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He did get surgery in order to be able to potentially do so.

A bit too early in the week for us to critique this barely legal twink's life choices when he's, perhaps, a fraction of our age. Anyway, if the kid still needs work in a year or two when he finishes his major and his streaming/movie callbacks are sparse GH should go after him for Cameron (or Aiden).

AMC 2.0 also made a mention of Dimitri divorcing Alex when he came on. I was tripped out they even remembered her, but that was 3-4 years before she turned up on GH.

AMC needed a shot in the arm at the time and Finola was a star; they promoted her coming on big time. They were also trying to exit Michael Nader over money and used his 'death' to bring Alex on as his supposed widow. Instead MN and Finola's flashback romance scenes were hot as hell and her intro story with Edmund flopped, so they rehired Nader and put them back together then tried to fob Edmund off on undead Anna Devane. It was a big surprise when we discovered the mystery person Alex was visiting was Anna, who had been 'dead' since '92. Come to find out Anna fit into the show like a glove whereas Alex was boring, but Edmund and Anna still didn't work so they were split and she got put with David. How Alex became evil on GH has never been explained, but seeing as she had an incredibly convoluted and stupid backstory on AMC involving evil spies and brainwashing (and British thespian Samantha Eggar as her fake mom) it is not a stretch to think that Alex simply reverted to old form.

On Natalia's first or second day she said she does manage Blaze.

It's fine, my elaborate plans for Dr. Thomas Hardy and spiky feminist novelist Christina Collins (commoditizing her mother Lucy's scandalous past for a bestseller and a streaming deal), or Sarah Webber's fúcked-up perfect family, are even more overwrought. I would have Liz and Sarah's domineering mother Carolyn, a brilliant surgeon (and definitely recast), be the latest hospital villain though.

I honestly don't need them to conform to the contours of the cringeworthy and uncomfortable kiddie quad RC did (which had creepy little Joss jealous of Cam and Spencer's interest in Emma). Their mixing the young adults up was not a problem for me. I do think they have over-elevated and relied on Joss for years because FV was so thrilled to finally get a white blonde vaguely resembling Starr Manning to be functional on the show lol, and also because they were very wedded to the Sonny, Carly, etc. family gospel. IIRC Eden started as a temp or bit player and FV boosted her because he still seems to swear by his (somewhat) ratings-winning paradigm of the late 2000s vanilla teen scene from OLTL, and Joss was the closest he'd ever come to a young white heroine fitting the Starr mold since Kristen quit. It's also taken this long for him to begin to accept that Trina is not just Joss' ethnic sidekick a la Langston and Markko to Starr on that show. I don't think Eden is terrible and I think she takes too much stick from fans online for stuff beyond her control, but I do think they should change her role to something more comic or troublemaking, lighter but fun. And then I would probably recast in future. I'd also put her with a geeky character to humanize her more, a la Spixie or Nick Fallon and Chelsea on DAYS. Eden has a masculine and forward energy that would work well with a more sensitive male.

I'd just say she's spoiled and bored, lol. Lord knows people spoiled little Emma. Everyone would expect a peaches and cream saint on the canvas given her family and Brooklyn Silzer, so I'd pull the rug out a la the famous Valerie Malone reveal on 90210 at the end of Tiffani Thiessen's first episode.

Unfortunately that kid can't act. TA can and often reminds me of Kimberly, especially in her confrontations with Esme which at times echoed Robin/Carly. There's an inner strength and intelligence they both have. I would bring back Emma (recast, please God) but I'd do something different. She would be the secret town schemer, who nobody expects for obvious reasons. But I do think Emma will definitely be back on contract sooner or later, whoever plays her. It's just natural, and it's not like Kimberly hasn't come back to visit a zillion times since 2015.

Well, it's not gonna be lol.

Your mileage may vary. I don't think those two recent castings are anything but just random recurring bit players.

Plenty of options, yes.

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Trina's a favorite of mine and for my money the best young actress on the show, but YMMV.

@DRW50 @Faulkner The Series 14/Season 1 episode titles were dropped today along with writing credits. Several titles correspond to a batch of leaks a couple months ago re: titles and content. A new trailer should be dropping shortly so keep your eyes on the thread.

