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I recently finished this one and got to start the next book after its initial introduction, so the only book I'll be onto right when it comes out will be book 10.
This one was more readable than the last 3. The time travel was intriguing. Buck Mackenzie stays with Geillis in 1739, and from what we know, you can't exist again in your own time line, so he'll have to leave before his brith in 1746 or what will happen to him. And why did he go forward. To my memory, he was the only one who ever went forward who had not been there before. There was not enough about his impressions - indeed DG often loses sight of that interest, being more interested in her story. I recall how the show had Claire opine that it was noisy in the 20th century, compared to her last three years in the 18th.
I did like the 80s story and wanted to get back to it, but after the story went back to the revolutionary war, each chapter anew was still back there. A lot of Claire doing surgeries with little point other than how she managed to do them.
The reunion at the end was good. Roger and Brianna and family had a place to flee as time travelers.
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On 8/26/2022 at 7:27 PM, Gemini2989 said:
My god TC is one of the most overrated actors in daytime and NAC is quickly climbing that list. He’s good but far from this amazing actor that people are falling over themselves to praise. And just because you’re good in daytime doesn’t mean you will make it in prime time or be on the level of winning a Oscar🙄
It doesn't seem like most of them make it anyway. The soap is possible steady work (though no vacations for some :) ). It's possible they'd prefer that to having to look for a new job all the time.
I'm starting to root for Finn to tell Liz, fine, you're on your own. Maybe he is not tired of it, but I am!
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On 8/23/2022 at 3:00 PM, Daisy said:
I wonder what is going to blow this up first. Trina or the fact that Curtis is so not divorced.
Show really drags things out. I had forgotten about that totally! That's Stella's secret!
On 8/23/2022 at 3:31 PM, statsgirl said:I must be old because if anyone taped my proposal, they would find themselves in that pool that Curtis was very obviously kneeling in.
How does Portia operate with those nails? Don't they cut through the rubber gloves?
Yes, it is strange but others seem to get involved in others' romances, like Olivia/Ned/Leo hugging and cheering because Leo reports CLQ kiss!
I had a great aunt by marriage that had absurdly long nails, of the WWII generation, a war bride. My grandmother said, marveling, that she did her housework by putting cotton under them, wrapping them up, and then put on gloves!
On 8/23/2022 at 7:14 PM, DanaK said:Regarding Willow, I wonder how she thinks she’ll be able to hide her symptoms for a few weeks?
She has Soap Opera Disease, or Soap Opera Leukemia, where you are just romantically sick, perhaps a bit pale, and can go about doing what you have to do.
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18 hours ago, LexieLily said:
Do I want to know why Olivia is so keen on her firstborn son dating her other son's sister? Why is Leo making a "love potion" for his two siblings?
I hadn't even thought about that. Show can get things so compartmentalized that it takes a while. They don't make Sam/Leo scenes or enough dialogue, so it is possible to forget this.
Willow really should get an abortion and then start over after she is cancer free, but then show maybe should not handle this controversial topic, as the writers aren't good enough. The leukemia is not enough alone? They had to add in pregnancy. They just didn't think it would be dramatic enough without that, I guess.
They are addicted to pregnancy in stories. Now they are hinting Portia should have one, though that doesn't have to pan out because it was aimed at Curtis having a child, and he already has one. Though one already raised by someone else isn't the same.
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On 8/19/2022 at 10:58 PM, jsbt said:
Like all American soaps for the bulk of the 21st century, it's true that GH and ABC know a lot of their audience is people of color. They just refuse to write major story for Black people, or Asian people, or LGBT people, because they fear losing what they believe is the bulk of their bigger, fading audience: Old white senior citizens in the Midwest.
I remember ages ago that it was the 18-49 demographic they covet the most, as they do the most discretionary spending and the older people have confirmed spending habits that won't change. Thus they try to increase the pace and don't pay attention to the history.
Trina seems front burner to me. Even Sonny cares.
On 8/20/2022 at 1:46 AM, Steph J said:Which begs the question of why Jordan sent the file to DA to approve charges when she so clearly had doubts about Trina's guilt and was still investigating even after Trina was getting ready to go on trial.
Most PC cops are incompetent - they have to be so Mooby can be the hero.
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On 8/17/2022 at 3:09 PM, statsgirl said:
That's true. But it's also true that when it comes to a minority person, they will be charged with little evidence when a white man will get away with a warning.
