Episode Discussion II: The TFGH

[MarciNJ]

14 minutes ago, Cheyanne11 said:

48 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Oh, right, that son.

I wonder if/when we'll ever see Andy.

The writers probably forgot about him. 

in all fairness, so did I until this thread....

[cmahorror]

Regarding Mac no longer being Police Commissioner - I was watching old clips and he said he was fired during the whole Maxie falsely confesses to Lisa Niles murder debacle. It was right after Maxie signed the papers admitting she lied to protect Matt who, drunk and in defense of his unconscious and injured sister-in-law Robin, killed Lisa. I don't know if he was rehired after that, but that is all I can think of.

It was so fucking stupid. I know Jason Cook wanted to leave but they could have had him admit to it and Alexis convince the judge it was in defense of another and justifiable homicide. Then, to make amends for taking a life and to get away from the horror of Port Charles, he could have joined Noah in Doctors Without Borders.

Anyway, I wonder it Anna is worried that this late teenage rebellion might lead to Emma finally exploring her adventure genes from the Scorpio-Devane side of the family and was trying to nip it in the bud. Anna has failed Robin a lot over her life and I could see her going into overprotective mode with Emma. I just wonder if it is too late? Did Emma get recruited back in Berkley and is now in PC for a mission? 

I love all the false rumors that Kimberly is coming back as Robin. As far as I know, she retired from acting and has no plans to return. Would I love to see it? Absolutely. They really failed to use Robin properly over the years in the international intrigue except as a victim to multiple kidnappings. It still drives me crazy that they dropped the ball with Lorenzo Alcazar when Robert hid Skye from him. Alcazar was threatening Robin, Patrick and her were just starting their romance, it was a perfect adventure story set up, and TIIC blew it. Skye was found and the story just ended. I would love a storyline with her finally getting to explore her spy side and working with her mother and daughter on a mission. Sadly, I do not think it ever will come to pass.

Edited Friday at 07:44 PM by cmahorror

[GHScorpiosRule]

23 minutes ago, ulkis said:

If anyone had given a damn about Charlotte while she was in a coma she wouldn't have had to go though. I know Laura said she tried looking but that didn't seem to happen before Lulu woke up.

Yes, she did. Once Valentin was gone, almost immediately, all of Charlotte's electronic foot prints and social presence was also gone. Laura tried calling-both Charlotte and Valentin. Went to Anna, who stood there and LIED to Laura's face about it all. Show doesn't care about Laura, so we didn't see her go hunting for Charlotte on her own. But Laura was frantic.

[dubbel zout]

34 minutes ago, Cheyanne11 said:

1 hour ago, dubbel zout said:

Oh, right, that son.

I wonder if/when we'll ever see Andy.

The writers probably forgot about him. 

I did!

20 minutes ago, cmahorror said:

Anna has failed Robin a lot over her life and I could see her going into overprotective mode with Emma. I just wonder if it is too late?

I'd say it is too late. Emma is 18, at least, so legally she's an adult. (Allegedly.™ Silas Clay forever)

[Winston Wolfe]

5 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

LOL. Though I give the show credit for writing Lulu in character. She's always had an unreasonable belief in her powers of persuasion.

11 hours ago, ulkis said:

I don't blame her for being pissed.

Lulu has every right to be angry, but Valentin was not going to let Charlotte go. He's always been extremely possessive of her, even when they all lived in PC.

This version of Lulu seems to be somewhat delusional.

Edited Friday at 08:51 PM by Winston Wolfe

[DanaK]

My DVR didn't record today’s episode for unknown reasons so I missed all but the last 15 minutes. Did that happen to anyone else? Probably just some weird glitch with the DVR. Plus there was an ABC News report for a few minutes before that. I’ll have to catch it online tonight or tomorrow

[Bringonthedrama]

47 minutes ago, ulkis said:

Neither has Maxie for 30 years, or Jordan. Unfortunately the show treats transplants like a surgery without after effects.

