7 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

On this soap? At bare minimum, two to three Sweeps periods beyond what it should be played (eg, Kevin Collins' reign of terror/Peter August's tenure).

Hasn't he already lasted two or three sweeps periods too long lol?

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

Hasn't he already lasted two or three sweeps periods too long lol?

More like years too long. And on recurring at that. It's impressive.

Carly loves calling anyone that’s not Jason or Sonny a criminal.

IMO Michael should become the mob boss

Just now, jasonminer1974 said:

IMO Michael should become the mob boss

Never gonna happen.

7 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

IMO Michael should become the mob boss

God no. He’s a Quartermaine.

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25 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

IMO Michael should become the mob boss

And they would've sent his head to Sonny in a box. Personally, I always thought Kristina would've taken over i.e. Lucky Santangelo.

20 hours ago, carolineg said:

There were rumors SB wasn't keen to be paired with Sarah J. Brown's Carly.

I think they were pretty much not rumors. Burton actively didn’t want Jason to be paired with Carly. I recall him saying in a SOD or Weekly interview that Jason would never have feelings for someone like Carly. It stood out to me then because it was a dig and the show was clearly trying and had been for a minute. And then later the show made a huge deal out of a betrayal when he almost died and Sonny/Carly were in bed. But Burton had been playing against feelings for Carly for so long it was unintentionally funny to me, and when I really began to see the love story was Sonny/Jason.

When Kimberly left the first time, the plan was she would return for breaks and Burton played Jason as still with Robin. Then she came back, and they played a pseudo family with Robin/Jason caring for Michael and Carly trying to come in between them. Then Robin told AJ and everything was about Jason/Carly again because of Michael, and Robin was gone for years.

I do think Guza and that writing team intended Jason/Carly until Burton quit. And sometimes it would bubble up again, like TB’s Carly asking Jason to kiss her during the PC Hotel fire sweeps event, and Carly always being jealous of Jason’s relationships.

6 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

I think they were pretty much not rumors. Burton actively didn’t want Jason to be paired with Carly. I recall him saying in a SOD or Weekly interview that Jason would never have feelings for someone like Carly. It stood out to me then because it was a dig and the show was clearly trying and had been for a minute. And then later the show made a huge deal out of a betrayal when he almost died and Sonny/Carly were in bed. But Burton had been playing against feelings for Carly for so long it was unintentionally funny to me, and when I really began to see the love story was Sonny/Jason.

When Kimberly left the first time, the plan was she would return for breaks and Burton played Jason as still with Robin. Then she came back, and they played a pseudo family with Robin/Jason caring for Michael and Carly trying to come in between them. Then Robin told AJ and everything was about Jason/Carly again because of Michael, and Robin was gone for years.

I do think Guza and that writing team intended Jason/Carly until Burton quit. And sometimes it would bubble up again, like TB’s Carly asking Jason to kiss her during the PC Hotel fire sweeps event, and Carly always being jealous of Jason’s relationships.

Thanks! That sounds more accurate than my retelling lol.

For some reason I thought SBu specifically didn't want to be paired with SJB and much preferred his pairing with KMc. I swear I heard a rumor years ago that it was because Sarah smoked (at the time). Lol! It's crazy, but it stuck in my head so I had to have read it somewhere.

You are so right about Steve actively playing against his feelings for Carly for so long it's difficult to say. I agree they were going to pair the two before Steve quit and Sonny/Carly was more of an accident than a long-term plan. They were also teasing Jason with Liz fairly innocently at the time.

In some ways when it did pop up again I always felt it was Carly that was in love with Jason, but he never was romantically in love with her. Other times the show played her so fiercely with Sonny it's hard for me to tell.

15 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Thanks! That sounds more accurate than my retelling lol.

For some reason I thought SBu specifically didn't want to be paired with SJB and much preferred his pairing with KMc. I swear I heard a rumor years ago that it was because Sarah smoked (at the time). Lol! It's crazy, but it stuck in my head so I had to have read it somewhere.

You are so right about Steve actively playing against his feelings for Carly for so long it's difficult to say. I agree they were going to pair the two before Steve quit and Sonny/Carly was more of an accident than a long-term plan. They were also teasing Jason with Liz fairly innocently at the time.

In some ways when it did pop up again I always felt it was Carly that was in love with Jason, but he never was romantically in love with her. Other times the show played her so fiercely with Sonny it's hard for me to tell.

I feel like I heard that rumor too. I also think there was an issue between him and TB when she played Carly. I saw Maurice allude to it on State of Mind.

If Steve did intervene, I'm not mad at it. Carly and Jason have a dysfunctional relationship but it's been platonic since Bush was in office and it should stay that way.

GH needs to work on their other stories that don't involve Willow and Drew. I was so bored by today's episode. Britt being a raging b*tch every time she breathes is not compelling. Steve needs to say something here.

12 minutes ago, CrazySexyQ said:

I feel like I heard that rumor too. I also think there was an issue between him and TB when she played Carly. I saw Maurice allude to it on State of Mind.

I read Mo's book and he openly admits he and Steve made TB cry and weren't very nice to her. I think they both apologized or at least Mo did. I don't remember him specifying why they had issues but I read it during Covid so it's been a while. The rumors at the time were that Mo wasn't thrilled with TB/Carly being onboard with an Alcazar pairing. I believe both Steve and Mo did not like the fact Ted King/Alcazar was popular and sometimes even getting the upper hand on Sonny and Jason.

4 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I read Mo's book and he openly admits he and Steve made TB cry and weren't very nice to her. I think they both apologized or at least Mo did. I don't remember him specifying why they had issues but I read it during Covid so it's been a while. The rumors at the time were that Mo wasn't thrilled with TB/Carly being onboard with an Alcazar pairing. I believe both Steve and Mo did not like the fact Ted King/Alcazar was popular and sometimes even getting the upper hand on Sonny and Jason.

Wow. I just checked my Audible, and I still haven't listened to Mo's book. But this makes me more interested in finally getting started. (Okay, I'm lying. I'm probably going to read Susan Lucci's new memoir, GL's Jonathan's Journey first).

I feel for Tamara. She comes across as nice, considerate, and professional. And why shouldn't she have liked the Carly/Alcazar pairing? Those two were hot. MO is far too old, especially now, to be a grade-school bully, because another actor didn't think solely being in the Sonny/Jason orbit was the greatest gift. And screw Steve too. It makes more sense why she left GH and Alcazar's character was written out.

I've been off the Mo train for a while. The ego on that man but being a jerk to his co-stars because the show dared not to be about him for once? Not cool.