Episode Discussion II: The TFGH

[dubbel zout]

14 hours ago, KittyQ said:

After all, you've travelled pretty far to just turn around without even trying anything else. 

That cracked me up. Willow travels at least 8 hours to see Michael, gets told he doesn't want to see her, and instantly gives up and plans to go back to PC. Way to want to work things out!

I wonder if nuMichael will just happen to be walking around the clinic and he sees Willow. It seems about time that the recast shows up.

10 hours ago, KittyQ said:

Collette has the worst moves!

She's more inept than Shawn at trying to kill someone.  Why Brennan hasn't cut her loose is a mystery.

54 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

I don't know where this thing is headed with Drew, but the whole thing with the escort is going to blow up in Nina's face.

As it should. I'm all for bringing Drew down, but Nina. GURL. Try to come up with an idea that isn't galactically stupid.

15 minutes ago, CeChase said:

I think they are going to write it that Drew did set off that bomb, now whether his target was Sonny remains to be seen.  Maybe Michael was his target all along.

Bombing a penthouse seems a little extreme, even for Drew. Sidwell seems the more likely candidate, as we've seen he has no trouble being violent.

Edited April 26 by dubbel zout

[ByaNose]

I’m guess new Michael will arrive at the Nurses Ball. GH always has some big character arriving or getting killed. Maybe, it’s a twofer. Drew gets killed at the Nurses Ball and nuMichael arrives. He’ll either be in a wheelchair or both doors will open and he will arrive in time for Willow to faint and Michael catches her. Of course, this will drive Carly up a wall. LOL!!!!!

[CeChase]

26 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

That cracked me up. Willow travels at least 8 hours to see Michael, gets told he doesn't want to see her, and instantly gives up and plans to go back to PC. Way to want to work things out!

I wonder if nuMichael will just happen to be walking around the clinic and he sees Willow. It seems about time that the recast shows up.

She's more inept than Shawn at trying to kill someone.  Why Brennan hasn't cut her loose is a mystery.

As it should. I'm all for bringing Drew down, but Nina. GURL. Try to come up with an idea that isn't galactically stupid.

Bombing a penthouse seems a little extreme, even for Drew. Sidwell seems the more likely candidate, as we've seen he has no trouble being violent.

I thought it was Sidewell all along, I agree he seems the likely candidate.  But then Drew started acting not just creepy, but crazy manipulative, and I have second thoughts.  It could be him.  But we'll see!

[GHScorpiosRule]

This is so galatically STOOPID!  I know I sound like a broken record, but as a FRESHMAN Congressman, Drew has very little power and influence-since he has no family that were or are also in politics. Nor does he know anyone. He’s an UNKOWN. So WHY would this no name receptionist in a DIFFERENT country do his bidding? And one would think that Cujo would have put in place whose calls would be allowed.

But Plot’s gotta plot with this FAKAKTA show.

So was it Sidwell who was behind Mooby’s penthouse fire? Or Not!Brennan? Why would Collette  be trying to kill Mooby? Unless she’s a double agent and actually is Sidwell’s minion?

Those scenes with Sidwell, Drew, and Jordan were so 🙄 🙄🙄🙄

Not to mention Willow with her hurt fee-fees and cult like thinking how Drew WOULD NEVER treat her like this! Spineless twit.

[Sake614]

21 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

one would think that Cujo would have put in place whose calls would be allowed.

Even if she did, he didn’t call Michael. He just called the clinic. It’s still galactically stupid that he could offer the receptionist enough money to lie. And why would she take his word for it rather than demanding at least half up front? What was stopping her from running after Willow and telling her everything if she didn’t get paid?

[YaddaYadda]

17 minutes ago, Sake614 said:

Even if she did, he didn’t call Michael. He just called the clinic

Not even the clinic. The nurse or receptionist or whatever she was. She dialed him directly on his cell. And she apparently memorized the number.

Carly, Jason, Nina, all know that Willow went to Germany to see Michael. Michael doesn't know.

When she comes back and tells them that he wouldn't see her, and then speak to Michael about why he wouldn't see Willow, then Drew's little house of cards might start caving in.

Wonder what kind of lie he'll tell Willow, although it probably won't matter since she'll swallow the whole thing and praise him for wanting to protect her.

