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Be careful what you put out there. Violet was cute once, too… As was Wylie. It's when they're old enough to be prompted that the ickiness starts. For the life of me, I can't figure out why this hasn't even been talked about. The family has plenty of money to make this happen.

LOL—Olivia is running herself ragged at the hotel? Doing what? Sasha being the new Q chef is not something I'd have ever thought would happen. If she wants to cook, she should ask Carly if she can work at Bobbie's. Much less nonsense to deal with there. And yeah, Olivia was REALLY LOUD. I liked Ava's shirt. The print was so colorful. The women's wardrobe is so hit-or-miss. Even for non-reputation-washing reasons, you can't just donate something to a city, but of course Sonny's ego doesn't allow him to consider that. This isn't said nearly enough, and I really like that the show has started doing it. I also really liked it when Laura said to Sonny that his good deeds don't absolve the bad ones. We're finally getting badly needed nuance in these kinds of conversations. It was good. We went through this with my mom, and I understand both sides. But if Gregory starts having someone in the house now, when he just needs someone to be there in case of trouble, it will be so much easier when the care needs to be more constant. For now, the person could do light housekeeping or whatever and stay out of his way. That hovering is what drove my mom crazy, as well as having a stranger in the house. But start early and you get used to each other. "Is this a good time?" "I hope not, or I'll have nothing to report." Hee.

She's walking a fine line between protecting (sort of) Kristina and being TJ's partner. It's a weird balance, but it kind of works for me. TJ is insufferable.

I don't care about the baby, and in fact think it's better for everyone if Kristina isn't so intimately involved. The baby can go with no tears from me. However, I will not look forward to the inevitable "J'accuse!" from TJ. He lives in Port Charles. Violence is always five minutes away. Why doesn't anyone remember that? It's tiresome to keep hearing people express shock—shock!—that there's another shootout, kidnapping, whatever. It's not the first time, and it won't be the last.

(Bolding mine) That was quite the slap in the face to Drew. If he still thinks he was not ever just a placeholder for Jason, that should do it. And if there's a tiny part of him that thinks he has another chance with Carly, he's the biggest idiot in Port Charles, which is saying a lot. Tell Carly how amazing she is. I have these same problems with TJ/TB. They keep having TJ say stuff like "I know it's too late to do anything about Kristina being the surrogate and me not liking it" and he gets all handmaideny about her having any sort of life. Big of him to admit BL's shower/bachelorette party was a special event Kristina should be able to attend. And the whole stupid oh-nos! about the proximity to Sonny. It would be there even if Kristina weren't their surrogate.

He's probably thinking Nik might have had a point in keeping Esmé locked up in Wyndemere. "I hate to be the pregnancy police..." Then don't be, and STFU. TJ is completely out of line. That blue looked amazing on LW.

Did the babysitter just up and leave Gregory and Violet?! Why does Joss care if Kristina has blinkers on when it comes to Sonny? Kristina can think whatever she wants. Joss is the one making this a thing. She needs to learn the world doesn't revolve around her. Though it cracks me up that Joss actually expected Anna to listen to her and not let Dex be a cop. Do I care that a group of cops are snubbing Dex? Not in the least. Sam, things might get better with Danny if you tried to talk to him instead of letting him try to figure things out for himself. Danny says he doesn't want to talk to her and she backs off. Don't back off. And speaking of talking, Gregory needs to talk to Chase and BL directly, not use Tracy as messenger. What is with people and their reluctance to engage? It's bad drama, IMO, to have all of this passivity.

I really hate how his story has been written. First he whines for months about being in a wheelchair and how weak it makes him feel. Oh, and he's had to look at too many belt buckles. Then he suddenly is able to stand and walk with little to no transition from a cane, and now he's all "I've seen the light and I know now what is important in life!" It's condescending and patronizing at the same time. Carly and Jason are perfect, of course.

I would be drinking copiously at either of those parties. Good lord, how boring. Those idiotic games at BLQ's party! I wish Stella had been at BL's party and she and Tracy showed everyone how it was done. We barely even saw Ned. It was nice to have a heartfelt episode for a change.

Yeah, Sonny's meds are a plot point more than anything else. But Carly's always made the point that she knows Sonny best, blah blah blah, so when she misses it, it seems more pertinent.

It wasn't. Like others, I was a bit surprised that Carly hasn't considered that Sonny is off his meds—or that something is going wrong there—but on the other hand, she doesn't live with him anymore, and he's always been mercurial.

Alexandra Borgia could mop the floor with Price and Maroun.

What can Jason do? He doesn't want to harsh Danny's buzz. /s

They sure aren't. They're both emotionally stunted assholes. It's nice to see Nina get some spine back and read Ava the riot act. And I like that Ava gave it back. Color me shocked that Jason actually parented and brought Danny back to Sam. If Sam is so concerned that Danny is like Jason without the maturity (...), then she and Jason should sit Danny down and talk to him. It's a good first step Danny and Kristina are talking, but she isn't his parent. Keep eye-fucking your uncle, Willow!

What especially annoys me about Cody being Mac's son is that is completely undercuts what is one of the greatest things about Mac: that he couldn't care less that Georgie and Maxie aren't biologically his, he considers them his daughters in the fullest sense. But suddenly dopey Cody appears and Mac starts thinking about having a son and all of that patriarchal garbage comes up. I don't begrudge Mac being wistful about not having bio kids, but I do begrudge the idea that somehow a son is what makes him complete. UGH.