Episode Discussion II: The TFGH

[sacrebleu]

Lulu finding out Dante has a secret baby while snooping for info about Valentin and Charlotte was actually a pretty neat twist 

Well done show! 

 

[statsgirl]

I felt for  Bard today as he truth-told Lucas. Brad is a person with flaws, more than many people, but he acknowledges them and tries to do better even if he fails much of the time. But he does acknowledge that he`s flawed and today he confessed when at did wrong before he got together with Lucas. He's trying

But it  wasn't good enough for Lucas who seems to want someone without flaws. (Ironic considering he's close to Carly.) If Lucas can't deal with who Brad is, he needs move on and stop making Brad feel like crap for being human.

4 hours ago, Bringonthedrama said:

 Thus, his "what if something did come from it" line today in response to Dante line's about that summer and BL.

My head is still hurting from that anvil. But at least it moved the plot infinitesimally.

4 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

Wow, the MetroCourt security on all levels is TERRIBLE. Flimsy room windows, easy-access locker rooms where uniforms can be "borrowed," key cards for anyone to obtain, etc. How no one has sued Carly and Olivia is amazing.

They would have if it were Nina still owning half.

Speaking of which, She agreed to support Willow but she should have said that if Willow wants to keep custody of the kids, it would look better if she weren't moving in with another man while still married to Michael, and while Michael is in hospital dealing with severe burs.

3 hours ago, ciarra said:

I thought summer camp didn't mean the entire summer, but a few weeks?  She'd have to get pregnant, miss a period, then find a pregnancy test.

How long was your summer camp?

Here it's one, two or four weeks. Ironically when I was at riding camp (as a Stable Hand In Training, yes, those are the initials), one of the other ITs did get pregnant from another counsellor.

[Sake614]

I went to sleepaway camp for 3 1/2 summers. The first three were the entire summer, the last was only one month. I hated just about the entire experience but my parents made me go back anyway. Best day of my life was when I could finally tell them I was too old for camp!

[Winston Wolfe]

On 3/3/2025 at 5:38 PM, ciarra said:

Is Sonny going to keep the decorator cowbells? (Is cowbells one word or two?)🫤

"More cowbell - More Cowbell." Thanks so much Mr. Christopher Walken.

8 hours ago, sashabear21 said:

I mean Sidwell just waltzed right in to the Quartermaine kitchen, where billionaires and a longtime hit man who presumably still has a slew of enemies live.

For a guy who tried to kill a third of Port Charles, it's interesting how Sidwell wanders around the town without a bodyguard.

On 2/28/2025 at 11:51 PM, boes said:

I haven't been watching again long enough to have seen Sasha when she was apparently a rootable character.  All I've seen is a person dumb enough to choose Jason to be her pretend baby daddy while loudly condemning Willow for distancing her kids from the same people she wants to keep her kid away from.  And today, she basically said that she hates getting "charity" because ...... why, again?

On top of that, Sasha wouldn't have to bleat "why won't the Q's just leave me alone," every day if she wasn't working for them AND living in their home. As the old C&W song goes, "how can they miss you if you won't go away?"

[ciarra]

Why is Anna dressed like Mary Poppins?  The draggy black dress.  At least Mary accessorized with a colorful scarf.

Edited Yest. at 04:10 AM by ciarra

[graight]

18 hours ago, ciarra said:

if you're going to rebrand, why keep the Charlie's name? 

I can't believe she hasn't renamed it Adela's.

[Artsda]

Sasha too stupid to live, get out of the Q house.

She refuses to take Michael's money or Jason's, she attack the family giving her room and board. But she'll go take money from a man who was good to blow her up. 

L

I wish he had succeeded. 

 

[dubbel zout]

2 hours ago, graight said:

21 hours ago, ciarra said:

if you're going to rebrand, why keep the Charlie's name? 

I can't believe she hasn't renamed it Adela's.

I tried to riff on this, but it's perfect as is. *chef's kiss to @graight!*

[Lugal]

20 hours ago, sashabear21 said:

Can Lulu and Kristina start a relationship and have a daughter together so that we won’t have to listen to them prattle on about “MY DAUGHTER!” individually? I’m just so tired. 

Looks like we have ourselves a good, old-fashioned smug-off!

On 3/3/2025 at 3:38 PM, ciarra said:

Is Sonny going to keep the decorator cowbells? (Is cowbells one word or two?)🫤

Winston Wolfe beat me to it, but I can't resist.

