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Here's another one: GL's Amanda Spaulding. Not only did she return years younger, but she also came back to Springfield with a past as the "Malibu Madam," something which would have been totally out of character for Kathleen Cullen's version of the character.

I wouldn't say "destroyed" so much as "devalued." Even if John and Marlena had to be endgame, Roman still could've been a valuable character. But, it was as if JER (or someone) felt DAYS' canvas couldn't support both Roman AND John in heavy, front-burner roles.

Next thing you know, he'll dummy up some ballots and claim he found them stuffed under the sofa cushions.

I still remember the first time we saw Marlena again -- not on the pier with John, but alone in that bedroom, encased in silhouette as she awoke from her comatose state, with a storm raging outside. It was positively electric. Nope. Not by a longshot. Ghost Reva was fine, if a little stoopid, as it put some closure on her and Josh's relationship and allowed him to move onto Annie. However, when TPTB decided to make KZ's return "stick," they came up with Amish Reva, which undid the previous story, and was just awful to watch, with Amy Ecklund/Abigail's introduction being a lone bright spot.

That's FANTASTIC news, @Taoboi! Thanks for keeping us posted!

So much for Trump's vow to put an end to "American carnage."

Exactly.

Frankly, I don't think she has much of a shot. Not even with the Trump name and (no doubt) Daddy Dearest's assured seal of approval. But, stranger things have happened, lol.

I can't believe legislation was even NEEDED. I mean, common sense SHOULD tell people NOT to assault anyone who's simply looking out for everyone's well-being.

It seems like that whole, final, miserable period of GL was all about disgusting relationships: Jonathan and Tammy, Daisy and Grady, Josh and Cassie, Jeffrey and Reva, Gus and Harley, Mallet and Marina, ALAN-MICHAEL and Marina.... Even Matt and Dinah's hookup when Dinah was suffering from brain damage came across as being tawdry for all the wrong reasons. And the irony is that it was all under the watch of an EP who, I swear, once lived with a bunch of nuns in the Alps and went by the name "Maria."

But, Lord, just imagine HIS Paul with Melanie Smith's Emily. I blame Frank Valentini for that travesty. IIRC, Erika Slezak said, had she known about AE's return, she would have finagled (sp?) her schedule to include more Tina/Viki scenes.

Karen Lynn Gorney wanted so much to return full-time, but I felt like that wasn't going to happen as long as Phil Brent remained dead.

Agree! Yes. I never cared for Julia Santos, and even I thought her return was bad. Am I wrong, or didn't AW introduce Eric Scott Woods as an Evan recast with a close-up of just his bicep as he was working out? Of course, it didn't help that Phillip was back from the dead (despite dying on-screen) and suddenly gay.

Agree. I didn't know how sick he was at that time, but in the few scenes I caught of the PP revival, I could tell something about DC was "off," for lack of a better word. I remember Kelley Menighan Hensley saying Ed Fry (ex-Larry) had similar struggles with resuming his character during that awful, awful Hunter storyline. Goutman always thought he knew ATWT and its' characters better than anyone. Jackass.

"Hello, Barbara": two words that will live forever. Best of all, GL brought them back without retconning or whitewashing Holly's rape. Nowadays, that would not be guaranteed.

My hunch? We're going to find out that Gwen and Abigail were switched at birth.

I wish I had the answer to that question, too. We KNOW that when it comes to men like Donald Trump, the emperor truly has no clothes. Is it just that the GOP wants to remain in control forever?

Frankly, Margo went from homewrecker to scrappy heroine, because of Margaret Colin's popularity. Otherwise, I don't think the character would have recovered. IIRC, when Margo confronted Barbara about her and Tom's (alleged) ONS, she did mention that fact. However, James and Margo's affair had happened a long time ago (at least five years in real time, who knows how many more in "soap time"). If Barbara's motivation in upsetting her ex-fiancee's marriage was revenge for his wife's being the other woman in her marriage to James Stenbeck, then she took her sweet ass time making that happen, lol. Personally, I've always chalked up Barbara's transformation during that period as her growing tired of always getting the short end of the metaphorical stick whenever it came to the men in her life. There were her ill-fated relationships with that guy named Steven (who turned out to be married, I think?) and with Tom, which ended with the discovery of Paul's existence; and then there was James, a marriage that turned out to be made in Mary-Ellis Bunim hell; and then there was Gunnar, whom Barbara fought tooth and nail (and bull!) to be with, only to watch him leave Oakdale, terminally ill and in a hot-air balloon; and then there was Brian, who ended up falling for quirky Shannon before moving onto boring Beatrice. Barbara had just had enough.

And, between the resemblance between Annabelle and her mother, and Quint and Nola's involvement, it had those nice, Gothic touches that someone like Agnes Nixon would have appreciated. I'm just sorry the writers didn't follow the same template for the mystery with Miss Piper and the Cottage of Doom.

Believe me, I understand the motivation(s) behind vandalizing Mitch McConnell's home. However, I fail to see what such an act would have accomplished, aside from letting out frustration. It wasn't as if he/she/they could have intimidated him into reversing his stance on the 2K stimulus checks. So, again, what did they hope to accomplish there?

I felt the same way about James Mitchell's last appearance on the show. You could tell he was nearing the end. Meanwhile, I still want to know how and why DAYS botched Arleen Sorkin's (Calliope) 2010 return. It was as if the show had drained all the humor and life from my beloved, wacky girl.

That IS rich, lol.

Granted, the storyline was built on an absurd premise (that Bill Bauer, Henry Chamberlain, H.B. Lewis, Tom Reardon and Brandon Spaulding were all friendly with each other and liked to go on fishing trips together) that contradicted established history. (For one thing, the Lewises and Spauldings weren't even IN Springfield until the 1970's and early '80's). But, on its' face, I think it was a well-told mystery that affected all the major families in town. And it was a damn sight better than the Maryanne Caruthers mystery, too.

Please, @Soapsuds, this show is disgusting enough, lol.