2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I have been a pretty big advocate of Spixie, but I wonder if Bradford's availability screws up timing. I believe it's by his own choice and when you combine that with KS's long-term absences I feel like we miss beats. I know they block tape and all that, but PM's run seems like the last time Spinelli/Maxie were written coherently. I do wonder if we are at the point where we give Spixie a splashy wedding, send them off, and revisit them later if necessary. Mac loves raising other people's children so you can always keep a recast Georgie and James with them. Spixie can take the infant or give it to Brook Lynn. I don't really care lol.

With KS also living out of state I think this seems very plausible down the line a bit. I think BA suffers from a couple of things, especially post Ron Carlivati. His character isn’t generic. The way he speaks is specific, as is the way he acts and the humor that used to be inherent in having scenes with Spinelli, Maxie, and someone stoic (that’s the nice way of saying that!) like Sam or Jason. He also isn’t classically soap handsome leading man material, which shouldn’t matter but I fear does matter to FV.

His leaving the show to raise his kids outside Hollywood was his choice. Carlivati didn’t really do him any favors but he at least got the point was he was quirky. Mulcahey starts doctoring the scripts and Maxie and Spinelli have personality again, because they had the care to give them back specificity and someone who knew their actual characters.

I know many people complain about the Spinellis and the Lucy Coes, Scotty, Tiffany Hill, etc. but I think GH especially needs people that fit in doing a caper, not just the super spies, mob wars, or cops and robbers type adventures. They break up the seriousness. There is a reason Claire Labine puts Lucy in partnership with Luke and Sonny at the club. And like Lynn, BA and KS have a knack for quick witted writing.

29 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

With KS also living out of state I think this seems very plausible down the line a bit. I think BA suffers from a couple of things, especially post Ron Carlivati. His character isn’t generic. The way he speaks is specific, as is the way he acts and the humor that used to be inherent in having scenes with Spinelli, Maxie, and someone stoic (that’s the nice way of saying that!) like Sam or Jason. He also isn’t classically soap handsome leading man material, which shouldn’t matter but I fear does matter to FV.

His leaving the show to raise his kids outside Hollywood was his choice. Carlivati didn’t really do him any favors but he at least got the point was he was quirky. Mulcahey starts doctoring the scripts and Maxie and Spinelli have personality again, because they had the care to give them back specificity and someone who knew their actual characters.

I know many people complain about the Spinellis and the Lucy Coes, Scotty, Tiffany Hill, etc. but I think GH especially needs people that fit in doing a caper, not just the super spies, mob wars, or cops and robbers type adventures. They break up the seriousness. There is a reason Claire Labine puts Lucy in partnership with Luke and Sonny at the club. And like Lynn, BA and KS have a knack for quick witted writing.

Oh, I definitely think BA's looks hurt him. He's not cookie cutter handsome like Chase or Nathan, but at least he has a personality. I legitimately wanted to strangle Spinelli in 2010 ish. He was that obnoxious. I do feel like the show has made attempts to make mature him and Bradford is adept at playing him that way. I also think in the Guza years the show really walked the line on Spinelli being comedically quirky instead of possibly neurodivergent. I can understand how that could be difficult to write.

I think on current GH he works better as comedic character and cyber genius. Most of the nicknames and obnoxiousness are gone and you feel he is a great, loving family man. For all these reasons I could see this being the end of Spinelli and Maxie's story (for now). Give them their happy ending and put a pin in it.