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Marston was always horribly miscast as Al IMO. Tipps was very green but NM was a total 180. They brought him in to be the heavy and turn Al into a psycho stalker/heel for Cristian and Jen. It was the pairing with Marcie that saved NM and made him work as Al despite his having been wrong for the role, and then they stupidly killed the character which should never have happened.

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I couldn't see anyone with Kathy Brier, nor did I want to.  The only reason why she even lasted as long as she did on OLTL was because TPTB were afraid that firing her would come off as discriminating against plus-sized women.

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I was livid when she was put on contract in late '02 while needlessly appearing at that time only as Jen's scheming helper and shrill Mini-Me, but she did become very popular with Al in the otherwise insane Malone II era of 2003 when they softened the character tremendously while having her gaga over the mysterious 'Voice of the Night' (Al). It was not a pairing Brian Frons was expecting to become popular, so he was forced to rehire Nathaniel Marston and then the Michael/Marcie mess began, when they should've just undone Al's death.

I get that a little of Kathy Brier can go a long way. And I do think Marcie stayed a bit too long in later years, but her high points (the early Marcie/Al story, the hostage standoff with Viki in Paris, Texas in Carlivati's early days) were strong for me and she was popular with the audience.

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I liked Kathy Brier and Marcie and I don't think she was ever given enough credit for what she did on the show despite the Emmy nomination. It was always some form of "the fat girl" storyline. She deserved better. Brian Frons often made the most sexist comments about her and the women on the show at the time. Just ridiculous. 

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