GH: October 2024 Discussion Thread

[Liberty City]

Related, but different Bells that provided the last name.

It's just how things lined up; only one of the times Robert Adamson has come in has been explained (not like we need to know why. That's personal). His initial stint was COVID-related (per Chad Duell's own words) and, due to how filming is now done, he appeared sporadically from June to July 2022. He appeared in two episodes in September 2022⏤no reason was given (and anyone stating a reason is purely speculative).

This latest stint was explained as a "scheduling conflict" on behalf of Duell⏤and again, anyone stating otherwise is purely speculative.

[carolineg]

Wait!  I thought it was the same Bell family that raised Cody and Katherine.  

Even though I know there related only through Dominque

Edited October 30, 2024 by carolineg

[Liberty City]

OK, turns out, Kimberly Bell, who was Katherine's mother was Cody's illegal-adoptive mother. But the father's are different? Katherine's father was Avery Stanton, while Cody's illegally-adoptive one is "Mr. Bell".

[carolineg]

Yeah, okay that's what I thought.  I remember thinking the Bells had to be old to "adopt" or pretend to be Cody's parents since Katherine was a woman in her late 20's at least when Cody was born.   Since none of this timeline makes any sense with Cody I suppose the ages could have dialed back a bit or something.

[Liberty City]

This is what happens when you retcon things so much that it becomes "Timelines? What are timelines?"

[carolineg]

Lol.  Cody throws a lot of timelines out of whack.  Considering he was Dante's buddy as a kid that would mean Dante is approximately the same age as well and Sonny was close to 30 when he arrived in town in 1993.  Which leads me to believe Dante had to be born in like 1983.  So was Cody born years before we saw Mac/Dominique meet on screen?  

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[Liberty City]

Cody & Dante's birth year is perceived to be 1984.

[MissPhoenixGirl92]

It's amazing how just a few years ago Nina was eating up so much screentime with the whole relationship with Sonny and her ensuing rivalry with Carly via "the Granny Wars" and now it's like she's pretty much irrelevant and reduced to being a C-level character at best. If I were Cynthia Watros, I would start looking for better career opportunities elsewhere. I won't be surprised if Nina gets written off the show entirely eventually once this whole storyline with Drew/Willow dies down. 

[Liberty City]

Cynthia Watros isn't going anywhere; if she hasn't left by now, I don't see her going anywhere. The fact the Ava/Nina friendship was fixed within minutes of Chris Van Etten becoming co-head writer shows there is investment. Nina must be your Theresa on GH... whew. Poor dear.

[MissPhoenixGirl92]

At least Nina has legitimate reasons for being the way that she is that were established many years ago. She has a history of being emotionally stunted from that two decade long coma she was in thanks to her psycho mother Madeline and she also has had serious mental health issues. Yeah she can be extremely annoying at times but she obviously has some redeeming qualities. 

I really hated her during the whole Nixon Falls storyline and when she was married to Sonny, she was truly insufferable, but she really doesn't bother me too much these days now. Sometimes I even feel sorry for her, especially with the way Drew treats her like crap. I get the impression that at least one of the current headwriters (Korte) is a big Carly fan and doesn't seem to care too much for Nina.

If Nina is going to be on this show at all, then she's better off as a supporting character who lends a supporting ear to her friends and family and who's happily single. At least write for her. It just seems ludicrous to me that she's been played by somebody like Cynthia Watros who obviously has a stellar reputation as an actress and yet she's barely getting written for or having any screen-time. Also the writers have botched the whole Nina/Willow storyline so badly that I just don't care for them as mother and daughter and their relationship just comes off as forced and contrived to me. Hopefully when Willow finds out that Nina has been banging Drew on the side while she was secretly pining over him she decides to wash her hands of her for good and has nothing to do with her ever again. 

[Liberty City]

Completely disagree; she made Sonny bearable for some time, and at least had some viable chemistry.

[carolineg]

I am clearly not the world's biggest Nina fan, but it seems like she is still on a lot lol.  She doesn't currently have an "A" storyline and is more supporting currently, but she keeps popping up in different storylines with different people.  It seems more like a normal ebb and flow for a character not named Sonny, Jason, or Carly.

[Liberty City]

Exactly; feels like Nina is being shifted, like others, to find footing in another storyline. Plus, with the "reveal," I have a feeling she'll come more into play. The main A-storyline seems to be the re-building of the Spencer family.

[Antoyne]

Was she even used 5 times in October though? T

[carolineg]

I am not the best person to ask, but it seemed like she was?  Someone who tracks episodes would know.  Sometimes Nina just popped in mid episode, but I feel like she was with Drew a few times, Willow, Sasha, and Ava at least.  It's obvious CW/Nina's airdates have diminished, but she still has her hands in multiple stories.  I was just thinking it was resting and resetting Nina more than a sign that Nina was on her way out.