I always thought at the time Wheeler took over and recast Marina with that simpering cutie girl, that we didn't need another Cooper and they should have brought Sam back as a lawyer. With Dinah back they could have been "sisters" and of course, Dinah would be jealous of the hardworking Sam. Of course at this time I would have made the Marlers the core family (Coopers were never meant to be core, sorry Hurst and the Bauers were un savable at this point) as JVD earned the right to be the patriarch of the show.
"When Jordan returns in '97-ish, he's more of the support character. He's there when family needs him. I caught some silly scene when he's helping Bill break out Olivia from a nut hut or something, which is kind of funny...but a little sad, knowing he used to be a force to be reckoned with. As much as Zaslow or Deas were always lauded for their work, Jordan deserved lead emmy consideration for his work as well. He won a supporting actor emmy around '06-'07, which was long overdue, imo."
Jordan we know had his issues, even Maeve had a hard time working with him...I think he was just glad to have a job, and for once GL did the right thing by keeping him around (with an out for them.) What made Billy great was he was one of those characters, like Nola at a certain time and India in her return, who just liked to stir sh*t up, and did it with a twinkle in his eye. You need those kind of characters, not bad, not self righteously good, who just liked to throw a wrench into something out and watch everyone scarmble. I think that is why he worked so well with self controlled Van, he needed her to keep him centered and she needed him to remove the stick that sometimes got up her ass.
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