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Pretty much what's happening now with him and Tracy, or with him and Alexis, only without the cloud of ALS and its' inevitable conclusion hanging over everything.

That's what I mean. In the beginning, I thought Gregory Harrison was a great addition to the cast and that Gregory Chase was a character with potential, but once he was diagnosed with incurable ALS, that was pretty much the ballgame.

It's gonna be sad to see Gonzo gone, especially when I think of all that might have been.

I say, why not Drew? He's bound to get his fill of living in brother Jason's shadow at some point! I can't believe so many of us are seriously hoping the wedding will end like this: (Oh, and look! There's OG Rick Webber, as one of the gunmen! So maybe it will end like this, lol!)

That's an interesting idea, @Soaplovers, but I think the show's overall tone would have changed even more than it actually did when she acquired the NYC apartment. Sort of like when "Diagnosis: Murder" shifted locales (from Denver to L.A.) between seasons with no on-screen explanation. When they moved to L.A., the show itself became campier and harder to believe.

Fixed?

Believe me, @Vee, I get where you're coming from. But he's a teenager. (He is a teenager, right?) Teenagers make questionable choices with their hair, clothes and makeup all the time. (I just hope Tobias finds it adorkable.)

Too bad the "age of MTV" has passed. Otherwise, I could see Tracy buying Home & Heart(h) as a sort of wedding present for BLQ, and then BLQ and Lois revamping it into a music channel. Jesus Christ, lol.

Here, here! And get well soon!

I still cannot believe recreational axe-throwing is a thing, lol.

Yep, get ready for Chase and Brook Lynn's Red Wedding, lol.

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

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."

To tell you the truth, @Paul Raven, it's so subtle that it's almost hard to tell when she had her, um, face refreshed, lol? Whoever she paid to do the job was a true artist. It's very telling how Lansbury, who usually had a pretty good memory, blanked on his name in that Archive of American Television interview, lol.

LOL!! (A man named "Khan" who isn't into ST. Isn't it ironic, don'cha think, lol?)

Well, I can't say that I blame her, lol! Again, I wouldn't suggest that S8 (or any other season) is unwatchable, but it's probably the most un-MSW-like of all 12 seasons. Even the Cabot Cove-based stories are grittier and "sexier" than they should be; and the guest stars' performances that year are also among the series' all-time campiest, too. It really is like watching Dean Hargrove and his team of trusted writer/producers try and produce a more cerebral mystery show after years of action-driven fluff and meeting the mark only halfway. On the other hand, seasons 9 through 12 restore some of the classiness that was missing from S8, but the mysteries also become rather bland - to the point where, by the final season, MSW itself is becoming less like a mystery show and more like a travelogue (that never leaves the Universal Studios backlot, lol).

Thanks for posting that, @DaytimeFan! I could be wrong, of course, but I suspect Lansbury butted heads more with Moessinger than she did with Peter S. Fischer. Say what you will about the first seven seasons of MSW - especially in the last two seasons when, to quote Fischer, Cabot Cove was getting too cute for its' own good - but they did retain a "literary quality" that Moessinger's lone year as showrunner lacked (J. Michael Straczynski's scripts notwithstanding). Which isn't to say that S8 was a terrible year! Moessinger and his team certainly broadened Jessica's world and put the show back in the Top 10. But whenever I watch reruns from that particular season, I often feel like I'm watching a Dean Hargrove-produced series (like "Matlock" or "Diagnosis: Murder") rather than classic MSW.

I feel the same as you, @DeliaIrisFan. I'm a big Douglas Marland fan, as most everyone here knows, so I should be used to a storytelling style on a soap that involves a large number of characters. Yet, there are so many characters and storylines right now on GH that I'm struggling to keep up with. As much as I think EK/PM are doing fantastic jobs as Co-HW's, I still believe the time is now to start pruning this cast - and yes, that includes the recurring and off-contract players - and start zeroing in on those who are grabbing the most attention.

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!

This is truly devastating news. May she RIP.

Who says Alexis can't have both jobs (unless, that is, her/the writers' intention is to become D.A.)?

Whoever said MW's 'do reminds them of Linda Evans was bang-on, lol.

As if the original, live-action GT wasn't cartoonish enough, lol.

Well, in that case, why does it have to be Stavros? Why couldn't it have been Mikkos? That's even darker (if that's even possible)! At the time, I don't think I criticized it too strongly, because, I thought, maybe it'll lead somewhere. But, here we are, years after the fact, Julian's back to being a misty, water-colored memory, and little, if anything, is being made out of Sam's connection to another mob family.