12 minutes ago, prefab1 said:

Both the character and actor are lousy. I can't believe he's been on and off the show for over 12 years now.

It's odd Brad was the character they kept over Felix. I would have dumped them both, but Felix at least was a good guy. I guess Britt propping gets you a lot farther than Sabrina propping lol.

7 minutes ago, carolineg said:

It's odd Brad was the character they kept over Felix. I would have dumped them both, but Felix at least was a good guy. I guess Britt propping gets you a lot farther than Sabrina propping lol.

It's because Parry Shen [sic] had chemistry with Ryan Carnes and they got a following. They let that ride even though Carlivati's initial endgame was clearly supposed to be Lucas and Felix, his brief favorite. Brad and Lucas was supposed to be the obstacle.

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35 minutes ago, Vee said:

It's because Parry Shen [sic] had chemistry with Ryan Carnes and they got a following. They let that ride even though Carlivati's initial endgame was clearly supposed to be Lucas and Felix, his brief favorite. Brad and Lucas was supposed to be the obstacle.

Fair enough. Marc Samuel and Carnes didn't have much chemistry, but I don't think Shen/Carnes had enough to change the course. Neither pairing was great.

21 minutes ago, Vee said:

It's because Parry Shen [sic] had chemistry with Ryan Carnes and they got a following. They let that ride even though Carlivati's initial endgame was clearly supposed to be Lucas and Felix, his brief favorite. Brad and Lucas was supposed to be the obstacle.

Brad also seems like a proto-Leo, and we know how Ron adored Leo.

34 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I don't think Shen/Carnes had enough to change the course. Neither pairing was great.

It was diverting at best and got worse over time with heavier story. Now Brad is just scum agan.

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Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten
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Director: Tina Keller

The end of Wednesday's show was such a joke, treating the reunion of Britt and Brad like it was something similar to the reunion of say Luke and Robert? 🤮🤮

7 minutes ago, Jdee43 said:

The end of Wednesday's show was such a joke, treating the reunion of Britt and Brad like it was something similar to the reunion of say Luke and Robert? 🤮🤮

That's how much this team (I suspect it's mostly CVE at this point but who knows) loves their own forced mythology re: these two asshóles.

7 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I don’t think so either. I think the volume and speed they work necessitated him coming up with a tighter version of the filming model he was using on OLTL, and he can’t change what he does anymore either by lack of vision, control, his own taste, or all of the above.

Right away the longer scenes were going to be a problem. Right away using Sam so much was going to be a problem. The deeper focus on character just isn’t what he does anymore, if he ever did it. When Shelley Curtis was on MB’s show and said even in these days every script should have the set of scenes that are the focus, and they should be given more care and time to breathe. MVJ on Soapy just said those short scenes for everything are not the way to go. But that would entail him changing what he does, and he’s just not going to do that.

With Geary’s passing I have been finding random 1990’s episodes on YouTube and watching the whole show. It’s fascinating how much emotion is there compared to today. Every episode had something that was an emotional centerpiece. When you watch that and then turn on today the show is so hollow.

One of the reasons I appreciate Jane Elliot's work so much is she often manages to find that small emotion in scenes even with the way the show is now structured. I think Dominic does too, among others.

I have a lot of respect for Laura Wright in her work ethic, being a daytime survivor, etc. but I think what you have mentioned lacking in GH in recent times is one of the reasons I still never quite see her as Carly. The emotions I should be feeling from Carly or for Carly are not there for me.