It's too bad Harmony isn't around anymore.

Edited April 26 by YaddaYadda

[ciarra]

30 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

It's too bad Harmony isn't around anymore.

Yeah, she could finally say what she was warning Willow about in her dreams.

[dubbel zout]

Isn't Willow still Michael's medical proxy? Why not ask to speak to his doctors and find out what's happening? Then she can at least go home and tell Wiley and Amelia that Daddy is getting better every day, or whatever positive spin she wants to use. That would salvage some of the trip.

But I have to think she won't leave immediately She might not see or talk to Michael, but she was at the clinic for 10 minutes, tops. She should have done a video call with Michael if she's that easily put off. For all of Willow's "I make my own decisions!," her spine barely exists these days.

[YaddaYadda]

16 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

her spine barely exists these days.

Her spine hasn't existed since she became Michael's stepford wife.

Remember when she had her surgery and saw Harmony and told her how she was Michael's wife and the mother of his children?

It's had to believe that this is the same person who fled a cult, had her baby on her own, built a teaching career before she fell into Michael's vortex of suck.

[dubbel zout]

Willow isn't putting up any pretense of free will. For a while she had that going for her, even if was only pretense.

Edited April 27 by dubbel zout
belated typo fixing

[GHScorpiosRule]

Another bit of 🙄🙄🙄🙄 stupidity-that instead of waiting in a cubicle, Cody is in the waiting room after getting X-Rayed. Like, seriously? What, did they swap out those set pieces for the EXTREMELY FUGLY reinstalled “home” set of NuNuNuLooLoo’s?

With all the self-serving back patting Frank and this show gives itself in the occasional PSAs sponsored by RAIN, he nor every damn body else can see the tone -deafness IF Drew turns out to be Shiloh? What I’m seeing on my screen is a classic abusive relationship-isolating Willow from friends and family (while Nina is still allowed to see her, he hardly ever leaves them alone), and the gaslighting. Which she’s buying hook, line, and sinker. And I don’t EVEN CARE about Willow or the SLS.

At least when Monty did a 180 on Brock, that abusive story line, while difficult to watch, was nuanced.

And I laughed my ass off at that…turban that Collette was wearing. Is this the “new” nurse cap?🤣🤣🤣🤣 And the way Mooby’s eyes snapped open?

[Perkie]

20 hours ago, Sake614 said:

Pretty sure that’s Collette, Brennan’s deputy.

and

20 hours ago, KerleyQ said:

Come on whoever you are in those scrubs, get the job done! 

 

It is Colette per IMDB: 

a woman entering Sonny’s hospital room disguised in scrubs. It appears that Colette Moreau (Mercedes Lopez Renard) is planning to impersonate a nurse in her latest plot to eliminate Sonny.

No matter who Colette is truly allied with or what drives her actions, it looks like she intends to go after Sonny with a syringe filled with a lethal substance.

Since Sonny will be in a vulnerable state in his hospital bed at that point, he will be in urgent need of help. This is when Carly might make her move,...

[KerleyQ]

1 hour ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

Another bit of 🙄🙄🙄🙄 stupidity-that instead of waiting in a cubicle, Cody is in the waiting room after getting X-Rayed. Like, seriously? 

Unfortunately, I know that's a thing that can happen. Of course, in Cody's case, it was less "oh dear God, are you people going to let me die in your waiting room?" than "we need him in the waiting room to run into Molly, because he and Molly must run into each other everywhere they go now, so the audience will know they're meant to be a couple."  

[GHScorpiosRule]

41 minutes ago, KerleyQ said:

Unfortunately, I know that's a thing that can happen. Of course, in Cody's case, it was less "oh dear God, are you people going to let me die in your waiting room?" than "we need him in the waiting room to run into Molly, because he and Molly must run into each other everywhere they go now, so the audience will know they're meant to be a couple."  

Tru Dat!

[Winston Wolfe]

3 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

NuNuNuLooLoo’s?

As Larry the Cable Guy would say, "that right there is funny, I don't care who you are."🤣

Edited April 27 by Winston Wolfe

[nilyank]

1 hour ago, KerleyQ said:

Unfortunately, I know that's a thing that can happen. Of course, in Cody's case, it was less "oh dear God, are you people going to let me die in your waiting room?" than "we need him in the waiting room to run into Molly, because he and Molly must run into each other everywhere they go now, so the audience will know they're meant to be a couple."  

