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22 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?  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. 

So about this. I don't know if Emma has anything to do with the WSB, but him going to say hello to Emma was a bit creepy, I thought. 

We had a professor like that when I was at university who ended up getting fired for inappropriate behavior with female students. The behavior just reminded me of that.

If Emma is with the WSB, then maybe the LA office and the PC office should chat before they send two of their operatives after the same guy?

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1 minute ago, YaddaYadda said:

I don't know if Emma has anything to do with the WSB, but him going to say hello to Emma was a bit creepy, I thought. 

Same. I had a couple of professors who I loved-their teaching methods and making the classes fun. But I never, ever saw them at the bars or student hangouts, seeking us or anyone out. And his question to her? Like he couldn't ask her that after one of his classes? Or after the most recent class?

It's Super Creepy. And I feel a another retcon to explain both his existence and NuNotMyEmma taking his class.

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52 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

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

Not rhetorical: What was the point of the Mike/Sonny scenes? Unless it was to make Sonny finally, permanently leave the mob (spoiler: unlikely), they were useless. Mike does not need to continue to apologize—even from the afterlife!—for being a shitty dad. Sonny has enough people in this life (see: Gio) to kiss his ass.

18 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

If Emma is with the WSB, then maybe the LA office and the PC office should chat before they send two of their operatives after the same guy?

You'd think, but Brennan is too bedazzled by Carly to pay much attention to what's going on in his office. I bet he doesn't know it was Colette who tried to take out Sonny.

20 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

I don't know if Emma has anything to do with the WSB, but him going to say hello to Emma was a bit creepy, I thought. 

They didn't know each other at Berkeley, but I think it's clear the professor knew what Emma had done. Maybe he was connected to it somehow. The show is setting up something here. At least Anna's spider sense is tingling. It's been a while since she's been even vaguely smart about something.

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2 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

Not rhetorical: What was the point of the Mike/Sonny scenes? Unless it was to make Sonny finally, permanently leave the mob (spoiler: unlikely), they were useless. Mike does not need to continue to apologize—even from the afterlife!—for being a shitty dad. Sonny has enough people in this life (see: Gio) to kiss his ass.

Sonny will leave the mob until he has to make a come back to save Port Charles and its denizens from Sidwell. Then everything will kneel, kiss his feet, tear down the esplanade and give him back his piers.

Also, this Mike situation, old man who died from Alzheimer's can't find rest in death because his worthless son keeps visiting him in the afterlife to make him feel bad for his past mistakes 🙄

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3 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

NuNotMyEmma

May I ask why you're still against her? I understood in the beginning, but I think they've done an excellent job of bridging the Emma we knew and this Emma. 

We've found out that her expulsion was due to Emma wanting to help animals being experimenting upon, and the situation went wrong.

When she was last here, she was younger and hadn't experienced as much on her own. We've heard her talk with great love and respect of Robin and Patrick. Her conversation about what happened with Edward, and what Alan did for Robin was beautiful. She clearly does still worship Anna. Her earlier attitude was her (a) trying to be cool which she's dropped now, and (b) afraid to open up to Anna about what she did.

She's done so now. She also keeps fighting for what she believes is right. I know Brooklyn Silzer played Emma since childhood, but she has chosen to not act, and frankly, in her last brief appearances, well, it's probably best she has chosen to not pursue that career.

 Braedyn Bruner is doing a good job, and, again, it's taken a bit of time to get the pieces into place, but I don't see how she's not Emma at this point. 

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23 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

Also, this Mike situation, old man who died from Alzheimer's can't find rest in death because his worthless son keeps visiting him in the afterlife to make him feel bad for his past mistakes 🙄

After drawing out Mike's death FOREVER (I'm still annoyed at the "Mike is there for Josslyn on her wedding day <or whatever it was>" vision) the continued bringing him back is just unnecessarily excessive.  

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3 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

I had a couple of professors who I loved-their teaching methods and making the classes fun. But I never, ever saw them at the bars or student hangouts, seeking us or anyone out.

I had a prof who would hang out with a group of us students at the college cafeteria.  He was very entertaining and could tell you about your other profs, like my History prof, who competed in Olympic swimming for the Hungarian team.  But he spoke to a group, not singling out a young female student at a bar.

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More threats from Drew. Blow up Portia's life already, you wienie! Better yet, Portia needs to tell Curtis everything.

Jason, to Gio: "You want to know what happened to my brother?
Me: "He got fat."
Jason: "Sonny killed him."
Me: "That's why Sonny killed him."

I loved the look on Joss's face when the professor told her she wouldn't get the research position. Over/under on when she kneecaps Emma? Or more likely, when she has to ask someone to pull strings to get her the job?

Have Vaughn and Emma met? Is he her trainer too?

