On 4/11/2026 at 11:58 PM, Franko said:

Things could have been even stranger -- suppose Lynn also read for Terry.

That one is new to me! Obviously the GH casting director of the time liked her to keep bringing her back. Monty too.

On 4/12/2026 at 12:03 AM, DRW50 said:

I wish they'd done more with Sean and Monica in later years.

For years I thought Sean could have been used better had they gone back to his less virtuous era. Beyond the affair story we got that was really there just to put Tiffany through hell. Although I loved Sean and Tiffany I did think breaking them up for a bit should have been a good idea. Instead it was so tragic and Tiffany got way too dark.

I thought Sean would have been much more believable as the reveal behind the virus storyline than Holly for example.

1 hour ago, titan1978 said:

That one is new to me! Obviously the GH casting director of the time liked her to keep bringing her back. Monty too.

Oh, just to clarify, I don't think Lynn did read for Terry. Or at least, we haven't confirmed it. It's just a possibility, considering we know she did read for Felicia. I just was struck by how strange it would be for Lynn and Jackie Zeman to play family scenes considering how they'd get years of antagonistic scenes.

1 hour ago, Franko said:

Oh, just to clarify, I don't think Lynn did read for Terry. Or at least, we haven't confirmed it. It's just a possibility, considering we know she did read for Felicia. I just was struck by how strange it would be for Lynn and Jackie Zeman to play family scenes considering how they'd get years of antagonistic scenes.

Got it! It would have been strange. They found the perfect part for her. If you watch her earlier years she is almost a proto Sarah Brown Carly. Just with more humor because the show had a lighter touch.

Both of them went after Tony. Lucy was insecure, desperate for attention and was a social climber which are traits she shares with OG Carly. Both wanted the security of a wealthier existence. Lucy is neurotic though where Carly is desperately lacking in self esteem and angry.

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8 hours ago, titan1978 said:

Got it! It would have been strange. They found the perfect part for her. If you watch her earlier years she is almost a proto Sarah Brown Carly. Just with more humor because the show had a lighter touch.

Both of them went after Tony. Lucy was insecure, desperate for attention and was a social climber which are traits she shares with OG Carly. Both wanted the security of a wealthier existence. Lucy is neurotic though where Carly is desperately lacking in self esteem and angry.

It's a shame that Lucy was walled off and the writing was slipping enough to where I'm not sure she got to have much of a reaction to Carly/Tony.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

General Hospital April 10 1985 Finola Hughes first episode - YouTube

Thanks!

Anna really does look like Emma.

The scene with Felicia and Mariah is sweet too. And all the spy intrigue with Sean, Robert and Holly.

The only drag was the stuff with Jimmy Lee and Celia as he doesn't do much for me as a character. Celia has a unique presence - I liked her cool reaction to Lorena when Lorena walked out.

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

It's a shame that Lucy was walled off and the writing was slipping enough to where I'm not sure she got to have much of a reaction to Carly/Tony.

Especially with the hostility between Lucy and Bobbie that would still come through at times, and Lucy should have had something to play during dark Tony. But a lot of that happened after PC began. IIRC when Guza came back in 1997, he was credited as a story consultant at PC before his GH credit stated airing, but it didn’t amount to much as far as I could tell.

I love characters like Scotty, Lucy, Nadine on Guiding Light. Schemers and social climbers, but not truly evil people at their core. Always their own worst enemy.

Just now, titan1978 said:

Lucy should have had something to play during dark Tony.

That would have been wonderful, and very important.

5 minutes ago, Vee said:

That would have been wonderful, and very important.

There may have been a couple of insignificant moments during that Nurse’s Ball when Tony was unhinged. But nothing as good as it could have been. @DRW50 pointed it out, the show was really fragmented and started to lose that large community feel as the 90’s went on. We went from Stone’s dying really connecting every character to a year later the characters were really split up into hubs and it kind of stayed that way during the rest of Riche’s tenure.