GH: February 2024 Discussion Thread

[j swift]

Yep, he's twirling his mustache on two networks!

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BTW, are we to assume it is a Cricket/Christine situation where now he'll only be known as John, not Jagger.

Edited February 4, 2024 by j swift

[carolineg]

Thanks!  Apparently Mr. Mize is so versatile I didn't even notice even though I watch both soaps everyday .  I am actually embarrassed for myself at this point.  

[Vee]

Point to where and when any of us said Jagger Cates should come back, particularly in the form of a blond frontiersman guest player on The Walking Dead.

[AMCOLTLLover]

Never thought about it that way. I love my Brenda but she would become just the new Nina but what if the new/old writer coming back she had a chance?

 

omg.. Antonio‘s Truth.. is he on something? Concerning 

[j swift]

The closest that I could find was when in August 2022 you said, "Sabato could've been a decent return to the main show once upon a time..."  But, my point was that I appreciate that it is difficult to predict how this group will respond to the various twists and turns.  I meant no harm, as I assumed you welcomed dissenting opinions.

 

Edited February 4, 2024 by j swift

[AMCOLTLLover]

Yeees to Matt! But not if they force him on KS again lol the little Matt/Liz story was so sweet

[Contessa Donatella]

This post was hilarious & completely on point. 

[Vee]

Oh good, because for a while there it seemed like you were just showing up to gently shake your head and tut indulgently at our opinions. The upshot of your expedition is that none of us have asked for it (and I was responding to someone else's speculation about Jagger and Karen's original exits/lack of return), so we're neither impossible to please nor blinkered in our motives or reactions. I've literally never given much more thought to Jagger coming back, because it's just not a character I see any purpose for. Did I briefly speculate that ASJ could've, at one point in the late '90s or early 2000s, garner interest for the network as a return given his lingering brand in those days, sure, but that's as far as I've ever taken that thought.

[Liberty City]

Question: Are we thinking Patrick Mulcahey & Elizabeth Korte will pick up stories where they currently stand, or will be provide a Days of Our Lives 2011 "reboot" style? 

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[carolineg]

I am 99.9% sure in one of my thousands of posts on this forum I probably threw out a Jagger return at some point.  I was even excited for his Nightshift return and figured he'd migrate to the main show.   I can safely say that anyone on this thread or board that currently posts has not asked or pushed for a Jagger return in the year 2024 lol.  I can't think of anyone on this board that even is a huge Jagger fan.  Most GH fans on here have at best some nostalgia for him or just outright disgust because of his former portrayer. 

Probably pick up the current stories.  I think at best we'd get a soft reboot and some stories would be quickly wrapped and some characters trimmed off the cast.  I don't see Frank going for a full blown revamp.

[Liberty City]

Yeah. That'd be my guess, and also hoping Mulcahey may be able to sneak into Van Etten & O'Connor's scripts and tweak things before his material fully begins to air. That would be golden!

[carolineg]

This is one of the rare times I don't know what to expect from a new headwriter.  It's makes me a bit excited.  I am sure it will inevitably crash and burn, but I am cautiously optimistic.

[Contessa Donatella]

Their taping schedule works to his advantage. This past week they were on hiatus so he had uninterrupted time to write. Then they tape for 2 weeks. Then they're on hiatus again for 2 weeks, again affording him uninterrupted time to write. It's a start & a leg up. 

[Vee]

I'm all for it, because I find it fascinating when it's done (the OLTL/AMC Hulu revivals, Neighbours on Amazon and more recently Sussman's Y&R) even when it doesn't work out. But I'd be pretty surprised if PM does it outright here. I can't see Frank going for it. But we're all about to find out just how much power each creative has.

@Darn and I were discussing this recently. It was very noticeable when Guza ghostwrote in late '97 and then again in spring '02 before his name was officially back on the show (the Carly 'death' story). I think Marland may have done it for a time early in his '70s run, when Bobbie was allegedly first introduced before his name was on the end credit roll. And Malone and Griffith famously did it in January of 2003 at OLTL a month before their "Storm of Change" soft reboot - the show's dialogue changed overnight from Tomlin's campy schlock. Ironically that ghostwriting period was a lot better than much of what came later lol.

I don't know if that will happen here, but if it does knowing PM I'm willing to bet we'll notice fast. So much GH dialogue is purely functional exposition.

[Khan]

If nothing else, I want Mulcahey and Korte to be able to bring back dialogue that reveals character and doesn't just recap the plot for the folks who aren't paying close enough attention.  IMO, you shouldn't even need exposition if you're writing for the characters.  If the audience is smart, they'll figure out what's going on later.