Girl Reporter finally takes some initiative and films Drew doing body shots.

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1 minute ago, dubbel zout said:

Jason, to Gio: "You want to know what happened to my brother?
Me: "He got fat."
Jason: "Sonny killed him."
Me: "That's why Sonny killed him."

Me: Happy Cracking Up GIF by Regal

Not that AJ was fat, but your response!

Color me shocked that Jaysus told Gio that. But of course didn't tell him that Mooby also shot Jagger in cold blood.

3 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

I loved the look on Joss's face when the professor told her she wouldn't get the research position.

I need a good laugh, so looking forward to seeing this.

3 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Over/under on when she kneecaps Emma?

Or the others that are also ahead of her and in the running.

But more likely, 

4 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

when she has to ask someone to pull strings to get her the job?

 

5 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Have Vaughn and Emma met? Is he her trainer too?

Not that I recall. He's been "hiding in the shadows" trailing Mini-Cujo.

2 minutes ago, KittenPokerCheater said:

I wonder if somehow Drew is AJ in disguise.  Also, I'd like a pony.

God, I hope not. AJ DESERVES BETTER.

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18 minutes ago, KittyQ said:

beating up Dex,

But he was off his meds, so that one would get handwaved.  

Jason only told Gio about AJ because he wanted to know why Tracy was anti Sonny and she told him to talk to Jason about AJ, otherwise it would never have come out. Jason claimed it was to save Ava, but he chose not to tell Gio about all of Sonny's other murders, that weren't AJ.  

On 4/28/2025 at 4:00 PM, dubbel zout said:

Too bad Carly didn't recognize her as Brennan's lackey.

Turns out it wasn't Collette.  

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22 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

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

And then immeditately goes to the cemetary to talk to the baby and tell her how she tried to kill Ava and hurt Ric and innocent Liz.  She actually said the words, "I tried to kill Ava" out loud, minutes after proclaiming to her mother that she wasn't a danger to others.  

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24 minutes ago, KittyQ said:

Tracy should tell Gio and Emma about some of the things that Sonny has done that aren't so nice - beating up Dex, as a recent example that everyone (in Gio's circle) probably knows. 

It would be better for Gio to hear about incidents like when Sonny hung AJ on a meat hook to force him to give up his paternal rights to Michael or when Sonny almost killed his own daughter with a car bomb meant for Johnny Z. Gio's circle can wave away the beating up of Dex as "someone messed with Sonny's bi-polar meds and Dex is now deceased, so it doesn't matter."

 

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50 minutes ago, KittenPokerCheater said:

I wonder if somehow Drew is AJ in disguise.  Also, I'd like a pony.

48 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

God, I hope not. AJ DESERVES BETTER.

AJ would never do to Michael what Drew has done. Never. 

Spoiler

I think the better option would be Shiloh back from the dead theory. 

10 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? 

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. 

My pet theory is that the devil periodically comes to Sonny, masquerinding as various lost loved ones, like Morgan and Mike, or in the some f*cked up bastardization of "It's a Wonderful Life" in the early aughts, where Luke as Clarence in a Fan February episode. He wants Sonny, but the devil also wants to torture Port Charles with Sonny destructive behavior. 

7 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

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.

This show really gives shitty messages to the audience. Also, him killing AJ was the tip of the ice berg for all the shitty things Sonny did to AJ.  It is why people in prison love Sonny (true story). If this was 90s or even 80s, Jason choosing to believe Sonny's version of the events like some brain dead moron would lead to a storyline where it becomes obvious that Jason has been throughly groomed & he has no where to go, but I think TIIC want us to think this is some beautiful friendship. Of course, they also edited out that AJ went after Ava because he found out she killed Kate Howard and framed him. Unlike Sonny or Carly, AJ actually cared about whether or not he killed Kate, even if he didn't like her. 

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Porsha/Nina/sex worker don't know what other medications or drugs Drew might be taking, so basically, they're willing to risk killing him for this scandal.

Gio's "whachu-talkin'-'bout-Willis" face when faced with some truths about Sonny looks like someone just told him Santa Claus doesn't exist. Of course Jason encourages him to "make up his own mind" when he knows Gio's knowledge of Sonny is limited to seeing Sonny splash cash to him and other family members. How about telling the kid that although opinions on Sonny differ, it might be safer for him to stay away from him. 

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59 minutes ago, TVbitch said:

Porsha/Nina/sex worker don't know what other medications or drugs Drew might be taking, so basically, they're willing to risk killing him for this scandal.

Portia's been snooping into Drew's medical records, and she was the one who suggested ketamine.

1 hour ago, TVbitch said:

How about telling the kid that although opinions on Sonny differ, it might be safer for him to stay away from him. 