If anyone had given a damn about Charlotte while she was in a coma she wouldn't have had to go though. I know Laura said she tried looking but that didn't seem to happen before Lulu woke up.

Maxie had transplant surgery when she was a child; her parents were responsible for her taking any anti-rejection drugs. I can't speak about Jordan's circumstances although I can say for sure she doesn't have minor children like Lulu does.

NuLulu is being wildly irresponsible. Dante was awesome today! She deserved everything he said, which was entirely accurate. I think that dose of reality, not put to her gently as Laura would have, is why she was really crying. I hope she finds out that Charlotte made the choice to stay with Valentin.  It's clear that while Charlotte cares about her mother, she doesn't feel a strong attachment to her.  

And Laura did try. After she was unable to contact/find Valentin and Charlotte while Lulu was still in the coma, she went to her good friend Anna, desperate for help. Anna lied to her. All of Anna's guilt and tears now doesn't change the fact that she tipped off Valentin before he was arrested, and he left Port Charles with Charlotte for a life on the run.

[ulkis]

1 minute ago, Bringonthedrama said:

NuLulu is being wildly irresponsible. Dante was awesome today! She deserved everything he said, which was entirely accurate. I think that dose of reality, not put to her gently as Laura would have, is why she was really crying. I hope she finds out that Charlotte made the choice to stay with Valentin.  It's clear that while Charlotte cares about her mother, she doesn't feel a strong attachment to her.  

I don't get this "since Charlotte wants it Lulu should just aquiesce" mentality. In general, not just from you @Bringonthedrama. She's a kid. Kids want shit that is awful for them quite often. Lulu would be horrific if she just shrugged and said "my daughter's on the run with her criminal father? Oh well she chose it!"

[Melgaypet]

Why anyone but Papa Quasimodo wants the darling little abomination is a mystery to me. I will continue to reject her very existence.

As for police commissioner, if I were in the unenviable position of writing this show, I would have Laura bring in someone completely new to shake things up.

Wait, no, that is a lie. In this alternate world where I can do what I want, Laura would bring in Taggert to be commish. They would also end up in a romance. Scandale! (Sorry, Kevin.)

Mac has been commissioner a hundred times and for a hundred years. That's a dead end for him. I don't know what I'd have him do instead. Maybe just retire to being the paterfamilias of his little corner of the canvas. (I have a lot of affection for Mac, I do. But I've never found him as a character to be terribly compelling and I don't think he really fits as a big player anymore.)

Sonny's Son is a non-starter as commissioner and as for Lucky...well, I never really liked him being a cop. Let him be WSB or a PI or something a little more free-wheeling.

[ulkis]

4 minutes ago, Bringonthedrama said:

Maxie had transplant surgery when she was a child; her parents were responsible for her taking any anti-rejection drugs. I can't speak about Jordan's circumstances although I can say for sure she doesn't have minor children like Lulu does.

Anti-rejection pills are not just for after surgery. Maxie should be taking anti-rejection pills now.

[ciarra]

1 hour ago, nilyank said:

Before Julian was killed, he went to see Kim in NYC to say goodby to her. Instead he met her nanny and found out Kim had a son named Andy. At the time, the nanny called Kim after Julian left and she assured Kim that Julian had no idea that Andy was his son.

I thought they would do a WTD storry with Julian and Franco, since Kim also slept with Franco (who had Drew's memories at the time). <rme>

[YaddaYadda]

48 minutes ago, Winston Wolfe said:

This version of Lulu seems to be somewhat delusional.

Lulu has always been delusional. I'm glad Dante just laid into her. 

I'm assuming that Valentin and Charlotte are going to off into the sunset, not to be seen again for a long while.

Sonny being disappointed that Jason isn't taking over the business even after Jason explained to him why he wouldn't do that. Danny deserves everything, but he shouldn't come ahead of me, Jason. 

