Not long ago I was watching T.J. in a scene at the hospital, and I thought to myself...THAT character should be Tommy Hardy Jr. Did they really need to create the Ashfords? Curtis could have been a brother or cousin to Simone...an uncle to Tommy. That would have honored the legacy of the Hardys, instead of creating this whole other family.

I also think that another "lost" character is Skye Quartermaine, who should be there, tangling with Ned, Tracy, Drew and Michael. And didn't Skye have a kid?

Sometimes there is no need to invent new characters, just give us the next generation of the legacy families and build stories for them.

@JarrodMcDonald said:

Not long ago I was watching T.J. in a scene at the hospital, and I thought to myself...THAT character should be Tommy Hardy Jr. Did they really need to create the Ashfords? Curtis could have been a brother or cousin to Simone...an uncle to Tommy. That would have honored the legacy of the Hardys, instead of creating this whole other family.

I also think that another "lost" character is Skye Quartermaine, who should be there, tangling with Ned, Tracy, Drew and Michael. And didn't Skye have a kid?

Sometimes there is no need to invent new characters, just give us the next generation of the legacy families and build stories for them.

The last time we saw Skye was more than a decade ago when she and two other women went searching for someone named Tomas, who was a dead-ringer for Lorenzo Alcazar. We haven't heard from her since.

@justavictim24 said:

My YouTube algorithm brought me to an old GH video with Steve and Audrey. It made me think that this show has done a disservice to the original family that started it all 60 years ago. The Hardys!

Tom Hardy should have stayed a central character. When I started watching the show he was involved with Simone and both characters were recast a couple of times. Simone later had the fling with Justus and Tom had the unfortunate romance with Felicia. Them, including son Tommy Hardy Jr., disappeared never to be heard from again. And of course we have Audrey who was tragically fazed without a reason...I guess we are supposed to believe she is still alive? Elizabeth's kids are old enough to not need a babysitter anymore.

As far as we know Audrey is still alive. Liz occasionally mentions Grams. Rachel Ames retired from acting years ago and is in her 90s.

If I could, I would try to revive the Hardy family. I don't remember how Tom Hardy left the show when he was played by Matthew Ashford, but I I believe Simone was never written out officially. I figured she's living in the abandoned Brownstone that was owned by Bobbie. lol. Tommy Hardy Jr. should be a staple character and doctor in the hospital.

Simone and Tommy left town in 1997.

I love watching the classic TV Westerns on MeTV and been seeing Rachel Ames in some of the reruns recently only she was going by the name Judith Ames back then.

Odd though, I never watched GH regularly when she was on it but have seen her in probably a few episodes over the years and yet manage to recognize her instantly in the old TV Westerns looking way younger.

@SoapWatch said:

I love watching the classic TV Westerns on MeTV and been seeing Rachel Ames in some of the reruns recently only she was going by the name Judith Ames back then.

Odd though, I never watched GH regularly when she was on it but have seen her in probably a few episodes over the years and yet manage to recognize her instantly in the old TV Westerns looking way younger.

She also turns up on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show. She had a long and successful career on television.

Another avid soap fan friend and I were discussing how Days and BandB have kept their origin families intact. Meanwhile in Genoa City and Port Charles they have shat all over them! WTF?