I'm up late studying. Suddenly it dawned on me that we have relatively few smart characters are left on soaps these days. I think it has changed now that characters fall susceptible to plot points. Who would you identify as a smart character and what makes them smart?

lol Spinelli :-p

Hmm, are there any smart characters left in daytime at all now? Most of them used to be on Y&R but LML & MAB have successfully turned them all into idiots. At one time, I would have answered Ashley Abbott, but after this Adam debacle, no way. There was a time that I would have said Meg Snyder, but that has long passed. Jack Abbott's another one, but the Patty storyline makes him look like a fool.

Honestly, right now, the only character that comes to mind is Victor Kiriakis on DAYS.

I used to think Jack and Michael were two of the most legitimately smart characters on Y&R. Which of course meant them getting look-a-like wives and forced to look like morons.

It seems easier for characters who don't drive story to be intelligent. They don't usually have to be subjected to looking idiotic for plot contrivances (exceptions above). I don't know how Bob and Kim were before they were backburned but they seem like genuinely smart people.

Molly on GH. I swear she is the smartest soap character out there. GH should reveal her to be a child genius

I sense this may be a somewhat short thread.

I was going to nominate Victor Kiriakis on Days. The man can sniff out bullshit at thirty paces. Plus he doesn't get tangled up in complicated and over-the-top plans of revenge like Vivian or Stefano do (hello? Brain chips!). He just orders his enemies' death. Swift and to-the-point.

Clearly, no one on the current incarnation of Y&R applies to this thread...

I sense this may be a somewhat short thread.

Me too. I'm coming up at a loss. I had hoped to be enlightened here.

I was going to nominate Victor Kiriakis on Days. The man can sniff out bullshit at thirty paces. Plus he doesn't get tangled up in complicated and over-the-top plans of revenge like Vivian or Stefano do (hello? Brain chips!). He just orders his enemies' death. Swift and to-the-point.

Good one. I had a feeling we would see more men than women as candidates.

I used to think Jack and Michael were two of the most legitimately smart characters on Y&R. Which of course meant them getting look-a-like wives and forced to look like morons.It seems easier for characters who don't drive story to be intelligent. They don't usually have to be subjected to looking idiotic for plot contrivances (exceptions above). I don't know how Bob and Kim were before they were backburned but they seem like genuinely smart people.

I'm almost afraid to say this but I think they've been replaced by Billy Abbott who was smart enough not to be duped by Chloe.

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Exactly.

Whoever needs propping.

Exactly.

If thats the case then why does Ryan Lavery remain one of the dumbest characters in daytime?

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Past or present characters?

Georgie Jones.

IMO, the problem is that characters that come on smart have to be dumbed down and lobotomized in order to stay on the show, ESPECIALLY the women. And maybe I have him on the brain but I think Adam Chandler was smart most of the time.

Lucinda Walsh, at least pre-Goutman

If thats the case then why does Ryan Lavery remain one of the dumbest characters in daytime?

Ryan thinks escalators are elevators without doors.