The GH Official Thread Part 3

[SomePixiedust]

I really have no idea but I just googled him and it says he is returning as a different character so I guess my thought on him being a ghost is wrong.

 

[DisneyLover1217]

I think they just didn't have enough time to come up with a different reason for why Maxie would be away from Port Charles/Deception for a few months. They already had her traveling for a few weeks to cover for her initial absence. They couldn't just have her traveling for the next few months -- especially with the holidays coming up. How would they explain that she wasn't home with her family for Thanksgiving and Christmas? This was the easiest and quickest storyline to explain a lengthy absence for the character. It doesn't really bother me -- I assumed a few weeks ago that this is how they would handle it. We already know she'll come out of the coma as soon as Kirsten Storms is able to return to filming, so there was no stress in watching her scenes the last 2 days. It would have been nice to have some other creative storyline, but this isn't a surprise. I would be ok with Nicole Paggi playing the role the entire time Kirsten is away, but that's obviously not happening.

Kirsten Storms had posted that she would be moving to Kentucky, I believe, and would take months off at a time, but that the show runners agreed to this and they would just use a recast while she is away, so I'm surprised they would put Maxie in a coma when it seemed they had an actress lined up to fill in for Kirsten Storms here and there.

 

[bluezy]

Kirsten Storms had posted that she would be moving to Kentucky, I believe, and would take months off at a time, but that the show runners agreed to this and they would just use a recast while she is away, so I'm surprised they would put Maxie in a coma when it seemed they had an actress lined up to fill in for Kirsten Storms here and there.

Keep in mind they film 6-8 (or more) weeks in advance, so even though she announced the move a in July, it didn't necessarily give the writers a lot of time to come up with a different storyline. They did have the other Maxie on a few shows and of course Kirstin came back to film a few shows. I think the coma storyline creates a parallel for Lulu and maybe will help her see what it was like for everyone to deal with everyday life while she was in a coma. Maybe it will cause her to chill out a bit as she sees things from the other side of the coma. The more I think about it, the more I think the writers purposely chose the coma storyline and it wasn't just an easy way to deal with Maxie's absence...it opens up other storyline possibilities.