Members Soaplovers Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 With all the talk about hack head-writers and some of their biggest blunders, I wondered to myself if there was at least two things that any of these hack writers did that viewers liked? I'm sure even HACK WRITERS, like Jean passante or LML, did at least two things correct while head-writing their shows. So can you think of any? For me, my thought of biggest hack writer was LML. The following is two positive things she did while headwriter.... 1) Making Nikki more career-minded (i.e. she dabbled in politics and appeared to have finally broken free of Victor). 2) Killing Sheila off once and for all (granted, it was a stupid phyillis look-a-like but at least she killed off Sheila for life) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 Garin Wolfe: Brought back Leslie Charleson. Brough back Robin Christopher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Graham Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 Megan McTavish: - Last writer to truly give Pine Valley a community feel - Unabortion aside, she wrote the Kane women flawlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 That hack bitch from the depths of hell LML: 1) Got Jill into a relationship and back into the Jabot boardroom. 2) Had some minor role in getting a scene written that landed Jeanne Cooper her first and only competitive Emmy win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 Ron Carlivati He did wonders with Tina at the end of OLTL, redeeming her and reuiniting her with her true love, Cord He wrote an amazing Todd and Tea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 Higley Put Nicole on the forefront giving Ari Zucker a big successful FB story to shine in Gave characters like Maggie, Victor, Kate, and Stefano more material than they had in years Guza I can't think of one thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 Jean Passanante, although for all I know this was Goutman, since he supposedly ran the last years of the show: The wonderful Bob/Kim anniversary episodes, with the warm, funny, family moments and the history which was so often ignored. Lucinda suddenly reverting back to the Marland-era control freak instead of doting mother and grandmother. What a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 Chuck Pratt at AMC: Tried to return to Nixonian style social issue stories withtby dealing with the Iraq war through the eyes of Frankie/Taylor/Brot. The execution was weak but the intention was good. Casting Jamie Luner as Liza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yr9190 Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 MAB: (Y&R) 1.) (Even though that relationship is still dismantled) Making it turn out that Jill isn't Katherine's daughter 2.) Giving MTS a real storyline, after those terrible contract disputes (Again, still a hot mess though) Bradley Bell: (B& 1.) Redeeming Deacon enough to share a tender scene with Hope (Hate how this is going nowhere now) 2.) Making Bill understanding about Karen's sexuality (Too bad we won't see Johanna Johnson that much now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quent Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 Jean Passante: What the Passante/Goutman era did to ATWT was unforgivable (especially the last year). However there were two storylines during her reign that were quite good. 1) The Jen/Gwen baby switch. True, baby switches have been done to death, but this story was probably the last great umbrella s/l, where everyone was involved in what was going on, and gave meaty material to all involved. 2) Jack kills Brad. How original to have Brad killed by his own brother. The effect on the Snyder marriage, Katie's grief, Jack's guilt and the blasts from the past (Mike, Ben, Molly) made this much-watch TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members y&r_fan Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 LML -Made me like Nick for the first and ONLY time. -Hired Nia Peeples as Karen - the only actress/character thus far that has even come close to filling the Dru void. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 Didn't Agnes Nixon imply recently that Pratt got very bored and was never too interested in the Brott stuff, period? He did initially also return a sense of humour to AMC which had been missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members y&r_fan Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 LML -Made me like Nick for the first and ONLY time. -Hired Nia Peeples as Karen - the only actress/character thus far that has even come close to filling the Dru void. MAB -Brad's death. -Cane's death (before Sony ruined it). -Restoring the traditional background music. -Cast additions like Michael Muhney, Marcy Rylan, Jessica Collins, John Driscoll, Stephen Nichols, Debbi Morgan, Blake Hood, Darnell Williams, Peter Porte and Jessica Heap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 Except that had already been done long before LML. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 I don't recall seeing that. Do you have a link or something? I'd be interested to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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