Willow is the biggest dumbass. Nina should tell her the truth even if her dumbass child decides that she wants nothing to do with her. 

ETA - Sonny and Jason talking about Jagger nonchalantly like Sonny didn't murder him in cold blood. Why are we supposed to root for these dumbfucks again?

Edited Friday at 08:56 PM by YaddaYadda

[GHScorpiosRule]

3 minutes ago, Melgaypet said:

Mac has been commissioner a hundred times and for a hundred years. That's a dead end for him. I don't know what I'd have him do instead.

He's now Chief of Detectives. Though you wouldn't know it, the way Anna keeps butting her nose into everything before she's needed.

[YaddaYadda]

3 minutes ago, ciarra said:

I thought they would do a WTD storry with Julian and Franco, since Kim also slept with Franco (who had Drew's memories at the time). <rme>

That whole storyline with Franco as Drew was gross, especially the way Kim just latched on to him because he was "Drew," after she tried to rape the real Drew to make another Oscar. If ever there was someone who needed psychological help.

Edited Friday at 08:27 PM by YaddaYadda

[dubbel zout]

Wasn't Sasha going to move back to the Hamptons to live with her grandmother? That's hardly some remote area of the country. 

Did Sonny and Jason make up?

6 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

Danny deserves everything, but he shouldn't come ahead of me, Jason. 

Only Sonny's children can come first.

23 minutes ago, YaddaYadda said:

Lulu has always been delusional. I'm glad Dante just laid into her. 

Same, and I'm glad he reminded her that Charlotte isn't her only child.

[Desperado]

Ouf, that Lulu is a lot. Very glad Dante gave her a taste of reality, which she took in like a four year old. Yuck.

I sure hope we’ve seen the last of Charlotte and her “pah pah’.

Now we have SB tearing up during a scene with MB. Something’s going on BTS, but I hope the mention of Cates means that we’ll get some sort of closure on that front.

The writing was so good for a while and then pouf, everything is back to being a mess.

[Bringonthedrama]

41 minutes ago, ulkis said:

I don't get this "since Charlotte wants it Lulu should just aquiesce" mentality. In general, not just from you @Bringonthedrama. She's a kid. Kids want shit that is awful for them quite often. Lulu would be horrific if she just shrugged and said "my daughter's on the run with her criminal father? Oh well she chose it!"

The problem is NuLulu's delusional mindset. She told Rocco she was going to get Charlotte and bring her home, to make "our family whole."  Lulu bringing Charlotte back to Port Charles doesn't really solve anything. Charlotte would likely run away because she's worried about/misses "Papa." She's also a much more experienced domestic and international traveler than Lulu is, so Lulu is at a disadvantage if Charlotte wanted to hide. There are also other factors: just as Charlotte doesn't want to leave Valentin, Rocco doesn't want to leave Danny and Scout, whom he considers to be his brother and sister. Is NuLulu going to move into the Q mansion and play mommy to Sam's kids? I think not. Does Lulu have her own place that Rocco and Charlotte can call home, if, in theory, she got them to agree to live together with her? No - Maxie's living there with her kids. Does Lulu have a job yet? Also no. All she has is a vague fantasy in her head of her and Dante with the two kids. 

[ulkis]

1 minute ago, Bringonthedrama said:

All she has is a vague fantasy in her head of her and Dante with the two kids. 

Nothing she has said or done indicates to me she thinks she and the kids will be a family with Dante now or any time soon. She hasn't even tried to spend time with him besides saying hello to him a week ago.

[MarciNJ]

14 minutes ago, ulkis said:

She hasn't even tried to spend time with him besides saying hello to him a week ago.

LOL, Dante or Rocco?

[nilyank]

29 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Did Sonny and Jason make up?

Yes, they have been fine since Sonny got medication fixed which was around before Cates was killed. He trusted Jason to get rid of the gun.

