Bringonthedrama

I agree with this, except regarding Alice since she has just started a relationship with Noah and they've had so few scenes together. I'm not sure if it's the acting, writing, or directing for Kat's character (maybe a combo?) but I'm under the impression she's not invested in a deeper/richer relationship with Del in the present time. It's more interesting and exciting to learn about the past and try to solve family mysteries by TT through the pond. She wanted Alice to jump in the pond with her again a day after Alice was devastated to learn Rick Augustine died. Alice declined, so Kat went by herself. When Kat and Alice were alone after a family scene, Alice said she assumed Mom's offer of "school shopping" was code for "let's jump in the pond and TT." Does anyone really believe Kat is putting motherhood and Alice's needs first at this point? They got Jacob back, so Kat has succeeded in her TT goal of making her family whole. This time when Kat and Jacob jumped in the pond, it's because they both don't want to let go of the past. At least with Jacob it's understandable since he spent 20 + years of his life with Elijah, etc.

It seems like Kat has major maturity issues when it comes to relationships. She's worried that she and Elliot will be boring/"roommates" like she and Brady were in the end of their marriage. Well, it was up to them to put in the work to have a solid and happy marriage. Kat is drawn to mystery and the idea of a life of constant or at least consistent excitement, which is why she thinks of Thomas. Just about every moment she has spent with him, someone was in danger of dying. Sure she's attracted to Thomas, but there is nothing resembling a life or future where he's concerned. When she said to Elliot, I guess there's always someone before the One (she was thinking of Thomas for her and Emma for Elliot), I thought hey you fool, Brady - your husband of however many years and the father of your daughter - was your someone. She married Brady and he married Emma. Those were real-life relationships. The memory of Thomas is fantasy. Kat has developed an addiction to time travel. She knows it is very risky for her to go back in time again with Jacob and she could get killed, leaving her daughter motherless. She leaves anyway. I really wonder if that old song about "witch" who gets the noose/darkness over Point Haven is about Kat and not Susanna - who by the way is going to die at some point no matter what Kat does. I could totally see Kat getting herself almost killed (again) and Susanna has to save her. Or a Susanna/Jacob/Thomas team. It seems to me like Kat refusing to consider Alice's theory about Kacee being a time traveler from the future is due to arrogance. She wants to believe that she and Elliot are the authorities on the pond and its TT capabilities. Having her kid be right about something upsets her sense of control and knowledge.

This is the only logical conclusion IMO.

He has no business confronting her directly because Sasha's choices (like the ONS with Michael) and her pregnancy are none of his business. She's not a minor and he's not her parent/elder sibling or the baby's father. He's just acting entitled because he still has feelings for her and resents that she's moving on with her life. He got mad at Maxie because she didn't tell him Sasha's pregnant (almost like "how could you not tell me she cheated on me?"), and she rightly told him it was not her place to share what Sasha told her in confidence. He also knows that Sasha just found out Robert is her father shortly before Robert left town with Holly, so they didn't put in the time together to build a father-daughter relationship. Sasha has expressed her thoughts/wishes regarding Robert to someone she trusts - Felicia - in private. She never confided in Cody, never asked for his opinion, and he certainly never saw or heard her sobbing "woe is me, I'm so sorry baby that your father has abandoned us." The acting in the scene with Anna screamed to me, "I'm angry, hurt and jealous and I feel Sasha's father should come back to force Jason to do right by her."

But he's not looking out for Sasha. He went behind her back, mouthing off his (wrong) assumptions about Sasha and Jason as fact to Maxie and Lulu and now Anna. He's jealous/resentful of Jason for getting Sasha "in trouble" and wants Mac to get Robert to come back and handle things for poor, helpless, alone Sasha (how Cody clearly sees her). You would think Sasha is a tween or young teen girl who got pregnant by her teacher or a TA, from how angry and out-of-line he is behaving.

Manchild is the perfect word to describe him, and who can the audience pay to make this happen? When he "challenged" Curtis to fight it out with him in the boxing ring, I thought okay seriously the 14/15-year-old boys who are mourning your ex-wife have demonstrated more maturity and consideration for others than you have as a so-called adult.

