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Emo Anna is unwatchable. I'm indifferent to them putting her with Jason, but if they do that, FFS make it a fun, sexy romp. (Or as much as it can be a fun, sexy romp when one of the parties is a robot.) Right now I feel like if they get together it will be Anna constantly wringing her hands and crying, with Jason stoically sitting by waiting for the tears to dry up. This is not romantic, Show! I have my misgivings about Ric and Ava, but that's more the writing. At least those two know exactly what's going on between them.

This will probably get me thrown off the boards, but so what, so here's my incredibly unpopular opinion: I don't care what actor plays Lucky for the "first" kiss with Elizabeth. There's been something off for me with Lucky and Elizabeth ever since he came back to PC. I can't quite put my finger on it—he seems vaguely patronizing/overly solicitous and is also slightly overdoing the "I've been a terrible father" stuff. So be a better father now! It's like with Lulu bemoaning not knowing Rocco. Get to know your kids, Spencer siblings! Apologizing only goes so far. Nothing will happen if you don't put in any effort. You have to start doing something. Have at me. I can take it! I won't change my mind.

He also seems a little too old to be the youngest son, but that's soaps for you. (Not just soaps; Hollywood in general is always wonky about siblings and parents.)

He knocked and she waved him in. He did? I didn't see that, and I was paying attention this time, heh. Good to know.

Brennan just strolls into Carly's house without knocking? Even Sonny knocked yesterday. LOL that Donna and Avery left the cookie cleanup to Carly. Of course Carly is impressed with a bouquet of red roses, the most generic Valentine's Day gift on the planet. Oh, FFS, they gave Mac a migraine over Jason and Sasha? They are so not worth it. And way to treat Mac so shabbily. TFGH. Rocco outgrew pink frosting and sprinkles, Lulu? Really? Way to gender shame. (Is that what I mean?) And if you think your son needs a better mom, be a better mom to your son. Spend time with him. Talk to him. Let him know he matters. It's cute that Anna thinks she has the respect of her officers. And I doubt Jason would think that if he killed Cyrus no one would think Anna had any involvement. That's the second thing everyone would think, after pegging him as the killer. What is this writing? It's even stupider than usual.

And yet...I love that Jason is Carly's white whale. She wins in absolutely every other arena of her life; it's supremely satisfying to me that Jason will always be the One She'll Never Have. She came so close to having him after they got married, and then Sonny returns and ruins it! I could not be happier. The downside to her obsession with Jason is that she expects any man in her life to understand he (the man in her life) will always come in second to Jason, and the men basically accept it! I know it's the only way they can make a romance with Carly work, but that's the pathetic part of the whole mess for me. In Jason's favor is that he's never asked Carly to make him a priority. And we all know the only reason he tolerates her is because of Michael, which at this point seems dumb. Michael is an adult (supposedly™ Silas Clay forever) and has his own relationship with Jason apart from Carly. But Jason is loyal to a fault. A huge fault, when it comes to Carly.

Danny would feel guilty because Jason "saved" him from Cyrus at Charlie's. Danny's emotional state is already in turmoil because of Sam's death, so I can believe he'd think Cyrus's death at Jason's hand was his (Danny's) fault.

My heart sank when Mac saw Sasha and Jason kissing and he started saying, "No, no, no, no, no!" I agree with the sentiment but these are people in their 30s and 50s. There's nothing Mac can do here, even with his somewhat misguided sense to protect Sasha. Let them be idiots and deal with the fallout on their own.

It's gross that everyone is acting as if 50/50 custody for Avery is somehow settling. Carly was more sanguine than I expected, though Avery isn't her kid. "What about dessert?" "Well, we're not professional chefs." Good grief, Trina, you can't manage a one-bowl brownie recipe? Chocolate chip cookies? No one is expecting you to make a Paris-Brest pastry. He doesn't know Curtis owns the club. Heh. I have a hard time believing the Savoy is "the hottest club in town," though I doubt the competition is fierce. Seriously. Anna seems extremely reluctant having to do her job here. Elizabeth is telling her what to do, FFS. When Girl Detective is doing more than the PCPD, you know things are bad. Anna calling Elizabeth "Detective Baldwin" was a bit much. Way to be a sore loser that someone beat you to finding actual clues. It is, but it also makes sense from Sasha's POV. She's working overtime that no one find out Michael is the father, so she's hypersensitive about anyone having any sort of idea.

I think the block taping has something to do with need to temp recast. Remember when we had episodes where Michael went back and forth between CD and the temp? That was because of block taping, I believe.

I think part of it was that the bone made a convenient handle, but the main reason was probably because the bone kept the meat juicier when it was frying. I'm surprised she didn't say why she wanted bone-in chops. With all of the accompaniments, it wasn't that skimpy. (But I laughed along with Bridget as well.) I know the sous vide is hand's off once the package is under water, but I don't want to spend two hours cooking only to then have to sear the chops to give them color and more flavor.

Every so often the show gets very "luvvy," and it's hard to get off that once it starts.

