I've watched some, but not all, of the 1991 episodes recently posted (not the most recent batch though). The Tommy story was a very intricate umbrella story, far from perfect with many interwoven pieces. There are a lot of interesting threads to pull out. I would love to see more of Abril and Carly's friendship as Carly raising Abril's child with Clay could have had such major ramifications with the arrival of Michael in the fall. Clay and Carly's marriage also had potential to be explosive given Ava's history with Clay and Carly and how both parties saw themselves as the black sheep of their families. I also think there would have been more complexity with Shana and Clay not only over him lying to her about Cabot's wishes, but also using Tommy as she had lost Jimmy less than a year prior.
The Shana / Stacey animosity ensues throughout Mary Ryan Munisteri's run even though there should have been some resolution. Munisteri seemed to be prepping to write Shana out as Isabelle offered her a job in Hong Kong and she had nearly no story other than acting as Carly's lawyer in Michael's custody.
The moment where Trisha attempts to blackmail Clay over the Tommy stuff almost seems to be going too far, so I am glad that she pulled back. I don't need to know (nor I want to) but there is a lot of build to the suggestion that even though it is likely Monty injected himself with the insulin, that someone may have switched the vials to a higher concentration in order to murder him. I am not sure how they were going to prove that wasn't true.
I don't think Larkin Malloy's Clay works at all. As much as I like Flynn and Carly, I do think it was unwise to dump Clay at this time though I am curious seeing how Clay would have fit into Munisteri's vision for Corinth though at times I wonder if his initial return was in the works prior to her departure. I do think that Clay returning after the Michael custody was rectified could have led to phasing out Flynn. I'm not a huge Clay / Dinah Lee fan either.
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