Ironically, when SC came back as the real Terri.. it was the first time that she fully connected on GL and there were fans back in the day that wondered why they didn't just keep the real Terri on the show instead of quickly writing her out and focusing on just Annie Dutton.
The other issue with SC playing Annie was that she played Annie as being controlled and calm in all of her actions/interactions, which was the direct opposite of how Annie was written/portrayed previously. Not to mention, she was replacing Cynthia Watros... who made Annie into quite a memorable and fascinating character to watch.. so anyone coming in to play the character had an uphill battle.
The one thing in SC's favor was that she actually had chemistry with RR, which viewers back in 1998/1999 took note of.. and that was what made viewers theorize that she would turn out to be Annie... even after the initial writing had her painted as someone interested in Frank.
During this period, the show was focused more on plot without really examining long term effects... hence why any Holly story thread that popped up after the Nursey Rhyme story ended got dropped pretty quickly (her growing bond with Annie, Fletcher coming back, Sam the con artist).
So it wasn't a surprise that once the initial Annie coming back story played out, the show didn't really know how to use the character... although the show did manage to write SC's Annie in scenes with Lizzie and showing her maternal side.. but it was too little, too late.
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