alessia

I think Geary is similar to Guza in that he resents that he didn't make it outside of soaps. In Geary's case, he didn't even make it outside of L&L. Bill Eckert was a flop of a character. And they both seemed to enjoy sticking it viewers.

I liked a lot of what he did his first run in 1996 - the Cassadines in particular - but he clearly had his flaws even then. Still, I couldn't believe how bad he actually got. He really did take absolute joy in destroying characters. To the point that, to this day, I wish my all time favorite character (Robert) had remained dead. He left an incredible amount of destruction behind, Guza.

Robert's return was badly written, but it was consistent with the story in 1991-92. Robert told Mac that, even if he got Anna away from Faison, they probably would have to hide from the WSB. It wasn't hard to believe that the WSB extracted a high price for allowing Anna to live. That's why Sean told Robert to cut his losses rather than go after her. Robert didn't leave in 1992 for kicks. He left to bring Robin's mother back. And clearly thought he was likely to die while trying. If Robin wants to dump on him for the decisions he made, she also should dump on her mother. The double agent who never told the truth about Faison, who brought Faison AND the WSB down on Robert's head, and whose terrible choices are still affecting the people around her. And since I'm giving my unpopular opinions (I probably should add this one to the thread for them), I didn't care much for NS II. It continued the Robert is a deadbeat, Robert couldn't commit, Robert left in 1992 for fun times with the WSB stuff from Guza. And Anna being a double agent was played off as a joke. But I guess it was better than monkey virus or the Markham Islands garbage. Low bar, lol.

Her lunatic stalker was her DVX handler and she never, at any point in time, was truthful about her relationship with him. Robert did nothing to deserve having his life turned upside down by Faison. Anna? Well ... maybe she shouldn't have sold out for kicks and cash, and then Faison wouldn't have been part of her life. I can't stand Robin for a lot of reasons, but the fact that she craps all over Robert for his decisions while giving her double agent mother a free pass is high on the list. Whew, so glad to get that out!