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It's insane to me Nina has been on this show almost ten years. I think in both cases it's less talent (though Watros is talented and Stafford used to be more talented than she is today) and more inertia, inability to develop new or past characters, contractual obligation in the case of Stafford's long tenure, and a preference to just stick with existing players no matter how played out because they just don't want to make too many waves anywhere in any aspect of this show. I blame the show coasting along on inertia, as mentioned above, and simply opting to mostly write what they perceive to be inoffensive gruel for a Facebook-oriented older audience. Anything too edgy with younger characters in particular is too far and could upset the delicate balance that keeps GH renewed in the absence of any other profitable programming.

Nina has always been nuts. I tolerate her more with Cynthia Watros in the role and I'd much rather watch her than Michael or Willow at this point (not that the three of them need to be on the show anymore), but that was pretty batshit. The Young Whites quad of Chase, BL, Josh Kelly and S*sha is boring as hell. I love Setton but her stories are terrible. You could do a whole riff on some sort of Sia/Gaga songwriting scandal with Brook Lynn, some spicy stuff with young hot people, but they have these very basic, boring stories with some of the blandest white folks possible like the romance with Chase who, I'm sorry, is also boring and always has been. And why are Chase and Cody dressed in matching flannels in the same scene like little twin boys? Josh Kelly is still hot even if audiences seem to detest his character's introduction. I think there is a way to salvage that.

This was also my take.

I never got Wilson Bethel myself. I do believe he auditioned for Captain America and had a moment he could've been big. I guess he has CW shows now or something? Maybe streaming? I don't keep track.

How would he show his immense 2020s-era range in just 45 minutes?

Yeah, I liked Hunt Block but I thought Scott Bryce was pretty hot and suave in the '80s.

It's insane absolutely nothing has happened with his weather machine. I wouldn't be surprised If they're saving it for the 60th but I don't know why they started it a year ago if they didn't intend to move on it faster.

This is great. Meanwhile, I should've known who was behind these amazing, legendary ads: @DRW50 Clever Prime.

I am eternally grateful for all the users who have kept the show archived and available to watch, but a part of me selfishly wishes I could've seen the last couple seasons in HD. Fortunately there's 50 more seasons to go!

Tinker is on that Wally Kurth/Eileen business plan.

I'm sure he had a plan. I just hope it comes off with Tony appearing.

It has to be a fakeout. But knowing Frank's history (especially with Ron, but also since) he sometimes does something and then gambles that he can get an actor back down the road. As it is though, even with a potential reveal it's insane that they all basically know Victor did it and have done nothing.

Wonderful news if true!

I was surprised to actually really like CS as Victor when he first came on despite it seeming like an epic miscast, because they went full on in the direction of Victor being a bon vivant and aging playboy with an evil side which is not dissimilar to how Thaao Penghlis played it back in the old days. (His 2010s stint moved him much closer to outright supervillainy, but he still had lots of smarm.) When CS first arrived they had Victor really camping it up forcing the Cassadines together, scheming, etc. I even wanted him to shanghai Laura into (a fake) marriage, I thought it'd be a blast. It was a very unique angle to take with a Cassadine baddie, a guy who was still having fun. Unfortunately, over a year later he's actually done very little. The brainwashing nonsense was tedious, and didn't he have an actual weather machine he was using on the town again? What happened to that? He supposedly has killed Luke offscreen (I am not convinced TG will not turn up this year), yet Laura, Scorpio and Lucky who all would never stop until those responsible were dead, have done nothing? Where is the urgency? What is his plan? I don't blame CS for this because I think he came on playing an unconventional bad guy in a fun way. But there is no actual direction that I can see. Or maybe I've missed the episodes where they explain any of it, but nothing seems to happen.

I've never forgotten his death rattle in this sequence. You're right, I always thought it was way too real. Those scenes were excellent, though the show was very, very messy at the time and during that storyline. (It was a great idea on paper mostly executed poorly.)

It's how Frank always handled 'the ethnic/other characters' on OLTL - sidekicks to the white teens. I said at least a year ago this had gotten beyond his control and they're trying to keep it tamped down. It may not be what he feels personally IRL as an out gay man, but at this point it's hard not to conclude it is what he and/or ABCD feels is best for preserving his shows' audiences, which he clearly feels is predominantly old, white and conservative. I think Maurice and Tamara were great together for cementing the couple even more romantically, but I think Sarah and Maurice also had it all in a more visceral way. And you're right about heat. I always go back to the scene where Carly finally seduces him out of pure rage and spite and they play off each other; it is still mesmerizing. I still can't believe they were broadcasting material of that quality (both content-wise and writing quality) at 3 PM right after school back in the day. And at that time, with that writing team, it was commonplace. I think they are flailing now because they know it can't be ignored in this current culture and climate, so I think they're just trying to slow-walk it as long as possible. I think the show is terrified what will happen to their fragile numbers if they start showing regular interracial love on the frontburner, so they're trying to run out the clock on Chavez or tread water. In the meantime they'll do as little as they can get away with doing - maybe a kiss here and there, but tamped down onscreen for the most part even if the characters get together. I would love to eat my words. And yes, I absolutely think they would move Spencer to Joss or Emma if they could.

You'd be surprised, lol. People on Primetimer got real heated when I began to suggest TA was a superior recast and still do (not that I care). But yes, I think a large part of the issue is the show being very reluctant on them (and preferring to center Joss). We'll see what happens though.

I think the recast is better on every level tbh. I felt SM was a lot more green. I think it's the writing for Trina because when TA shows out she has plenty of fire. As for the topic, I think both Todds on OLTL had plenty of chemistry with their two leading ladies (Kassie DePaiva and Florencia Lozano) but in Trevor St. John's case he was scorching with FL.

As I said a few days ago, it is so nonsensical lol. I think the key is that I don't think Laura Wright takes Carly's bullshít super seriously. She doesn't ever phone it in or blow stuff off, to be clear, but while she is always committed there is a point where whenever Carly really lets loose on someone for insane reasons that LW can just do her thing and it feels lighter somehow than, say, Sarah going to town. That's not a criticism because I think LW knows exactly how to calibrate her work. She just knows that Carly has certain modes. Whereas yes, even when I found her fascinating and loved the character I also very often hated Sarah's Carly in equal measure at the same time. It could be visceral. With Laura's that happens less even when her Carly is utterly insufferable. LW is a master at riding that edge and making you laugh at it, IMO. Would I still take Sarah back? In a heartbeat, but I've always approved of the job Laura does.

Murray Bartlett (GL) is at it again. He is in the upcoming HBO adaptation of video game series The Last of Us, playing a character only mentioned in the games -

Why would much be? She had a fairly minor, strange role.

She is literally always crying! But I have never found her or Sasha interesting, among many others (and I still can't really distinguish either). Again: It's like Frank has gone out of his way to populate the show with mostly middle of the road forgettable white people and tame stories or repetitive baby/family-oriented content to focus entirely on the FB and aging red state audience and no one else.

She's a pretty girl but it is hard to quantify how little I give a fùck about Willow, her cancer or her mom. She is a nonentity and Michael is played out. When she asked why he still loved her, the correct answer was 'because you're the only woman in my life left alive.'

It's the truth! I know people love Lauren Koslow but she has had one speed and octave for at least 20 years.

Let's not say things we can't take back.