On 12/23/2021 at 4:10 PM, Kane said:

AMC: Edmund and Maria. For the years between her "death" and return it seemed like the show's main reason for keeping him was the possibility of luring Eva LaRue back, and by the time they both left for good in 2005 he was murdered while plotting against her and Zack and then she packed up the kids and moved away.

AMC: Noah and Julia. As much as I like Sydney Penny, she was wasted in her return and it would have been better to just let Noah and Julia live happily ever after in witness protection.

I just never became a fan of either couple. 

Definitely Pam and Bobby on Dallas!

Neil & Drucilla Y&R: It's disappointing that she never came back after she was killed off so that the couple could reunite before Kristoff St John died. At least they were "reunited" in another universe in that UPtv movie. 

7 hours ago, ironlion said:

Definitely Pam and Bobby on Dallas!

Agree.  I also hate the fact that Bobby and Pam never had a child of their own.  They could have had a daughter, who grew up and became one of uncle J.R.'s biggest nemeses.

On 12/23/2021 at 4:10 PM, Kane said:

AMC: Noah and Julia. As much as I like Sydney Penny, she was wasted in her return and it would have been better to just let Noah and Julia live happily ever after in witness protection.

Frankly, I never understood their appeal.  IMO, Keith Hamilton Cobb was a piss-poor actor, and he had absolutely zero chemistry with Sydney Penny.

8 hours ago, ironlion said:

Neil & Drucilla Y&R: It's disappointing that she never came back after she was killed off so that the couple could reunite before Kristoff St John died.

Agree.  Even if Drucilla/VR were to magically reappear on Y&R, her return would be so hollow, because Neil/KSJ wouldn't be there.

14 hours ago, Khan said:

Frankly, I never understood their appeal.  IMO, Keith Hamilton Cobb was a piss-poor actor, and he had absolutely zero chemistry with Sydney Penny.

Agree.  Even if Drucilla/VR were to magically reappear on Y&R, her return would be so hollow, because Neil/KSJ wouldn't be there.

I didnt think Cobb's acting was all that great on Y&R. On the flip side, along with RJ on OLTL it was cool to a character with locks!

The character of Neil never recovered after Drews death. He became boring,  and the black storylines on the show never had the same strength as when Dru and Shemar Moore's Malcom were on. 

Edited January 7, 20223 yr by ironlion

41 minutes ago, ironlion said:

The character of Neil never recovered after Drews death. He became boring,  and the black storylines on the show never had the same strength as when Dru and Shemar Moore's Malcom were on. 
 

Completely agreed. I think the only interesting pairing story wise Neil had after Dru’s death was Leslie; the debacle that was his blindness story and subsequent revenge plot against Devon & Hilary was complete and utter character assassination that Neil was never paired again with anyone else and left on the back burner for KSJ’s final years.

Probably won't get a popular opinion but Nadine and Buzz on GL.  Jenna was nice and everything but I liked the idea of Nadine and Buzz.  Killing Nadine off was another in a long line of missteps on GL.  Tag Jenna on there too, along with Maureen of course.  Hillary didn't make a ton of sense either to me.  Some of these killing offs did nothing to drive plot or have long term ramifications the way a good death should.  Some say that Maureen's death drove stories for years...I disagree.  I don't see how it did a thing.  Way off topic for this but Lillian really got squat out of Maureen's death.

Buzz and Nadine were good. They screwed up so many things on that show in such a short amount of time.

5 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

the debacle that was his blindness story and subsequent revenge plot against Devon & Hilary was complete and utter character assassination that Neil was never paired again with anyone else and left on the back burner for KSJ’s final years.

Agree.  And don't tell me that wasn't your intention, powers-that-be, because we all know that's a damn lie.  Neil was deliberately written into a corner like that so it would be that much easier for the show to marginalize him right off the canvas.  KSJ saw the writing on the wall, too.  I'm just sorry about how it all added to his mounting and ultimately overwhelming personal issues.  (Y'all oughta be ashamed of yourselves, Sony/CBS.)

3 hours ago, Fevuh said:

Way off topic for this but Lillian really got squat out of Maureen's death.

I feel like that's because the audience was so angry over how her and Ed's affair led to Maureen's death.  TPTB greatly underestimated how the audience would have felt about losing Maureen.  Ergo, giving Lillian increased story and/or airtime would have been like rubbing salt in the wound.

Edited January 8, 20223 yr by Khan