On 2/6/2025 at 4:00 PM, Antoyne said:

A Carly and Nina team up to take down Drew has me very excited.

Liz with Ric and Lucky the other day was obviously a highlight for me. The way RH has chemistry with both of her former leading men, in the same damn scene at the same time needs to be studied @Taoboi.  Ric always being there for Liz will forever give me life.

So now they’ve confirmed Gio is BLQ’s and Dante’s kid. They didn’t even cast someone with similar features to either of their parents or grandparents.

Count me in for a Dillon return. 

Especially if it ends up a murder mystery.

 

And same. lol. Worth the wait. And it should completely be studied. So well done that you could feel her chemistry with BOTH of them at the same time. And Ric and Lucky soooo don't like each other so another layer. And just Lucky asking the favor, Ric knowing the only reason he would take it is for Liz...and Lucky know the same. Sooooo good. 

 

Meh. lol. It's moments like that one has to wonder if Gio's...besides being a potential love interest for Trina...was always going to be set up for this.

 

12 hours ago, Vee said:

 It drove me insane when a year or two in she would ramble on about "good old Grandfather/Tracy/whoever..." Bitch, you don't know them!

Seriously, the way she'd talk to people about Edward in particular was so awkward.  The "Oh, you know how Grandfather is"..... Yes, the audience does but you don't.

It may have been RC's way of coping with idiotic writing.  She'd do it with love interests too.  "Jax/Luke/Alcazar/whoever and I have such a long history-you wouldn't understand" sort of nonsense.  Meanwhile, all of those pairings were instantly forgotten. 

I will never understand why Frons or whoever chose Skye of all characters in the history of ABC daytime to run around from show to show.  I don't think RC/Skye was ever popular enough for that much exposure and Skye already had a backstory.  I guess I just should be thankful it wasn't Alicia Leigh Willis or Kelly Monaco instead lol!

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

I will never understand why Frons or whoever chose Skye of all characters in the history of ABC daytime to run around from show to show.  I don't think RC/Skye was ever popular enough for that much exposure and Skye already had a backstory.

I don't think it was Skye so much as it was RC and the fact that she and Linda Dano had also portrayed mother and daughter on AW, which ABC had tried and failed to add to their lineup.  But that's just my opinion.

I still remember when Angela "Shop the Soaps" Shapiro was touting Dano's multi-show contract with ABC, throwing out buzzwords like "synergy" to make it all sound cutting edge.  Personally, I thought it was stupid from day one to have Dano (and Christopher) travel from show to show like a two-person band of gypsies, rewriting history everywhere they went, and never gelling with ANY show, no matter how hard ABC tried.

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

Seriously, the way she'd talk to people about Edward in particular was so awkward.  The "Oh, you know how Grandfather is"..... Yes, the audience does but you don't.

It was like watching Tori on "Saved by the Bell."  No one at Bayside High in Port Charles ever saw her or talked about her; yet, we're supposed to pretend like she's always been there, lol.

Edited February 9Feb 9 by Khan

5 minutes ago, Khan said:

I don't think it was Skye so much as it was RC and the fact that she and Linda Dano had also portrayed mother and daughter on AW, which ABC had tried and failed to add to their lineup.  But that's just my opinion.

I still remember when Angela "Shop the Soaps" Shapiro was touting Dano's multi-show contract with ABC, throwing out buzzwords like "synergy" to make it all sound cutting edge.  Personally, I thought it was stupid from day one to have Dano (and Christopher) travel from show to show like a two-person band of gypsies, rewriting history everywhere they went, and never gelling with ANY show, no matter how hard ABC tried.

I love Linda Dano, but I never understood why Shapiro thought she had such a following that ABC Daytime viewers would want so much of her, in a part that had been on so long ago I can't remember if they were able to find any flashbacks. Then reuniting her with Robin Christopher just for a few years on AW together which I don't think were that iconic for fans.

Christopher did have some good moments as Skye on AMC, but that involved her relationships with Stuart and Adam - the former was especially important for me. There was plenty of story for her on AMC, with Hayley, with Edmund, Erica, etc. 

Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with GH today.

4 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with GH today.

In a way, it does, since - thanks to Rae, Skye, Angela Shapiro, Brian Frons, Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati - AMC, THE CITY, GH, LOVING, OLTL, PC and RH are all slices of the same, super-soap pie.

If anything, all this "synergy" between the different ABC soaps spoiled my admiration for RC and Linda Dano, which had been pretty strong for years.  By the time Dano left OLTL and Christopher left GH, I was SO relieved, lol.  Which is why I'm like, "Nah, I'm good with not seeing Skye or even SORAS-ed Lila Rae again."

Edited February 9Feb 9 by Khan

12 minutes ago, Khan said:

In a way, it does, since - thanks to Rae, Skye, Angela Shapiro, Brian Frons, Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati - AMC, THE CITY, GH, LOVING, OLTL, PC and RH are all slices of the same, super-soap pie.

That's a good point. Until I saw it in a comment on an RH promo a few months ago I had forgotten that Delia is supposed to be Ava's mother. When was that last even mentioned?

