That would have been a good angle to explore but Monty and the writer's were probably ignorant or didn't care.

Has this footage been seen on Youtube before?

Just now, Spin865 said:

Has this footage been seen on Youtube before?

Thanks. It was posted here yesterday. The person who uploaded it tends to upload material, delete, and then reupload, so it's been up a few times.

Yes, it's on the last page but it's been around.

19 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

That would have been a good angle to explore but Monty and the writer's were probably ignorant or didn't care.

It would have been a great angle to play, especially since Lee and Scotty were often at odds then. Would have been a good story to play out with an older Serena too, only now the medicine and public stigma is less so she would get help successfully.

21 hours ago, janea4old said:

I was battling depression myself and realized that I couldn't handle Meg's emotions because it sent me spiraling further. I had to take a break from GH for a while then because Meg was so intense.

It is interesting how much the stories we consume can exacerbate these issues when you are in the thick of it. I am sorry to see you had to face them, but good for you for getting the tools to face it better. It’s not easy.

Wow, this is the first time I've seen footage of Elizabeth MacRae on GH, and in color too! She's great!

Lee was such an important character to the show, but you'd never know it watching from the mid-80s on.

6 hours ago, Jdee43 said:

Lee was such an important character to the show, but you'd never know it watching from the mid-80s on.

It’s kind of fascinating that of the major characters left from earlier times- Steve, Audrey, Jessie, Lee, and maybe squeeze in Lesley- they had so much turmoil and trauma in their heyday that there wasn’t much of a next generation to help keep them viable. Laura is gone by the mid 80’s, and Lesley has become a surrogate mother to several characters, none of them lasting much past her death except perennial supporting player Amy. Steve and Audrey have Tom, and Monty stopped recasting so no Jeff to help out. Jessie has no children and also has professional surrogates like Bobbie and Amy, but that’s not the same. And Scotty coming and going several times ends up hurting Lee.

Compare all of them to the vitality of Edward and Lila around the same time with family drama and Edward’s scheming to keep them occupied. While I liked the first adult Tom Hardy, but he was never leading man material, and his stories suffered from that and several Simones in a relatively short amount of time. Even Tom’s adult return was late 80’s, no teen stories for him. Audrey’s surrogate Anne and that kid were long gone (and also not successful). It was poor planning on the earlier writers for the future of those characters and the show.