1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

In terms of certain somebodies, I think Jonathan hurt Marah and Shayne more than anyone else did.

ICAM. Some writer chose to invent Reva/Jon issues instead of dealing with any of the other kids she'd abandoned. I'd have much rather seen Reva dealing with Dylan's sudden recklessness (hey, Dinah's approximately the same age...and had her mother worrying over her....) than Tom Pelphrey and his scream-acting.

16 minutes ago, P.J. said:

ICAM. Some writer chose to invent Reva/Jon issues instead of dealing with any of the other kids she'd abandoned. I'd have much rather seen Reva dealing with Dylan's sudden recklessness (hey, Dinah's approximately the same age...and had her mother worrying over her....) than Tom Pelphrey and his scream-acting.

It's difficult for me to remember that last Dylan was even meant to be Reva's child.

Looking back, it was probably a long-term mistake to have Frank be Marina’s bio dad. They got their short-term “perfect couple” but they could have had more organic consistent tension if Frank is raising AM’s kid and you’d have a second Spaulding in Lizzie’s age range. (I’m also a bit surprised they never had a hunky Eleni brother move to SF.)

That being said I would have preferred keeping Marina as Frank’s but have a little dramatic irony and have Blake/AM’s Bauer cabin tryst lead to a kid. Have Ross raise another bio-Spaulding if you want Bloss together. It feels like a missed opportunity to not have a Thorpe/Spaulding kid on the canvas. Reva’s run through the Lewises led to three kids at least and Blake had no kids after cycling through Spauldings.

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1 hour ago, GL95 said:

Looking back, it was probably a long-term mistake to have Frank be Marina’s bio dad. They got their short-term “perfect couple” but they could have had more organic consistent tension if Frank is raising AM’s kid and you’d have a second Spaulding in Lizzie’s age range. (I’m also a bit surprised they never had a hunky Eleni brother move to SF.)

That being said I would have preferred keeping Marina as Frank’s but have a little dramatic irony and have Blake/AM’s Bauer cabin tryst lead to a kid. Have Ross raise another bio-Spaulding if you want Bloss together. It feels like a missed opportunity to not have a Thorpe/Spaulding kid on the canvas. Reva’s run through the Lewises led to three kids at least and Blake had no kids after cycling through Spauldings.

I just wish at some time, at some point, Alan Michael had had a kid. It would not just be a Spaulding, it would also be a Bauer. Yes, Blake and AM having a kid would be a supreme irony--it would be a Spaulding, a Bauer, and a Thorpe. Roger would have shared a grandchild with two of his enemies. Lots of missed possible drama over that.

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I know Brian Gaskill had some early success at AMC, but his CBS roles were lackluster to say the least. I'm not even sure why they bothered bringing him on as Dylan. For Susan's (or is she Daisy again at this point? I can never remember.) abortion?

The only place I really see a scene with him is I think after one of Bill's injuries put him in the hospital. The rest I must FF if rewatching.

24 minutes ago, DeeVee said:

I just wish at some time, at some point, Alan Michael had had a kid. It would not just be a Spaulding, it would also be a Bauer. Yes, Blake and AM having a kid would be a supreme irony--it would be a Spaulding, a Bauer, and a Thorpe. Roger would have shared a grandchild with two of his enemies. Lots of missed possible drama over that.

The other thing is a Blake/AM kid would have pulled Holly into the Spaulding orbit. It also would’ve created an interesting dynamic with Ed who in many ways would have been like an additional grandfather given his relationship to both Blake/AM.

It actually would’ve been pretty great drama for Blake to have been pregnant with AM’s kid from their cabin tryst, as Blake definitely would’ve tried to hide things awhile so Roger wouldn’t have known when he first helped Jenna take over Spaulding. Inadvertently wiping out his future grandkid’s inheritance would have been an interesting twist.

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Guiding Light (January 24, 1997)