ALL: Characters you are surprised lasted so long

[carolineg]

It is pretty tragic that this Cathy girl was so lame they scrapped her and Jessica was the 'better' version.  I don't think I have ever seen anything with Cathy except for those recaps so I can't judge.

Nick would have been perfect as Eugene and Calliope's kid now that you say that.  I have no problem with Nick's Horton connection, but it was flimsy at best with characters that weren't that important.  Are Josh and Jessica still together?  I can't remember if the show clarified.

[Khan]

Well, he WOULD have been perfect as Eugene and Calliope's kid, had he remained the goofy nerd that he was at the start.

[amybrickwallace]

I guess I'm surprised that Greenlee lasted so long. She was introduced as the spoiler of an unpopular romance (Scott/Becca) and wound up staying.

[dolphziggler]

Alex was great from around late 83 to 85 or so, especially when he was written almost totally as a bumbling, comical con man. By the time he unceremoniously left in 87, they'd written all of the charm out the character. For my money, Quinn Redeker was one of the best actors on the show during his seven year run. 

[Paul Raven]

I don't recall Alex having anything to do with Marie or the Hortons at that time. Once Jessica left, that connection seems to have been forgotten.

Alex never scored an ornament on the Horton tree?

[AMCOLTLLover]

Alex and Marie didn’t interacted much between 83 to 85.. But they still met at Shenanigans or at Doug’s/Blondies. She even visited him here and there.

the only little story was Alex/Marie and Howie.. But that didn’t go anywhere and was just for comic relief and Alex was shifted into the Anna DiMera Storys and him owning the Salem Inn

[DemetriKane]

!!! I kinda agree. I mean after Josh/Leo left the show they struggle to make her work. I honestly didn’t think she would be back after the 2005 exit. 

[MichaelGL]

Thinking of one more; I always was shocked how long Kevin Collin's father Victor Collins lasted on Port Charles. I don't even know what happened to the character. 

Edited December 21, 2021 by MichaelGL

[Melroser]

Ava on GH. Just watched her scenes today with Victor and wondered how is she still around. I'm sure the main reason is because it's Maura and she can be amazing. Does Ava really have a purpose right now though? 

[AMCOLTLLover]

Yeah kinda.. I mean she is a Jerome and until like 2019/20 she had her daughter Kiki still around and her brother Julian.

she has a child with Sonny (Avery if I recall that correctly) 

and she has MOB Connections etc. I don’t know but her character seemed well placed 

[amybrickwallace]

I don't either. I liked Victor. Nicholas Pryor was great in the role.