Santa Barbara Discussion Thread

[Marissa Gallant]

I would start with 85 to 87. That includes the Who Shot Channing reveal, Brick, CC and Sophia at their best, Gina's interference.

[Marissa Gallant]

Man, I am not warming up to Cassandra Benedict. Was I supposed to? It's just too far fetched that a child of the streets grew up to be this nice. 

[Marissa Gallant]

Finally to the Lionel and Sophia one night stand. I've said it before, I'll say it again, the show DID NOT PLAY THAT FOR ALL IT’S WORTH! Holy cow, that triangle could have been fuel for years. 

I know that they sort of went there with CC constantly throwing it in her face, but they should have REALLY went there.

Edited January 1, 2023 by Marissa Gallant

[Marissa Gallant]

Ugh! I don't like Cruz's new mom. Karmin Murcelo is fine as a sister, but not his mom. I would have preferred a mysterious older sister from a Raphael affair. 

[Liberty City]

Do we know why they replaced Carmen Zapata?

[Marissa Gallant]

I do not. Maybe they thought they wanted someone younger for the Carmen had an affair storyline, maybe Zapata was not able to return, or didn't want to. 

Fake-Carmen is a fine actress, but it was easier for me to buy TL as Mason than this woman as Carmen

[Liberty City]

Haha. And we know how I feel about Terry Lester as Mason!

[Marissa Gallant]

I know, Right? Carmen isn't really even what I would call a Major character. Important, yes, but not major. CZ was so motherly and nurturing. And, actually old enough to be his mom. KM lacks all of that. So, that’s probably what is bothering me so very much.

[Marissa Gallant]

Augusta was just kidnapped and her captors already regret this. Lol. Robert is also kidnapped, but his kidnappers don't regret it.

Which makes me wonder, if you were going to kidnap a character, which would be the easiest and who would you never kidnap?

I wouldn't kidnap Gina, because they'd probably pay me to NOT give her back.

Julia is out because she is on par with Augusta. 

CC would kill me with his bare hands.

Lionel would be delightful and get in on the scheme. So he's going to be my pick

 

[Keri]

Ted would be an easy mark.

[j swift]

You've covered Julia, Augusta, and Gina so:

Eden - instantly no - she's got that psychic connection to Cruz and he would rescue her within a day, no cell phone needed

Kelly - she's already freed herself from an old western town, and she avoided ever being captured by Flame, so she's out

Laken - the Lockridge's never had that kind of liquidity to come up with a reasonable ransom

Santana - too high maintenance and I don't have access to pharmaceuticals

Brandon - he's already been kidnapped many times before and he's a willy little bastard

Minx - she'll kill your pet for an appetizer and she's has a potion of youth, so she's got nothing to loose

Sophia - would disguise herself as a man and escape due to her knowledge of all of the underground tunnels in Santa Barbara

Thus, I agree it's got to be Ted - my only concern is that it would take weeks before anyone realized he was missing...

 

Edited January 7, 2023 by j swift

[Marissa Gallant]

Yes! Thank you for playing with me. I was watching this at work because it's a very slow time for me, but I'm trying to stay quiet. Then the kidnapper (poor fella) asked Augusta if she wanted some pizza. She started yelling, "Do I look like pizza people? No. I'm french wine and Russian caviar people. Pizza people park my car for me." And not laughing was the hardest part of that. Between that and her calling the Blue Sky Brigade "The little blue people".

[Marissa Gallant]

Yeah, I would never go for Minx either. 

Ted's in Europe, he's fine.

Brick might be an easy target. 

I would not go after Sophia because CC would kill me. Even when they're divorced he's very protective of his wife. 

[Keri]

@Marissa Gallant re Cassandra- when I watched this live I was 13 or 14- I was really into Cassandra's storylines with Mason and Warren, but I don't think I was old enough to really understand the mix of love/hate or whatever went on in those relationships. I was an angsty teenager though, so that aspect of it appealed to me lol. I have not rewatched it since, so I only vaguely remember though.

So is the consensus the last Laken - Shell D - was the best? I just watched a clip and she seems the best actress maybe?

[Carlos Abad]

Maybe this doesn't make sense. But I think Julie Ronnie was a bad actress (really terrible, one of the worst from the regular cast) but I was interested on Laken and Ted during her years.

Meanwhile I think Susan Marie Snyder was quite good as an actress, but she was not Laken at all. It was another character. She didn't make any sense.

And about Shell Danielson. She was also quite good as an actress (probably the best as you say), but Laken was zero interesting.

About the consensus: I'm not sure but I think most of the fans would choose Julie Ronnie as the best Laken.