Perkie January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 Quote But will no one think of the cake I did, because earlier, Nina was cutting a piece from it to give to Charlotte and 98% of the cake was still there, and I was all, what, no one ate the yummy looking cake. So when Lulu landed on it, all I could think of was, noooo, not the yummy looking cake!! Probably not what I should have been thinking in that scene but there you go. I was also wondering how there was no broken ceiling or vent on the floor with Lulu and the cake or how she and Dante managed to wipe all of that cake off of her so that you couldn't even tell she was covered in it minutes later, or why Lante didn't just go home once Lulu was covered in cake. But yeah, I probably shouldn't be paying attention to all of that! 7 Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 I was just gonna say, I remember pool being a John McBain thing. Eesh indeed. Is there anything else to do in Port Charles but ice skate and play pool? Go see a movie, people. 2 Link to comment
LeftPhalange January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 I'm shocked Finn is addicted to fake heroin. So Valentin is sad/angry at Anna because she rejected him decades ago. I'm crying. I wish Lulu had gotten cake stuck in her nose and suffocated, lapsing into a coma and waking up with her rabies gone. The Maxie/tree scenes were zzz. STFU Liez and stop trying to save your rapist serial killer boyfriend. How about you go get your kids so Audrey can have the night off. 11 Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 (edited) I can't even remember the last time Liz had a non-Franco-related conversation. Maybe at one brief point when Rebecca Budig was "dying"? Edited January 23, 2017 by TeeVee329 3 Link to comment
Aurora2 January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Perkie said: We got the entire episode here in Toronto. Here's what you missed (just the jist of it): Lulu says she's Charlotte's mom. Charlotte screams that she' s not her mom than storms out of the closet, jamming the door so that Lulu can't get out. Lulu, somehow manages to climb into the vent on the ceiling and comes crashing out of the ceiling in the main room, landing on the cake. She tells Dante about her convo with Charlotte and boo hoo hoo, I messed things up. Hayden and Finn are in the afterglow. She goes to shower, he grabs his needle, she sees it, he lies and says because he had the disease longer it's taking him longer to fight it off. They go to the Rib, run into Brad, Hayden mentions the drugs, Brad figures out that Finn is addicted to it. Valentin admits he was a analyst for the WSB, made a pass at Anna, got rejected, felt it was because he Igor the scary, decided to change his life (got scolio surgery, didn't know that was a thing). Anna tells andre and Griffin that she thinks he's coming after her for revenge. Charlotte tells Nina what Lulu said, then tells Valentin that she overheard Griffin say papa killed mommy. Valentin claims he didn't kill Claudette and that he needs to discuss the LUlu thing iwth her at another time. Brad overhears Liz trying to find Franco and tells her that Monica is pissed he didn't show up for work and the police are looking for him. Liz calls and meets with Scotty at Gene's. Franco's car is in the lot but no Franco. Scott says Tom's DNA came back on the dog cage . They figure Franco left town to avoid getting caught. Liz heads to the alley and finds Franco's phone covered in blood. Naxie consumate their marriage than share a bunch of gifts. I think that was the jist of it. Thank you. And Dante rolled his eyes at Lulu when she told him what she had done. I liked that part. Surgery is a legit treatment for severe cases of scoliosis of the spine. Some forms are treated by wearing braces. 4 minutes ago, TeeVee329 said: I can't even remember the last time Liz had a non-Franco-related conversation. Maybe at one brief point when Rebecca Budig was "dying"? You mean when she was being used to promote another FOF (Friend of Frank)?? 1 Link to comment
Perkie January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 Quote So Valentin is sad/angry at Anna because she rejected him decades ago. I thought Olivia Jerome coming back from the dead 30 years later to avenge a guy who wasn't into her, who's been dead for 2 years, was a bad storyline, but this one is almost as bad. Because Valentin had a crush on Anna and tried to randomly kiss her on her birthday (seriously, keep your lips to yourself douchebag) and she says no, he figures she's rejecting him because he's ugly, and not because he thinks it's cool to randomly try to kiss her, so he's going to come back at her 20 years later, after he's gotten good looking and a boatload of money. What? 7 Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Aurora2 said: You mean when she [Liz] was being used to promote another FOF (Friend of Frank)?? If I had to choose, I'd glad taken the show actually doing something with Liz and Rebecca Budig being sisters than this Franco mess. Connecting them was unnecessary, but connecting them and then doing nothing with it is even stupider. 9 Link to comment