Poor Molly.

[Kiki777]

I can’t wait for Willow to find out that Drew slept with Nina, so we can see how he’ll convince her that it was 100% Nina’s fault- and of course the dumdum will believe him 🙄 

[KayVeeTeeVee]

Last night I stumbled on a 1972 episode of Emergency! and guess who was the guest star?  Leslie Charleson!  She played a feminist photojournalist assigned to write a feature on the crew and hospital.  She was wonderful, but the script was SO dated.  Women's Lib rules.

[Sake614]

I actually remember that episode! And yeah I love watching the shows I grew up with but I also cringe at the dialogue and attitudes toward women, 

[KittyQ]

On 4/26/2025 at 6:48 PM, KerleyQ said:

he and Molly must run into each other everywhere they go now, so the audience will know they're meant to be a couple

BTW, what happened to TJ? He was previously the hospital's all-around-go-to doctor, and now he's MIA. Maybe he should work on Kai's surgery and then become entranced by Trina... 

[KittenPokerCheater]

Maybe Molly and TJ broke up offscreen?  I mean, the writing is so bad these days I wouldn’t be surprised.

I’d like to see Molly/Cody get written into more stories so that we can see them do things other than endless chem tests.

 

[GHScorpiosRule]

53 minutes ago, KittenPokerCheater said:

Maybe Molly and TJ broke up offscreen?  

They broke up onscreen.

[MarciNJ]

On 4/25/2025 at 9:51 PM, KittyQ said:

Why wouldn't Willow ask to at least speak with Michael's doctors? Get direct information about his condition, even if he didn't want to see her in person? Why believe whatever Carly or Drew or whoever tells her how he's doing?

OH - I know this one!  Its because she is an idiot.  On so many levels.

[YaddaYadda]

7 hours ago, KittyQ said:

BTW, what happened to TJ? He was previously the hospital's all-around-go-to doctor, and now he's MIA. Maybe he should work on Kai's surgery and then become entranced by Trina... 

Trina is kind of his cousin, so I don't think they're going there.

But the actor is now recurring. They didn't bother giving the actor anything outside of Molly and since they broke up, he is no longer required. I'm assuming he might be in the Nurses Ball shows since they need shirtless guys.

[Bringonthedrama]

1 hour ago, KittenPokerCheater said:

Maybe Molly and TJ broke up offscreen? 

They broke up on-screen last year. That's why Molly moved out of their apartment/moved in with Alexis and Alexis asked Ric to decorate the Christmas tree with her, so Molly would have a nice Christmas surprise from her parents at the end of a horrible year.

Edited April 28 by Bringonthedrama

[30 Helens]

On 4/25/2025 at 10:38 PM, KerleyQ said:

God help me, I think I like Cody and Molly. 

You’re not alone. Cody has always been a useless, albeit likeable, character, and Molly has been a bore for quite some time. But together, they give each other lightness and spark. And IMO they have much more chemistry than Cody/Sasha or Molly/TJ ever did. 

On 4/26/2025 at 11:49 AM, ByaNose said:

I’m guess new Michael will arrive at the Nurses Ball. GH always has some big character arriving or getting killed.

I’m guessing this year’s big reveal will be Gio. Maybe NuLuGirl Reporter will choose the occasion to unburden herself to Dante, because the NB is all about truth and giving. Then, Gio will get on stage and play with such soulful intensity that Brook Lynn will feel an instant bond. She muses to Lois that her son must also be a musical genius because duh, genes.  Lois’s guilty look makes Brook Lynn gasp in realization. She jumps up, locks eyes with Dante, and suddenly They Both Know.

Then Lucy takes off her clothes.

[dubbel zout]

1 hour ago, 30 Helens said:

Then Lucy takes off her clothes.

Lynn Herring was a very good sport about Lucy her clothes at the NB for a lot longer than I would have tolerated.

