Episode Discussion: TFGH

[tvgoddess]

14 minutes ago, ciarra said:

OMG, did someone give you a grapefruit half to eat, lately?  Was it bitter, but you ate it anyway?

Seriously, get better soon.

Hah, this is great and made me laugh so thank you. I'm chalking mine up to the two year old I hung out with this weekend at my best friend's event. Because adorable, yes but also germ factory.

Topic: I really don't care if Franco remains Drew or if he turns back to Franco. It just doesn't interest me. Are these summer storylines painfully boring, or is it just me?

Edited August 28, 2019 by tvgoddess

[Auntie Velvet]

Just catching up on the last couple weeks and I just CANNOT with Dranco's inexplicable accent. Geeze, he's supposed to have grown up in Sawyer, New York -- not in Tom Sawyer country.

On the bright side, it might be my imagination, but on today's episode RoHo may have reeled that in a little bit.

I'm also feeling a little gratified about Dranco's first encounter with Jason and him revealing that Drew knew about Jason Q from teenhoood. I always felt that if these two high school jocks lived about half an hour apart, eventually at least one of them would see something about the other in the papers. (In fact, I even said it here, so I'm just going to go ahead and give myself a writer credit, since you guys suspect they read this forum anyway. 😏)

[Auntie Velvet]

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, perkie1968 said:

I disagree.  Billy portrayed the version of Drew that we've seen from the moment we were told that he was Drew Cain, up until last Wednesday when he got on a plane to find Andre.  It might not have been the same version of Drew "the early years", but since none of us know that version (other than Kim and now Franco's memories), we can't say that Billy never portrayed him.  

This! Drew was always a person of substance and sweetness-- very much a "give you the shirt off his back," philosophical about the hand he was dealt, kind of guy.

I'm sure that lightness is very much the way Billy Miller is in real life, but it also reminds me of Jason Q. He was always written as the moral center of the Quartermaines. 

[sunnyface]

A little soon for a detective to be making a house call for a missing husband but at least it ended the Carson/Jason lovefest.  After such a heartfelt ceremony, Sonny's first actions were teaching a teenager how to lie to the police.

Chase rubs his hands/wrist a bit nearly every episode and it seems like the camera lingers on a second too long.

Franco works well opposite Liesel and Ava.  Liz does not belong with him but will end up with him.  Reb H has not been entertaining to watch but eons more tolerable than most.

Not a fan of the character Nina but I wish that they gave nuNina some more dialogue.  I shudder just thinking about how hysterical MS would be playing Nina in the recent hospital scenes.

I am grateful that I was not watching during the TB as Carly. She is staying.  Her only saving grace is that she is a doctor.

Edited August 28, 2019 by sunnyface

[bannana]

2 hours ago, sunnyface said:

Not a fan of the character Nina but I wish that they gave nuNina some more dialogue.  I shudder just thinking about how hysterical MS would be playing Nina in the recent hospital scenes.

No kidding!  NuNina is a refreshing change from The Staph and her overacting.  It has gone beyond overacting now that she is back at Y/R as Phyllis.

I like what CW is doing with Nina and especially as she is playing the worried mother of Sasha. It's been more sweet than cloying.  I have only ever seen CW as Kelly on Y/R and as Shannon(?) on Lost.  I think she is very good and capable of so much nuance.  Something The Staph can do, but chooses not to for some reason.

I am actually starting to like Nina now, and it will be painful to see her learn the truth about Sasha.  But I sense CW has the acting chops to rain down some hell on Valentin when the truth comes out.

[GHScorpiosRule]

16 hours ago, ulkis said:

 RoHo has nothing to work with except a twang BM mostly didn't have.

Mostly? How about never? I've never heard a twang, or any kind of "southern" accent from Billy Miller.