So I think JPS just came back so that Charlotte could find out that Lulu was awake and get those short scenes before Val and Charlotte disappear again. When/if JPS wants to come back, Val's Pikeman issues will be cleared up. Or Charlotte will show up when she is adult in a couple of years.

Willow is dumb if she didn't think Michael would find out.

Nina is dumb for not telling Willow about her sexytimes with Drew.

Drew is a pig.

Michael and Sasha came to an agreement and I reminded why I have always liked them as a couple.

No one is going to think that Cody is the dad as Sasha made it clear to Felicia that it is not Cody. I just hope that she quits her job at the Qs and goes back to Deception or goes work for Nina. 

[ulkis]

31 minutes ago, MarciNJ said:

LOL, Dante or Rocco?

Dante.

[TVbitch]

Sasha agrees to stay in town. So how would that work? She is going to work where Michael LIVES and have HIS BABY which he will see all over the place, and she thinks he will just not be involved or show concern. So stupid. (I know he is leaving but neither of them know that at this point.) 

Dante is hot when he is truth shaming Lulu!! 😍

Isaiah might be dead to me for becoming Sonny's house-calling mob doctor. 😞

[statsgirl]

 I am shocked at the level of maturity in several conversations on today's show:

• Michael and Sasha reach a compromise about the baby;
• Jason turns down running Sonny's organization because Danny is his priority;
• Sonny realizes that he is not invincible and looks to a successor (hopefully not Kristina);
• Dante lays it on the line with Lulu, including the sacrifices that people made for her;
• Valentin is honest with Charlotte that she can be with one of her parents but not both.

The show is pushing Lucky as Luke's Mini Me but I think it's more Lulu who is. Lulu is fixated on retrieving Charlotte as if she was a lost package and everything will be fine again. Dante and yes, Valentin, have a much more realistic grasp of the situation If Charlotte has to choose, she has and will choose Valentin and even if Lulu forced her to come back, she would resent Lulu for it. Not to mention, she would feel like an outsider among Rocco, Danny and Scout.

Did we ever find out why people are trying to kill Valentin? He was just fine in Port Charles in the months before JPS had to leave for his other show.

I'm going to hate myself in the morning but I was impressed at how calmly and coldly Michael took the news of Willow going to Drew's inauguration. Keep your powder dry, son.

2 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

Wasn't Sasha going to move back to the Hamptons to live with her grandmother? That's hardly some remote area of the country.

I think her grandmother died sometime between her arrival on the show and now.

2 hours ago, DanaK said:

My DVR didn't record today’s episode for unknown reasons so I missed all but the last 15 minutes. Did that happen to anyone else? Probably just some weird glitch with the DVR. Plus there was an ABC News report for a few minutes before that. I’ll have to catch it online tonight or tomorrow

Someone else can explain it better but:

• Michael and Sasha came to an agreement that she will stay in Port Charles and be supported by her family but Michael will stay hands off unless Sasha asks for his help. Sasha then went to GH and Felicia signed her up with Dr. Navarro for prenatal care, so now both Maxie and Felicia know that Sasha is pregnant but not who the father is;
• Sonny told Jason about his heart problems and tried to get Jason to take over the bidness but Jason turned him down because he is Danny's sole parent;
• Nina went to Curtis to complain about Drew. Curtis told her to come clean to Willow that she had been sleeping with Drew. Michael walked in and found out that Drew took Willow and Wylie (without his permission) to the swearing in. He phoned Diane and asked if they could use this in the custory case;
• Lulu raged at Dante that if only he hadn't followed her, Valentin would have let her take Charlotte home. Dante calmly pointed out that Lulu herself was the one that led the sniper to Valentin, that Charlotte would not have been going back with her anyway, that she has no skills to track Charlotte in Prague whereas both Valentin and Charlotte have ones to stay hidden, and that Sam died so that she could live and she's going to throw her life away. Lulu threw a vase at the door after Dante, I hope that hotel charges her for it.
• Valentin talked with Charlotte and told her that it wasn't her fault that he was almost shot, and that people are after him so that either they stay hidden or she goes home with Lulu. Charlotte chose her father.