[Suicidy 2.0]

On 4/26/2025 at 11:32 AM, GHScorpiosRule said:

This is so galatically STOOPID!  I know I sound like a broken record, but as a FRESHMAN Congressman, Drew has very little power and influence-since he has no family that were or are also in politics. Nor does he know anyone. He’s an UNKOWN. So WHY would this no name receptionist in a DIFFERENT country do his bidding? And one would think that Cujo would have put in place whose calls would be allowed.

But Plot’s gotta plot with this FAKAKTA show.

So was it Sidwell who was behind Mooby’s penthouse fire? Or Not!Brennan? Why would Collette  be trying to kill Mooby? Unless she’s a double agent and actually is Sidwell’s minion?

Those scenes with Sidwell, Drew, and Jordan were so 🙄 🙄🙄🙄

Not to mention Willow with her hurt fee-fees and cult like thinking how Drew WOULD NEVER treat her like this! Spineless twit.

You misspelled ‘****’.

[GHScorpiosRule]

1 minute ago, Suicidy 2.0 said:

You misspelled ‘****’.

Looks like the word you want to use is not allowed.

[Suicidy 2.0]

On 4/26/2025 at 10:01 AM, CeChase said:

I thought it was Sidewell all along, I agree he seems the likely candidate.  But then Drew started acting not just creepy, but crazy manipulative, and I have second thoughts.  It could be him.  But we'll see!

If it does turn out it was Sidwell, then it should be revealed at the Nurse’s Ball.  Where he will perform a number titled ‘Sidwell All Along’.  At the crescendo, Sonny has a major heart attack.

4 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

Looks like the word you want to use is not allowed.

It’s one letter off of ‘twist’.  So I can say fuck and shit, but not tw_t?

Ok……..

[GHScorpiosRule]

6 minutes ago, Suicidy 2.0 said:

It’s one letter off of ‘twist’.  So I can say fuck and shit, but not tw_t?

I figured that was what it was, and it used to be allowed. Not sure what's so verboten about it. Hence my use of twit. Or when I improvise: twaddletwat.

[ljr]

Why did they make Alexis, Kristina and Molly so depressing?  Why did they kill off Sam?  
What’s going to happen with that dagger? Is there going to be a murder?

Sonny is like Teflon nothing can kill him

[dubbel zout]

Oh, look at Brick Bond, suavely pulling out his silenced gun and shooting an inept assassin. Too bad Carly didn't recognize her as Brennan's lackey.

Brennan using the phrase "pulling the trigger" was unfortunate considering he's at the hospital to pick up a body that Brick shot.

The Sonny and Dead!Mike scenes were so boring. 

Gio's angry face was hilarious.

LOL at Molly storming out with the commitment papers. It's not like they can't be drawn up again.

Oh, look, Drew threatens to go to Curtis if Portia doesn't do what he wants. Again. Zzzz.

[KittyQ]

36 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Gio's angry face was hilarious.

Why would he defend Sonny? I get that he's a bit biased against Tracy because she has done things that he might not appreciate (although living with her in Monica's house is ok). For whatever reason, Gio is brainwashed in Sonny's favor, like everyone else in town. 

There was that one promising time when everyone seemed to snap out of their Sonny delusions and recognized him for what he is, but I guess the hypnotic spell returned, and well, here we are...

Is the assassin's body still in Sonny's room? I think being in a hospital, there would be lots of transportation (stretchers, wheelchairs) to move it somewhere. Other than that, someone needs to go to housekeeping for fresh bedding. Not sure that Jack Brennan is the one to do that. 

Hmmm... I think Molly is going to look back on her speech to Alexis and wish she hadn't been so certain about Kristina once she (inevitably) find out about the brake line.

[absnow54]

48 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Oh, look at Brick Bond, suavely pulling out his silenced gun and shooting an inept assassin.

That was so weird. Did she not push the plunger on the syringe? I was waiting for Brick to call Isaiah the digitalis whisperer. Like how do you know Sonny is fine, Brick? You didn’t even turn his monitors back on.

 I haven’t been very impressed with Gio’s actor, but he did surprisingly well today. Jane Elliott has done wonders to his performance. 

[statsgirl]

mmmm

On 4/26/2025 at 8:00 AM, ljr said:

Why can’t they just tell Dante already about the adoption? What’s going to happen he will get angry? He will probably accept it

As Brook Lynn said, every day she is torn that she made the right decision and she wanted to spare Dante the pain.

