Episode Discussion II: The TFGH

[tessaray]

14 hours ago, Mirabelle said:

Why does James have the run of the Quartermaine Home for Kids Whose Parents Went to Run Errands and Will Be Back Any Minute Now? Is he a resident at the Home?

Maxie was there partly to bring Deception papers to Tracy. But I don't remember who initially offered the Q horses to James for riding lessons with Cody. 

I usually find James annoying but he gets 2 thumbs up for spilling about Drew and Willow. Intra-Q blackmail over ELQ is a  classic theme. 

 

[Cheyanne11]

Maxie: "Right as usual."

Michael: "It's kind of a habit with me."

You know, for all the smoke Carly, Sonny, and Jason have blown up his ass for the last three decades, no one thinks more highly of himself than Michael.  What a blowhard. 

[dubbel zout]

If Michael had more of a personality than smug turd, that remark might have been kind of amusing,

[Sake614]

Twitter is on FIRE with this whole Jason and Anna nonsense, and the fans are not having it. Yes, it appeared to be calculated on Jason’s part because he heard someone coming and thought it was the best way to distract the guards. But  Anna just leaned right into it, like she’s been wanting to do that forever. 

[GHScorpiosRule]

24 minutes ago, Sake614 said:

Twitter is on FIRE with this whole Jason and Anna nonsense, and the fans are not having it.

GOOD.

[ciarra]

4 hours ago, ljr said:

I don’t know anything about poker . Do you win depending on how the cards are drawn? If that guy wanted to kill lucky if he should have just killed lucky.

He just wants to drag it out, a game of cat and mouse, where the mouse is already stuck to a glue trap. 

[Sake614]

45 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

GOOD.

True but OTOH, it’s got people talking about the show again, which is all TIIC care about. And it might even bring back some lapsed viewers out of morbid curiosity. 🤷‍♀️

[dubbel zout]

I'm totally TeamCarly on not wanting to get back with Sonny, but she's the idiot who agreed to give him an alibi. The least she could do is not pout her way through a dinner that's supposed to convince people they're a couple again. And of course, Carly leaving early and Sonny joining Noted Bigot Natalia isn't suspicious; no, not at all.

Again I ask, why isn't Alexis now paying Martin for his legal services? She is not bereft of funds.

The fight scenes weren't as poorly blocked as they usually are. Outside the compound is remarkably similar to the GH studios, heh.

Not that it's surprising, but Carly was astoundingly ungrateful at all Brennan was doing to get Lucky et al out of Somalia. 

I love how long it took someone on the plane to call anyone in Port Charles.

Oh, lord, Sidwell is going to show up in PC, isn't he? Sigh. I expect a showdown between him and Brennan somewhere along the line.

[tessabq]

Natalia's comments about her past and Sidwell heading to PC, increases my thinking that he is one of her ex-husbands.  (I still have zero interest in her.)

[KittenPokerCheater]

I've decided I'm okay if Anna/Jason happen because I think it will make both Sonny and Carly's heads explode. /ducks tomatoes

And thank the gods that they have left Africa.

Do we think Sidwell is Blaze's father? 

Edited September 27 by KittenPokerCheater

[dubbel zout]

40 minutes ago, KittenPokerCheater said:

Do we think Sidwell is Blaze's father? 

Noted Bigot Natalia doesn't interest me in the present; I couldn't care less about her past.

Edited September 27 by dubbel zout

[YaddaYadda]

41 minutes ago, tessabq said:

(I still have zero interest in her.)

Can't make fetch happen. She sucks.

[jacourt]

By the week after her demise it will be Sam who?

[Winston Wolfe]

2 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

Oh, lord, Sidwell is going to show up in PC, isn't he? Sigh. I expect a showdown between him and Brennan somewhere along the line.

Same thought I had. As GH villains go, he's actually more boring than the Balkan (or "that Bald idiot," as Sonny once called him). Sidwell coming to Port Chuckles to reclaim his diamonds probably gets Mooby involved since Jasus will probably be a target.

19 hours ago, DanaK said:

FYI, it looks like the October 1-3 episodes will be preempted for the MLB Baseball Wild Card series

Thanks, that didn't occur to me - My Yankees won their Division last night and get a "Bye" in the first round of the MLB Playoffs. Guess I'll catch some of those games (even though most of the Teams playing don't interest me) cause there's really no compelling original content on in the afternoons anymore.

