1 hour ago, Vee said:

I've always been fascinated by Millette Alexander's storied soap past, especially on EON. I think Sara is a strong foundational character who I enjoy watching. Do I think she needed to still be a contract regular deep into the '80s? No. But I would've liked to see her recur longer. Did they indicate she and Adam were still together when he returned later?

No they didn’t, at least not when Adam came back to town for Ross and Blake’s wedding in the mid-90’s. Not sure if they mentioned her during his ‘89 return either and wouldn’t be surprised if they did not. 
 

(On a side note I always thought Robert Milli looked a bit odd to be playing father to Zaslow, maybe Adam should have been an older brother instead?) 

I do think Sara was still needed on GL in the early to mid '80s because of continuity, as the show was full of recasts and new characters. Did anyone really care about Claire, or RVV Ed, etc. as hospital figures?

 

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I do think Sara was still needed on GL in the early to mid '80s because of continuity, as the show was full of recasts and new characters. Did anyone really care about Claire, or RVV Ed, etc. as hospital figures?

I definitely would've liked to see her clash with Susan Pratt's prickly Claire, or get to know Maureen a bit. There was a great scene with the two of them fighting over Maureen's qualifications in a recent summer '84 ep I watched.

2 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

(On a side note I always thought Robert Milli looked a bit odd to be playing father to Zaslow, maybe Adam should have been an older brother instead?) 

Sort of an opposite situation, which I'm sure you already know about: Milli was the first Jim Craig on OLTL and played the interracial love triangle with Ellen Holly, only to be recast for whatever reason with the much older-skewing Nat Polen as a more conventional patriarch (to Holly's chagrin) which contributed to ending that story.

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On 2/28/2023 at 4:20 AM, Paul Raven said:

Sara came on in 67 so had agood run. By 82, she had been married 4 times. Two of her husbands had tried to kill her . Her true love Joe died of a heart attack and she'd been married off to Adam Thorpe so there wasn't much story left.

It would have been nice to see her as the go to psychologist and talk to  but Millette probably wasn't interested in recurring and neither was GL at the time.

I wanted Sara to end up marrying Mike, connecting her son Tim to the Bauer family. GL could use an older couple like this in the 80s and the 90s.

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February 13, 1981 Reuploaded  

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I never can remember how pregnant Maeve Kinkead was at this point. She seemed to already be trying to hide it here.

The optics of a woman around a decade older than Morgan berating her for not appreciating the devotion of a man also or nearly over a decade older than her play out in a more uncomfortable manner when someone as young as Kristen Vigard looked was in the role. Yet she still makes me care about Morgan, and I appreciate that Morgan was allowed to not be a saint at this time.

I've seen this one a few times but I'm still glad to see it back up on Youtube.

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3 hours ago, Forever8 said:

 

The crown jewel of P&G soaps. I don't think she gets praised enough as cast so many great actors on these shows for decades. 

 

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