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NuLulu, have you met Dante? He may not like the idea but he will follow the law. The number of cheating, murderous people on the show is annoying but I REALLY hate how many people are willing to ignore the law on big things (not just little things like parking illegally) if it suits them. It is the only bargaining chip that Willow has right now. The agreement is that Willow gets to have her kids, and Carly and Sonny get to see theirs. That's stupid of Tracy. Monica is sick, either too sick to see the children or she's going to be kept awake by their noise. Monica knows that Willow isn't a bad mother and anyone with any decency should realize that if the kids can't see their father, the best thing for them is to be with their mother. It surely does. But we know that Sonny and Carly have a history of that already.

I was really hoping that the writers would let Willow stand up to Carly but when Carly screeched "How could you keep us from Michael?" instead of saying "How can you keep me from my children?" she fell back on Drew again. It was nice that Nina solved the custody status and Sonny got a win in that without resorting to violence. I figure the reason was Nina's face as she was expecting Willow to thank her and Willow ran into Drew's arms instead. An interesting situation for Nina that she at last has a good relationship with Willow but Willow is running for support to Drew instead. Overkill: Beefing up Quartermaine security in case Willow tries to take her own children. Tracy advising Cody against the crypto deal reminded me of a certain person who said that going crypto would solve the country's financial problems. Could Kai be any more perfect/ Is he a chess grand master too? That would be awesome. The show needs a shady dark grey character as opposed to Sidwell and Victor who were/are both mustache-twirling villains. I figured that it was written deliberately in view of LC's failing health. She's a Carly! (tm @YaddaYadda) I'd like that, especially as Tracy would get the say on who gets to move in but it would require pivoting from Tracy being the complained-about outsider to being the matriarch and this show doesn't pivot well. Nina would be foolish to ally herself with Carly for any reason because Carly will turn on her on a dime and attack and use her if if benefits Carly. Who know what Diane told the judge to get Carly custody before Willow was even informed that it was taken to a judge. It's Diane, she's Carly-adjacent. It will look bad in a Carly vs Willow custody hearing though. @Daisy I hope that you feel better soon.

I don't understand why Brennan, who is presented as a smart man, would want to recruit Joss for the WSB. She's not trained, she's impulsive, headstrong, and she hasn't finished her B.A. (a requirement for the FBI). I can understand if he was trying to recruit Lucky who has experience and a cool head, or Jason but Joss is going to be a liability. Yes, I know that it's in the same category as Michael Corinthos, Super CEO, but it just doesn't make sense.

I have no love for Portia but it's not unusual to talk to the family about the patient's condition. I have a medical PoA but it's filed somewhere in my filing cabinet at home. If my family showed up at the hospital, the doctor would assume that they would be the ones to make the decisions if I couldn't.

I'm genuinely curious as to whether they will let Willow have a win with the medical proxy or if she's going to roll over for Carly or be forced to give it up by Diane because the show can never let anyone win against Carly. Portia already banned him from the hospital so he had to sneak in wearing a mask which is why he is the only one wearing a mask in the burn victim's room. <eyeroll>

Angel of Death Cyrus certainly perked up his ears when he heard that Michael is in the ICU. It's much to hope that he's successful. Sigh. Good Level one hospitals have a pain medication specialist, it's not up to the Chief of Staff. Joss to Willow and Nina: `You just cannot stand to be called out on your crap, both of you.`` Pot, meet kettle. Also too much to hope that Joss will get into danger checking into Dex`s death. I'm no fan of Willow or Drew but good for them using the medical proxy as a sword. I don`t get Ava`s problem. She has money of her own. Yes, carrying two buildings is hard but I`m sure that the banks will give her a loan and she can offset the costs with her profits. The way the courts make rulings without telling the other party that it`s even before the court is ridiculous. How can Diane get a court order in 5 minutes but it`s going to take till next week for Willow to get a hearing? How can the Cassadine estate take money out of Ava's personal bank account without telling her? The show won't stop telling me how wonderful he is. Even Sasha with Jason. And he's not even dead yet.

Wasn't Ava treated for her burns at GH? All thing to all people. LOL that Michael's face is perfect except for the smudges. It would make more sense to have it burned for the recast but Frank really wants Chad back. I'm pretty sure you're right. Chase got a call when he was investigating at Sonny's (Anna told him "better you than me") that called him back to the police station. Way to go, Diane, pulling Chase away from the crime scene to steal Willow's kids. I hope that taking the kids while Willow is at GH with Michael going to be a point against Carly.

