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I'm so excited that COADF Part 2 is still coming. I was worried.

Yep. Those as well.

Oh. Ok. I was about to say

I thought closer to midseason. And I believe she's on one of the cast trips, too. But I'll take her early. We know she meets with Wendy. We know of the long-awaited confrontation with Gizelle. And now we have a group scene with her in that black. I'm sure it won't all be in the same episode.

I barely remember the story myself. Sidwell really has fallen off of Frank's Flavor of the Month List. Which is funny since he was adamant about making his next move with Maxie out of the way. And barely a mention.

Oh how I shadily just chuckled. God, I love a good right-hand henchwoman.

Yeah, this storyline is very actress specific so a recast won't work. I haven't binge last week's episodes yet so I take it those anvils are indeed correct. I just hope the rumors are not.

She said MIGHT? At a job that does waaay too much block filming? When you say it like that... Same. If she's not coming back in a month's time (or by end of year)...yeah, knowing that I will be joining you on the side-eye department.

OMG!!!

One of my favorite memories. The glamour. The gothic. The Wuthering Heights side of me was eating it up. It was well worth the wait. And I got to see it live when she walked into frame. My worry as well. It made sense (and was long overdue) to shift to Monica...which is still using the Qs as a driving force across the canvas. But honestly, all things Q have been pretty A story for months now...from Dark Michael to Drew as Villain to Willow going crazy to Who Shot Drew. And since Jason is a Q...he still gets a focus as well. But I can imagine that so much reduced Carly/Sonny focus might make someone twitch so I have felt that fear. I really felt it when Monica's Death arc started, but the show pivoted while keeping it focused (where it should be) while making the stories around it compliment, rather than distracting from what was going on. Thankfully.

Oh, no. Perhaps I worded it wrong. I'm on your side in terms of KS. As of right now, this time does feel like the ones I mentioned to me. But I do worry that it will become like what happened with GF due to them going ahead and starting the Nathan storyline. Where can that story even go when the emotional center (Maxie) is not even there? I would say recast for the most part except that for this particular story to work they would need this actress. That is not to slight GF at all because we know I love Laura. It was just a comparison. Part of that comparison for me was what you mentioned being in the back of my head. This situation with KS has been ongoing, but she has come back. The timing still is sooooo odd to me. And then to START a story where her particular version of Maxie should be here is even more 'curiouser and curiouser.' Now if, as has been mentioned, it is just a way to center Britt/Jason...there are better ways to do it. But that involves better writing.

Agree.

The jury is still out on Ryan Quan for me. But I hope not. I'm finding Jamey Gidden's breakdowns so far, so good for me on BTG in spite of what I've heard of his writing. But is that any difference than what was going on with Kelly and Lindsay, the Year of a 1000 Mollys, and JJ and Older Will Number 2? Still I have wondered loosely if the reason they went ahead with the Nathan storyline is the fact that they are not even sure when KS will be back. Echoing the situation mentioned a few pages back about GF and the stalling of the Cassadine story back in the day. Friday cliffhangers...I can see. Now cliffhangers...I would disagree. I know there was a Friday cliffhanger I didn't like where Jason is being comforted by Danny which would have been a nice Friday coda and Monica coded. The show instead wanted to use Nathan as the cliffhanger/coda and I was like WHY? Monica is more important than Nathan and even then...outside of Dante (sorry, Anna)...there was no one majorly important involved to make him that important over Monica.

Okay, I tuned in to see Nikki vs Jill. And you mean to tell me they are STILL on that story with Mariah and the 'mystery' of the man?

Britt's return had a solid start for me, but it has been let down by how they have her acting since she landed in PC. And using other characters to make her comic relief that isn't good comic relief did not help her case. And right when the Monica's death arc started was just stupid. BTG also had a similar situation in the same time period where a serious storyline was going down that included a death that had a counterbalance of comedy going on with a couple (and a drag queen) that did the technique much better with better acting so it stood out even more and worse due to it. I've been saying the same thing about the Nathan storyline. They could have saved his return until Maxie returned. And doing it during the start of the Monica's death arc made it stick out like a sore thumb in a BAD way. I did like it was pivoted the second week (and making it more intriguing for me) by adding people who I care about and would be affected. KW's scenes as Felicia laid eyes on Nathan was a highlight for me. But the storyline is just unnecessary when you have Britt in Wacka Wacka Land, the story of Who Shot Drew on a simmer, messiness started with Curtis/Portia/Isaiah, etc. If anything, I'm surprised knowing RP that they did not do block filming for KS. Cuz Frank loves them block filmings. Wow, really? I feel like GH has grown surprisingly good at putting cliffhangers in their episodes. It has made my binging to catch-up extremely fun because I do want to find out what happens next. But I guess it helped there were a lot of stories going on that I loved and wanted to get into with characters that I was liking not named Jacinta. lol. But like I mentioned, I felt the writers have managed to do a lot, but still keep the momentum going, shifting nicely. Now it feels like they are about to shift into silliness or stupid stories, but fingers cross they do another shift. So it's B&B? jk!!!

I said last night...if Monique is appearing THIS early...then this season must have been wild BEFORE all the Wendy drama.

LOL!!! Soaps...bringing families together.

Hahahahahaha!! FACTS.

I blame it on SOD's knowledge. 😜

Same. Another great thing from PM was the slowly coming together of those two and so much more mature than they have ever been. And organic to boot. You sound like how I feel yesterday about how momentum seems to be getting lost with these returns because I'm afraid the writers...who have done a great job of keeping their momentum through their shifting focus from interesting story to interesting story...might jump back into their annoying writing tics. So it makes sense to me. Titan mentioned similar as well. And yes...before the resurrection of the O clan, Dr. O's airtime steadily vanished after broking up with Scotty and then she vanished. If I remember correctly, it was months later that we got a one-liner that she was gone.

I do love that I am not the only one with disdain for CVE since I've come back to regular viewing BTW.

I remember them being pretty popular. I too didn't mind them too much. Goodness knows they got a lot of story. Mind you, I did drop out of regular viewing mid-RC GH run which is roughly around the time they started to take off. Same. And on that, we also agree. I remember finding out Nathan died and about Chase. Observing that they were one and the same really. Both handsome though at the time, I felt RP edge CS out for me, but I have seen my type change over the last few years lol.

Yeah. I don't see RP playing scary villain either. But a story about him coming back just as Maxie has found second happiness with her other popular pairing is the thing of good soap. They should stick with that. But the anvils are too clear.

I totally agree. I love that about this episode and how she's not there and Karen still feels so involved in things. You just know she has to be back at the finale.