Santa Barbara Discussion Thread

[amybrickwallace]

Despite the fact that Ms. Walker left of her own volition, the fans would have revolted if Eden had been recast. (Everyone was probably hoping she'd come back after the cancellation of Palace Guard.)

[amybrickwallace]

Right now, I feel like watching the Christmas episode with Mason as Scrooge. That was 1985, if I'm not mistaken. 

[Marissa Gallant]

And it would have been FINE IF they had left it at David is the murderer. They went over the line into stupid when they made it someone different several months later when it wasn't even a story anymore.

You are correct. 86 is Gina and It's a Not So Wonderful Life Because You're Here.

[amybrickwallace]

Was Cruz's dream SB's final Christmas sequence?

[Marissa Gallant]

No, they did a CC one in 92. Everyone’s life was all messed up. And seeing it shifted CCs attitude. No one knew him. 

[amybrickwallace]

I had forgotten that. Thanks.

[Lex S]

It seems to me - and it's still fresh in my mind as I watched this just a few months ago - that Jack Lee was supposed to have been in a triangle with Eden and Cruz but this was changed after Joel Crothers's death and they brought on his son, Kirk, instead. For a few weeks, while they weren't sure what Joel Crothers's status was gonna be, they had his assistant, whose name escapes me now, who followed Eden everywhere while she was settling into her role as Daddy's replacement at the helm of the company.

Edited December 19, 2021 by Lex S

[Marissa Gallant]

I think you're right. Then they shifted it very quickly to Kirk the Jerk. But I have a hard time picturing that actually happening based on the Jack character we knew at that point. 

You're so welcome 

[amybrickwallace]

Eric, played by Jeffrey Pomerantz.

[Marissa Gallant]

Chip has been born. Tori is traipsing all around town with him. Judith McConnell is cute with him. But Jed Allan is melt my heart adorable with him!

[Marissa Gallant]

I have so many questions about Elena. Is she legitimately trying to help Brick find Johnny? Because I would think Sophia would be on her list and by extension Sophia's illegitimate child. Also- about the baby napping ring. Serious misfire here regarding Gina. No way in hell would Gina be so callous about baby selling. None. I don't even like Gina and I still call bullshit. She doesn't like Brick, but she wouldn't be all "So what, baby selling. La dee da. Oh, when it was MY baby it was bad, but otherwise its just people trying to make a buck." I'm over this storyline. 

[amybrickwallace]

Totally right about Gina. She never would have gone that far.

[Wendy]

But it made zero sense where CC is concerned. Jed probably did love interacting with the baby (and he seemed to interact with Erin Moore's Samantha in the show's final years when Mason, Julia, and Samantha were living at the Capwell mansion!), but considering the baby was a reminder of what Tori did against his beloved Eden, while he shouldn't hate the baby [as poor Chip was innocent], I think he'd be more constrained/reserved.

Especially since he did play it as such with Julia/Samantha in the beginning, and Samantha was his granddaughter, too.

Edited December 27, 2021 by Wendy

[Marissa Gallant]

But as soon as Tori foisted Chip off on CC the first time, CC was all, "Tori, you're family. Mason how dare you cheat on Tori, she's so dreamy. You are a Capwell, and we will protect you."

[Beach Climber]

That honestly never tracked for me. I think they wanted more angst for Julia and Mason to have people be against them other just Tori and CC was an easy option because he already had all of those issues with Mason. The rest of the Capwells were close to Julia or pretty friendly with her so they wouldn’t be opposed to her and Mason. Tori conspired to steal Cruz away from Eden and CC knew the kid wasn’t Mason’s so why did he really care if they stayed together as long as the secret was kept from Eden?