IMO, the "new to daytime" route was the right way to go, I just don't understand why they landed on him. Other "new to daytime" hires were usually at least in some way known to daytime audiences: people like Eric Braeden, Phil Carey, David Canary, etc. They weren't BIG stars, but they had a familiarity to the audience. No one knew who the hell this guy was. Even that wouldn't have been a problem for me if he had had some of the qualities that Alan needed. Bernau's Alan could be funny and charming. Manipulative and mean. Cold and calculating. Sometimes all at the same time. Even Pilon could handle some of that. Raines was just too one-note. GL desperately needed a character like this. The first years Raines was on it might not have seemed so bad because the show still had Zaslow's Roger. Once he was gone, that left a big gap in the show. They should have realized this and either done another recast or written Alan out and created a new character to take that role. Heck, they could have killed off Alan much earlier and had Phillip fill that role on the show. I'm sure Grant could have handled it. Well, yes, you are so right, he can't be blamed for everything. The writing for the character was definitely a big part of the problem.
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DeeVee · 13 minutes ago 13 min
Not expecting anyone to comment lol, but does anyone watch this insane, delicious trainwreck? Comes on Oxygen. Just wrapped up Season 5, and Season 6 starts in January.
Season 6 Promo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH1SfrIZsdo
I will post some of my favorite moments later if anyone responds.