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On 8/1/2022 at 3:03 PM, statsgirl said:

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One of the best things about GH is the occasional use of the word "parapet." It's a really nifty noun, IMO.

Esme is SO going to turn up alive....probably just in time to object to Trina and Spencer getting married.

C'mon, we were all thinking it, I'm just the first to say it.

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15 minutes ago, Winston Wolfe said:

Esme is SO going to turn up alive....probably just in time to object to Trina and Spencer getting married.

More like when Ava and Nikolas finally have their renewal ceremony. I think they have been talking about it for nearly two years.

She will totally turn up pregnant/with baby. They did that whole pregnancy scare with Esme and Spencer where they got back a negative results. It also has been clear that they have not been sleeping with each other since then, so Nikolas would be the only one who could be the daddy,

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1 hour ago, racked said:

The one thing I was looking forward to in this mess of a storyline is watching Nikolas pay for being such a gross creepy pervert idiot. And now Ava is going to have to be nice to him and play his wife?

Maybe the twist will be that Nikolas did find Esme and is now keeping her hidden in order to keep Ava from leaving him, and then Ava can go nuclear on his ass once that comes out.

Who am I kidding? She's probably in Nixon Falls with amnesia.

re: Monday's show, I had no idea John J. York was still so buff. Good for him.

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So... I'm guessing Esme is alive, and will have amnesia so they can keep the actress around.

Maybe she's faking, but maybe it's starts out real, but she gets her memories back and keeps faking it so she can hold on to Cam. I do agree ( based on the preview) that Joss will be mad about Cam keeping a sekrit to hook up with the idiot henchman. Freeing up Cam for newly nice Esme.

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Sasha who has a mental breakdown on national television is upset  that people ask her how she is doing like that is not going to be the #1 question people would ask.

Brando is whinging to Sonny. don't care. maybe go to a meeting vs. going to Sonny. now he wants to have a bodyguard on Sasha. that will end well.

Sasha's drug pusher is being set up by Dumbass Reporter. don't care. actually the pusher spoke truth. Sasha isn't that famous and no one cares that she hit Harmony (not even Willow) so why are wasting my time?


LOL Joss doesn't tell Cam the whole story, but yet still goes "why aren't you surprised." Cam goes "I knew." WHAT?! goes Joss. Cam spill the tea. actually, what Cam should have said, "yeah, i mean we are cousins." anyway Joss said I am your girlfriend, I had the right to know. (No. you didn't). 

I have to say this is stupid. Doesn't Jordan have better things to do. Spencer escaped for like 15 minutes and went back. don't you have other criminals to go get? (like i know it was wrong but like maybe focus on the guards who let him go vs. him leaving + coming back?)


Oh Good. Ava still wants nothing to do with Nik. am glad she's sticking to that.this is dumb. just call 911, Ava. why don't these people ever just call 911.  but now she's asking Sonny for help. meh. (oh about getting Trina out of jail). asking a criminal to get trina out should look good to the ADA.  think, morons, think.

boo. joss and cam made up. maybe next time. #FreeCam

Nik thinks now is a good time to tell Spencer about boning Esme. father of the year that one. Nope. Nik says Esme split. 

Rory and Trinzzzzzzzzz

Sasha glarezzzzzzzzz

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"She finally told me right before the trial started."..."I am your girlfriend and I have the right to know." The narcissism of Carly's daughter.

Joss, if there was "a simpler and more direct way to help Trina", what is it? Again like Carly, you think that you are far smarter than you really are. Sadly it doesn't look like Joss is breaking up with Cameron any time soon.

Cut to Sasha talking to Nina and feeling that Brando is too controlling. He's not nearly as controlling as Joss.

Trina and Rory talking poolside "You kissed me, are you really interested? Can I talk to  you about another boy?" was the emotional level of a tween.

Martin's eyeroll at Jordan was great.

Even worse than the paper files at GH is Jordan printing out a paper copy of her arrest report and telling a cop to take it to the DA. Have you never heard about email, because I'm pretty that Jordan typed it up on a computer and not a typewriter.

Why don't Nik and Ava just go through Esme's stuff that she left behind?

Ava and Sonny both in black look like they're going to a funeral.

