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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 434624" data-attributes="member: 27">I was instantly taken back to a very different era of storytelling, and yes---hardly a &quot;celebration of Tony Geary&quot;.&nbsp; Not that I needed it to be all TG for an hour...but they could have chosen a more TG-centric episode than this.&nbsp; But I admit I was really excited to see all those <s>old </s> former faces.&nbsp; In rapid succession we saw Morgan, Dillon, Valerie, OG Nina, Franco, Maxie, Madeline, Kiki, &quot;Denise&quot; and others.&nbsp; I know the show really shies away from repeating moderately old episodes (anything more than ten years old) due to all the residuals fees and such, so this was about as far back as they were willing to go.&nbsp; Oddly enough, I remember that Maxie/Madeline throwdown in the MetroCourt from its original airing. Kirsten Storms ought to add &quot;won catfight with THE Donna Mills&quot; on her resume:&quot;Oh, and that outfit?&nbsp; Is dated.&quot;&quot;It&#039;s vintage.&quot;&quot;It&#039;s hideous,&nbsp; Like your soul.&quot;The way Valerie Spencer left town without explanation seemed to be an effort to make it easier to bring her back, and given the noticeable shortage of cops in PC, they could use her expertise.&nbsp; I recall a short-lived recast after this actress left for Y&amp;R, but she&#039;s no longer on Y&amp;R and I&#039;d prefer to have the original back, but not if they want to re-visit that whole Dante/Lulu/Valerie triangle.&nbsp; I like the current situation where Lulu seems not to have any romantic feelings left for Dante, and if she sees Valerie making moves on Dante she might decide she wants him back instead.It&#039;s easy to think of Michelle Stafford and Cynthis Watros as &quot;The Two Ninas&quot; in the same way I prefer to think of Cameron Mathison and Billy Miller as &quot;The Two Drews&quot;.&nbsp; Different writing teams with different priorities, for sure, and yet GH treats their situations very differently.&nbsp; Characters frequently bring up the wacky/desperate things MS&#039;s Nina did, and she (with CW playing her) has to live that stuff down/answer for it, yet it&#039;s almost never brought up that Drew used to be this heroic and romantic good guy (that BM portrayed) when interacting with CM&#039;s Drew.&nbsp; Most notably, he treats Danny like the AntiChrist, yet no one points out Drew raised Danny with Sam.&nbsp; At least Nina has the excuse that she was having a mental health crisis; they made no real effort to bridge the changes in Drew with a valid reason.Yes, the &quot;Denise DiMuccio&quot; plotline was one of Ron C&#039;s biggest stinkers, and this episode reminded me how it made EVERYONE look stupid (even Ron C).&nbsp; Granted, it didn&#039;t take much to make Morgan and Kiki look stupid. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 434624, member: 27"] I was instantly taken back to a very different era of storytelling, and yes---hardly a "celebration of Tony Geary". Not that I needed it to be all TG for an hour...but they could have chosen a more TG-centric episode than this. But I admit I was really excited to see all those [S]old [/S] former faces. In rapid succession we saw Morgan, Dillon, Valerie, OG Nina, Franco, Maxie, Madeline, Kiki, "Denise" and others. I know the show really shies away from repeating moderately old episodes (anything more than ten years old) due to all the residuals fees and such, so this was about as far back as they were willing to go. Oddly enough, I remember that Maxie/Madeline throwdown in the MetroCourt from its original airing. Kirsten Storms ought to add "won catfight with THE Donna Mills" on her resume: "Oh, and that outfit? Is [I]dated.[/I]" "It's vintage." "It's hideous, Like your soul." The way Valerie Spencer left town without explanation seemed to be an effort to make it easier to bring her back, and given the noticeable shortage of cops in PC, they could use her expertise. I recall a short-lived recast after this actress left for Y&R, but she's no longer on Y&R and I'd prefer to have the original back, but not if they want to re-visit that whole Dante/Lulu/Valerie triangle. I like the current situation where Lulu seems not to have any romantic feelings left for Dante, and if she sees Valerie making moves on Dante she might decide she wants him back instead. It's easy to think of Michelle Stafford and Cynthis Watros as "The Two Ninas" in the same way I prefer to think of Cameron Mathison and Billy Miller as "The Two Drews". Different writing teams with different priorities, for sure, and yet GH treats their situations very differently. Characters frequently bring up the wacky/desperate things MS's Nina did, and she (with CW playing her) has to live that stuff down/answer for it, yet it's almost never brought up that Drew used to be this heroic and romantic good guy (that BM portrayed) when interacting with CM's Drew. Most notably, he treats Danny like the AntiChrist, yet no one points out Drew raised Danny with Sam. At least Nina has the excuse that she was having a mental health crisis; they made no real effort to bridge the changes in Drew with a valid reason. Yes, the "Denise DiMuccio" plotline was one of Ron C's biggest stinkers, and this episode reminded me how it made EVERYONE look stupid (even Ron C). Granted, it didn't take much to make Morgan and Kiki look stupid. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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