Khan

The same goes for many FOJs. IMO, JFP often had the worst taste in actors. Speaking of characters who ate their respective soaps, there always comes a point in reading "Love of Life" synopses where I feel like I'm reading "Love of Bambi (Brewster)" instead. Like, who was that chick? Where did she come from? How did she become so important so damn quickly? How long did viewers suffer through her trials and tribulations before demanding her head on a stick? Suddenly, I'm having flashbacks to Patrick and Marty on OLTL and that "Henny Penny" poem he'd recite every frigging chance he got, lol.

Moreover, why are they reciting from "Romeo & Juliet"? Given Ben's past, I think "Othello" would have been the more appropriate choice. I just...I can't...DA FUQ??

Agree! To this day, I wonder who signed off on her. Was she Wendy Riche's pick? Or Bob Guza's (even though he was already out the door for the first time when she premiered)? Or Richard Culliton's (and Karen Harris')? Just who in the hell wanted that girl anyway!? If they wanted to build on Dano's apparent popularity among AW fans, they could have just brought her onto AMC or back to OLTL and then left it at that. Making her the face of Angela Shapiro's "network synergy" concept was bound to fail. You know, it was both my greatest fear AND my greatest wish to have David Canary pop up on GH as Adam Chandler and say, "Never mind, I was just messing w/ you, Skye. You're really mine and Althea's daughter after all." To think: we've watched those two women (RC and LD) travel from soap to soap, retconning the [!@#$%^&*] out of history at every turn; only to learn, in the end, that it was all some big, damn mistake. I mean, it would have been cruel to the fans, yes, but it also would've been so damn funny. Frankly, I don't think ABC should have stopped there. They should have had Dano, as Rae, popping up on all kinds of shows on the network. Not just daytime, but primetime, morning shows - heck, even "ABC's World News Tonight"! Just imagine "Rae" asking Peter Jennings for his help in tracking down her son/daughter! What can I say? The internet is a lot like high school.

Wasn't its' proposed title something like "The House of Hope"?

Yes! Thank you! My thoughts EXACTLY, @Darn! It seemed as if Brian Frons would not rest until everyone in the free fuckin' world loved and adored those four actors and characters as much as he did!

Well, I think they tried that a little bit when KMc appeared for a moment on AMC as part of the Alex/Anna (clusterfuck of a) storyline. ABC was really into synergy for a season, weren't they, lol? The whole Linda Dano experiment was predicated on the notion that Dano was so beloved as AW's Felicia Gallant that 1) AW viewers would follow her to ABC and 2) they would also follow her from show to show. The problem, though, was that ABCD couldn't secure the rights to the Felicia character, which immediately blunted any impact the experiment might have had on their lineup. Plus, speaking as someone who is mostly a P&G fan, I think it's tough for many P&G fans to feel so strongly for their faves that they'll follow them even to a non-P&G show. I mean, there is some overlap between P&G fans and non-P&G fans in terms of which shows they follow - like, members of both groups count themselves among Y&R's core audience, for example - but I tend to find that P&G fans stick mostly with the P&G shows, and vice versa. As for Jax/Ingo: I feel like his one, big opportunity to be relevant outside of Sonny/Brenda was when they introduced Miranda. Unfortunately, Miranda was so badly miscast, it almost made me wanna cry. In turn, I think, the storyline, and Jax's chance of being a true lead, was pretty much over before it began. Next to Susan Lucci, I think, it would have made the most sense to have Genie appear on all three ABC soaps. You could even have tied in Ceara by revealing that the two (Ceara and Laura) were long-lost half-sisters. (Maybe Lesley actually gave birth to twins, didn't know about it or remember, and Ceara was sold to the Connors.) That way, Myrtle still would have been a part of everything, since she was Ceara's aunt. Then, if you wanted to tie in OLTL, you could have revealed that Ceara herself gave birth long ago to a child whom she sold or gave up for adoption, and Laura goes on a search and discovers that child is now grown and living in Llanview.

