Episode Discussion II: The TFGH

[ulkis]

5 hours ago, Cheyanne11 said:

Did you watch?  Because she wasn't pulling a Holly, she was righting a wrong because the guy cheated a woman selling ornaments.  She took the money to pay the woman and gave the wallet back to a cop saying she found it.  

Really enjoyed Alexis/Ric today.  RH really is a silver fox and never shies away from leaning into being a jerk and he and NLG played that bickering exes thing to perfection.

JFC, Lulu, lovely to abandon Rocco on the first Christmas he's had with you in years.  You kinda suck.  I was surprised at the Charlotte cameo (or return, whatever), but I LOL'd at "I'll come get you" like she was at the movies on the other side of town.

Carly: "You're not the boss of me."

Me: "So you really are still stuck in middle school.  Everything makes sense now."

Lois's ZOINKS face at Ned talking about a first grandchild.  Girl, how have you kept this secret for 20 years?

I don't know if they can do this without making Lois a monster or Brook a moron. So if Lois told Brook her baby died she's horrendous. But if she told Brook she gave him up for adoption Brook seems idiotic for not even suspecting.

If Lulu told Charlotte sorry I can't come get you immediately it would also be sketchy.

We agree about Carly. Woo! That line was so dumb.

On 12/21/2024 at 6:24 PM, Melgaypet said:

I know Genie isn't really Jonathan's mother, but she has known him since he was, what, ten years old? Ma'am, drag him by the ear to a shower or at least a hair stylist's sink.

She did but looked like a youngin herself lol. When I watch GH clips in the 90s it's crazy how they tried to make Genie seem older with oversized sweaters but they absolutely failed.

Edited Tuesday at 07:29 AM by ulkis

[jsbt]

The girl playing Emma seems solid, if slightly old for the part. I guess she'd work as a contemporary of Nicholas Chavez and probably William Lipton. It is hilarious the lengths they will go to to avoid ever pairing Trina with anyone white again, though. Gio gets a few more unexpectedly well-liked scenes with her and boom! New white girl hits the scene!

I like Gio and I have nothing against NuEmma so far (Brooklyn Silzer was adorable but could not handle dramatic acting as an adult, a recast was inevitable) but I don't care about them together. You're not gonna put over a very new guy like Gio and an all-new recast that easily. It just feels like something to cement him (and keep him away from Trina), and I'd rather see both parties tested around with others as the new girl seems promising. I also said years ago Emma should be a secret vixen/antiheroine - no one would expect that of her - so I hope this edge isn't all Robin Hood good deeds.

Alexa has really brought the spunk back to Lulu, without the hardness that JMB had to go with it. No, I don't love her relentless quest to retrieve her mutant hellspawn but the scenes with her breaking into Wyndemere, etc. really had spark and good chemistry with DZ.

Edited Tuesday at 08:45 AM by jsbt

[graight]

We got a great Christmas gift today.  Not one, not two, not three, but four gorgeous silver foxes.   Ric, Mac, Jack and ... Tracy!  

[CeChase]

3 hours ago, jsbt said:

The girl playing Emma seems solid, if slightly old for the part. I guess she'd work as a contemporary of Nicholas Chavez and probably William Lipton. It is hilarious the lengths they will go to to avoid ever pairing Trina with anyone white again, though. Gio gets a few more unexpectedly well-liked scenes with her and boom! New white girl hits the scene!

I like Gio and I have nothing against NuEmma so far (Brooklyn Silzer was adorable but could not handle dramatic acting as an adult, a recast was inevitable) but I don't care about them together. You're not gonna put over a very new guy like Gio and an all-new recast that easily. It just feels like something to cement him (and keep him away from Trina), and I'd rather see both parties tested around with others as the new girl seems promising. I also said years ago Emma should be a secret vixen/antiheroine - no one would expect that of her - so I hope this edge isn't all Robin Hood good deeds.

Alexa has really brought the spunk back to Lulu, without the hardness that JMB had to go with it. No, I don't love her relentless quest to retrieve her mutant hellspawn but the scenes with her breaking into Wyndemere, etc. really had spark and good chemistry with DZ.

It's not just Trina.  Curtis has never had a white love interest even though he had chem with Sam and a lot of chem with Cynthia's Nina.  Portia and Jordan the same.  TJ and Molly originated way back in the day, and they're split up now anyway.  I don't know what their reason is but they don't seem to want it.  I always wanted Nina and Curtis to get together so I've noticed it. 

[YaddaYadda]

If they wanted to bring Emma back, I'm glad it's a recast, because the other one was not very good. Glad she found her passion, though, with nursing and all.

NuEmma does look a whole lot like Finola.

I'm under the impression that Brooklyn has no idea that Gio might be her son. And if she does, then her listening to him go on about how much he misses his mother because she died, is really cruel. Not that telling him that she is his mother would make things better for him.

