I've never liked Lillian, and never will. I'm sure Tina Sloan's a very nice lady, but Lillian has always come off overly cloying and saccharine to me, masking a fucked-up personality which enabled her daughter's abuse and bad choices and later, of course, the death of Maureen. As crazy as Beth is, Lillian is the progenitor and enabler of that. I never bought this Buzz/Lillian thing, or really, Lillian taking any kind of cornerstone role at all. She weirds me out.

Ha ha ha... I couldn't agree more! Like you said, I'm sure the actress is a nice woman, and the character *appears* to be a sweet, saintly nurse... but like you perfectly stated, something was always off about her; she could never be established as any cornerstone figure indeed.

Edited September 14, 200916 yr by Gray Bunny

This is a great set of the shows surrounding Maureen's Death. I watched it again a few months ago, and was mesmerized.

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Maureen's death might have been a fatal longterm error and bad judgment on JFP's part for the show's future. But damn it, it produced writing and acting that hasn't been seen on daytime television since. It's the last time a daytime soap came close to Greek tragedy, IMO.

Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest wrote the hell out of it, and at least for the initial aftermath, it produced fabulous story for Ed and Michelle.