53 minutes ago, SoapDope78 said:

Did Justice have much to do as Hope ?

I remember more about Mattson. Her romance with Ben mainly.

All I remember about Justice when she was on is that she worked at that diner, but for some reason wore a very sexy waitress outfit. And she seemed more world-weary than either Mattson or Roussel. I vaguely remember her trying to help someone--maybe it was Tim, the doctor Jordan Clarke played? And he was maybe drunk? There was rock music playing on the jukebox. They talked about liking the music. For some reason they played Santana in the background a lot during this period.

(I suspect one of the reasons it's close to impossible to see these episodes is because of music rights issues.)

I wish I could remember more. I just remember thinking when Justice showed up as Hope, "Wow, she's REALLY different from the last actress."

Maybe they were always intending to put her in a story with Alan and they picked this actress because they thought she would have good chemistry with him? Then maybe they realized they already had the town bombshell (Rita) and decided to find a third a side of the triangle who would contrast more with Rita. Because the Alan/Rita thing was foreshadowed for a VERY long time.

36 minutes ago, Stevel said:

The Katherine Justice version would have been when my grandmother called Hope "the oldest teenager on television"

Yup, pretty much.

I had no idea Mary Stuart wrote either.

Justice pops up a lot on old TV shows from the 60's and 70's. She was in the very first adaption of Columbo when it was a one off TV movie in 1968 before it was made into the series. In the first film Falk really hadn't developed the character yet. The second TV film in 1971 that sold the series starred the wonderful Lee Grant as the murderer. Peter Falk really found the character of Columbo in that one with his signature disheveled look and daffy demeanor.

Justice was pushing 40 when she played Hope circa 1977/78.

weird--just looked Justice up. in a picture from Mannix, she looks very similar to Lenore Kasdorf.

I remember Justice from the short lived syndicated night time soap opera Dangerous Women where she played a dual role as the hardened con with a heart of gold named Rita and her evil twin sister Roxy. She was in her late 40s when playing the part in the early 90s, so I find it hard to believe she was hired to play a young Hope in the late 70s (she would have bene mid 30s).

Early on the Dobsons seemed to be hinting at a triangle -Leslie/Hope and Chad Richards the rock musician, but it never went anywhere.

Nov 75

Their concern for Hope's well-being was further complicated by Leslie and Mike's realization that singer Chad Richards, who worked at the Metro where Hope was employed as a waitress, was in an unstable condition because of his suspected brain tumor. Hope, lonely, adrift, and depressed, had turned to Chad for friendship and moral support. However, Chad, fearful of his potential to become uncontrollable when one of his "episodes" occurs, rejected Hope's overtures for a closer relationship.

 Chad arranged to visit Leslie while Mike was at home, because he was concerned about Hope's future - Chad, sensing that his memory of Leslie, treasured since their high school days when they briefly went steady, had an adverse effect on him and possibly tended to trigger his uncontrollable "episodes," had avoided being alone with Leslie. - Just as Chad arrived, Mike, only having just learned of his brother Ed's separation from Holly, was busy outside consoling his mother Bert. Suddenly, clutching briefly at his left temple, Chad reverted to his high school relationship with "Les." Confused by Leslie's reaction to his attempt to kiss her, Chad became physically aggressive. He pinned her arms against her rendering her completely helpless and clamped his hand over her mouth preventing her from screaming for Mike. Her blouse torn, terrified by Chad's relentless attempt to force himself on her ... Leslie collapsed! Mike rushed in and punched Chad which brought Chad back to his senses and he left immediately, bewildered and apologetic for the hospital. Dr. Steve Jackson, Leslie's father, arranged to take Chad to New York for special tests to locate his suspected tumor so they could operate and remove it.