On 11/2/2025 at 8:19 PM, Paul Raven said:

Gosh, I love all the colors in this photo so much. KL aired exactly one episode in the 70s, but those first two seasons were 70s A-F! I think the only outfit I don't like is Diana's.

Re: Paige. I still haven't gotten to her arrival yet, but just based on when I look in on the later seasons on the FAST channel, I know I'm going to tire of her very quickly. I loved Nicollette on Desperate Housewives and absolutely adore Paper Dolls as a whole (especially her and Brenda V!), but just that snotty voice alone is going to drive me crazy. Maybe it's because she was rarely more than a secondary character on DH and PD was over and done so quickly but on Knots, she was front and center for soOoOoOoOoooo long.

23 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:

Re: Paige. I still haven't gotten to her arrival yet, but just based on when I look in on the later seasons on the FAST channel, I know I'm going to tire of her very quickly. I loved Nicollette on Desperate Housewives and absolutely adore Paper Dolls as a whole (especially her and Brenda V!), but just that snotty voice alone is going to drive me crazy. Maybe it's because she was rarely more than a secondary character on DH and PD was over and done so quickly but on Knots, she was front and center for soOoOoOoOoooo long.

Ironically, Paige doesn't bother me as much as she does others here. Was she ever among my favorite characters? No; and while I'm sure someone BTS loved her on-again/off-again relationship with Greg, I felt it made them both look foolish and juvenile. (Oh, how I wish Constance McCashin would've returned, if only as Laura's ghost, so she could slap Greg upside the head and ask him WTF was he doing with her, lol). But I'm never annoyed with Paige (or with NS) to the point of wishing she'd just disappear. If anything, I'd take more of her over Felicity Waterman or even Stacy Galina any day, lol.

Paige seems very polarizing but I get the sense people either loved her (and her with Greg) or hated her. I am very curious to get to that era and judge for myself. I know Devane critiqued the relationship in an interview a few years ago and said he found it juvenile or something.

Just now, Vee said:

I know Devane critiqued the relationship in an interview a few years ago and said he found it juvenile or something.

He wasn't wrong, lol. It's one thing for Greg to resist pursuing a relationship with Paige for any number of reasons (the age difference, his devotion to Laura, his inability to be emotionally present for anyone) but there comes a point when Paige and Greg start to look like Sam and Diane without the physical comedy.

6 hours ago, Khan said:

Ironically, Paige doesn't bother me as much as she does others here. Was she ever among my favorite characters? No; and while I'm sure someone BTS loved her on-again/off-again relationship with Greg, I felt it made them both look foolish and juvenile. (Oh, how I wish Constance McCashin would've returned, if only as Laura's ghost, so she could slap Greg upside the head and ask him WTF was he doing with her, lol). But I'm never annoyed with Paige (or with NS) to the point of wishing she'd just disappear. If anything, I'd take more of her over Felicity Waterman or even Stacy Galina any day, lol.

I think the show did a good job of writing for Nicolette's range after her first season, which went a long way.

I can see where people would dislike Paige or feel that she had ruined the vibes of earlier years. I probably should have as I'm sure Constance McCashin was let go in part for newer hires like Nicolette, but I thought she suited what the show had become more than many of the longstanding cast members, and I did not find her as draining as I found Karen, Val or Mac by that time.

I do think Greg/Paige became too much of the will they/won't they, but at heart Greg was always an immature character (Laura knew this, she just loved him anyway).

Beyond stretching that out too long, my main issue was the show refusing to let Greg be a bigger part of Meg's life.