Where the heck has Bobbie been on GH?

Question

it's like she's on perma-back burner now. her grandson shot and is 'unlikely' to ever be awake again, her niece is going nuts, and her daughter's marriage is falling apart and she's nowhere to be seen. what's up with that?!?!

i'm still ticked off that they haven't addressed her past relationship with jerry and him leaving her so badly all those years ago. obviously, the writers think we have short memories.

Answer 1

GH, IMO, has sadly gone down the drain the past 10 years or so.  They've focused so strongly on Sonny, Carly and Jason, and the mob storylines, that they've forgotten what the show used to be about, romance, mainly between the doctors and nurses, and stories that focused IN the hospital.  They've all but "rid" themselves of longterm characters that the "older" viewers have watched for years, and have grown to love, ie: Tony Jones, Alan Quartermaine (don't care that he periodically turns up as Tracy's concscience) Audrey Hardy, Bobbie Jones, etc etc etc.

Speaking of Alan Quartermaine, the writers at GH have all but rid Port Charles of the once prominant family.  It was one thing when Lila died, because the actress playing her for SO many years died, but killing off Alan, AJ, Justus, Emily, were sensless.

Answer 2

Bobbie is a veteran character and a woman over 40.  You can't possibly be suggesting that she still has a place on this show -- she'd only be robbing precious screentime from the mobsters, who don't get nearly enough storylines as it is.  After all, it's not like a woman in her age group with years of history on the show could possibly have any relevance on a soap opera.

That's how Guza looks at it, at least.  I'm completely with you, Bobbie should be involved in several different storylines giving advice to the younger set, as well as having her own life (and maybe a steamy affair with Mike or Noah).  She should be Lulu's female role model, not Carly.  She should be raising Morgan since his parents are obviously unfit.  She should be helping her former stepson/her niece and nephew's half-brother Nikolas with his clinic.  She should be involved in her nephew Lucky's life, helping him and Liz take care of the boys.  Her son Lucas should still be onscreen with her.  And yes, she should be resolving past issues with Jerry and helping her twice-former-sister-in-law and not to mention friend Alexis deal with him.

All of this potential, and what do they do with the character?  Trot her out every six months to tell us how wonderful her worthless daughter is.  I hate this effing show.

Answer 3

She is having more plastic surgeries, that is where she is.

They have really treated her terribly.  Ignoring her past with Jerry, makes us seem like braindead idiots.   Her ex-fiance held her daughter hostage?  And she hasn't run into him at the hospital?  Doesn't she work anymore?  The writers stink.  

Answer 4

Bobbie has become the new Audrey and Leslie. All she does is babysits everyones kids behind the scenes.  

And I'm with you about the Jerry connection. They should have touched on that. It would be cool to see her and Alexis have a few Jerry comparisons.

They sure have been using Mike alot lately. I will give GH credit for that. Maybe give Mike a scene where he's out with Bobbie  at Jakes and they are discussing their kids adventures with Karpov.

Answer 5

She is , they took her off contract years ago and only use her when they see fit, there are lots of time when Carly was shot or the kids sick and you never saw her then either. It is a crying shame, she is on of the few people who have actually been there and with Scott back, they could do so much with her!

Answer 6

Great question, and Caitlin, you are hilarious!! I agree totally, and have been so frustrated with the show that I zip thru at least 75% of each episode. Of course I cannot give it up completely, but many days I just go to abc.com general hospital. The summaries are super thorough.

Too bad the writers don't check out yahoo answers!

Answer 7

She rarely ever gets any screen time.  She is mentioned from time to time (Morgan was going to her house the other day for a party or a sleep over or something).  It is really sad too because she is one of the few original GH cast members and it's like she is invisible.

Answer 8

You are so right,  Bobbie got to briefly show up when Michael was shot,  but is no where to be found when she could be so much help to LuLu.

  I was thinking it was a summer thing,      because usually the teens and younger actors get more story lines over the summer anyway.

Hopefully,  they will give Bobbie a storyline,  Epiphany sure could use her help getting that hospital staff back in shape !

Answer 9

The actress is on recurring status which means she only appears when she is pertinent to a SL....but I do think she should be involved in this lulu SL.

Answer 10

GH has a thing about Ignoring the over 45 yr old actresses

( the over 45 MALES seem to  get plenty of airtime)

- notice how little we see of monica as well.Why Laura  is only brought back for 'special"occasions  when the actress has stated she would like to work on GH more. they are only giving anna airtime because Y& R was going to hire the actress!

the character( and actress jackie Zeman) is on "recurring" status- that means Rarely  seen.

I agree about the Jerry thing and it should be Bobbie NOT Carly ( the Gh writer's "pet" ) that is closer to Lulu not to mention her Grandmother Lesley!

Answer 11

Sadly, the actress has been getting lots of plastic surgery, I thought that she was always beautiful and didn't need it...

See pictures here: http://www.makemeheal.com/news/jacklyn-z...

Also, the network took Bobbie off contract, so she'll only pop-up from time-to-time on an as-needed basis (like a major funeral/illness/other storyline).  So sad, I loved watching Bobbie when I was really little.

Answer 12

Bobbie is placed on "recurring" status for now. The reason why they took Bobbie off contract is because the writers didn't give her a proper storyline not long since GH started revolving much around the mob.

Answer 13

I know! They do that sometimes, like for the longest time Laney was gone and now that Lulu is going crazy, she's back again.

Answer 14

She's been having more plastic surgery done, after being recommended by Monica