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Oh, FFS. People are never going to stop wanting Burton back at GH as Jason, so they'll read anything into every interview he ever gives. As long as Frank won't give him the scheduling flexibility he wants (and that JFP gave him at Y&R), I highly doubt he'll return. Unless GH gets canceled and there's one last hurrah.

Georgie is Maxie's baby; I'd say she's entitled to see her immediately. Full custody? Maybe not just yet, but to keep Maxie from seeing her baby at all is cruel. Maxie isn't a drug addict or alcoholic; she's a somewhat selfish, self-involved twit with bad taste in men. By any of those standards, no woman in Port Charles should have custody of her children. Same here. I think they still haven't figured out how to adjust to high-def. The lighting keeps changing, and that plays havoc on getting makeup right.

Good lord, Silas is a dumbass. Nina is practically waving a sign that says "I'm manipulating you in the most passive-aggressive way I know," and he doesn't see it. Dante, send Olivia to see Avenue Q. She might learn something. I thought Sam's dress was a little young for her. Same here. Ron can't pace anything properly. Didn't Madeline admit to having Silas's place trashed? Not that it can't be retconned, but I thought we did get an answer for that. Nick Chinlund. He's a Hey! It's That Guy. He's done a ton of stuff. He played a really inept defense lawyer on L&O once and it was very amusing.

If Vic and Walt hook up on the show, they're both idiots. But it's not Walt's job to make sure Vic keeps her wedding vows. That's entirely on her. She doesn't like her marriage? Get counseling or a divorce. But don't expect me to feel sorry for her or cut her any slack if she cheats. With anybody.

ulkis, who is your dream bean-spiller? Sonny in a fit of pique? Drunk Carly?

I know. He's the only one who's had any genuine happy reaction to Nina being back. And instead of ragging on Silas to take care of her, Nathan should help out. He needs to use some of his seemingly ample time off to take Nina outside. Park her by a bench while he takes his shirtless runs. I'm sure she'd enjoy the change of scenery.

Why you be hatin' on sick people that way? I'm totally onboard for Levi being dead, though. Totally onboard. Not at all. I hate her regardless, but I hate her with less bile when she's not a dewy doormat. I hate doormats, period. A decent haircut and the right amount of scruff work miracles on just about any dude.

I don't think Jakes legally (like it matters on this show) gave up his parental rights; I think he removed himself from his son's life because of his undercover work. Now he's wanting to make up for that lost time and is asking to be a part of his son's life. But his ex is making things difficult. (If they're going to demonize her, it would help to put across her POV more clearly. I don't need to agree with her, but I'd at least like to know her reasons for being such a jerk.) Agreed. His kid didn't even know who he was. He called the other guy Dad. Jakes should have spoken with a family-law attorney before starting any of this; at least that way he'd know what his rights are. He's been naive.

Of course he realizes it, but he's an asshole.

Hee, Once Sane, I was trying to think of a joke using the linen closet!

Lulu has thoughts other than, "BABY, BABY, MUST HAVE BABY"? She's looking at him and thinking, "Mama wants those genes for my baby!" Tracy has every right to be at ELQ. She's more qualified than Michael is to be CEO, that's for sure. The problem is that FakeLuke will then be able to use her to launder his drug money through the company. Edward should have had a special codicil in his will that barred Luke Spencer from having anything to do with ELQ.

Unless he just dismisses everything unilaterally because it's from Franco, which is what I'm afraid of. Though if Lauren is there, she'll probably insist Franco doesn't lie anymore, and Michael will then believe it. Because Lauren apparently knows all these days. They put it on a flash drive, and I think Carly gave it to Sonny. I don't know what he would have done with it.

Given that it's the holiday weekend, makes sense to me.

At least she's the right age to be a bratty teenager. I don't find Molly's behavior obnoxious at all. Whether she knows she's right or not, she's entitled to her opinion, and she's right that Alexis is totally biased against Ric because she's sleeping with Julian. To not even wonder if Julian is lying is totally stupid of Alexis. He has the gangster history, not Ric. That was seven years ago. I'm all for healthy skepticism, but Molly had nothing to do with any of that stuff, and there's no evidence he continued that terrible behavior in L.A. Molly knows that Alexis has good reason to distrust Ric, but there's been more proof of current misdeeds for Julian than Ric. Sorry to be That Poster, but "stanvil" is correctly used when a heretofore minor character suddenly becomes front and center in a story, only to be killed off. It was coined from Pip's son, Stan, who acted as Jason and Sonny's computer guy before Spin made the team. We saw Stan once a month, if that, until about two weeks before he was killed off—at that point, he was suddenly onscreen every day, talking with Pip and Jason. Then he got killed, and Jason promised to find out whodunnit. I forget if he did, but if so, the point was immediately dropped anyway. Stan was black, after all; who cares?

That's completely in character for Franco, IMO. I don't really mind if Franco is the one to spill the beans, but I want Michael to believe him. That's the downside to Franco telling anyone anything.

I loved Maggie using the formal tense in Spanish with the biker: "Would you rather I treat you like a common street thug?" Hee. And the way the baby made everyone in the bar melt. And then we see the biker at the christening! Perfect.

When Emma told Maggie to think about her mom being there, I got a little teary. And yeah, Emma's excitement and joy at Charlotte's birth was fantastically does.

True, but drug dealing < murder (attempted, given how terrible a shot Shawn is, but still).

I'll give them this: They didn't stage the courtroom scenes with Levi smirking in the gallery while Nathan squirmed on the witness stand. That doesn't mean Maxie and Nathan aren't idiots for not figuring out who told the judge Nathan lied. Could Nina be any bigger a martyr? Sheesh. You just know Sam is going to twig on Nina being nutters first and being unable to convince Silas of it because he's too much of an idiot to believe it: "She's just trying to adjust!" So Shawn can work for Sonny—as his HIT MAN—with no trouble, but Jordan working for Julian is OMG the evul? Shut up, TJ.

He worked as a lawyer for only a year, IIRC. I doubt he keeps current with any bar associations. However, there's no excuse for the WGA keeping him as a member in good standing.

That's another thing I thought the show had gotten past. I don't mind Louis being personally insecure at times, but he should be rock-solid strong in his professional capabilities. I get the two are related, but if Louis weren't such a smart lawyer, he wouldn't be at Pearson Specter in the first place.

Oh, right! I forgot all about that. Well, on that point and that point alone, I'm on Lauren's side. But only because Tracy has to be drugged not to realize she's married to an imposter.

What did Tracy do to Lauren that needs forgiveness? Be mean to her? That's pretty much Tracy's m.o.

Jon is rarely hostile to any guest. He has better manners than that. He's given guests a hard time—Jim Cramer, Betsy McCaughey, and the Spice Girls come to mind—but he also treated Lynne Cheney with kid gloves.

Working at IBM is working for The Man, though, and Cameron's no sellout!