11 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I think the show tries with the Ashford family.  Unfortunately it's built around Curtis and he's awful.  It's also difficult when every black character on the show currently is related to one another except Kai and Isaiah.  I am not sure if either is on contract though.

Building that specific family around Curtis has been an awful mistake. I do often wonder if there had been plans for Tommy Ashford to pop-up until they revealed Shawn Butler was TJ's biological father. But, to me, the proper TJ should have been Tommy "TJ" Hardy Jnr. Missed opportunity with that one.

Brook Kerr also would have been a viable Gia recast, which would have made Trina a Campbell over an Ashford, and Taggert's niece instead of daughter (a story reveal we'll never get at this point). But now, Kerr has to support Donnell Turner throughout every single scene of their "storyline." It's disappointing.

16 minutes ago, carolineg said:

In fact I am not even sure why the show recast Gia as the recast just wandered around and appeared once a month to do nothing.

Other than fúck Zander for no reason! I felt for that poor recast, she tried.

Why is everyone accepting that Sasha is Robert's daughter with no DNA test? The one thing thats been consistent and stressed throughout this story is that Holly is a known liar with ulterior motives. Does the timeline even track? Wouldnt Robert have been "dead"? Sasha would have been conceived in the 90s based on how old Ethan and Lulu are

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

I personally loved Nik/Gia.   That was the only time I liked Coltin Scott/Steven Martines/Grifter McGee/whatever he goes by now in the role of Nik.  The show lost interest in the entire pairing MR left though.  In fact I am not even sure why the show recast Gia as the recast just wandered around and appeared once a month to do nothing.

I think the show tries with the Ashford family.  Unfortunately it's built around Curtis and he's awful.  It's also difficult when every black character on the show currently is related to one another except Kai and Isaiah.  I am not sure if either is on contract though.

That puts you one up on me. I never liked him, him being Colton is that his name? Poor Gia. 

5 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Why is everyone accepting that Sasha is Robert's daughter with no DNA test? The one thing thats been consistent and stressed throughout this story is that Holly is a known liar with ulterior motives. Does the timeline even track? Wouldnt Robert have been "dead"? Sasha would have been conceived in the 90s based on how old Ethan and Lulu are

Robert did a DNA test. That was in-episode that he did it and, gave Sasha the results, which confirmed what Holly said was true. And Sasha was always conceived in the '90s, 1993 to be exact. She's always been a '93 "born" character.

53 minutes ago, Vee said:

Other than fúck Zander for no reason! I felt for that poor recast, she tried.

They never gave the recast a chance.  I think I recall GH hoping MR would come back when her primetime show failed, but she obviously didn't and Gia just faded away basically.

54 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Building that specific family around Curtis has been an awful mistake. I do often wonder if there had been plans for Tommy Ashford to pop-up until they revealed Shawn Butler was TJ's biological father. But, to me, the proper TJ should have been Tommy "TJ" Hardy Jnr. Missed opportunity with that one.

Brook Kerr also would have been a viable Gia recast, which would have made Trina a Campbell over an Ashford, and Taggert's niece instead of daughter (a story reveal we'll never get at this point). But now, Kerr has to support Donnell Turner throughout every single scene of their "storyline." It's disappointing.

Agreed.  I don't mind a new family in town, but centering it around DT was a mistake.  It's too bad the show couldn't hold on to Sean Blakemore longer.

7 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Why is everyone accepting that Sasha is Robert's daughter with no DNA test? The one thing thats been consistent and stressed throughout this story is that Holly is a known liar with ulterior motives. Does the timeline even track? Wouldnt Robert have been "dead"? Sasha would have been conceived in the 90s based on how old Ethan and Lulu are

Robert/Sasha took a DNA test.

6 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

That puts you one up on me. I never liked him, him being Colton is that his name? Poor Gia. 

The man has had several names.  Coltin Scott and Stephen Martines are both names he used professionally.  It turns out he started swindling old rich ladies after his acting career dried up.  You can google it all.

