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LOL I forgot all about that! She could fake it coming back 'for a good cause' she's working for, and above all more attention and fame for herself! She could start up a whole popular 'cancer mommy vlog' like so many of those online grifters. Maybe finally seduce T.J. into going along with it (or someone else, T.J. and Molly need to finally go away for years). And then she gets busted at the next Nurses Ball in 2025! Genius! I'm here all week, Patrick.

Nonetheless that sweet child cannot act and Hudson West can, so if we're looking to pin LGBT story on a Webber boy I vote it's time to make Jake bi while Aiden goes off to Gay Baking Camp for a couple months.

It would be interesting if Willow's new whole focus in life (charity, etc., 'the new Lila') leads her to becoming a high society bitch who enjoys the good life and becomes even more of a terror than Nina ever was.

Just now, Khan said:

Jesus Christ, lol.

It's what's on his head and we all know it! Looks like he did it himself! I haven't seen a mullet like that since Nancy McKeon on The Facts of Life.

Just now, detroitpiston said:

Willow’s actress has a manipulative twinkle in her eye that the show has not really taken advantage of and CM works best as a horny sanctimonious scoundrel so I hope they really go for it. CD remains an unremarkable actor but I want Michael to do a full heel turn and his wife cheating with his Uncle is the perfect way to do it.

I am more than fine with Drew catting about with both Michael's young wife and Nina! But I would be shocked if the show lets a leading man go there now, so if I have to pick one it's Drew and Nina.

I will say I did think Steve was really giving it his all with Laura in the tattoo, etc. scenes on Friday. Those were good and well-written. They actually had a bit of potential chemistry, and they almost never do outside of friendship IMO.

10 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

I can only think the more sensible and intelligent writing for Nina is because PM sees something in Watros’s portrayal that he’s enamored with. The previous regime, including EK as the script editor, saw her as just a punching bag, lol. 

I think there's still elements of that, lol. They've been making relentless sport of her ever since MB clearly pushed to be paired with her after Nixon Falls, it's been a grudge played out onscreen and as we've discussed here over the last year or so, even as someone who doesn't care much about Nina it got very tiresome watching her cry and moan and be humiliated everyday. But PM's team has wisely returned Nina to some of her roots - histrionic, spoiled, manic socialite fluttering around her various businesses - and CW plays that to the hilt. CM also plays very well with her as Drew. There's more of a sense of fun and mischief to Nina's character now.

1 minute ago, detroitpiston said:

I actually love that the cast is large, I just think half of the canvas is uninteresting and should be replaced with more dynamic characters. Cody, Sasha, Finn and his entire family should be the first to go. Bring in some young hospital interns, some teen girls for Jake and Danny to fight over, new guys for Trina and Josslyn, etc

I still think they should have Jake go for a teen boy. Non-actor Aiden and his Easy-Bake 'fro are not story-ready!

The Willow/Drew stuff is finally starting to feel intentional after being very weird for a very long time lol.

5 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

Try her with the hot as hell Police Academy daddy! If it works, his role can be expanded.

He's very hot, but I'm tired of FV puffing up random dayplayers and recurring parts and just adding more and more for them because he can't be bothered to hire new unique characters for valued veterans or other folks tbh. I want a real hire. And they can maybe give that PCPD guy a purpose and pairing that doesn't feel like it's just a stopgap for Rena.

I am all for Lois having a purpose, but they'd have to explain where her thriving music career is supposed to go lol. And she needs a proper story and man!

I have never doubted Lois and Brenda are still BFF.

Yeah, that kind of oversells it lol.

6 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I do think there have been changes to the show, which is a very good thing, it just seems like barring an earthquake, we're never getting past the basic standards of a Carly/Jason/Sonny-led GH.

The Big 3 are a fact of life for me at GH, like climate change. Since I can't eliminate Sonny and Jason the issue for me now is usage, and so far I think the Jason return story has been done well by showing more than just the worshipful take. Jason's family, loved ones, children have legitimate issues with him and have given voice to it, mostly his children and exes. Anna and Laura (and Wagger) are given voice to accurately put Sonny on blast in smart scenes. Steve is at least showing up to act for once, and Sonny is being played for a total fool and sabotaging himself. I can work with all of that. Carly, who knows.

6 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Oh that's right. I suppose if she had stayed Guza might have used her. 

I doubt it. IIRC Hannah was a Riche mandate, and the disdain for her oozed out of the scripts. I liked LV with Billy Warlock, but looking at it now she was very green and it was probably time to go.

3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Was Hannah already gone by then?

IIRC Hannah was cut in 2001 by JFP. They literally shipped her off to Alaska or somewhere lol. I have no idea with AM but I suspect the Guza team and ABC both wanted no part of him after JFP's failed Roy Hospital.

