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You know, I actually wouldn't mind Chet and Terry together. It really sucks that after next week, we probably won't see them again for months. 

Sneak peek for Monday regarding Terry's date, for anyone interested: https://abc.com/shows/general-hospital/video/most-recent/vdka26445135 

2 hours ago, Antoyne said:

I actually enjoyed Sarah as well on Days and as Claudia. I thought it was dumb to push the character to the point of no return with the botched mob hit that got Michael shot. And honestly she was better with Ric than she was Sonny. But I also like Rick Hearst as an actor ten times more than MB.

I have never doubted Sarah as an actress.  I think she is very specific though.  I think she does need the right character.  She can come off cold if the character lacks.  I liked her as Claudia.  I just hate the "we are going to pretend she wasn't another huge character on this show crap".  And the wink, wink they do despite that.   It immediately takes me out.  I don't think I have ever liked the 2nd character a major actor has played on a soap. 

The TBC....on todays show cracked me up too.  Like, man, I was really hoping this would continue on Monday.  Like it has for the past 50 plus years.......

 

13 minutes ago, AlexElizabeth said:

Sneak peek for Monday regarding Terry's date, for anyone interested: https://abc.com/shows/general-hospital/video/most-recent/vdka26445135 

Same clip on Hulu here:
https://www.hulu.com/watch/54bfb04d-c5e4-48ad-80ea-804a1a8b0373

17 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I liked her as Claudia.  I just hate the "we are going to pretend she wasn't another huge character on this show crap".  And the wink, wink they do despite that.   It immediately takes me out.  I don't think I have ever liked the 2nd character a major actor has played on a soap. 

Yeah, it should never have happened despite her doing a good job. Bringing on a prominent actor as a new character is almost always stupid to me unless it is somehow directly tied into the prior character like a twin or what not, and even then it usually fails.

23 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I have never doubted Sarah as an actress.  I think she is very specific though.  I think she does need the right character.  She can come off cold if the character lacks.  I liked her as Claudia.  I just hate the "we are going to pretend she wasn't another huge character on this show crap".  And the wink, wink they do despite that.   It immediately takes me out.  I don't think I have ever liked the 2nd character a major actor has played on a soap. 

The TBC....on todays show cracked me up too.  Like, man, I was really hoping this would continue on Monday.  Like it has for the past 50 plus years.......

 

And they had her character completely enthralled with her previous character and former screen partners.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

Yeah, it should never have happened despite her doing a good job. Bringing on a prominent actor as a new character is almost always stupid to me unless it is somehow directly tied into the prior character like a twin or what not, and even then it usually fails.

I can't even think of a twin I liked.  Maybe Lorenzo/Luis? 

Just now, Antoyne said:

And they had her character completely enthralled with her previous character and former screen partners.

I get the temptation on that.  Put her with her old screen partners and it will just be magic.  I thought Claudia was good with TC's Nik.

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

I can't even think of a twin I liked.  Maybe Lorenzo/Luis? 

I get the temptation on that.  Put her with her old screen partners and it will just be magic.  I thought Claudia was good with TC's Nik.

She was great with Tyler and Rick Hearst but they just had to have her want Sonny, because EVERYONE has to want Sonny.

11 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

She was great with Tyler and Rick Hearst but they just had to have her want Sonny, because EVERYONE has to want Sonny.

To be fair, you knew the show was going to try it.  I am shocked they never tried TB's Kim with Sonny.  It's just weird because Claudia isn't even the type of woman Sonny would be attracted to.  

16 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I can't even think of a twin I liked.  Maybe Lorenzo/Luis? 

Jacob on Loving/The City worked, but he was also pretty much just Jesse Hubbard.

1 minute ago, Vee said:

Jacob on Loving/The City worked, but he was also pretty much just Jesse Hubbard.

Okay.  That's a good one but he was still lesser to Jesse.  I think Lorenzo actually got to be the more fleshed out character of the twins? Cousins? Lookalikes? which is rare.  I am not a huge Alcazar fan but I feel like the show tried with him moreso than most.

4 minutes ago, carolineg said:

That's a good one but he was still lesser to Jesse.  I think Lorenzo actually got to be the more fleshed out character of the twins? Cousins? Lookalikes? which is rare.  I am not a huge Alcazar fan but I feel like the show tried with him moreso than most.

Lorenzo was definitely the most fleshed out with a deep backstory. They did a great deal with him very quickly and it worked out. It was when he became a direct threat to Sonny's primacy with the audience that they began working to emasculate and marginalize him in story and with women.

The Jacob thing was also stronger because at the time, audiences pretty much accepted that Jesse's death was permanent and untouchable. It was a big shock when he came back for real in '08. Y&R could bring Hilary back tomorrow and no one would blink - the Amanda thing doesn't work.

Edited February 12, 20223 yr by Vee

I liked seeing the Portia/Trina/Taggart scenes toddy. New Taggart isn’t bad, not sure if he’s sticking around but I would like to see that character more. Everything else was boring 

2 hours ago, Nixor said:

I liked seeing the Portia/Trina/Taggart scenes toddy. New Taggart isn’t bad, not sure if he’s sticking around but I would like to see that character more. 

 

12 hours ago, Nixor said:

I liked seeing the Portia/Trina/Taggart scenes toddy. New Taggart isn’t bad, not sure if he’s sticking around but I would like to see that character more. Everything else was boring 

I like new Taggart too, but he feels different than the other Taggerts if that makes sense?  More casual and less uptight.   I always think of Real's Taggert as very serious and New Taggert didn't come off that way.