Thanks for sharing!
I'm wondering if any consideration was giving to bring back Becky. I don't see Susan Scannell returning because she was fairly busy in the New York soap scene, but I would be curious if any discussions were had about bringing the character back to Kingsley to disrupt Russ, Lori, and Ben's lives. Given Scannell's send off, this probably was off the table.
Watching some of those clips, I am curious how Becky would have been with Tony Cardello (I know I'm bordering on obsessing) given the clip with Susan's character speaking about her daughter in coma and her fight for gay marriage equality. I see an equally vicacious Becky singing in a nightclub that Tony ran with Russ brooding in the corner with his latest flavor of the week at how chummy his former pseudo wife and his half-brother are.
I've come to enjoy Marianne and Russ for what it is, but I cannot help but think how much more impactful all this current material would have been if it was still Susan Scannell as Becky in the role (and Jeannette Larson as Lori). Becky's connection to Vince was so special and Becky would have been devastated by the loss. Did Vince even get a funeral? I've lost track of where I stopped last and I think I missed a few episodes. Anyway, Russ killing Blue in Lori's name would have also given Susan Scannell some juicy material to react to. Becky loved Lori, but she was always in the shadow of the intensity of Russ' feelings for Lori. My heart just breaks for Becky thinking of how that would play out having the one, two punch of Vince dying and learning that Russ killed for Lori.
Vinley hasn't really done much with Carla's singing, which is such a shame. Kari Page's Carla was such wall paper and Elain Graham brings life to the character that doesn't always seem to be written on the page, which I appreciate about her. I do wish a little more was done with Carla, and I wish there was a slightly more complicated relationship between Carla and Ione.
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