More and more, I feel like Hallmark/Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and GAC Family are setting the stage for a blood royal this Christmas, and I, for one, cannot wait for it, lol.

On the one hand, you could argue that Jax needs to be still in Port Charles, if only for Joss's sake. But, on the other hand, you could recast Jax (even de-age him slightly!) and I don't think it would make much of a difference in the long run. That's how superfluous Jax and Ingo have become to me on GH.

Listen, there is a part of me that will NEVER forgive Skye for almost killing Cindy and Scott Chandler (in a house she set on fire while a member of a hate group) on AMC OR for faking both a coma and paralysis to hold onto Tom Cudahy. AFAIC, the heffa could drink herself into the grave and I wouldn't so much as bat an eyelash, lol. Agree. They could have used Susan Lucci or Genie Francis (with or without Anthony Geary). Heck, they could've used even Erika Slezak, Robin Strasser (even though she'd been on AMC before in a different role) or Jane Elliot (same problem as Strasser and Francis, but the precedent was there w/ her appearing as Tracy on THE CITY). Same here. I swear there are even folks who preferred her over Alicia Coppola as Lorna on AW, which boggles my mind to no end.

It is. I agree. That's why I used parentheses. I probably shouldn't have used the term at all, though. Which is ironic, when you consider how, at least in the beginning, Y&R was very racy compared to other soaps. Which is why I call bullshit on a certain poster's revelation in another thread that CBS had asked him to create an all-Black soap in '73 or whenever. No way. Not in 1973, not at CBS, and definitely not with William J. Bell.

Like I said, I'm sure Bell/Alden had the best intentions - and I give them props, too, for not making the "crack mother," Nan, a WOC AND for having the courage to show viewers actual "crack babies" being cared for at the hospital. But, to me, it also seemed to reinforce some conservative attitudes toward poor women who have the misfortune of becoming pregnant while strung out on a drug that was literally robbing this country of an entire generation in the '80s and '90s. (And Christine's constantly spouting stats straight outta some pamphlet or textbook didn't help matters either.)

Claire Labine tried her best, though, to make it make sense with the rest of the show. But, yeah, between San Cristobel and the Santos family, all traces of the GL that I loved and remembered had disappeared.

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought Skye wasn't a good fit on GH or with the Quartermaines. I can't believe it took all three shows - AMC, OLTL and GH - to retcon her origins and I still can't make heads-or-tails out of any of it, lol.

Sadly, Eli wakes up thinking he's Dr. Greg Peters.

But, then again, so is Abby WITH her head.

Reading this reminded me of the time Y&R's Christine and Danny tried to help a "crack mother" see the error of her ways. I realize Bill Bell and Kay Alden had the best of intentions with that story; nevertheless, something about it has always left a bitter taste in my mouth. IKR? I kept expecting to see someone pop up on screen and say, "This is my wreck - and Nina Turner got me my check!".

At least, that was my impression at the time, from reading message boards and such. Like @Darn said, her introduction was unpopular, but I think Kristina (and JRN) grew on people (or some people, anyway, lol). I'm actually surprised to learn that wasn't the case, lol. Ah. That makes sense. Thanks, @carolineg. I especially loved it when Alexis told Sonny that while her family, the Cassadines, were staging deadly vendettas, his ancestors were still working for them in the fields with the other peasants. That. Stang.

He's going to help protect their baby from the devil...and the aliens.

The look on Hillary B(ailey) Smith's face is probably the best reaction one COULD give to this kind of news.

Really? But so many were so pissed when she was killed off!

I still can't get over those shitty tats on his arm and whatever the hell he's doing to his face (see first photo).

IIRC, too, Courtney came along at a time when it seemed like JFP and McTavish were just handing out free long-lost half-siblings to everyone. There was Courtney, and Kristina (who was actually quite popular, I think) and at least one other that I'm forgetting atm.

All I can say is, I hope Kevin and Patrika are happy with the way their story turned out, 'cuz we sure as hell aren't, lol.

I wish I could leave this country. Alas.