By the time GH comes back, maybe our interest will pick up?  Asking for a friend.

[GHScorpiosRule]

Elizabeth needs to check herself as to why Lucky left all those years ago. And while he never got to officially adopt Cameron and Jake - they were both his children and legally Jake is Lucky’s. So stop with the “we only share a child” bullshit.

At least they’re headed back to Port Charles.

[Winston Wolfe]

34 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

Elizabeth needs to check herself as to why Lucky left all those years ago. And while he never got to officially adopt Cameron and Jake - they were both his children and legally Jake is Lucky’s. So stop with the “we only share a child” bullshit.

At least they’re headed back to Port Charles.

I could be mis-remembering because it's been ages, but wasn't it Siobhan McKenna's murder at the hands of Anthony Zacchara that triggered Lucky and sent him overseas?

[Cheyanne11]

3 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

Not that it's surprising, but Carly was astoundingly ungrateful at all Brennan was doing to get Lucky et al out of Somalia. 

Carly was a Karen before it became it became ~popular.  I especially loved her yelling at the poor soul who had the unfortunate luck of answering her phone call and having to tell her Brennan wasn't available.

[Sake614]

This was just too perfect not to share…

[Bringonthedrama]

8 hours ago, Sake614 said:

Twitter is on FIRE with this whole Jason and Anna nonsense, and the fans are not having it. 

 

8 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

GOOD.

Glad to know it because I'm appalled at Snark's post/review on Facebook in favor of them. But then, I often strongly disagree with this individual's perspective on the Show (in case you want to know examples in recent times: tends to say positive things about Carly, thinks JJ's return as Lucky is a bust/he should have been recast, expresses major enthusiasm for Jordan and Isaiah-especially him).

I want to know if Anna has the cojones to tell Robin to her face that she enthusiastically kissed Jason. 

[bybrandy]

Honestly I can deal with this bit of Carly and Anna because it was them creating a situation to disarm the guards but what it becomes after?  I’m not here for that. 
 

and it seems wildly unpopular but Lucky and Elizabeth still sparkle to me. I want to see them interacting. I don’t care if they rekindle or they just spar over Aiden and their past I just want to see them together. 
 

But the most interesting thing between Jason and Lucky isn’t Elizabeth. It is Jake and I hate that he’s not a part of this. 

[driver18]

1 hour ago, Sake614 said:

This was just too perfect not to share…

It took me about 10 times to try and read this, I was laughing so damn hard.

[Bringonthedrama]

On 9/27/2024 at 6:11 PM, GHScorpiosRule said:

Elizabeth needs to check herself as to why Lucky left all those years ago. And while he never got to officially adopt Cameron and Jake - they were both his children and legally Jake is Lucky’s. So stop with the “we only share a child” bullshit.

 

Cam has not acknowledged Lucky as his father since he was around six years old - when a boy named Braden was in the role. Same for Elizabeth. After WL was cast as teenage Cam, he only ever said (to Trina) that his father was Zander and he died before he, Cam, was born. The Zander actor even returned for an episode, to have a "father-son" conversation at the grave. Then Joss also noted that Cam's father Zander, was dead. As far as we know, Jake doesn't remember/acknowledge Lucky as his father either. I remember Jason saying something about paying child support for Jake, which made me wonder if they legally changed Jake's birth father and I missed it. 

On 9/27/2024 at 6:48 PM, Winston Wolfe said:

I could be mis-remembering because it's been ages, but wasn't it Siobhan McKenna's murder at the hands of Anthony Zacchara that triggered Lucky and sent him overseas?

Lucky first went to Ireland on an undercover assignment, where he met Siobhan. He took the assignment to get space from the pain of the dysfunction with Elizabeth and all the memories of drama with his dad (especially thinking Luke's drinking killed Jake). He brought Siobhan back with him when he had to return to Port Charles, and they decided to get married. When she was murdered, he went back to Ireland out of respect to her. He was also looking for closure and a sense of purpose. The "message" he got in the cemetery in Ireland was to go home because Aiden was sick. Once Aiden recovered, Lucky left Port Charles again just before Christmas 2011. He told little Cam that his "quest" wasn't finished yet and he needed to go back. The next time we saw Lucky was 2015, when Luke and Laura rescued him and he was telling Luke he was struggling with "darkness inside."

