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    Episode Discussion II: The TFGH

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    I missed a month or two and watched yesterday, thinking there would be progress.  

    It seems Sonny and Nina did get married already and she has been kidnapped.  

    The Cody breaking in by pretending to be insane is at least over, but Mac still does not know. 

    Brooklyn's mother has come to town.  

    Gladys is gone?  At least all she did seems to be out.  

    Sonny and Dex and the lady mobster - snooze.  

    Cyrus is out of jail.  

    Episode Discussion II: The TFGH

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    Once again, we have characters going on about how people will be hurt if Sonny goes to jail.  No one is hurt by a criminal going to prison.  LOL they lay it on thick about Sonny and his code.  That's an excuse for him to commit crimes.  Are they seriously thinking the audience will go along with this?  

    I agree the Sonny could run the empire from prison.  Maybe Cyrus thinks Drewfus will believe that?  The boss could always get out of jail, so the flunkies are not going to slack off on the job.  

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    On 8/17/2023 at 7:46 PM, Gam2 said:

    Was I having an unconscious episode when NuNuMolly told Sam that she was the best mom she knew?!?! This woman who leaves her children at “Monica’s 24 hour child care service”? I feel like I’m losing my mind on this show.

    Then the lines about Sam taking the kids to the zoo and so forth.  Talk about telling and not showing.  Oh, she does all that when they aren't at the Monica daycare?  They never put that in the dialogue before.  

     

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    On 8/11/2023 at 3:13 PM, statsgirl said:

    I really liked the writers' trick today of having it be night for everyone and seeing what they are doing, from Liz and Finn working the overnight shift, to Anna being stalked, to Eddie, Carly and Olivia being arrested. It's something different than the show's usual and highlights even more how bankrupt the regular writers are.

    I remember watching AMC back in the 70s, when the writers scrupulously followed the morning/afternoon/evening/night being the same for all scenes at the same time.  A day might take 4 episodes, but you'd be able to follow it as a day.  

     

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    On 7/22/2023 at 6:55 PM, Auntie Velvet said:

    Although WE know Sasha's doctor is mustache-twirling evil, Diane certainly doesn't. It's a bit much for her to barge in, snatch things out of his hands, and proclaim that the lawyer has precedent over the doctor in the hospital (?). It was a weird scene. And while I'm not sure whether it's common or not for a doctor to record sessions with patients, she was even overly aggressive about that.

    The doctor and patient privilege would apply, so all of that was absurd.  

    Carly and the house is the dumbest thing - of course, sell the house.  Why is anyone arguing about this?  Why does Drewfus care at all?  It's weird. 

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    On 7/10/2023 at 8:35 PM, Pingaponga said:

    Curtis is going to survive and I'm going to be very disappointed, aren't I?

     

    On 7/10/2023 at 8:43 PM, Sake614 said:

    Sadly, yes. And not only will he survive, he’ll make a miraculous recovery and a form a new bond with Trina. She already referred to him as ‘my dad’ today. 🙄

    That was way too early!   And for sure he will be paralyzed, but that won't be permanent, as it, like blindness, is never permanent on soaps. 

    On 7/10/2023 at 11:33 PM, ciarra said:

    Well, they said "spine" twice, so I suspect he's going to have some sort of paralysis.

    eta: I missed the last two minutes of the show, where they were all, in fact, yammering about paralysis.  I based my comment on what I'd seen at the beginning of the show (anvils were dropping).

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    18 hours ago, Sake614 said:

    You’d be surprise just how little fan opinion matters to soap writers. I think it was Shelly or Megan who said they don’t care what fans want. And while it sounds harsh (and I despised whoever said it) it actually makes sense. Can you imaging trying to write to please every fan base? What if that fan base decides they want their faves to go in a different direction? It isn’t as easy as people think to just pivot stories. Can it be done? Sure. Should it be done if something clearly isn’t resonating? Absolutely. But scripts are written and shows taped well in advance of airing. There simply isn’t any budget to redo an entire story because some fans are upset with it.

    IMO they tried but when the internet era came on, they found it was impossible. They may have gotten letters in few enough numbers to see a trend, though it seems like whoever would take the time to write might not be representative and it could lower their ratings to heed them.  The internet just gave them too much feedback, but again, those who comment on line aren't necessarily representative of the entire audience.  So it then appears they started ignoring them.   

