GH Character Transformations Part One

Note: I find myself needing another day off 

so here's a post that David and I wrote to use for just such occasion.  

Which characters have come and gone from GH --and made HUGE transformations? Pretty much all the villains. (Helena is about the only one that remained totally evil over time). Here is the beginning of our series! Enjoy! 

LUCY COE

Lynn Herring

We Love Lucy. It's that simple. Lynn Herring is a treasure to the show. If you go anywhere  online to look up the character, you will always find the same thing written about her; that she  came onto the show as a "mousy librarian". Not the most flattering term, but I guess it is correct. She didnt stay that way for long and soon she came into her character as a vixen to be reckonned with. 

In the early years, Lucy was vindictive, shrewish and a schemer. She was the "bad girl" when  she came on the show and was very manipulative. She usually wound up with a Doctor, or at very least someone with substantial income so she can climb the ladder, if you will. And that was usually her goal. Money and social standing. As time went on, however, there was a  change in Lucy. She went from being selfish and greedy to having a conscience and a  soul and went from bad girl to loveable yet quirky heroine.

If you really want to know the legacy of Lucy's character transformation, it was evident during the  anniversary show this year during the reading of Gail's will. Lucy was in a room with Monica and found an old handkerchief that belonged to Alan. The former selfish self-centered Lucy would have given Monica a long-winded speech about how Alan would have wanted her to have it, and how she didnt have any momentos from her time with Alan and how Monica got  the house and Lucy got nothing but a tattered old red wedding dress. Monica would have said  "Oh, just take it if it means that much to you". Instead, we had the very selfless Lucy who immediately  handed it to Monica and said "this belongs to you. You were always his queen”. THAT is the transformation of Lucy. From selfish to selfless. And that is why we love Lucy.

PS. Fun Fact: Did you know that Lynn Herring was 4th runner up in the 1977 Miss USA Pageant? Look it up on youtube.

PAUL HORNSBY

Paul Hornsby came to Port Charles looking like Christopher Reeve’s younger brother and then left the show looking like that guy from Desperate Housewives. He was no saint. Not by any stretch of the means. But in his first foray into PC, all his crimes were basically white collar, mainly dealing with financial takeover of ELQ. He was trapped into a marriage with Tracy, even though he loved Jenny. He eventually married Jenny and they had a child. (Ned was called to GH when he was told that his wife was in the ER, thinking it was Lois he was surprised to see Jenny in labor. It was a really good scene, but I cant find it on youtube) With his all-American boyish good looks, it is easy to remember him leaving the show as a “good guy” with his wife Jenny.

Then 2015 happened. Paul returned to the show and although he was still a criminal, he was an extremely deranged criminal. Actually, a serial killer. The first incarnation of Paul would do a lot of damage, and may have hurt people if needed, but there was no way he was a killer. Not like this. Both portrayals were memorable in their own way, but it is clear the characters were vastly different and the Burgi portrayal was a shock to all of us.

MORE TO COME!! Anyone you'd like featured??

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