Edited February 9Feb 9 by DRW50

57 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

That's a good point. Until I saw it in a comment on an RH promo a few months ago I had forgotten that Delia is supposed to be Ava's mother. When was that last even mentioned?

Of all the shitty retcons I've had to witness in my years as a soaps fan, retconning Ava Jerome into being Delia's long-lost daughter - at a point in Delia's life when that would have been impossible - had to be among the shittiest.  (At least when Douglas Marland gave his characters long-lost offspring, he did the freaking math, lol).

17 hours ago, carolineg said:

Both Ali's on Days were great.  I am surprised Lisa Linde never found any major work post-Days, but her ex-husband is a huge star lol.

I don't know how Skye would fit on the current canvas.  I said before there are a lot of women of similar age and with similar characteristics on screen already.  I don't think Skye would bring anything particularly interesting to the the table here.  Not at the top of my list for returns, but I wouldn't mind a vixen-ish Lila Rae.  

 

LOL!!! The fact that I kinda knew who her ex was but STILL went to be sure. Love me sum 'Teddy!' Also love he is going through a renaissance in his own acting career. I am also surprised she never had any major work.

 

Well with Nina being more and more of an afterthought, perhaps they can give CW her award reel by having Nina do her loooooong delayed breakdown and try to take Carly out...Willow can take her off screen, leaving a hole in the Q dynamic that Skye with a vixen-ish Lila Rae can fill...keeping the focus on the Q renaissance.  

 

 

59 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

That's a good point. Until I saw it in a comment on an RH promo a few months ago I had forgotten that Delia is supposed to be Ava's mother. When was that last even mentioned?

Not just your opinion. I THINK IT'S A FACT. RC played Lorna#2 on AW. She was Linda Dano's daughter.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

When was that last even mentioned?

I feel like that's been mentioned at least once in the last three years. I just can't remember the context. 

7 minutes ago, Khan said:

Of all the shitty retcons I've had to witness in my years as a soaps fan, retconning Ava Jerome into being Delia's long-lost daughter - at a point in Delia's life when that would have been impossible - had to be among the shittiest.  (At least when Douglas Marland gave his characters long-lost offspring, he did the freaking math, lol).

Ava should give some tips to Cody and Sasha.

2 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

I feel like that's been mentioned at least once in the last three years. I just can't remember the context. 

Thanks. I looked just now on a GH wiki and apparently it was mentioned in 2023 - Ava said she still works at Ryan's Bar. This was during the strike period. I'm glad it at least lives on post Cartini wankery.

Edited February 9Feb 9 by DRW50

8 minutes ago, Khan said:

Of all the shitty retcons I've had to witness in my years as a soaps fan, retconning Ava Jerome into being Delia's long-lost daughter - at a point in Delia's life when that would have been impossible - had to be among the shittiest.  (At least when Douglas Marland gave his characters long-lost offspring, he did the freaking math, lol).

I agree. I never saw Delia in her glory. I only knew of her from SOD so I would have liked to see her. Instead...we got ROXY. 

 

 

2 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Thanks. I looked just now on a GH wiki and apparently it was mentioned in 2023 - Ava said she still works at Ryan's Bar. This was during the strike period. I'm glad it at least lives on post Cartini wankery.

YW. Good to know. Kinda like the Austin thread being picked up again from what I've glanced here in the thread when the strike writers did reveal he and Mason was working for him so not far-fetched that Cyrus might have done away with him or found a way to do away with him. 

17 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Ava should give some tips to Cody and Sasha.

At this point, I would LOVE for Cody and Sasha to be exposed as con artists (with an axe to grind against the Scorpios) who have somehow conned Holly, Mac and Robert into thinking they are their respective, long-lost children.  Anything to end that madness.

Oh, and Willow faked her cancer.  I want that to be exposed, too, lol.

Edited February 9Feb 9 by Khan

16 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Marty gave valuable backstory about how Cyrus was in his "care-taking of their mother". His visitation of ill, terminal patients was noted. 

See? I remember that. 

3 hours ago, Khan said:

I don't think it was Skye so much as it was RC and the fact that she and Linda Dano had also portrayed mother and daughter on AW, which ABC had tried and failed to add to their lineup.  But that's just my opinion.

I still remember when Angela "Shop the Soaps" Shapiro was touting Dano's multi-show contract with ABC, throwing out buzzwords like "synergy" to make it all sound cutting edge.  Personally, I thought it was stupid from day one to have Dano (and Christopher) travel from show to show like a two-person band of gypsies, rewriting history everywhere they went, and never gelling with ANY show, no matter how hard ABC tried.

I totally forgot she and Dano played mother and daughter on AW.  I was always under the impression the original Lorna was the more popular one though and RC's stint was mostly a fail.  

Anyhow, the idea of the synergy and one character moving from soap to soap is intriguing.  You just immediately have to re-write so much and ignore the fact many actors played different characters on other ABC soaps.  This is probably something all the HW's and producers should have sat down and talked about before proceeding.  Every show had a different idea for the characters.