I always liked Teri, too, and think it's a shame they squandered her when they had her on the show.
All this discussion we've been having about the baby Phillip story makes me realize what they did wrong: aside from Johnny, they never gave them or put them in major storylines. (And in Johnny's case, his job was usually to have his shirt off as much as possible).
Even before the Spauldings officially hit town, they were already in the story, connected to Jackie and Justin through her flashbacks about what happened before and after Phillip was born. Then they arrive, and the first time Mike meets Elizabeth, he's flirting with her in front of her oblivious husband. They quickly set up years of story featuring these characters, while connecting them to several people already on the canvas. And as time went on, their connections to other characters spread out: Ed, Rita, Roger, Sara, Ben, Hope, etc., until they were fully integrated into the show.
I think Jack and Lainie were on for a year, maybe? As far as I can recall, they never did anything like that for them. I just remember them hanging around in the background a lot.
Sure, they weren't rich jetsetters, but somehow GL came up with major storylines for Bill and Bert back in the day.
I don't know how they thought just putting these characters in front of the camera was going to result in them becoming the new heads of the Bauer family. A total, self-inflicted flop.
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