I don't think Nolan would have gone after the wife if the husband hadn't died. Nolan wanted to hold someone responsible for the daughter's death, and going after the wife later let him do that. I took that to mean she would get some sort of therapy; it wouldn't just be checking in with a parole officer once a month. But a lot was left unsaid in this episode.

But Sonny didn't know Dante was his son when he shot him in the chest, so whatever happens is Dante's fault.

It wouldn't; Baxter asked Nolan what he was going to do after filing a dismissal against the father, and that's when Nolan decided to go after the wife. As I posted above, I felt like he did that solely to salvage something from the case, so it wouldn't just end with no verdict. Really crappy of him, and Baxter isn't any better for allowing Nolan to do it.

I will feel sorry for Noted Bigot Natalia when I feel sorry for Noted Election Fraudster Spencer: NEVER. Not to mention, Lulu, your son is somewhere in Port Charles, alive. Maybe give him a thought, huh? Lulu is so fixated on Charlotte that whenever Lulu says she saw Rocco, I think, "Yeah, right."

I don't know about you all, but I did not see that coming! /s There are so many sekrit family members on this show that they all feel completely random. Thank you, GH, for the tick PSA. Sonny is the one who's always dragging Ava into court to fight over the custody agreement. For him to say he'll magnanimously agree to the original joint custody agreement is so typical of his delusional sense of importance. Any problems Avery is having is because Sonny keeps using her against Ava. Alexis isn'tgoing Cassadine, she's going vengeful mother. She's not that different from Kristina, who would kill Ava in a minute if she knew she'd get away with it. Cody and Molly are not cute or amusing or whatever the show thinks they are. They are tedious and have no chemistry. Though I did like how Cody's jeans nearly took out Lucas, and that's how Cody and Molly finally got off the roof. (How tall is GH that they were heard shouting?)

Brady talking to the mom so casually was so plot-pointy I can't get worked up over it. It's something the show does now, and it's lazy.

He's so petulant about it. Does he think he can wear Anna down with his whining? (Actually, he probably could, given how weak and inept she is these days.) I have to laugh that Anna keeps having to tell people that if they want her to arrest the person responsible for the murders, that person has to be alive. Is there a town with stupider people in it that Port Charles? I think not.

The reason for charging the mom felt more like Nolan trying to salvage something from the case with the dad more than anything else. Like he needed something to show for the time he'd already put in. The mom was terrible, no question, but abuse is a very complicated issue, and I'm really surprised Nolan and Baxter seemed unaware of that. Have they never prosecuted DV cases? It also felt a little gross that that the only woman had to stand up here and tell the boys what's what. Ugh. In this very specific instance, I thought Maroun was correct to push back. In general, though, I agree that her sensibilities seem wrong for a prosecutorial role. I'm liking the reboot less and less. The Order side is always so badly done—really, really poorly written.

Your post nailed it, @KerleyQ. Jason can only be noble. Ugh.

According to Kristina, whose grudge against Ava is hardly unknown. Elizabeth was right to nope out of that situation. What I didn't like was Elizabeth telling Chase she didn't hear Jason threatening Cyrus at Charlie's. If Jason is going to be stupid enough to threaten to kill someone in a public place, he deserves whatever he gets. And anyway, we all know he'll get arrested for Cyrus's murder and then Diane will get him off in a minute, so it's annoying we have to even watch this crap. It's all so predictable.

As soon as the PI said the dog didn't usually jump on people, I thought to myself, "unless they're pregnant," and then she says basically the same thing. I didn't not expect the PI to call Sasha "a beautiful woman who seems dumb." Hee. How Anna didn't burst into flames when she talked about discipline as a cop. "A friend" told Dante about Cyrus, and Sam and Alexis don't even say, "Oh, you mean Chase?" The show must stop writing men who don't take no for an answer from women they're pursuing. It's not funny or romantic; it's stalkery and gross.

Same. I also like that the adults are honoring the relationships, too. It's not like her hand is constantly waggling in people's faces and she's crowing, "Look! I still have on my wedding ring, the family heirloom I got from the husband I'm cheating on!" Willow has larger issues to deal with than a patriarchal indication of marital status.

I wish they'd have Tracy do something other than be the Q morality police, because she really shouldn't care as much as they're making her. Luke would be disappointed at Tracy's meddling; can someone please remind her of that? For all of his faults, he was a very live-and-let-live kind of guy, refusing to judge people's behavior, because he knew his wasn't that great either. I don't understand why Tracy hasn't gone after Drew directly. She's supposed to have great political influence: Why isn't she using it to destroy his career? She can whisper in someone's ear to put him on the worst committees. She can talk to Curtis and help him with his plan to keep Drew out of Aurora. She can team with Laura to get the McConkey Promenade up and running somewhere other than Pier 52, killing the Drew and Sidwell birds with one stone. But no, she's making embarrassing scenes in restaurants by yelling at her adulterous niece-in-law. Ugh. Poor Jane Elliott.