In any case, this storyline is impressively stupid, even for this show.

So Rocco loses Sam who was his surrogate mother. He gets his mother back for Christmas, but his mother then takes off on him to places unknown after swearing him to secrecy. Merry Christmas, Rocco!! 

As much as the adults talk about not splitting up Danny, Rocco and Scout, all three are spending Christmas in different places.

I felt really sorry for Danny when he was standing there outside wondering where his mother was.

Carly talking about Drew's smugness like smug isn't her first, middle and last name.

I love Brennan. Please show, don't Carlify him.

[backhometome]

Poor, Rocco. His mother ditched him on Christmas for his demon spawn sister. Ever since she learned of Charlottes existence he has been second best. 

Emma being a pickpocket? Not like she is poor being a daughter of 2 doctors. 

 

[dubbel zout]

11 hours ago, Mirabelle said:

I'm also seeing that she's studying to be a nurse so it doesn't look like acting professionally as an adult was ever a long term ambition for her. 

GH is likely paying for her education, so good for her!

8 hours ago, ulkis said:

I don't know if they can do this without making Lois a monster or Brook a moron. So if Lois told Brook her baby died she's horrendous. But if she told Brook she gave him up for adoption Brook seems idiotic for not even suspecting.

it's all so stupid. This is why you have to be careful when you retcon.

[JMO]

To my eye, Brooklyn doesn't look like she even remembers she had a baby at all.  Despite the spoilers, could it be that Gio belongs to Lois?

[ciarra]

34 minutes ago, JMO said:

Despite the spoilers, could it be that Gio belongs to Lois?

I don't think so.  Ned just talked about his first grandchild, and Lois looked all cagey, because she knows his first grandchild is Gio.  

[bybrandy]

Love Laura getting her kids back but her being so happy to be with her “two” kids pinged hard. Poor Nik. 
 

I would mind less about Lulu abandoning Rocco on Christmas for Charlotte if she told him she was afraid Valentine might move them at any minute. 
 

But the way it played it just felt like “see ya less important kid”. 
 

Also if Lucky, Liz, Lulu, Dante and Rocco had felt it was important to support Laura at the tree lighting shouldn’t Kevin too?  

Edited Tuesday at 05:41 PM by bybrandy

[GHScorpiosRule]

10 hours ago, jsbt said:

(Brooklyn Silzer was adorable but could not handle dramatic acting as an adult, a recast was inevitable)

Oh, I agree with this. Even in her first appearance as a teenager, she was very wooden, but not everyone can be a Kimberly McCullough, Jonathan Jackson, or Amber Tamblyn. My issue is with her introduction and lacking Emma's...essence, for the lack of a better word, for me.

And I'd rather they found someone who looked more like Kimberly/Robin, than dishrag Anna.

[KittyQ]

1 hour ago, bybrandy said:

Also if Lucky, Liz, Lulu, Dante and Rocco had felt it was important to support Laura at the tree lighting shouldn’t Kevin too?  

Kevin is probably working day and night trying to deal with all the Port Charles citizens with weird psychological problems. This is a town that needs more than one psychiatrist. 

[dubbel zout]

2 minutes ago, KittyQ said:

This is a town that needs more than one psychiatrist. 

Why isn't there one? We need some outright bad people, and an unethical therapist would be a gold mine of drama. (It's not as if any medical professional cares about HIPAA unless the plot demands it.) Carlo Rota popping in every so often to growl about his diamonds doesn't cut it.

[JMO]

17 minutes ago, KittyQ said:

Kevin is probably working day and night trying to deal with all the Port Charles citizens with weird psychological problems. This is a town that needs more than one psychiatrist. 

Amen to that, but I think Laura said he was home cooking the feast.  And watching Ace, of course.

[Mirabelle]

They had Sasha's therapist but then I think they killed him. Whatever happened to him, he's no longer on the canvas. 

 

[tessaray]

6 hours ago, YaddaYadda said:

I'm under the impression that Brooklyn has no idea that Gio might be her son. And if she does, then her listening to him go on about how much he misses his mother because she died, is really cruel. Not that telling him that she is his mother would make things better for him.

In any case, this storyline is impressively stupid, even for this show.

The timing at least is insanely stupid. There is so much going on with Lulu awake, Lucky back, mysterious deaths at GH, newfound Scorpios, double adultery at the Q mansion - all stories that could use some layers and longer scenes. 

Instead we get yet another retcon shoehorned in. I'd ask why but we all know why. They want to keep Gio and the most boring couple in daytime needs some drama that doesn't require them to actually do anything dramatic. 

Eta: I'm truly glad that GH is pretty watchable right now. If Gio is the price, it isn't the worst thing this show has ever done. 

Edited Tuesday at 07:52 PM by tessaray

[ciarra]

I hope that Scotty and the pharmacist are having a good Christmas wherever they are.

