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I love Courtney Hope in the Control video games but I am mortified any time I catch a glimpse of her on the show these days. I agree she should move on. I'd welcome her on GH tbh. It would also keep Chad Duell gone!

I loved Jason calling her on her role in things tbh. I hope he goes in on Monday. I can't get behind any of her potential points because the fact is Britt only ever wants swift forgiveness for herself, including everything she and her family have done to Anna, Robin and theirs. Consequences are always for other people, so of course she'd memory-hole her and Cassius' actual role in everything that led her here this time around but still demand Anna pay. Yet whenever Anna, Emma, Robin, Lulu or Dante have confronted her in the past she just rolls her eyes and says 'get over it!' Britt gets off on being the unappreciated outcast and shapes her life around that while continuing to do terrible, selfish things.

How many major stories does the show even have?

I don't have any way of knowing for sure if Frank dislikes KT. He did give her an incredibly OTT sendoff in 2022-23 (complete with IRL baby pictures, an in-universe video montage and a party hosted by drag queens for Britt, the heterosexual female gay icon!) and did bring her back even after the actress demanded a permadeath after quitting in a huff. I do think, based on FV's past behavior and context clues, that he is probably weary of her BTS antics and likely only brought her back for Steve. Kelly has said she tried to come back earlier and FV denied her, IIRC. So I can see him just being over the whole thing at this point, with the attempt at a re-pairing likely a wash and her return having turned out a mess. I do think someone in hair and makeup definitely hates her lol. She's an attractive woman but they have done her zero favors. I think Courtney as she evolved in '03 was purely a Frons/Pratt love object. I think he was the only HW of the post-JFP era who was into her. The kung fu kickboxing heroine catfighting with kinky fetish doll Faith, etc. Feisty, sexy, slutty blondes. All that sort of stuff faded as Pratt did, and both ALW and Pratt were gone around the same time. And yeah, I do think well-known issues with TC likely colored Guza's attitude and clear disdain for Nikolas in the mid-late 2000s. Not the first or maybe last of his own characters that he turned on. After a hard push early on with his return Nikolas quickly began to regularly be written as either the heavy or an ineffectual fool, and it never stopped until Guza left (not that a lot of Nik's material since has been great lol). Having Nikolas' doppelganger rape his wife and having Nikolas then begin to cheat on Emily with Courtney months later in '05 really says it all.

I've said it before but I don't think Frank was ever fully committed to it. I think Britt was a means to an end when various other swings at romance with Jason flopped in '24. I think FV also loves Gati and of course Paevey lol. So he went for it and did his typical OTT push to try to make it work. It didn't and here we are. I think CVE is the only one who goes hard in the paint for Britt and Obrecht and wants to re-cement the whole damn family. But I could be way off. I do think Frank would give a lot to get Paevey back, which is typical of his taste/lust lol. But Britt, I doubt it. I don't think they ever had any intention of recasting ALW. I think Courtney was always cooked at that point. They did tease a vague Jax/Liz connection during the surrogacy mess that led to Nik and Courtney, but it wasn't really an actual thing.

I'll always say it: She has never been good at emotional pathos or depth, and never will be. It's fast, cheap and easy to play a superficial 'bitch' on soaps and get quick praise for being 'snarky', and too many marginal actors have gotten away with it only to be left looking meager when the writing tries to shift.

I think Tristan was/is intended to be her consolation prize. But the guy comes off like Doogie Howser playing dress-up, and I've seen KT with men who aren't Jason before lol. That story only ends one way. And I don't get the sense that the show is very invested in her atm either. FV's interests shift fast unless you're one of his longtime friends (and even then). KT is not. I knew Courtney was toast when they put her with Jax lol. The show treated him like a sad afterthought in that period in particular, openly told the audience he was resorting to hookers for sex, and they were both relegated to B or C-story. They were just running out ALW's contract at that point, and the Nikolas affair in '05 seemed designed to run down both her and TC's characters when Guza had clearly ceased to have much use for either (while aiming for Sonny and Emily lol). On paper there was a potentially scandalous and interesting element to the concept, but Nik and Courtney were both written as unsympathetic as possible the whole year. It was a Guza hit job, but not as entertaining as it could've been.

I don't know when KT's contract is up but I've always said she has a clock on her this time around given how rough this return has been, especially if/when the Jason thing is over. I can't see her making it to 2028 unless she has a deal lasting til then. And even then, Frank can cut her at any time.

