I was watching some old clips of Erica and SMG's Kendell and it really shows how much the Kane characters have eroded in time. In the early 90's there was a sense that Erica was a very controlled and mature character/person. Now she has digressed into the same teenager she was when she first started the show. It's like any kind of growth the character underwent has been completely thrown out the window over the years. Kendell has also lost her way too. Kendell was originally a character who did bad things because she wanted attention or because was so wrapped up in her own anger that she would self destruct. That was the thing that made her so interesting as a character. That she would inadvertently end up hurting herself because she was so wrapped up in revenge or because she wanted to prove a point in vindicating herself. It was that aspect of the character that made her so watchable. Now she is this stepford wife for Zach who just blindly supports him no matter what. She has lost all of her vitality and vibrancy as a character. She doesn't even remotely resemble herself anymore.

Bianca is just ugh.... CBL is everything wrong in the role.

Why wasn't SMG on this episode instead...

Skin, I think Kendall may have remained closer to her SMG roots upon her return had Greenlee not been occupying the scheming demi-vixen spot.