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Lisa had more natural charisma and was quite fresh in the role. I did love her take on Billie. Krista was just up against the JER years where he very much hated Bo/Hope and wanted to make Bo/Billie a thing again but the chemistry just wasn't there and the storylines were ridiculous. The Franco story and the Marlo story were completely unrelated. You are right about her falling down the stairs and dying and being drunk. That's why the Hope/Lexie switch had the original child having FAS. Hope/Gina couldn't remember if she drank or not and the child ended up being JT Reiber and I assume is doing well lol? The dad and stepmom took him after the whole baby switch. And Bo/Hope got Zack back only for him to die a year or 2 later because Chelsea ran him over.

I hated that story and found it so demeaning, but Krista seemed to be up for the task. I think the years have gone by and the Lisa Rinna glaze has worn off, so people do accept she did a decent job as Billie against horrible writing.

I don't feel much compassion for Sarah. She's obviously a smart woman, but never thinks things through and generally makes horrible decisions on bad instinct. Xander isn't better, but he owns that part of his personality a lot more. He feels so lucky to have such a 'good' woman like Sarah in his life. He doesn't realize she's toxic as well. I am not knocking Sarah because she's just a soap character and has flaws. I don't think the show acknowledges how many times she lies and manipulates on a smaller scale as well.

I know you are totally joking and it's not that serious, but I have always felt bad Krista had to play a fake prostitute being injected with heroin while she was very pregnant. She had to lay in that bed for weeks while Bo was like "sorry I got you into this situation🤷‍♀️. " I wonder what Hope is doing today?" 😂

I don't think anyone said Xander NEEDS to cheat. There were just some things that happened with Kristen today that planted the seeds. What Sarah did was worse than cheating IMO. She let him lose half his business and willingly has lied to him and brought others in on the plot. I don't know why we should think Sarah is absolved from being a known liar just because Xander is as well. The excuse is that she thought Xander might resort to violence is not indictive of a healthy marriage or relationship. Lol. Same.

YES!!! And she wasn't immediately struck down by lightning or anything. Crazy.

Just by looking at the promo I THINK it has something to do with Franco because that story went on for a long time and there were a lot of false leads. I also vaguely remember Krista Allen in a beret doing some ISA work and pretending to be in love with Roman (and actually hooking up with him). I can't confirm this is that plot though. Eric, even when Jensen Ackles was playing him, was useless as usual lol.

Yes. Absolutely both set of scenes were good. This is the type of material GH should be focusing on instead of worrying about Sonny absolutely not dying and trying to make Sidwell a Bond character.

I don't think the dialogue was bad in the Kristina/Dante scenes. It's just hard for me to believe they think Sonny would live forever considering the trillion times he's been hospitalized/shot/stabbed/whatever and their own personal tragedies. I liked the Jason/Danny scenes!! Steve Burton might also be one of those actors that does better with teens or younger cast mates.

Sarah can be ridiculously reactive to situations, and I assume she will also immediately sleep with someone else. Hopefully not Rex again.

I don't think they have ever been romantic in the past. SH always plays Kristen as very slinky and sexy so I am never sure if she's attracted to someone or just playing the character oddly lol. Xander and Kristen do make sense to me. I just wonder where that will leave Sarah. Alex? Phillip?

It's a bit surprising some of the rich folk like Marlena/John, Brady, Julie, Chad, Paulina, etc didn't throw in some money outright. Maybe Julie is bidding on the rest of the bachelors online lol? There should have been some throwaway line about how many generous donations they got from the people who couldn't attend.

The way Xander and Kristen interacted was strange today. Her staring at his bare chest for so long was a choice. I just couldn't tell if it was a joke-y "look how hot Paul Telfer is" thing or real interest. It was odd Maggie said she was cash poor then bid a million on the auction. Was that just a fake out so Kayla would be surprised? Gabi had a purpose for bidding to make JJ jealous, so I think that makes some sense. I don't know why Maggie wants to hang out with Chad that badly though lol.

I wish I knew what on earth this story was about and why Eric was there. I feel like KA's Billie was constantly undercover as a stripper or prostitute lol.

That's how she "died" lol. I sadly didn't make that up. Ernesto Toscano put her above a vat of acid and the cave she was in exploded.

I can see your point there. Stefano could have gone off the grid and still possibly be lurking somewhere and I'd be okay with that. Yes. In the vat of acid. I don't really like Hope that much if you can tell lol.

The "honor" of killing Stefano absolutely should have gone to John or Marlena. I actually don't think that's a minor quibble.

Yeah. I guess I just assumed NuRachel would be older and become part of the teen scene even if she was a bit younger. With the Tate/Sophia/Holly stuff I think a scheming Rachel could be interesting. IIRC, little Rachel disliked Holly when EJ was married to Nicole.

I didn't think it was deep. I was just curious if anyone knew why since they appear to be the same age. Probably. I don't think Ken actively tries to kill the show. I just think he'd rather do pretty much anything else than run it and pretends to take control every 5 years or so.

I've always heard that too. Ken still seems to make some unilateral, uneducated decisions with his show though. On different note does anyone know why they recast Rachel? The new little girl seems like the same age? Lol. I thought she was being aged up.

I agree. I wish we got to see a little more of Serena and didn't have to use Dr. Rolf's serum to "fix" Sarah, but it was a decent story.

You forgot about the time Sarah thought she was Renee Dimera 😂 (I don't blame you) Paul and Linsey definitely have great chemistry, but I agree they are stuck in a rut. It makes me feel like Xander/Sarah love one another but don't trust each other at all. It's a little hard to root for. I do think there is a lot of story to still tell there so I hope they at least get some different material.

That's an interesting take. I feel like Kayla moving from nurse to Dr. made me think she had her life in control as a single mom in LA. We know so little about Kayla's LA life post-Steve. It could be a great angle for Stephanie to talk about-witnessing her mom never move on and grieve for Steve all those years. It would explain why she clings to her romantic partners.

Same. I really like Abigail Klein and think she has charm. I just feel like Stephanie has jumped from man to man since she started and pretends to have agency and feelings for herself, but doesn't.

Stephanie is like a little housewife to Alex. She's not dynamic IMO at all. And sure, Jada and Gabi have potential, but there has to be a strong leading man and Alex, Rafe, and JJ don't fit the bill. Days has always been very super couple based and there is not a single couple on the show that's even close right now besides the older vet couples. Xander and Sarah are the only couple I would consider to even be near that space and they aren't that great.