I haven't seen many who are lol. And yeah, I think that's exactly the goal at this point. I've long suspected Liz Korte was at least somewhat responsible for how they've leaned into Britt's worst self throughout the last year, handicapping story and scenes where GH was otherwise trying to put Britt over with the audience with a typically FV hard sell. (It's not the first time we've heard Korte may have the final pass on scripts, which I suspect may have been an issue in 2024 too) The treatment for various other lead characters (particularly rivals to Carly), like Nina in her Sonny era, when she was the nominal new female lead of the show opposite its king, comes to mind. Nina got Carly's husband, but in practice she spent the next two or so years being publicly dragged and humiliated onscreen while sobbing and making a fool of herself. It felt personal. When Guza hated characters he had to write for he would sometimes make a point to bulldoze them onscreen or present them in the worst or most mediocre light. It happened with Courtney and later Sam at various intervals, or former beloved creations like Nikolas, Alexis, Jax, etc. as he lost interest in them. I think that's definitely what has happened with Britt at multiple points since this return. That's not me saying what happened is unfair, because I hate Britt, I always have and probably always will lol. I also don't think anything she's done is remotely out of character for who she is, so for once Korte and I are on the same page. But just as I was amazed they let the scenes go to air where Britt refused to apologize to Lulu and Dante for her relationship with Rocco, told them to get over it and rolled her eyes at Lulu's tears, this stuff feels even more intentional. It feels like they want out of Jason/Britt ASAP now and are letting Korte just go both barrels lol. If so, it will be a quicker turnaround than Jason and Courtney's instant break-up in late 2003-04, where they had a splashy Paris wedding and then almost immediately were at odds over Brian the cop and distancing themselves from each other before swiftly calling it quits after February sweeps. Frons had Kelly Monaco onboard which left Courtney/ALW out on the street, and Guza did not hesitate to throw her overboard.

That kid did pretty well In a thankless role in a bad Scream sequel (his death scene was a highlight). Good for him.

It's a PR thing. No incoming HW is going to say 'turn this shít off til November!'

That's exactly what it's being written like. Which makes me wonder if the original plan was a much more severe accident or situation and someone (Frank) watered it down. It happens a lot on this show In recent years, neutering drama or consequences for certain characters. Meanwhile, they could not have raked Britt further over the coals today, not just in terms of what Emma said but just how awful she came off period. A thing of beauty. Chris Van Etten or whoever may love her, but it's clear any number of folks don't (to say nothing of hair/makeup). For Britt to say she owes Anna and Emma nothing - them of all people, after what she and her family did in the 2010s - is insane.

Emma ate Britt up again? Time to tune in!

Wow. Sabrina Sutherland (Lynch's longtime right hand) confirms the game is real. @DRW50

It's two posts above you.

Vibrante??

Always great to see them both - the pairing was random, but the actors are both legends (I used to want to get Glynn Turman to do OLTL lol). And I have even more fondness for Dawnn after her years voicing Captain Freeman on Star Trek: Lower Decks. She was a hoot on a great show I hope will return. Interesting to hear they are clearly trying to get Lisa.

For all her alleged flaws, if there's one thing Liz Korte is gonna do for me it's murk Britt and sabotage her story and character standing at every possible opportunity lol. Jason tells her to shut up and sticks by Anna while Britt stomps off demanding she be imprisoned, even as Britt kept quiet about her being kept by Cueball and Cashews. Me and Korte, the true OTP:

The biggest of today's Steam leaks (I am not making this up):

I just would feel a certain type of way about it if it's without Lynch, unless he gave it his blessing or left behind copious notes for it. Even then I'm very skeptical. Yet excited if it's real despite myself.

Yes. Chloe was a character on the TV soap opera General Hospital in the late '90s and early 2000s. Chloe was Lila Quartermaine's distant relation on her family's side. She came to town and got involved in a sham marriage caper with Alexis, Jax and Ned. She was later murdered by Stavros Cassadine. In other news, I beg of you to please learn to multi-quote multiple posts in one if you want to respond to a bunch of people at the same time, as opposed to post after separate post. It saves the thread some space.

No sooner said. I was just talking with @DRW50 the other day about the unreleased Nintendo RPG for TP that almost got made in 1990-91. Major trophy/achievement leaks have come out today for big upcoming video games like Persona 6, Kingdom Hearts 4, etc. One of the other pages leaked was this: A mysterious test page for what looks like a Twin Peaks game. As it only has the two achievements unlike the other leaked games, it could well be some sort of test/placeholder. But it's very suspicious. I always wanted a TP game, but I'd feel more than a little hollow if it finally happened only with Lynch gone. We'll see if this amounts to anything.

Alimi Ballard is still fine. Why do I suspect he is Jordan's latest potential romantic spoiler? She does have a long law enforcement background. Oy. Katelyn and Cameron still have serious chemistry with both characters masks off. Sorry not sorry.

No, she said outright today she found out after Cullum came to town IIRC.