1 minute ago, TVbitch said:

Sasha agrees to stay in town. So how would that work? She is going to work where Michael LIVES and have HIS BABY which he will see all over the place, and she thinks he will just not be involved or show concern. So stupid. (I know he is leaving but neither of them know that at this point.)

I think she told him that she would be moving out and getting another job.

[ciarra]

4 minutes ago, TVbitch said:

Isaiah might be dead to me for becoming Sonny's house-calling mob doctor.

Isaiah, the new Dr. Griffin Munro.

[backhometome]

This Lulu as just as shrill and loud as JMBs version. Charlotte isnt even worth all this. She obviously prefers her papa (god, I hate when she says that) 😒

[Winston Wolfe]

2 minutes ago, backhometome said:

This Lulu as just as shrill and loud as JMBs version.

She seems worse, actually, and not at all like Luke's mini-me. Although he could occasionally be a hothead, Luke was always shrewd and calculating. He would have also torn into Lulu about her behavior, but not as vigorously as Dante.

5 minutes ago, backhometome said:

She obviously prefers her papa (god, I hate when she says that) 😒

I'm so conflicted. My Beloved Daughter calls me "Papa Bear," so when Charlotte does that "Pah Pah" thing, I never know how to feel.

[dubbel zout]

9 minutes ago, statsgirl said:

Nina went to Curtis to complain about Drew. Curtis told her to come clean to Willow that she had been sleeping with Drew.

Nina wants it both ways here: persuading Willow that Drew is scum without having to tell her that Drew also slept with Nina. Good luck with that, Nina! I did laugh when Curtis was on his high horse about Drew sleeping with a married woman. Your romantic past isn't exactly pristine, pal.

11 minutes ago, statsgirl said:

I think she told him that she would be moving out and getting another job.

She did. I wonder doing what. Both Bobbie's and the MetroCourt restaurant, are connected to Michael (and by extension, his nightmare mother), and the Grill, or whatever that other restaurant is called, doesn't seem to be a set we see regularly. So if she doesn't cook, what is there? Back to Deception with a new line for pregnant people?

6 minutes ago, backhometome said:

She obviously prefers her papa (god, I hate when she says that) 😒

When I was waiting for my flight home last week, there was a little boy (around 4, I'd guess) constantly asking his "Dada" questions. The man had the patience of a saint.

[statsgirl]

18 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

She did. I wonder doing what. Both Bobbie's and the MetroCourt restaurant, are connected to Michael (and by extension, his nightmare mother), and the Grill, or whatever that other restaurant is called, doesn't seem to be a set we see regularly. So if she doesn't cook, what is there? Back to Deception with a new line for pregnant people?

Charlie's??? They serve food and Kristina seems to be  hiring.

Nina is between a rock and a hard place (or Scylla and Charybdis if you're in a literally frame of mind). She was sleeping with Drew in exchange for his help in getting close to Willow and there is no way that Drew won't use that against her if Nina turns on him.

Edited Friday at 11:56 PM by statsgirl

[nilyank]

29 minutes ago, statsgirl said:

She was sleeping with Drew in exchange for his help in getting close to Willow and there is no way that Drew won't use that against her if Nina turns on him.

Not only would he use it against Nina but he will make himself look good to Willow so that she still dumbly believes his lines that he pulled out of a bad Hallmark movie.

Edited Yest. at 12:24 AM by nilyank

[sashabear21]

Drew is smarmy enough to try the, “I banged your mom because I couldn’t have you!” route. *hand over heart* “I swear Willow, having a small part of you was better than having nothing at all!”. Prove it lesser Jason, grab a shovel and dig up Nelle! 

