that even if Dante was. Plus it reminds me of the old cartoon Rocko's Modern life lol. I think Josh Kelly makes Cody work more than the character on paper does. He's a likeable actor. I like TR better than Bellow, but like you stated, he did impress me with the Irene stuff. Oh, no worries. Just not my favorite scene to re-visit. The begging, the violence, the whole breakup was just rough. I have seen it a million times of course. I think VM and MB have done several interviews about it and their motivation and the way the scene was played made sense. It just doesn't hold up well and Sonny has repeated the same mistakes for years now.

Yeah, it's strange because I don't dislike KV, JK, or Molly and Cody. I keep wondering why they are still around getting airtime more than anything else. I am entirely indifferent to them and that's worse than me hating them. I still say Cody is salvageable, but he's been wasted this long and is so I doubt anything will change.

The show is obviously trying to prop Britt and her actions. If I was writing the show I would stay away from the Rocco/Ben topic almost all together if I wanted Britt to look good. Have Britt show remorse, apologize for her actions, and move on to whatever her next story is. Nothing about the narrative that Britt was a caring, loving "mother" that made mistakes works in the context of the Lulu/Rocco/Dante story. The only thing Rocco has a right to be upset about is the fact Dante/Lulu changed his name from Ben to Rocco lol. They should have just given TJ/Molly a happy ending and had them start over somewhere new. You could always bring them back in a few years. Molly brings nothing to the show at this point. She wanders around town talking to family, talking about legal cases, and sometimes flirting with Cody. In fact, if we are talking about Alexis's daughters, Sam probably had the most purpose of the 3 with Jason and Lulu returning and got killed off lol. And I think everyone knows how I feel about Sam/KeMo.😂 True and fair. But at least I can acknowledge they were a toxic mess!!! I still love them, but some stories and scenes are cringe watching as an adult.

Yikes! That's a really hard scene/episode to get through to this day because of all the things and Sonny practically hitting her. @Antoynewill appreciate me calling that out. Because I remember Sonny manhandling her and her begging at the door and a year or so later Sonny telling Brenda he was going to hit her. And her response was...but you didn't. It doesn't age well lol. Let's focus on sexy Alley kiss scenes instead.

I was neutral on TJ at best. He never got a clear point of view and very little time was spent on he and Molly's relationship even though they were together for years. Once Tajh Bellow got a chance to act and give a perspective about Kristina and the baby he was just dumped. And the show should have stated TJ left to start a new life instead of apparently working in the unfilmed part of GH. He and Molly should still be trying to work things out even if they eventually parted, but Molly just moved on with all of that and is trying to get into Cody's pants. Which, I get, but it gives her even less depth than before because I always believed she cared very deeply about TJ, their relationship, and their potential family.

I think the entire erasure of TJ gets me the most. I am not even a huge fan of TJ, but it was Molly's partner for like a decade and he just disappears so Molly can be paired with a white hunk the show has no idea what to do with? If there was a triangle or at least some wariness on Molly's part to enter a new relationship after all those years it would be better. Being embarrassed about a book and jealous of Ava/Cody isn't intriguing. The lack of closure with TJ/Molly bothers me when TJ just works on the other side of the hospital apparently. When it was done it was so done.

Which is totally fine-ETA-not for the people he scammed obviously😂. I like Cody, but Molly clearly has done a lot in her life and shouldn't be ashamed or have to hide something from a man to make a romance work. It just makes Molly look basic. Tween Molly would have bookmarked and highlighted passages for Cody to read before he could even by her a drink lol.

I am just so over taking all the quirks out of Molly. Sure, people grow up and Haley was obnoxious af as a tween, but for Molly to be embarrassed about having two romance novels published when she was young just so she can catch Cody's eye is so demeaning for a character I don't even care much about. What exactly has Cody done in his life? Stole an embryo without either donor's consent and tried to pass the baby off as another mans for her own gain-not because she desperately wanted a child. This is not even a debate for the show, but again it is. Britt is not a mother, she's a kidnapper, she's not a good person, a person who should be around Rocco, or even have a medical license. The odd antiquated GH concept that Britt was something more than an incubator is so wild.

Oh, Willow. She does seem relatively coherent-ish today. Kai and Trina plus Joss...................💤 FakeMaxie...........😑 Laura/Rocco having a convo to prop Britt😑 Drew/Michael was okay. I am kinda judging Michael for just figuring out Drew kept Willow from seeing him though.

He was. She's lucky Michael didn't call the cops. I initially thought it was harsh that Willow couldn't see her kids at ALL. Now I hope Michael is taking notes on everything Willow has done and gets those kids forever. That being said, I loved how nutty MacMullen played Willow and this is the best story on the show right now. It's light years better than Dr. O and Jason waxing poetically about Britt. The show is really overplaying the Britt/Jason relationship. They were barely a couple and it's not even a top 3 Jason pairing lol.

I'll be honest and say I don't really care Willow has no place to go. She was entirely unhinged. Michael was absolutely correct to not let her see the children in that state. Carly, is Carly and her judgement means nothing to me because her judgement is awful always. It's not like Willow is entirely without resources. She has a job, she has a mother, she's not without money, she can afford a hotel room for a night to figure herself out. Liz and Ric immediately stepped up, so she has some people that care about her. I rarely defend Michael but I don't think his idea was her to sit in her wedding dress outside his house on the ground, but more pull yourself together and we will talk when you are more clear. Her manic behavior is more worrisome than Michael just being a jerk. The women literally said now we can get back together and be family if that's what you want. Girlie, get out. But also, I heart you crazy Willow!!

I actually think you move her into Alex's world more as a schemer or even David's (if they recast) and wanted to take Renee into a different direction. I feel like she was peripherally involved with Marlena as well so Roman would have been more obvious than Bo to me. Just with the Tony/Anna connection and it could have been a messy mess with Anna/Tony/Renee/Marlena/Roman. I do think the show was all in with Roman/Marlena at that point though. I feel like there were more options with Renee with how many cast members she was involved with. It would have taken creative thinking, but easier than trying to move Megan into different circles because she was much more one note.

Renee, absolutely. She had a lot of places to go on the canvas and could have created years of drama. Megan, not so much. She was a plot device used as a spoiler for Bo/Hope. I suppose the show could have kept her, but if I had to choose one of the two it would be Renee.

Leave it to GH to tie one of my least favorite characters to my least favorite story lol. It does work for fast forward containment purposes. If Emma and Britt have to work together and become buddies I will not be happy. It's funny because I always thought KT dressed older than her age as Britt. She is/was a Dr. so it makes sense, but she certainly wasn't the gay icon fashionista the show made her out to be lol.

I am mad Willow and Drew didn't get married and wish she dropped the bomb at the reception or something. Lack of drama there. But Willow showing up in her wedding dress with smeared mascara completely unhinged at CARLY'S trying to see her kids was amazing. Also, in a subplot no one cares about; why would Molly get flustered about Cody seeing her reading romance novels? Because it juvenile since she actually was a young girl when she wrote her own books? Yes, it's so embarrassing having two published novels because she's just a serious girl these days that isn't proud of her accomplishments.

They broke up this last week. Abe and Paulina were talking about and then Belle was talking to Claire about it in the same episode on the phone. The show didn't give a reason. I assume one of the characters is possibly coming back? Probably Theo? But I have no spoilers to back this up.

And Claire and Theo just broke up off screen. No reason given lol.

Ron did start mentioning Peter regularly especially after Missy left, so I always figured the show would recast or bring him back. Oh, well.