[JMO]

5 hours ago, Mirabelle said:

They had Sasha's therapist but then I think they killed him. Whatever happened to him, he's no longer on the canvas. 

 

And there was Neil, but they killed him, too.  Maybe Kevin ought to be looking over his shoulder.

[YaddaYadda]

5 hours ago, Mirabelle said:

They had Sasha's therapist but then I think they killed him. Whatever happened to him, he's no longer on the canvas. 

He drugged her and locked her in Shadybrooke because Gladys paid him off to doit, IIRC, so that she could have access to Sasha's money.

[Suicidy]

On 12/23/2024 at 12:12 PM, DanaK said:

For someone who just got out of a 4 year coma and had a liver transplant, LuLu is sure gallivanting around pretty well lol

Ugh…. Please don’t get me started again.  And is she even taking any anti rejection drugs so her body doesn’t kill off the new liver?  They always forget about that.

Edited Yest. at 03:38 AM by Suicidy

[Suicidy]

7 hours ago, ciarra said:

I hope that Scotty and the pharmacist are having a good Christmas wherever they are.

Is no one looking for him?  That seems implausible.  It’s been months.

9 hours ago, tessaray said:

The timing at least is insanely stupid. There is so much going on with Lulu awake, Lucky back, mysterious deaths at GH, newfound Scorpios, double adultery at the Q mansion - all stories that could use some layers and longer scenes. 

Instead we get yet another retcon shoehorned in. I'd ask why but we all know why. They want to keep Gio and the most boring couple in daytime needs some drama that doesn't require them to actually do anything dramatic. 

Eta: I'm truly glad that GH is pretty watchable right now. If Gio is the price, it isn't the worst thing this show has ever done. 

Because everyone has to end up being closely related to someone.

[dubbel zout]

Merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, merry no holidays to everyone! Thanks for making this board so much fun to post in and read!

[GHScorpiosRule]

4 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

Merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, merry no holidays to everyone! Thanks for making this board so much fun to post in and read!

Backatcha, @dubbel zout and all of y’all!

[Josh371982]

On 12/22/2024 at 3:53 PM, Sake614 said:

Yes actually. That’s exactly what he expected. And he’s probably not wrong, considering the way she’s been acting toward him ever since. The whole ‘oh noes you and scout will be all alone for Christmas! Come to Nina’s’ and ‘golly gee, how could Michael do such a terrible thing to such a wonderful man?’when she discovered Michael took Aurora away from him. 🤮

honestly I wish someone would suggest therapy to her because she really needs to understand why she keeps falling for men who will ‘save her.’ The woman has no agency.

I wanted to yell at Willow over that stupid as hell remark" Bitch, Micheal did that cause of you his fake always has to be the victim lying backstabbing wife fucking his Creepy  backstabbing Uncle.  What a great guy Drew is. Thing is Willow seems not one bit remorseful for lusting after her uncle in law for months before fucking him while Micheals had gulit over his and Sashas drunken tryst after finding out about her infidelity and still wants the marriage to last. I wish Willow would drop the act. 

Edited 13 hours ago by Josh371982

[lala2]

Willow isn’t remorseful. I don’t know how much of this is the actress or the direction, but she was the same way with Chase. When Willow was done with Chase, she stopped showing any feelings for him. It was like she didn’t even like him as a friend anymore. She flipped a switch and turned off all feeling for him. When he was seizing, she just looked at him and then gave googly/sad eyes to Michael. There was no nuance or layers to her performance. She was done with Chase. 

I get the same vibes now. She’s done with Michael. Taking CM at his word, the show believes Drillow is a love story. If that’s what Katey’s been told, then she’s likely turned off her feelings for Michael and is focused on Drew now. I don’t think the actress can do nuance or layers. It’s rather shocking how much Willow doesn’t seem to care at all about Michael but not surprising given her treatment of Chase.

The bad writing coupled with the weak performances has made this entire story a massive disappointment. We could have seen Michael release the same anger and passion he had for his dad here but we’ve gotten weak, simp Michael who just wants his marriage to work. Even his takedown of Drew was done in a passive, uninteresting way. Curtis shined more! It’s no wonder Chad quit! SMH! Willow could be feeling guilt AND lust for Drew but we’ve just gotten her lusting for Drew with no concern at all for Michael! Millow have yet to talk!! Willow didn’t even text him that her mom se t the papers, not her. She doesn’t care what Michael thinks or dies! It’s ridiculous! I don’t even know what they’re doing with Drew in this story. He’s just awful and so far from even the Drew CM used to be. It’s so weird. Also, there’s no real reason Nina wouldn’t have told Willow she and Drew slept together multiple times. Willow can’t be mad at her, and screw her if she is! This story is just a mess and not in a good, soapy way, IMO.