 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Lugal

[CeChase]

15 hours ago, Winston Wolfe said:

"More cowbell - More Cowbell." Thanks so much Mr. Christopher Walken.

For a guy who tried to kill a third of Port Charles, it's interesting how Sidwell wanders around the town without a bodyguard.

On top of that, Sasha wouldn't have to bleat "why won't the Q's just leave me alone," every day if she wasn't working for them AND living in their home. As the old C&W song goes, "how can they miss you if you won't go away?"

OMG right?  I loved Sasha for so long, and now I say "SHUT UP Sasha" every time she's onscreen.  

The best was "Oh Monica bought my baby A SWEATER! They just won't leave me alone, it's HORRIBLE!"   

Edited 13 hours ago by CeChase

[dubbel zout]

19 hours ago, statsgirl said:

23 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

Wow, the MetroCourt security on all levels is TERRIBLE. Flimsy room windows, easy-access locker rooms where uniforms can be "borrowed," key cards for anyone to obtain, etc. How no one has sued Carly and Olivia is amazing.

They would have if it were Nina still owning half.

If Nina were still part owner, the MC would probably have received a gigantic fine—that Nina alone would have to pay—and possibly been shut down for a bit.

I can't stop laughing at the Easter Island cover for Joss. It's absurd, but Carly buys it hook, line, and sinker.

It's bad enough we have to listen to Lulu go on about Charlotte, but now Anna has rejoined the conversation and is dragging Jason into it. UGH.

Poor Cody, getting dragged into the stupid Gio drama through no fault of his own.

[ciarra]

And one more thing.  (Summer camp, again.)

Did anyone bring their truck?  Other than Cody. 

[TVbitch]

OMG at the update text Brennan received on Joss' WSB secret operative test scores. Each one 2 points below total perfection. Like 248/250 for Fitness and 198/200 for Marksmanship or some shit like that. I don't even think Navy Seals are that totally amazingly epic! Joss should forget about the WSB and join the Avengers. 

[JMO]

Interesting blowup between Rocco and Danny, and well done by the actors.  I imagine we'll visit Danny's sentiment of "my family is always doing for yours" again.  I guess Danny is too impetuous to realize that he has sent his last remaining parent on a dangerous quest to recover Rocco's sister, while sparing Rocco both of his own parents.

Even though I'm willing to give the character up for a good cause, I do enjoy JK's Cody.  He's appropriately bemused at times, solicitous and supportive when called for and seems to have chemistry of one sort or another with everyone.  Seems like someone I wouldn't mind having as a friend---except when he's pursuing plot point activities like gambling to buy Serenity.  Speaking of that plot point----did it just go *poof*?

Not looking forward to the Anna/Jason redux.

 

[absnow54]

6 minutes ago, TVbitch said:

OMG at the update text Brennan received on Joss' WSB secret operative test scores. Each one 2 points below total perfection. Like 248/250 for Fitness and 198/200 for Marksmanship or some shit like that. I don't even think Navy Seals are that totally amazingly epic! Joss should forget about the WSB and join the Avengers. 

I cackled when her assessment was on a scale of 100 and not, like, actual proficiency. 

Also, Lois showing up at the stables for absolutely no reason other than to overhear camp talk and rush to Martin’s. Why is Lois? Why?

[YaddaYadda]

20 minutes ago, TVbitch said:

OMG at the update text Brennan received on Joss' WSB secret operative test scores. Each one 2 points below total perfection. Like 248/250 for Fitness and 198/200 for Marksmanship or some shit like that. I don't even think Navy Seals are that totally amazingly epic! Joss should forget about the WSB and join the Avengers. 

A regular Natasha Romanoff that one. 

Soon we'll be told how she was better than the best they'd ever had.

[dubbel zout]

10 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

Soon we'll be told how she was better than the best they'd ever had.

Who was likely Anna, given the idiocy of this show.

[statsgirl]

Cody and Dante spent 4 years as counselors in training? How bad were they? (Every camp I know, CIT was one year.)

Ooh look at Lulu worming the truth out of Cody. She's a better spy than Anna.

Speak of which, Joss. Marksmanship test 99.2%; Fitness test 98.6%, Just the bestest of the best. I could (maybe) buy the fitness score although it's been a year since we saw her work out but she shot her first shot at Cyrus. That marksmanship grade is ridiculous.

