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Is it a tell tale sign when they stop buying clothes for your character?

I don't have the heart to try to go back and rewatch any of it, so I'm asking those with better memories----did Sasha not see Sidwell during her kidnapping? Did he not identify himself to Holly when he demanded his jewels back? Why is Anna acting like she can't arrest him just because she can't tie him to the explosion yet?

I've criticized the writers before for not being able to tell a compelling story. But I also realize that they are not able to recognize one when it's right in front of them. I'm thinking of Rocco here. A teenager trying to navigate, not just the travails of adolescence, but the return of the mother who has missed a quarter of his life, who doesn't know who his friends are, or whether he's ever had a crush, or what his hopes and dreams are. The same teen who lost his functional stepmother in the same process that returned his mother. Even if the show wasn't smart enough to incorporate some subtle coma-related personality changes to explore into Lulu, there's enough meat just in the reunification. Finn Carr has shown us that he's capable of the kinds of scenes that should be taking place, and I would a thousand times rather see them than slimy Drew. Some may think the Willow/Drew story is more soapy, but it's the (non-existent) Rocco (and Danny and Scout) story that is the kind that stays with me for years.

Thank you for this. Broken-hearted Joss didn't even get to play the central figure at his funeral. Guy essentially died in the line of duty; there should have been a police honor guard and a bagpiper, but I guess it would have busted the GH budget.

Jake will always be my favorite GH lawyer, and he is sorely missed.

I am completely befuddled by the Sidwell thing. Wasn't Brennan looking at him for blowing up the warehouse where Sasha had been stashed? Doesn't Jason blame him for it, too? Wouldn't Lucky and Anna also like to go after him for holding them prisoner? I mean, the guy isn't even using an alias. Maybe he's got all of PC under some kind of hypnotic spell.

Count me among the Van Hansis fans. I realize it's a matter of personal taste, but I am enjoying his portrayal more than I did that by Ryan Carnes. And I completely understood his blowup at Nina's. Lucas went through an emotional trial in choosing to do what was best for Wiley, only to find the boy he loved in the middle of a mess among adults who should have known better. What I don't get is why the writers decided to give Sonny such a relatively common medical problem and then proceed to completely misrepresent it on screen. Not yet getting any chemistry vibes between Tracy and Martin; maybe they'll come. In contrast, I thought there was instant chemistry between Tracy and Gregory, from their first meeting, even though they were not yet friendly. Missing that. I wouldn't mind if Anna and Brennan kept up their frenemies relationship. It works for me, and ever-so-slightly fills in the Robert-sized hole in her life.

Everything about the Wiley/Amelia custody story is ridiculous and makes all of the players look foolish and incompetent. Good for Alexis to offer a home for Scout. There needs to be one adult in this mix, who realizes things must be done for the good of the children, and not for their own benefit. Too bad Drew isn't there yet. I enjoyed the easy banter between Dante and Cody before Selina Wu interrupted them. Much less stilted dialogue than we usually get. To me, Kai is such a lightweight that sometimes I feel like I can see right through him. He's fine as a day player, but to have a storyline? Gio has more presence than Kai does. I'm enjoying Nina acting as a mother, confronting and advising Willow for her own good, analyzing Drew's intent toward her daughter. It's a side of her I haven't seen before. In the past, she's always been too unsure of that relationship to rock the boat at all. Now, she sees the boat about to go under, and is trying to right it.

Will have to watch the full episode tonight, but just jumping on to wonder how Lucky and Liz are going to pay for their dinners at that upscale establishment. She's on leave from her job and he may or may not have started bartending. I think this whole thing with Wiley and Amelia is poorly thought out on the part of the writers, and none of it makes any sense. There were no grounds for isolating the kids from Willow. Even if there had been, enough time has passed that she could have gone to court to get them officially back. Until such time as they got this unlikely order overturned, nobody had a legal right to violate it, even if they were all in agreement. The wrongly-made agreement was that Sonny and Carly would give the kids back and they would stay at Nina's. No mention of any Quartermaines there, so the fact that it's the Quartermaines who have the kids and don't want to give them back should result in a call to the police and another visit to court. There's no contract that says Willow has to hold access to Michael hostage until a third party gives the kids back, and no logical reason to consider this a tit-for-tat. This whole "Monica needs to see the kids" thing is ridiculous. Those kids have been at the main house every day until Wiley went to DC with Willow and Drew. While I would love to see Jason continue to soften, I don't think it should come about through cheap emotional blackmail. And Daisy, I'm sorry you're not feeling well. Hope you're able to be on the mend soon.

