Darn

Watching old GH clips of the Ward family, particularly Mary Mae Ward played by the incandescent Rosalind Cash (I didn't realize she was only on the show for a year but they went all out in honoring her), got me thinking about characters that weren't on their shows very long but left a huge impact. Either due to the character's actions in a storyline or the actor's presence. I'd like to limit this to characters on their respective shows for 4-5 years or less. Leo DuPres on AMC is another big one, he cast a long shadow in part because he was played by the semi-famous Josh Duhamel but mostly because Leo left a lot of people who loved him in Pine Valley. Or Renee Sofer's Lois (Lesli Kay was fine but they didn't do much with her version of Lois) who STILL defines Ned's character to this day. Can anyone think of other examples?

I thought they were married too. It's a shame they haven't been during all of this drama. I like when characters are dealing with issues as a married couple. I also like longer marriages on soaps. Is Britt actually leaving the show? I figured last week would be Kelly's last day or today that the hook would get her.

Before Mariah was made a lesbian I envisioned a story where Cameron Kirsten seduced and manipulated her as revenge against Sharon. The fact that he's still alive and they haven't used him to generate story for Sharon is just absurd.

Joseph C. Phillips (Justus, GH) and Vanita Harbour (Dara, GH) reunited in December.

God that man is so inarticulate. I can't handle it.

Insanity. And Spencer and Trina aren't even allowed to kiss in a fake relationship on NEW YEAR'S EVE. When did miscegenation become illegal again?

The funniest thing about it is that everyone in Genoa City is independently wealthy or closely related to someone who is. They're all millionaires set for life so having a livelihood means jackshit.

That list is sad and hilarious @Paul Raven. I keep saying the only plot on this show is employment status. There are no secrets or romances or intrigues. It's just all about who works where week to week.

Is Cynthia Watros ill? The difference in her face from just 3 years ago is stark. She can barely open her eyes. I hope she's okay.

Because Carly has to have her hands in story even when she has nothing to do and at the moment she has absolutely nothing to do (the romance with Drew is a non-starter). So she's a busybody who carries secrets for months, she runs into rooms and yells at people about things she's minimally involved in. She's a lead, like Sonny, they have no idea what to do with because they've done every fücking thing under the sun.

It’s crazy that GH can dedicate an entire episode to someone who hadn’t been a regular character in 30 years (Sean Donnelly) but Y&R just casually kills off longstanding characters with a single sentence. It’s weird! I don’t even like Paul but it would be pretty upsetting if they killed him offscreen.

Like himself +30 years, he looks good. And I see the resemblance too, it's the eyes. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTzX2xsK9Ni/

Adorable. Speaking of Sprina, I was on GH's instagram and a post with their picture had 9k likes compared to others posted with numbers between 2-5k likes. I'm just saying.

Everyone on GH worships Maurice. His State of Mind show is embarrassing in how they genuflect to him. He's such a lazy actor but that cast adores him.

You’re silly.

Does no one in your life have a nickname? She's called Christine by colleagues and people she met as an adult. She's called Cricket by childhood friends and loved ones (and even that's been rare over the last 20 years).

More effort was put into cutting those clips together than an episode of Y&R. Michael Damian looks damn good, especially for 60.

Oh man that's so sad, she was so young.

Because this show is written to the character's intended characterizations, not what the viewers have watched. Taylor is "good" therefore her children love her unquestionably. Brooke is bad so they hate her, also without question.

GH is the best looking soap (only B&B's camera work is slightly better). Big numerous sets, different angles, multiple extras, characters dressed appropriately for the season. I've exhausted everything I've wanted to say about Y&R but glad to see this old creep gone.

I still can't believe he and Michael Easton have been on the show for a decade. As THREE characters (with Silas and Finn seemingly the exact same person? I don't get any of this). What have they got on Frank? I've been watching a lot of GH clips from the last decade, I missed a lot because I didn't care and damn Liz has had like 10 different love interests. They just put her with any available man. And I see how they were winging it with the characters of Finn, Franco and Nina. Especially Nina. The person Cynthia Watros is playing is NOT the same person Michelle Stafford was playing.

Two things I like about this clip 1) he has her saved in his phone as Cricket and 2) And in a nice subtle intentional (to me anyway) move by LLB, Christine instinctively covers her wedding ring when she sees him.

This show is set in a hospital??? Lol thanks, that seems a lot swirling around all at once. And fits in with modern soaps idea that "everyone must be blood related". However with all my complaints about GH it's the only soap left that feels like a soap opera. Days is a meth addicts fever dream and B&B and Y&R are just terminally boring.

I don't watch full episodes of this show but does it have two simultaneous stories of people terminal illnesses? I'm talking about Britt and Willow. And how many maternity/paternity secrets do we have going on right now?

They killed off Rory to drag out Spencer and Trina not touching each other for another 6 months. It's been a year and a half!