Yet the police commissioner who brought the charges is Jordan. Soaps have equality, because the writers want to appear not racist, so the black characters are always professionals and interracial relationships occur without any discussion or protest (they don't want other characters to look racist either). Thus they really can't do these kinds of realistic stories. No character said a thing, not even Portia, once she gave her required speech (which they really shouldn't do on soaps, since the story line never takes on such issues).
On 8/17/2022 at 3:13 PM, YaddaYadda said:Dex has a sad childhood and beat up a man who abused his wife and kids. There's nothing in the world that will tug at Sonny's heart strings more than that, while he gets snowed by his new protégé.
Interesting Sonny just believes this story. But it was certainly the best one when it came to Sonny.
On 8/17/2022 at 3:41 PM, rur said:Agreed. And if you're going to work as an enforcer for a mob kingpin, it should probably be a good thing rather than a deal breaker. I have no interest in Sonny's feigned outrage. If the writers were looking for a misdirect about Jason 2.0 getting caught about working for Baby Mike, this wasn't the best, unless he ends up beating the crap out of someone later.
Sonny going on about being discharged for committing a crime was hilarious. OK, maybe the issue was loyalty, but it still was funny.
On 8/17/2022 at 4:02 PM, dubbel zout said:Ugh, poor Taggert. He's going to be crushed when he learns Trina isn't his daughter. He so doesn't deserve that. When a good guy like him gets screwed over like this, it's not soapy.
I don't like that either. At least it can never change that Taggart acted as her actual father for her entire childhood. She's never going to see anyone else as her real father.
On 8/17/2022 at 4:05 PM, mostlylurking said:Carly will probably turn around and blame Willow for all of this. She’ll be like well if Willow had told me she was sick I would have told her Nina was her mother! It’s her fault!
Yep.
On 8/17/2022 at 4:24 PM, statsgirl said:Truth. I'm also beginning to dislike Portia a lot, she's becoming too much like Carly. Like Carly, she is rude to people she doesn't like or doesn't think worthy (see Spencer today), she thinks that whatever she does for her family is okay, and she is holding the secret of someone's paternity for her own purposes.
Whatever she does for her family is OK, exactly. Though she'll still be one step better than Carly until she starts yelling at people for doing the same thing she did.
On 8/17/2022 at 5:31 PM, jsbt said:It is clear the writing is there for Spencer and Trina, but I don't trust Frank Valentini when it comes to non-white characters, ever. He still operates from a mindset of 'don't upset the white grandmas' from 2010. I feel like they've strung this out for as long as humanly possible as he struggles to find any way to put the Black girl with someone else and find another white chick for Spencer. I hope I'm wrong. Either way, TA remains gold as she's been since her first day.
I don't see them doing that at all. And they know they have a large black audience. Molly and TJ have been together forever and there are zero objections from any other characters or fans as far as I know. AJ used to be with Keisha, and there was a Shawn/Alexis non romance. Nikolas and Gia a while ago. Taggart and some long ago character that I don't remember.
On 8/18/2022 at 9:55 AM, Daisy said:Right? like...they aren't going to extradite her to the states for that.
or.... they are just normal? not every teen runs around wanting to have sex. just because they don't - doesn't make them frigid and sexless.
No, but they did. And are still together. If it was even just OK, they'd try it again after making a sweep of the room for cameras. Joss said it was everything a first time should be, so she didn't hate it.
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19 hours ago, statsgirl said:
Revenge porn is serious but the evidence against Trina is so flimsy, it shouldn't even have been brought to trial yet. Then again, there is the racial element so that's realistic.
Only Port Charles DAs would even go to trial with the investigation still so unfinished. The very fact that Esme Prince was mentioned so many times as a possible guilty party means they have not completed the investigation. There's another suspect out there, so instead of figuring out which has more evidence against them, they go full bore against one of them. It would clearly be possible for Esme to have dropped the phone in Trina's bag.
17 hours ago, statsgirl said:Nik and Victor were boring. Doesn't water wash off DNA evidence? And even if there were Ava DNA on Esme, no one can prove that Ava shoved her over the parapet.
That did seem lame. They were fighting, but what DNA? No blood was drawn.
16 hours ago, YaddaYadda said:Early stages means that her ass will refuse treatment, go on with her pregnancy, then will get so far advanced in the stages of her cancer that the only thing that will save her life is a bone marrow donor.
Michael having another kid most sincerely hurts my brain.
The writers really hate their audience.
It is amazing that their Mary Sue of a Carly is in the situation of knowing. Will she be a hero for revealing the information she has - probably so, when normally withholding information is "lying" and many other characters would be raked over the coals.
