2 hours ago, carolineg said:

Sure, I can buy that.  A shady, scheming, con woman is one thing.  An abusive, murdering POS who tortured her son because he exists is another.   Diana as a grey character is fine.  I even believe she might try to swindle John for money.  The OTT mess we have as Diana currently is not believable.  Could you imagine Genie playing any of this?

No, I couldn't. But considering the writer writes for the actor and not the character (for the most part), it'd be interesting to see what he'd force Genie to do.

54 minutes ago, janea4old said:

True, when Chapman played Gloria as John Abbott's wife, in opposition to Eileen Davidson as her stepdaughter Ashley, Chapman played Gloria as OTT sometimes but with unexpected moments of nuance and vulnerability.  Gloria was her own person back then.

Yes, that's when I was thinking of & I could accept that. She even had some interesting things about her.

54 minutes ago, janea4old said:

More recently Gloria has been written as only OTT.  Chapman does what she can but it's poor material.  And she's aired only a few times in the past several years.

I was just lucky to see one of those newer times. I couldn't abide two people her & Tucker. Basically I am not suited to what JG is writing. It's too bad, too. 

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I think Kristain said in an interview there was a scheduling conflict which meant she couldn't film those scenes.

Oh, okay, thanks for that info. Couldn't be helped. Sometimes I do not read all of the spoiling stuff. 

58 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I’m still watching 1988, and every time I see an episode with Diana in it… tbh, it’s almost sad what was done to her.

It's like Ron literally pulled a name out of a hat for any 80's character and was like "SEE I RESPECT HISTORY!!!" and not a single person on staff did more than read the character's (brief) wiki page lol.

21 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

No, I couldn't. But considering the writer writes for the actor and not the character (for the most part), it'd be interesting to see what he'd force Genie to do.

Since Genie appears to have no love for Diana or Days I have a hard time imagining she'd do anything lol.  I'd be interested to see Genie play a woman scorned with an agenda though..But to be fair, Roman/John didn't actually do anything wrong to her lol.  She left him.

30 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Since Genie appears to have no love for Diana or Days I have a hard time imagining she'd do anything lol.  I'd be interested to see Genie play a woman scorned with an agenda though..But to be fair, Roman/John didn't actually do anything wrong to her lol.  She left him.

I think, if someone came to her with a clear intention for Diana (or a new character), she would be open to it. But she seems firmly in-place at General Hospital. Remember: she made it known she just did not want to play the ingénue anymore, and in result: Maria Arena and her team presented the ill-fated role of Genevieve Atkinson to her on The Young and the Restless.

Today's episode was like night and day compared to yesterday's. Personally, I have no problem with potential Chad/Cat or JJ/Gabi pairings. The only reason I dislike the way Stefan left is because I never cared for the character and don't ever want him to return. At some point, I'd have Gabi learn Stefan died trying to escape and get back to her, causing her to push JJ away ... and into the arms of another woman. 

Everything with Hope in this episode was top tier. Very happy TBTB didn't kill off Charles and that Doug is actually Doug's grandson. The Hortons should be a messy family like they originally were. It'll be interesting to see him interacting with more of the cast.

Very curious/invested to see how the Cat story ends this week. Considering they cast a newcomer has her mother, I don't Catherina is long for this world.

Old Cat? Cat Mom? Mrs. Cat?  is very lovely, but looks far too young to be the mother of those four kids.

Also, there's no amount of exposition that will make me afraid of Clyde.  He looks old and frail.  He is usually caught and quickly jailed.  And he doesn't convincingly play menacing.

Of course, Harris is now in the ISA.  Again, Lani, the daughter of one of the richest women in Salem, shot a man in self-defense and now has to work in daycare.  Meanwhile, Harris is guilty of treason, and at the very least is easily susceptible to brainwashing, but he's been given a promotion. 

What a difference a day makes. Today's episode vastly improved from yesterday's dreadful mess.

Clyde is such a pathetic weak villain. He scares no one.

4 hours ago, carolineg said:

It's like Ron literally pulled a name out of a hat for any 80's character and was like "SEE I RESPECT HISTORY!!!" and not a single person on staff did more than read the character's (brief) wiki page lol.

Yeah.

The lack of care was obvious too. Which is why I’m glad that they seemed to get all the facts correct about Steve Olson and the diamonds. And Dougie/Charles LeClair too. 

They definitely spent some time on Jason47. Or read @beebs awesome recaps from a few years ago 😂😂

 

23 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Yeah.

The lack of care was obvious too. Which is why I’m glad that they seemed to get all the facts correct about Steve Olson and the diamonds. And Dougie/Charles LeClair too. 

They definitely spent some time on Jason47. Or read @beebs awesome recaps from a few years ago 😂😂

 

I loved @beebs recaps!!! Lol.  Miss them so much.

Just now, carolineg said:

I loved @beebs recaps!!! Lol.  Miss them so much.

I still go back and read them once in a while 😂

Oh God, please let it be true 🙏🙏🙏

Let Clyde finally be dead and gone!

That was a great way to end today’s episode, even though I can’t help but think that Caterina shooting Clyde before he could tell Chad where Abigail’s body is might have been another classic Ron Carlivati “f*ck you” to the fans. And otherwise messed up the happy occasion of Clyde hopefully being killed off for good.

Seriously, I don’t want any Weston’s on Days ever again. They were alright in the beginning (under a different writer) but overall, all three of them were a cancer on this show.

Speaking of cancers on this show, poor Marlena and poor Javi and Kerry were wasted on Leo again, in another set of pointless scenes that were filled with incoherent rambling and Roger Howarth-like manic rants. I can’t believe Marlena’s only scene today was with Leo. But I did love it when both Javi and Kerry put him in his place 👍 

They were clearly meant to be the bad guys in their scenes but that’s definitely not going to work. And honestly, my hatred for the character aside, I felt that Leo was just creepy and stalkerish in those scenes today and not even like in a funny way, or at least an attempt to be funny. I’m sure that the writers were trying to build sympathy for him but that’s not the way that it all came off. Like, bro, stop harassing these people and ruining their lunch date.

Javi did look hot in the beginning though 😍😂😂

And yes, I agree with everybody that the actor playing Caterina looks wayyyy too young to play Cat’s mother. And she looks like Lisa Kudrow 😂

Edited December 11, 2024Dec 11 by AbcNbc247

Who was Marlena talking to on the phone when Leo barged in? She said something like "I can't believe your father is 90 years old."

41 minutes ago, teplin said:

Who was Marlena talking to on the phone when Leo barged in? She said something like "I can't believe your father is 90 years old."

I haven't watched the episode yet but my guess would be John.

 

When @AbcNbc247 mentions one of guys looking hot that means he's showing his perky pecs and chest.😂😍

Edited December 11, 2024Dec 11 by Soapsuds

Liz sings ALWAYS at Doug's funeral... Seriously, I'm BOILING here! So emotional

 

Edited December 11, 2024Dec 11 by asafi

Could Abigail still be alive?