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I think Orman and Lauria are dead, too.

Oh, c'mon, it's not like he's dated all of Sweet Daddy Williams' girls, lol! He's dated, what, two (Jacinda and Crane Girl)? That wouldn't even get him a spot on "The Morton Downey, Jr. Show."

Thanks for the clarification, @Tisy-Lish ! I've always assumed it was the Matthewses, and not the Baxters, whom the Gregorys were supposed to replace. Like @vetsoapfan says, if P&G wanted the family gone, then Agnes Nixon wouldn't have continued writing for them.

You could say that about a lot of women, lol. But seriously. I'd never advocate dumping Deidre, especially in the wake of Drake's passing. She's as important to the show as SSH and her ride-or-die, Suzanne Rogers (kidding!). But I do believe that DAYS should give Marlena a new love interest at some point, after an appropriate mourning period, even if that relationship will always dwell in the shadow of Jarlena.

I've wondered that myself. Wasn't AW originally scheduled opposite SFT? If so, and if SFT was still doing well in the ratings, then Irna might've been worried that her show wouldn't gain any traction against its' competition.

Interesting! You could tie Michael to a series of "call girl killings" that plague the upstate NY area - which would be twisted, considering his own maternal grandmother had been a sex worker herself. But I'd also create a new character who is also a prostitute (or exotic dancer, or both) and a potential, new love interest for Michael. She has been targeted by the killer - whoever he turns out to be - so, of course, on the one hand, she's terrified of Michael. But, on the other hand, she's also drawn to him (and ends up coming to his rescue in the climactic showdown with the real serial killer). In time, she turns her life around and becomes PCPD's latest recruit, as she and Drew edge closer to an actual relationship (one that will be fraught with tension, of course, given his ties to Sonny and Jason).

He must be one-eyed and has a (toy) plane he calls the "Winnie Mae." (My fellow Okies will get it). Oh, and I should add: Drew uses his political muscle to pressure the PCPD into investigating Jason and Sonny, believing the two have murdered Willow, even though there's no evidence of any wrongdoing. At some point, even Carly worries the two might be going down. That's when Willow makes a dramatic reappearance and stuns everyone at the court hearing...but the folks at home get the shock of a lifetime when they learn she isn't the real Willow Tait Quartermaine, but a lookalike the two have hired to impersonate the still-missing Willow.

So, you want to turn Willow into the next Heather? If that's the case, then, yeah, Jacinda should be murdered; and Chase, as the investigating officer, is torn between protecting Willow, who was at the scene when it happened (and has injuries to prove it) but who claims she can't remember the actual crime or "whodunnit"; and nailing her, because, he, along with many others, rightly suspects Willow might have been there to do the deed herself (and frame Michael) but somebody beat her to it.

Believe it or not, I'm fascinated by James Lipton's decision to expand the Gregorys when he wrote AW. The family consisted of three characters, right? And was his objective to supplant the Matthewses as AW's core family?

I agree! She's had "work" done, but not at the level of, say, Joan Van Ark?

That could work, too! Except, in MY projections, Willow hires a private investigator to trail Carly, because she believes Carly knows where Michael and the kids are, even though Carly actually doesn't. This leads to Willow finding out that Carly lied to Brennan about breaking things off with Valentin...which leads to Willow spilling the beans to Brennan...which leads to Brennan and Carly's dramatic breakup and Brennan's exit (after setting up Joss for what he knows is a "suicide mission" for the WSB)...which leads to Jason and/or Sonny arranging for Willow to be "removed" from PC "for her own good" (it's open-ended as to what actually happens to Willow, but...think Claudia)...which leads to Michael's return (maybe without the kids?) and Drew declaring war against Sonny and his own "twin" brother (even though Drew had moved on already from Willow to either Jacinda or Kristina).

Of course, in MY story projections, Drew is the one who exposes her, because he's actually fallen for her again (or, more realistically, he just hates giving up all that great sex). By this time, however, Chase has ruined his career, marriage and reputation over her (because, he believed Willow's cancer had returned, while Brook Lynn was convinced from day damn one that that heffa was faking it) and ends up getting killed in a car accident after having a terrible argument with his wife; and when Michael, who had ended his relationship with Jacinda so that he and Willow could reconcile and their kids could have their mother back in their lives and vice-versa, learns of his wife's deception, he takes the kids and leaves PC, not even telling Carly of their whereabouts, so that Willow will be unable to find them.

He's off to find just the right woman to shove her foot up Britt's ass.

That should be Willow's "redemption" storyline, by the way. When her sins have found her out, and everyone and their baby/dog has turned on her, "poor Willow" fakes a cancer recurrence in order to win back their love and trust.

I think Jackee is just taking her old friend, Dorothy Lyman's, advice that she gave her before joining AW and making herself stand out from the rest of the DAYS cast. Are her methods working? No. But I get it.

I never thought I'd see the day when "Sister, Sister" would be talked about in positive terms, lol.

True, but that's what Frank has reduced me to: receiving blessings wherever I can find them.

At the risk of sounding insensitive, this sure beats the hell out of talking about eye mites or brain-eating bacteria (or cat poop-induced psychosis).

Same here, lol.

I mean, I think I spent more money on my last Arby's order than they spent on that video, but I agree with what you said, lol.

I think it was Bill Bell who said Irna was unusually impatient with AW, amping up the melodrama and making all kinds of snap decisions, because she wanted it to be a hit right out of the box.

Thanks for posting, @soapfan770 ! Like you said, having any of those characters be the culprit would've been wild. Then again, I've always felt that storyline was one where the writers killed off Carlo without any real idea who the killer might be. Carlo himself could've walked into that parlor and revealed he had faked his own death and it would've been just as plausible (or implausible) as anything else, lol.

ICAM!

Maybe it's because I've been binge-watching "Law & Order" lately, but I don't believe I've ever seen a more boring or inconsequential hooker sex worker than Jacinda. (BTW, is "Jacinda" really her name, or is that just her "hooker name"?)