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)

On 2/27/2026 at 9:39 PM, GL95 said:

I just read synopses, but wasn’t Ava also a big part of the terrible AM return?

I stopped watching the show regularly in 2007, but Google says that they hooked up/or he was sexually harassing her and that the story wasn't any good. Not surprised.

I actually just watched the episode when AM returns in 2005. He almost hits Marina with his car, and then it turns flirtatious. If I hadn't read here that he was once thought to be her dad, I wouldn't have given it a second thought. But it's so gross. I'm a hypocrite because I loved Jammy, but at least those two didn't grow up together.

58 minutes ago, CrazySexyQ said:

I stopped watching the show regularly in 2007, but Google says that they hooked up/or he was sexually harassing her and that the story wasn't any good. Not surprised.

I actually just watched the episode when AM returns in 2005. He almost hits Marina with his car, and then it turns flirtatious. If I hadn't read here that he was once thought to be her dad, I wouldn't have given it a second thought. But it's so gross. I'm a hypocrite because I loved Jammy, but at least those two didn't grow up together.

Marina never thought AM was her dad at any point in her life-but he was married to her aunt since she was young and would’ve only divorced Lucy maybe a year before. Now AM thought she was his until a couple months before she was born and mourned her not being his first awhile so on his end it’s super creepy. (Lucy and AM were both close to Eleni and living in Europe when Eleni went to Greece so hard to believe AM wouldn’t have known Marina.)

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11 minutes ago, GL95 said:

Marina never thought AM was her dad at any point in her life-but he was married to her aunt since she was young and would’ve only divorced Lucy maybe a year before. Now AM thought she was his until a couple months before she was born and mourned her not being his first awhile so on his end it’s super creepy. (Lucy and AM were both close to Eleni and living in Europe when Eleni went to Greece so hard to believe AM wouldn’t have known Marina.)

There's also the decision to de-age Alan Michael significantly. I wonder if this is why they did so. If it is, what a horrible decision. It's like bringing back Mike Bauer and de-aging him 10-15 years so he can hook up with his former niece Blake.

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

There's also the decision to de-age Alan Michael significantly. I wonder if this is why they did so. If it is, what a horrible decision. It's like bringing back Mike Bauer and de-aging him 10-15 years so he can hook up with his former niece Blake.

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

There's also the decision to de-age Alan Michael significantly. I wonder if this is why they did so. If it is, what a horrible decision. It's like bringing back Mike Bauer and de-aging him 10-15 years so he can hook up with his former niece Blake.

Especially since I didn’t watch by then and likely never will, I’m pretty okay head cannon wise that the AM return is for some other mystery spawn of Alan’s since this one didn’t seem to live AM’s life from the 90s.