[Cheyanne11]

Curtis saying the phrase 'still waters run deep' about Michael just made me laugh and laugh and laugh some more.  But, have to say, I did like Michael calling Diane about Willow taking Wiley out of town to be with her lova-ah (tm Carrie Bradshaw) and how they can use that against her.  Well played.  If Willow is going to act like an idiot then she deserves to suffer a little.

Loved what Dante said to Lulu, even if none of it penetrated her thick skull.  

Hell has frozen over, as Jason puts Danny's needs over Sonny's.  

 

Edited Yest. at 02:32 AM by Cheyanne11

[JMO]

5 hours ago, DanaK said:

My DVR didn't record today’s episode for unknown reasons so I missed all but the last 15 minutes. Did that happen to anyone else? Probably just some weird glitch with the DVR. Plus there was an ABC News report for a few minutes before that. I’ll have to catch it online tonight or tomorrow

Mine had the same issue. Guessing there was something that indicated the episode was a rerun.  Caught it on Hulu instead.

Very happy to see some fire from Dante today.  It was long overdue and totally on point.  Poor Rocco.  

And poor Charlotte.  She's nearly of adult age.  Is Valentin expecting that she will spend the rest of her life on the run with him?  

I really do like how Sasha and Michael are handling their situation, even as I realize that Michael's reaction to the news of the pregnancy was oddly muted.  But then, he has a lot going on.  

Nina is showing us where Willow got her idiot gene from.

I laughed out loud as Sonny recounted to Jason all of the unknowns surrounding Jagger's killing.  It felt like an apology to the audience, sort of a "yes, we know we forgot to finish telling the story".  Maybe they'll do that now.  

Not looking forward to the upcoming pyrotechnics.

[ulkis]

2 hours ago, Winston Wolfe said:

She seems worse, actually, and not at all like Luke's mini-me. Although he could occasionally be a hothead, Luke was always shrewd and calculating. He would have also torn into Lulu about her behavior, but not as vigorously as Dante.

No way. Maybe he'd tell at her for having a stupid plan but he wouldn't ever get mad at her for trying to get her daughter.

I don't get why Nina just doesn't tell Willow. She stopped sleeping with Drew months ago. And Nina slept with him first lol.

Edited Yest. at 02:16 AM by ulkis

[Artsda]

So Sasha won't take Michael's money but will live in his family home, work for them as the hired help and raise this child in that house? 

Go Dante loved his calling out Lulu. She never should have gone after Charlotte. 

I don't blame her for sticking with the parent she's always had.

Jason will step up to fill in temporary but not permanent? How is that any better for Danny? 

[sashabear21]

Sonny: I may need you to take over the business. 

Jason: I can't because there's a kid...what's his name...Don? Den? Oh right, Danny.  

Sonny: Someone else's kids are more important than mine??

[ByaNose]

6 hours ago, JMO said:

Mine had the same issue. Guessing there was something that indicated the episode was a rerun.  Caught it on Hulu instead.

Very happy to see some fire from Dante today.  It was long overdue and totally on point.  Poor Rocco.  

And poor Charlotte.  She's nearly of adult age.  Is Valentin expecting that she will spend the rest of her life on the run with him?  

I really do like how Sasha and Michael are handling their situation, even as I realize that Michael's reaction to the news of the pregnancy was oddly muted.  But then, he has a lot going on.  

Nina is showing us where Willow got her idiot gene from.

I laughed out loud as Sonny recounted to Jason all of the unknowns surrounding Jagger's killing.  It felt like an apology to the audience, sort of a "yes, we know we forgot to finish telling the story".  Maybe they'll do that now.  

Not looking forward to the upcoming pyrotechnics.

Same. I thought I was going crazy that I had watched it and deleted it when neither happened. Anyhoo, I watched it on Hulu which I need to quickly cancel. Those ads were too much to deal with but I was glad I was able to watch it nevertheless. 

[sacrebleu]

Jason putting Danny above Sonny/ Carly is kind of huge... DK if it will last, but it was nice to see. 