And I know I'm just banging my head against a wall, but memories do not a character make! This asshat Franco can have Drew's memories, but his personality should still be that of Franco. I've seen my share of movies/soaps/shows where characters lost their memories, but their basic personality/who they were, remained intact. Their new memories didn't change who they were. Maybe some who were inhibited before the memory loss became less so or vice versa. GAH! This FAKAKTA SHOW AND STUPIDASSLAME "story" line. I blame Guzasshole, who, at stupid Steve Burton's behest, changed him from Jason Quartermain to Jason Morgan--rage/anger boy into hoodlum into killer for the mob.

[rur]

1 hour ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

And I know I'm just banging my head against a wall, but memories do not a character make! This asshat Franco can have Drew's memories, but his personality should still be that of Franco. I've seen my share of movies/soaps/shows where characters lost their memories, but their basic personality/who they were, remained intact. Their new memories didn't change who they were. Maybe some who were inhibited before the memory loss became less so or vice versa. GAH! This FAKAKTA SHOW AND STUPIDASSLAME "story" line. 

Well, RoHo is portraying Drew, probably not intentionally, as a self-centered, unappealing douchebag, and that has pretty much been the personality of whatever character RoHo has been playing since Day 1 on the show, so there's that.

* * * *

And have they retconned  Drew writing home every day to Kim when he was in the Middle East?  On a super secret mission? IIRC, when she first explained her relationship to Drew it was hot and passionate, but they both agreed it wouldn't be going anywhere because he was leaving.

[statsgirl]

Dr. Finn, the infectious disease specialist, apparently does know that once bird flu jumps to a human, it's human-to-human spread.

Nice try, Scott, but Bobbie is a nurse-manager. She can't diagnose Franco into quarantine.

I'm sure that my mother wore that dress Bobbie was wearing in the 60s.

17 hours ago, HeatLifer said:

Yep. We never actually got to know his OG character. He was a guy who lost his memories and created his own way, which is fine. But it wasn’t Drew.

He was a guy who cared about his family. The one who left working for Sonny to keep his wife and kids safe, who was the loving son Monica finally got. Who immediately accepted the son he was suddenly presented with and came to love him very much.

And also someone who was strangely passive about finding out about himself.  Maybe he felt like he was always in his present. It would have been interesting to know why rather than another Corinthos lovefest.

[Cheyanne11]

12 minutes ago, rur said:

And have they retconned  Drew writing home every day to Kim when he was in the Middle East?  On a super secret mission? IIRC, when she first explained her relationship to Drew it was hot and passionate, but they both agreed it wouldn't be going anywhere because he was leaving.

Per Dranco, they did agree to that, but once he was in Afghanistan he realized that was stupid and he wrote to her saying he still wanted a relationship.  So, sorta/kinda retcon, but given Drew's past was a giant blank slate, they really can write anything and there's nothing to truly dispute it if it's from his POV.

I was LOL'ing yesterday at Dev throwing every lie against the wall when he was talking to Chase.  What an idiot!  God knows I cannot stand Sonny and Jason, but at least they know enough to keep their mouths shut, unlike 'street smart' Dev.  

[TVbitch]

RH's accent comes and goes every other minute. He needs to either ditch it altogether or commit to sounding like a high school production of a Tennessee Williams' play. 

[tvgoddess]

9 hours ago, sunnyface said:

I shudder just thinking about how hysterical MS would be playing Nina in the recent hospital scenes.

At least I'd be entertained. I'm bored to tears with CW's Nina, and her attempts at handwringing over Sasha are not making things any better.

[dubbel zout]

30 minutes ago, Cheyanne11 said:

I was LOL'ing yesterday at Dev throwing every lie against the wall when he was talking to Chase.  What an idiot!  God knows I cannot stand Sonny and Jason, but at least they know enough to keep their mouths shut, unlike 'street smart' Dev.  

It also cracked me up that Dev was all "I saved the day here!" practically adding a wiping-hands indication. All done! But I guess if Dev knew everything, Sonny would have nothing to teach him. *rme*

[ulkis]

2 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

Mostly? How about never? I've never heard a twang, or any kind of "southern" accent from Billy Miller.

