Episode Discussion II: The TFGH

[absnow54]

33 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

I don't know what kind of direction Rena Sofer is getting, but every time Gio shows up, she gets a look on her face with the camera zooming in.

 

According to ChatGPT Gio is:

Spoiler

the child Brook Lynn gave up for adoption as a teen that she’s never once mentioned? (Spoiler because I can’t tell if it’s based on actual sources or just wild speculation.)

Maybe Rena Sofer googled it. 

[Cheyanne11]

38 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

don't know what kind of direction Rena Sofer is getting, but every time Gio shows up, she gets a look on her face with the camera zooming in.

And all that yammering today about how she can't keep a secret.  So that means she's been keeping a big one?  Do I care?  IDK, lol.

[Bringonthedrama]

56 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

But I’m not looking forward to her dismissing her marriages to Robert, or how much they loved each other.

I see this as Anna trying to emotionally distance herself from Robert/their memories because she knows (although not admitting it to others) how badly she has screwed up her life and career because of her feelings for Duke, the mess with Peter/Henrich, more recently her feelings for Valentin and guilt over Charlotte, and now her feelings (ick) for Jason. 

27 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

UGH. Pain in your neck, you Pod!Anna? Fuck off.

No words for yesterday’s ending. No thought for Robin, Mac, Felicia, Lucky, Anna (despite her current attitude), LAURA.

FUCK YOU SHOW.

I don't recall that Lucky ever had a relationship with Robert. I would insert "Maxie" whom he definitely considers family, instead of Lucky. 

[Desperado]

6 hours ago, driver18 said:

For example: Two characters were murdered, one an actual FBI agent. The first...Austin who?  Didn't happen, don't know her. The second has been ignored even though we saw a main character shoot him, the FBI agent, in cold blood. And another "good guy" cover that up. Again, completely forgotten.

This. They could’ve just said Cates was recalled by his bosses or his son was in trouble and he had to go see him. They didn’t need to have a legacy character murdered by macho wannabe mob guy. The murder was petty and gratuitous, like it was for Austin. At least he didn’t have to play dead forever on screen like they had Kelly M. Finn’s destructive storyline after the death of his father also needlessly destroyed a character.

As for today’s show, I skipped a lot of it but SB looking constipated instead of menacing at the end was something. Is he really going to fight Michael’s battles for him, still?

And Natalia dismissing Maxie out of her own office to talk to Sonny was vomit worthy.

 

[sashabear21]

I don't mind Gio as a concept and the actor is likeable enough, but every time he says "Uncle Sonny" I find it incredibly grating.  Also, whenever he talks about Sonny it sounds like preschooler making up stories, "My Uncle Sonny is the best Uncle Sonny! Did you know he invented bean bag chairs, was the real author of the Harry Potter series and was supposed to play Mary Corleone in 'The Godfather III' but had to drop out because he had the flu????". And I know that Lois isn't supposed to be a subtle character but she's projecting so loudly that Something.Is.Going.On. that she pretty much has the bat signal on her on forehead.  

[GHScorpiosRule]

35 minutes ago, Bringonthedrama said:

I don't recall that Lucky ever had a relationship with Robert. I would insert "Maxie" whom he definitely considers family, instead of Lucky. 

D’OH! You’re right. Robert was “dead” when Lucky showed up until he too, was dead.

[Sake614]

4 hours ago, YaddaYadda said:

all the lines about how Drew must be thinking of Sam. Really? Pretty sure he's not. I'm shocked he didn't use her in the final stretch of his campaign to sell himself to single grieving fathers. But I guess she died a day too late for him to do that.

Yeah he sooooo wasn’t thinking about Sam. He leaves for DC right after Sam’s funeral? And what about his daughter? Is she going with him? Or will he just leave her with the Q nanny and check in every couple of months?

I'm not a fan of Jason fighting Michael’s battles, but there’s no one more deserving of a beat down than Drew. Maybe all of PC can line up to take punches a la Airplane! 🤣

and we’re back to the sainted Adela, the very best mom in the entire world! Fairly sure she wouldn’t approve of what her son does for a living or even how he’s lived his life…

Kristina, the only one to blame for you losing the baby is the Metrocourt hotel and their flimsy windows. Of course if you’d just stayed home and not confronted ava in the first place, you wouldn’t have been in a position to trip over Jagger’s bag and take a header out the window of Ava’s room. But by all means let’s blame Ava for everything that’s gone wrong with your life. If you need a purpose, how about fighting to get back to the center that YOU founded? I don’t see how the board has the right to throw her out because she was with Blaze. But if she can’t go back there, aren’t there any other places where she can help LGBTQ kids? Maybe somewhere far far away from PC?

’poor’ Curtis. He’s making all these big plans for Aurora and has no idea that Drew is about to drop kick him right out of a job. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

[ljr]

I love Maxie’s hair today.

So Cameron Mathison is leaving the show?

Does gio do anything? Does he go to school?

 

[Mirabelle]

He's supposedly going to the world renowned music school at Port Charles University.

[YaddaYadda]

8 minutes ago, ljr said:

So Cameron Mathison is leaving the show?

