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Let's just say that there are parts of the Empire Valley storyline that I loved...and then there are parts of the story that I didn't love, lol. I think my biggest problem with the Empire Valley storyline is that it all felt too disconnected from the cul-de-sac and its' residents -- even more so than everything else going on at that time. The Wolfbridge Group was such a complex entity that even David Jacobs himself struggled in interviews to explain it. Yet, it turned into a fabulous umbrella story, drawing in most of the cast, with emotional stakes aplenty. As a viewer, you're never 100 percent sure of what Wolfbridge is or what they do, but you know that whatever it is, it's scaring the [!@#$%^&*] out of everybody, and that's enough. When I watched the Empire Valley storyline for the first time, I kept hoping that would happen again, that it would become another Wolfbridge, or Ciji Dunne, but it never quite did. Did the producers know going in how the story would end? I think they had an idea, yes, but I also know that story bibles aren't written in stone and that storylines often take on lives of their own. So, it's possible that Empire Valley, as a storyline, just got away from them, and that they didn't know how to pull it back on track. However, I will give the team props for not just sweeping it all under the rug and pretending like Empire Valley never happened, the way DYNASTY tended to forget about their stories once they were over. IIRC, Gary's decision to blow up the complex carried ramifications, including people getting sick from water contaminated by the explosion, and even a murder or two that Mack investigated in the aftermath. In retrospect, maybe it would have been better if they had forgotten all about EV and simply moved on, but you can't fault this show for attempting to make a silk purse out of what had become a sow's ear.

It's Eddie Cibrian. Watch.

Quality never has anything to do with B&B. In fact, whenever B&B sees quality approaching, it runs for its' life, like the lone survivor in a "Friday the 13th" movie.

When AI does a better job of diversity and inclusivity than actual, human writers.

That...might have worked. IIRC, there was a moment when the family was gathered around Bobby at the hospital. Bobby was struggling to talk to them; then, suddenly, he flatlined. They could have said that, in fact, Bobby came back, but remained in a coma for some time; and that everything we saw after he flatlined was all part of his coma-induced dreams.

Meanwhile... Gregory Harrison is no Stuart Damon, but he's perfectly serviceable as a new, older male lead on this show. Yet, for whatever reason, they're gonna saddle his character with ALS, while Weeping Willow is just one bright light and a touch of Jesus' garment hem away from being cured. What gives, GH!? You know, @carolineg, you make a good point. It's possible that the show realized the mistake they were about to make, but used James Franco's arrival as a sort of cover. Not to take anything away from MEK, but maybe JPS should be playing Martin instead? Just a thought!

Matt Borlenghi has always come across to me as a "mook." If the Cassadines were not the Cassadines but the Cassellis, and they were from Jersey rather than from...wherever they're from, then I think he could have been convincing. Otherwise, no, I don't believe he could've done any better.

First, they cast him; then, they give him a character I still don't know beans about; then, they bring him back, just to pair him with the girl who bumped off Laura Horton!? Ron's got balls.

Sigh. I'd have to agree. I feel like the writers (and Frank) are having fun with this concept of a user-friendly Cassadine, but they're doing it at the audience's expense. Hey! Maybe, when he goes, they could spring for a montage set to Billy Joel's "I've Loved These Days"?

If that's true, then how sad for us all. I'm a fan of James Patrick Stuart's. I love seeing him on soaps again. But I'd be kidding myself if I thought GH was serving him well with his ridiculous character. Valentin has got to get his groove back. Maybe he could walk in on a compromising position between Robert and Anna and swear revenge. Anything! Just stop this Cassadine version of AC Top 40 radio before more innocent lives are destroyed.

The fact that you've spelled "Valentin" with an "e" on the end sums him up precisely, @titan1978. Valentin isn't threatening; he's like a big, squishy valentine; the kind you receive along with a heart-shaped jar of candy kisses with a Snoopy plush toy attached.

It's the era of Carlivati, Vee. Give into the madness.

What if Victor IS Luke and Helena has brainwashed him?

I don't believe Luke is dead either. Didn't Shane, I mean, Mr. Sheffield, I mean, Victor push him from a cable car or something? If Luke could survive an avalanche and a swordfight, he could survive being pushed from a cable car. Meanwhile, if Victor stays, then I want Frank to bring on Fran Drescher as Fran Fleckman, Diane's cousin from Flushing, Queens, and be his new love interest. I want this, because it's been a year, and I've given into the madness and accepted that Carlivati-esque camp is what these shows want now.

CM, as in Chandler Massey? Chandler deserves way better than eternally constipated Peter Porte. And I'm not a fan of Chandler's.

Robert L. McCullough has talked about how Abby Dalton would know next to nothing about what was happening on the show, because she'd read only her scenes and no one else's. I don't think any solution to the murders was entirely satisfactory.

To be fair, @Soapsuds, you don't need to know how to act to act in a Hallmark movie or TV series. You just need to know how throw snowballs and bake gingerbread convincingly.

Now, I'm hearing echoes of announcer Alan Berns' voice at the end of every GL episode ringing in my ears: "Tell us what you think!"

And that's okay! If Frank wants to rebuild all of GH around JPS, be my guest! Just give him a character to play, not an American Greetings card or a Michael Feinstein Spotify playlist!

I'm watching again for one reason and one reason only: Jane Elliot. I'd watch JE in anything, because she can make anything work. Even Tracy Quartermaine as GH's answer to the old puppet "Madame." (Fortunately, her Wayland Flowers is still back in Amsterdam.)

Or just someone who can't be bullied by Frank. (Pete Lemay, wherefore art thou?)

Peter Porte is a handsome man who is dead behind the eyes. He isn't a "get" for DAYS; he's the quintessential DAYS actor.

As headwriters, Chris Van Etten and Dan O'Connor have trouble knowing when to cut their losses. They finally offed Peter August, but only after everybody else in the known universe begged for him to be gone. The same thing's happening now with Valentin and Willow. Their take on these characters and others is clearly not connecting with audiences, yet they show no signs of course-correcting or just getting rid of them altogether.

Another idea or approach would be to say that Willow has cancer but goes into remission rather quickly, only no one, especially Michael, knows she's in remission because she's still pretending to be sick in order to continue receiving all the attention from everyone.

Are you talking about her cancer? Yes, that would be good, lol. But what would be even better, I think, would be that she THINKS that she's pulling a fast one but learns later on that, no, she really is dying -- but this time, because she's been outed, absolutely no one believes her!