I am not sure why the show doesn't recast Maxie even temporarily. KS clearly needs to focus on her health and stalling the Nathan story hoping she will be back soon makes no sense. I know the Jen Lilley thing was a fiasco, but the show can't wait for KS forever. Kirsten herself said she was expecting to be let go so I don't think a temp recast should upset her too much if she is unable to meet her commitments.

12 hours ago, janea4old said:

Braedyn Bruner and Giovanni Mazza talk about Emma and Gio's first time. Fascinating read -- they talk about their acting choices and unscripted handholding that they brought to their characters over the past year or more.
https://www.swooon.com/1257302/general-hospital-gio-emma-first-time-giovanni-mazza-braedyn-bruner-interview/

Much like Trina and Spencer, the actual romance is being imbued by the performers. And they also were shelved for months at a time. The fact that they read the room well enough to lean into a sweetness for their characters obviously paid off.

2 hours ago, carolineg said:

I am not sure why the show doesn't recast Maxie even temporarily. KS clearly needs to focus on her health and stalling the Nathan story hoping she will be back soon makes no sense. I know the Jen Lilley thing was a fiasco, but the show can't wait for KS forever. Kirsten herself said she was expecting to be let go so I don't think a temp recast should upset her too much if she is unable to meet her commitments.

The entire story should have been scrapped. Compare this to Britt’s return- the Five Poppies, built in angst with Jason and her family. Brad. Tying her into the Laura/Sonny plot. Her issues at GH and getting her medical license back. Rocco. I haven’t seen so much story flung at a returning actor since Vanessa Marcil in 2002.

Nathan is just there. Just like Lucky was. If he didn’t fit the Valentini mold so well I would wonder if ABC forced him on them instead of Frank wanting him back.

They aren’t even using Obrect and I assume that is also part of the story stalling, because it was set up to include her more by having her so upset with Britt and then here’s Nathan back too.

I also got the impression when they were interviewing him about coming back that this return was for a specific story, not necessarily a return meant to last beyond said story. So the question now is how long until they fully revamp the whole thing?

I like Storms, and Maxie was another character that got her mojo back when Mulcahey was handling the scripts. But they need to work on transitioning her fully to supporting if they get this story told, because she cannot be counted on as a lead anymore.