    I could see where they now see separate fan bases and like to pit them against each other, as bad publicity seems to be the best publicity.  If there were no arguments online, there would be fewer posts.  

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    On 6/10/2023 at 1:11 PM, Katy M said:

    As for Ned getting amnesia, if there's not already, there should be a law against 2 characters having amnesia at the same time.  I think he'll jus be in a coma for a few days while tracy neutralizes Drew by accusing him of attempted murder and Nina does whatever it is Nina's going to do.

    there are cameras everywhere in a hotel except for in the rooms.  And especially at the pool.  that's their biggest risk of liabilty.

    Maybe it would help the writing if all of the characters got amnesia.

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    19 hours ago, Pingaponga said:

    So Jordan will be Police Commissioner AND Deputy Mayor?  PC is in so much trouble.

    LOL are both positions part time?  

    18 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

    Isn't there some sort of pain medication they can give Willow? Do we have to also watch her be a martyr for that? Ugh. And wow, Willow can give sex trafficker Harmony a pass, but big mean Nina gets no quarter whatsoever. Suck it, Willow.
     

    i was wondering why Willow had to be telling someone else all about her issues with Nina.  Then the day player nurse seemed to quote the arguments seen here - why can you forgive Harmony but not Nina? 

    18 hours ago, YaddaYadda said:

    Jordan will be both commish and deputy mayor. Jordan was saying how she had no time for anything in her life. Cumulating two jobs should help that.

    And I'm not against her having a romantic life, but I'm against her having a relationship with Portia's brother. That's no where near enough degrees of separation. 

    Drew and Curtis scenes were all kinds of levels of disgusting. High five! Trina is your kid. High five! Trina is a wonderful young woman! No thanks to Curtis, fool! Those two are ultra stupid and their scenes were ultra painful to get through. 

    I wondering who they could pair her with, as it would be nice for her to have someone other than Curtis.  

    I flipped too when Curtis and Drew went on about his new daughter - hello, Taggart already raised her.  

    3 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

    Same reaction. I don’t have children, so I guess I’m never growing up. Ice cream for dinner, please!

     

    They idolize motherhood on soaps.  And they overlooked that Maxie first became a mother to a child that the father took and raised in a different city.  And didn't she at first try to pass off that baby as the one she was supposedly carrying for Dante and Lulu?  

    Does Lucy even have any children that she raised?  

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    On 6/4/2023 at 7:25 AM, statsgirl said:

    *Now that he's out jail, what exactly does Spencer do with his life? He doesn't work with all his trust fund money and he's not going to PCU.

    Watching on and off over the years, I'm not sure what Nikolas did.  They are so wealthy from old money, I thought.   Charity work?  Whatever gazzillionaires do with their lives. 

    14 hours ago, DanaMB said:

    Wow, they’re really pushing Joss/Dex. That montage made me laugh. They’ve been through more than most couples. Hah! Meanwhile two incidents of Dex getting hurt then scenes of schmoopy eyes and cheating. This grand love/relationship that’s all of *checks calendar*  six months old. 

    I wondered why they did that montage.  This is not a couple that everybody loves.  And it hasn't been that long.  Made me wonder if he is going to die.  

    10 hours ago, ciarra said:

    I think Ava will end up with flash drive.  Since they seem determined to drag her into the Pikeman mess.

    Cuz bringing up PIkeman seemed intriguing.  It will link characters who didn't deal with each other much together before. 

    They'll all die if Sonny goes to jail - I thought the mob at least had the honor to leave families out of it?  Until it is needed for the plot that they be dishonorable about it.  Or the real bad mob guys vs. good mobster (LOL0  Sonny.  

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    1 hour ago, perkie1968 said:

    I'm reading everywhere  online how people are hand wringing over the mayor leaving town for awhile (to accomodate Genie's vacation) and how we won't see her working and how will the town run itself.  But it's not like we saw Laura doing her job as mayor when she is in town.  Just like we dont' see veterinarians or dentists or accountants.  I'm sure they're there and working, we just dont' see it.  The mayor can be the same.  Do we really want to watch Laura trying to balance the city's budget?!!!

    There seems to be an opening for the job of deputy mayor.  Surely someone in that town is qualified to do it!  

    Cam will be returning with his graduate degree in urban planning.  Spencer surely could do it, and as SLS can run a publicly traded company, surely he could do it in his spare time.  

