GH: Discussion for the Month of March

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Am I the only one here who absolutely hated today's episode? It was so bad.

[Mr. Vixen]

Right, and in time she grew and matured into the role and it was believable. JL sees out of place.

[DRW50]

Didn't it take 2 or 3 years before people stopped hating her work in the role?

[DRW50]

So at least now we know why Anna is staying around - a custody fight. I get the feeling that this will push Patrick and Liz closer together, for Emma's sake.

I have not recognized anything about Anna since her return and now I know why - it's not about her at all.

[Mr. Vixen]

I didn't really know anyone ever hated her. Everything I've read has always been positive.

[Skin]

It depends on how you view it. Her character hit pay dirt in her relationship with Spinelli, her rivalry with Lulu and with her mentee relationship with Kate. Maxie underwent a lot of changes under Storms and she was a completely different character from the previous version of Maxie but eventually the Maxie who KS played was a definitive one for the character as an adult and JL just doesn't work as well in it. Probably because the Maxie character seems so very fixed and specific under Storms. There isn't really any room for a different interpretation of her. KS did grow into the role but the role changed with her too in a way. JL is still playing KS's Maxie and it doesn't really work.

[Cheap21]

WTF is this sh-t? Her transformation was AWFUL!

I cant believe it took Maxie going up hysterically to Emma for someone to finally think to remove that child from that scene

Oh she was most definetly hated. Some of that hate came from residual feelings from her time as annoying Belle on Days, to resentment over replacing RR and then later hate from LnL2 fans and how despicable she was written during that story. I think Skin hit it on the nail with when things changed for her. Her time with Spinelli and becoming Kate's apprentice did wonders for her

[DRW50]

I remember a lot of anger towards her work in the first years, especially that disaster that was the attempt to redo BJ's heart story. The time I saw fan opinion turning around was around 2006 or 2007.

[Mr. Vixen]

I knew people were angry that they got rid of Robyn Richards, but I didn't think that people hated KS - just the fact that they recast Maxie.

[Cheap21]

Like I said, she was hated. Not KS as a person, but KS on the show. I for one hated her as an actress and Maxie once she took over and knew plenty of others that did. She got tons of hate among a LnL2 board I used to post at. She wasnt universally loved (or tolerated for that matter) as you might think was the case

[OLTL_fan]

Robin's funeral could have been better and could have been worse. I liked the use of flashbacks during everyone's eulogy and the pictures on the tv. I thought all the eulogies were well done. Robert should have been there but it is what it is. Maxie showing up was so awkward and getting in Emma's face. OMG I was glad Liz took the poor girl out. JL is doing a good job but she hasn't been in the role long enough and shared enough scenes with Robin so I can't really feel much.

I hate to agree with Carly but Jason had every right to know about Robin. Monica even said he was healthy enough to know what happened to Robin. Sam is just a controlling bitch. Hope he never forgives her for that.

Sonny/Connie scenes were just so awkward.

I thought she was having a seizure.

[DRW50]

I think Kristen did some good work in 2007 and 2008, but Maxie soon devolved into nothing more than a foil for Spinelli, and a random bitch, thrown into pairings that the show didn't care about (like Maxie/Matt). I think that they just stopped writing for her character in any meaningful way. Now, without Kristen in the role, the hollowness of the material shows up, because they were used to her hiding the garbage.

[Cheap21]

Maybe they should tell her non-acting ass to just stand there next time as they insert a musical cue to let us the viewers know she's changed

[OLTL_fan]

This is how I felt. I did grow to like her very much but it took time.

[Skin]

Viewers still feel sympathy for Jason? I guess I will chalk that one up to another one of my unpopular GH opinions. I can't even deal with that character. I can barely even stand to look at Burton in promos anymore.

This is valid. A lot of what has come to define the Maxie character is her romances and she hasn't had a real one (or a good one) in a long time. The image of KS Maxie is still pretty strong though she had various things going for her. Her career, her friends/relationships, she fit in a lot of places as KS' Maxie. Not so much anymore.