Well hopefully these will play out as decent as they sound. These spoilers are courtesy from Soapdom:

 

• Victor looks for a new passion to pursue. Will Nikki and the rest of the Newmans be supportive? 
• Nick and Chelsea have a special connection, but misread intentions and secrets could change their dynamic.
• Dylan continues to reel from Sharon's deception -- and their relationship suffers. Can their relationship find some type of normalcy or will Dylan and Sharon be forced to take a break? 
• Victoria keeps Billy at arm's length -- but when her world is turned upside down with the return of her son Reed, Billy is the one who is there to help. 
• Jill stops playing matchmaker for a bit and turns to revenge seeker when she is double-crossed!
• Lauren gets her groove back and reaches out to old friends in a desperate attempt to save Fenmore's to survive in 2017...
• Gloria continues to meddle into Kevin and Chloe's relationship and will get the upper hand in a surprise twist of fate!
• The secret of Bella's father and the truth of what really happened to Adam continues to cause tension for Kevin and Chloe to point of eruption! 
• Mariah and Hilary grapple for power.
• Cane and Lily face a big decision.
• Ravi and Ashley become vital in each other's lives.
• A new year means a new Abby! Abby's soul searching looks for renewal as she makes major changes for her personal life and career. 

3 hours ago, KMan101 said:

I guess but I still think they would of had to deal with his character at some point. If it can give Jill a real story then I'm all for it.

 

I think if they would get rid of Lily, Cane, & the kids. Then they wouldn't have to bring him back. I just like the actor, him & the guy who played the 2nd Matt Clark or whatever that character name was.

1 hour ago, Darn said:

These actors are literally always excited to get work. They'll praise any story to get their fans to watch. They only complain about how much they suck after the fact. I don't know why people keep falling for it.

 

Well only time will tell, it's also possible the story starts off good (as it did with previous HWs) and goes nowhere. I understand the initial excitement though in many cases. Lauren and Carmine for example had potential to be amazing but was just poorly written. I'm optimistic that Jill even had a story. We will see. 

 

Jess Walton has always said if you use her she will come, if not she's fine on her farm. I'm glad these writers don't seem to be taking her for granted. 

3 minutes ago, Chris B said:

 

Jess Walton has always said if you use her she will come, if not she's fine on her farm. I'm glad these writers don't seem to be taking her for granted. 

 

 

I love what they've given her so far. She's one of the few actors left that elevates the material.

1 hour ago, Darn said:

These actors are literally always excited to get work. They'll praise any story to get their fans to watch. They only complain about how much they suck after the fact. I don't know why people keep falling for it.

 

Not Tristan Rogers. I remember when we were all waiting for Colin to return and the new Gene Francis character, GenV to premiere. Tristan was tweeting all sorts of cryptic messages. Thing like, some may find it strangely interesting, or it's a different take, etc. He knew what they were filming was bad, really bad. lol

Jess is so good that the directors used to let her & Jeanne improvise a lot of their scenes later into their run.

That said her current story involves the Atkinson/Ashby family which no matter how well written is already a strike against it.

43 minutes ago, DeeeDee said:

Jess is so good that the directors used to let her & Jeanne improvise a lot of their scenes later into their run.

That said her current story involves the Atkinson/Ashby family which no matter how well written is already a strike against it.

 

They used do the same with Robert S. Woods and Hillary B. Smith when they were on OLTL back in the day. They used to use them to fill the episode run time they were that good.

 

And yes, exactly. Cane and his entire family (minus Lily's kids) and their history need to be excised from this show.

1 hour ago, Darn said:

 

I love what they've given her so far. She's one of the few actors left that elevates the material.

Absolutely agree. More than anything that's what I'm loving about the writing, who they're choosing to use and HOW they use them. Characters like Jill, Jack, Victor and Nikki are your tent pole characters and finally all are being used in a way that's smart and makes sense. I remember when for years it seemed like Jill didn't even know who Billy was lol. Her only concern was Cane. I hated that! He needs to go. Christel has matured and is good, but he drags down every scene he's in. 

Spoilers for the next couple of weeks have Sharon goon off de rails with a ripple effect endangering Dylan, sigh here we go again!

If that's true, I'm so sick of them making Sharon a head case. We'll see but ugh. Of course. So everyone can blame her when something happens to Dylan.

Soap opera digest  just said "sharon loses control" (week of jan 16)

10 minutes ago, omess said:

Soap opera digest  just said "sharon loses control" (week of jan 16)

How many times does this make? I thought with Sussman in we were through with this crap!

Also in the same SOD, Mal Young says Sharon's anger nd precarious  emotional state will have a ripple effect onto Dylan situation, there are a couple of mag spoilers indicating Sharon once again losing it

Edited January 9, 20178 yr by rlj

1 minute ago, rlj said:

Buþ in the new SOD, Mal Young also  says Sharon's anger nd precarious  emotional state will have a ripple effect onto Dylan situation, there are a couple of mag spoilers indicating Sharon once again losing it

yes, that where it is from.

19 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

How many times does this make? I thought with Sussman in we were through with this crap!

 

Same! So over this

GIVE SALLY TIME!!!!!!!!!!