But the real problem is the child who may not know that he is adopted and to learn could tear his world apart. Brook Lynn and Dante don't have the right to do that much less Lulu.

On 4/26/2025 at 11:40 AM, YaddaYadda said:

I can't believe they killed off Sam to give us ShrewLu. I can't stand her ass. The family unit has blown up. The kids have scattered, girl reporter is back and is as self-righteous as ever. She knows how to suck the air out of a room. She has it down to a science.

The more I see of Lulu, the more I agree with this.

Worse, the writing is just next door to having Dante fall into her arms again because they wuv each other so much. I can see that with Liz and Lucky but for Dante, I just want to shout Run! Run!

[GHScorpiosRule]

36 minutes ago, KittyQ said:

Why would he defend Sonny?

Because he's from da neighborhood of da most awesomest Bensonhoirst!

36 minutes ago, KittyQ said:

There was that one promising time when everyone seemed to snap out of their Sonny delusions and recognized him for what he is, but I guess the hypnotic spell returned, and well, here we are...

Yes, last year, in March, when Patrick Mulcahy was made new headwriter; but then backstage shenanigans and Frank pouting, had Mulcahy quit within a couple of months, to rehire Van Etshisface, so he and Korte are now co-head writers, and they undid everything. This would include making Jagger crazy and rogue, thereby letting Mooby murder him in cold blood, but no one gives a shit, because, Rogue and "off the rails" don'tchaknow. And also walking Laura back from cutting Mooby out of her life.

[dubbel zout]

I had to laugh when Kristina got all indignant with Alexis about the commitment papers, saying, "You think I'm a danger to myself and others!" Uh, yeah! You tried to murder Ava and instead nearly took out Ric and Elizabeth, "the nicest person ever" according to your continued absolute lack of self-awareness talk at Irene's grave. 

Oh, how I wish Molly had arrived a few minutes earlier to hear Kristina admit to cutting the brake lines.

The Portia/Brad scenes were kind of fun—entirely due to Parry Shen. It would be nice if Portia showed that kind of decisiveness with Drew instead of barely controlling a wobbly lower lip.

Edited April 28 by dubbel zout

[TVbitch]

Fooking Brick, as if I didn't hate him before this!! And since when does Brick have a direct number for the WSB? And what, the hospital is fine with the WSB just coming in and collecting a body? No police?! So stupid. 

During Mike and Sonny's excruciating chat, was it finally dawning on Sonny that since leaving the mob puts his family in danger, but being in the mob also puts his family in danger, the only way to really keep them safe ~is to die.

Joss sounds like a petulant teen when talking to her handler. 

[JMO]

That's some wild cardiac surgery post-op unit in that fancy LA hospital.  There was time to commit an apparently bloodless shooting murder and spirit the body away without a single staff member coming to check on the patient.  

I think Gio defends Sonny because, before coming to Port Charles, he'd only ever known the man as a generous benefactor of his music and his education.  That bubble has burst a bit, but Gio hasn't fully absorbed who Sonny really is. 

The Alexis/Molly/Kristina thing is maddening and there doesn't seem to be any chance of a good ending.  That means months of family relationship torture and near misses in Molly finding out, and I just don't want to watch it.

I am surprisingly (to me) intrigued with the situation regarding the college professor.  Did Emma know him, or know about him, in California? Does he know, or know about, her?  Did one of them follow the other to PC?   Does he realize who Anna is?  The Joss part of the story has yet to pique my interest.  

Sonny/Mike/Jordan/Curtis/Portia/Brad/Trina/Kai....snooze.  

Edited April 28 by JMO

[ciarra]

1 hour ago, KittyQ said:

Why would he defend Sonny?

Because Sonny keeps giving him money?

[30 Helens]

2 hours ago, Suicidy 2.0 said:

If it does turn out it was Sidwell, then it should be revealed at the Nurse’s Ball.  Where he will perform a number titled ‘Sidwell All Along’.

I don’t know why, but this brought to mind Charles Durning performing “Dance a Little Sidestep” from Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Which would be a great number for Drew to perform at the Nurses Ball. And suddenly that’s all I want to see.

