I liked Faison's return in '99 more than some folks did. He was creepy as hell even though the Felicia thing was ridiculous. I was pleased to see him in 2012 even when the story was goofy.
By the time they had him dressing up like Beetlejuice for a wacky family Halloween the following year and then going off with Britt to 'bond' I thought he was played out and had been made too campy-cute a la most of Carlivati's takes on villains. Regrettably they then brought him back for more bad stories to give him needless sons in later dull regimes.
Faison, like Obrecht, works in controlled doses and careful story. Neither of which either of them have had in many years. With Obrecht it went off the rails very quickly because Ron and Frank couldn't bear giving her up. Now half the town is on a first-name basis with this terrorist and they all act like she's an eccentric old aunt when she's schemed against, shot or otherwise tried to murder maybe a dozen of them. I'm tired of it.
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Vee ·