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I just fully assume Frank and ABC are still going to call the shots and PM/EK will work around the edges.

I have my doubts. We have nothing in place yet to suggest FV is still holding full control, especially since he was forced to cut Roger Howarth.

I should add I was very impressed with the Laura/Anna, etc. stuff last week myself. “Charm has no moral weight, and impulse is not character.” Dialogue is just much smarter across the board or more soulful. Even stuff with Chase/BLQ and Finn/Alexis talking about money, their family pasts, etc. is much more mature and thought-out.

7 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

Seriously, if a cast pruning doesn’t happen this year, then we know that sh!t is all Frank and ABC, and PM/EK just have to deal with it. 

I agree, but it will take more than dead-ass Gregory for me to get excited. It's time for a good 3-4 people to go. Just for starters!

I remember the crazy days of Malone II at OLTL. IIRC they didn't dump a ton of people in the first month, but after that they started cutting a swath like a house on fire (starting with Larry Lau's Sam Rappaport), slowly but surely over those next six months. There were also a lot of additions of course. And Guza II here at GH dumped Kristina I and Roy fairly quickly in 2002 (and GF/Laura, though I doubt very much that was the plan going in), but I can't remember anyone else getting iced. Of course, those shows' canvases were not quite as bloated or full of pointless people as this one is.

3 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

#WeddingMassacre

Please!!!

Semafor takes aim at their rival:

4 minutes ago, Khan said:

I shouldn't say this, but I think we're long overdue for another school bus accident like the one that killed B.J.

It's true!

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

I agree!  I just wish her character wasn't saddled with so many kids.  It's like watching Doris Day in "With Six You Get Eggroll."

I've said it a dozen times, but it is ludicrous that Maxie has one child, let alone three. She has never been a character built for that. It was very realistic when she was just fobbing off Georgie (an accidental child) on Mac and Felicia for years. Two more is insane. But that's the way the show has operated for years - babies, babies and more babies in lieu of story, because it eats up airtime and is 'safe'.

14 hours ago, Khan said:

I must admit, @applcin, I'm not a Trekkie - or is it Trekker, lol? - so my knowledge of all things ST is extremely limited.  But I definitely thank you so much for this information!   

Roddenberry was indeed a very complicated man lol. There's also the affair with Nichelle Nichols.

Incidentally, since I'm catching up a bit on last week following some IRL distractions I wanted to say last week's Maxie/Felicia scenes continued a trend of being much more sharp and interesting and showing KS engaged again. She's come a long way in the last month-plus with the writing change.

40 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

I think we have to remember: Patrick Mulcahey is someone who worked with Douglas Marland, and may be trying to work within Marland's soap rules. I don't expect major changes in terms of cast pruning until the end of 2024. I suspect they'll weed out some immediate exits (some of which I am seeing) before things actually happen.

I doubt he is working totally by them if he is at all tbh. Even Marland didn't; several characters were gone from ATWT quickly, and the Snyders and Doug Cummings came in very fast.

I do think the show is much improved day to day, but I also think changes have to happen faster. Hopefully May is the start of that. I don't think the cast should look like this by the end of the year at all.

Please let this rivalry between those two girls end in one dead baby.

A genre legend in front of and behind the camera. RIP.

2 hours ago, titan1978 said:

If I was watching just this week, I would think the A story is Sonny’s crimes and mental instability. I’m not sure what the B and C stories are. Dex trying out for police? Jason and Carly? Maybe Nina/Drew was B and Dex C? The problem is the momentum and movement was in Jason’s return and Valentin is the head of Pikeman. And that’s barely been addressed since. But we are seeing nearly every step of Dex trying to win Joss back and become a cop.

I blame the FV actor guarantee shuffle. As I think others have noted, he began this process of the constant actor merry-go-round at OLTL with RC and brought it to GH where it became much less manageable, especially with a bunch of recurring/veteran subplots that would rotate, disappear and reappear for weeks on end. I think that's a big part of what is often at play.

I'm so far behind but I hope to at least get to 75-100 episodes before possibly warping ahead. Very happy for the show's nominations - well deserved. Neighbours reminds me so much of what a revival of Guiding Light could do here.

Some of the acting in the Varga-Murphy/Rodwell non-reveal (just before Flashback Week) was extremely variable from the kids and Wendy, but I do like them. J.J. had some very green moments but I'm pretty fond of him. I hadn't realized the Rodwells were apparently a relatively new addition to the show themselves.

47 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Posting *only* because of what Nichols says about Mulcahey and the Cassadines.

Appreciated. It's about what I expected.