Khan

It all goes back to the same problem: LOVING, and the people who created and developed it, never knew what they wanted the show to be. Was it a college-based soap, with an emphasis on youth; or was it about class and other conflicts that arose among different families that lived within the same community? And even though it started out with a back-to-basics approach that eschewed the kind of action/adventure plots that were popular in that day*, what was really so unique about LOVING that would have helped it to stand out even among the other shows on the ABCD lineup? (*And which might have saved the show, if they had moved in that direction: action/adventure, mixed with high romance.) Actually, @DRW50, it was Jeffrey Osborne who wrote and performed that "L-O-V-I-N-G" theme, not Mathis. (But I do agree with the lyrics being terrible. Between the generic, perfume-sounding title and the show's utter lack of identity, everyone who tried to compose a theme song for the show had zilch to work with, lol.)

For me, the problem with that story is the same problem I have with many stories right now on GH: it's involving characters I don't care about, played by actors who aren't very good (although, I will ALWAYS love Vernee Johnson).

LOVING really was a throw-anything-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks kind of show, wasn't it? It doesn't even make sense! Jack and Stacey as Corinth's answer to Jonathan and Jennifer Hart? In what universe?

As long as nobody on this new show's making their money off ice cream parlors....! Fixed?

Yeah, even "Electra Woman" had a bigger budget than DAYS.

I don't care if the entire show is taped inside Michele Val Jean's she-shed. I just want the writing to be GOOD.

Nah, he's not nearly as slutty. (But, then again, who is? And I say that with love, Bradley!)

There's no point even in wishing Jason would get his memories back. Like @Vee said, all Steve Burton wants to do is show up on set, wear the same outfit in every scene, shoot guns at people and go home. He doesn't even want to do love scenes or even take his shirt off, because he's afraid Jesus will send him screaming into the pits of Hell. (Plus, it would mean having to say "no" to another piece of pie, and we KNOW how much Steve loves his pie, current health-and-wellness kick be damned). The guy is lazy af, and his laziness ties every HW's hands, but what are ya gonna do? It is what it is. That's why it's hard for me to jump back into GH, even with Patrick Mulcahey back and HW'ing, because I know already what to expect: Steve won't let Jason get his memories back; Maurice won't let Sonny leave the mob; and Frank and/or ABCD won't let them be held accountable for their actions or even let anyone get the better of Jason OR Sonny (or their associates), because Jason and Sonny have to be the heroes at all times, even though they're sociopaths who don't deserve our empathy or all that airtime. I mean, it might be 2024, and the rest of the world might be living in a polarized, post-#MeToo/BLM society where just about everyone is being made to account for their bullshit; but in Port Charles, it's still 1999, and mobsters and hitmen are still the hottest things going.

I'm not sure Bradley Bell would know HOW to fix B&B at this point.

Ah, okay. Thanks, @Vee. The thing is, mobsters don't kill (or have someone killed) for personal reasons. You can't just go to your local mafia boss and say, "My husband/wife's being a s**thead, I'll pay you X amount to have him taken care of;" or, "A bunch of thugs attacked me last night, I need your men to handle it for me." When mobsters kill, it's almost always business. So, IOW, unless Cyrus had declared a turf war with Sonny, Sonny was behaving less like a mafioso and more like a run-of-the-mill protagonist on an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Either way, Sonny was an idiot to use his mob muscle for something that had little to do with his organization.

I agree!

As John Amos puts it, "You wouldn't catch ME running around with a chicken on my head, screaming 'DYN-O-MITE!!'."

That's my understanding. Of course, I wasn't alive back then, so I can't say for certain. But, from what I've read, David Hamilton supposedly lost his wife and child (son?) in a hurricane. Yet, given how David himself turned out to be, I think there's a way you could say that David's wife was terrified of him and used that hurricane as an opportunity to get herself and their son away from him and assume new identities in another town. Forgive me for asking, but why would Sonny order Dex to kill Cyrus? Was it mob-related?

If Aiden hooks up with anyone, it's gotta be with David Hamilton's grandson.

Carly: "I thought you knew?" Joss: "Yeah, but I thought you guys were kidding before?" Carly: "Oh, yeah. That's exactly the kind of family we are. The kind that jokes about working in organized crime on a regular basis. Seriously, daughter, where did I go wrong with you?"

Frankly, I would rather watch a brand-new soap (such as TG) than watch a reboot or revival of a defunct one. Mostly because, anyone who dared to take on such a venture would face an uphill battle trying to please both fans of any previous incarnations and potential, new viewers who have never seen the show(s) before now. It would be, but on the other hand, I got enough of that kind of "synergy" from the Angela Shapiro years at ABCD. At this point, aside from Y&R and B&B, I'd rather see each current and prospective soap be a universe unto itself.

If Ron Carlivati were writing, she'd be hiding out on an avocado farm.

Worse than that, she's the newest co-host on "The Talk."

Exactly. And if I've said it once lately, I've said it a hundred times: Steve Burton can miss me with his "I won't take off my shirt or do love scenes because Jesus!" b.s., when the Bible clearly states that a person is NOT supposed to tattoo any part of their body. You don't get to pick and choose which parts of the Scriptures you live by; either you live by them all, or you're a hypocrite; and God, according to the tenets of the Christian faith, does not like a hypocrite.

Which is stupid, because even Jesus knows when you're just playing a role on television. (I try not to judge entertainers who profess to be Christians, because I, too, am a Christian, and there are lines that I will not cross, but they really try my patience sometimes, lol.) Like I think I said in another post, if taking off his shirt and performing non-pornographic love scenes on a daytime soap opera is a problem for Steve Burton, then why the hell does he keep working in this genre? Just go do faith-based movies for GAC/PureFlix! It's easy for Maurice Benard to say that. Last time I checked, no one was clamoring for him to take HIS shirt off. Look, I could understand needing to be taken seriously as a performer. That's why you (or your reps) set limits: "yes, I will take off my shirt for love scenes on my show - but no, I will not, under any circumstances, show up for a personal appearance wearing nothing but a thong!"

I agree.

LMAO! That seriously needs to be a series! Or, as Jeffrey Osborne once said...

It's a holdover from SANTA BARBARA, when JFP and crew would do these "day-out-of-time" episodes as Emmy bait.