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Teens and sex: it is strange Cam and Joss haven't had sex again, or there is no dialogue to indicate they did. It could be hard when they were filmed the first time, but then that has not been mentioned either. Show makes it look like they did it once and they're done.
The trial shenanigans were funny - like they had a deadline of getting the evidence together before the jury came in from deliberations - the deadline would be a lot sooner than that. Seems the trial date was scheduled too quickly. Not a problem in the real world.
Then there's the big drama about going to Pentonville, but both cases likely would end up on probation - neither act is serious enough. After hearing Spencer's reasons and knowing the facility was low security, they'd even press that case? He even returned, LOL.
Soaps have this stupid mother-privilege that allows a mother to do anything to anyone in the name of her children. ATWT had a case where Carly (played by MW who plays Ava) drugged someone with an excuse regarding her child. Then it was stated by many characters that she could not go to jail for it, because her children needed her!
Anyway, Portia is annoying, and so I hope she loses her license, but likely show will coddle her that of course she can risk someone else's death and violate doctor ethics because it's for her child!
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I didn't think of the name Bell as anything until yesterday, when I realized there was a Katherine Bell. All I recall is she fell off the parapet? Had an affair with Nicholas?
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3 hours ago, Tenshinhan said:
Because Trina is Black. So that means that Esme will potentially choose to do worse to her than to anyone else.
But what motivates Esme's evil may vary from person to person, based upon their race.
There's been nothing to indicate that Esme would have done differently to a white rival. How could her actions in this plot be easier on the rival? She's always been about Trina's relationship to Spencer. Writing and or acting would have to give some indication.
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On 7/15/2022 at 4:46 AM, Corvino said:
I didn't see that horrible scene of Nina trying to be magnanimous to Carly and Carly being shrewish and stupid as Carly "winning" in any way. She showed that she is full of hate, and completely oblivious to the fact that almost all of her troubles are her fault-- SHE burned down her marriage, and SHE lost her half of the hotel. Showing so clearly what an awful person you are, in contrast to a person trying to be generous and make peace like Nina, is losing, not winning. She will only win later if she faces reality and gets enough soul to forgive and be forgiven. But of course those may not be the values the show is based on.
Really, when she accused Nina of wanting to take the hotel away from her, it was absurd! The only one who "took the hotel away" from Carly was Carly and only Carly! When she had been advised not to. The shebeast will blame others even for what they could not possibly have done, in a quest to be the victim every time.
Trina has just about everyone's support, including all white characters except Esme, who is the one everyone else thinks is guilty. Why would Esme not do the same to any color friend in Trina's position in the pentagon of Trina, Cameron, Spencer, Joss and Esme? Esme is evil no matter who it is.
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4 hours ago, Corvino said:
I didn't see that horrible scene of Nina trying to be magnanimous to Carly and Carly being shrewish and stupid as Carly "winning" in any way. She showed that she is full of hate, and completely oblivious to the fact that almost all of her troubles are her fault-- SHE burned down her marriage, and SHE lost her half of the hotel. Showing so clearly what an awful person you are, in contrast to a person trying to be generous and make peace like Nina, is losing, not winning. She will only win later if she faces reality and gets enough soul to forgive and be forgiven. But of course those may not be the values the show is based on.
Really, when she accused Nina of wanting to take the hotel away from her, it was absurd! The only one who "took the hotel away" from Carly was Carly and only Carly! When she had been advised not to. The shebeast will blame others even for what they could not possibly have done, in a quest to be the victim every time.
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4 hours ago, threebluestars said:
I honestly thought we were going to call back to Spencer ensuring Laura won the mayor's race but I think the writers forgot about that.
Yes. Like the show wants the recall to happen so that Laura wins the office legitimately, erasing the cheating win.
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On 5/30/2022 at 2:38 PM, gingerella said:
I keep going back and forth with Martha and John, does he really love her or not? It started out as such, but throwing her to the wolves in that last hearing room scene was cold as ice.
And also what's up with his secretary? She has abominable taste in men.
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Glad the cat turned up.
Martha only testified for the DNC. Civil suit against CREEP. so far as I could see. Or did she testify to the senate committee?-
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Ok. But another one. Wedding cake smashing. My parents dragged us to many family weddings in the 70s. That was not done. Maybe around the 90s before that became a thing.
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At Camp David with a remote for the TV. I was around then. I think that was a mistake. No remotes then. Get up and change the channel.
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On 6/2/2022 at 3:59 PM, dubbel zout said:
LOL that Esmé's underwear is white instead of, say, harlot red. Hee.