The one bright light of a Friday episode: Genie Francis. I almost always enjoy seeing Laura in mom mode. Cody really is a can't mind his own business f-up. I hope Sasha finds out/hears that Cody went to Anna, told her that Sasha is "in trouble" and needs Robert and that Jason is the baby's father. UGHH. Way to continue to ruin the son that Mac never needed, Show. UGHH also that Kristina wants Sonny to have custody of Avery because she blames Ava for her baby's death. Does she not remember that Ava has lost a child because her elder daughter was murdered? I assume Lulu walking in on the Dante-BLQ hug is a set-up for her to comfort Dante and shred his "good friend" BLQ over keeping the 'I birthed our baby and gave the baby up for adoption' secret - and Cody for lying to him/protecting BLQ's secret when it explodes in the not-distant future? I'm not looking forward to Rocco's mom and Gio's mom fighting about their pasts and Dante.

Maxie has not been slut shamed that I remember and is the most similar woman re: her kids to Michael right now. One child was conceived via ONS with a former lover, one child conceived with someone they had been dating but not a long time (Peter aka Heinrich/Bailey Lu and Nelle/Wiley for Michael) and one child conceived during a monogamous/committed relationship. I say that because Michael and Willow had ended their first marriage but had not re-married at the time. Maxie also had children with brothers but did not know that Peter was Nathan's brother when she started sleeping with him and got pregnant. I think Michael didn't know Willow was Nelle's non-identical twin until after she was pregnant with Amelia?

If he said it at a different time and under different circumstances, I would agree. Cody's getting in trouble because he's acting out in public, at someone's place of business because he's feeling a lot of self-pity and resenting what he perceives as others living the good life. He picked the fight with Drew, who at this point is not a career criminal. He punched Lucky, an employee of the business, for stopping/trying to cool down the hostility he was directing toward Spinelli. Now he's mad, assuming Jason got to be with Sasha and they're having a baby but Jason isn't going to "answer to" anyone for it. Umm, Sasha wasn't Cody's girlfriend when she got pregnant and even if Jason was the father neither Sasha nor Jason owe Cody anything. To me, Cody sounds like Drew, being mad that anyone is holding him accountable for things he actually did because others have done "the same/done worse." Yes, Jason has killed people and yes, Quartermaine family members have cheated and lied about stuff but that doesn't make Cody punching guys/causing disturbances in businesses or Drew getting involved with his nephew's wife and breaking up a family totes okay.

I do too and I was shocked the Show was on at all. However, it cut off abruptly at about 2:45 for the NTSB briefing. I used to fly out of DCA and I'm familiar with the Army due to work, so I cared more about the news report than watching the Show anyway. I wonder if this is the case. With 64 civilians and 3 soldiers presumed dead, the extended news coverage is not surprising. This is a terrible tragedy for the DMV and Kansas. The only thing that made me sort of smile today was when Maxie corrected Lulu that no, Jason always looks serious.

Patrick and Sam were in a relationship and Sam moved with Danny into the Scorpio/Drake home when Emma and Danny were little kids, when Robin was away from Port Charles and (under duress) convinced Patrick that she no longer wanted a family life. I don't recall that Sam and Emma had many scenes together, but the writers had Anna being grateful to Sam for her pseudo- stepmother place in Emma's life and saying the house hadn't been Robin's in a long time. Years later when Robin returned with Emma for the Nurse's Ball/to visit Anna, Robin saw Sam and said yes, I'm here with Emma, and Sam - instead of expressing gratitude for what Robin had sacrificed - ran off to catch up with Emma. My interpretation of BLQ's reaction is that she knows she can still be a mother through IVF, adoption, etc. and also knows Chase would support whatever she wants to do. However, for now at least she feels she doesn't want to be pregnant again/be a mother unless her husband is the biological father. I've seen all the comments about how BLQ's feelings about being a bio parent or being devastated are offensive, but I see it as realistic. A female colleague of my mother's was a mom to one child, yet was really determined (I thought obsessed) about having a second child. She and her husband spent significant money on fertility/exploring options, took time off from work, etc. to make it happen. She did not want to adopt. She did eventually get what she wanted. I also used to be friends with a woman who was told her first pregnancy to term/ healthy child was a lucky thing because of health issues. Another friend was there when this woman got a call from her doctor letting her know she was not pregnant for a second time. She said the woman was crushed. This woman yearned and prayed a lot to be pregnant again with her husband's baby and carry to term. They had a healthy son a few years later. What can I say, some people see having a baby that is biologically theirs as the ultimate sign of bonded commitment in marriage/love/real family. I've even heard a woman (not those mentioned above) say she hadn't considered adoption when struggling to start a family because she didn't think her husband's pride could handle it.

