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Glad to finally have gotten that long-awaited conversation between Rocco and Lulu, and for the conversation between Danny and Jason about what it's been like for him. Only took 6 months.

Lulu's new house looks so shabby and...green...inside and out. If the kids aren't already depressed by their life circumstances, they will be when they see where they have to live. I was bothered by the scene with Ned, since he is the only one in what used to be his family who doesn't know about the baby. It's one thing if they're all estranged from each other, but Lois and Brook Lynn are living compatibly in the same house with him. Now we have both Nina/Carly and Nina/Portia conspiracies against Drew. He's turned out to be quite the ladies' man. Not sure what to make of DC's Boyle. I'm impressed that the writers haven't gone all in on making him a completely bad guy, by having the other characters agree that he's right about some things. A little nuance goes a long way in making a character interesting. But he's not quite interesting yet.

Jordan quit her job to do unsolicited undercover work. Marco wants to work for the law firm that represents his father's competition/enemy. Natalia didn't disclose critically important information to the people who lead her company. All of this plot revolving around employment reminded me to ask: What job does Lulu hold now that she's left her two week stint at Deception? I enjoyed the honest exchange between Lucas and Marco, and see promise in that relationship. On the other hand, I see absolutely nothing between Jordan and Isaiah, and that's all on Jordan. How in the world could he ever have been interested in seeing where their relationship could go? Nowhere, Isaiah. It's going nowhere. Be glad you dodged a bullet. I hope they're not chem testing Alexis and Sidwell. I'm sure both actors would be able to sell it, but Alexis has been through more than enough.

Poor forgotten Scotty is a lawyer, too. Maybe they should rename the show General Practice.

Liz needs a home health aide for bathing and toileting. When she's upright, that can be Lucky. Now, not so much. I did enjoy her reaching out to Lucas for help, though. I like that relationship a lot. Not sure how Drew can continue to own Boyle after he's in office, but I guess it's good to know that Drew wants to. He really should grow a mustache to twirl. I would love/hate to be inside Anna's head right now, after she's seen her friend possibly pay a political price for aligning with a mobster. The Marco actor (not looking it up) seems to be playing him a little less ominously, and a little more sympathetically. I'm not quite intrigued by this storyline, but I am hopeful that Lucas can find a worthy life partner.

I don't know how she does it, but MW manages to make Ava sympathetic and manipulatingly evil at the same time. That's talent. No, Lulu, your brother should not attend to the personal hygiene of the woman he is trying to woo. I'm finding both Gio and Emma more likeable, and the actors demonstrating more range, each time they're on screen. The inevitable revelation will be emotional across the board, but I think I'm looking forward to Gio's reaction the most. It occurred to me that, just as Anna suspected when Emma first arrived to Port Charles, Brennan may have recruited her as well as Joss, and he may have done so before she arrived to Port Charles. Could we have two budding female superspies, each unknown to the other? It would raise the WSB's chances of success in whatever they want to do with the physics professor. I don't really care whether Kai has the surgery or not. But I do like Trina, so I wish they would get her out of this story.

Given what the show has done before, this sounds very plausible. And I hate that we find out years later that people aren't who we've been told they are, have simply moved into someone else's life, and/or have other people's memories. I have enough trouble remembering who is related to whom, and how. I don't need to have to keep track of who would remember what, and whether the new memories created during their fake life will be incorporated or not into the next memory transfer. I don't want to have to explain why all of the other characters thought they looked exactly like the person they're impersonating, whose memories they may or may not have, and not like the completely different person that I see with my own eyes. It's just lazy, and as @TVbitch said, it feels like they're playing Mad Libs. It makes me not want to be invested in any of the characters, nor any of the storylines. And I realize I'm ranting on something that hasn't happened yet. But it's happened before, and it feels like it's about to happen again.

So much lost potential on Sam and Dante's little family of kids and their relationships not being explored after her death. I think we saw Scout once (? a cookie bake) after the funeral before Drew pulled her out, never to be seen again. Now we have Rocco telling Laura he'll see her at home, implying that Dante gave in to Lulu's request to have her two children live with her. That leaves Dante on his own at the Q's, where Danny and his bio dad Jason live. Maybe if Dante and Danny had some sort of deep relationship, or if Jason was still seeking parenting advice from Dante it would make sense. Otherwise, I don't know why he's still there, other than to keep him in the orbits of Brook Lynn and Gio. So, Willow is unilaterally signing legal papers to make Drew the kids' guardian in the event she is incapacitated or dies? Seems like there's a Michael-sized hole in that idea, and I can't imagine there's any chance the papers would hold up in court. But they could bode ill for Willow's well-being, which would be fine by me. Just an observation that MW and NLG have the same odd lip-pursing habit. Must be contagious.