Willow, Nina has been begging to see Wiley since she found out he was her grandson. This isn't new behavior. Good grief.
Can't Nina appeal the ruling? She has a decent case for judicial prejudice, I'd think.
Yes, the judge pretty much said it was about Scott's handling, not the child's best interests.
19 hours ago, statsgirl said:Part of me wants Nina to show up and the have Wylie run to her but the dipsticks would probably have her arrested. There is nothing you can do to fight blind hate like that.
Nina did not get an order for visitation, but there is no restraining order. But then watch Show and Carly treat it as if there is one.
16 hours ago, Cheyanne11 said:Not great? Eden McCoy and playing those scenes with MB's son (already forgot the character's name) all smirky and like it was a big joke. She really is the weakest link in the teen set.
Now they add nepotism to their sins? LOL.
I had to laugh when Sam said, "my kids spend a lot of time with their grandmother." They sure do!
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I recall an arbitrator saying to the litigants that both lawyers had done a great job. That would allow anyone who didn’t get what they wanted to better accept the verdict. That judge was stupid. Go on about how Scott pissed you off and that only convinces Nina that she didn’t get a fair hearing. And how unprofessional of a judge to let a lawyer’s antics bias them. And tell the litigants that is the basis of the decision.
Since Carly knows now and isn’t telling, isn’t she now “lying.” Well, unless there is a double standard. But of course there is.
It might be interesting to have grandpa Sonny have time with Wiley where he lets Nina see him.
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18 hours ago, YaddaYadda said:
One, the screen grab is hilarious.
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that the vein in his arm was nicked. And he takes heart medication, I think, which might be blood thinners.
This whole storyline has been incredibly dumb. I'm assuming that we'll get the obligatory bedside speech from Curtis or something.
I’m reading the seventh Outlander book and there is a case of a vein (artery?) in the arm that can spurt dangerous blood loss. Claire saves the guy. Of course.
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She herself has not done much wrong, but there's Uncle Rick, Uncle Sonny, Mom and sister Sam. Then again, it's a sort of small town and she has connections. Mom was likely DA at one time, I think I remember that. Dad was DA at another time maybe? Her sister's brother is a cop. Her domestic partner's mother is Police Commissioner now and was before. Jobs like that work on connections in smaller governmental divisions.
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On 10/19/2014 at 12:07 PM, nodorothyparker said:
I have no idea whether he's really a time traveler or not. But yeah, it's a throwaway paragraph after he gets lost in the Great Dismal where he's listening to the sounds of the swamp and thinks about how he first heard stones talking to each other when he was a kid at Helwater and how he's never told anyone about that. There's more stuff there about how he also hears people in the fog who aren't there, but I don't know what we're supposed to make of that.
Isn't their idea that time travel is genetic just one of Claire's theories anyway? I mean, despite Roger's efforts it's not like they have an official handbook that definitively lays out how it works and why.
When one first gets into Outlander, it is natural to think of Jamie traveling to Claire's time. DG had loud fans who get extremely upset and tell you that DG says that will never happen! Like was are supposed to know what she says in her interviews as part of knowing the books.
If she was not so adamant about it, or if she wanted to change that, it would be easy to create some more issues about the stones that would explain why he could not hear them and could crawl all over them and not be taken (as he did in the scene in the first book) but yet could time travel. William being able to would be an interesting way to bring it in.
This one was the most draggy and it took me awhile to get to 80%. Reading this board helped me hang on, knowing it was going to be better in the last 3rd. Reading it so little at a time, I missed where Hunter and Dorothea fell in love. I thought she was William's love interest.
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We know Esme is guilty, so her innocent act is quite annoying. So show has sneakily made me root for Sonny with that last scene. Ugh.
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1 hour ago, rur said:
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I've always thought that she was resentful of being pretty much dumped by him. She was sent to live with grandma Audrey when she was a fairly young teen (the perfect age to be resentful). And he's never come back to town since then. So I can understand her not wanting to have a relationship with him now that she's in her 30s or 40s.
But we also know that the writers don't necessarily see a need to pay attention to the show's history, so who knows what they'll come up with.
I remember when they had to write Liz off for actress pregnancies that she went to see her parents in Europe.
It was amazing they finally gave Liz's mother a name. But then at some point he cheated and produced Hayden - maybe Liz is mad about that. Then again, she got along with Hayden OK.
Episode Discussion II: The TFGH
in General Hospital
Both Sasha and Liz stories need to move on, they are both getting annoying. OK Sasha, just go to jail then.