No, in real time she would be 3 months pregnant now. Sasha and Michael had their ONS right before Halloween. Drew confessed the kiss to temp Michael and Michael went off to get drunk in the same episode that Wiley was showing off his Halloween costume. Sam (in hospital bed, pre-op) was also asking Alexis to be sure Dante had enough candy for trick-or-treaters. I guess Sasha's reaction/confession to Tracy's request can be seen as OTT, but I give her grace because she thought she was fine during her first pregnancy and then was traumatized by her newborn's death. The idea that anything could go wrong with this second pregnancy (or birth) must be terrifying. Could Sasha really feel the baby move at 3 months pregnant? I rolled my eyes at her scene with Jason and him being there for it, because it just seems like a recycled line from when pregnant Sam lived with Jason, or when Elizabeth secretly let him feel Jake-in-utero kick. I rolled my eyes at Carly "saving Jack's life" from Valentin and then he's so much better two seconds after being strangled that he shows up at her door to make out with her. NuEmma's passion for animals and memories of two beloved pets that Robin, Emma, Anna and Robert have never, ever mentioned in Emma's entire life before seems even more like they're making up an entirely new character since the Emma recast. When they lived in Port Charles, Robin, Patrick and Emma never spoke about young Emma's desire for a pet. DZ did a great job with Dante's shocked/grief-stricken look at the news of Sam being a murder victim. Way to give confidential information to Dante and Lulu in the middle of the hospital where anyone could overhear, Anna! At least she wasn't sobbing? I also rolled my eyes that BLQ told Lois she's thinking she could get access to the child she gave up for adoption because "it may be my only chance to be a mother to my own biological child." The kid wasn't frozen in time at birth waiting for you, BLQ.

I was thinking today that Jason has had all of two scenes with Jake since SB returned and has not had a scene with Danny since soon after Thanksgiving - when he was jealous that Rocco reunited with Lulu. The holiday season is one of the few times the audience expects to see the under 18-years-old actors.

I'm confused as to: Why the Kai character is in the opening credits? Why Laura would be having an in-office visit with Lulu expressing worry about Lucky and making her aware of Sidwell. Don't Lulu and Lucky both live with Laura, Kevin and Ace at the moment? Why in the world Kristina is being such a ridiculous Sonny proper, determined that he should have custody of Avery and practically glossing over the fact that her brother just got blown up in their dad's home?! She genuinely seems more worried about him than the safety of either of her little sisters. UGHH. Drew seriously thinks he's going to get Willow and the two kids to move into a house with him and Scout?! Another UGHH. Again, Willow does not deserve a friend like Chase. Her talking/acting like they're besties is so deeply weird after how she treated him. I can't believe he asked her to tell him what his test results say!! I did not have "Chase is sterile" on my GH Bingo card. Elizabeth and Lucky make a great team. JJ's acting can be so funny when Lucky has an agenda. GF/Laura looks beautiful - hair, makeup and suit.