Diane talked to Carly about getting custody, telling her that if they got custody now, it would be harder for Willow to get it back. So in the time it took for Willow to get to the hospital and Joss to berate her, Diane went to her office, drew up the papers, found a judge to give Carly custody and went to the police station to grab Chase to enforce it. Sure, show. I have no love for Michael but he wouldn't have wanted this. He even told Diane that he wanted shared custody with Willow. Asking for sole custody was a bargaining chip. Carly and Diane are foul. Joss is nearing there.

I have reached the stage where I am hoping that Willow goes to the hospital so that Joss and Carly can yell at her. Because she's become that stupid. Then I changed my mind when Diane was talking to Joss because even Willow does not deserve those two witches. Also how did Diane find a judge to sign off on custody in the time it took Willow to get to the hospital? Drew, on the other hand..... Why isn't Jason wearing a mask when he goes to see Michael? Infrection is a risk for burn patients. I don't miss T.J. at all. I want to know why a trauma surgeon was working on him. Burn victims need a plastic surgeon and an internal medicine specialist, which is what Portia is. She should have been in there instead of running to find Gannon like a junior ward clerk. I ride the subway in my Canadian city at 2 a.m. without any qualms. (And that's my position on a question currently on the media.)

Today's show: Just in case anyone was wondering who we are supposed to root for, the show opens with Drew and Willow sexy times while Michael burn. Subtle, Frank, subtle. Willow: I'm thinking about what comes next. Me: Maybe you should have done that before sleeping with Drew again. Brennan to Carly: Joss is a strong/smart person. Carly replies: She is. (I would have said 'thank you' for the compliment but hey, I'm not Carly.) Also Carly, insisting that Lucas come out and talk to her when he's working on Michael. Lucas: "You have to page Dr. Gannon immediately." Portia: "I'll find him." Huh? Instead of paging the transplant surgeon for a burn victim (!), Portia is going to run all over the hospital looking for him. Portia, you suck. And not just as a Chief of Staf f. Nina has been making bad decisions but at least she's smart enough to know that revealing Drew will hurt Willow more. Brook Lynn, just tell Chase about your previous pregnancy. Port Charles, lowering the country's IQ average.

Joséphine Jobert (Florence) has a new show Saint-Pierre in which she plays a French cop who gets stuck an English partner seconded there because he had a screw-up. From Hawco Productions so funny as well as fun and more chances to practice my French than Death in Paradise.

I know! I guess it's to show how good and naive Willow is. But in this climate, it's more likely to get him reelected.

This is set in 1909. The world will change in 5 years. I do like Strasser's replacement. He seems to have the Commissar's number. I wonder if Oskar will work with him without blowback from the Commissar but I doubt it. I like Oskar and Therese last season but I don't understand why she would stick by her husband. There was divorce in Austria in 1909, my great grandmother left her husband a few years before then. All thumbs up for the archivist. I also like the new addition to Oskar's team. I don't think that I was paying enough attention because I'm missing how Strasser and Mephisto and Kiss all tie together other than very superficially. I really like this show, the stories, the period, the costumes and decor. I will be sorry if it never comes back.

First, the good: Michael talking about Willow remaking herself for each of her saviours and Sonny agreeing with him. I have to admit, I was impressed. Not so impressed with this perfect Michael just as he's about to be off the canvas. The bad: I think I fell asleep during the Joss/Trina scenes. I kept thinking that dating these two should come with a Danger sign. Is 'heirloom tomatoes' the new penguins? How did ecology fighter Joss not know about heirloom tomatoes? Can someone tell me why we have to have Sidwell move to Port Charles? It makes no sense -- he's an international criminal and Brennan and Anna both know him. Also who wants to live on an island? If you thought traffic took a long time, just wait till you try the ferry. Did the PCPD not look at the footage of Dex's stabbing? How incompetent are they? It was so obvious that it was Cyrus doing it. Even if the WSB owns it (and I don't see why they would), why wouldn't the PCPD ask to see it? Telegraphed today with Carly telling Jason that she is going to fight for Michael even if he doesn't do it himself. Frank being a chicken and saving Chad's spot hoping that he comes back.

