Oh another life on the Resurrection Island, lovely. Who else he got stashed their, his father? Leora? That miscarried baby of KWAK's? Josh? Lets just go hog wild.

Yeah don't even remotely believe that. Babe's been dead for three years and things haven't gotten better. If she is the sole reason for the death of AMC then why has it not recovered if it's so great now? As if characters like Griffin and Cara are so amazing and as if the writing itself is top notch stuff. AMC is riddled with problems and have been since 2005. If anything I would say point your fingers at the never ending Ryan, Kendell, Zach and Greenlee hour that was definitely one of the biggest problems the show has had over the past seven years and still in some ways continues to have. Combine that with a definite lack of interesting new characters and suitable younger actors to give the show new life and the show was bound to stagnate and die.

What're you blathering about? I didn't say sole reason.

I'd take Cara over Babe any day of the week. Could not stand the character with either actress, and cheered her death...Which should've happened with the pancakes in the first place.

It'd be nice to see Daisy and Nina back but I guess after Palmer's funeral there's not huge reason. The actress who played Tara the most (blanking on her name, but she stared in Sat Night Fever) is apparently a bit nuts, but also has said over and over how much she'd love to return... I dunno, even if they did a quick party scene like they did for the 25th anniversary specials where you saw so many people, it could be nice.

But as much as I wasn't a huge fan of last Jamie, it does make sense to bring him back, especially with Brooke there. (Laura, meh)

What're you blathering about? I didn't say sole reason.

To imply that Babe is the "large" part of AMC's downfall is just as preposterous. The statement in general obscures the fact that AMC continued to fail even in her absence. She hasn't been on the show for three years and that is more then enough time to comeback from one character 'ruining' the show. The fact that AMC continued on a downward trajectory after her removal from the show only tells us that AMC had much bigger problems then one sole character. AMC was still sinking ship way after Babe's departure and way after she was removed from story. I'd also argue that Amanda Baker's Babe (2007-2008) was quite innocuous and didn't impact significant story in anyway until after her death.

I'd take Cara over Babe any day of the week. Could not stand the character with either actress, and cheered her death...Which should've happened with the pancakes in the first place.

Well at least you felt something about the character, which is more then I can say about most of the characters on screen now a days. The worst thing to feel about a soap character isn't hatred, it's complete apathy and that is the thing that killed AMC. People stopped caring about the every day lives and events of these characters and as a result viewers stopped tuning in because the show was boring them.

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by Skin

I'm no big Babe fan, but I agree with Skin. It is true that McTavish liked to focus on characters, and Babe did dominate--then under Esensten and Brown itwas Zendall (and to a lesser extent Rylee) who dominated.

I'm no big Babe fan, but I agree with Skin. It is true that McTavish liked to focus on characters, and Babe did dominate--then under Esensten and Brown itwas Zendall (and to a lesser extent Rylee) who dominated.

I agree that Babe was part of the big airtime issues on AMC but when you look back at the last 6-7 years she isn't even the worst culprit.

Top Five airtime holders for every year from 2004-present.

Listed in order:

2004- Kendell, Bianca, Ryan, Babe, JR

2005- Kendell, Ryan, JR, Greenlee, Zach

2006- Babe, Kendell, JR, Zach, Ryan

2007- Kendell, Zach, Ryan, Babe, JR

2008- Greenlee, Kendell, Zach, Ryan, Annie

2009- Zach, Ryan, David, Kendell, Erica

2010- Greenlee, Ryan, David, JR, Annie

2011- Kendell, Griffin, Cara, Tad, Ryan

Somewhere along the way viewers got turned off on the same characters being featured continuously, no suitable new blood entering the show and vets being cut from the cast with little to no notice so in turn they stopped viewing. Babe herself is only a small portion of that. Specifically since the last time she impacted story in a big way in regards to airtime was near four years ago when she was a front-burner character with J.R.

Amanda Baker's Babe got her airtime cut BIG time and was quickly thrusted out the door with barely a year in the role.

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by Skin

So I'm going to take a wild guess that if I post a response right here, it's going to come out in BOLD, even though I'm typing in regular font....

ETA: So there you go.

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by YurSoakinginit

Alexa comes across as a bit of a ditz

Really?

I think she comes off more as, she doesnt know the situation at amc

It's Skin's signature that makes everything bold.

Project Orpheus could be 'bringing back the dead'. Maybe we'll see an aged Leora too.

If Jamie makes an appearance, I hope Brooke does as well.

If Jamie makes an appearance, I hope Brooke does as well.

She does. It was posted yesterday in another thread.

By the way, I'm not sure why Jamey Giddens (or Alexa) would describe Justin Bruening's potential return as a "cameo" appearance - a term that doesn't typically apply to someone reprising their own role on the same show. Shouldn't it be "guest appearance?" Unless he's just going to be a waiter at Krystal's....

Edited July 17, 201114 yr by YurSoakinginit

soapsindepthabc Soaps In Depth ABC ABC says Alexa Havins and Justin Bruening wil return for several episodes in Sept. Jamie I get.... but dead, re-cast Babe? LOL #AMC

OMG! Yay for Babe! I wouldnt be surprised if David has her as part of Project Orpheus

Edited July 19, 201114 yr by Cheap21