ciarra January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 Quote I'm shocked Finn is addicted to fake heroin. I'm shocked at that horrible tattoo. 2 Link to comment
dubbel zout January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 8 minutes ago, Perkie said: he's going to come back at her 20 years later, after he's gotten good looking and a boatload of money. That should be his revenge! He can annoy Anna by telling her that he's good looking and rich now; if only she'd been nicer to him back in the day. And the Duke/Olivia J. thing is galactically stupid. Duke is dead, his baby with Anna is dead, Anna is pretty miserable right now. Take the win you have, Olivia. 7 Link to comment
LeftPhalange January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, dubbel zout said: And the Duke/Olivia J. thing is galactically stupid. Duke is dead, his baby with Anna is dead, Anna is pretty miserable right now. Take the win you have, Olivia. Olivia Jerome is pathetic and needs to be killed. I hope Anna shoots her while screaming about Justice For Duke/her unborn baby and is immediately carted off to ferncliff. 5 Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, dubbel zout said: And the Duke/Olivia J. thing is galactically stupid. Duke is dead, his baby with Anna is dead, Anna is pretty miserable right now. Take the win you have, Olivia. *small voice* I kinda wouldn't hate it if she seduced Griffin and made sure Anna walked in on them *small voice* Anna: You! Olivia J: Yup, I'm BFTD. And I just sexed up your surrogate son. Well, bye. Edited January 23, 2017 by TeeVee329 11 Link to comment
OnceSane January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 23 minutes ago, dubbel zout said: That should be his revenge! He can annoy Anna by telling her that he's good looking and rich now; if only she'd been nicer to him back in the day. So he'll "Pretty Woman on Rodeo Drive" her? Somehow, I can't see him pulling off the outfit the way Julia Roberts did. ;) 15 minutes ago, TeeVee329 said: *small voice* I kinda wouldn't hate it if she seduced Griffin and made sure Anna walked in on them *small voice* Anna: You! Olivia J: Yup, I'm BFTD. And I just sexed up your surrogate son. Well, bye. She can't fuck her own son; well, she can but…gross. #notgivinguponOJ&Griffinasmotherandson 1 Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 Just now, OnceSane said: She can't fuck her own son; well, she can but…gross. #notgivinguponOJ&Griffinasmotherandson I'm fine with that idea too, that or her seducing him are the two clearest, soapiest options. 1 Link to comment
ulkis January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 1 minute ago, TeeVee329 said: I'm fine with that idea too, that or her seducing him are the two clearest, soapiest options. And then can Anna sleep with Nathan in front of O.? Gotta spread the love! (Just to be clear, that's not a jib at you cause you like O. (or liked?) I've just always wanted that. Of course she would still have to think up a good revenge scenario for Olivia J as well. 1 Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 Just now, ulkis said: (Just to be clear, that's not a jib at you cause you like O. (or liked?) It's liked, sadly. Kathleen Gati's great, but this "Franco is my bestie!" version of the character is no bueno. 2 Link to comment
Darklazr January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 5 hours ago, Linny said: Lulu fell ass first into that cake and then was walking around completely clean fifteen minutes later. Because a pound of cake and buttercream smeared into her dress is something she can dab off in the bathroom sink. I hate that I missed the Valentin and Anna stuff. But I'm sure we'll get more flashbacks, so whatever. Liz Nancy Drew-ing her way around town is boring. If there's anyone who is not worth the effort, it's Franco. Maybe she could spend time with her kids for a change. Elizabeth is the best PI in town and her children are just fine. As for Franco, he's not going anywhere due to FV forcing the show to keep RoHo employed. 1 Link to comment
ulkis January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 16 minutes ago, TeeVee329 said: It's liked, sadly. Kathleen Gati's great, but this "Franco is my bestie!" version of the character is no bueno. She should transfer her feelings to the father. Scotty/Obrecht would be kind of hilarious. 5 Link to comment
Darklazr January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 4 hours ago, TeeVee329 said: I still don't understand why Dr. Michael Easton and Rebecca Budig having The Sex for the first time was relegated to off-screen. Did this show forget it's a soap opera? I find the characters and actors not needed on the show and will happily take them off screen, every day ending in "y." Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, ulkis said: She should transfer her feelings to the father. Scotty/Obrecht would be kind of hilarious. Her squaring off with Lucy would also be fun. Well, for me. I know your feelings on Ms. Coe are mixed. Edited January 23, 2017 by TeeVee329 3 Link to comment