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Does anyone think Ava going to Sonny to help with Trina’s trial is just going to make things worse? Wanting Sonny to tamper with the jury is not a smart move for Trina or herself. She may be angry with Nikolas right now but it’s better for everyone if they work together as a team. Nikolas has the money and power to get Alexis pardoned for attempted murder, He could surely call in some favors at this point.Sonny having Dex do the job when he’s a double agent for Michael means he will do the opposite of what Sonny wants and it will end up in disaster for Trina and her possibly getting convicted.

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51 minutes ago, Daisy said:

LOL Joss doesn't tell Cam the whole story, but yet still goes "why aren't you surprised." Cam goes "I knew." WHAT?! goes Joss. Cam spill the tea. actually, what Cam should have said, "yeah, i mean we are cousins." anyway Joss said I am your girlfriend, I had the right to know. (No. you didn't). 

I have to say this is stupid. Doesn't Jordan have better things to do. Spencer escaped for like 15 minutes and went back. don't you have other criminals to go get? (like i know it was wrong but like maybe focus on the guards who let him go vs. him leaving + coming back?)

I don’t know, if my boyfriend kept something this big from me I think I would be pissed.  Even if I intellectually understood why he did it I think the emotional part of me would still be mad he didn’t trust me.

And yeah, the guard who let Spencer leave should definitely at least be fired.  Maybe have Spencer pay a fine or something.  

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8 minutes ago, mostlylurking said:

I don’t know, if my boyfriend kept something this big from me I think I would be pissed.  Even if I intellectually understood why he did it I think the emotional part of me would still be mad he didn’t trust me.

I guess the way i see it is this. Joss didn't need to know right that moment about what Spencer is doing. Cam was going to tell her eventually, an that should be good enough for her. And considering Joss can never keep her mouth shut about anything, had she known, she would have needled Esme with that truth, just like she did with everything else

Maybe if Joss simply had said,  it would have been nice if you guys trusted me, maybe i could have helped, that would be one thing, but simply being all. "YOU SHOULD TELL ME EVERYTHING, I'M YOUR GIRLFRIEND." just grates. i mean by that logic - she should have been on the phone ASAP to Cam telling her about Spencer being the alibi but she didn't.  

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If Joss made the issue that they shouldn’t have kept it from Trina, I might have sided with her. She’s the one who had to deal with the thought that Spencer didn’t believe her on top of the stress of the trial and Title IX hearing. However, she made it all about herself. Spencer and Cameron have their own relationship separate from Joss and she isn’t entitled to know everything Spencer tells him. If Trina told her something and asked her not to tell Cam, I doubt she would see it as an issue.
 

Also, Spencer’s reasoning for not telling Joss was valid. She runs her mouth without thinking of the consequences so the chances of her goading Esme with the knowledge that Spencer didn’t actually believe her to win their next argument was high. 

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1 hour ago, mostlylurking said:

I don’t know, if my boyfriend kept something this big from me I think I would be pissed.

I might be annoyed but a boyfriend isn't the same thing as a husband which is a stronger relationship. And I hope that if he had to keep a secret, I would understand the reason he didn't tell me.

But so much of this is because it's Joss.  Because

20 minutes ago, ffwbe said:

Spencer’s reasoning for not telling Joss was valid. She runs her mouth without thinking of the consequences so the chances of her goading Esme with the knowledge that Spencer didn’t actually believe her to win their next argument was high. 

Even today, her anger was partly because Cameron didn't tell her (because as her boyfriend it's his job to tell her everything) and partly because she believes that if she had been told, she could have come up with a better plan than Spencer's. No idea what the plan would be but she is sure that she would have done a better job than Cameron and Spencer.

She's like Carly who refused to listen to Drew and Michael telling her not to invest in Aurora but would not acknowledge that it was her own fault and she made a mistake when it all blew up in their faces.

I can't remember, whose idea was it to look for the burner phone? Joss or Trina?

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43 minutes ago, statsgirl said:

Even today, her anger was partly because Cameron didn't tell her (because as her boyfriend it's his job to tell her everything) and partly because she believes that if she had been told, she could have come up with a better plan than Spencer's. No idea what the plan would be but she is sure that she would have done a better job than Cameron and Spencer.

Yeah, she truly believes telling her would've changed everything.  And it probably would have...for the worse.  She would've run her big mouth and Trina would be at Pentonville right now, no doubt.

Although maybe poor Trina in prison would produce more interesting scenes than today's with Rory.  Ooof, he is the equivalent of wet paint.

