Alex was a horrible character, shockingly bad writing, long patches of being dull mixed in with something random like she hears the theme song to "Friends" and beats down a security guard at Costco, or whatever.

The only thing I remember about her exit was that my beloved Eugenia, who had NEVER liked Alex but was polite to her, reacted to that weird hitwoman gunning Gillian down by raking Alex over the coals so thoroughly that there was nothing left of her but that black pants suit.

Well she was mixed up in all that "great" Passanante stuff like Dogboy... Was it the theme song of Friends that set her off?

Non-exits. That was an epidemic on AMC in the past couple of years. Brooke, Ava, Jonathan, Jamal, Sydney, Anita, Bobby, Petey, Carmen, Boyd, Jack, all just upped and disappeared with no exit scene or story. I know Im forgetting more but I just cant rememeber

Becca. Tina.

Boyd actually did have an exit, I believe, although it was easy to forget. He finally gave up on pretending to be straight...er...on Kendall ever loving him, and he accepted an out of town job. There was a sweet goodbye scene with Kendall, if you looked at it in a BFF way.

Well she was mixed up in all that "great" Passanante stuff like Dogboy... Was it the theme song of Friends that set her off?

Honestly I thought Alex was bad from the start -- and that brilliant ABC PR department struck gold again by firing Michael Nader at the same time as they brought her in, yet giving them flashback scenes together, which a) annoyed his vocal fan base and made them reject her and b ) put a big banner on how little chemistry she had with John Callahan.

It was some sort of waltz or something that set her off, I believe. From a music box that made her remember her conditioning to karate chop Ogrons or something. I think she would go into fugue states and give David noogies.

AMC: Brooke's non exit

Dixie's death by pancakes

Julia's exit by being shot and then dying

GH:

Zander's exit

B&B:

You bring Macy back from the dead, pair her with Deacon, of all people, and then have a chandelier fall on her like a year later, with Sally taking her off life support offcamera.

Eastenders:

Pauline. Shameful and petty, based on personal animosity with the actress.

GL:

Selena. Let's have her get roughed up by a thug (who was written as one of the show's hot young hunks at the time) and then blubber for an episode before fleeing town in shame.

AMC:

Trevor. His real exit and the later murder.

AW:

Bridget. Disgusting murder of an old woman for shock value.

Eastenders:

Pauline. Shameful and petty, based on personal animosity with the actress.

I thought the actress asked to be written out cuz she hated her character's re-marriage?

Honestly I thought Alex was bad from the start -- and that brilliant ABC PR department struck gold again by firing Michael Nader at the same time as they brought her in, yet giving them flashback scenes together, which a) annoyed his vocal fan base and made them reject her and b ) put a big banner on how little chemistry she had with John Callahan.

I liked Alex when she started, but more just cuz I found the actress so appealing (never saw her as Anna) but I agree with all you say...

I thought the actress asked to be written out cuz she hated her character's re-marriage?

I liked Alex when she started, but more just cuz I found the actress so appealing (never saw her as Anna) but I agree with all you say...

I like Finola Hughes, just not as Alex, especially when the writing was so poor in general at that time. I loved her as Anna though, on AMC I mean.

Wendy Richard did ask to leave, but she reportedly wasn't the warmest of people and the producer at the time seemed to decide to punish her with that horrible exit where she was hit over the head and died in the snow on Christmas Day. It was an awful way to get rid of an iconic character, after she had already been made into a world class harridan. Pauline could sometimes be a very happy, funny, caring woman. Wendy always tried to point that out. The show just treated her with contempt.

I think they saw the opportunity to have a big murde rmystery around her death as too much to pass up (though I agree with you I guess they wanted to try to get as much story out of it as they could?)

I thought th early writing for Alex (under Nixon) was ok though unclear... but... It was under Passanante that we got the twin, the crazy mom, dogboy etc...

Edited March 10, 201015 yr by EricMontreal22

It wasn't even a big murder mystery. The whole thing was so half-assed -- Sonia was a suspect for a week or two and then they found out Pauline's suddenly evil husband had killed her. He then tussled with 70+ Jim Branning, fell out a window, and died, and was never mentioned again.

I see what you're saying though.

While we're still on AMC I guess we should mention Kevin Sheffield. It's never a good thing when people have to have a lengthy debate about whether or not your character was killed in an explosion.

Kevin :cry: How could I forget him... (Did Kelsey get an exit? I can't remember...)

In late summer or early autumn 1998 Kelsey went out for a friendly meal with Ryan and told him she had gotten a job as a weathergirl. I thought it was in California but Soapcentral says it was in Minneapolis. I believe that was her last scene.

Petey went to Europe with Palmer (of course with no good reason) I forgot Jamal even came back (bvut is Livia meant to still be around?) I think they said Bobby ran off again after stealing from Palmer or some lame-ass--but yeah, I agree. and non exits drive me crazy, even when I'm glad a character is gone.

Petey didnt get an exit though. They mentioned the Europe thing after the fact. The actor never got to play any goodbye scenes are mention that he was leaving. He was there one day and the next we hear Opal say he's gone

Other awful exits:

Edmund AMC. Just wretched. I don't care if he had a past history of mental breakdowns, that was plot-driven insanity and ugly to sit through.

Taylor AMC. Didn't she just vanish after walking away from Tad at the dance?

Skye Y&R. Seemingly slaughtered as some sort of message about strong, independent women. Not only was she chopped up and put under the stable floorboards, they then revealed that she had been all but raped by her gyno. The last kicks at her corpse came in the recent "dream" episodes, where she was written as a flippant harpy who was obsessed with Adam. Thankfully the actress overcame the awful writing.

Colleen Y&R. She hits her head on a canoe, offcamera, lingers on for a pretentious gimme and Emmy dream episode which looked like an acid trip which Missy Randolph from Rauch's beloved AW would have been at home in, and her heart then goes to Victor, who proceeds to take a big dump all over her family.

Ian OLTL. Talk about a hilarious way to get rid of a character as quickly as possible. I'm going to fly my plane in freezing, dangerous conditions because my girlfriend is having a family problem. Oh noes, I am dead. At least I have saved the whales!

Edited March 10, 201015 yr by CarlD2

Tad did just vanish in the endless marathon-0--it was like they decided to write her out overnight too--in the early marathon eps she was shown to be into Tad then suddenly not and she left.

UGh Edmund's whole last year on AMC was a mess--didn't Jonathan kill him (for NO reason? just cuz he was hidin gin his barn?) when he was still grumpy with Maria and in a wheelchair? (I don't even remember why he got paralyzed LOL)

I forgot all about Ian and the Armitage mess...