6 hours ago, Beachstorm said:

I am also very concerned about Tristan. He looks frail and gaunt. He has mostly been seated in his scenes. Don't need to google his age, but he is up there and doesn't look well. I almost thought he had some eye work done. Probably did. But this look lately is making me very uneasy about his health. I hope he's okay. Always loved me some Robert Scorpio.

Wonder what's the latest on Mac Scorpio's return (and the actor's health)?

Do you think that the Robert character should be retired? I think so. Have Holly come back and have them ride off into the sunset together.

8 hours ago, Vee said:

I've been wanting him back as a cocky doctor a la Patrick for some time. Though I would have his intro story be having a secret affair with the recently-separated, older Portia and scandalizing her upstanding life at first before moving him to someone entirely new (namely, Lucy and Scott's daughter Christina).

Oh, that would be fun. Again, Tajh Bellow should have been Tom Hardy Jnr but... alas, that did not happen (ironically, could have been called TJ).

8 hours ago, Efulton said:

This is the perfect time to bring back Dr. Thomas Hardy, Jr and cast an actor who is the age the character should be - 34.  Portia and Curtis being uncomfortable with the age gap between Thomas and Trina can be part of the story. 

Tommy Hardy Jnr is technically now 36.

It is literal malpractice that they introduced a Black youth on this show named T.J. (played by the very talented Tequan Richmond, the only T.J. I really acknowledge tbh) and it wasn't Tom Hardy Jr. It felt like trolling but it's just inept lol.

7 hours ago, Vee said:

Again, very annoying that Drew is finally hot again and intriguing with Nina of all people.

Just remember who called that, okay, lol?

25 minutes ago, Vee said:

It is literal malpractice that they introduced a Black youth on this show named T.J. (played by the very talented Tequan Richmond, the only T.J. I really acknowledge tbh) and it wasn't Tom Hardy Jr. It felt like trolling but it's just inept lol.

You can thank the "writer" for that one. And TJ was introduced with Krys Meyer, not Tequan Richmond (both of whom I hated in the role).

Dante actually looked handsome in that bed after waking up! And the last couple of days have convinced me that he and Sam are a real couple. That’s what happens when you give them some emotion to work with, instead of just saying they are a couple and moving on.

They also made Stella’s work at GH feel real, instead of her just carrying a folder around.

I know it’s not perfect, and may never get there or even close. But characters that have been treated as space fillers or just there have been made more detailed and real in the last month than in years. Dante laying in bed has been given more depth thanks to building up his family and playing his connections than he has had the entire time FV has been at the show.

I could take or leave many of the cast, I have felt that way for years. This week, the show made me care about Olivia again. I see the renewed purpose for Stella. Valentin even interests me! I haven’t felt this much for Sam since the mid 2000’s. Burton is filling Jason with a lot of emotion, and it is making me invested in his story. Improved writing meeting more invested performers is doing wonders for a show filled with people a few months ago I didn’t even waste time watching.

And I will give Frank the credit that everyone seems to have stepped up their game to meet the more detailed and depth filled writing, and he has to have set that tone or it would not have worked.

This is what I keep thinking of about "I go by John now" Jagger Cates.

 

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt,

His name is my name too.

Whenever we go out,

The people always shout,

There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt! 

13 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

Dante actually looked handsome in that bed after waking up! And the last couple of days have convinced me that he and Sam are a real couple. That’s what happens when you give them some emotion to work with, instead of just saying they are a couple and moving on.

 

Dominick Zamprogna did a great job Friday. Great acting with just small movements. I really liked the gesture where he nudged Danny to come over to him after Rocco, implying he sees him as a son too, and then they did the little fist bump. That was really sweet. Those are the little moments that make soaps worthwhile for me.

I agree with a lot of what you are saying @titan1978.  I am one of Sam/Kemo's biggest detractors, but I thought she was very good this week.  I always thought Dante/Sam were an okay couple, although mostly boring and doing very little.  This is the first time I felt Sam really loved him and I am invested in them now.

Steve is finally showing some emotion behind Jason and when he's stoic it works like in his scenes with Sonny.

I think it's a positive sign they are giving these kids personalities finally although I think I would still recast a few.  Rocco is the only one I am truly sold on.

I am still not sure I am 100% these changes are going to turn around the show because I think there is a lot to fix and a lot of dead weight, but I am happy with the way it's all starting.

3 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

Dominick Zamprogna did a great job Friday. Great acting with just small movements. I really liked the gesture where he nudged Danny to come over to him after Rocco, implying he sees him as a son too, and then they did the little fist bump. That was really sweet. Those are the little moments that make soaps worthwhile for me.

Yes, me, too. Also I've liked Dom since Battlestar Galactica, the reboot.

DZ has always been a good, charismatic actor.  The show just either used him waaaay too much circa 2010 or hardly at all-these last several years.  Dante is a much more likeable and viable character than Michael played by an actor that didn't check out 8 years ago, so I don't know why Chad Duell gets the airtime.

27 minutes ago, carolineg said:

DZ has always been a good, charismatic actor.  The show just either used him waaaay too much circa 2010 or hardly at all-these last several years.  Dante is a much more likeable and viable character than Michael played by an actor that didn't check out 8 years ago, so I don't know why Chad Duell gets the airtime.

Because Michael is seen as the golden child of the soap's forced faces: Carly & Sonny, and that's purely why. Even though that title should have gone to Morgan had his portrayer not been so... well, you know. I'll be interested in seeing how Mulcahey & Korte handle Dante moving forward.

23 minutes ago, carolineg said:

i think it's a positive sign they are giving these kids personalities finally although I think I would still recast a few.  Rocco is the only one I am truly sold on.

Finn Francis Carr (Rocco) more than held his own with the veteran performers he’s had scenes with. He’s definitely a step above the actors playing Danny, Jake, and especially Aiden. Some of them could probably develop to be better than they are now, true, but Carr definitely has a different screen presence. He should have had as much screen time as Danny and Jake have had lately.

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

You can thank the "writer" for that one.

I thought it was Garin Wolf.

1 minute ago, Liberty City said:

Because Michael is seen as the golden child of the soap's forced faces: Carly & Sonny, and that's purely why. Even though that title should have gone to Morgan had his portrayer not been so... well, you know. I'll be interested in seeing how Mulcahey & Korte handle Dante moving forward.

I do get Michael being the center child of GH for so long makes him important, but CD makes it impossible to even care much about him.  The mismanagement of Morgan was strange.  I am sure Morgan will be back some day.  BC was good, but not unrecastable.  I always assumed one day he would pop up again alive and be Avery's actual father.

1 minute ago, BetterForgotten said:

Finn Francis Carr (Rocco) more than held his own with the veteran performers he’s had scenes with. He’s definitely a step above the actors playing Danny, Jake, and especially Aiden. Some of them could probably develop to be better than they are now, true, but Carr definitely has a different screen presence. He should have had as much screen time as Danny and Jake have had lately.

Rocco is definitely a step above the other two, IMO.  Aiden is the weakest, but he has been given the least amount of things to play.  All we know is he bakes and likes Tobias.