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It's also a political statement. At a time when we are debating ONCE AGAIN what constitutes a family, it's vital to remind people that a family is simply a group of people who will love and support you even when you are at your worst.

Actually, @Vee, I think RDA was off GH by the time Robert Newman joined GL, but okay. If not for the fact that he, too, might be too young, I'd cast Dean Butler - a.k.a. Almanzo Wilder, a.k.a. Gidget's husband, a.k.a. Buffy Summers' Dad - as the new Jeff Webber; and I'd have him return with the sad (or not) news that Carolyn passed away. I'd still give Ric and Nina another try (even though I had NO idea they'd been married before when I suggested it a month or so ago, lol).

Because, he's too young to play Jeff, that's why, lol.

Again, look at an old episode of SFT or LOL from the early 1950's. Their sets are literally just darkly painted flats with doors and window frames suspended on piano wires. Yet, they look 1000% more convincing than anything Ellen Wheeler and her crew cooked up in Peapack. That's how you know you're working with people who know what the [!@#$%^&*] they're doing.

Yeah, I heard or read something eons ago about Malloy having some kind of meltdown. IIRC, wasn't he on some balcony, shouting to people on the street and having imaginary sword fights, or something? It was sad; and afterward, he never had another, long-term role on daytime again.

Not true. There was Black Agnes before her. Just ask that one poster who thought JESSE AND ANGIE WAS THE NUMBER-ONE SOAP OPERA SUPERCOUPLE IN ALL OF HISTORY.

It figures that the media would credit the BLACK WOMAN as a CO-creator and NOT the SOLE creator. Sigh, God bless America.

That might explain why AMC also went out of their way to make his character on that show (Travis Montgomery) look so awful after doing such a great job pairing him with Susan Lucci. Chances are, Lucci had had her fill of him, too, lol. And that's really a shame to me, because Larkin Malloy was a favorite of mine across three different soaps: first, EON; then, GL; and later, AMC. Speaking of Stephen Yates, does anyone know what the hell happened to him? He seems to have dropped off the face of the earth!

I adore Kim Coles - her guest appearances on "Frasier" are highlights - and I'm glad she has had good experiences working on DAYS. I just wish the writing for her was a lot funnier.

All those sets, and they still taped scenes in the middle of the woods for no damn reason!

I still need Clarence to make another comeback and do some promos for this show. ("Don't close your eyes and don't look away! 'Cuz these gates? Are SO beyond!")

Well, I'm not so much a Liz fan as I am a fan of the dynamics that have resulted from her raising three, young men single-handedly. I feel like single mother/head nurse Liz and her boys should be a major focus on this show, because it's REAL, and it's something that a lot of real women deal with everyday. Something to remember since TIIC have forgotten that these shows are produced primarily FOR women! Moreover, I feel like if Liz SHOULD be pursuing a new romance, it shouldn't be with any of her baby daddies but with someone who isn't related to any of her sons, as that's a situation that could yield interesting conflicts as well.

I agree. And that's exactly what she should tell Sonny and Carly, too: that she doesn't want them (or Jason) to have any part in how she raises her baby, as Michael is Exhibit A for what happens when you let your child be raised by [!@#$%^&*] sociopaths. TBH, I wouldn't trust this regime to tell an abortion rights story since it's clear they don't even understand how babies are made (hi, Gio, Sasha and Cody!).

That's why it kinds of upset me whenever I hear people in the industry say, "Well, we have to produce more shows in Atlanta/Vancouver/wherever now, because it's so expensive to film in NYC and L.A." I don't doubt that filming or taping in NYC and L.A. can be cost-prohibitive, but I feel it's that way because most productions today are prioritizing the wrong things. They're putting visual spectacle over simple, honest storytelling and blaming shrinking audiences on the fact that there are so many viewing options out there when, IMO, it's REALLY because they've forgotten that their number-one job is to entertain. It goes back to what Bill Bell said: all you need to make good drama are a man, a woman and a waterfall, and who in God's name needs the waterfall!?

And this is where I would need Liz, as a single mom who has raised three sons pretty much on her own, to step in, provide friendship and comfort to young Sasha and defend her against those who insist a baby needs both parents or a woman needs a man to support her in raising her child.

People need their stories. They need to see characters going through the same kinds of problems that they themselves are going through, either to learn how to cope with them (or, in certain cases, how NOT to cope with them) or just to know that they aren't alone. It's been that way since men and women first gathered around the fire and talked about their days. Plus, as I've said on many occasions, soap operas, like musical comedies, are a uniquely American artform that should not be allowed to fade away. Maybe these shows don't have the budgets that they used to, but so what? You don't need a lavish budget to tell a story that inspires as well as entertains. You just need good writing and good acting. The rest takes care of itself.

See, I read statements like that, and I think: What would happen if Sasha learns that carrying her baby to term poses a risk to her and/or her unborn child? Would Sasha consider terminating her pregnancy? Would Jason try to stop her? Would that compel Sasha to reveal her baby's real father? And how would Sasha's choice affect everyone around them, once the truth was out? A potentially worthwhile story, considering the times we live in and the fact that this show is called GENERAL. HOSPITAL. Then, I remember how skittish TPTB are these days even to mention the word "smashmortion," and I get sad and angry all over again.

That's exactly why I would pursue a romance between Carly and an African-American male, because LW plays very well with POC; and I would have wanted to explore how those around them feel about the romance, because, even though it's 2025, people still have very mixed opinions about interracial relationships. I feel like that was Patrick Mulcahey's plan, or a large part of it: not to make any sweeping changes, but just to slow everything down enough to where we know WHY characters are doing what they're doing, and not just rushing from one plot point to another. Because, sometimes, that's really all it takes. But, like you said, we'll never know (until someone tracks him down and makes him talk, lol).

You couldn't pay me to go back and watch any episode of AMC after 1991. Lorraine Broderick did the best she could with the show when she was HW, but, in retrospect, ABC's interference was stifling.

Martin Chedwyn: the only one of Lisa's husbands that she refused to acknowledge even being married to, lol.

Because, the story I would have done - Carly begins a relationship with an African-American male - is literal poison to those people these days.

Nor do I, quite frankly. He could've come in wearing a Groucho Marx disguise. I would've just shrugged.

That's one of the things that I loved about the "Who Killed Ciji Dunne?" mystery. For once, the victim wasn't this supremely evil person who had terrorized everyone and given them all motives to kill them. Instead, Ciji was this person who just wanted to be a successful recording artist, but found herself in the middle of all these crazy people with their crazy issues, and who was just plain sick and tired and wanted to be done with all of them. MST3k said it best:

This might explain why: ETA: Allegedly!

I wish someone would do one of those "Where The Heck Are They Now?" interviews with Kathryn Breech - that is, if they can find her, lol - where she can discuss her time on OLTL, along with her version of events that led up to her departure.