I wouldn't expect Jason to tell Gio to stay away from Sonny. Jason would consider that disloyal. What Gio should do is some google fu and get information from some possibly less-biased sources, then decide.

As if the fate of the esplanade rests on Gio's vote. Though given that this is GH, I can totally see it winning or losing by a single vote, and the Qs will squabble about whose vote was at fault.

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Oh please do STFU Jaysus. And I couldn’t help but 🤣🤣🤣 at Gio’s heavy breathing! It reminded me of those historical romances I would read, where critics would mock the “heaving bosoms”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

And NuNotMyEmma was totally lying about Dalton to Anna. I’m hoping Anna is lulling her and will do some more deep diving into it.

And another 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣at Dalton turning Mini-Cujo down for the research assistant position. One would or could think she was offering him more than work with her “Is there anything  I can do to change your mind?”

Oh Tracy. You disappoint me.

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1 hour ago, CeChase said:

I found the Drew scenes hilarious.  Body shots!

CamMat looked like he was having fun. It must have been a nice change from glowering at people and making dumb threats.

Of course Lulu is drawing all the wrong conclusions from the people she's been interviewing about adoption. They all have perspective, something Gio won't when the truth comes out. 

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I bet Drew looks at Sex Worker's phone and realizes that he was set up by Nina. Because this show is allergic to real suspence.  And who leaves in the morning without their phone?

Nina is doing this all wrong -- she should be encouraging Willow to give Drew another chance because you know that Drew is going to blame it all on her. Ditto Alexis not going to Kristina immediately when she heard about the cut brakes. Is there any good parenting on this show other than Laura?

I wish that I were as sure of the lottery numbers as I was that Brennan will offer Carly a ride on the WSB plane. And how does Brick have the WSB on speed dial?

Anna has notoriously bad taste in men so I'm surprised that she wasn't attracted to Dalton. Is she still hung up on Valentine?

Jason and his half-truth about Sonny How about telling Gio how Sonny hung AJ on a meat hook to force him to sign over his custodial rights?

On 4/26/2025 at 5:46 PM, dubbel zout said:

Isn't Willow still Michael's medical proxy? Why not ask to speak to his doctors and find out what's happening?

That only applies if Michael is incapacitated and can't make his own medical decisions. He clearly can now so so Willow has no power to do anything around Michael.

Of course, Drew has even less authority over the clinic administrator. But plot.

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32 minutes ago, statsgirl said:

I bet Drew looks at Sex Worker's phone

That was Drew's phone: He said to Alexis that he lost it/couldn't find it so he didn't know why the press was outside the house.

34 minutes ago, statsgirl said:
On 4/26/2025 at 5:46 PM, dubbel zout said:

Isn't Willow still Michael's medical proxy? Why not ask to speak to his doctors and find out what's happening?

That only applies if Michael is incapacitated and can't make his own medical decisions. He clearly can now so so Willow has no power to do anything around Michael.

That makes sense. 

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3 minutes ago, ciarra said:

How many minutes until Portia and Nina are busted? 

since they did it, Im betting friday.
you know if Carly did it it would be this time next year. minimum.

also. like Willow is crying that Drew is doing jello shots off an escort's tummy? like show. this is  right up there with Michael screwing Sasha because Willow kissed Drew. At least have Drew screw the escort and everyone saw that.

 

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25 minutes ago, Daisy said:

also. like Willow is crying that Drew is doing jello shots off an escort's tummy? like show. this is  right up there with Michael screwing Sasha because Willow kissed Drew. At least have Drew screw the escort and everyone saw that.

I’m pretty sure Willow thinks they slept together since she ran into the escort in their home and Drew was passed out naked in bed. 

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41 minutes ago, Daisy said:

also. like Willow is crying that Drew is doing jello shots off an escort's tummy? like show. this is  right up there with Michael screwing Sasha because Willow kissed Drew. At least have Drew screw the escort and everyone saw that.

It was staged like they slept together. 

Also, $6K isn't nearly enough to start her life over all the way In Australia. The plane ticket from New York to Sydney is just over $2,100 excluding tax.

 

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I like seeing family support during/in the wake of crisis:

Laura, nuLulu and Aiden being at Elizabeth's house to welcome her home after the car crash. Laura repeating that Elizabeth is family and the Show finally remembers that Lulu and Aiden are aunt and nephew and has them behave like family. I can't recall Lulu acknowledging Aiden's existence since JMB was in the role and Aiden was a baby.

Alexis showing up at Drew's house to rescue Scout from the media watch over the Jacinda incident. I hope there's at least a mention of Dante, Rocco and Danny visiting Scout at Grandma Alexis' house for the days she's not forced to play happy family with Daddy, Willow, Wiley and Amelia.

