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A great in so many things.

Ron Hale was such a fascinating presence onscreen, especially at GH as a kind of man of mystery and regrets. The recast was never the same to me.

I happen to agree with KM that she had more chemistry with Miller and should've stayed with Drew, but that's a story preference. Kelly tanking her storyline at the time, publicly making a fuss BTS, etc. and having the show penalize her for that behavior is a story in daytime that's as old as the hills with many actors who get in trouble with the brass over the years at various soaps, and it's not going to get FV fired. Only a much bigger scandal or widespread outcry among the cast and crew (or ratings issues) will do that.

Carly is gonna join the DVX or Al Qaeda when she finds out. Or both.

Exactly, Sam is a Cassadine. Death is just a pit stop for them. That being said I doubt it will happen any time soon, if ever. Sam has been a spent character for many years to me.

Jonathan Jackson is back on a long-term contract, so I'm not seeing how their reunion would mean Becky is out.

She'd have to be high as fuck!

I'm pretty sure Jake would remember Lucky. I remember when he came back with the original kid in the role, and both Jonathan and Greg Vaughan had plenty of hours clocked with him as well as Cam. Much like Jake and Drew, the Cam (and Jake) treatment re: Lucky has been reductive since Jonathan left. Zander was never a factor in his son's life but GH, like most modern soaps, leans on bio-parents for expediency's sake and sheer laziness. Not that I minded Chad Brannon appearing as a ghost (I would actually bring Zander back from the dead to cause drama for that family, c/o Witness Protection) but the Lucky/Cam relationship was real and substantive.

When I heard about this not long ago I groaned at the obvious casting choice, but Van does look good and seems in good humor in his new interview. I'll give it a chance, I guess. RC turned it down, BTW. I believe he's on contract.

I'm fairly certain that's at least part of what it is, though Finola's interview about it today suggests there's more to it. Still, this kind of thing isn't done on a soap unless they're playing with a romance option. And Jason and Anna have been thick as thieves for the better part of a year. It is a precursor to more unless they find another option for Steve.

Agreed. I'm sure Finola is open to it, but Anna wouldn't do it because of Robin and also because of who Jason is IMO, however weak they've too often made Anna over the last decade. But Steve is out of romantic or story options on the show, Finola is there so here we are!

That's a real 'turn the gun on myself' moment for me. I don't think Finola was forced to be paired with Steve nor would she particularly mind. But I mind!

They haven't fucked (yet) but they're definitely necking.

Welp!

I don't think they should recast Jax or that he's really needed as a character at this point, but I would be open to it given the unfortunate drama with Ingo and the dearth of interesting males. I would want someone both smoother and more harder-edged than this dude though, to differentiate from Ingo a bit on the latter (not unlike how ATWT reinvented Craig Montgomery with a recast, for better or worse). Mesure is too cuddly for me. It is very weird since that accent was basically his entire personality. I hope to God the Lois thing doesn't stick.