One can only hope.

[ciarra]

2 hours ago, absnow54 said:

According to ChatGPT Gio is:

Spoiler

So that is the secret between Brook Lynn and Dante?  (That long, lingering look they gave each other, months ago.) Gio is their child?  Their child, who looks like neither parent.

 

Edited 13 hours ago by ciarra

[statsgirl]

16 hours ago, DanaK said:

Legally, I’m not sure Dante can just take the kids since he and Sam weren’t married and, as far as I know, didn’t have a legal domestic partnership.

I can't see Jason, Drew or even Alexis fighting for custody if the kids want to live with Dante and Rocco. Of course, when lulu wakes up  all bets are off.

(Will they show Lulu doing through the months of physical rehab that she should need?  I doubt it, she'll be back home in a week.)

14 hours ago, driver18 said:

Kai has been in one episode and he is good-looking, can act, has shown personality, some depth, and is already shooting puppy dog eyes Trina's way. The enemies to lovers trope works.

Also, I still think making Sasha a Scorpio was a good Idea even with Robert and Holly leaving

I like that Sasha is a tie to Robert now that he is no longer on the show but creating this story that not only makes Holly a terrible mother but Robert the latest deadbeat dad, is just so wrong.

The trope does work but the Trina/Kai meet-cute was so stale and unimaginative, Hallmark would be ashamed.

9 hours ago, FilmTVGeek80 said:

It reminded me of the scene with Mac and Robert where they tried to compare Felicia’s past treatment of Mac to Holly’s treatment of Robert. Sure there’s a superficial comparison, but that’s it.

It's another example of the bad writing on this show. They give us a feeling and we are supposed to buy it as the whole complex story. Felicia regretted, and then she changed. Holly says that she regrets but she doesn't change. Worse, she's contagious, she's got Robert to abandon his new-found daughter for her.

Sri Rao, where are you when we need you?

7 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

There was an election in Port Charles? I didn't need to see it, but there was no mention it happened. LOL that Nina says Drew has to do it all over again in four years. Does no one on staff know the Constitution?

Given what I've been hearing on the news from elected officials, I can believe that no one on staff does. They should check with NLG.

Edited 11 hours ago by statsgirl

[Tenshinhan]

6 hours ago, TVbitch said:

I'm sorry, but Gio and his OTT expressions make him come off like a highschool age doofus. 

Gio acts like he's a character on a TGIF sitcom, not a soap opera.

[graight]

Maxie had the best line again oday:

To Nina:  You gotta wash that man right out of your --- wherever he's been.

[DanaK]

9 hours ago, ljr said:

So Cameron Mathison is leaving the show?

My guess at the moment is that he’ll just be on less or recurring for awhile as Cameron is pretty busy with other projects

7 hours ago, statsgirl said:

I can't see Jason, Drew or even Alexis fighting for custody if the kids want to live with Dante and Rocco. Of course, when lulu wakes up  all bets are off.

Yeah, I can see that but I would think something legal has to happen to make sure the the kids are legally protected

[CeChase]

Regarding Jason showing up at Drew's.  I get it.  If my sister was sleeping with our nephew's husband (or wife), I would go over and have a talk with her too.  Now, I wouldn't beat her up.  But Jason may not be there to do that.  And I don't have a sister.  I do have two brothers, one of whom is a total ho.  And if he started sleeping with my nephew's wife, that would definitely lead to some violence between my two brothers, neither of whom are wound that tightly.  Only one's a ho, but both have anger issues.  Okay, TMI?  I am just saying, I can see Jason showing up at Drew's, I think it's pretty realistic. 

And yes, Maxi had the line of the episode.  I love Maxi. 

Edited 4 hours ago by CeChase

[Katy M]

On 11/12/2024 at 3:59 PM, dubbel zout said:

nd way to make Robert look like a shit, using the standard PC deadbeat dad line: "Well, I wasn't a father for so long; why start now?"

Sasha's an adult, and through no fault of either of them they have no previous relationship.  He's not her dad.  He's just someone who shares some DNA with her. 

[nilyank]

While I think Drew's involvement with Willow is on Jason's mind, I think that he went to the mansion to talk to Drew about Danny and Scout.

[CeChase]

55 minutes ago, nilyank said:

While I think Drew's involvement with Willow is on Jason's mind, I think that he went to the mansion to talk to Drew about Danny and Scout.

Oh that makes a lot of sense. 

[Winston Wolfe]

18 hours ago, Daisy said:

19 hours ago, KittenPokerCheater said:

Like that's a good thing??  Luke was pretty awful, especially in his later years.

right? like no need to grow or try to break the cycle. nope. he's like Luke so yippie skippy. 

As Bobbie Spencer once told Felicia, "if you love Luke, you just love Luke. It certainly isn't convenient." I always thought that was such an odd line, and wondered if it was improvised.

In other news, now that Brennan found out what an unpleasant, bellowing she-beast Carly can be, I wonder if that will cool his ardor?  As my old country Uncle used to say, "everything good to ya, ain't necessarily good for ya, son."