From the May 1972 Daytime TV.

Al Freeman Jr. began his role as a policeman, Lt. Hall in January.

Tika Sumpter gets fugged.

http://gofugyourself.com/fugka-sumpter-04-2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCpyPzTXtYo&feature=relmfu

Here we hear that Gabrielle did in fact want to be a ballet dancer, but couldn't because of her "accident" (Fiona's ballet career ended after she injured her back). This makes both the ballet fantasy and the ballet moves she did in Heaven make much more sense. And it also seems that Max only met her Grandmother this one time (but he recognized her sewing box after Al's death--I guess Gabrielle either had it in Argentina or maybe he remembered it from when they were married, I don't know).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnmSq0KuDgw

No matter how much Max loved Luna, and I know he did, to just dismiss any love he had for Gabrielle is just ridiculous, IMO. They restored their friendship (beautifully, I might add) sometime after this, and I do believe they were headed for an affair (ditto Bo/Nora) before JDP was fired. I would have LOVED to have watched what happened there.

I always kind of wondered why they brought Gabrielle back at all when they had no idea what to do with her and gave her a story which they then killed very quickly and awkwardly.

Having her start off as trying to get revenge on Max due to him abandoning her was fine, but I would have probably gone on after their breakup (if you could really call it that) by having her slowly but surely try to make up for past misdeeds--while, of course, having her retain as much of her anti-heroine status as humanly possible. I certainly would have gone forward with a Max/Gabrielle affair during her relationship with Bo--there were signs that she felt neglected by him in favor of Nora, and it would have been interesting to see what might have happened with both Bo AND Gabrielle cheating on each other (and maybe have Roxy and Max continue to bond as friends and have her slowly realize how much Gabrielle means to him).

And even though it would have been great to have seen them on the canvas longer, once I would have reunited them, I would have been fine with them getting married and leaving for North Carolina/Argentina to raise Frank and Leslie--visiting/communicating through Al as he goes through law school (which is what he intended to do at the time of his death).

At the same time, I wouldn't have objected to a storyline where Carlo returns and she gives him hell for the years she lost in prison because of him--complete with a scene of Max whipping the tar out of him for threatening their son's life as a child/taking her away from Al when he was so young.

I really do miss them sometimes, don't I?

Edited April 23, 201213 yr by MissLlanviewPA

There's actually a clip from around that same time where Al and Max talk about Gabrielle and Luna and Max tells Al that while Luna was the "love of his life" that didn't mean he didn't love Gabrielle too. If you haven't seen it MissLlanviewPa, I have it and will try to get it uploaded on YouTube soon.

There's actually a clip from around that same time where Al and Max talk about Gabrielle and Luna and Max tells Al that while Luna was the "love of his life" that didn't mean he didn't love Gabrielle too. If you haven't seen it MissLlanviewPa, I have it and will try to get it uploaded on YouTube soon.

I remember it well. It kind of seemed like a backhanded compliment to me at the time . I prefer to think of Max saying it was Luna and not including Gabrielle because of her relationship with Bo at the time. Because really, BOTH of them could have been the loves of his life. And that's probably the best answer anyway .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F23-shmQRrc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A9bUJh5X2s&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b12GqQqEQgU

Carmen Lo Porto (ex-Jack) appeared on this week's episode of Nurse Jackie. He looked much taller and more mature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJE-pf82wzc&feature=autoplay&list=ULQe0M4w1LMUg&playnext=11