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That is complete news to me! I'm going to have to be more observant.

They live in a garage apartment at the Qs. Anna lived in Maxie's old apartment for about a minute, until she shot Charlotte there.

By moving so many people into the Q mansion, they're trying to recreate the Brownstone effect. But, while Brownstone scenes sometimes involved multiple individual apartment members coming together in Bobbie and Jake's living room, many more scenes took place within the individual apartments. They were able to do that because they weren't skimping on sets, and because they knew how to tell stories. Right now the only separation of Q mansion families is a rotation of who is in the drawing room and who is in the kitchen/solarium. (Which was only a solarium until it also became Sasha's kitchen, unless I'm remembering completely incorrectly).

Not particularly a fan of the character, and I don't have feelings one way or another about CD's work. But I have felt for CD having to play what is essentially the same story, over and over. Can't imagine that does much to assuage an actor's thirst for creativity. Maybe a more talented one could have made each story feel different, but I primarily fault the writers, who couldn't seem to avoid a stereotype when one was available, and who shied away from sustaining any real strife for the character. If Michael is going off canvas for a while, I hope it's because his coverup regarding Jagger's murder is discovered.

I enjoyed the scenes between Jason and Dante today. Glad they decided to keep the kids together, though I laughed at the "teamwork" scene among them. Anyone else would have had the mess cleaned up in the time they all spent staring at the floor. Jason has been slowly humanizing over the past two days. Wonder if he'll be able to keep it up. It will be interesting if Ava is convicted for the one crime she didn't commit. I realize the scenes with Sasha, Felicia and Mac were there to establish with them that she and Cody have not been intimate, so when the positive pregnancy test comes there will be more people who have to wonder which part of the story isn't true. But the letter from Robert just irked me all over again that they dumped a new daughter into his lap and then banished him. To my eye, Gio has much more chemistry with Trina than Kai, possibly because he has a personality. Maybe Kai is just too new, so I'll give him time. But I can already foresee Gio having deeper feelings for Trina, Trina feeling friendship for Gio, having a romance with Kai only to be disappointed, and then coming back to Gio. It might actually be sweet, and the show could use a little sweetness right now. But I can't forgive the show for presenting one of those scenes where the actors have to dance to music that you can tell they can't hear.

When Sonny invited Kristina to work for him, I expected her to say, with incredulity: "You want me to be a hitwoman?!" It's nice to see some functional, non-predatory male friendships on screen in Dante/Cody and Dante/Chase. Back in the day, Kevin and Mac had that kind of friendship, and I guess Robert and Sean had one (although Sean was a scoundrel). Re: the kids--Jason is right to ask Danny what he wants, but he can't do it in his usual detached way. Parents help guide their kids to the right decision, they don't just sit back and wait for it. I actually think Danny would do best to talk it through individually with Alexis, and with Dante, who will only want what's best for him. And, although she ultimately will have no say, someone needs to talk it out with Scout. I don't trust Drew to do that effectively. If you didn't look at your screen, and just listened to Alexis scolding the two man-boys, you would have thought she was talking to 10 year olds. No offense intended 10 year olds. How pathetic is it that a grown man has to ask someone to make him a snack, Michael? I get that everything about what Willow/Drew and Sasha/Michael did was wrong, but I don't get why Michael would have to confess his ONS with Sasha if he confronts Willow about having had sex with Drew. Would it be too morally repugnant to him not to? More morally repugnant than covering up for his murderous father?

I laughed at this. Given that it's GH, I was only surprised she didn't say, "This is co-Chief of Staff Robinson." I didn't realize it until I read your post. I can't keep all of these interrelationships straight! Agreed, and this is actually supposed to be the same day as the funeral!