 

Edited September 29 by Bringonthedrama

[jsbt]

I'm pretty sure Jake would remember Lucky. I remember when he came back with the original kid in the role, and both Jonathan and Greg Vaughan had plenty of hours clocked with him as well as Cam.

Much like Jake and Drew, the Cam (and Jake) treatment re: Lucky has been reductive since Jonathan left. Zander was never a factor in his son's life but GH, like most modern soaps, leans on bio-parents for expediency's sake and sheer laziness. Not that I minded Chad Brannon appearing as a ghost (I would actually bring Zander back from the dead to cause drama for that family, c/o Witness Protection) but the Lucky/Cam relationship was real and substantive.

Edited September 28 by jsbt

[Bringonthedrama]

1 hour ago, jsbt said:

I'm pretty sure Jake would remember Lucky. I remember when he came back with the original kid in the role, and both Jonathan and Greg Vaughan had plenty of hours clocked with him as well as Cam.

 but the Lucky/Cam relationship was real and substantive.

Jake spent time with Lucky until he was almost 4. Then Lucky brought him home to Elizabeth when he was 8. Now he's off to college in Barcelona, so who knows if he'll see or acknowledge Lucky since he's willingly missed about 14 years of Jake's life in Port Charles. Jake has referred to Jason as "my dad" a few times and also considered himself to be Franco's (ugh) son. 

I agree the Lucky/Cam relationship was real and substantive, for approx. the first 7 years of Cam's life. But Cam is now, what, 21 years old? He's away in college beginning his adult life. I don't expect him to care that Lucky is returning to Port Charles, except to hope the return will be good for Grandma Laura and Aiden. I recall that in 2015 Lucky said something like he's just a vague memory to Cam. 

I would be in agreement with Cam and/or Jake if one or both said Lucky has no right to claim either of them as his son.

Edited September 28 by Bringonthedrama

[Tenshinhan]

5 hours ago, Bringonthedrama said:

I want to know if Anna has the cojones to tell Robin to her face that she enthusiastically kissed Jason.

I think that Robin would probably encourage Anna to go for it with Jason if that's what really makes her happy.  I don't see Robin being anything but supportive of them.

[ulkis]

Lucky/Liz split screen made me swoon. 

17 hours ago, CeChase said:

I am sure they are paying SBU a lot of money, comparatively.   

I'm not sure about that. The guy has child support to pay. He's not picky at this point.

15 hours ago, Cheyanne11 said:

Maxie: "Right as usual."

Michael: "It's kind of a habit with me."

You know, for all the smoke Carly, Sonny, and Jason have blown up his ass for the last three decades, no one thinks more highly of himself than Michael.  What a blowhard. 

That's why he was wearing shorts. 🤢

[graight]

Oh, poor Sonny.  Having to cover up killing an FBI agent is getting in the way of his love life.

[jsbt]

3 hours ago, Tenshinhan said:

I think that Robin would probably encourage Anna to go for it with Jason if that's what really makes her happy.  I don't see Robin being anything but supportive of them.

She'd have to be high as fuck!

[ljr]

Jane Eliot has been in this show for decades and now she spends her time talking about Sasha’s quiche and pastry.

[Desperado]

23 minutes ago, ljr said:

Jane Eliot has been in this show for decades and now she spends her time talking about Sasha’s quiche and pastry.

She had lovely scenes with Vernee Watson (Stella), I hope they offer them more and get them off that bench.

[KittenPokerCheater]

Folks, I’m at the point where I think I’m halfway on the barge.  I FF through all the scenes except for the ones with Jane Eliot and the occasional Anna, and Liz.  But if Liz gets back together with Lucky she will most likely be out.  I’m so over the rest of it.

[jsbt]

Jonathan Jackson is back on a long-term contract, so I'm not seeing how their reunion would mean Becky is out.

[dubbel zout]

8 hours ago, ulkis said:

On 9/27/2024 at 9:49 AM, CeChase said:

I am sure they are paying SBU a lot of money, comparatively.   

I'm not sure about that. The guy has child support to pay. He's not picky at this point.

I think SBu made most of his money outside of soaps anyway, what with Monovie and his other MLM scams business dealings.

