I think the problem started with Reginald. They should have made you understand why Mary was in love with Reginald so that there was a legitimate triangle. Vince was such a sadsack and they gave up on Mary/Reginald to focus on Reginald terrorizing Donna. Mary should never have been saddled with Vince. The battle for Mary's affections should have gone on longer and it should have involved the children. It could have also brought the Loves and the McKinnons into conflict. Instead, they threw away all of that. Introducing Dawn into the Cheryl/Scott relationship was another mistake.

7 hours ago, Maxim said:

Another World - January 5, 1989

May the real arsonist please stand up! 

Well, today I plan to be brief. This was somewhat of a filler episode in my opinion.

Nothing that interesting happened, other than Pilara and her boyfriend got held for questioning and the boyfriend took the blame for the fire to get Pilara out... but then backtracked and started trying to get himself out of it. Yawn.

I really miss seeing Mary's reactions to all of this and I don't really understand WHY she is not here. It was her storyline, till she went to see MJ and now it's Vince dealing with all of this.  I want to see Mary soon - quite honestly, she may be my FAVORITE CHARACTER! I love her relationship with Vince, I find them wholesome and just... real.

In the other storylines, we had the youngsters going for drinks - all of em - Caroline, Evan... Cass, Nicole... Amanda was on a second fake-date, once again ruined by Sam. For some reason I don't find Sam and Amanda interesting. They are the only 2 characters that I am starting to really dislike. Even the horrid Jamie and Vicky are charming to me, because I know messy people like that. Amanda and Sam don't work for me. I am starting to root for Iris to succeed in breaking them up. 😂 I'm just tired of them having the same conversation every single day - how he wants to be ARTIST and how she wants to be JOURNALIST... blah-blah-blah, kiss and make-out. BOOOOORING. 

Ah, I forgot... some guy kissed Nicole while Cass was not around! Ooops. That was sort of the highlight of the episode for me. It was a boring episode. My husband liked it. I didn't. I missed everyone I love on the show.  

That's it for today, folks.

Overall - 6/10! (boring, but the dialogue was not bad)  Don't hate me. 😂

Highlight - Nicole getting kissed by someeee guy. 

Who is this guy? 

2 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Who is this guy? 

I don't think even Nicole knows. Some fashion person who loved her clothes. They were having a drink before that. That's all I got. Maybe I was not paying perfect attention. Jason Frame basically called her a tramp... like her mother... just before that kiss. 😂

Edited January 8Jan 8 by Maxim

1 hour ago, Maxim said:

I don't think even Nicole knows. Some fashion person who loved her clothes. They were having a drink before that. That's all I got. Maybe I was not paying perfect attention. Jason Frame basically called her a tramp... like her mother... just before that kiss. 😂

The AWHP synopses for January 1989 refer to him as Stefan but I don't see any Stefan in the DP list.

2 minutes ago, Xanthe said:

The AWHP synopses for January 1989 refer to him as Stefan but I don't see any Stefan in the DP list.

I never liked the name Stefan. 😂

20 minutes ago, Maxim said:

I never liked the name Stefan. 😂

If it's not Stefan Cassadine, then I have no further interest. A girl has to have standards.

4 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

If it's not Stefan Cassadine, then I have no further interest. A girl has to have standards.

Amen.

 

Now, I love Denise Alexander. Loved her Susan Hunter Martin on DAYS. She was a primary lead in the first storyline I remember. Later, loved her as Lesley on GH. Now at AW I loved her Marissa/Mary & I am rather fond of Vince, but, it might have to do with which actor. Reginald, not a fan. I cannot do some detailed character analysis but unlike some of you I really liked her on AW. I didn't find her to be wasted. That's it. That's the post.

I liked Mary on the show, but she had long-lasting potential that was squandered. She could have been on the show for years to come. Instead, she was given so little to after a certain point. Alexander and Mary deserved better.

9 minutes ago, chrisml said:

I liked Mary on the show, but she had long-lasting potential that was squandered. She could have been on the show for years to come. Instead, she was given so little to after a certain point. Alexander and Mary deserved better.

Well, obviously I couldn't possibly argue with that. More of a good thing, who doesn't want that?!! And, if that is what people were thinking about, concerning wasted, as in wasted potential future, sure, once again, I'm all in for that.

I loved Mary & Denise Alexander and they finally got the casting of Vince right with Robert Hogan. I am curious what Donna Swajeski would have written for them if Denise had not decided to leave. 

Just now, Efulton said:

I loved Mary & Denise Alexander and they finally got the casting of Vince right with Robert Hogan. I am curious what Donna Swajeski would have written for them if Denise had not decided to leave. 

Robert Hogan was the absolute best!!! I wish they'd had him all along. 

A fun little video. Although some of the details are off - like the expansion to an hour leading to Virginia Dwyer, George Reinholt and Jacqueline Courtney leaving. Some of the non Another World photos used were also an odd choice.

 

17 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Robert Hogan was the absolute best!!! I wish they'd had him all along. 

I agree.

3 minutes ago, Efulton said:

I agree.

Also he was so prolific. His credits go on & on & on some more. Primetime but more daytime too. He had roles on AMC, OLTL, GH, ATWT, maybe more.