@DeeVee Didn't they try to quasi-redeem Bradley in 1989? Something about him trying to help Beth and she hits him with a shovel? I think someone at P&G just liked James Rehborn, which I can respect, but Bradley probably should have been left to the past, even if they may have wanted to try to use him to connect BC's Beth with Judi's.
@P.J. I think Vanessa and Lillian also interacted during that random scene where they were with Annie bitching about Reva (which led to some GL fans writing letters to SPW trashing Lillian as a hypocrite). I'd forgotten that they interacted at this time. I'd also forgotten about Billy's role here. It is delicious that Billy was the one who helped Vanessa see some sense - I wonder if Rauch was trolling a certain fanbase.
@alwaysAMC Thanks for your wonderful recaps, as always. I watched this era daily, even if I skipped some scenes, but so much has slipped my mind even with the basics still there. I remember Hart's boxing scenes well. They were panned by some of the soap magazines, but I thought they fit Grillo's Hart. I am not sure if Hart should have died, but Hart was never really a character anyway. The only time I was invested in him was his early years as the sweet young man played by Jeff Philips.
I am going to preface this by saying I don't think Matt is a horrible person, I think he is just very immature, but [!@#$%^&*] hell does it annoy me to read Matt reacting to any slight with Vanessa by shoving his tongue down Beth's throat and Beth repeatedly being the one to stop things from going further. I think you had to write that out about six times! He clearly wanted to cheat, and he likely would have gone all the way if not for the show's wariness about that fan base. I'm not saying I wanted Vanessa to be cheated on, but...is this really any better?
Matt is lucky that Billy was older and more worn out with life by this time as about a decade earlier he probably would have kicked Matt's perky little ass all over Springfield.
@GL95 I didn't remember a great deal with Michelle and Jesse either. They had so many obstacle stories and not much time to be a proper couple. I didn't think the relationship was bad, per se, but it seemed like one of those pairings the show didn't have a great deal of investment in. I liked him more with Drew.
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