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Frequency matters. Carly is an enabler and continually committing crimes/felons with impunity. She is a disgusting character and the only reason that I didn't mention her is because LW turns in a good performance now and again and I am not reliant on close-captioning to figure out what she is trying to spit out. The denizens of Port Charles should be grateful to have Maura West around as most of the time she is in the supplicant mode - and hasn't been permitted to go scorched earth. Ava has been a repulsive character for the most part. Tracy and Ava would have been wonderful biz partners but since Ava has been written in the criminal world, she should partner up with Ms. Wu.

Ava owns what she did. She isn't breaking the law each day. Sure Ava has done horrible stuff and is evil but she is a far cry from Sonny who every single day commits crimes. And the frequency of the crimes should always be noted as it is not a fair comparison - jmo - to equivocate between Ava and Sonny beyond that they both are murderers. On a shallower note, MW is entertaining to watch and MB seems challenged to spit out his lines and hasn't aged nearly as well as MW. Still on the barge. And it is all on MB and the writing surrounding that character. How is this guy who recently beat an elderly guy in church to a pulp and killed a federal law enforcement officer is treated with anything but revulsion, disgust, and contempt?

At least MW can act and is not harsh on the eyes. Out of all of the new character in the past decade, she is the one actress that has earned her paycheck and rarely appears to mail it in despite horrific scripts. I rue the day that she was placed in the role of a mobstress instead of a biz partner with Tracy or a doctor with her bro Julian. #yetanotherwastedopportunity.

Still on the barge. It's a lot more than the medication with this show's favorite actor. MB cannot recite his lines, is embarrassing to watch, and must have some good blackmail material on one of TPTB. It's disgraceful that a show that is supposed to be about docs and nurses around a hospital - gets off on a real weak ugly actor whose depiction of a mob guy probably wouldn't last an hour in an alley in any east coast city. The original founders of the show must be shaking their heads fiercely. #sad. #thanks for the non-entertainment Disney.

This is generally a third-rate production but has some flashes of brilliance. That scene with Catherine and the Bourbons avoiding war was hilarious.

Rooting for Sean Kanan back as AJ. Sean and Liz should be the leading couple and MB should have been given the hook. Would love to see William Lipton back (along with Sidney).

A deep dark gray.

What a stranglehold both MB and LW hold over this show. LW never loses but at least she is a decent actress. When Carly effortlessly stepped into Nina's job, she is just such an awesome businesswoman after one week in the media business, she was able to outmaneuver Tracy in a contract negotiation. Only in the PC-verse, would Sonny be permitted out in public. His chosen profession is violence. He gets up each morning and and his 'to-do' list consists of planning to commit violent felonies. He has recently been involved in trafficking military-grade weapons. Sonny is messed up enough without providing him with a psychological disorder of bi-polar. In a church, he recently pummeled a man nearly to death (and while I boarded the barge since Jason's return, he has since beaten up Dex). "Calling Out" Sonny should not even be considered a crumb. In the world of King Sonny and Queen Carly, the rest of the cast are forced to support their royalty through irrational dialogue/actions to mute the cognitive dissonance stemming from the royal duo. With all the recent publicity from BTS stuff (and the deaths of three young actors in their prime who had recent stints on the show, the 2nd DUI of Haley, etc..), - the ratings for this soap should have soared. While the writing is lacking, I think that the problem resides at a level above the writing team - FV.

I cut LW a lot of slack as far as her character is concerned due to Laura picking up the slack in just about every scene she shares with Mo. Still think that this soap opera would see a marked improvement with both characters vacating Port Charles. Maura West would be more enjoyable to watch for this viewer paired with Sonny, but Sonny must always come out smelling like a rose. CW did a good job softening him up but after a couple of weeks after Nixon Falls, the only enjoyable scenes with Nina were her martini sessions with Ava. As much as I like CW and MW, both characters are situated on the 'bloated' cast side of the island.

Saw my first episode since Jason's return and the the new head writing team. Sam is a beneficiary and Alexis is not. So the same 5 million that Carly had three different people willing to bail her out, the new writers have two of them with their check books out. That is not the direction that I had hoped for. NuMolly turned in a fine performance in this episode but.... Meh. Still on the barge until St. Jason departs or MB or LW. Despite new writers, there seemed to be no improvement from what I watched today.

Better writing should improve certain aspects of the show, but the bigger corrective action that show needs now is removing some characters (Spinelli nor Jason should have been rehired). Upon finishing that recent episode of Spinelli performing Karoake, I immediately cancelled my Hulu (and my Disney+ will not be renewed). If TPTB thinks that the audience likes SBu and BM, then bring them back as Dr. Matt and Dr. Stephen Lars and not as felons. I have had my fill of Sonny, Carly and Jason and my current tolerance limit is viewing just two of them. Until MB leaves the show, this viewer will no longer be supporting GH (cable/hulu/etc). Since the cast appears to be fine with supporting the mob, the only BTS folks that I feel bad for - are the production folks.

D.A. Scorpio calling out Sonny as a 'murderous bastard' was a crumb that I am not too ashamed to have enjoyed. I am currently a Hulu subscriber so I appreciate reading here to see what is in store for the upcoming episode. Despite being prepared (Taliskar) and expected to be annoyed with an appearance by Stephen A. Myth*, he does come prepared for his scenes. Can't stand him ((going back years as a last place Redsox fan)) but whoever is helping him prepare his dialogue for his guest appearances might prove useful for Mo. *I vaguely remembered mention of a recent on-air rant/argument between Stephen who was fat shaming some other sports announcer, so I did a Google search for a link. One of the first articles that popped up was an interview which mentioned that, as one of Disney's favorite sons, he is coming up for a contract renewal in a year and is not sure if he wants to continue in sports talk, acting, or maybe politics. Whatever. 🤞Hope that his future resides far far far away from Port Charles. To this viewer Smith is yet another character that commits heinous crimes but is treated with deference in Port Charles instead of being treated like Nina or like the dregs of society. When was the last time a regular cast member called Sonny a 'murderous bastard'? Sonny is celebrating and toasting and (at a minimum) he should be under psychiatric lockdown for his beating with hisbare hands of Cyrus over a couple of words with Cyrus not resisting. When was the last couple that worked - Chase and Willow? Casting received an Emmy this year (iirc)- (should have gone to the set designer/props department).

Yes indeed. I must have missed the scene where Jordan was kidnapped. I probably would have enjoyed her scenes more (and other characters) if Carly/Sonny et. al. didn't eat so much of the show. This is endemic throughout the PC-verse. Did we really need to see those scenes of Sonny strolling into Cyrus' hospital room to basically lift up one of his hind legs and mark his territory? Wasn't military-grade weapon trafficker Sonny pummeling a guy nearly to death in church (replete with flashbacks) enough of a statement?

I would much rather watch Tracy/Scott any day of the week than having to watch the two vile criminal characters portrayed by MB or LW.

From the moment she strolled into that room and gingerly laid that fur coat on the table, Maura just slayed. Avery P. is also receiving some master class lessons from GF. Great to see Dr. Lucas Jones, MD. This show could use more doctors. While I am grateful for the Bobby memorial, what an ego she must have had. These past couple of years, her only purpose seemingly was to prop up Carly and was treated with little more thought/care than a piece of lint.