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He can't act.

It's not worth remembering. He played little Sam, Blair and Victor Jr./Todd II's cute son on OLTL when he was five and then, because he never lets anything from OLTL go and is incredibly indulgent with kids, Frank decided to keep bringing him onto GH as this recurring needless character of a local boy scout who ran afoul of gentle farmer Franco (because the kid and Roger Howarth used to share scenes) and Finn, etc. The problem is that while Patrick was adorable on OLTL and is a sweet person he really is not an actor, is not interested in acting but the more airtime Frank decided to devote to this kid the worse he was onscreen, especially as he got older. I remember last time he was suddenly Jake's best friend or something getting life lessons from Dr. Finn. That was rough to watch. I figure Frank thought making him tight with Jake would suddenly mean they could use him even more. But Patrick went off to business school because only Frank wants him here.

Patrick Gibbons (Sam Manning, OLTL/Wyatt the needless Boy Scout, GH) is once again employed by Uncle Frank Valentini, to write Trina's song this week on GH. Nothing against Patrick who I loved on OLTL but oy vey.

NuScout has always given wet Hobbit to me. I won't be explaining this statement further. Somehow I am surprised to discover Patrick Gibbons (Sam Manning, OLTL/Wyatt the Boy Scout here) wrote Trina's song. Uncle Frank will do anything for OLTLers, especially the kids.

You guys are really selling coming back!

Adam looks skeptical that the drama will continue on Monday!

I'm late on this but I'm with caroline. IIRC Ingo was absolutely gung-ho for Jax and Alexis in a lot of soap press BITD. As was Maurice re: being paired with Nancy in 2002. Obviously things change. I don't think Steve Burton ever fully respected most of his pairings post-Robin. And I can't necessarily blame him. ITA. Cady was a revelation. I'd only seen her in the later years of Dixie who was, frankly, a whiner and a dupe most of the time. Rosanna was a 180 and she was just brilliant and stunning to watch everyday, particularly with Hunt Block. It's part of why I've had so much time for Cady's latter-day affectations, including her attempt at a more cosmopolitan, Rosanna-esque noir-inflected Dixie in the mid-2000s and her stint on AMC 2.0 as well as her campy role on BTG.

Valentin and Charlotte give Stefano and all his kids (or 'kids', like "JOHN BLACK" - remember how he used to just say his full name the whole time? JOHN BLACK! and he knew that wasn't really that man's name! anyway) a run for their money tbqh.

Y&R dumping its umpteenth young Noah who hands his new unnecessary club over to arthritis/ED spokesman Danny really kind of sums up the show for the last decade or more. Hopefully that will change with the writers.

I'm gonna be so real with you folks, I am not in any rush to jump back in here. The show lost a lot of energy once they added all these new dudes and seem like they're struggling to pivot the whole show. It's far from the first time this has happened of course, and far from the first time I've been busy with other things and just can't be bothered. And I've definitely been busy with other things lol. I'll try to work my way back later this week though.

I think Frank would only do that if RG walks. He knows Rory has been a major audience success and Chad just wasn't in the last decade. I don't think he wanted Chad to leave - FV has become deeply risk-averse and lets people run on contract forever. IMO that's why they went out of their way (as Chad says at the link), in a classic soap exit story with a fire, to still show Michael's face undamaged after the bombing and initially made it clear they would welcome Chad back. At the time I groaned and expected it to be a short break, a missed opportunity. Then (allegedly) Chad said he wanted to be gone at least a year. I think that was a no-no for Frank, who does not like being dictated terms vs. dictating them himself with actors. So he did a classic 180 on a member of the 'GH family'. He's known for that too.

I think Willow is a lot of fun and a great villain/troublemaker. I do not ascribe to the view where Willow is a heroine or a victim of Michael, Carly and Drew. She's nuts and she's best that way.

Yeah, I'm good taking some time away.

So did Burton Armus actually ever write for AMC or was it all an elaborate hoax? I ask because it came up a week or two ago, and also because I'm revisiting Star Trek: The Next Generation. Armus wrote for the first two troubled seasons, and the infamous demonic oil slick that killed Tasha Yar was named for him. (Figure that one out)

Damn, I didn't finish it either.