peachmangosteen January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Perkie said: They go to the Rib, run into Brad, Hayden mentions the drugs, Brad figures out that Finn is addicted to it. Oh, so that's what's up with that whole story. I skip so much of Finn/Hayden that I was super confused by why exactly Finn was lying. So Finn is actually cured, but now he's addicted to the drug he was taking. 1 hour ago, LeftPhalange said: So Valentin is sad/angry at Anna because she rejected him decades ago. I'm crying. I mean at least they're finally doing this kind of tired ass story with a man! 48 minutes ago, TeeVee329 said: *small voice* I kinda wouldn't hate it if she seduced Griffin and made sure Anna walked in on them *small voice* Anna: You! Olivia J: Yup, I'm BFTD. And I just sexed up your surrogate son. Well, bye. This is literally the only way Olivia Jerome returning will be even marginally worth it. I guess Griffin being her son would be OK, but not as good. Edited January 23, 2017 by peachmangosteen 2 Link to comment
Blackie January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Perkie said: how she and Dante managed to wipe all of that cake off of her so that you couldn't even tell she was covered in it minutes later, It was so obvious that they must have filmed the cake scene last because she was REALLY covered in cake, there is no way they could have wiped all that off with paper towels. I would like to know how they filmed that, did someone actually lift her up and drop her into the cake? I didn't watch GH way back in Anna's younger years, so was the Valentin-disfigured guy scences real, or at least the Anna parts? Did that really happen? Link to comment
Perkie January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 Quote He can annoy Anna by telling her that he's good looking and rich now; if only she'd been nicer to him back in the day But Anna's good looking and rich now too. And she has Robert Freakin' Scorpio at her disposal anytime she wants while Valentin has to deal with Nina. 1 Link to comment
ulkis January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 16 minutes ago, Blackie said: I didn't watch GH way back in Anna's younger years, so was the Valentin-disfigured guy scences real, or at least the Anna parts? Did that really happen? Nope. Link to comment
Perkie January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 (edited) Quote So Finn is actually cured, but now he's addicted to the drug he was taking. Yep. Quote did someone actually lift her up and drop her into the cake? They probably dropped the cake onto the floor so that it was all over the place, than she lay down on top of it, probably rolled around in order to smush it all over her back. I wonder what the script direction was in that scene. "Drop cake on floor so it smashes into pieces. Lower Emme onto the cake, have her really smush it so that it looks like Lulu fell from the ceiling, right onto it." Edited January 23, 2017 by Perkie 2 Link to comment
Blackie January 23, 2017 Share January 23, 2017 12 minutes ago, ulkis said: 28 minutes ago, Blackie said: I didn't watch GH way back in Anna's younger years, so was the Valentin-disfigured guy scences real, or at least the Anna parts? Did that really happen? Nope. So those scenes of young Anna talking to Valentine, that wasn't present day FH was it? Or was it a totally different Anna scene repurposed? If it is present day FH, wow they did a good job of making her look 30 years younger Link to comment
ulkis January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 I'm pretty sure it was present day FH in the flashbacks. Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 (edited) So is that it, Valentin's the Count of Monte Cristo? That's the whole secret? Edited January 24, 2017 by TeeVee329 3 Link to comment
LexieLily January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 Just now, TeeVee329 said: So is that it, Valentin's the Count of Monte Cristo? That's the whole secret? Why was Helena and the rest of the Cassadine clan scared of THIS guy? 5 Link to comment
Sake614 January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 It's definitely present day FH in those 'flashbacks.' If you watch the real ones with Tonya (Olivia Jerome) that they showed last week, there's no comparison. FIn actually had some meat on her bones back then. Don't get me wrong, she still looks great. But IMO there's no mistaking her for 30 years younger. 1 Link to comment
peachmangosteen January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Sake614 said: FIn actually had some meat on her bones back then. That's what really gives it away. Edited January 24, 2017 by peachmangosteen 1 Link to comment
dubbel zout January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 For me you can tell it's present-day FH by her non-caterpillar eyebrows. Hee. 2 Link to comment
Aurora2 January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 2 hours ago, TeeVee329 said: If I had to choose, I'd glad taken the show actually doing something with Liz and Rebecca Budig being sisters than this Franco mess. Connecting them was unnecessary, but connecting them and then doing nothing with it is even stupider. I'd make the same choice for Liz. As well, doing nothing with that connection is not only stupid. Doing nothing also underlines that linking Liz to Hayden was clearly about promoting Hayden by linking her to a legacy GH family. 3 Link to comment