Like everyone else, I thought the conversations between Danny and Jason and between Kristina and Dante were well done. I was glad to hear Dante begin to verbally process some of this, and I look forward to hearing him begin to sort out his thoughts about what will happen to the kids. Of course, the legalities are the legalities. But I can't help but wonder if, when asked, all three kids would ask to stay with Dante---whose unpredictable PCPD schedule probably wouldn't allow it, but I would love to see them tell him they wanted to be with him. If GH plays it right---and I suffer no delusion that they will---then, no matter where the kids go, there will be a non-biological sibling bond among them, and a non-biological parent/child bond (a la Mac with Maxie and Georgie) between them and Dante. Could give them quite a few good storylines down the road. Re: the digitalis---the MO would be essentially the same as the one Sidwell's henchman attempted on Isaiah. So, yeah, I'm going with Sidwell, too. I've learned not to look too closely, so I will try to ignore everything about Lulu's premature discharge from the acute care hospital, the status of her wound, the strength of each in her limbs, her ability to process what she's hearing, etc. It wouldn't shock me to learn that Lucky's hairstyle is just a greasier version of Liz's.

I thought he was out because of an injury, no? I'm old. I remember their pseudo-marriage and good friendship.

The funeral was more than I've come to expect from GH. Of course NLG was wonderful, but I think I was even more moved by BA's Spinelli and the character's genuine gratitude and sorrow. The kids were excellent, and I continue to be impressed with DZ's portrayal of restrained grief, someone who was lost and then found by Sam, who can't afford to be lost again, for the sake of the kids. For me, it's still the loss of that little family, the disruption of the normal daily experience of coming home to a mom and a dad, and now maybe not even living in the same place, with the same people. Sam and Dante built that family for a reason that went beyond their own relationship, and now it may all be gone. The rest were just okay for me, but that's probably all they were meant to be. I was not surprised to see Gio, who spent the summer bonding with the kids at the Q's and who offered his gift of music at the end. I was surprised not to see Ned, yet again. I also think Alexis is due some sort of message from Jax, at the very least. Thanks to everyone who gave background on Ric. I cannot generate the remotest interest in the character, so I guess I'll just tolerate him until his contract is up.

They've only said it could take weeks. Usually that means there's nothing obvious, so they need to wait on toxicology and cultures.

"No matter what happens, or what anybody says....we're brothers." This was the line that got me today. For me, the pathos of this whole situation lies in what it does to this relatively drama-free, patched-together little family, the sibling relationships they've formed, and Dante's relationship with them as a whole. This is the third time Elizabeth and Lucky have had the same conversation about him leaving. Are there no other conversations to be had? I wasn't watching when Ric was on before. Has he always been such a cold-hearted bastard as to harass Alexis after her daughter has died?

I'm so over Lucky's equivocating that I wouldn't mind if he just left---and considering the quality of the writing, I wonder if JJ wouldn't mind that, either. Don't know what to make of those scenes between Anna and Felicia. Dare I hope there might be an SOS from Holly and Robert, leading to a Scorpio caper? Probably not, because the show no longer gives us nice things. I don't see chemistry between Jordan and Isaiah. For me, she only lights up with Drew. And I realized that one of the things that puts me off about the character is that I'm jarred by seeing a police chief/ deputy mayor always carrying an oversized designer purse on her shoulder. Don't know why that jars me, but it does.

Daniel Cosgrove fan here. I'd love to see him on GH, if only for the pretty. He's actually good at playing both good and bad guys, and would make a great addition.

I just need to gush on the Ryan/Kevin serial killer story again, as it's playing out on this new GH channel. I know how it all turns out, and yet the suspense, and the tension and the urgency of the denouement have me completely caught up. Even the background music contributes, rather than today's overpowering and overly obvious choices. So many characters are in real or perceived danger, things start closing in on Ryan from all directions at once. Jon Lindstrom has amazingly fine tuning to portray Ryan impersonating Kevin by being just a little bit 'off' in nearly every scene. That they managed to keep the slow dying of Oscar story going at the same time---which I think was pretty exquisitely done--is amazing. I could have lived without Dawn of Day, but given the Nvidia story (The Vow) from a year or two ago, I guess it wasn't really as crazy as I thought. Or maybe both of those stories were.