From a practical point of view, what happens with flashbacks when the actors are no longer on the show? Are the actors paid residuals? The David Hamilton story really centered around Lesley, Rick and Laura. At the time, Denise Alexander was the big star of the show. When they revised the story in the attic wedding, it still included Rick and Leslie but in supporting roles. I don't know how they would do a David Hamilton story without Lesley. They killed off Rick, so he would be impossible to bring back. Another complication for going back over 40 years would be having the mature Genie trying to portray a teenaged Laura to augment scenes that might need changes. I don't think they could do it except as voice-overs. Should be interesting.
I shouldn’t expect too much from the show, but given the return of the character Jackie Templeton and the Robert and Holly flashbacks from the 80’s they showed last month, I’m a little bit hopeful they are drawing on Laura’s original history from the late 70’s and early 80’s. 40 years ago was the Left Handed Boy and the first summer on the run. There were murders in that storyline but David Hamilton would be the big murder story in Laura’s past from 40 plus years ago. I’m going to ignore the Rick Webber attic catastrophe - although that timeframe would be before the LHB story also. Given the fact that Luke’s not on the show anymore, but Scotty and Bobbie are, the David Hamilton idea makes the most sense if it’s going to involve Laura’s past. Also the file being heavily redacted makes me think it’s DH also - since Laura was a minor. Even tho it was in the news at the time, there aren’t many people left in PC who were around back then to remember it.
Also the DH murder and aftermath is the story that many old time fans have said they would love to have show up on YouTube - if the powers that be at GH pay any attention to that. Imagine if they showed flashbacks from back then!!!!
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