For sure, I would kill off Drew.  Willow either doesn't remember killing Drew, or she DOES remember and is wracked with guilt about it.  Either way, Nina elects to take the rap in order to protect her daughter.  She spends some time in jail, where she's reunited with Madeline.

I'd need to sit down and figure out how to make it all work, but I'd have Ric serve as Nina's attorney throughout this process, thereby laying the groundwork for an eventual Ric/Nina union.

Eventually, the truth would come out, Nina would be released and Willow would be shipped off to prison.  Nina would be devastated, of course, but Ric would be there for her, especially after they receive word that Willow was killed after several inmates attacked her.

18 minutes ago, Khan said:

an eventual Ric/Nina union.

*cough*reunion*cough*

2 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

*cough*reunion*cough*

Really??  

See, I tuned out of GH at some point, so I don't know everything that went down.  So, Ric/Rick Hearst has been on the show at the same time as Nina.  Was he with Cynthia Watros' Nina, or with Michelle Stafford's?  (And it's weird how I thought to pair Ric and Nina with no idea at all about their prior history, lol).

3 hours ago, carolineg said:

I just don't know how long this little Eva La Rue experiment will last.  Natalia doesn't have a fanbase and Sonny needs a love interest.

This is when we need to throw up the bat signal to Vanessa Marcil.  Brenda easily could sweep back in, toss Natalia out on her bigoted ass and help Sonny through his medical crisis (while still exchanging verbal barbs with Carly).

19 minutes ago, Khan said:

Really??  

See, I tuned out of GH at some point, so I don't know everything that went down.  So, Ric/Rick Hearst has been on the show at the same time as Nina.  Was he with Cynthia Watros' Nina, or with Michelle Stafford's?  (And it's weird how I thought to pair Ric and Nina with no idea at all about their prior history, lol).

This is when we need to throw up the bat signal to Vanessa Marcil.  Brenda easily could sweep back in, toss Natalia out on her bigoted ass and help Sonny through his medical crisis (while still exchanging verbal barbs with Carly).

I don't remember them being together either, but apparently they were married (later annulled) in 2015.  It was Stafford's Nina and Ric wanted her fortune.  At least that's what the internet tells me.  It does sound vaguely familiar to me.  I am notorious for mixing up almost all of Nina's backstory though. 

Obviously, bringing back Brenda would be the better solution.  I am just resigned to it not happening.  Nina seems like the only real option currently on the show for Sonny and that's still a reach for me.

34 minutes ago, Khan said:

See, I tuned out of GH at some point, so I don't know everything that went down.  So, Ric/Rick Hearst has been on the show at the same time as Nina.  Was he with Cynthia Watros' Nina, or with Michelle Stafford's?  (And it's weird how I thought to pair Ric and Nina with no idea at all about their prior history, lol).

It was about five minutes, with Stafford right before Ron was fired. They barely knew each other but he conned her into quickie marriage as part of the live week stunt mandated by the network (as in, they wanted a wedding). He scammed her and Franco saved her. No need to ever go there again IMO. I love Watros and I think she's done strong work this last year especially but after a certain time I would still write Nina out.

I do need to catch up on the show, since I am apparently back in DC on an open-ended stay as of today lol. My apt is still uh, probably safe, though the new winds, rain of ash and of course fire are getting perilously close to making us an evac zone if nothing else. I don't think the fires will reach my apt because if it did that would mean all of Los Angeles is up for grabs, but it's good I didn't go back to LA just to get evacuated out of caution. I got pretty lucky in that most of my absolutely essential documentation and electronics are with me due to some Christmas week travel before I settled down here with family.

I feel pretty guilty enjoying being back east again after years of disdaining the city; it does have a lot going for it when you dig deeper, and people I know have lost everything. And to bring this back to topic I feel for Cameron Mathison and others, and really hope everyone at GH is as safe as they can be.

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31 minutes ago, Khan said:

Really??  

See, I tuned out of GH at some point, so I don't know everything that went down.  So, Ric/Rick Hearst has been on the show at the same time as Nina.  Was he with Cynthia Watros' Nina, or with Michelle Stafford's?  (And it's weird how I thought to pair Ric and Nina with no idea at all about their prior history, lol).

No, no, no. You are not alone on that. When he returned this time around, he reminded the audience, too, and I realized I forgot, too. But...yeah. I tuned out near the beginning of MS's turn as Nina as well which was when Ric first got with her. CW still plays the dislike though which is a nice touch. 

9 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I don't remember them being together either, but apparently they were married (later annulled) in 2015.  It was Stafford's Nina and Ric wanted her fortune.  At least that's what the internet tells me.  It does sound vaguely familiar to me.  I am notorious for mixing up almost all of Nina's backstory though. 

It did. If I'm not mistaken...it was during the LIVE week, too, in terms of them getting married, but I could be wrong. 

35 minutes ago, Khan said:

This is when we need to throw up the bat signal to Vanessa Marcil.  Brenda easily could sweep back in, toss Natalia out on her bigoted ass and help Sonny through his medical crisis (while still exchanging verbal barbs with Carly).

YES. LOL!!!!

 

The power of Vanessa Marcil that she can swoop in at any moment and fit in perfectly. 

I'm still disappointed that we didn't hear anything about VM at the event she did with Rena & the event she did with Mo. 

Listen, apparently GH was dark both Th & Fri because of the fires. I did not hear this myself but some fans who were at Steve Burton's Patreon said that he said openly that Wed. they sent everyone home, not to return till Monday. This was in a GH group chat that they talked about it. Of course, it's also not a surprise. 

13 hours ago, Khan said:

For sure, I would kill off Drew.  Willow either doesn't remember killing Drew, or she DOES remember and is wracked with guilt about it.  Either way, Nina elects to take the rap in order to protect her daughter.  She spends some time in jail, where she's reunited with Madeline.

I'd need to sit down and figure out how to make it all work, but I'd have Ric serve as Nina's attorney throughout this process, thereby laying the groundwork for an eventual Ric/Nina union.

Eventually, the truth would come out, Nina would be released and Willow would be shipped off to prison.  Nina would be devastated, of course, but Ric would be there for her, especially after they receive word that Willow was killed after several inmates attacked her.

I love this idea. Reminds me of the Lana Turner scandal and the Rae/Michael/Kimberly drama on RYAN'S HOPE. 

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I see that we have Lucas in the opening now. Was that the first time? 

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The screaming in the hospital is just ridiculous.

1 minute ago, ranger1rg said:

The screaming in the hospital is just ridiculous.

Once upon a time you would have Amy Vining in the background eating it up, and Dr. Hardy rushing in to break it up and reminding them it was hospital!

6 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

Once upon a time you would have Amy Vining in the background eating it up, and Dr. Hardy rushing in to break it up and reminding them it was hospital!

And that made it all work. It's nuts that these people are yelling at the tops of their lungs and no one even notices.