Has anyone mentioned Tara yet?

[xoregonian]

This custody battle isn't just going to be between Ashland and Kyle. Has anyone mentioned Tara's name yet, even in passing?

I don't care what the woman is in prison for, she will be out one day and is the mother of Harrison. They can't just have a custody case without bringing up the kid's mother. They can't just say the kid has two dads. Come on, they need to talk about Harrison's mother too.

[Soapfan54]

Maybe the writers will get around to "remembering" that the child has a biological mother who raised him from birth It is always mentioned that Harrison asks for Ashland, but NEVER that he asks for Tara Personally, I think that tptb are attempting to replace Tara w/Supergurl

[YDoIStillWatch]

Soapfan54 So this could lead to issues of anxiety down the line for Harrison. Could be interesting if the writers address this at some point.

[xoregonian]

I don't think I've ever seen a toddler or young child have a meltdown or tantrum on a soap. I highly doubt they will show Harrison, the golden Abbbott child, doing anything besides running to play or running to Mrs. Martinez for cookies.

[Soapfan54]

No, Harrison won’t be shown have a tantrum or meltdown, they’ll save that for when he’s a teen, lol!! I don’t like this story and what it represents.

[WorldTurner]

There was one mention of het being in prison. When she got arrested Ashland got full custody. I imagine once she is out of prison she would have to sue to get her rights reinstated.

[Skyle4Ever]

As Tara should be swept under the rug maybe she does love the kid but she still used him as a bargaining chip for her own gain no child deserves that. Summer became the mother that the child needs by loving him unconditionally as her own and not using him for her own personal gain unlike his trash mother. Kyle is lucky that Summer loves him and Harrison enough to take on the mother role and give the child stability she didn’t have to do that she could’ve easily walked away Summer has been robbed of giving Kyle his firstborn as adorable as the little guy is I call it as I see it Harrison is a product of Kyle’s stupidity while he was trying to get over Summer and had an affair with a married woman that would be hard for any woman to accept imagine finding out that the love of your life has a kid out there from another woman and the day that you welcome your first child has been taken away because of some stupid affair? I admire Summer for putting all of that behind and loving that little boy as if he were her own!

[ILoveBizzie]

xoregonian That’s fine. I wish I didn’t feel the way I do but I do. I don’t trust Kyle about his “love” for Summer.

But I don’t think we’ll see a situation where he won’t treat her child as good as Harrison because I honestly don’t think the show wants Skyle children. Sadly I think they will recast Tara and make her and Kyle endgame, otherwise they would not have created the character and given them his first child.

[xoregonian]

Hunter King said she asked for a pregnancy storyline a long time ago and they wouldn't write one for her. It will be ironic how quickly this nuSummer might turn up pregnant with Kyle's next kid.

[*BackstreetGem*]

That's not what that love scene was for IMO. They just wrote all of those in cause it was Mariah and Tessa's wedding night.

Ignoring Tara is a horrible thing to do. You can't just slot in one parent for another in a child's eyes. The writers have to know this is silly.

[Stand by you]

I don't think the writers care about Tara. The actress that played her said she was told from upfront the role was short term. If they ever do bring her back it might be to kill her off as they have done many other characters.

Wasn't Cassie raised by someone else and then Sharon got her back and we got to see Sharon and Nick be Cassie's parents even though Nick was not Cassie's bio dad? Nick adopted Cassie and life moved on? The people that raised Cassie were not an important factor. I believe it is the same with Tara. I also expect Ashland to vanish at some point as well.

[Skyle4Ever]

Yeah I agree I don’t believe that the writers care much about Tara and I see Ashland disappearing off canvas as well. If they bring Tara back for some type of closure I can see them bringing her back short term to kill her off some way and I believe that Harrison will be a Newman/Abbott long term kind of like Cassie.

[xoregonian]

I don't care about Tara and I don't want her back either, but she has to be mentioned from time to time. It's ridiculous for no one to say her name when they are talking about a legal custody battle.

Just say her name once or twice, that would be more realistic. She's not going away (even though she can remain off screen for eternity as far as I'm concerned), but she is the mother of an Abbott child. Her character has the potential to always be brought back at any time.

Unless they just make Kyle NOT be the bio dad. That would suit me fine as well.

[Angeldar]

I agree with all everyone is saying but I still have an issue about the true paternity of the boy. I hate when they put doubts in the viewers minds and then do not addrress them. It makes it feel like a twist or a problem could crop up at any time.

[Leanna Love]

I think the character of Tara was used just to provide a next-generation Abbott heir. Then, as soon as paternity was established (sort of), they wrote her off by sending her to prison. There's no way a normal child would just accept Kyle & Summer as his new parents without ever asking for or crying for his mother. I find it strange that Kyle talks about how devastating it was not to have his mom while he was growing up, but he seems perfectly content with Tara being out of Harrison's life. I guess "Supergirl" just knocked Tara right out of Harrison & Kyle's heads....

[Stand by you]

Kyle was in New York hurting over Summer and got with Tara as a way to try to move on from Summer. He also tried to get back with Summer when he returned from New York. Kyle himself told Tara last year that he was trying to get over the love of his life whilst he was in New York.

[Angeldar]

Could it be that if it goes to court that Ashland will be the real father and that Kyle and Summer will want custody of him anyways and will have to prove Ashland and Tara to be unfit?

[henyvo02]

I do not see how they could make Ashland the real father now not after three paternity tests said it was Kyle it just would be really bad writing

[ILoveBizzie]

I still think they should make Theo his real father.

