Hiatus and the show going forward[merged]

[Ribbonette]

Pick up where they left off. If I can suspend belief for other things, I can certainly do it if they pick up the story in a different season.

[SAMLEXIS FAN]

Pick up where they left off. I want to see what happens with Nina's testimony & the Nina/Nelle mother daughter reveal.

[Carlys #1 Fan]

Pick up where they left off

[LFBHasGreatHair]

want time jump with flashbacks. Would be even cooler if things weren't exactly how we all expected and that way we have to figure out how they got to be that way.

[Wild Horses]

I said on another thread yesterday I would like them to pick up where they left off, to many unanswered story lines that I want answers to.

[rkm137]

I have a feeling it will pick up where they left off. There were too many stories that were literally in the middle. At minimum, they may have to time jump and do flashbacks.

[eileenregina]

No.More.Babies. Just what Julian needs another toddler,no thanks.

[Forgiveness_Man]

I don’t think they’ll time jump a year, just the amount of months they’ve been gone. So if they return in July, they’ll time jump 2 months.

Agreed. Although if they don't resume filming for most of the summer, we're looking at a return in September/August. So this will definitley be a significant timejump for a soap. (It's not like they routinely skip 3 months.) I think a brief time jump to catch up is good because it allows us to have a good gap mystery without it being too huge of a shakeup to the dynamic as far as kid actors or whatnot.

[SamandWillowFan]

I don’t think they’ll time jump a year, just the amount of months they’ve been gone. So if they return in July, they’ll time jump 2 months.

[Blonde One]

Good point that any time jump would impact the child actors! Hopefully, GH will be back on the air within 3 - 6 months. If there is a time jump it shouldn't be more time than real life,

I agree the time jump should only be for the amount of time that has passed in real life, that way it shouldn’t affect the child actors, who will still be the same age they “should” be.

[december rose]

Good point that any time jump would impact the child actors! Hopefully, GH will be back on the air within 3 - 6 months. If there is a time jump it shouldn't be more time than real life,

[O_Snap!]

I watch Days so having just went through a time jump I have to say that I thought it worked pretty well. I don't want it to take six months to fill in the gaps like DOOL but I think a time jump and about 2-3 months of fill-in and flashback s/l might be fun. As far as kids ages... oh well. Maybe TPTB will figure out its not a good idea to have so much story revolve around children who are growing quickly.

[sasha_96]

I don’t think they are going to do a time jump. They really like the actors who play the children and teens currently. I don’t think they want to age up the current children who are regularly onscreen (Wiley, Avery, Violet, Aiden, Jake, and Charlotte), and I don’t see them turning the teens (Joss, Cam, Trina, and Dev) into high school graduates early. I think they want to keep Eden and work around her college schedule like they did with Kimberly and Haley.

[gomaxiego]

I think a time jump would be fun, it will create a lot of shock and interest perhaps in what has happened off screen and then it can slowly be filled in for us with flashbacks to reveal the mystery of how things unfolded. I think for best impact a couple of the changes need to be totally unexpected and that would create the most interest in people watching to try to figure it out and to unravel how things came to be that way. Love the idea of Britt returning with a baby... maybe Hayden is back too. But for very shocking things, maybe have Sam onscreen talking to a man off screen who then he comes into the room and we see Drew! The only time I have liked the character of Sam is when she was with Drew. Also have Maxie in jail for the murder of Peter. Maxie is my favorite character and I want to see her get a meaty storyline. Of course in the end I want to see her happy and with her kids but hey it is a soap!

[tabithalenox]

I think a time jump is the best way to deal with the hiatus.

I think so too. It should be a 5 year time jump instead of a 1 year jump.