Did Brennan get Michael accepted into this German clinic, arrange medical transport, and pay for it with WSB money? Because Carly is just that special to him? GMAB. I could maybe see the WSB approving this if the critically injured patient had been Robert or Anna or their daughter/Robin's son or daughter, or Maxie or one of her kids since Frisco is her birth/biological father. But Carly and her kids have zero value for the WSB. Brennan has been many places and has many opportunities to meet women who appeal to him - women who are as or more attractive than Carly and have actual life accomplishments. I feel like the Show is just trying to create a new Jax-type character, Australian accent included, and (again) providing zero valid reasons why he is so thirsty for her time and attention.

Jason knows about Michael and Sasha's ONS because Michael confided in him. He confided in him about Drew and Willow, including the nanny cam video of them having sex, and also said he was so upset that he went to get drunk and Sasha was there, also in pain, getting drunk, and they slept together. However, Jason doesn't (yet) know Sasha is pregnant.

Del accuses Kat of ruining a celebration and implies that she's a bad mother, because she wants both of her children and her granddaughter to continue living with her? Ugh. I love the adult Kat and Jacob sibling relationship. Kat meeting her great grandmother was unexpected. Sounds like she was a time traveler too and so were Colton and Evelyn. When Elliot was calling out "Dad" and Vic didn't answer, I thought Elliot was going to find him dead on the floor instead of the empty ring box on the table.

I thought Jake went there after Sam chased him into Elizabeth's basement? I don't remember Nikolas being at Shriner's with Spencer. I remember Jake needed treatment for something and Elizabeth and Jason/Drew went with him to a medical facility. Sam went too in order to support Jason/Drew and Elizabeth wanted Sam to believe she and Jason/Drew were going to be together. Franco also went to be a "friend" to Elizabeth.

Yep. Carly told Willow today she had the kids sent to the Quartermaines to protect "Michael's access" to them. And now that Willow has calmed down and Carly is not snarling in her face, she says the two of them can see Michael. Of course Ric passively aggressively blames Alexis/their poor relationship for why he wasn't a constant and consistent presence in Molly's life. Maxie looks beautiful! Her clothes, hair, and makeup all suit her well. Her entire physique looks so different from even early-mid 2024. Lulu being all "I'm applying here because I need a job" despite knowing she can't get along with BLQ was so entitled. She is delusional to think once she gets a job she can get Charlotte back and then get a place for her and her two kids, and all will be well. I just can't with Carly. She knows nothing about medicine (is going off how Ava looks now) but gets pissy when Michael's doctor and wife ask for more information/studies/results instead of just saying yes to the Germany clinic instead of Hopkins and then is on board with waking him up to excruciating pain to get him to choose between Willow's preference and hers. I LOVED Chad Duell's pissed off/WTH look Michael gave his mother as he woke up to her leaning over him, inches from his face. So, the only way Drew can have a calm conversation with someone is if they accept that he's "in love" with Willow and they don't expect him to apologize for it? Ok then. Good luck with that. Drew, without speaking to Willow, gets Marty and a court order and police officers to arrest Tracy and looks verryy smug about it. He's so very gross. Hope you all enjoy next week! I'll be on vacation.

I was wondering about this because JE/Tracy is in all 5 episodes this week having conversations with a half dozen or more cast members, talking about family with an emphasis on Monica. Has that ever happened before?

Excerpt from my post earlier today: I laughed when Tracy told Carly she can't go see Monica because Yuri's guarding the door and the kids are off-limits, doing homework and enrichment activities. LOL. Carly crying, telling Tracy she's really something else, and leaving alone in a huff was funny.

