By 
Silas and Sam, GH
Third Time, Not the Charm
This was one of those, “Who thought this was a good idea?” moments that we, as critics and fans, found ourselves asking on more than one occasion. With the untimely exit of the transplanted One Life to Live characters forcing GH’s creative to create new characters for the actors still under contract, we hoped the powers that be would’ve resisted the urge to plop the same actors with new characters in the same pairings as before. Alas, we were disappointed as that’s what they did. With every single actor. That absurdness aside, the potential for Silas Clay was wide open, especially given his ties to Port Charles baddie vampire who’s not really a vampire, Stephen Clay aka Caleb Moorely. Once again, we were disappointed.
2014 began with a bang for Silas and Sam, and the subsequent reveal that Silas had a secret wife who he may or may not have been responsible for putting into a 20 year coma, and later her ‘death’. Sam’s got a sketchy past, so there’s no room or judgment, but it did seem like a lot of understanding on her part to defend someone she’d only known for a few months. Of course, Silas was proven innocent, and with the ‘freedom’ of knowing Nina was now in a better place, he was able to fully commit himself to Sam. Except Nina wasn’t dead, she was very much alive, and that pretty much cemented the death of Sam and Silas’ relationship.
Sam knew Nina was up to no good and tried to warn Silas, but he didn’t want to hear anything of it. Maybe it was his guilt for cheating on Nina all those years ago, but he couldn’t bring himself to think ill of her. Too bad, as Sam was right all along but was too late.
Our biggest issue with this pairing is that there was nothing substantive to root for. Why should we like Silas and Sam? Was it because he ‘saved’ her son Danny? Kind of like why Carly liked Franco right? Because he ‘saved’ Michael? Was it because these two actors had amazing chemistry on a show canceled 11 years ago and that was a good enough reason? While we enjoyed Sam and Michael Easton’s ‘other’ GH character – no, not Stephen Clay – the one who we can’t mention, we never really bought into Silas. He’s bland oatmeal, white bread, and dry Christmas cookies are rolled into one swallow of food that keeps getting stuck in our esophagus.
“Low energy” is not exciting. And neither were Silas and Sam.
That Hallowedding was the best!
Not super couple. They are one of our Best Couples of 2014 and we explain why. Don’t pretend you didn’t love Hallowedding;)
I totally agree they are still a great couple and are being tested right now. . I hope they will prevail and be happy again.
Carly and Franco were on their super couple list. LMAO.
First of all, thank you for taking time to read and reply to my comment. I apologize if you felt I was speaking for you or anyone else, that was not my intention.
You’re right, the article in this magazine states an opinion and gives us a series of valid points to support that opinion. I don’t think it was never meant to the tell the audience how to think, that’s the audience’s job regarding any and every article you may encounter.
I must rephrase what I said about the audience agreeing on #NuWilson. Instead I’d like to say that a majority in the audience seems to agree, and I base this particular opinion on the many comments on #Days’ own Facebook page, stating their disappointment on the couple this last year.
About Chandler being fired, well, as he was dismissed from his job or discharged from it, and that’s the very definition of firing somebody in the dictionary, I don’t think I was being inaccurate. Sure he would probably have not renewed his contract, I guess now we’ll never know if or when that had happened.
Again, I apologize for any offense you may have felt because of my comment, and I wish you a very happy new year.
I hold a different opinion of WilSon; I think they are still one of the best couples on Days. The WilSon wedding was spectacular and didn’t sound hollow to me. Being supporting players in Nick’s death and Gabi leaving was fine with me. I didn’t expect them to have a whole separate story during that time. However, I felt there wasn’t any story for WilSon after that. It was all Will being a supporting character in the story for Ejami’s exit and it was horribly written. That was only a reflection of Will and not of Wilson, in my opinion. The WilSon and Paul story has been fabulous so far and something many fans have been waiting for. But having to wait for WilSon again on Days made no bad feelings from me for them as a couple. I wouldn’t call them the best couple of 2014, but I certainly don’t see them as one of the worst… a category reserved for Dannifer and Jaige.
As far as Guy Wilson playing the part of Will Horton, I immediately saw improvement in the intimate scenes. As far as every day scenes, I’ve been seeing improvement in his acting especially with facial expressions. And he doesn’t forget his lines like Chandler often did.
Chandler wasn’t fired. He wasn’t renewing his contract and they let him go early so that they could do flashbacks of the wedding at a later date. The audience and media do not agree on the recasting of Will and how it’s affected WilSon. The audience and media do not agree on WilSon’s wedding. There are some for and some against the recasting and the wedding. Please do not speak for everyone. This article was meant as an opinion. It is not intended to tell the audience what is fact and how to think.
They should have added Brik to that list!
How could you guys add Dylan with a woman on this list he is the son of one of two original Y&R cast members Nikki and Paul?!?!
Nei and Hilary were the worst couple of 2014! Michael & Kikki the most boring. Silas & Nina never really were a couple. WilSon did not belong on the list!
Audience and media agree on #NuWilson. That’s exactly how fans felt about the wedding, robbed of what should’ve been a truly historic moment. Sad to see what once was a powerful and beloved couple, turn into such a failure. On the business standpoint I can’t agree though. First they fire a 3 Daytime Emmy winner, who’s admired and loved by the audience, almost 4 months earlier; and only 2 months and a half after that we have the wedding. It’s like a ‘Chronicle of a failure foretold’.
Just add Carly and Franco…this list was very accurate…great job
Are there more on the list? I think you guys forgot Carly & Franco, or maybe it missed it. At any rate, Cranco were just AWFUL! and I really can’t like the character Carly ever again because she actually got together with that man and thought it was okay to subject her children to him.