Ambrosefolly January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 1 hour ago, LexieLily said: Why was Helena and the rest of the Cassadine clan scared of THIS guy? Like I said, they retroactively ruined Helena Cassadine. 3 Link to comment
twoods January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 Why in the world is Anna still attracting psychos? Is that all her storyline entails? Is there more to the gaudy necklace storyline? Do I care? I did enjoy Finn and Hayden but it's been a year and he's still addicted to fake heroin? Oh writers.... 1 Link to comment
dubbel zout January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 14 minutes ago, Ambrosefolly said: Like I said, they retroactively ruined Helena Cassadine. I still can't believe Helena is truly dead. Poisoned tea and a final sigh? Oh, Show. 6 Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 No way is she dead. She's retired to an underground base, watching all these dunces on a video monitor, enjoying a cup of tea, and petting a pet shark. #showinmyhead 4 Link to comment
Sake614 January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 1 hour ago, LexieLily said: Why was Helena and the rest of the Cassadine clan scared of THIS guy? I guess hunchbacks are evil? Or reasons...commercial break. I'd say the writers have forgotten but Alexis just brought it up recently. So beats me... 4 Link to comment
twoods January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 I'm wondering how he got recruited to be an agent with his scoliosis being that bad. Link to comment
TeeVee329 January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 Previews...shut up, Liz's "How could they arrest my SERIAL KILLER boyfriend!" face. 6 Link to comment
Sake614 January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, twoods said: I'm wondering how he got recruited to be an agent with his scoliosis being that bad. He wasn't, he was an analyst with a desk job. How he was able to sit at a desk all day and crunch numbers escapes me, but this is a show where they defile delicious baked goods on a regular basis, so I guess nothing is out of the realm of possibilities. 6 Link to comment
dubbel zout January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 I love how André let Anna decide that Griffin didn't need to be there with her and Valentin, but André can't give Jordan that same courtesy. Ugh. The Anna/Valentin backstory was so stupid. Wow, that wedding cake looked delicious, and then Lulu had to fall on it and wreck it. 1 Link to comment
amaranta January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 (edited) Quote So he'll "Pretty Woman on Rodeo Drive" her? Somehow, I can't see him pulling off the outfit the way Julia Roberts did. ;) Interestingly enough, JPS was in Pretty Woman. He only had one line and then a reaction shot; he played a bellboy / porter. Lulu is so, so stupid. Maxie and Nathan are so, so boring. And there's no way Anna is that traumatized - blocking memories and shit - over an attempted and rejected kiss. The real Anna Devane simply would have brushed him off, or kicked his ass. Bring back the real Anna Devane! We get more Brad than we do Lucas. I like Perry, but that's just wrong. Edited January 24, 2017 by amaranta 5 Link to comment
Asp Burger January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 (edited) I don't know, I liked Liz as Nancy Drew. I thought that was one of Becky's most purely enjoyable scenes in a while, acting like a crime-obsessed ditz for the bartender. The bartender actor was pretty good too. You could see the moment when he let his guard down and thought, "Aw, she's harmless." But the scene of the phone discovery was (1) contrived (characters always find exactly the necessary clue in the right spot -- see also Dante and the bouquet), and (2) another case of the radio audience being well served. "Is that Franco's [phone]?" "It's covered in blood!" (Which, as ulkis pointed out, is still wet.) Did Lulu really have to crawl around in vents to get out of there? Couldn't she just have pounded on the door and yelled for a while? She would have been missed quickly by numerous people, the rooms closest to the dining area would be the first to check, and I don't think the Charlotte girl is quite mean-spirited enough to keep clammed up if people were saying, "Does anyone know where Lulu is?" I guess waiting to be let out isn't Can-Do Spencer enough, but landing on a cake ass-first is. I do agree they have not done enough with the Liz/Hayden relationship, but I'm not ready to write it off as something done expediently to make Hayden more important, now dropped. Obviously, this is a daytime soap, and Getting Some is more important than family or anything else, so Liz's story is mostly about Franco right now, and Hayden's is more about Dr. Michael Easton. But I have confidence there will be more of these two. The first phase of their relationship reached a climactic point of sorts when Hayden almost died, and Liz helped care for her and said something like "We're sisters, and we're going to be annoying each other for a long time." So now they're in their separate love stories (I know, I know...Franco) with an uneasy truce. There's more story there for sure, and maybe it's going to suck, but it will happen. I