Jdee43

Kai and Trina have been incredibly dumbed down the last few shows. To have them misspeak in front of Willow several times, and then just casually talk about her in her office and have her overhear is so lame. For a show full of twists, I'd prefer to see them go with that it is the real Nathan forced to go deep undercover to bring down all the bad guys. I think this would be a better choice for the actor's skill set and place on canvas. The writers need to write to the actor's strengths more. When they have them go out of their wheelhouse, it ain't happening. Case in point is Sidwell. His histrionics were hilariously bad. His reaction should have been something the actor could play.

Kind of disappointing if they're just going to make Nathan another flunkie of Sidwell 's. Wasn't he supposed to be the big bad, the one actually running everything? I would have preferred to just let the character be Nathan.

Gloria Monty's GH was not a classy show. She'd go for whatever she thought a broad audience would laugh at and enjoy, no matter how silly or low brow.

It's probably all about money. Frank has got to economize somewhere. One way he does it is by getting cheap day players to pair with Michael and Kristina. If ever a contract player leaves, maybe then they'll invest in a strong partner for Michael. The money saved with Sasha was probably used to bring Nathan back. One blah character for another.

Were Bryan and Claudia ever written as regular people? It seems like the writers were never color blind when it came to writing them, rather indulging in some ridiculous stereotypes with them.

These shows love to recycle these actors. Funny how budget-less DAYS found money to bring her on, but GH had no money to keep her.

Those scenes with Joss and Britt were painful, mostly due to Joss. She just doesn't fit the cold, murderous spy business. Why don't Joss or Britt just tell Sidwell that Cullum killed his son? Wouldn't Sidwell then kill Cullum?

Lots of dropped stories from GH 1990, when Gloria Monty came back as EP. The show had spent 2 years selling Scorpio as Lucas's real bio father, something he didn't know about, and Gloria was having none of that, switching it in 2 days.

From early Santa Barbara, about 8-10 weeks in, there was the dropped story of Russian submarines patrolling the coast. One of them saved Joe from drowning, complete with a sexy Russian female spy, and the subs seemed to be the reason Cruz the super spy really had come to town. Joe and Cruz were going to be true action-adventure guys. The whole thing was dropped once Joe got recast, and they had an earthquake instead. Also, they were always planning on doing a blonde girl and a Latin male as a couple, but they were originally going to do it with the teens Jade and Danny. With those actors having little chemistry and acting ability, and the overall show struggling, they decided to really go for it, ditching the teens and switching that story to adults, Cruz and Eden. Eden was originally going to mix it up with the more Anglo characters of Warren and Lionel.

I could see them try to keep Brennen and pair him with Nina, to eat up airtime and budget. This show never gets rid of dead weight until a decade or so pass its expiration date. With Ava, I don't know what they could do with her that wouldn't be repeating stories she's had before. It is a testament to Maura West's talent that she took a nothing character like Ava and turned her into a 13 year run. I'd expect to keep seeing Nina and Ava as long as the actresses don't turn too expensive.

Full episodes from October 1982 have popped up, with Sammy Davis Jr as Bryan's dad. Gerald Gordon as Mark Dante is his doctor. This is the most I've seen of Gordon as a doctor on GH. He has scenes with Steve, Robert. I miss the screaming he used to do as Nick Bellini on The Doctors. His scenes with Steve Hardy aren't as loud as his ones with The Doctor's Matt Powers. Gordon would have been better on The Doctors during its last months, but I think they killed off his character in 1981 for no reason, maybe out of spite? Or mostly to give the returning Althea a reason to mope around more.

It's surprising that now that she's an interesting character Willow isn't featured more. She hasn't been on in a few weeks?

Didn't the rights holders to the old soap The Doctors try to do this, and it went belly up? Maybe being international, and a more recent soap, will save B&B from the same fate.

I don't know if I'd say MEK is looking healthy, and now they have his character saying he'll be gone indefinitely.. I guess all the young people in the Sonny/Jason orbit have to kill someone eventually; it's a right of a passage.

Did they ever make clear if Aunt Ruby forced Bobbie into the life of a prostitute, or if Aunt Ruby just reluctantly went along with it, seeing it as the only way to make ends meet in their life of poverty?

Was Aunt Ruby ever called out on screen, in a scene with Norma Connolly in the role, as a madam, and that she pimped out Bobbie? Or was that added after the actress passed as retcon history? Norma Connolly's Ruby always seems nice in scenes I've seen of her.

Hilarious to see Jason go all Lee Harvey Oswald, outdoors, with no gloves or mask, in this day and age, and then wuss out at the last moment. Kind of like a metaphor for the whole show. They really should have hired a stronger actor for Cullum, my goodness. He's more cardboard than creepy.

An episode from 1967 of the cop show NYPD guest starring Jane Elliot ran this weekend on METV+. She looked and sounded pretty much the same, from almost 60 years ago!

Why is Cody being wasted on Molly? He should be paired with Tracy, and Molly should be off the show. Doesn't Frank see by dumping Molly he could save a little money?

I've tried to get back into it. I'm in mid-March 1985. The show did come alive with Peter and the serial killer storyline, but now that it's over and the focus is on the return of Sophia, it's all so boring. Sophia should have been a little meaner to Mason and Eden, to give them a real reason to want her gone. She also should have had wild chemistry with Lionel, but she doesn't. She doesn't feel like much of a threat to Lionel and Augusta, which makes the endless scenes of Augusta's jealousy a little hard to buy; quite a way to take down what was supposed to be a strong, lead character in Augusta. Lionel and Augusta should have been the real patriarch and matriarch of the show, from its start to its end. Cruz and Eden were too young and CC and Sophia were recast too many times. Lionel and Augusta were fun. Too bad the show missed the boat on this.

I'm starting to suspect Maxie deciding for Spinelli in one day was done for budget, to wrap up Spinelli's story so he won't have to appear. Has he appeared since Maxie made the decision? With Maxie choosing Spinelli, all this drama over Lulu and Nathan feels so fake and manufactured, like the drama between Dante and Gio, and how the drama between Willow and Alexis is starting to feel.

Dante and Liz have very little chemistry. If they go there, it's going to be pure time filling, budget saving, fast forward material. If they want to give Dante something to do, they should have him mix it up with some of the older ladies on the canvas. They can have him go weird and mix it up with Alexis, or see how he goes with Nina. Not many options though. Since they can't cast good romantic partners for most of the cast, I doubt they will do anything for him. He's just stuck with Lulu, once Nathan is revealed as a fake, which I guess Nathan is now since he couldn't swing a baseball bat today... can they hit the audience more over the head with it..

Tracy mentioned Scott to Martin during the blizzard, but only to remind him how Lucy had an affair with Scott. There's been no reference to where he is or to what he's doing now. There was some surprise among the characters for a week or so after he disappeared in the summer of 2024, and Ric did tell Heather that Scott called him to take over her case, but that's about it. Maybe he's been hanging out at Eckert's bakery with Taggart and TJ, being treated to some free donuts from Sly.

The undercover story with Jacob is so silly. They obviously don't have the budget for something like this. Most of it is taking place literally in front of a brick wall!

With the scenes today, it looks like they are building up to a Michael/Jacinda/Kristina triangle. I guess it's the ultimate in budget saving, having a cheap dayplayer be involved with two contract players. Was that an old picture of Lucy and Anna in the background in the scenes in Anna's office? You can see it clearly in Dante's last scene as he sits down. Since Anna and Lucy were never close, is that more of the actors being close? It's strange seeing that as a long term viewer!