I know I sound (at times...well, maybe always) overly judgmental of ****. But my Vanessa was never sweet. To me, that's akin to calling Reva wholesome. That's what TIIC after Curlee have reduced her to by writing her as some damsel-in-distress character which they did from the jump of her relationship with **** when he "rescued" her from some idiot locals and the stupid Castaway on an Island fantasy, these mystery illnesses and near death experiences. (Other than Bill's birth and a brief stay after an accidental overdose, that woman had never spent a sick day in the hospital in the previous fourteen years she'd been on the show.)
It doesn't help that I've seen those type of scenes (arguing over her wanting to work, or what the man in her life thinks her duties are when it comes to raising her child) with both Ross and Billy.
I'm sure McKinney is a great guy. But he's utterly interchangeable with the rest of the himbos of his era. Most of the Harts, Reva's legion of guys she's willing to slum with while pining for Josh (Island dude, DrWannabeStudly, Richard and his clone Jeffy), Cassie's ex and whatever Dinah dug out of the trash.
While I'm glad Maeve kept getting story, (at this point, she was the longest tenured actress on the show), I wished she'd had a writing team more interested in being true to her character than their nonsensical plot-heavy and himbo laden vision of Springfield.
LOL...I accept sanctimonious guy when they're long-suffering. **** wasn't "long suffering". In fact, he should've been grateful to be kept, shut his mouth and played Mr. Mom if baby Maureen needed more parental involvement. **** couldn't earn enough from his "career" to keep Van in her Manolo Blahniks. (in case it's not been apparent to you in the Reva-as-soccer mom costuming years, Vanessa is a clotheshorse. She didn't do denim. Ball gowns and furs were her weapons, and for a while, no outfit was complete without her hat and gloves.)
LOL...what's delightful to me during this time is Vanessa's utter dismay at being told she had a half-sister and the gleeful relief when told it wasn't true.
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