Lisa Rinna as Billie. Never got the hype. I thought she sucked.

I can see you having that opinion during her second run as Billie, but in her first run, she was great. Billie was fun, fresh, and completely different from any character that ever appeared on DAYS and that was largely due to Lisa Rinna's portrayal. She easily should have earned an Emmy nomination for the reveal of her father Curtis molesting her & his subsequent murder. At the time, she definitely lived up to the hype. The second run, however, not so much, though it wasn't really her fault- the weren't writing her as Billie & they made her a cop who constantly donned her unsexy uniform.

Alison Sweeney. She can cry, I will give her that. But that is as far as it goes

Honestly, she really can't- in fact, it used to be one of her biggest shortcomings earlier on in the show. She does better now, but a lot of times, it's obvious they're using those fake glycerine tears on her.

I can see you having that opinion during her second run as Billie, but in her first run, she was great. Billie was fun, fresh, and completely different from any character that ever appeared on DAYS and that was largely due to Lisa Rinna's portrayal. She easily should have earned an Emmy nomination for the reveal of her father Curtis molesting her & his subsequent murder. At the time, she definitely lived up to the hype. The second run, however, not so much, though it wasn't really her fault- the weren't writing her as Billie & they made her a cop who constantly donned her unsexy uniform.

Agree to disagree. I saw both runs of Lisa Rinna's Billie, and BOTH times, I was...underwhelmed, to put it nicely.

Edited July 7, 201015 yr by Wendy

I am watching today's episode on DVR and Kristen is particularly horrific. This is definitely her "emmy episode" too. Nothing she does rings true. The hyperventilating, screaming- its totally high school theatre. Terrible.