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Well, we'll just have to wait and see? The truth is that I don't think Maurice Johnson has done badly in the role so far, but he's also far from a breakout star. He's ok. But we simply do not know how things will look at the end of the first 13 episode cycle - the green newbies could've started outpacing him for all we know and he might've been given more complex material than he's gotten so far that he couldn't portray to their satisfaction. I mean, we'll just have to wait at this point and see if there's something that Keith D Robinson brings out in Ted that just isn't present in Maurice Johnson's portrayal. As has been speculated - maybe he just simply made Ted too sympathetic, thus the entire revenge saga with Silkpress Sheila just ended up entirely one-sided.

No offense to the work Errol, Toups and everyone else puts into this board, but we count as "the few" as this is a fairly niche soap opera message board. Add that Keith D Robinson has quite a resume - and no disrespect against Maurice Johnson - but it wouldn't surprise me if he does well and even better in the role.

What's funny is that few people will remember that Ted was played by another guy by the end of the year as that's how the soap business rolls.

Well, the reason they wrote her off was because they had a budget crunch, like a lot of aging shows. They simply had to cut some veteran players to make the budget work and her becoming secondary to Greg just left her vulnerable to being written out, same with Lillimae who was just a talk-to at that point. It wasn't because Laura was complicated - it was because Constance was paid a lot more than she was used. I can't honestly say that if I had been a producer faced with budget cuts that I would've chosen different characters to cut.

The issue is that Laura had become secondary to Greg in their marriage. I think the last time Laura really mattered a lot was in season 5 when they started taking her in a more "grey" direction, which would've been an interesting balance and bridge between Karen / Val and Abby. Unfortunately, excluding her from the season 5 cliffhanger could be seen as a sign of diminished importance. Also, the fact that they never let Jason age along with Olivia, Eric and Michael is telling.

Sunset Beach has a better example - Ashley Hamilton originated the role of Cole and played him for about a month before being replaced with Eddie Cibrian. Ultimately... they let Maurice go after the first 13 week cycle. Why that happened we do not know. Apparently it wasn't that he wasn't getting along with Duplaix or his choice (per his social media posts). I'd assume they simply had a different direction in mind for Ted and didn't feel like Maurice could pull it off.

I feel like they obviously gave Pam some of Vanessa's scenes, so that's likely why it seems like all her scenes are basically about her banging toy boys.

Last week they only aired Mon-Wednesday. This week is a full week from Mon-Friday.

Oh I hope that happens. Preferably mid-episode for the dram-ah. 'tis permanent. Keith Robinson has been filming since before the show hit the airwaves.

Because they're three months ahead and know what's coming up for the character. I liked Maurice, but it's not a huge loss. I feel that at this point he's played Ted very sympathetic and they might've wanted more layers so that we could easier see Silkpress's point of view, so maybe he couldn't deliver. Or maybe he was unprepared/flubbed his lines when he came on set and that became an issue with holding up production. Again, Tamara said she had to send out an e-mail about "professionalism"...

Galen is 54 years old, lol. Rafe probably should've had a kid by now considering how long he's been on the show, but I suspect the fact that he never seems to really spark in any romantic pairing has kept that from happening. So maybe a secret child is the way to go with him.

You're right. We needed at least 36 episodes of Dougie.

Considering Ben Gavin apparently bought a house in Atlanta indicates he's there for the long haul.

She's basically his aunt and were around when Nicole and Ted took him after his parents died. It's gross. I want Nicole to tear into her when this gets out.

Welp, next week looks dreadful again. Oh well.

Yeah, I've said it before, but unless they manage to straighten out the Derek / Ashley / Andre storyline, it'd be just better to write Derek and Ashley off as riding into the sunset. No need for recasts. With the Duprées I feel like they sort of need to do recasts if someone is not working out. I'm not surprised to hear about a recast (most of us expected it to happen with the 13 week cycle), but surprising that it's Ted. Either Maurice couldn't handle the workload or he didn't fit what MVJ had planned - it wouldn't surprise me if Maurice just made Ted too likeable and he's meant to have been a real ass towards Silkpress Sheila to motivate her behavior.

I *think* it was when Lughead carried her home after their drinks with Naomi and Jacob. I'm probably wrong though.

Catching up and is it just me, or did they enter Ashley's apartment at the other side of the door previously where they had a corridor? Now it seems like she lives on the bottom floor with a door directly out to a courtyard (?).

Sounds like they just wanted to force people over to D+ or to buy it, but I guess both Knots and Falcon Crest must be performing moderately well on Prime if they put it back on.

Recast Hope with Lisa Rinna!

Yes, I was pretty shocked when they mentioned that they'd hired a professional interior decorator to do it lol. I guess as other people have mentioned it's somewhat meant to mirror Dani's style in some ways, but it's by far the worst set so to explain it by Hayley doing it herself would've been good.

"Pornographic art pieces" - I admittingly haven't seen any of her "art pieces" and have no desire to do so, but let me press x for doubt 🫠

Random, but it looks like they did a minor revamp on the set by adding a kitchen island:

To be fair, they have no other option as they have nothing in development. It's cheap and they can try retooling it, but it's obvious they're not happy with its performance. I said it in another thread that I don't think it's General Hospital's performance (which at least has the backend of streaming) they're worried for at the moment - it's GMA3's which rely entirely on its linear performance.

Kat is being described as Nicole and Ted's "miracle baby" in the descriptions, yet we don't know the reason why since they already have a kid. That they had a child that "died" in the hospital and then got pregnant again would explain why they'd consider her a "miracle".