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What do you know, Donnatella was right again. I didn't remember any of this either and I was about to google how CF was connected to Days.

I always saw Marland's Stacey as Loving's Hilary Bauer. She was never meant to be that important. Unless they did a story where Lily has to marry a paralyzed Curtis and Jack gets married to her. Something like that. Jack Forbes the adopted heir, shared many story similarities with Phillip Spaulding. Lily was his Beth Raines and both incest stories took place in 1983. One of the problems with Merrill was that she was not a very interesting character. She was cheating on a nice guy, but we were supposed to root for her. Why? She was ruining another woman's family. Different writing or casting, might have made her work. Susan Keith might have made a better Merrill. I didn't like how the Forbes family was replaced by Clay's. Ann's alcoholism story didn't need Dane, it could be done with Roger. Shannon Eubanks was great as regal Ann, Callan White was a brand new person. Same goes for the Donovan brothers recasts. Nada Rowland would have been a great Rose with Ava being a Donovan cousin. I hated Lorna as a tortured heroine. They even gave her a spoiled stepdaughter after two or three years. Edy Lester had potential with Doug, but they made things too dark too soon.

Thank you so much for your detailed answer. I didn't remember any of this. Too bad that they gave up on their original ideas so soon.

Thank you so much @DRW50!

Thank you for sharing your story Donnatella 💙

I had no idea there is info about a LOVING bible. Can you share more things about it, or can we read it somewhere? So Clay and Gwyneth were part of the show's original concept? I thought that they were brought so soon because Roger and Ann didn't work out. Shocked to read about Merrill. I always thought that she was the show's heroine at first and the idea of her cheating on her nice boyfriend while ruining another woman's happiness...

Team Charles Bateman, Linda Gibboney and Ava Lazar all the way. Ava's Santana could have been the show's star. They gave up on her way too soon.

Perhaps that is why she sold it to her for one dollar.

I can't see Laura Sisk's Carly run Kelly's.

Ι can understand DD's point of view, but in my eyes Paul missing in action isn't that important. The real issue with the show's synthesis is that Jill (whom we have seen since day one and who had the most iconic story) is seen from time to time as a random aunt. Paul was married to Christine -who is not around and who was not connected to anybody either. He was never father material. If I could get some veterans back, I'd try to get Jill and Dru.

Nobody did, but now people act like GH is trying to recast Laura.

I saw Dabney as a rich Alice Horton. Celeste Holm was more like Stephanie Forrester and Patricia Barry more like Phoebe Wallingford from the episodes I have seen online. Judging from her Mona Croft, Mundy would have been amazing with a strong presence.

Yeah, it was probably me every single time. For some reason the history of several Springfield sets confuses me. Don't ask me why I kept thinking that Ross bought the cottage in the Wexler residence for his new bride Carrie. (And that Alan ended up with the Wexler mansion after Amanda left town). Thanks for the answer! Thanks for the answer! Nola should have kept Company, or at least should have stayed in Springfield running the boarding house.

I am afraid that Frank Valentini is the only reason that GH is not comatose like the other soaps. GH is the only soap where things are happening. GH is not perfect, but it is not dead soap walking like B&B or Y&R, or just weird and "campy" like Days. BTW Kim Zimmer forgets that she didn't even have a dressing room on GL and had to change in gas station toilets.

I guess she auditioned for Molly and they liked her. All these girls on GH look like sisters.

Were the Spaulding offices located in the same building as Towers? I am always confused with GL sets. Ross's house was supposed to be the same place Ben and Amanda stayed? Alan and Hope got a new house while they were married. Was it the old Wexler house? Were the Cooper supposed to be living in the Reardon house in the later years?

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Yeah but Hayley looked eleven years old. How old is Molly supposed to be? The new actress doesn't look old, she just looks generic. Like Sascha, Esme and Willow's sister. BTW I didn't mind Mia at all.

Is it too much to ask what all the houses on SEARCH were? Thanks to @dc11786 I now know what Liberty was. What about Hartford and Caldwell? By the way Liberty House sounds like THE CITY before THE CITY.

We all remember Donna. Thanks for the scoop btw!

I thought you let us know a few days ago Queen Donnatella, but some of the cool soap kids said that you had no idea what you were talking about.

Queen Donnatella (aka @Donna L. Bridges) told us first, but nobody believed her. Because you know, she is not cool like us.

Sofia Landon Geier, the one and only Diane Ballard.

I'd say the first few months. It was not perfect, but there was a vision and the show was aesthatically pleasing. Down to earth, old-school soap. (I haven't watched anything from the 90s on a regular basis)

What exactly was the Liberty House? Did everybody lose their homes and ended up staying there? Why do you think it was limiting?