2 hours ago, carolineg said:

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.

And as I've said before, you could tell onscreen in that period. Jason's rage at Carly over Alcazar was intense, misogynistic and did not feel like acting.

Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by Vee

56 minutes ago, Vee said:

And as I've said before, you could tell onscreen in that period. Jason's rage at Carly over Alcazar was intense, misogynistic and did not feel like acting.

Yes, that period was filled with palpable tension. You could tell there were personal issues. I guess I don't really get Mo/Steve hating TK and by extension TB for doing her job. Alcazar wasn't that popular lol.

So is Vaughn gone for good now? He would be the logical person for Joss to call if she wants help breaking into Wyndemere, not Brick. If Vaughn is off the show for good, it's a shame, because he had palpable chemistry with Joss, and the show invested a lot of time in building them up as a couple.

I thought Vaughn sucked tbh. I had zero interest in him or that couple, just as with Dex.

Wasn't Vaughn sent elsewhere? On another assignment or something as punishment? Or did I make that up lol?

I didn't think about Vaughn in relation to Joss's idiotic plot, so he obviously didn't leave much of an impression. It's typical GH to start something and abandon it with a whimper and little thought. Anyhow, I won't lose sleep over it.

Unfortunately, that means the show will probably have to hire another love interest for Joss soon or worse they throw her in a triangle with Gio/Emma!

8 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Wasn't Vaughn sent elsewhere? On another assignment or something as punishment? Or did I make that up lol?

I didn't think about Vaughn in relation to Joss's idiotic plot, so he obviously didn't leave much of an impression. It's typical GH to start something and abandon it with a whimper and little thought. Anyhow, I won't lose sleep over it.

IIRC they were split up officially by Brennan but I thought he was still hanging around town.

I assume he'll pop up soon like he hasn't been gone for weeks/months lol. But I wouldn't hate if he just vanished. He's made zero impression and the whole story has been another flop for Joss, she's been barely on for awhile now til quite recently.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

IIRC they were split up officially by Brennan but I thought he was still hanging around town.

I assume he'll pop up soon like he hasn't been gone for weeks/months lol. But I wouldn't hate if he just vanished. He's made zero impression and the whole story has been another flop for Joss, she's been barely on for awhile now til quite recently.

Oh, haha, I made up my own ending for Vaughn I guess. If he is still in town I assume he will show up again. I think yesterday was more of an attempt to give Brick something to do-which don't get me started. It's enough I have to watch him flirt with Carly every few months like its cute.

Anyhow, it does feel like the Joss story flopped and shelved and maybe they are resetting it now? Tying it all up and moving on hopefully. Dumping Brennan finally in the process.

Funny, on other boards a lot of people are thinking this story shoiws that Brennan is sticking around for the long haul, and that he will redeem himself with Carly.

There are claims elsewhere that Vaughn is gone for good, and even rumours that Joss is on her way out. People are pointing out that Joss doesn't really get mentioned in the 2026 preview, besides how Carly is angry with Brennan about recruiting her.

You always have to be a bit cautious about rumors in regards to behind the scenes stuff. For a while it "was known" that Reese Witherspoon never returned as Rachel's sister on Friends because she and Jennifer Aniston absolutely hated each other and refused to work together. Then they ended up working on a new show with each other. But MB and SB, while seeming to be generally well-liked by castmates, do seem very prepared and happy to throw their weight around. And now Marco seems to have been completely ruined so as to retroactively justify Sonny and Jason kidnapping him.

Even though I'm mostly enjoying the show right now, I feel like all the BTS dramas and contract issues are really impeding its ability to give us hot romantic pairings we might root for. I know not everyone on this board will miss Vaughn, but I will, because he's one of the very few guys on this show who was sexy while having a more dangerous, roguish edge. (Some of the other guys on the show in his age range have good bodies but are not sexy at all, unless you have a fetish for self-righteous overgrown Boy Scouts).

Similarly, they tanked Brennan/Carly when Charles Mesure left and they replaced him with a friend-of-Frank who might as well have been playing a totally different character. Chris McKenna might be a nice guy, but he lacks the twinkle Mesure had in his eyes, his Antipodean accent, and his chemistry with Laura Wright. And don't get me started on how Ric Hearst, who has amazing chemistry with several different actresses on the show, has been MIA for several weeks.