I thought that maybe that's how it would come out that Michael's the baby's father. But you never can trust this show. If it were anyone but Sasha, I would be hoping for a tock. Michael doesn't need any more babies. The show doesn't either. Very sparkly for the office.

Charlie's??? They serve food and Kristina seems to be hiring. Nina is between a rock and a hard place (or Scylla and Charybdis if you're in a literally frame of mind). She was sleeping with Drew in exchange for his help in getting close to Willow and there is no way that Drew won't use that against her if Nina turns on him.

I am shocked at the level of maturity in several conversations on today's show: Michael and Sasha reach a compromise about the baby; Jason turns down running Sonny's organization because Danny is his priority; Sonny realizes that he is not invincible and looks to a successor (hopefully not Kristina); Dante lays it on the line with Lulu, including the sacrifices that people made for her; Valentin is honest with Charlotte that she can be with one of her parents but not both. The show is pushing Lucky as Luke's Mini Me but I think it's more Lulu who is. Lulu is fixated on retrieving Charlotte as if she was a lost package and everything will be fine again. Dante and yes, Valentin, have a much more realistic grasp of the situation If Charlotte has to choose, she has and will choose Valentin and even if Lulu forced her to come back, she would resent Lulu for it. Not to mention, she would feel like an outsider among Rocco, Danny and Scout. Did we ever find out why people are trying to kill Valentin? He was just fine in Port Charles in the months before JPS had to leave for his other show. I'm going to hate myself in the morning but I was impressed at how calmly and coldly Michael took the news of Willow going to Drew's inauguration. Keep your powder dry, son. I think her grandmother died sometime between her arrival on the show and now. Someone else can explain it better but: Michael and Sasha came to an agreement that she will stay in Port Charles and be supported by her family but Michael will stay hands off unless Sasha asks for his help. Sasha then went to GH and Felicia signed her up with Dr. Navarro for prenatal care, so now both Maxie and Felicia know that Sasha is pregnant but not who the father is; Sonny told Jason about his heart problems and tried to get Jason to take over the bidness but Jason turned him down because he is Danny's sole parent; Nina went to Curtis to complain about Drew. Curtis told her to come clean to Willow that she had been sleeping with Drew. Michael walked in and found out that Drew took Willow and Wylie (without his permission) to the swearing in. He phoned Diane and asked if they could use this in the custory case; Lulu raged at Dante that if only he hadn't followed her, Valentin would have let her take Charlotte home. Dante calmly pointed out that Lulu herself was the one that led the sniper to Valentin, that Charlotte would not have been going back with her anyway, that she has no skills to track Charlotte in Prague whereas both Valentin and Charlotte have ones to stay hidden, and that Sam died so that she could live and she's going to throw her life away. Lulu threw a vase at the door after Dante, I hope that hotel charges her for it. Valentin talked with Charlotte and told her that it wasn't her fault that he was almost shot, and that people are after him so that either they stay hidden or she goes home with Lulu. Charlotte chose her father. I think she told him that she would be moving out and getting another job.

Anna tasering Brennan was stupid but I have to say, I'd rather seen Brennan/Anna than Brennan/Carly or Anna/Jason. How is it that Nik, the "legitimate" heir (although not since Laura was forced to marry Stavros) was not able to give away the money in a divorce settlement but Ace, his illegitimate son, will be able to give away the entire fortune when he turns 18? Either the money belongs to the estate and not to the heir or it doesn't. This gets more and more stupid. At this point, if I were Dante, I would be thinking that the trade of Sam for Lulu is a bad deal. I don't know the HIPAA rules but in the Canadian equivalence both the doctor and the EMTs would be bound to confidentiality. Everyone in the "circle of care" is. Willow is impossibly dense Drew is using both Scout and Wylie to get his hooks into her and all she sees is her knight in shining armour. While Sasha carrying Michael's baby would be a problem in a custody fight, I'm pretty sure that Wylie and Amelia won't care in a couple of years if Michael has another child given that Willow is all up in Drew's glory. If Nina hired a new nanny for Wylie and Amelia, what is the nanny in the gatehouse doing?

It is rainy and miserable here so kudos to those who are out celebrating. I'm going to stay warm inside and maybe a rewatch of my favourite Christmas movie, The Shop Around the Corner (James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan the year after he was the Wizard of Oz). Happy New Year to all. May we get GH next year at least half as good as what we create for ourselves here..