Dante, the detective, is aware of how Sam died. Anna, the commissioner, is aware that Dex's death was unexpected. The police already know. I don't know why the Triple L detective agency, and the co-chief-of-staff are pretending otherwise.

Too many murderous people on this show---I had totally forgotten that Dex once tried to kill Cyrus. I like Liz, Lucky and Lucas (the new Triple L Detective Agency)working together, but I think the idea that the police haven't been made aware of the unexpected deaths by the ME is foolish. I'd expected to have a story about the kids at the Quartermaine mansion, but I'd expected it to be about Rocco, Danny and Scout, and their processing of the loss of Sam and the awakening of Lulu. I'm disappointed that it's not. I realize the current story is very soapy, but I would have found it more interesting to watch the three dads get it right, or wrong, and learn from each other. We got just the smallest taste of that when Jason looked to Dante for advice, and I wanted more. The young actors were all quite good in the lead up to Sam's death, only to be dropped pretty abruptly. JE looked like she enjoyed her scenes with MK more than I did. I preferred her persona with Gregory much more, but if having MK as a scene partner makes JE happy, then so be it. I don't understand why Nina thinks Sonny and Carly couldn't see Michael just because Tracy got in the way of Willow retrieving the kids. That's not the nature of the agreement.

We also need to know why he intended to abscond with Lulu to South Carolina. He could have just given her digitalis as well, but he didn't. We saw him visit her a number of times in the NYC institution and at GH, and I'm suspicious that he had something to do with her strange coma.

So many things today. First, Tracy's conversation with Stella. It was a couple of months ago that there was a "Monica will probably never return" rumor going around, and I suspect it came from GH. I believe they knew LC's condition was worsening, and thus wrote today's conversation. I think they were wrong to wait until they thought LC was close to death to make the transition to Tracy as the matriarch, and to honor LC as we presume they will do. But it's done now. And Tracy's tribute to Monica was lovely. Willow/Drew/Sonny/Carly/Nina---Nina knew the softer Mike inside Sonny and appealed to him today. I was surprised that Sonny went back and announced the new arrangement without consulting Carly, and even more surprised when she didn't call him out on it. Nina actually looked sick at the embrace between Willow and Drew at the end. I like to think that she came to the same conclusion that Carly had, about Drew trying to isolate Willow. I would love it if this resulted in Nina and Carly somehow becoming allies in saving the kids from this situation. Regarding the kids situation: Presumably, the court was led to believe that they were not safe in Willow's care, and thus should be removed. For Sonny and Carly to violate that order and send the kids back to Willow would rightly lead the court to believe that they aren't keeping the kids safe, either. Which would result in them being placed in someone else's care entirely. Early in her conversation with Laura, as Lulu was defending her behaviors, AH had that look on her face that I've seen so often on the faces of other actors who can't believe they are being made to say this drivel. Re: the police not yet being involved in the GH killings---Really? Wasn't the first recognized unexpected death the fiance of a detective? And the second a patrolman, whose police commissioner was on site at the time? Pretty sure the police are aware.

@Grinaldi, if there was such a thing as a eulogy for a character, your post would be Monica's. Thanks for those beautiful words.

Oh, I'm sad to read about this. She was so good at her job, for such a long time, and by all accounts a remarkable woman in her real life. In her reel life---well, Edward and Lila may have been the oldest generation, but it was Alan and Monica, and Tracy, who established the Quartermaines on GH, and Alan wouldn't have been Alan without Monica. The character was important to so many storylines, not limited to the ones that featured her. Monica and Robin are also the reasons why there's a remnant of Jason Quartermaine in Jason Morgan, and I hope that remnant will grow again. I admired that Leslie came back as often as she did, when it was obvious that her mobility had become limited. Not too long ago I was watching an old Emergency! rerun, and there was a young, beautiful Leslie Charleson. I've said this before, and this is why--I wish the show had found a way to honor Monica----her retirement, or even the character's death---while Leslie was still around to enjoy it. I guess this is the price we pay when our shows last longer than 60 years and we have actors who are dedicated enough to continue working well into what would otherwise be their retirement. We stay in relationship with them, and we mourn them when they pass.