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1 hour ago, Bringonthedrama said:

I hope there's at least a mention of Dante, Rocco and Danny visiting Scout at Grandma Alexis' house for the days she's not forced to play happy family with Daddy, Willow, Wiley and Amelia.

We have yet to see Scout since Drew took her away from Danny and Rocco at the Quartermaines. And unless I blinked and missed it, there's only been talk about how "happy" she is with her new family. Same with Amelia and Wiley. And no scenes of this "happy new family" either. Drew's been too busy with his vendetta against Tracy and blackmailing Portia.

Boo! I was hoping for some flashbacks as Laura talked about how Lesley found her and how she was switched at birth. But what I loved most was Laura pausing the recording and asking NuNuLooLoo what the real reason was behind the story she was doing. I snorted when she told Laura she had interviewed "tons" of people. So Lucas and Cody equal "tons" now, eh?

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On 4/30/2025 at 10:34 AM, CeChase said:

I found the Drew scenes hilarious.  Body shots!  So funny, and the reaction shots were gold.  Yesterday was the best episode in a very long while, for me anyway. 

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  • I think that you wouldn't get a full shot of liquor because most people don't have belly buttons that deep.
  • Why didn't the manager (is it still Curtis?) step in to stop the body shot escapade?  This isn't supposed to be that kind of rowdy place.
  • It was fun watching Drew be out of control, although part of me wonders how he got home.
  • Did the escort leave her phone behind, along with her bra? I guess I can imagine leaving a bra behind if you're in a hurry, but a phone would be required in her business; even if she's giving it up, she might have info on it that would be "sensitive" - another reason to be sure your phone is locked!
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2 minutes ago, KittyQ said:

Why didn't the manager (is it still Curtis?) step in to stop the body shot escapade?  This isn't supposed to be that kind of rowdy place.

Because it was Drew, and Curtis wanted him to humiliate himself as much as possible.

2 minutes ago, KittyQ said:

Did the escort leave her phone behind, along with her bra?

That was Drew's phone. But it wasn't his bra.

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The Laura/Lulu talk turned out to be really good. I'm glad Laura brought up Nik, though that situation was so different from BL's. But the idea that there are repercussions that last was a good one for Lulu to hear. She has this idea that she tells Dante he has a kid, the kid gets found, and everyone lives happily ever after. Not necessarily.

See what snooping around where you shouldn't be gets you, Lulu?

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22 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

The Laura/Lulu talk turned out to be really good. I'm glad Laura brought up Nik, though that situation was so different from BL's. But the idea that there are repercussions that last was a good one for Lulu to hear. She has this idea that she tells Dante he has a kid, the kid gets found, and everyone lives happily ever after. Not necessarily.

See what snooping around where you shouldn't be gets you, Lulu?

it also feels like she just pops that Dante/BLQ friendship and oh well who cares. again this thing never felt like it was about the Kid at at all because Lulu would have said something. this is about power and she has it and she doens't care who she's hurting.

I feel so bad for Alexa Havins because I LIKE her but my word does she play people i wanna slap into next weeks

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38 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

The Laura/Lulu talk turned out to be really good. I'm glad Laura brought up Nik, though that situation was so different from BL's. But the idea that there are repercussions that last was a good one for Lulu to hear.

I was just coming here to type this exact thing. But will NuNuLooLoo listen? That's the sticking point.

And while I am no fan of how/why she's writing this article/articles, I don't quite understand why Brooklynn and Chase are acting like writing it will out Gio's parentage. Well, too late, since Brooklynn blurt it out to Tracy.

Good Lord is Mini-Cujo the worst. Needs help in stealing a thumb drive? Pure plot pointedness, with NuNotMyEmma stating it's not backed up (why not?) or on her hard drive. Though to a technoturd like me, having it on a thumb drive is backing it up?

I knew it! I knew Drew would use the "I would NEVER" line to Willow and he did.

Dr. Google tells me that ketamine can stay/be detected in one's system up to 24 hours if testing by blood; 3 days if saliva...so if Drew goes the blood route, he's toast.

Are we in for a teen drunk redux with Rocco and Danny?

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26 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

I don't quite understand why Brooklynn and Chase are acting like writing it will out Gio's parentage. Well, too late, since Brooklynn blurt it out to Tracy.

I knew it! I knew Drew would use the "I would NEVER" line to Willow and he did.

Same. BLQ and Chase have been behaving like Lulu has been non-stop bullying and trying to blackmail her/them, with this article as the latest attempt to force BLQ to tell the truth. The narrative that she is some defenseless victim of Lulu doesn't work for me. 

Ha! I really wish Danny would complain on-screen to someone that he wants to see Scout and she needs him however Uncle Drew doesn't seem to care/has been an obstacle in their sibling relationship. A family member other than Alexis needs to hold him accountable for Scout being isolated from family while mourning her mother.

 

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