I don't know what's wrong with Sonny but he looks like me when I'm having an acid reflux attack. Did I hear correctly, that Kristina told Lucas that the baby's death was an accident? Can we finally put this story to rest now? Given all the strife between Sonny and Alexis over Kristina herself, she should understand that it's best for a child to have both parents. If only the writers were following the show's history as closely. Because it is so stupid? There's no justification for the unknown entity to freeze Ava's credit cards and take money out of her her bank accounts without notifying her first much less taking her to court for it. I love this idea. And why not? Both Valentine and Nik are illegitimate so why shouldn't it go to Valentin's line. At least Charlotte is old enough to understand what money is and it would be a change to have it go to a female child.

Lucas wondered if she will be able to keep the gallery. Of course she'll be able to keep the gallery, if for nothing else, the bank will give her a loan for a going business even if she doesn't have other money (which she should). Lucas also said that she is thinking of moving out of The Constellation and into smaller quarters. When did she move out of the Metro Court?

So same old, same old... The mother-in-law from hell. She's going to do more illegal things as she did when she changed the blood test. Portia is the Black Carly. More whitewashing of Sonny.

I remember the photo that Kristina gave Lucas and how chuffed Julian was that he was allowed to be in it. (I guess I'm glad that they didn't just photoshop nuLucas into it instead of RC.) It took me a while to figure out how Kristina was connected to Lucas: stepbrother? since Lucas and Sam shared a father. On a shallow note, I really liked Kristina's clothes. It was a nice moment when Lucas told her that he and Ava talked about how hard it is to lost a child, and Kristina felt a moment of understanding. Good for Elizabeth, calling in Ric and not being willing to be intimidated. This was the most I've ever like Ric. Re Emma: I was remembering when Anna came on the show, a very grey character with a fake scar there to upset Robert's relationship with Holly. That's not a bad character to copy. The drinking age when I was in college was 18 (Canada) and the college itself supplied sherry to be served at the debates. I'm not going to be shocked that 20 year old Emma served alcohol in her dorm room, we all did. This show is so milquetoast about their "good" characters, they can't even take them down an interesting path. See: Michael, Joss ... How long was Nik in control of the Cassadine money? A decade? Two? And only now it occurs to someone that he couldn't do with the money what he wanted to do? And if he makes a profit in a venture, does he get to keep that or does he have to give it back to the estate? This is so sloppy. Doubly gross because Ava is trying to do exactly what Alexis did with Kristina -- keep her child away from her mobster father. In fact, that's what Alexis was talking to Sonny about, asking him to distance himself via Charlie's from Kristina. That painting over the fireplace in the Miller & Davis office will never not make me laugh. i wonder i anyone is ever tempted to add some more post-it notes to it. ETA: I like the idea of Lucky being the bartender at Charlie's. It gives him a reason to interact with a lot of people in Port Charles instead of being stuck in just one or two plots.

I understand being disappointed that Emma seems to be the bad girl in the current young adult set. But at least it gives the character somewhere to go. Look at Gio, a perfectly nice guy but I'd rather watch paint dry (that's not going to change even if he suddenly becomes the child of Brook Lynn and Dante in an effort to give some life to the most boring couple on the show). Or look at Young Liz, the bad girl to her sister's (Sarah?) goody twoshoes. Or Sarah Brown's Carly, causing trouble but still compelling. Both of those characters remain a significant part of GH launched by their bad girl days. I can also see a scenario of Emma reacting to her perfect parents' expectations of her as a way to try to chart her own path in life. Or what @Cheyanne11 said.

Can someone explain to me who is running the Cassadine estate (not Alexis, not Valentine) and how they can take it away from Nik after a couple of decades and give it to an illegitimate infant? And how they can take away Wyndermere from Ava after she was given it in her divorce settlement without going to court? The whole plot is sketchy AF. Speaking of sketchy, maybe Lulu's passport was still effective. But her credit cards would have expired and I know from experience that it takes a couple of weeks for new ones to be sent to you in the mail. And how entitled to travel first class! If this is the new Emma, I like it. Something more than the perfect child that she was. This is the most I've liked Anna in years as she was calling Emma out. It's Berkley, home of hippies and drugs. What could possibly be wild enough to get Emma kicked out? (I could buy bad grades from slacking off more than partying.) Good point. The writing really screwed that up.