Lots of truth being spoken today. Sasha asking Jason why he stayed away from the family that he now wants her to stay close with. Carly reminding Willow that she's not Wiley's bio mom. Willow reminding Carly that she had a mobster raise Michael. Emma calling Anna out on her lifestyle, Anna acknowledging it. And, most welcome of all, Diane telling Alexis that Kristina needs to be committed. Finally, the kind of interaction between Emma and Anna that's been so long missing, which came with a brief glimpse of the Anna of old. Overall, a good Friday for me.

Oh, what a tangled web.... So much deception today---withheld secrets, half-truths, hidden agendas. I'm not a big fan of deception becoming the foundation of so much of the on-screen drama. If I'm going to root for some of these relationships---whether romantic, or family, or work---I need there to be some honesty within them. On the plus side, I like that they're mixing things up a little. Sidwell now has a connection to Alexis and Diane through his son, and Laura has a new antagonist (Boyle) acquired through a legitimate aspect of her work. That's a start, and I'm hoping the various interactions will help us move away from the wash, rinse, repeat cycle we've been in lately, with the same stories being told over and over.

Lucky, you dolt. You realize Kristina tried and failed to kill someone, and all you can think is that she has to submit herself for legal punishment. When she talks you out of it, you walk away, end of story? How does that change anything? The girl needs to be in therapy, and that's what you need to be holding over her head. Then we have Ava and Rick figuring it out and conspiring to take Kristina down. And Anna, called out by the new ADA, immediately calling in one of her co-conspirators to double down on their friendship. I swear, if an ounce of morality were to enter the scene, it would crush each of these people under its weight. The ADA intrigues me. I think she's ambitious and likely as amoral as the worst of the PC residents. She seemed to be putting out feelers with Sonny last week, and I suspect she would just as willingly assist him, given the right reward, as she would pursue a charge of malfeasance against Anna, or even Laura. She comes across to me like someone willing to do whatever it takes to get ahead. Which is yet one more reason I hope TR is well enough to bring Robert back to PC. With the mentions of him today, my hope rises.

I go with wooden. I can see what Marco sees in Lucas, but not what a sober Lucas sees in Marco. Guessing JJ is available on a limited basis and commutes when he needs to. With their block filming, they ought to be able to get around that, but it may explain why we mostly only see Lucky and Elizabeth together, and rarely with anyone else. Doesn't exactly lend itself to great storytelling, but it is what it is. They're building up the role of the ADA, and it's not quite clear why. Is she really after Emma? Cozying up to the mobster in town, letting him know she can be compromised, or trying to get the goods on him? I agree, we need Robert back. But I will also admit to being intrigued for the first time in a long time. I don't dislike Joss, but I hate her storyline. For me, it's gone beyond snooze material and into 'annoying'. Enough, already.

You're right, of course. I got them confused. But the point remains that he is her boss, who might care if his granddaughter was being prosecuted beyond what was necessary. I did kind of love Tracy dominating everyone in the courtroom, including the judge.

I thought Tracy asked Emma if she liked her lawyer, saying "He's one of ours."

Had to laugh at Jason taking it so personally that Lucas may not differentiate his bad guy status from Brennan's bad guy status. Thought it was interesting, and weird, that the hierarchy and categorization of bad guys seemed to be a theme of the episode. Hoping it will prove to be a good thing that Anna has something, and someone, else to think about besides Valentin, Charlotte and Jason. Can't help but wonder if the AAG, who wanted to be unnecessarily aggressive with Emma because she's Anna's granddaughter, realizes that Emma is also the granddaughter of Robert Scorpio, the AG. her boss. If TR is up to it, we need Robert back yesterday. Ezra was right about Laura and Sonny, and I liked that he chose to emphasize all the good she could do, rather than cutting her down. Maybe he's not as slimy as he comes across, although DC's tendency to rub his hands together like Snidely Whiplash gives the impression that we're supposed to hate him. I keep forgetting that Laura and Sonny were in-laws through Dante and Lulu, even beyond Sonny's old relationship with Luke. Still the guy's a murdering mobster, Laura. I could do without all manner of Sidwells. I don't want to begrudge Lucas a partner, but maybe find him one without criminal ties. If Sidwell's son works in the office of Sonny's lawyer, all types of confidentiality could be breached. That might even be how it comes out who actually fathered Sasha's baby. Tracy's relationship with Gio and her burgeoning one with Emma are growing on me. Once the story of Gio's lineage comes out, that particular relationship may be the one to watch.