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He's engaged in the scenes that he wants to be engaged in. If folks like Elizabeth and Jax have to be sacrificed for ill-conceived characters (e.g., Franco and Nina), then it's time for Ava to get up on that alter. (J/K - because Ava thrives despite being only one rung up from her brother staring up at any kind scraps that the writers throw at the Jeromes).

She is delightful and delicious to watch. Her recent scenes in Shadybrook have been the highlight of my viewing of this dreck. Maybe Hayden and Anna at the bar were a distant second. But something has gotta give with MB. With KM sidelined, MB is really stinking up the joint these days between his mumbling of the lines and the glib evil tidings and glances that Sonny is wont to do. My soul is still shaking from him at the Quartermaine mansion. It's just not right.

I am not convinced that Elizabeth is going to receive nearly the same amount of lines that Franco will get once his operation is performed. Lucas is a cutie and a doctor (and Carly's brother - blech) and I wish they had him do more than hate Julian and suffer through a bad marriage. But put her with Robert Scorpio and witness the genuine positive feeling between TR and FH. And MB doesn't seem to care. He might want to take a look at what happened over at NBC and start making more of an effort. Maybe stick Maura West (she seems to be engaged during her scenes) with Maurice and that might put him on his toes a bit more. And her lackadaisical reaction to Jason saying that he should have murdered Shiloh was fairly disgusting too. He is so screwed six ways to Sunday and he's only been on for couple of weeks - good soap.

Maybe I was FFing too much but I thought that Diane (Carloyn Hennesy brought enough energy for two) did a lousy job defending Sam. Doesn't a tape exist of Sam in captivity at Shiloh's casa - along with a picture of her BRAND (while her hero sat in a car outside staring off into space)? Wouldn't the discovery of Shiloh's prior court case be admissible? I still have absolutely no idea why Sam is behind bars and not out on bail. Is she really a flight risk? I guess keeping KM behind bars prevents her from sucking the energy our of other plots - so there's that. Meanwhile, Sam might want to reflect on why she is sitting in prison while Jason - who has committed exponentially more felonies than Sam is popping up in every plot in PC - and even assisting law enforcement in investigations - is free as a bird and not working 100% to get her out of jail.

Sonny is just the person to talk about responsibility and booze. He's real responsible about having a drink to help optimize the effects of his bipolar medication. Another doctor gone. But another Corinthos baby so - all square?

It could be delusion but I think it is hope. Since I started rewatching GH in 2012 to the present - both the lead character's (Sonny) presence and dialogue and plot presence have greatly diminished (or maybe it's the FF button). The other actors seem to me (could be projection) a bit put off in their scenes with SBu since his resurrection. ymmv. FV/writers have given him a marked increase in the amount of dialogue and have plastered him around. His 'huge' fan base hasn't helped much in the ratings department. While I would be happy to see the characters of Sonny, Nina, Drew and Franco disappear (why couldn't they have released Drs. Stephen and Matt from prison instead of Nina and Franco?), I don't care one way or another if Jason Q. continues. It's just difficult to watch the hitman and professional thugster being portrayed as a hero/rescuer/savoir/family guy. I actually don't hate SBu but probably enjoy hating current Jason.

Jason has no characters on the screen to play with except for Sam and Carson. What a mistake it was to bring back Jason, along with the failed Drew character. The only other character that they can pair him with is Franco. Gone is the apparent warmth towards SBu by the cast (except maybe LW) since his return. That's what it seems like to this viewer and can't be written out of or into a script by having Jason being a father or hero. Without being able to hide behind TG, MB's acting skills are laid bare. It seems that MB is out for himself and he is giving nothing to SBu in his scenes. I am enjoying watching the demise of Sonny and Jason. It's been a real long time coming. Chickens coming home to roost.

What matters to this viewer is that Rebecca Herbst is wasted as an actress being forced to be the love interest of a serial killer/rapist character that was created as a vehicle for James Franco. She seems to like RoHo IRL so it isn't as painful to watch as it could be. I am grateful that FV is giving GF some screen time and am enjoying her performances. Not a fan of her coupling with Kevin. But any use of GF makes this show all the more watchable and I am confident she will be able to help gell NuNik into the show. The character of Nina has/had no strong actress to 'gell' her into the show. IR is a good fit for that purpose. I hate to admit it (since I HATE her character) but LW is doing the same thing for Sonny. It would be preferable that these characters (Franco, Nik, Nina, Sonny) didn't exist. YMMV. 😂

I don't think Kendra has much of a shelf-life. This seems to be yet another shot at the Jeromes. Meanwhile, nothing but cartoon bluebirds and additional generations for the Corinthos.. .

