Guiding Light Discussion Thread

[alwaysAMC]

^ I posted that and immediately started Nov. 16, 1995 and they're now featuring Christmas and Josh, Annie, Marah and Shayne sitting on Santa's lap at the mall, with Reva watching from a distance.  Christmas came way too early in Springfield that year 

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[DRW50]

Thanks. That's not a bad way to set up Beth's return, although I like the idea of Beth just saying, "I'm not going to see that bitch." 

I suppose I'm biased because most of what I saw of Simon early on (admittedly I haven't watched every scene) was of a much more roguish man, doing his best to charm India. The pairing with Jessie, according to Thompson, was not planned, and someone at the show just said bad people and good people should be together (or something along those lines). There is a certain chemistry, but it's a very odd contrast for me - like Alan/Hope, but without any real buildup or consequences as these were both new characters and no one was going to care if they got together, beyond India. 

I think they did eventually break up due to the maturity difference...maybe that was after a producer change.

Do any of you who were watching this period more closely know if any of this at Soapcentral (I know, I know) is accurate?

 

In 1990, Beth Mentioned that Lillian had gone out of town To North Carolina To Visit Calla because Jesse had recently married Simon. Lillian later went out of town to Visit Calla again in late 1991 after Calla's ex-Husband Gordon Matthews passed away. In 1995, Lillian Told Ross she was going to Visit her sister Calla who just became a grandmother. Jesse and Simon had a boy They named Brandon after Simon's Half-Brother Lujack.

They never knew what to do with Cutter. He was a likeable, attractive, quietly charismatic figure, but he wasn't a "name," so they had less interest. 

This whole sequence with his murder is very effective - another case of something done before but executed well here.

You are getting some of the worst of Vanessa (and it will just get worse as the decade goes on). She loses a lot of personality and drive. I am not going to blame the pairing with Matt because that's too easy, but the writers and producers of the time had no interest in her as her own person. I do blame Dinah's arrival in part.