 

[Auntie Velvet]

16 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

I think SBu made most of his money outside of soaps anyway, what with Monovie and his other MLM scams business dealings.

 

I have a feeling that actors are just like us -- they spend beyond their means. Especially with Monovie going belly-up long ago. That money's probably long-gone too.

[ciarra]

5 hours ago, Desperado said:

She had lovely scenes with Vernee Watson (Stella), I hope they offer them more and get them off that bench.

They could take over Sam's P.I. company. 

[Sake614]

16 minutes ago, ciarra said:

They could take over Sam's P.I. company. 

And actually be good at it! 

[dubbel zout]

James would make a better PI than Sam is.

[nilyank]

14 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

James would make a better PI than Sam is.

Even with nearly drowning by the Boathouse, I am sure he is a better diver than Sam.

[TVbitch]

Just getting caught up on Friday. Can't wait to see Diane get tossed to the curb again as soon as Holly arrives. And Carly's head exploding if this Anna/Jason thing goes on would be the only possible joy I can fathom from that mess. 

[Sake614]

If they really want to pair Robert and Diane, then she needs a big fat heaping dose of humility. Or even just personality. I’m all for a strong, self confident woman, but her smugness annoys me no end. There’s just nothing appealing about her and I refuse to believe Robert is the least bit attracted to her. 

[Mirabelle]

Is there any reason why they can't pair up Robert and Tracey? Even if just as a friendship?

[driver18]

19 hours ago, ulkis said:

Lucky/Liz split screen made me swoon. 

I was a'swoonin' and sighin' away! They got me. They totes got me. 

[jsbt]

9 hours ago, TVbitch said:

And Carly's head exploding if this Anna/Jason thing goes on would be the only possible joy I can fathom from that mess. 

Carly is gonna join the DVX or Al Qaeda when she finds out. Or both.

[Thomas Crown]

12 hours ago, Sake614 said:

If they really want to pair Robert and Diane, then she needs a big fat heaping dose of humility. Or even just personality. I’m all for a strong, self confident woman, but her smugness annoys me no end. There’s just nothing appealing about her and I refuse to believe Robert is the least bit attracted to her. 

In an ideal world, Robert is only getting close to Diane so that he can uncover evidence to finally put Sonny and Jason away in jail. 

[Sake614]

15 minutes ago, Thomas Crown said:

In an ideal world, Robert is only getting close to Diane so that he can uncover evidence to finally put Sonny and Jason away in jail. 

I like your world better than Frank’s!

[GHScorpiosRule]

Robert shouldn’t have anything to do with Diane strictly because of her being a mob mouthpiece.

And I’m uberly PISSED it wasn’t LAURA who ultimately saved Lucky.🤬🤬🤬🤬

But I can’t have nice things.

[Sake614]

23 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

And I’m uberly PISSED it wasn’t LAURA who ultimately saved Lucky

We knew it wouldn’t be her the minute Anna and then Jason took off to find him.

I wonder how long it will be before Laura and Kevin get home? Did anyone even get word to them that lucky is safe and en route to PC?

[dubbel zout]

Just now, Sake614 said:

Did anyone even get word to them that lucky is safe and en route to PC?

I think Anna told Lucky that Laura and Kevin were looking for him at the refugee camp, which Lucky said was relatively safe. I'm not sure if they can be contacted. Laura will return when GF's summer break has ended.

[GHScorpiosRule]

1 minute ago, Sake614 said:

We knew it wouldn’t be her the minute Anna and then Jason took off to find him.

I wonder how long it will be before Laura and Kevin get home? Did anyone even get word to them that lucky is safe and en route to PC?

Oh, I know. Because Frank is petty that way.

She’ll find out when Felicia calls her after Lucky is back. Or more likely, offscreen. Why should she find out onscreen?

[Sake614]

4 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

I think Anna told Lucky that Laura and Kevin were looking for him at the refugee camp, which Lucky said was relatively safe. I'm not sure if they can be contacted. Laura will return when GF's summer break has ended.

Yeah I know GR is on vacation. I’m just musing that she’ll probably get back long after Lulu wakes up and is reunited with Dante and Rocco. Such stupid planning by Frank. 
 

and even if she can’t be reached, someone could leave a voicemail so she doesn’t keep looking.