    TJ is an oncologist now, and will soon be going into another speciality in medicine, as soon as the plot requires one.  

    Soap characters are just that smart.  Instant mastery of any subject area!

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    NuKristina took some mannerisms and tone from oldKristina, it's like she studied her.  

    How does Sam know how a nonprofit should be started up?  Didn't Sonny put up money for it?  

    No one seems to be thinking of Nina as the snitch - they are too dumb to think about who could know about it.  Though I don't know how Nina knows about it either.  

    Kids love Nina.  Donna and Avery do and Wylie does.  That must chap Carly's hide.  

    I don't see Carly going to jail for insider trading, especially if she admitted it.  But no, it's going to be Nina destroying her family again.  Even after Mike/Nixon how is the family "destroyed?"  But if Carly went to jail, with the kids loving Nina and Sonny as her husband, it could have Nina taking her place, which might be good  - if only Carly didn't always have to win.  

     

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    16 hours ago, Steph J said:

    Michael: Dex can just go to Canada and start a new life.

    On behalf of Canadians everywhere, please don't send us your trash, Michael.

    LOL!  Show often treats Canada like it's this lawless land with no extradition treaty with the USA, so anyone can escape the law by merely going into Canada.

     

    9 hours ago, ciarra said:

    Lily Rivera (1996) Carly Corinthos (2000–2005, 2007, 2015–2022) Claudia Zacchara (2008–2009) Brenda Barrett (2011)

    I didn't even remember him marrying the last two!  I recall he walked out on a Brenda wedding (a time when Sonny actually left the show for a few months).

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    24 minutes ago, Blackie said:

    Loved Diane's suit.

    Why was every calling Robert "my brother", "your brother" instead of his name?

    Where did Esme think she was going with a baby and a small backpack, that can't even hold a days worth of diapers and formula/bottles?  

    Like the suitcases soap characters pack - they open the suitcase and start throwing in clothes from the bureau drawer - before heading to the airport for "the next flight out of town."

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    2 hours ago, Daisy said:

    that is my big issue with it as well. Willow started hating Nina when she found out that Sonny slept w/Nina on the Haunted Star. That's when the whole "there is no path for you to see Wiley" came in.  (and honestly even that wouldn't bother me so much, but it's the fact that she is SOOO insistent about that aspect, but she is all team Sonny and how everyone needs to just kumbayah get back together.  The show also retconned the fact that Willow actually heard Sonny tell Nina that he wanted to to tell the family everything in his own time and that SHE shouldn't say anything.

    the thing is. - what is actually really more frustrating than this - is that this is clearly still powered by their hatred of Nelle - which is fair. but since they can't take it out on Nelle, they are taking it out Nina - which is not. Because if Nina didn't say [the human thing] of Nelle might not be so bad had she been raised in a loving environment  - I doubt they'd be this pissed off. 

    and what is severely missing is more people telling Michael that this is exactly AJ 2.0. And it's worse because Wiley knows about NIna. they have a relationship. EVERYTIME we see them together, he lights up like a Christmas tree.  Michael of all people should know that you simply can't "wait and let random age be the right time to spill all the tea and let the kid decide after we've warped their mind enough." because - Michael had  barely any relationship with Lila - and  like 2 conversations with Alan before they died.  and the fact that Willow is at death's door (and rudely not going through it). should be an ample reminder of that. 

     

    That is what is so wrong - they should not use Wiley to punish Nina.  They are not thinking of Wiley's best interests.  

    Carly always winning is less the problem than the hypocrisy.  Nina called her out on it and Carly says "Maybe I'm a hypocrite, maybe i'm not . " Um, you are one, that's clear, Carly.  And so are the other Carlys.  Next they are going to be justifying the double standards!  

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    18 hours ago, sunnyface said:

    So much to learn.  Wasn't watching then - hopefully Lois had a more pleasant personality/character than Brooklynn. 

    If I recall right, Lois did stand up to the older Quartermaines.  Very feisty.

    15 hours ago, lala2 said:

     

    Portia needs to get a grip. Trina is grown. She's 20-years old. She will date who she wants. Portia has no control over it. Instead of trying to force her to stop seeing Spencer, she needs to just be there for her daughter. When she says she doesn't want Trina to get hurt, I just roll my eyes. Unless Trina joins a convent, she's gonna get hurt. That's life, Portia! My goodness. She needs to listen to Taggart!  

