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We have said it before in the main thread and I'll say it again: It is reluctantly time to find another hot Aussie of a certain age to play Jax, pair him with Rena Sofer and go to town.

I can reluctantly see the appeal re: Lucky and Maxie though it was so scuzzy in the GV druggie years. But no. It's time for Lucky and Liz. They're better as adults, they both want it, it's time. I actually think Laura's hair has been looking rough as hell for some time now. But so has her wardrobe. Dear God.

I would keep the family unit intact for awhile and play story with them, sure, but I wouldn't keep Kirsten on the shelf with Bradford forever. She's got too much life again these days and while I like them together again I am not ride or die for it. Eventually down the road I'd recast Michael and bring him on as a sort of deadpan straight man/younger guy to Maxie's unlikely slightly older woman comedienne, something I've thought about doing with them for many years. A fish out of water thing. Sue me!

I saw that too. Big surprise.

Kirsten was fully revitalized not only by better scripts in the spring but by her own medical turnaround. I really never thought I'd see the day and I hope it lasts. I would absolutely keep her now, though eventually I'd end things with Spinelli (putting her with a new Michael is still on the radar for me).

Somehow that shot is worse!

I'm sure she will. At least Genie is clearly on next week.

A huge part is they seemed to simply saddle Kate Mansi with a prewritten, timewaster story like the surrogacy which isn't any good for anyone. For a number of months IIRC she did very little, which led people to question why she was even hired. I think she is talented and has done good work in the role in the spring and early summer before things went really south, but she's being sabotaged by the worst kind of material. If they're not trying to assassinate the character then they desperately need to retool. Frank of course hates to do that. I like Gio as I've said before, but I see no reason for him to be a Bensonhurst love child who will only unnecessarily age Dante and BLQ further. The (relatively) 'younger' and actual young adult characters on this show are staid and desexualized enough as is. He could be anyone's kid down the line if he really has to somebody important's, but I'd sooner they just keep playing him as the happy wanderer/stud with Trina, etc. If they ever let him take his shirt off. Anyway, it's just another unnecessary blood connection to me right now. Willow, Sasha and Chase are all tiresome nobodies to me. I'd write them all out in various ways and probably kill Chase to send BLQ spiraling (and likely recast). Though I'd have Willow kill Drew and frame Nina, as I've said before. Nobody is asking for Amanda Setton to do 'side nudity.' But she is playing a younger woman on a soap opera in a genre driven by intimacy and passion. She conveys none onscreen. Whether some of us spend a lot of time on social media or not, we don't know these people personally. They are not our friends. People are allowed to criticize the show, the actors, the stories and it doesn't mean that not blindly agreeing with anything it does will get the show cancelled, or that to be nice you have to want to make sure everyone stays employed.

That doesn't mean it's good for the show or the characters. Criticizing this show online doesn't mean we're going to get it cancelled. Suggesting actors be let go is fair game. They're not our friends.

She had no problem being a vixen on OLTL and stole half the show. It's the marriage that clearly changed things.

Time to recast! I hate it because she was a perfect fit in the role, once upon a time.

Kristina needs a break, after having all her spoiled bullshít about that baby shoved back down her damn throat. This is exactly why the entire surrogacy story should never have happened, she's always been like this. It's ruined a promising recast and made her unbearable. I would reposition her after a few months of low airtime in the new year and then slowly find someone new for her. But Frank never says die with unpopular characters who are fúcking up unless he is forced to or when re-up time rolls around and they ask for more money. So we'll probably see him quadruple down. Please know that if I have posts from users I've blocked quoted at me so that I can see them in order to inject herself into this discussion I will report both parties. I say this because it's been done before. Let's not get cute the day before Turkey Day.

I loved her on OLTL, I thought she was an ideal recast early on and I don't think Frank will ever let her go, but if this is how this is going to go forever with Setton it's time to recast. And don't get me started on the Gio thing. It is so unnecessary to do this with Dante and BLQ, let alone with a grown young man. (And I say that as someone who likes Gio and who would play Dante and BLQ together for awhile after nuking Chase.) These sexy adults do not need more kids let alone grown children.

I have considered taking the package deal from sometime but I don't want to rebuild my entire Hulu library in Disney+.

It's giving Naked Gun!

Laura's '90s wardrobe is starting to look like Prince's Love Symbol by comparison.

He can't get enough!

James is yet another child who should not exist but he's at least more tolerable in doses than Emma, Bechtel's Spencer, wooden-headed puppet boy Cameron of the bygone past, hellspawn Charlotte, the Anointed One (Violet) and paste-eater Wiley. I'm a good person.

Rena's Lois would not and should not be with Lorenzo Alcazar, minus a past regretful fling.

That would make sense. I remember hearing something about her family.

It's a tricky problem. I think it's easy enough though to have most of the artists or talent be largely offscreen, or when it's a contract player (like Danny Romalotti on Y&R) have most of their action be out of town. With someone like Dillon, a filmmaker, I can think of ways to make it work or innovate on it, or just move him into a somewhat different field in media where he can be closer to home. But Dillon becoming just another ELQ drone would be depressing. I do think something like BLQ functioning like Jack Antonoff or whatever (a songwriter/creative) could work, but I sadly can't currently imagine Colonial Woman on the Wing Churning Butter* BLQ doing any of that at present. Maybe if Chase dies in a horrible sweeps incident! (* - apologies to Bridesmaids)

I'll give it that it was at least vaguely topical and silly fun with an existing GH framework (L&B) that was not mob-oriented. But the execution (especially Dillon doing a She's The Man) was dreadfully stupid lol. I don't mind telling a showbiz story on soaps though the format makes it inherently limited when you're not in a big city and can only change a character's status quo so much. I think it can be a unique challenge rarely solved well (which is probably part of why Dillon is not back). Singing stories almost never work well lol. But I would take Lois and possibly BLQ back to L&B in some new media way, while keeping Brook in the mix at Deception.

Remember the whole American Idol L&B riff with Clive Robertson from Sunset Beach as Fake Simon and Dillon dressed in drag? Woof.

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I would probably let them mention it, since I am pleased when you can casually mention weird history (like the whole Tomas Delgado thing, easily explained in one line of dialogue) in a not totally gratuitous way, which this show too often does over the last 10+ years. I would not go back there though lol.