5 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

Is this really Nathan? All of them purport to be mysteries at some level, and they are all hollow and in a weird holding pattern to get to a climax.

This is one that perplexes me as Frank knew Kristen wouldn't be available. I'd say this was the only time Ryan Paevey was available but he doesn't seem to be doing much in recent years. If we find out he's not really Nathan, as seems inevitable, it won't hit the same without his wife being there to react. 

1 minute ago, DRW50 said:

This is one that perplexes me as Frank knew Kristen wouldn't be available. I'd say this was the only time Ryan Paevey was available but he doesn't seem to be doing much in recent years. If we find out he's not really Nathan, as seems inevitable, it won't hit the same without his wife being there to react. 

It just makes little sense to me either way without Maxie.

1 minute ago, titan1978 said:

The miscalculation with Britt seems to be noticeable to lots of folks this time. Usually only here at SON do I really see anyone that dislikes her. But this time the Rocco stuff and her attitude seem to be annoying the vocal part of the audience online elsewhere too. And if she is supposed to be back so Jason can have a pairing they are butchering that.

I missed most of her highs and lows during my lengthy hiatus period, so I never really got past how much I disliked her early on. She doesn't anger me but she really is just there. And yes, they seem very hesitant on pairing her with Jason. I'd say it's down to some issue but they are hesitant to pair anyone, beyond Joss and her latest sex toy. (I'm sorry but do these men have any other purpose)

3 minutes ago, Vee said:

He's so behind tired and pathetic a character at this point, but I am sure he will come back soon enough and we'll have more of the force meme Britt/Brad duo shoved down our throats. I still remember when they first made them a thing artificially snarking at the Nurses Ball on TV and tried to act like it was this big post-modern deal and kept bringing it back again and again. The beginning of trying to make str8 limp Britt a 'gay icon.'

I don't think ABC would ever have crusaded for any actor to get between 3-5 separate characters on one soap opera in rapid succession. That was all Frank to me.

True.

I don't really want to see Brad again, it's just so strange to me they brought him back last year for no real reason and then he barely interacts with Lucas before leaving and has no interaction with Britt. I don't get any logic in these choices.

Just now, titan1978 said:

The miscalculation with Britt seems to be noticeable to lots of folks this time. Usually only here at SON do I really see anyone that dislikes her. But this time the Rocco stuff and her attitude seem to be annoying the vocal part of the audience online elsewhere too. 

I have said it several times now, but they are tanking Britt this time with the classic hard Frank sell (to try to put her over with Jason - I don't believe Frank has any deep loyalty to KT, I think the character is just a means to an end with Steve for him), as well as the returned CVE's clear overzealous delight in the character and the whole resurrected Obrecht clan. And I frankly think Frank is more interested in more Gati and RP than Britt herself.

Anyway Britt has always had a modest fanbase, moreso since she got with Jason. But they're tanking her by trying to push the Rocco thing while she still remains viscerally unpleasant and, as I've always said, Thiebaud is deeply limited. Whether Frank cares about the couple or not (and he clearly doesn't) the general GH audience is just not here for watching Dante and Lulu suffer while their baby boy fawns over the woman who stole him a decade ago. That's radicalized the more sanguine elements of the normie audience against her IMO. And it's this kind of push and willful ignorance of how it's playing to the viewers that will bring her down in the end. See also: Natalia, Kristina, etc.

6 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

If we find out he's not really Nathan, as seems inevitable, it won't hit the same without his wife being there to react. 

At this point I assume it's Nathan but brainwashed to be evil/carry Faison's brainwaves/whatever in some sort of nonsensical setup like the whole terrible Tom Pelphrey story on ATWT. Or more accurately some of the very dumb Franco's Brain, Drew, etc. stories GH did in the late 2010s.

You'd think they would've learned to leave these limp mad scientist capers behind. Adventure and action you can still do on GH, but this team has always done poorly with their attempts at this headtrip stuff. I don't even know if Drew ever actually got his post-plastic surgery memories back. I don't think so! Where's the magic USB?

Kristina and jacinda?

Imagine how on fire the show would be if it was AJ returning instead of who cares Nathan.

Probably the only way Frank would ever be interested in AJ is if he could pull off having Michael Easton play him.

21 minutes ago, Vee said:

At this point I assume it's Nathan but brainwashed to be evil/carry Faison's brainwaves/whatever in some sort of nonsensical setup like the whole terrible Tom Pelphrey story on ATWT. Or more accurately some of the very dumb Franco's Brain, Drew, etc. stories GH did in the late 2010s.

You'd think they would've learned to leave these limp mad scientist capers behind. Adventure and action you can still do on GH, but this team has always done poorly with their attempts at this headtrip stuff. I don't even know if Drew ever actually got his post-plastic surgery memories back. I don't think so! Where's the magic USB?

I'd say maybe Ryan Quan being there might add a different flavor to these stories but I don't remember what I saw of them being interesting on DAYS either (admittedly I was not watching closely). 

14 minutes ago, Jdee43 said:

Imagine how on fire the show would be if it was AJ returning instead of who cares Nathan.

Probably the only way Frank would ever be interested in AJ is if he could pull off having Michael Easton play him.

Or Howarth.

To be honest Howarth wouldn't have been a terrible AJ, once upon a time, but not these days. 

If they were to recast the role of AJ ⏤ which would take a lot for me to sign on for, because I loved the way AJ was written off in 2014 ⏤ I would choose someone like Eric Martsolf (or someone else I would love to name, but audiences would automatically hate it). Or I would even welcome back Billy Warlock and give him an honest chance at portraying the role.

If you recast Roger Howarth as A.J. today it would turn into a Suddenly Last Summer situation at Prospect Studios.

On 10/22/2025 at 4:28 PM, Vee said:

Lord does Frank want all Laura's kids gone.

YES.

6 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

Oh my, Chase and Michael in the sauna together, in just towels. 😍 

Ooooo thank you for the advanced 'warning.' hehe.

 

4 hours ago, carolineg said:

I'll be that person.  Erika Slezak is wonderful and I am glad she found this job.  She's doing good work, but it's too much.  I don't care about this outsider, I don't care for Tracy being ostracized, I don't need her having excessively long scenes with everyone who ever appeared on OLTL with her.

You know what GH could have done instead?  Left Monica's house to a mysterious trust and make it a mystery that eventually leads to AJ or Emily instead of this mess I don't care about.

Hehe. If anyone would... 😜 But I understand. 

 

I would have liked that better and said something similar. After all, it's not the first time Monica has brought AJ back to life. 

3 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

 

And it does look like Josh has as much chemistry with Rory as he did with Chad 😉😂

 

Woof indeed.

Cody still riding for Tracy is great.

I know this woman did not just say Monica's line. She knew it would light Tracy up.

15 minutes ago, Vee said:

Cody still riding for Tracy is great.

I really loved that. Tracy’s relationships with Cody and Stella are some of my favorites but they rarely get played these days.