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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.

I saw it but I have to be convinced to believe it, there are so many people lying on this show and I'd never met the character before (not knowing that it was Emma) so I assumed that she was lying. Giving me a quick shot of her slipping the money into the old lady's booth would have helped. As I said, Holly would have told Gio the same story and kept the money for herself. So would Cody when he first came on the show.

Avery and Donna want snowmen that they can see from their playroom window, so the adults plus Danny go outside to build them. Aren't kids supposed to be the ones building snowmen? Since we didn't see the building, they could have just said that the girls joined them and are now having hot chocolate with the nanny. LOL at Carly telling Jason "you're not the boss of me." The writer got the age group right. What was the point of Gio and the wallet theft? That nuEmma is like Holly except Holly would have kept the money herself? I got the feeling that NLG and RH were having fun with the hating exes scenes. Who is this "very good man" that Ned and Jason were talking about? Not the Edward that I know. They really are working very hard to make Jordan/Isaiah happen. And how could Isaiah take TJ's shifts when he himself was called in to cover that night? I'm really glad that they are not forgetting Sam, with Dante and Danny. Or evidence of just how badly Willow needs therapy. Which is to say, very badly. Ned told Jason that Olivia took him somewhere. Not sure where, I wasn't paying enough attention.

If I'm supposed to believe that Drew has feeling for Willow rather than just using her to prop his ego, he needs to start thinking about her a bit too. The absolute worst thing for her right now is for him to be sniffing around her as she's trying to deal with the issues with Michael, and all Drew wants is for her to put him first over everyone else including her children. "No love, quoth he, but vanity sets love a task like that." Portia gave her the choice of working administratively in the hospital or being at home. No paid leave was mentioned, showing once again what a terrible administrator Portia is. I have little doubt that they will pick it up later but it once again demonstrates how terrible the pacing of this show is. It's only a good thing if Carly is the one receiving all the attention. She was even angry with Jason for keeping Michael's confidence and not telling her immediately about Willow and Drew. Narrator: when there are kids, they need to be put first. Points to Sonny for finally getting that.

In a show where many people are proving that half the world is below 100 IQ, Willow is being incredibly dense. Inviting Drew will tank any chance she has of reconciliation with Michael. Drew, on the other hand, is being smarmy. He knows what handing around Willow will do to her and he still pushes it. I agree that Drew was much better with Nina who called him on his crap. I wish that Alexis had not called Ric.(Shut up Diane.) He's more likable at Nina's than pulling dirty tricks on Alexis. I hope that Anna's surprise is Robin. But it's more likely to be Emma. I thought that I saw a spark of connection today. I could go with Jason getting together with Sasha to protect Michael's reconciliation with Willow, and then they fall for each other. (There's no other possiblles on the canvas for either Sasha or Jason at the moment.) That's a good point. Drew essentially gave Curtis the opportunity to build something big, and while Curtis took it and did well, Drew doesn't really owe Curtis the CEO position at Aurora especially given that Curtis has very little CEO experience. Who does he think he is, a Quartermaine? Curtis was willing to not only blow up their friendship because he was butt hurt, he was will to (illegally) tank Aurora so that Michael could take it over*. Hell hath no fury like an Ashford scorned. * Didn't all the Quartermaines call war on Valentin for doing much less?

The highlight of the show for me was to have Cameron back. Great scenes with BH, Lucky and too-old Aiden. I like his cellist girlfriend too. LOL Carly and Jason fighting over whether Michael is old enough to make his own decisions or if Calry has to micromanage him. This same scene has been going on for decades. I can see Carly like Edward deciding what is best for her children even when they are in their sixties. Not that he doesn't deserve it but so much for Drew going to prison for Carly. If he expected Carly's gratitude, he doesn't know her at all. Come to think of it, if Carly had gone to prison herself, at least it would give her adult kids a chance to make their own decisions and live their own lives. Michael and Curtis are too stupid to run a company, especially after the insider trading shenanigans of a couple of years ago. As @TVbitch said, none of them care about the shareholders. He truly is Carly's son.

How else would we know that she's strong&brave&loveswithherwholeheart? All of which happened because Victor brainwashed Charlotte into believing that Anna was the enemy. The Cassadine connection. And now Charlotte is with Valentin Cassadine. Lulu would go even more ballistic.