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Honestly Spencer’s reasoning never made any sense. He didn’t want to tell Trina because she’d tell Scott (her lawyer at the time), and he was worried Scott would use it for another case. Even if Spencer never heard of attorney client privilege it was convoluted soap logic. But this is Trina’s gripe, so shut up Joss.
 

Shouldn’t she be rationalizing and justifying why she’s making out with Sonny’s new Jason by now? 

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On 8/2/2022 at 1:00 PM, statsgirl said:

I don't think that Finn was suspicious. We the audience know that she was acting strangely but Finn seemed to accept that she had resolved her problems if she said so.

I would be surprised if they gave Joss Dex as a boyfriend unless they have big plans for the actor.  As Carly's daughter, Joss is the preeminent among the teen set and he doesn't seem important enough to be her pairing.

I can understand using printed files, many doctors (especially older ones) like them because it's easier to read and find things.  What I found unrealistic is that only the lab has a printer to print them out, and that TJ is sending a nurse to get them.

It's a way of putting strange emphasis on random words that don't need to be emphasized and pauses in the middle of the sentence for no reason. It used to drive me nuts when Sofia did it. She's toned it down now but Katelyn seems to have picked it up.

Is that printer dot matrix?

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16 hours ago, sacrebleu said:

So... I'm guessing Esme is alive, and will have amnesia so they can keep the actress around.

Maybe she's faking, but maybe it's starts out real, but she gets her memories back and keeps faking it so she can hold on to Cam. I do agree ( based on the preview) that Joss will be mad about Cam keeping a sekrit to hook up with the idiot henchman. Freeing up Cam for newly nice Esme.

A,media, and pregnant with Nick’s baby.  The show needs more babies.  Then Carly finds a way to steal it.

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I honestly don't remember the ins an outs of the plan - but I will say, other than being completely rude to Britt (when he didn't have to be). I think considering what Spencer had to work with - it was relatively solid. Esme for the most part isn't stupid. Had he been all #TeamTrina - Esme would/could try to make something worse to her. 

Joss who is #bestfriendever!! has no regards to people's wishes and if she saw an opportunity to needle Esme over the fact that Spencer didn't believe her, she would have tap danced that all over Esme's head like she had every other opportunity. 

again since i don't remember all the ins and out - I think the fact that Spencer immediately went on the stand and confessed about being with her makes me believe that he wasn't doing this to protect himself. (so much), and only spilled the beans because Trina was gonna [because he didn't know that Trina was gonna, and that Joss knew] more than trying to get this resolved without unleashing Esme on people again. 

the only thing he didn't account for (which he couldn't possibly have known) was Ryan and his end run, because it to me looked like Esme would have buckled, but Ryan broke her. 

And i know we've all said it, but man, what a total waste of what could have been a great soapy story that had legs for years but they wasted it. (again).  because all I keep thinking is, if everyone believes Trina, why is this a storyline. And it hinges on the belief that "Only Trina could have done it and oh by the way you can totally set your phone to send an email whenever." but ignore the fact that anyone could have set the phone up, picked it up, and simply placed it in Trina's bag since who has their eye on their bag 24/7. When the victims testify for the person you are trying to accuse - this is no longer compelling. 

They should have 
A: made this end the Joss/Trina friendship because Carly + Joss did not believe Trina when she said she didn't do it 

Ab: not have Esme send the tape and she has to figure out who did it, while she + Cam are falling in love and then she has to hide the fact that she did film them.

B: not make this criminal until you find out WHO sent it, and then get Esme in trouble for going through the trouble of making it

C: focus on the fact that a LOT of homemade sex tape are done by the participants. (that got dropped SO fast to zero on "revenge porn") - that should have been the angle after the found out who filmed it. (which could have been soapier because by this time Cam+ Esme fell in love or whatever)

D: completely have this focused on PCU. I mean PCU is a magic school, so if they wanna use the set, just say that the law progamme uses it for mock trial or whatever

E - not include ryan in this. (That just made it ... not so compelling,  - unless they make this Kevin's daughter that Ryan stole and twisted, but I doubt that's happening). 

Joss could be over Cam and still be all google eyes at discount Jason. Cam + Esme has food for years because of this tape. Spencer and Trina can either be or not be an Rory is such a non factor you can keep him in or out it's moot. 

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13 minutes ago, Katy M said:

When I was watching that, my first thought was that if I was on the jury, I'd just find her not guilty.  In a non-violent crime, if the victims don't want the accused punished, what's the point?  