Tracy was pretty awesome today with Carly! I LOVED her digs when Carly said the kids belong with their mother and she didn't think things through. To Tracy's credit, she didn't yell until Carly had the audacity to try to guilt trip Tracy by talking about Monica's love. She got pissy that Tracy brought up what Monica has lost and been through because of her. Carly's talking like the burn clinic is a sure thing and Willow doesn't have the connections they do to get Michael the help he needs ... when she doesn't even know for sure that he'll survive. She's acting like every second she doesn't have access to Michael is the worst possible outcome for him. There just aren't enough eye rolls for this. I laughed when Tracy told Carly she can't go see Monica because Yuri's guarding the door and the kids are off-limits, doing homework and enrichment activities. LOL. Carly crying, telling Tracy she's really something else, and leaving alone in a huff was funny. Am I supposed to feel sorry for her? I don't Chase is just the best guy and Willow doesn't deserve to have him in her life let alone have him as a friend. At least Willow now accepts that she got together with Michael because he offered her a family and accepts Chase's point that she's always been looking for somewhere to belong. So Chase will be the one to convince Tracy to stand down? BLQ being so anxious that she's not pregnant yet when she admits that's it been less than six months is just another eye roll moment. And I mostly ignored the Cody-Dante chat retconning Dante and BLQ's teenage time at camp. I feel sorry for Alexis over her worry about Scout (and Drew's attitude).

It's not being "held ransom" by some enemy of Sonny's; Michael is actively being treated at the hospital for his severe injuries. Willow's condition for his parents to see Michael and be informed about his treatment is that she gets her kids back. She wants Michael to heal/get better for the kids, especially after Wiley wanted her to confirm that Daddy will be coming back to them. The issue here is Carly and Sonny being appalled that their life choices and actions have consequences for them. Carly wants to dismiss and disregard Willow as Michael's wife and the mother of his children while ignoring or at least glazing over the fact that Michael is severely injured for the second time in his life because she chose Sonny to be his father. Well, that's not working out for her. Sonny got a swift kick in the ego because an enemy got an explosive device into his home without anyone noticing and hurt his son instead of him. He's just lucky that his two young daughters were not there. This is how they behave in order to feel like they are good and devoted parents.

Tracy said Monica is devastated over Michael's injuries and "Drew's betrayal", not "Willow and Drew's affair" which made me think she disowned Drew. I don't doubt that Monica came to love Drew as a son when BM was in the role, but her attachments to Jason and Michael run much deeper. She adopted Jason when he was a child and has known that 30-something year-old Michael is her grandson since he was a baby. When she met Jason's "twin brother," he was in his 40s (or late 30s). LC has been in a lot of scenes with SB and CD over the decades; I don't think she's been in a scene with CM's Drew since the first couple months of CM being in the role. I know that Monica got to see Scout when she was a baby while Sam was with BM's Jason-then-Drew, but I can't recall if Monica has been in a scene with Scout since then. The Monica-Scout attachment is unclear. I think the big difference here is that Michael's kids call the Q estate home (long-term), they have extended family and staff there who can take care of them, and in theory their dad will get better and return to the estate to be with his kids. Michael and Willow had not started divorce proceedings nor decided on custody arrangements. Drew is utterly unapologetic to everyone about his part in breaking up the Michael-Willow marriage because "our feelings are real" and when everyone got mad and Tracy wanted him to leave, he had a f**k you all attitude, I'm taking my kid with me - it's your (the Q Family's) fault she's suffering alone. Scout had always been theoretically her grandmother's visitor at the Q mansion, Drew is her only living parent, and unfortunately because Dante and Sam never got legally married while they were living together, Dante has zero rights to keep her with him and Jason and the two boys at the Q mansion. My impression is that as long as the family was nice to him and treated him with the respect he felt entitled to, Scout could continue living at the Q mansion. Before the affair was exposed, Scout told Dante, Jason and the boys that Daddy said I don't have to move to Washington. I can stay here (the mansion) and he'll go back and forth. Now that he's had a taste of Willow and Wiley being with him and Scout in Washington, he apparently doesn't care what he told Scout.

I watched enough of the Alexis-Drew scene to understand that he took Scout with him because he's decided she stays with him no matter what - if the Qs are determined that he can't live there and won't just get over what he did when they've done worse, than they don't get to keep Scout. (It also sounds like he wants to use Scout to entice Willow's maternal feelings; i.e. "Willow would love to be your mommy now".) He won't even consider letting her live with Grandma Alexis temporarily either. I agree with you. My reaction was about Tracy's well-written guilt trip and the excellent acting from both JE and SB. I can't even recall ever seeing them both show emotion in a scene together. I found them believable as aunt and nephew for the first time.