I don't care about Dex and I have no time for Eden but I have to say that she did a good job in the scene talking to Corpse Dex. Portia should be calling in the hospital's lawyer right now, not trying to do damage control herself. Tracy and Ned giving it to Drew was highly satisfying. Drew trying to convince Michael that Willow really cares for him and should be with him was revolting. The show has really ruined the character since Billy Miller played him. Didn't that happen with Gilmour Girls when Alexis Bledel stopped dating Jared Padeleski and moved on to Milo V? Coming from Carly's son, I was impressed. I wondered if maybe he really does love Willow. Didn't Anna shoot Charlotte because Charlotte had been brain-washed by Victor? Lulu will go ballistic when she hears that. i wouldn't tell her either.

He overspent on his credit card having banked Ava's cheque. When the cheque bounced, he was overextended on his credit cards. Or the Rose Bowl Parade, televised all over. Trina is supposed to be very smart and aware of the world. Even I, in Canada and caring only about football because we got shortened classes on game days (Go Malvern!), knew that a bowl game was something important. The Trina who we've been shown the past few years would have asked Kai intelligent questions about what he does as a quarterback, the roles of the ends (not 'ender's), how he feels about his leadership responsibilities as QB. The dim lines they gave her were not worthy. Dex became less like a block of wood and more like a real boy when the show moved him into the police. I guess the show only wanted him as set dressing because now he's gone.

Today's episode made up for the boring Ava/Ric and Q party yesterday. Good payoffs. Tracy was really having a ball, between plotting with Ned (I think she showed that tape deliberately to get Drew out), taunting Nina and being smug with Drew. Well done, JE. Ditto WK. Carly hasn't realized that Michael is no longer 5 years old. She really needs to butt out but being Carly, she won't. "Michael gave you a family, how could you do this to him?" Odds are Michael sleeping with Sasha will be totally okay in her eyesj (How I hate that Sasha is pregnant.) They're written so badly, as well as Kai being just the most perfect person that ever personed. I'm not impressed with Trina knowing nothing about football ('tell me what a defensive ender is'), I had hoped that the days of woman having to play stupid for a man were done. Did Taggart never watch football with her when she was younger? My computer keeps trying to correct that spelling.😠 Mostly I use etransfers these days. And the waiter taking a credit card back to the machine seems so strange now that most are done at the table in Canada. (Fun fact: that's because there are only 5 major banks in Canada so it's easy to program. The US has many more banks so it's harder to connect everything.)

Does Port Charles have the title of Rudest City in the State? Because all the people at Tracy's party certainly qualify. If you're that desperate to watch The Game (which no one has ever cared about before Kai arrived on screen), tape it or give your regrets to the hostess and don't show up at all. Double rudeness points to Carly for interrupting Nina's conversation with Olivia because she had to talk to her Right. Now. and then making a face like a 4 year old when Nina called her on it. Good try Alexis but I don't think that anything will get through to Kristina. Sonny/Natalia and Ric/Ava ... living wallpaper as my old boss used to say. I think that it was Ric's own bank info that he had, saying that Ava's cheque to him had bounced.

"When you become a cop I thought that you'd be safe." Joss appears to have confused 'cop' with 'librarian'. Almost as bad as Sasha thinking that Michael won't notice that she's pregnant and will leave her alone if he does. Jordan and Isaiah are very pretty together but also a cure for insomnia. And why does Jordan want to interview Dex? She's not with the police any more. It was delightful to see Nina read Drew the riot act. More people need to line up to do it. Brennan -- another man falls at the altar of Carly.

Lulu is her father's daughter but she really should be apologizing to Nina instead of being praised by Carly. This is the first time I've seen a spark in a Brennan/Carly scene, probably because he's finally calling her out rather than admiring and giving in to her. Carly isn't served any better than Joss or Michael constantly being praised by their romantic partners. Could Elite Athlete Kai be any more perfect? Chemistry (or lack thereof) aside, Trina/Spencer was more interesting precisely because he was a bad boy.