The problem with a good action/adventure storyline is that it would include SBu.

Unlike 90% of the episodes, it seemed like the actors were enjoying themselves. This episode was one of the reasons that this show remains in rotation on my DVR. Guess that some enjoy rocks.

Jon Snow never dressed like that. More like his bro rob. What is up with Carley's attitude about Liz?

Why did the show waste time on Jason and Carly today? These are two horrible characters and not the two actors that I want to see when I tune in. Wow - a halloween party and it seems like Jason and Carly had more dialogue than the actors who are actually directly involved in active plots. Violet is not only cute but seems to have a real pleasant personality. Props to her parent(s).

Disagree. It's one of the longest running TV programs and still possesses quite a bit of impressive inventory of assets. Way too much time is wasted on the Corinthos family and for seemingly every five minutes of Sonny/Jason/Franco the audience gets to watch 5 seconds of characters that can pass for a decent soap opera. Perhaps without the current configuration of FV et al - Port Charles without Sonny/Jason/Franco could even be a HUGE hit.

Scott has always gotten the wrong end of the stick. [I remember GF and JE when they first came on the show until the late '80s....took a break until James Franco]. So did my eyes really see Laura just stand there while Valentine was threatening her family. For all she knows, she thinks that he murdered her son. Meanwhile her ex-stalker boyfriend, along with another GH doctor (and a judge) are even considering that this guy who thinks that he was a soldier and can't remember his serial killing days is competent to do anything. Franco can't even dress himself. I miss Luke and old Lulu at times at this. What I enjoy about watching Rebecca Herbst and Kin Shriner and Cam is that they provide the old-school GH vibe. YMMV.

And SB is back to the blinking. But at least it is more 'enjoyable' watching Jason around Liz, Monica and Cam than when he is around Sam, Sonny, and especially Carly. 😊Even the court stenographer was captivated by Kin's performance towards the end of the episode. Boy did MW have to do some heavy lifting in those scenes with Trina and Dev - but at least they will be giving the Trina character a chance to do something other than be stuck with Joss in every scene.

Robert and Laura holding court. Christmas came early. Oh please writers. What thug would go up to a mayor to ask for a favor and not reveal the suspect's name. Seriously? Enjoyed Ava, Ryan, Scottie. Finn, Curtis and Liz. Why do we have to put up with the Corinthos? My gosh, what a bunch of solid soap actors this show has and it wastes time on these Sonny, Carly, Jason, Sam and Franco.

This would have been a great time for the audience to get a break from Carly and the overuse of LW.

Weak link of the show. Dating the lead IRL gives me zero confidence that he'll be let go. It'd be much more fun to watch Bess dating than watching them together.

It's standard operating procedure for this crew. I'm guessing that this was for the writers via Diane to frame the 'it's all about Jason' meme and downplay that a woman took down a serial rapist. The show has had her beg to see her own child for years. Yes, in this current time period - after her unfortunate choice of a mate - it is probably not in the interest of a toddler to be with a mother who appears to be having a hard time figuring out whether to have two or three olives in her martinis (but still looks quite marvelous).

Which would be AOK but she used the past tense. I just LOVE that bowl of moss which tamps down the rage of General Hospital trying to portray the Corinthos family as some type of Norman Rockwell type of 'normal' family. At least it was fun watching Lucas and Curtis being able to share a scene together. Brad is past his due date. I am not enamored with anything about Chase except that he does have a nice body and face. WdV and MW are earning their paycheck where as our 'heroes' SBu and Kzzzzzzzz seem to be just 'there'.

Fraud not afraid. 🙄

It was a shock to see Maxie being the one to talk sense Granted the timing was wrong, but why was Lulu in the wrong with telling nuNina about the fraud being perpetrated against her daughter's stepmom?

The one plot that Jason should be involved in is finding out and resolving who stole five years of his life since he returned. Instead the focus is on Franco. Just watching Sonny/Carly/Jason/Sam/Donna at General Hospital in yesterday's episode, I couldn't help but think how much more enjoyable this soap would be if they were removed from Port Charles. I am still trying to get past that the only surgery scene that we have seen in well over a year on a soap called general hospital focused on the mob kingpin dressed in hospital garb. What a STAIN on the show these characters are. How the ratings would rise - so many possibilities of plots - a gal can dream. At least the writers are giving Julian some good lines before he becomes that town's pariah after Wiley Corinthos' true identity becomes established. It was nice seeing WdV and Roho together in a scene as I enjoy both actors but can't stand the characters.

She shot Olivia and shot and killed Kannie.