4 hours ago, Elsa said:

Wasn't the show hinting that Cassie was Minx and CC's daughter at one point?

Wasn't Minx supposed to be 35 years CCs senior even though they de-aged the recast? I think we should probably stop right there

3 hours ago, Lex S said:

Wasn't Minx supposed to be 35 years CCs senior even though they de-aged the recast? I think we should probably stop right there

For me, I'd like to this CC-Minx is to Santa Barbara as Victor-Katherine was to The Young and the Restless.

12 hours ago, Beach Climber said:

I recall hearing that Mason/Julia weren’t supposed to be a pairing and the baby contract was actually just supposed to be that. Lane Davies more or less confirmed it in an interview where he said they only happened because he and Nancy were bored with their current storylines and played up their scenes together. Does anyone know when they made that decision to pair them together? The overall storyline leading to Samantha’s conception scream romance. Why did they decide to actually have sex and bond rather than artificial insemination?

Mason’s scenes with Victoria during this time do show him starting to fall for her but things changed pretty quickly. He became very aloof once they actually got married and worse so once he found out Julia was pregnant. I wasn’t much of a fan of Victoria when I originally watched. She suffered by being a spoiler for Cruz/Eden and then ran into some bad luck once Mason/Julia gained traction. However, Mason was a pretty terrible husband to her. He was absent, dismissed her work, emotionally and later physically cheated on her with Julia while stringing her along in the process. 

I thought Julia was supposed to be the spoiler for Mason and Victoria. But the viewers hated Victoria, and the chemistry between Mason and Julia was so much better that it didn't work out that way. 

30 minutes ago, Marissa Gallant said:

I thought Julia was supposed to be the spoiler for Mason and Victoria. But the viewers hated Victoria, and the chemistry between Mason and Julia was so much better that it didn't work out that way. 

Perhaps I misunderstood what I heard but I thought Julia becoming pregnant was intended to be the spoiler for Mason/Victoria, not Julia herself. I assumed that the original plan was for Mason/Victoria’s marriage to become real and then Victoria is thrown for a loop with the news that Mason is having a kid with someone else or he wants to hide it, etc. Even when the actual story played out, he didn’t want Victoria to know the truth until she figured it out for herself. I can’t recall the reason behind that

1 hour ago, Beach Climber said:

Perhaps I misunderstood what I heard but I thought Julia becoming pregnant was intended to be the spoiler for Mason/Victoria, not Julia herself. I assumed that the original plan was for Mason/Victoria’s marriage to become real and then Victoria is thrown for a loop with the news that Mason is having a kid with someone else or he wants to hide it, etc. Even when the actual story played out, he didn’t want Victoria to know the truth until she figured it out for herself. I can’t recall the reason behind that

You are probably right. I'm only just now learning the back stage stuff. I didn't pay attention then. 

The rumor mill at the time also spun the theory that Kristen Meadows was supposed to have been a Janice recast as the original actress was written out by then. One of the mags had a "Look who's back!" headline and supposedly the bringing-back-Janice plans were scrapped and a new role was created for Kristen Meadows. I will see if I can dig up any more info, perhaps with an interview with her

15 hours ago, Elsa said:

Wasn't the show hinting that Cassie was Minx and CC's daughter at one point?

That would have been nuts considering the supposed age difference between the characters, but nothing would surprise me. We never got any real insight on who Cassie's father was. Overall, I was a big Cassie fan and disappointed when they made her completely bonkers and wrote her out.

5 hours ago, Marissa Gallant said:

I thought Julia was supposed to be the spoiler for Mason and Victoria. But the viewers hated Victoria, and the chemistry between Mason and Julia was so much better that it didn't work out that way. 

That was what I recall reading.

And Cassie was never hinted as being CC's. She was his foster daughter that lived with the Capwells for a time, around the time she was assumed dead, but that's it.

12 hours ago, Lex S said:

Wasn't Minx supposed to be 35 years CCs senior even though they de-aged the recast? I think we should probably stop right there

Yeah, but soaps aren't known for being good at Math. Sophia was a starlett in the late 60's. Then she became the stepmother to Marcello, who was a kid in the early 40's, who was angry at CC for something that happened in '44 at the latest. CC was an adult when that happened, at least 42 years ago. But CC and Lionel are supposed to be the same age- but only sometimes. And by the time Minx found the fountain of youth and became 30 some years younger, it simply no longer made sense. 😀😀

And also, this is the only show where children didn't get sucked into weird Star Trek Time Vortexes where they go in as children and come out teenagers. 

9 minutes ago, Marissa Gallant said:

Yeah, but soaps aren't known for being good at Math. Sophia was a starlett in the late 60's. Then she became the stepmother to Marcello, who was a kid in the early 40's, who was angry at CC for something that happened in '44 at the latest. CC was an adult when that happened, at least 42 years ago. But CC and Lionel are supposed to be the same age- but only sometimes. And by the time Minx found the fountain of youth and became 30 some years younger, it simply no longer made sense. 😀😀

And also, this is the only show where children didn't get sucked into weird Star Trek Time Vortexes where they go in as children and come out teenagers. 

Did the Brandon character stay on with the last portrayer until January 1993?  When did the practice of SORASing gain steam? I believe DAYS was the greatest abuser of this practice. Y&R SORASed the Newman children in the early 90s

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2 minutes ago, Lex S said:

Did the Brandon character stay on with the last portrayer until January 1993?

No, Justin Gocke (RIP) faded out around 1991 or 1992-ish. Around the time Gina gave birth to Channing III and married Lionel.

2 minutes ago, Lex S said:

Did the Brandon character stay on with the last portrayer until January 1993?

I think that he was someplace else and people think he was about to get SORASed, but it didn't happen. 

I would be very interested in when Johnny Wallace grew up and discovered that he was really a king. That could have been great.

3 minutes ago, Wendy said:

No, Justin Gocke (RIP) faded out around 1991 or 1992-ish. Around the time Gina gave birth to Channing III and married Lionel.

If you remember/know, how did they work around the fact that she wasn't able to have any more children due to her fall in 1985? I guess the medical science always advances!

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2 minutes ago, Lex S said:

Did the Brandon character stay on with the last portrayer until January 1993?

Brandon was gone most of the last year of the show and rumors they were planning on SORASing him but the show was cancelled before then. I don’t know how old but I could see them wanting to age him a few years because they had that whole college crew going on during that time whereas he was around 14 in 92 and there was no one his age to interact with. 

4 minutes ago, Marissa Gallant said:

I think that he was someplace else and people think he was about to get SORASed, but it didn't happen. 

I would be very interested in when Johnny Wallace grew up and discovered that he was really a king. That could have been great.

Remind me, did Brick leave town with Johnny after his relationships post-Amy didn't work out? They didn't go to New Staitland, did they?