Shallow note: anyone else distracted by Curtis's shiny necklace in his scenes with Nina? At first, I thought his sweater had beading along the neckline and wondered if he had on a woman's sweater, then I saw it was a very sparkly necklace which is... An odd choice.

[ASpring1900]

11 hours ago, JMO said:

Mine had the same issue. Guessing there was something that indicated the episode was a rerun.  Caught it on Hulu instead.

Verizon FIOS listed this week's episode descriptions with the generic "Families in Port Charles," which is interesting. They all appeared as new episodes (except for New Year's Eve, I think... the holiday week was such a blur!).

 

1 hour ago, sacrebleu said:

Shallow note: anyone else distracted by Curtis's shiny necklace in his scenes with Nina?

Yes!! He's had that necklace for a while now, and it always distracts me.

[dubbel zout]

15 hours ago, Cheyanne11 said:

did like Michael calling Diane about Willow taking Wiley out of town to be with her lova-ah (tm Carrie Bradshaw) and how they can use that against her.  Well played.  If Willow is going to act like an idiot then she deserves to suffer a little.

I guess all of Michael's posturing about not wanting to use his kids as pawns the way he was as a child was just that—posturing.

It was stupid of Willow to take Wiley to DC, but that doesn't make her a terrible mother. 

Like a broken record, I write again: If Michael and Willow just sat down and talked, they could probably work out a custody arrangement without lawyers getting involved and escalating the whole thing. But of course that's too reasonable.

14 hours ago, ulkis said:

Maybe [Luke would] tell at [Lulu]r for having a stupid plan but he wouldn't ever get mad at her for trying to get her daughter.

Luke pretty much stayed out of his kids' lives unless they asked him for advice or help. (The complete opposite of his niece, Carly.) He had a very laissez-faire attitude toward them.

[Cheyanne11]

11 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

I guess all of Michael's posturing about not wanting to use his kids as pawns the way he was as a child was just that—posturing.

It was stupid of Willow to take Wiley to DC, but that doesn't make her a terrible mother. 

I'm not saying it does.  Willow taking Wiley out of town without telling Michael isn't the point to me that's sticky.  It's not telling Michael and going somewhere with Drew that makes it a bit sketchy.  And the fact she didn't tell him sort of says she knew that, too.  

[Suicidy]

On 1/3/2025 at 12:06 PM, Winston Wolfe said:

This version of Lulu seems to be somewhat delusional.

How could she not understand that she would be sued to track Valentin?  You don’t have to be Luke Spencer’s daughter to know that.  Is she just stupid now?

Also, am I the only one that started screaming “Die Sonny!  Die!” When he collapsed at the gym? 

[ciarra]

Does Sasha know about the Quartermaine baby heart defect?

[KerleyQ]

Valentin is such a shitty father. It was bad enough taking her on the run when she didn't have another parent she could stay with. (He could have left her with Laura or Dante again).  But now that her mother is there and out of her coma, it's so much worse. That conversation in the car should have ended with him realizing he needs to send her home with her mother. When Charlotte was talking about how nice it was to just sit and talk with her mother about her family, she was talking about a nice normal life. One that she can't have on the run.  Instead he asks her to choose, knowing that he's always been her first priority. (And that's because he kept her from her mother for the first half of her life, so she doesn't have that same bond with her).

And him using the fact that "she was shot in Port Charles" while arguing with Lulu was so disingenuous. Go ahead and explain to Lulu exactly why and how Charlotte was shot in PC, Valentin. Your father was messing with her head to get her to harass and stalk Anna. You figured out it was her and chose to not let Anna in on that, knowing how freaked out she was by what was happening. So Anna didn't have a single reason to suspect that the person who broke into her apartment was a child. And now she was near the line of fire because Valentin is a fugitive. 

Not that Lulu is handling any of this well.  It feels like they just want to have her and Dante fighting so they can pair her up with someone else (Cody). 

How was Nina ever any kind of schemer?  Her flustered flailing when Michael came in was embarrassing. 

