1 hour ago, Vee said:

Say what we will about even lower lights like the Balkan or Anthony Zacchara, there was a specificity to those villains and who they were and they made actual moves, and most had a relatively short shelf life even when some of them were pure cartoons (like Anthony). Even Faith Rosco, who is deeply problematic today, was a force to be reckoned with and could be scary as hell.

Frank's villains today are all just these mid character actors* he likes who can't quite project any menace, yet hang around forever trying to garner sympathy to extend their stay while continuing to commit mostly weak crimes. What did Cyrus even do for years after blowing up the bar? Just stands around whining about his dead parents and then becoming born again. It's weak. And it's gonna be the same thing all over again.

(* - and it's sad for me to say that, because Jeff Kober was the king of playing weird creeps in the '80s and '90s lol. But he comes off like a feeble old man as Cyrus.)

He will absolutely be the excuse to bring on Natalia's musician son who Mulcahey mentioned, and who knows, maybe the return of Blaaaaazzzzeee. Cue the next two years of scenes where Sidwell weeps for his lost relationships with his children while also I don't know, sending thugs after Jason and Sasha.

I think we saw her son today 

3 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

Carlo owned restaurants and hosted a cooking show 

Just a suggestion, meant gently, read the room. 

1 minute ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Just a suggestion, meant gently, read the room. 

I like the guy

2 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

I like the guy

You're  kidding?!!! I hadn't noticed. /s

8 minutes ago, carolineg said:

The show seemed to have a very difficult time telling Sonny/Brenda's story in an organic way with all the pieces in front of them.  There were only a few times I thought Sonny/Brenda actually liked one another even though I knew they were in love if that makes sense?

It was always just a weird pacing problem.  A million years in Rome and 5 minutes for Sonny/Brenda's marriage.  The thing people waited years for.

I think GH was (as usual in those days) trying to do too much at once and service too many sacred cows, new additions, etc. And they were probably once again gambling that Vanessa would stay, which didn't happen and likely could have. If you had honed in on several key couples in addition to telling something of an action story, that would've been enough. Instead they wanted Brenda to be everything to everyone (Jason, Dante, etc.), and Guza could not settle on the future of the show as his vision for Dante had already begun to get clouded.

In a better world Brenda's return and marrying him would've been (and could still be) the clear signal for Sonny to officially shift into the patriarch role he has flirted with both in that late Guza period and under Carlivati, etc. off and on since. But that didn't happen.

Edited February 8Feb 8 by Vee

Just now, Vee said:

I think GH was (as usual in those days) trying to do too much at once and service too many sacred cows, new additions, etc. And they were probably once again gambling that Vanessa would stay, which didn't happen and likely could have. If you had honed in on several key couples in addition to telling something of an action story, that would've been enough. Instead they wanted Brenda to be everything to everyone, and Guza could not settle on the future of the show as his vision for Dante had already begun to get clouded. In a better world Brenda's return and marrying him would've been the clear signal for Sonny to officially shift into the patriarch role he has flirted with both in that late Guza period and under Carlivati, etc. off and on since. But that didn't happen.

I want Kristina to go into the family business 

6 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

I like the guy

So does FV. Liking an actor does not mean they are interesting on the show or a credible villain.

Just now, jasonminer1974 said:

I want Kristina to go into the family business 

I can't buy Kristina running a lemonade stand.

Just now, Vee said:

So does FV. Liking an actor does not mean they are interesting on the show or a credible villain.

He'll be gone in 6months

1 minute ago, jasonminer1974 said:

He'll be gone in 6months

Like Cyrus was?

1 minute ago, Vee said:

Like Cyrus was?

Cyrus didn't bq Michael 

2 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

Cyrus didn't bq Michael 

I don't know what bq Michael means, but can I have a link to these Sidwell cooking shows?  Now I am interested.  I love a good cooking challenge.

4 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

Cyrus didn't bq Michael 

Cyrus bombed half the cast, killed multiple people and put Lulu in a coma for years. Then he stayed on the show for another four. Show me the difference.

15 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

I want Kristina to go into the family business 

I actually think it is a possibility, but a remote one, admittedly. And, of course, if they did that story Alexis being against it would be a HUGE component.

What does "bq Michael" mean? I can guess it means blow him up, but how do you get from "bq" to explosion & fire?

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10 minutes ago, Vee said:

I think GH was (as usual in those days) trying to do too much at once and service too many sacred cows, new additions, etc. And they were probably once again gambling that Vanessa would stay, which didn't happen and likely could have. If you had honed in on several key couples in addition to telling something of an action story, that would've been enough. Instead they wanted Brenda to be everything to everyone (Jason, Dante, etc.), and Guza could not settle on the future of the show as his vision for Dante had already begun to get clouded.

In a better world Brenda's return and marrying him would've been (and could still be) the clear signal for Sonny to officially shift into the patriarch role he has flirted with both in that late Guza period and under Carlivati, etc. off and on since. But that didn't happen.

Totally agree.  It was a case of EVERYTHING leading back to Brenda and it's too much.  I don't know what about Vanessa Marcil's returns have ever screamed "I am a lifer here", but whatever.  I clearly think everything should lead back to her, no doubt, but when frickin Maxie/Spinelli are arguing about Brenda as if she's an actual obstacle in their relationship I just had to give a hard no to that.

It's a shame they didn't expand on Sonny taking a harder look at his life though.