I regret Carly saving Brennan's life.

I had to leave the show early but Carly telling Brennan that she's not good enough for him?  Don't buy it at all. (I buy the insecurity in the Carly of 30 years ago but not Soccer Mom, Hotel Owner, Bobby's Owner, rich divorcee Carly.

35 minutes ago, JMO said:

 I guess Danny is too impetuous to realize that he has sent his last remaining parent on a dangerous quest to recover Rocco's sister, while sparing Rocco both of his own parents.

Danny thinks that Jason cannot be hurt or defeated.

[Daisy]

6 minutes ago, statsgirl said:

Cody and Dante spent 4 years as counselors in training? How bad were they? (Every camp I know, CIT was one year.)

 

there are a lot of camps, depending on the age or requirements you can be a CIT for more than 1 year. (also some people just don't want that super responsiblity of being a counsellour so they choose to be a CIT)

[absnow54]

There was something incredibly bad, yet enjoyable about today’s episode. Like maybe the outline was generated by AI because it moved characters from scene to scene in a contrived and completely nonsensical way, but as long as I didn’t think about that the scenes were enjoyable. 

Absolute highlight was Lulu instantly loosing interest in Charlotte the second there was a new missing kid to sus out. 

[Sake614]

1 hour ago, YaddaYadda said:

Soon we'll be told how she was better than the best they'd ever had.

Like her dead boyfriend before he became dead. When he joined the Academy, he aced EVERYTHING. Highest marks in the history of the PCPD 🙄

1 hour ago, statsgirl said:

Cody and Dante spent 4 years as counselors in training? How bad were they?

No they were campers when they were in Junior High and then became CITs in HS. Although the ages still don’t line up. As I said, I went to sleepaway camp from 10-13. That’s generally the age for going away unless it’s specifically a camp for teens. By the show’s ‘logic’ they either started camp at 13 or they were CITs at 14. 

[TVbitch]

3 minutes ago, Sake614 said:

Like her dead boyfriend before he became dead. When he joined the Academy, he aced EVERYTHING. Highest marks in the history of the PCPD 🙄

Hopefully the WSB doesn't do their fitness test in the parking lot with a couple orange cones and a stop watch. 

[ciarra]

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“A great white has taken out our electrical systems!”

Do they deliberately run Doctor Odyssey promos during GH so that GH doesn't look so stupid? 

[Cheyanne11]

1 hour ago, ciarra said:

Do they deliberately run Doctor Odyssey promos during GH so that GH doesn't look so stupid? 

maybe in a very special crossover event, SpyGirl Joss can parachute onto the deck of the ship and MacGyver the electrical system.  

[Artsda]

Why does Charlotte keep telling Rocco where she is?

2 grown men going on about camp. 

Unless Drew's dead?  

So police commissioner is leaving on a trip with mob hitman?

[ciarra]

32 minutes ago, Artsda said:

Unless Drew's dead?  

Portia, Curtis, Carly, Ned/Tracy, Sidwell?  Hmmm, who else hates Drew?

Kind of a lousy thing to do to CM, being unemployed right after losing his house. 

[rur]

5 hours ago, statsgirl said:

Cody and Dante spent 4 years as counselors in training? How bad were they? (Every camp I know, CIT was one year.)

I worked at an after-school program for a while -- we provided a safe place for girls to stay until their parents got off work. We had mostly elementary kids, but also middle school and high school students. We called the older girls "volunteer assistants", to give them a little status. My head canon will be that Dante and Cody got shipped off to camp every summer and were just called CITs because they were older. 

[KerleyQ]

Those scenes of Carly leaving and Brennan going after her would have been so much better with CM still in the role. It was a huge mistake to reveal that Brennan's plan coming to PC and getting close to Carly's family was to recruit Joss all along at the same time they had to recast. It really killed everything LW and CM had built in the pairing. 

Can we please just get to the full reveal on the Gio thing so we can all move on with our lives?  

They're giving Anna and Jason almost the exact same script as Britt/Jason, aren't they?  Be prepared for them to bang at some point on this expedition to retrieve Charlotte, then Jason will have to break it to her at some point after they get home that he has to step up and marry Sasha for some ass backward reason. 

