Y&R Actor returns

[Vee]

 

That wouldn't work either. Nothing will work at this point. The character has been a flat dud and a joke for over a decade. End it. Write her out and keep her gone for years before even beginning to consider a fresh start.

[Forever8]

Would would you do to rehab the character of Abby then? 

[Cat]

 

Give her a character, for a start. I have no sense of who Abby is as a person. I mean, I get that she isn't a 'villain', but broad strokes, what kind of person is she? This is not a question I would ever ask about the character of Ashley. ED always imbued her with sensitivity and softness, but also with a certain WASPy self-centredness, too. I felt like I was watching a woman with complexity, and I could read emotions on ED's (and BE's) face (s). With Ordway, it's blank and one-note.

 

I suspect her prettiness and the fact that she seems well-liked among the cast is what keeps her on the show.

 

P.S.: I always thought John Driscoll played a great Chance. He played a gentle-hearted, kind character, he sort of reminded me of Ryan on Another World. But at the time, that kind of male character was not really welcomed on soaps.

[Vee]

I can worry about that in 2028 at minimum. She should not be on the show anymore.

[Soap-princess]

 

All of this. It’s because she’s a Newman and she fills the pretty millennial blond role. 
 

They barely care about the Abbotts anymore. The Abbotts are a shell of themselves, yet all of Victor’s kids get consistent screen time. 

[Liberty City]

 

Mal Young put the Abbotts are the forefront and gave them an exciting storyline. Once Anthony Morina and Josh Griffith came in, they diminished their roles.

[slick jones]

Mal Young drove Eileen Davidson to announce her retirement from the show IIRC.