This is common sense. Trina and the victims are saying that someone else did it and the boyfriend of the someone else has given the accused an alibi and is accusing said girlfriend of said crime.

Pretty sure that Trina's going to end up in handcuffs and on her way to Pentonville for a short stint.

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The irony of Joss complaining to Carly that Cameron kept something from her when Carly's entire relationships with Sonny and Jason was based on her being okay with them keeping secrets from her. And Joss knows that, or at least she did when she was pro-Sonny. The hypocrisy of both Carly and Joss but mostly Carly who deflects rather than admitting the truth of her mob relationships.

"I don't know why I'm surprised, Spencer always had to be the star of his own drama." Joss dear, pot, kettle.

TJ proving that Britt is the only person at GH who understands HIPPA. Or ethics.

I get that Portia is worried about Trina but how did Portia pass medical school? She's upset that Trina didn't tell them about Spencer earlier, and then admits that it didn't do any good even now. At least she has ethics which TJ seems to have failed. Curtis has no idea about them.

This whole Waking Up Oz is so stupid. Even if Trina gets convicted, there must be a way to introduce new evidence later. None of these adults are rootable for.

Why isn't Brando calling Sasha's psychiatrist? Girl needs medical attention even if she's in jail. My city isn't perfect but at least here they would have sent a mental health worker to the police call.

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On yesterday's show, Trina said that even if the trial goes badly at least "I got to speak my truth".

Meanwhile, in another court Judge Maya Gamble tells Alex Jones

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“You believe everything you say is true. But it isn’t. Your beliefs do not make something true,” Judge Gamble cut him off, adding “Your belief that something is true does not make it true.

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Since when was Sasha ever presented as a princess on a pedestal? She's the Face of Deception, but that's supposed to be relatable. I know all of this is to keep Sasha a druggie, but it's so dumb. She could probably get a restraining order against Smoltz if she'd stop and think for two minutes.

Sasha's attack on the car windshield was pretty funny. Sofia Mattson really went for it!

Brando, Sasha needs psychiatric help right now, not tomorrow. Of course Jordan is too inept to put Sasha on another psych hold.

Is money the driving force behind Dex working to get something on Sonny for Michael? Dex has no problem breaking the law? I don't get what's in it for him. (That is all rhetorical; I don't care.)

Show, can we please stop calling grown women "baby" and "baby girl"?  The men aren't infantilized like this. 

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5 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Sasha's attack on the car windshield was pretty funny. Sofia Mattson really went for it!

Probably the most fun she's had in months.  What was lame was both Smoltz and Brando both yelling "what are you doing?".  I'm pretty sure she's beating the shit out of your car.  

7 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Of course Jordan is too inept to put Sasha on another psych hold.

This. It was pretty clear that Sasha's losing her mind, I mean, she appeared catatonic at one point.  I thought it was stupid of Brando to call Sonny instead of Kevin, and equally stupid of JOrdan to just send her down to the holding cells without calling anyone.  If Sasha kills herself in holding, thats on JOrdan.  

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17 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Show, can we please stop calling grown women "baby" and "baby girl"?  The men aren't infantilized like this.

I mean people do that in real life don't they?. And actually I've only ever seen Curtis calling Jordan and Portia baby all the time. I don't know how often Jordan called him baby, but I think she did. And I know Portia has. It did always annoy the hell out of me though. I don't think any other couples on the show use babe or baby like ever. Lol 

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18 minutes ago, pinkandsparkly13 said:
41 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Show, can we please stop calling grown women "baby" and "baby girl"?  The men aren't infantilized like this.

I mean people do that in real life don't they

In RL I think "baby " was popular way back, then it seemed to go to "babe". I dont know who started the "Baby Girl" thing, it certainly wasn't GH but they could def end it because it is annoying .

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"You stood by Sonny for decades, and this is how he treats you."  Oh, Joss, you know who else stood by CARLY for decades and got shit on constantly?  That would be Jax, your father.  The guy Carly let get framed for sexual assault so he couldn't get custody of you, the guy whose own sexual assault got made fun of by your mother, among other transgressions.  So get off your fucking sanctimonious high horse.

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2 hours ago, pinkandsparkly13 said:

I mean people do that in real life don't they?. And actually I've only ever seen Curtis calling Jordan and Portia baby all the time. I don't know how often Jordan called him baby, but I think she did. And I know Portia has. It did always annoy the hell out of me though. I don't think any other couples on the show use babe or baby like ever. Lol 

yeah. i mean i hear people call people that all the time. 
it would drive me insane. (but i wouldn't mind if someone called me sweetheart LOL) let me call you sweetheart... I'm in loveee with youu.....