7 hours ago, TVbitch said:

OMG at the update text Brennan received on Joss' WSB secret operative test scores. Each one 2 points below total perfection. Like 248/250 for Fitness and 198/200 for Marksmanship or some shit like that. I don't even think Navy Seals are that totally amazingly epic! Joss should forget about the WSB and join the Avengers. 

Don't give them ideas. She'll be the next Captain America. 

1 hour ago, ciarra said:

Portia, Curtis, Carly, Ned/Tracy, Sidwell?  Hmmm, who else hates Drew?

Kind of a lousy thing to do to CM, being unemployed right after losing his house. 

Whoever does kill him, Nina is going to get blamed for it. 

[Mirabelle]

4 minutes ago, KerleyQ said:

 

They're giving Anna and Jason almost the exact same script as Britt/Jason, aren't they?  Be prepared for them to bang at some point on this expedition to retrieve Charlotte, then Jason will have to break it to her at some point after they get home that he has to step up and marry Sasha for some ass backward reason. 

 

It will be summer soon and someone needs to protect Sasha from unwanted sweaters.

[nilyank]

45 minutes ago, KerleyQ said:

Whoever does kill him, Nina is going to get blamed for it. 

Which means that Willow will be the one who killed when she finds out how very unhero like he has been and she snaps and blacks out the murder. Nina knows and will cover up for her.

[ulkis]

If they don't at least have a Lulu/Cody fling, they're dumb. Not that that's anything new.

In addition to seducing raw-spy-talented Joss to the WSB, Brennan also wants to pollute the environment to fly over to Paris for a day with Carly. Bastard! (carlysworld#topollute!#haaa!#)

Can GH even at least throw a bone and say Rocco didn't want to contact Lucky cause he's in the hospital and Dante because ... of something? No? Straight to Jason being involved even though he doesn't give a shit about Charlotte and he's baby-sitting his pregnant daughtergirlfriend and accused of murder? Fine!

Drew sucks yet the more the characters act like Willow is his victim the more I want to defend him lol.

8 hours ago, statsgirl said:

Ooh look at Lulu worming the truth out of Cody. She's a better spy than Anna.

Poor Anna. I'm a Lulu fan and even I know being outdone by Joss *and* Lulu is cruel.

1 hour ago, KerleyQ said:

Can we please just get to the full reveal on the Gio thing so we can all move on with our lives?  

Lulu: why didn't you have an abortion Brook Lynn? DID YOU KNOW I HAD AN ABORTION?

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They're giving Anna and Jason almost the exact same script as Britt/Jason, aren't they?

Yes except Anna being English, won't buy her and Jason toothbrushes. *runs* kidding kidding. 

LL2 are my sweet sweet bubble. From this show, from the world lol. Second kiss made up for tempLucky trying to gnaw off Liz's chin.

Edited 2 hours ago by ulkis

[ulkis]

On 2/28/2025 at 11:51 PM, boes said:

I haven't been watching again long enough to have seen Sasha when she was apparently a rootable character. 

I'm a grinch so take this with a pinch of salt but while I didn't hate her she wasn't ever particularly interesting imo. I do like her and Nina at times and think they should have more scenes together. I find their relationship sweeter and more genuine than Nina and Willow.

On 3/4/2025 at 6:56 PM, dubbel zout said:

They even lampshaded that a bit when Sasha told her she was getting whiplash. It doesn't solve the problem, Show!

Yes, please! I think Tracy would be a good sounding board, and JE is really, really good with younger actors.

It would be very nice if Tracy and Lucky could get one scene talking about Luke (and Laura). I think it's appropriate they aren't close but one deep talk between them would be interesting.

And yeah Tracy would/should be much more attentive to Rocco, Aiden and Charlotte, Luke's grandkids.

[ulkis]

On 2/27/2025 at 9:49 AM, Sake614 said:

The more I see Chase the more he looks and sounds like a puppy with a brand new toy. His brother is an ADDICT! And he really thinks it’s a good idea to ask him to be the sperm donor? 

I don't think he's done being in shock and trying to make up for it and thinking up whatever stupid idea he can. 

On 2/27/2025 at 11:25 AM, Melgaypet said:

I never thought I'd say this about The Thing That's Been Devouring Port Charles Since The Womb, but there is a Michael-shaped hole in this story. Frank really should've recast.

I liked you once Melgaypet. :sobs: 

No but seriously I get it and I agree to a certain extent. I'm just relieved at a Duell break after FIFTEEN YEARS. but soon someone call Drew Garrett.