I wish she could be a 2024 “dead” character instead. 🙂

It's always funny when people at the show tout Liz Korte as the historian of continuity. Under her watch they have retconned both Cody and Sasha as Scorpios in specific time periods where the supposed mothers were onscreen in frontburner story the entire time and could not possibly have been pregnant. The plain fact is the show thinks we're all stupid. I have no problem with Cody as Mac's son but it should've been by some fling from long ago, not Dominique.

4 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Agreed.  I don't mind a new family in town, but centering it around DT was a mistake.  It's too bad the show couldn't hold on to Sean Blakemore longer.

Losing him was such a blow. It really was. He got his bag, booked another gig in primetime and said, "BYE!"

6 minutes ago, carolineg said:

It's too bad the show couldn't hold on to Sean Blakemore longer.

They were terrified of using him, which is why he was ultimately abandoned in a way similar to the Ashfords today - a C-pairing with Alexis nobody cared about but that FV and RC could plausibly call a pairing, and barely on for the T.J. 'story' about being his dad which crawled along for several years in the background. SB was the hottest man on the show in his tenure. Imagine them daring to heavily test him with Laura Wright today like they did when he first started.

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10 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Robert did a DNA test. That was in-episode that he did it and, gave Sasha the results, which confirmed what Holly said was true. And Sasha was always conceived in the '90s, 1993 to be exact. She's always been a '93 "born" character.

Thanks. Wouldnt that make her older than Lulu though? I thought Sasha was supposed to be closer to Michael's age

 

Also pet peeve but I hate that they keep saying they got Lucky from Africa, he's going back to Africa....etc. Africa is a large CONTINENT made up of a bunch of different countries. Saying he was in Africa doesnt give a real indication of where he was. Drives me crazy! People dont say that when it comes to Asia

1 minute ago, Vee said:

It's always funny when people at the show tout Liz Korte as the historian of continuity. Under her watch they have retconned both Cody and Sasha as Scorpios in specific time periods where the supposed mothers were onscreen in frontburner story the entire time and could not possibly have been pregnant. The plain fact is the show thinks we're all stupid. I have no problem with Cody as Mac's son but it should've been by some fling from long ago, not Dominique.

She is a historian of her own creation. It is bullshït.

Just now, Cheap21 said:

Thanks. Wouldnt that make her older than Lulu though? I thought Sasha was supposed to be closer to Michael's age

It does. They expect us to believe Robert and Holly slept together immediately after her return in '92, when he was happily married to Anna (and I think she'd even been kidnapped for her exit by then, but don't quote me). Their stated angle is that Holly realized she was pregnant and had Sasha after Robert and Anna died off-camera in 1992. The problem with this is that Holly was onscreen, frontburner and in several major romances and adventure storylines nonstop from that point until the summer of 1993. It's embarrassing.

1 minute ago, Vee said:

They were terrified of using him, which is why he was ultimately abandoned in a way similar to the Ashfords today - a C-pairing with Alexis nobody cared about but that they could call a pairing, and barely on for the T.J. 'story' about being his dad which crawled along for several years in the background. SB was the hottest man on the show in his tenure. Imagine them daring to heavily test him with Laura Wright today like they did when he first started.

Loved me some Carly/Shawn!  They had such good chemistry.  Instead we get Carly hanging out with Brennen which is entirely pointless.  I know people on here like Brennen but he's such a useless character to me.  I keep wondering why he's still in PC.

I didn't mind Alexis/Shawn either, but you are right.  It was basically a non-pairing.  It sort of reminded me of the years when the show tried to make Mac/Alexis a thing and nothing ever came of it.  Obviously, two completely different character and couplings, but it just sort of lingered instead of moving anywhere.

4 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Thanks. Wouldnt that make her older than Lulu though? I thought Sasha was supposed to be closer to Michael's age

 

Also pet peeve but I hate that they keep saying they got Lucky from Africa, he's going back to Africa....etc. Africa is a large CONTINENT made up of a bunch of different countries. Saying he was in Africa doesnt give a real indication of where he was. Drives me crazy! People dont say that when it comes to Asia

When JMB took on Lulu in 2005  Lulu just turned 17. That means Lu Lu was  born in 1988. 

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