Maybe. But why would someone above be micromanaging the show to that extent? It's not like Kelly suddenly became notorious and they had to dump her. I can understand that Brad would not want to just book a ticket at Lucas' hotel because Lucas had told him that he didn't want to have any kind of relationship with him. If Portia sends him, Lucas can't say anything. My question is what is a trauma surgeon (Lucas) doing at at a primary care physician (family doctor) conference? Is he going to teach them what to do when their patients get shot? I think they already know that. Portia would do better to end Kevin since it's estimated that half of family doctor appointments involve psych issues. That would make sense since she is in theory so far ahead of Kai in terms of art studies. Ditch the dead weight and produce an A++ assignment.

Someone make the Lois accent plot stop. Has no one associated with the show heard of code switching? We immigrant children grew up doing it to fit in. Also, as bad as snobbery is, reverse snobbery is even worse. Coming from Bensonhurst doesn't make you better than another person. I've had it with Kristina. Go to a therapist instead of seeking revenge and expecting everyone else to behave like you do. That said, I've also had it with people blaming Kristina for going to see Ava. Ava is not dangerous, not in terms of physical violence at least, and being pregnant does not mean that you have to avoid living lest you hurt the precious offspring. Kristina quit working at her charity to please TJ, which was already ridiculous because pregnant women have been working till the moment of birth since forever. Trina's story just feels like made up conflict. It would be a pretty crappy professor who docked her marks because he assignment partner, who the prof forced on her, couldn't do his part because he was being a football star. This reminds me of a group therapy course I was in. The leader made cohesion by scapegoating and attacking one of the participants and she left crying. The next day this participant came back and said that a stranger had stopped her on the street to comfort her when the other members of the group attacked her. The other people said "But you're a stranger to him. We know who you really are." (The leader was rightfully fired. Yes, it's easier to help a stranger and swoop out on the wings of thanks rather than stay and do the hard stuff. But Lois would be more than willing to take on raising Brook Lynn's baby. If it's Gio, why put him with another woman as mother?. Maybe because I am a mom, I like comfort. Soap opera women at home doing laundry wearing pencil skirts and stiletto heels (hello Guiding Light) makes me roll my eyes. Molly was packing and moving boxes, comfort should be the way to go. Speaking of Molly and the "domestic partnership" lightning speed breakup, could TJ be any more selfish or arrogant? For a split second he pondered whether talking to Molly sooner would have helped, and then he decided no. He's decided that having a biological child is more important than Molly. Good riddance. Hopefully this break up will lead to Molly/Isaiah because 1. they have chemistry and 2. Jordan deserves a smackdown for her propping of TJ's worst instincts.

It's going to be irrelevant now that Lulu is back but Rocco being a teenager is just as bad. Leave it to Olivia to deliberately go against the parent's wishes just to score points. Maybe Dante has a reason for not wanting Rocco to have those cookies. So basically he is doing what he accuses Kristina of, wanting to make the person who hurt her and the baby pay. The difference is that Ava only cares how this affects her custody of Avery and Kristin is grieving as much if not more than Molly. She's a very easy target for Ric's attacks, and he doesn't care that Molly doesn't want Kristina hurt or that it could destroy their relationship. Molly is smart enough (I hope) that she knows that Ava being acquitted doesn't actually prove that she is innocent, just that Ric could convince 12 people that there isn't enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict her. I really don't like Ric. His ego trip hurts too many people, Molly and Alexis as well as Kristina and Sonny.

Lulu's trip about Port Charles reminded me of a French farce. Thank goodness Rocco found her by the end. And that Maxie had a picture of nuLulu in her photo album, conveniently on the coffee table. If Olivia doesn't want Dante moving out of the Q mansion, maybe she should stop making Rocco cookies that he doesn't want his son to have. Has Lucky met Cyrus before? That was a pretty harsh reaction to him. Doesn't Lucky talk to Laura to find out that Cyrus is no longer on the black list? I find it hard to believe that Lucky has Lulu's medical PoA rather than Dante or Laura so what Lucky wants from Turning Woods doesn't matter. I don't get what Ric was going for. Was he playing out his hatred of Sonny by hurting Sonny's daughter? Or his anger at Alexis for having other daughters? If I were on the jury, I would hold his attacks on Kristina against him. Ava played it much better, expressing her sorrow at the accidental death of the baby.