Don't tease me with Sonny having heart issues, show. 

And now I get to Anna. Dear God, woman. Calm the fuck down. Jack was introduced to your granddaughter, and he probably spoke about ten words to her. What was he supposed to do when Joss introduced them?  Grab a smoke bomb out of his pocket, toss it to the ground and wordlessly disappear into the mist like a cheesy magician?  He was polite. He acknowledged that he'd worked with you years ago. He didn't reference anything about your WSB career beyond that. He didn't say anything like "oh, I've got all kinds of stories I could tell you about your grandmother."  He didn't ask her if she was interested in following in your footsteps. He just met the bare minimum standard of polite behavior when introduced to someone. Under the circumstances, the most that would have been appropriate was something like "I understand you met my granddaughter. Don't talk to her about my WSB days or the WSB in general."  Tasing and threatening him, though?  So beyond over the top. 

[statsgirl]

2 hours ago, ciarra said:

Does Sasha know about the Quartermaine baby heart defect?

I thought that maybe that's how it would come out that Michael's the baby's father. But you never can trust this show.

If it were anyone but Sasha, I would be hoping for a tock. Michael doesn't need any more babies. The show doesn't either.

14 hours ago, sacrebleu said:

Shallow note: anyone else distracted by Curtis's shiny necklace in his scenes with Nina? At first, I thought his sweater had beading along the neckline and wondered if he had on a woman's sweater, then I saw it was a very sparkly necklace which is... An odd choice.

Very sparkly for the office.

 

Edited 16 hours ago by statsgirl

[Desperado]

I was very distracted by Curtis’ bling too. 🤣

Ideally, I would have Sonny get a debilitating stroke and have Michael usher him away to hide his incapacity. When he comes back (new casting or not), he announces his dad’s death.

But I can’t have good things so pyrotechnics for the son it is. Sigh.

Could small amounts of digitalis cause atrial defibrillation? 🤔

Sasha staying at the Qs only works to get Jason involved with her. 

I guess we’re in the lull now, before the next tragedy gives us good dialogues and performances, but I dread the upcoming Carly show.

And now I’m seeing ridiculous rumors about Drew not being Drew and… yuck.

Not impressed with January GH.

P.S. I have a personal saying: nothing good ever happens in January and so far, GH sadly tracks.

[Daisy]

On 1/3/2025 at 3:22 PM, ulkis said:

Anti-rejection pills are not just for after surgery. Maxie should be taking anti-rejection pills now.

honestly it's my one frustration at any show that does a transplant story line. they go for the drama of "Omg I need an organ!!" but they never do the aftermath. - 

(heck they never even do any of the -premath LOL
there's never any showing of the counselling sessions you need to take to see if you're mentally ready (and the sessions after to deal wth the reality that there is someone's body part in you). the very often scary reality that people often go through a period of rejection after transplantation [basically because anti-rejection meds is not a one stop cure all]. 

that there are scars that plastic surgery can not fix [well maybe that's changed it is 2025 now] but there are changes to lifestyle you have to make. AMC/OLTL were really always on it but not GH. 

I saw the clapback that Dante gave Lulu and boy. did she ever deserve it. 

 

@statsgirl honestly, sasha or not (i honestly don't care) the baby should be a tock [because she shouldn't be pregnant so dumb]. because you are right. no way Michael needs a third child. Had Amelia (useless baby) didn't exist i'd be more for it. but i saw her whole "Well I don't want my baby to be raised as a Quatermaine" bit and I was just like over it. if you didn't want to have a quatermaine/corinthos baby then maybe don't sleep with someone from that family. like just over this entire "Q's are just the worst" angle. 

Did Sonny die? please tell me sonny died. He's dead right?

[Mirabelle]

The only time I can remember this show mentioning consequences resulting from organ donation was when Nelle mentioned that she had issues from having her kidney stolen. Joss is another one who should be taking anti-rejection medication.