The full run of The Conners is now on Netflix. I can finally revisit the show properly!

I also can't believe he's still dead but I don't need Morgan back any time soon if ever, and I also have always believed Carly switched the paternity results because she knew Morgan was not ready for a child and wanted to keep him away from Ava. And yes, Michael, Willow, etc. gotta go. Especially Wiley the glue-eater.

Enzo something. He's dreadful! But he wanders into scenes lollygagging with a dreamy smile on his face like he's thought about acting today and has decided he would rather chill and think about boys, and I appreciate that commitment.

They're going to have to start cutting, and fast. PM may be trying to adhere to the old Marland rule about waiting before cuts (which is taken to an extreme too often as immutable gospel, sometimes you have to cut quickly) or something, or worse he may be dealing with network/EP interference, or they simply are rolling out those changes slowly, who knows. But yes, while so much is improved for me it's time to start gutting the canvas lol. I think we all felt they finally sold us on Dante and Sam this week. Those scenes with her before and after he woke up were beautifully written and performed. I don't particularly want them to last as a couple but I do believe in their love now.

I mean, he's okay so far, lol. He frankly hasn't had much to do or say so far so I can't gauge him to that degree. It's largely reaction work. I would definitely not place him above Hudson, who has been outacting half the adult cast for almost ten years but YMMV. The kid playing Danny is seemingly the greenest of those three but has charisma and plays well off Rocco. He is cocky but sweet to Rocco who is more sensitive, and that's a nice beat to play. Aiden seems like a nice kid but is not an actor and needs to be replaced lol. He crashed that half-decent scene with Jake and Danny and made it truly hilarious.

I thought it was Garin Wolf.

It is literal malpractice that they introduced a Black youth on this show named T.J. (played by the very talented Tequan Richmond, the only T.J. I really acknowledge tbh) and it wasn't Tom Hardy Jr. It felt like trolling but it's just inept lol.

More good material at the end of the week with additional strong, unlikely character work - Sam and Stella and Sam reminiscing about the past (and her oft-forgotten engagement to Patrick) and Stella bringing up Mike as well. Molly and Alexis talking the law and its dimensions again, which feels like Mulcahey. Even the energy between Carly and Nina in their brief scene at the arraignment was refreshingly different; Nina pretty much blew it off without a big emotional outburst for once and they didn't spend the entire hour yowling at each other with Carly unloading both barrels on sniveling Neens as they've been wont to do for a couple years. Again, very annoying that Drew is finally hot again and intriguing with Nina of all people. The cutting and framing on Drew and Nina watching Jason and Carly seems deliberate. They really did speedrun the Drew/Carly break-up overnight over little to nothing lol, but I'm not complaining. The kid playing Rocco is indeed good as I suspected he might be from that brief set of scenes with Laura a couple weeks ago. I like the Danny/Rocco relationship and how the brash Danny seems to be kind to the more sensitive boy. It's these kind of distinguishing elements that help soap kids stand out on a show that has way too many already. Dante and Sam are still a very boring couple but I absolutely buy that Sam loves him now - the writing for her the last few days was very strong, and Kelly really came through too. The monologuing from Brennan after Valentin took off was interesting, and seems like it was all PM. They really are taking Jason back to the '90s basics, living above Kelly's/Bobbie's (he said his money was frozen for now) as he and Carly reminisce about the people they were back then - simpler, humbler. This is very deliberate from Mulcahey/Korte and makes me wonder what is actually next. Fúcked up that Avery drew a picture of comatose Dante frowning with some 'ZZZZ' lines by his head btw! I guffawed.

I've been wanting him back as a cocky doctor a la Patrick for some time. Though I would have his intro story be having a secret affair with the recently-separated, older Portia and scandalizing her upstanding life at first before moving him to someone entirely new (namely, Lucy and Scott's daughter Christina).

Week 1: Jealous Lily schemes against Nick and Sally Sharon whoever. Week 2: Lily burns down Sharon's house, forcing Sharon to move into Crimson Lights full time. Week 3: Lily is diagnosed with toxic paint madness from huffing bad fumes in her newly-painted home (offscreen). The house is fumigated, Lily is cured and all is forgiven (offscreen). JG takes a 30 minute power nap.