[ciarra]

With all the Mooby-propping untruths Mike was speaking, I expected lightning to strike him dead.  Oh, too late. 

 

 

[sacrebleu]

Did we really need Ghost Mike to tell us, yet again, that Sonny isnt to blame for his own life choices, because Mike was such a bad father? 

And Kristina isn't doing the math that Alexis knows what she did? The actress played those scenes with ZERO nuance, no guilt/ suspicion, all outrage. 

[GHScorpiosRule]

3 hours ago, sacrebleu said:

Did we really need Ghost Mike to tell us, yet again, that Sonny isnt to blame for his own life choices, because Mike was such a bad father? 

The minute NuMike (Ron Hale will always be Mike to me) said it was HIS fault Mooby fell into mob, I fast forwarded all those scenes. Like, Mooby didn't have a choice? Please. He was mobbed up and killing since he was a youn'n. Olivia knew this and it's why she kept Dante a secret from him. Lois and all the Bensonhoirst family knew this, but didn't care.

And according to Gio, but "he'sbeengoodtomeandhasdonesomanyGOODthings" can take several seats, please. And knowing Frank, and Korte, NuNotMyEmma will also spout how good Mooby is even though she was too young to know anything, and they will ignore how she was THERE when Mooby, flashing his gun, looking for Jax, ended up shooting Robin. Oh I miss Patrick and his RIGHTEOUS ANGER as he treated Robin's wound. I was THRILLED Robin finally cut him out of her life, but then after her kidnap/rescue, forgave his narcissistic ASS. The only saving grace for me with that was she still maintained her friendship with AJ.

 

3 hours ago, sacrebleu said:

And Kristina isn't doing the math that Alexis knows what she did? The actress played those scenes with ZERO nuance, no guilt/ suspicion, all outrage.

I KNOW! It didn't even cross her peabrain that maybe Alexis found out what she had done to Ric's brakes! Alexis should have just shouted it out--with Molly there. Now THAT would have been good soap.

Oh, the professor Dalton isn't creepy at all. Oh no. And now Anna's latent spy smarts are ringing! Is he behind NuNotMyEmma's being expelled?

Another Robert shoutout! Oh pleasepleaseplease, let this mean that Tristan is coming back. Without the appendage that is Holly.

Really, show? Insurance companies wanting more information AFTER BUSINESS HOURS? Give me a break.

[dubbel zout]

1 hour ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

Really, show? Insurance companies wanting more information AFTER BUSINESS HOURS? Give me a break.

I laughed so hard. I have a difficult enough time getting my insurance company to do something during working hours.

[GHScorpiosRule]

1 minute ago, dubbel zout said:

I laughed so hard. I have a difficult enough time getting my insurance company to do something during working hours.

I know, right? But it was all so plotty just so Dalton could buy Anna a drink and she would learn he used teach in California and came East to Port Charles. After all, how could he have picked her up if Felicia and Jordan were around? Even though Jordan was off in a corner with Curtis.

[YaddaYadda]

9 hours ago, ciarra said:

With all the Mooby-propping untruths Mike was speaking, I expected lightning to strike him dead.  Oh, too late. 

Too late to strike him with lightning, but never too late to kick him down the steps straight into Hell.

Nobody needed to see some more Sonny propping. The writers won't even let his father rest in peace. They have to drag him back out to slobber all over him.

We all need that in our day, more Sonny slobbering. 

[KerleyQ]

So, I knew they wouldn't actually kill off Sonny, but they couldn't throw us a bone and kill off Brick?  Dammit, show. 

I wasn't paying a ton of attention while watching yesterday, so do we know if the professor came to PC before or after Emma did?  Because I figure this story is going one of two ways - either he's obsessively stalking Emma, which could be the case if he got to PC after her, or Emma is also WSB, and she got herself kicked out of school to follow him to PC. 

Are Morgan and Mike spending their afterlife playing rock, paper, scissors to see which one of them needs to go talk Sonny through his various crises? 

[GHScorpiosRule]

17 minutes ago, KerleyQ said:

I wasn't paying a ton of attention while watching yesterday, so do we know if the professor came to PC before or after Emma did?

After. Then again, we saw him after she showed up and she just recently said she registered for his class. So it's possible he arrived first, but we're just now seeing him?