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Today, in the category of "People Who are Dead to Me," we can add TJ, Curtis and Portia. I mean, I realize the bartender sold someone a burner phone, but he really doesn't deserve to DIE because his testimony might possibly help Trina (AKA baby girl) not have to spend one day in jail. For fooks sake, people! 

Also, Joss and Carly (granted they were already on the list) for discussing what Sonny's witness tampering means to them with nary a thought about the man who just had his life and family threatened by mobsters.

And finally, Jordan and Dante for not calling an ambulance for Sasha  who has a history of mental illness and drug use and is catatonic. Yes Dante, this is the time to prove you are a real cop by doing it by the book! Hilarious!  

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14 hours ago, TVbitch said:

Today, in the category of "People Who are Dead to Me," we can add TJ, Curtis and Portia. I mean, I realize the bartender sold someone a burner phone, but he really doesn't deserve to DIE because his testimony might possibly help Trina (AKA baby girl) not have to spend one day in jail. For fooks sake, people! 

Of all the distasteful things on today's show, this took first place by a huge margin. 

I'm going to tell myself that the writers didn't think about how . . . un-human . . . and despicable it would make all the characters become.

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Oh so Joss’ sudden moral indignation about Sonny and the mob is to give angst to her new pairing. I should have known. That doesn’t work when it comes out of nowhere and isn’t true to the character. Joss never cared about Sonny being a mobster before and would brag about him getting off on all of his crimes and would throw his name around as a threat every chance she got. 

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Joss: the "excuse" that Cam told you was "My mom is being stalked" and then "My mom is in a mental facility." which is the truth. shut up dumbass
Joss whole soliloquy is stupid "Yeah I would have kept Trina's secrets, but how dare cam." (also let the record show #bestClairHuxtablevoice- that the last two times Trina told you something in confidence you shoved it in Esme's face)  -shut up

Carly "I'm over Sonny"
liar liar pants on fire.

joss "it's not right what sonny does."
yeah but it wasn't right when you were up his ass all the time + ever said anythig. shutup.

Sasha! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!
Me: well don't quote me, but it looks like she's screaming and smashing a windshield

Sasha looks suicidal. why didn't Dante take her to the hospital under guard?

This is driving me nuts. 
In the past year + we have had.
Nina's dumbass trial.
Spencer's hearing
Nina's custody battle
Trina's trial, 
Spencer about to go back to jail 
and now Sasha. 

THIS IS NOT COMPELLING. SHOW ME THE SMUT, SHOW (but not Millowtonin please. i can't take it). 

Portia: I can not stand how Esme broke the law to screw over my daughter, so I am going to break the law to potentially kill a man to maybe have him say that Esme did it.  shut up. 

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Portia: I can not stand how Esme broke the law to screw over my daughter, so I am going to break the law to potentially kill a man to maybe have him say that Esme did it.  shut up. 

Yes, that is such a terrible, illegal plan. Since her daughter is the defendant, she needs to stay 1000ft from that patient or the evidence he might utter will be tainted. Fruit of the poisonous tree or something similar I'm sure

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Baby girl is something I've heard used by my southern relatives for more decades than I care to admit. I didn't hear it much during my Midwestern upbringing.

This show needs to lay off the legal stuff. 

I didn't mind the Carly and Joss scenes overall. Zen Carly is kind of funny. Do you think they got tired of everyone calling her Snarly? If so, I for one appreciate the effort.  🙂

37 minutes ago, DanaK said:

Yes, that is such a terrible, illegal plan. Since her daughter is the defendant, she needs to stay 1000ft from that patient or the evidence he might utter will be tainted. Fruit of the poisonous tree or something similar I'm sure

the fact that She (the ex wife of a cop) an Curtis (a former ex-cop) didn't clue that in, is just dumb

20 minutes ago, tessaray said:

Baby girl is something I've heard used by my southern relatives for more decades than I care to admit. I didn't hear it much during my Midwestern upbringing.

honestly the terms of endearment never really bother me. like my gramma called all of us (boys and girls) a  special endearment, My mom calls me precious pie (sometimes very snarkily when i am in trouble LOL). "Baby/Babe" always bothered me because it just sounds... dumb. like i said but like i never see a fundemental issue with it. 

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