I do, I thought it was a lovely romance for Viki with Charlie, a solid intro for Gigi and Shane as well as dovetailing beautifully with the Marcie on the run story, ending very well with the hostage crisis with Marcie at the diner with Viki. One of the best (and last) wholly cohesive stories Ron ever did, because he was not yet high on his own supply at that time. That changed quickly.
I haven't watched the episode yet. Not sure when I will. I'm not surprised Ron brought up his feuds. He can't let anything go and was still negging people at GH re: the 60th anniversary a couple years ago. I don't think it can be debated that Ron gave OLTL its last renaissance, and I was very pleased with it initially. But there were as many low lows as great highs over the next few years, often in the same moment in time. I loved and hated a lot of things, and some of it has aged even worse since. I also don't think it can be debated that he and Frank saved GH, both with fun stories or good stories alongside some purely rubbernecking ridiculous or offensive ones.
Very few HWs in daytime are just one thing, just binary 'good' or bad'. RC is no different. I think he's well past his prime and previous perspective these days, but he could always surprise me again. I know I'd rather watch his work than a number of others still working, for the good, bad or ugly. But I also don't think it's terrible that he's not currently HWing a soap. I think his extended glory run at ABC was bad for his talent and at times both good and bad for daytime. I'm sure he'll turn up somewhere again, but while I miss some things about his better work fondly I don't miss the feuds, the petty jabs and the tone-deaf approach to so many important issues or character beats.
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