    Even soap characters should know that trying to prohibit a relationship only makes the target more attractive. 

    11 hours ago, Suicidy said:

    The list of suspects for the SEC tip off should include EVERY AURORA SHAREHOLDER.   Do these morons not even consider that a major shareholder hired a PI (not Sam, a real PI) to look into the whole thing?  If I had tipped them off, I would proudly admit, look him in the eye and tell him he deserves some time in prison for what he did.  Right before I hit him back even harder.
     

     

    When Drew was wondering about who tipped, and he was with Diane, I wanted Diane to say that it did not matter at all and would do nothing to help his defense.  I think show is going for that it would be a defense to insider trading that the tipper doesn't like Carly.  Sonny already said discrediting the tipper was important.  It's not, really.  Not unless the only evidence of the insider trading was Nina's say so, and that's not going to be the case here. 

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    19 hours ago, YaddaYadda said:

     

    I guess they went there with the Dex/Jason comparison today. I wasn't a Jason fan, but I'm insulted on his behalf.

    I noticed when he and Joss were on the couch, that he had the Borg uniform on.  

    18 hours ago, KittyQ said:

     

    Olivia and Brooklyn - Drew and Carly broke the law. Maybe it wouldn't be great to snitch on your family member, but as a company officer, he really has a duty to report these things. Not a crime - as Ned rightly pointed out. 

    It was amazing how twisted that got.  Brooklyn was referring to reporting a crime as a crime in itself.  This show goes so far - do they really mean that good people let their relatives get away with crimes and that a good person would not report his relative?  Good thing that does not apply in the real world, i.e. David Kaczynski.  

    1 hour ago, slayer2 said:

    I don't feel that Trina went downhill at all. I prefer TA's version.

    I mean.....does a parasite or fungii count?

    I don't remember the first Trina any more! 

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    Wow each character who suggests to Nina that she should be the bigger person but at the same time "accepts Carly as she is," earns a lot of disdain.  Shut up Sam.  

    Giant Baby sure is chill.  No matter who is holding him or how new and strange they are, he's cool.  Valentin takes him (so Trina will be free, lol).  

    Count me in as thinking Victor is going to come back and is no more dead than the several times Jerry Jacks was back when he was the villain.  

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    11 hours ago, Cheyanne11 said:

    Joss telling Carly she partook in insider trading to “help people.”  Child, sit your ass down with that nonsense.  We all saw your mother peacocking around town talking about how rich she was going to be.  

    Also, give me strength with the continued bashing of Ned, who literally did not one thing they’re oh-so-sure he did.  God, the Carlys are the worst.

    The Carlys think that there are defenses or excuses for breaking the law, none of which really are.  If doesn't matter that your daughter-in-law has cancer; you get arrested anyway.  It doesn't matter who you were trying to protect or help; it's still illegal.  It doesn't matter if you have small children.  

    It doesn't matter who gave law enforcement the tip, nor do their actual motives matter.  If there is proof you did the crime, it will be presented to the court. In fact, in reality you find that is the criminal mindset.  They did what they had to do for good reasons and therefore, the law should not be applied to them.  That's criminality in a nutshell.  Carlys are only safe for society until they need to break the law.  

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    11 hours ago, nilyank said:

    Well Trina did.

     

     

    Trina bonds with her over art.  She's not really privy to the bad things Ava did.  Ava is supportive of her.  Trina doesn't make excuses for Ava or have things to forgive her for where she won't forgive another for similar things.  And there's no one else - not a whole gang of people like Carly has.  

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    17 hours ago, ffwbe said:

    All of the talk over who could have possibly turned Carly in for a crime she was 100% guilty of isn’t as intriguing as the show thinks it is. Especially considering how judgmental that group is when someone else does something. If they wanted me to buy Carly as a victim, maybe they should have had someone set her up for a crime because I don’t feel the outrage for her or that it affects Willow because Carly decided to extend her smother behavior towards Willow once she found out Nina was her mom. 

    Word.  All act as if Carly has a right to never suffer consequences, even for crime.  

    17 hours ago, CeChase said:

    I think Sonny has said he won't deal arms.  I mean, that leaves like Splenda packets, you know?  It's so ridiculous. 

    Yeah, it is supposed to be illegal and need enforcers, but what's left?  Only plain smuggling - shipping things in without paying import/export dues?  

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