1 hour ago, Khan said:

IA. I think Laura needs a romantic relationship with someone who isn't so damaged, for lack of a better word. Even Kevin comes with his own set of emotional baggage. It'd be nice to see her finally find someone who can give her the stability she's always craved. She isn't the eighteen-year-old little girl who's attracted to danger anymore; she's a grandmother and a woman who has come through a lot to know what works for her. It's time.

While I agree with this, the odds of her getting it is Hmmmm. Cuz we all know Frank.

2 hours ago, Vee said:

I may be wrong (and forgive me if I've said this in here already, I do love to repeat myself) but I get the vibe the bloom may be off the rose with Jacinda. The last week or two of material has had a weird tone to it re: her character and baggage and her big feelings for Michael, I think they may be wrapping her up as a story pit stop. Of course I could be wrong and they'll double down on Monday.

I would think that too except I think they are also trying to victim her to give them the sex worker redemption route.

Although I don’t want her to be another victim of violence, it would be easy where she is right now to pivot and have her end up dead, with scumbag Ezra set up to take the fall and it was Willow all along. Bonus points would be Nina as a credible suspect too, and throwing herself under the bus to protect yet another homicidal daughter. On the other hand, I actually enjoy Willow now so I’m not quite ready to send her away.

51 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

She's been using him for a while and it was there in Katelyn's performance.

She certainly found new life going from saintly victim to where she is now. I cannot wait for Chase to find out. But they should sleep together or at least kiss before he learns the truth. Twist that knife a bit more.

2 hours ago, Khan said:

She isn't the eighteen-year-old little girl who's attracted to danger anymore; she's a grandmother and a woman who has come through a lot to know what works for her. It's time.

I could see her with a decent guy but he would need at least a little bit of an edge.

12 hours ago, Taoboi said:

MOLLY/CODY. WACKA WACKA HELL NO WACKA. I just can't get behind him due to TJ period. But I'm not really going to change my mind (beyond that being addressed) if all of their scenes are going to be immature misunderstanding, annoying near-misses when it comes to sexy time, and/or played like it's a skit on a bad comedy show. Oooo how not surprising that Molly has a deadline. Oooo how 'cute' that Cody wants to surprise her. Wacka wacka! Yeeeah NO.

Neither can I. I want to know what really happened with Taj Bellows and why they fired him.

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18 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

I would think that too except I think they are also trying to victim her to give them the sex worker redemption route.

Although I don’t want her to be another victim of violence, it would be easy where she is right now to pivot and have her end up dead, with scumbag Ezra set up to take the fall and it was Willow all along. Bonus points would be Nina as a credible suspect too, and throwing herself under the bus to protect yet another homicidal daughter. On the other hand, I actually enjoy Willow now so I’m not quite ready to send her away.

I think the sainthood route came and went for Jacinda, now I feel like it's moving into a familiar GH phase where Jacinda is increasingly on the outside and may either a) sacrifice her happiness to help Michael and leave town, b) prove to not be what he's looking for re: new love and bow out gracefully, or c) die. Or some mix of the above. At least I hope so.

I do think Michael and Willow are primed to have a few rounds of good hatesex, but I don't want them back together beyond that. (And I def want her to seduce Chase and destroy that marriage.) I would keep Willow around for at least 2-3 more years though. I think she can run strong as this kind of villain for a long stretch to come, with a variety of schemes and lovers (including staying sadomasochistically married to Drew for awhile) before getting the classic Susan Moore whodunit exit befitting a thorn in the Q clan's collective side.

1 minute ago, MontyB said:

Neither can I. I want to know what really happened with Taj Bellows and why they fired him.

I don't think it's that deep. They've never had any use for T.J. and rarely ever had any use for Molly until recently. Both were afterthoughts for over a decade. Even now her story is largely a B/C-plot.

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28 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

I could see her with a decent guy but he would need at least a little bit of an edge.

I wish they would do what Knots Landing did with Valene and Ben and have the guy be very naturally funny, caring and warm, drawing a line under her past love interests (without demeaning those relationships).

For some reason the show has decided to give this type of relationship to Molly in how Cody is written with her, but still, they could try with Laura.

I've said it before, but I would put Laura with another WSB man. You can have a stable romance and home but not give up the adventure and excitement that defined so much of Laura's history, and has too much been ceded to Luke, Lucky, etc. in recent years.

12 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Suuuuuure did. Dark Unhinged Willow is far from over. And goodness knows the actress has been playing it as such.

My YouTube recommended took me back to the reveal of Michael and Willow's affair at that Quartermaine family gathering. It then dawned on me that this story's been going since 2024!

It's hard for me to think of another soap plot in recent years that's run this long without dragging. There's constant twists, turns and new characters added to the mix. This is the best plot GH has had in a while. All this came with the villainization of two previously liked characters, and I'm enjoying it.

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8 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I would think that too except I think they are also trying to victim her to give them the sex worker redemption route.

Although I don’t want her to be another victim of violence, it would be easy where she is right now to pivot and have her end up dead, with scumbag Ezra set up to take the fall and it was Willow all along. Bonus points would be Nina as a credible suspect too, and throwing herself under the bus to protect yet another homicidal daughter. On the other hand, I actually enjoy Willow now so I’m not quite ready to send her away.

She certainly found new life going from saintly victim to where she is now. I cannot wait for Chase to find out. But they should sleep together or at least kiss before he learns the truth. Twist that knife a bit more.

I could see her with a decent guy but he would need at least a little bit of an edge.

I almost feel like Erza is going to get jealous of Michael real quick since Jacinda didn't look happy at the idea of coming out into the open with him. Hopefully Vee is right and Frank is finally over this latest flavor of the month.

I really want Willow to get so far as to sleep with Chase personally. The writers have been slooooooooooowlllllllly building a rift between him and BLQ so that would be the perfect downfall for him with his arrogance. And it's build into his character, too, so a character flaw.

Hehe. Watch Frank redeem Erza just for that reason.

7 hours ago, MontyB said:

Neither can I. I want to know what really happened with Taj Bellows and why they fired him.

I don't think we will ever know. I did love that in the last week TB just got new agent representation. Onward and upward.

7 hours ago, DRW50 said:

but still, they could try with Laura.

Very. It would too easy and there are plenty of soap vets out there if they don't try to redeem Erza.

14 minutes ago, janea4old said:

The sense that doesn't. Buffyspeak for that makes no sense. smh.

36 minutes ago, Planet Soap said:

My YouTube recommended took me back to the reveal of Michael and Willow's affair at that Quartermaine family gathering. It then dawned on me that this story's been going since 2024!

It's hard for me to think of another soap plot in recent years that's run this long without dragging. There's constant twists, turns and new characters added to the mix. This is the best plot GH has had in a while. All this came with the villainization of two previously liked characters, and I'm enjoying it.

Well Michael/Willow having mess has. But I think it's kinda cool that it looks like it is going to loop back into the Michael/Willow/Chase of it all. So much has happened since then it might have legs.

Watching Willow unravel and Drew becoming darker has been fascinating to watch for sure. And thanks to both they both have added years to them as characters being around for it. I wanted Willow to stay unhinged because it's the most interesting she's been and Katelyn really has played it well, being hilarious on one hand, but showing layers I didn't think the actress could show on the other. I wanted more. So I'm happy to see more is coming. Honorable mention to Drew's meltdown on the stand. THAT gives him a good throughline moving forward as well. Jealousy.