[afinebalance]

Tara was a good mother, raising Harrison from birth. Even if she used him as a bargaining chip, Harrison was not aware of that and he is who matters. Possibly Tara has been written out of the show for whatever reasons but it would be foolish of the writers to not have her come back for Harrison to some extent.

[YDoIStillWatch]

I agree. She didn't abandon him on purpose.

Just as doesn't know about Ashland faking cancer. He doesn't need to know at this point. He will find out about what Tara and Ashland have done when he is old enough. Just as Kyle did with his mother. And Summer with what Victor did to Jack and Phyllis. They have chosen to love them anyway.

[xoregonian]

Tara was a good mother, raising Harrison from birth. Even if she used him as a bargaining chip, Harrison was not aware of that and he is who matters. Possibly Tara has been written out of the show for whatever reasons but it would be foolish of the writers to not have her come back for Harrison to some extent.

Tara went years without telling Kyle that he was the father. I don't think her plan was to use the kid as a bargaining chip or she would have done that sooner.

As I said, I don't want Tara to come back to the show necessarily, but she needs a mention here or there, if only just to clarify custody.

[Sabine9]

Oh please! Tara was a horrible mother. Kids are more perceptive than some give them credit for.

[xoregonian]

Good to finally hear that there is a signed (by Kyle) document that says Ashland has a right to see Harrison. So the legal stuff is still way up in the air. I didn't think you should go tell the person who you are getting a restraining order against that he will be served with that restraining order later. That was dumb of Kyle.

Still no mention of Tara, but now I can see Ashland getting custody and leaving with the boy. Maybe Victoria will go with him and jump in to be Harrison's other step-mom. I would love that!

[xoregonian]

WorldTurner I never said Victoria would leave the show. I said that maybe she would leave with Ashland to help raise the boy. You know, to the palazzo in Italy or somewhere.

[WorldTurner]

If they go to the palazzo they are off screen. Anyplace but GC they are gone from the show.

[xoregonian]

Victoria and Ashland could buy the house down the street then. I'm just giving a scenario where Vicki helps Ashland raise the kid if, for some reason in the soap world, he gets custody of Harrison. Doubt any of this will actually happen.

[ILoveBizzie]

I see a lot of people on Twitter wanting this awful character back, in a recast, probably because they hate Summer and want anyone but Summer with Kyle.

[ILoveBizzie]

xoregonian See I don’t want a recast because if people like her and she has chemistry with Kyle, Summer and Skyle are done for.

[Soapfan54]

Summer is fast-forward material. I want Tara's character back, even if briefly, because she was interesting as a manipulating villainess AND, to take her child back from his childnappers!

[ILoveBizzie]

Soapfan54 Sorry but I adore Summer. Skyle is secondary to me. I’m a Summer fan first.

[couplingchick]

I see a lot of people on Twitter wanting this awful character back, in a recast, probably because they hate Summer and want anyone but Summer with Kyle.

Kyle was never in love with Tara though… she literally was a quick summer fling that he didn’t give a second thought to until she showed up years later supposedly claiming Kyle was the father because her sugar daddy Ashland kicked her out of the house Tara was written so pathetically from the start and just sad and desperate by the end.. I see no need for this character to come back other than to take her kid and go home… let Kyle and Ashland duke it out if they want but maybe Tara wants to actually be a decent mother .. once she’s out of a jail that is. I don’t see a love story written for Kyle and Tara as they never had one to begin with … Kyle literally just used Tara like he used other woman in his past to try to get over Summer but look how well that turned out.. he up and chased after Summer once again and married her for a second time. Tara was shown having fantasy’s of being with Kyle but it was always one sided as Kyle never returned her affections… at all… so no I don’t see Tara returning and being any kind of threat for Kyle and Summers relationship… she tried that already and failed miserably… and ended up getting dragged out of the Abbott house in handcuffs

[couplingchick]

I don’t ever remember Kyle saying he loved Tara… but regardless she was literally a quick summer fling and that was it… it wasn’t deep or meaningful imo from what I saw play out and it’s not like she’s some great love that got away…Tara’s only tie to Kyle ( for now at least) is that he’s supposedly the biological father to her son… and that point was only made by her after Ashland threw her butt out so she took her meal ticket Harrison and came to se Kyle with the paternity claims … that’s the extent of Kyles short history with Tara. I wouldn’t be shocked if it comes out in the end Harrison’s not Kyles son… or even Ashlands honestly but some other schmuck she was with at the time. All I know is that it was clear as day from the beginning the story was always about Summer and Kyle and Tara was just used as angst and that was it… she was never any real competition for Kyles heart.. he never once implied that either so I don’t get where people are saying their was any kind of love between Kyle and his Mrs Robinson aka Tara

[Skyle4Ever]

You are ? spot on!! Outside of Harrison Kyle didn’t show any interest in Tara he might have went on his Captain Save a Ho phase while she was playing victims but that’s it. Kyle could’ve easily had slept with Tara when Summer left him he didn’t know the reason she left but he didn’t he was single there was nothing stopping him. I don’t know where this Kyle wants Tara is coming from she just happened to get pregnant when she was the place holder for Kyle to mend his broken heart. When someone is heartbroken like that sure feelings may develop to the stand in and they think that they’re in love only to discover that Tara was nothing but a stand in when Kyle was trying to get over the love of his life. That was the dialogue that was stated many times from Kyle himself. So I don’t see where Kyle will “waffle”

[xoregonian]

No, we never saw any true love or love whatsoever between Kyle and Tara. She showed up with the kid, he was shocked and they took it from there. He never pined for Tara or tried to get back with her. He did not love her and I never heard him say he did.