On 6/7/2026 at 4:25 PM, DRW50 said:

I thought Lowry was pretty bad on AMC at that time, although he eventually got a little better. Still, he could have been a departure.

I freely admit I always found him incredibly attractive and thought he had enough going on to at least be a soap hunk if he had the right pairing or character. But probably not strong enough to make AJ into an actual character.

On 6/7/2026 at 4:40 PM, carolineg said:

Katherine was a really ill defined character and MBE doesn't really work for the part as written. It makes me mad sometimes they derailed Stefan's arcs to appease some recreation of Patch/Kayla that DID NOT WORK at all.

This is exactly part of the problem I think Shelley Curtis was responsible for during that time on GH. I don’t see this coming from anybody but her. It did give us the fantastic scenes with Laura and Katherine at the Ball though. Much like Michael’s conception, it was an inherited thing Guza spun into gold when he came back in late 1997!

BTW, I also want to make clear that I love Shelley Curtis and think she should be working on soaps, either DAYS or GH right now, and both shows would be better for it. I just think it was kind of a rough patch at GH and the beginning for me as a viewer tuning into a soap and seeing it fully populated by huge actors from other shows consistently. I can imagine how OLTL fans felt when JC and GR invaded after Rauch pushed them out at Another World!

14 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

BTW, I also want to make clear that I love Shelley Curtis and think she should be working on soaps, either DAYS or GH right now, and both shows would be better for it.

I agree and I'll add Y&R to that list, too. Y&R has improved since Sally McDonald became the show runner, but I think the show still lacks vision.