still think the bad bet was not making them related through Naomi, though. Either "instead" or "in addition." Dubbel zout, I have Time-Warner-now-Spectrum too, and I never could watch anything at ABC's site because of it, but I noticed that Spectrum is now on the list of provider options. However, you have to register, and I didn't want to be bothered. So I watched the lo-fi version on YouTube, which has a somewhat jerky picture that is crammed into one corner of a larger display. It was good enough for me to see the scenes I cared about in the first half of the show. Hey, maybe the two Olivias on the show will actually come into play. Someone will say, "Olivia must be killed. Now!" and Pasta Psychic will take a bullet intended for Photo-Pasting Gangstress. "Oh, shit. I thought you meant the other Olivia!" and problem solved on the duplicated names. Good help is hard to find! Edited January 24, 2017 by Asp Burger 5 Link to comment
P3pp3rb1rd January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 Naxie Newlyweds are soooooooo boring. The Tree gets points for giving Maxie a (presumably) diamond necklace that had some flair and weight, but the handcuffs deserved Debbie Downer status (WAH-wah!). I predict that before too long, Naxie will feel like a prison for both of them. Link to comment
Darklazr January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 11 hours ago, TeeVee329 said: I can't even remember the last time Liz had a non-Franco-related conversation. Maybe at one brief point when Rebecca Budig was "dying"? Elizabeth and BH are still trying to make Franco relevant. Link to comment
Lillybee January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 The Cassidines were a nasty group because they couldn't get surgery for Victor's bastard son. 1 Link to comment
Perkie January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 Quote Couldn't she just have pounded on the door and yelled for a while? She did. She pounded on the door for several minutes and tried to yank it open, but no one came. I thought it was good that a woman finally thinks for herself, to save herself. Of course, I can't picture her climbing up into that vent in that dress and shoes (she still had the shoes on when she fell on the cake). What's weird is that when Dante broke into the closet, he didn't notice the vent door open to know that's where she'd gone. 4 Link to comment
NutmegsDad January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 So Valentin turned into a self-deluded power-hungry megalomaniac who is obsessed with preserving his lineage by claiming children by any means necessary, all because his family was mean to him? Sorry, guy, you're working Sonny's side of the street. Move along. 4 Link to comment
tveyeonyou January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 6 hours ago, Darklazr said: Elizabeth The writers and BH TFGH are still trying to make Franco relevant. Fixed that for you :) Seriously though, even I, a pretty much die-hard fan of RoHo, have reached my limit with this whole Franco thing. Even when he's not on for one day out of an entire year, somebody has to at least mention his name. I weep over the disgustingness this show has become. I've finally thrown my hat in the Cancel GH Club and I've been watching since 1976 when we'd often cut class to make it home in time to catch some of OLTL before GH came on. I'm normally a very loyal viewer and hate when a show I love gets cancelled. I don't love TFGH anymore at all. Pull the plug. Side note, I'm reading one of those spicy romance books by Vi Keeland (Stuck-Up Suit, if anyone cares lol) and there is a bunch of GH-related stuff woven thru the book; the MC's name is Graham J Morgan and we find out he used to watch GH with his Mom, who named him Graham Jason Morgan after the Borg, then we find out he named his dog Blackie after, you know, Blackie, and they talk a bit about the show throughout the book (I'm not finished with it yet so there may be more references to come), but my point is, when I was reading it I felt such a loss thinking about how badly they continue to ruin this show. Why would anyone do that? Do they even watch what they put on air? Are they so busy patting themselves on the back for slipping in another "in-joke" that they don't see how badly this show sucks? Does anyone there care? Are they all on crack? At this point, I wish they'd give us a do-over by airing the first ever GH episode and continuing from there. It would be way better than anything I'm seeing on my screen. YMMV but give me the show I fell in love with please and thank you. 7 Link to comment
dubbel zout January 24, 2017 Share January 24, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, amaranta said: And there's no way Anna is that traumatized - blocking memories and shit - over an attempted and rejected kiss. The real Anna Devan simply would have brushed him off, or kicked his ass. Bring back the real Anna Devane! I know! WTF? ETA: Thanks for the info, Asp Burger. I'm in NYC and we got the whole episode (save for some interruptions about the weather), but it's good to know I can watch on the ABC site if I need to. Edited January 24, 2017 by dubbel zout Link to comment
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