He did say cee-ment once.

[Sake614]

2 hours ago, statsgirl said:

I'm sure that my mother wore that dress Bobbie was wearing in the 60s.

I know I had one similar and I was just a kid! 

[TheMediaHo]

It's a classic Pucci dress from the 60s, probably from JZ's closet. From back in the day when she was a dancer and married to the much-older famous New York D.J, Murray the K (who would refer to his wife as Jackie the Z!). And I never HEARD those broadcasts, just ABOUT them!

[mostlylurking]

Bobbie can just take several seats with being so outraged Scotty wanted her help with Franco.  I remember when she was constantly asking him to bend the rules for her various criminal family members, and then would get pissed when he wouldn't do it.  Shut it Bobbie.

[HeatLifer]

2 hours ago, statsgirl said:

would have been interesting to know why rather than another Corinthos lovefest.

Pretty much.

I think it’s rather insulting they decided to finally delve into Drew’s memories and past when Billy Miller left. I wanted to see Billy play this character fully. Not a guy with amnesia who still had Jason Morgan’s memories in his head. It’s a shame.

[Bringonthedrama]

6 minutes ago, mostlylurking said:

Bobbie can just take several seats with being so outraged Scotty wanted her help with Franco.  

I thought for sure her outrage/the water in the face was going to be about something sex-related, esp. when Scott asked her "Anything??"  I was thinking, oh God he's going to bring up her hooker past and ask her to try to seduce Franco (by saying to Elizabeth, the ends justify the means). 

I thought it was sad/pathetic, though, that Scott thinks he's helped make Franco a better man and he sees Franco as his chance to have a relationship with one of his children. I didn't understand the "Serena keeps me at a distance" and Bobbie claiming that Serena adores him. How would she know? Has she even seen Serena since she was a child?

[Melgaypet]

55 minutes ago, Bringonthedrama said:

I thought it was sad/pathetic, though, that Scott thinks he's helped make Franco a better man and he sees Franco as his chance to have a relationship with one of his children. I didn't understand the "Serena keeps me at a distance" and Bobbie claiming that Serena adores him. How would she know? Has she even seen Serena since she was a child?

Does Christina Baldwin not exist? Or does Scott now think of her as Kevin and Lucy's daughter, not his? That's kind of shitty of him. Don't even try to sell me that Franco is as or more important to Scotty than Serena, show. Serena is the child he's raised since birth. Franco is just the third (!) surprise adult child Scotty has had pop up and also is Franco. God forbid this show actually cast Serena so we could see a parent/child relationship for Scotty that actually matters.

I assume Bobbie is, in fact, spouting off about something she knows nothing about.

[Bringonthedrama]

Cameron's desperation and drive to do what he can to "fix" the FrancoDrew mess for his mother and little brothers tugs at my heartstrings. Poor kid. Jason again looks like a shitty father for not even appearing to think about Jake when Cam was talking about his brothers. I totally believed his teenage anger/frustration/despair for his family over Franco leaving the wedding ring at their house.

Speaking of desperation, Monica. Her lines today were poorly written - repeated exposition and also making it sound like she wants a relationship with FrancoDrew believing he is Drew. Shut up, Monica, and let Jason apologize to you as he should  over the past instead of kissing his ass again.

The unexpected awesomeness of today's show: The SCORPIO BROTHERS!  Loved Mac's dig to Sonny's face when he, as usual, enters a space that doesn't belong to him acting all entitled.  Dare I hope this means seeing more of Robert and Mac together at the PCPD?

So let me get this straight. Sonny is "running a coffee import business," is in theory preparing with his wife to bring a special needs child into the world, has two minor children at home (one of whom is mourning a loss), and is now "mentoring" a teenager he's brought into the home ... yet has the time to go out of his way to attempt to force nuNina to talk about her history with Cassandra Pierce?! 

[ulkis]

"You wouldn't know the truth if it shot you up with bird flu." 

DING DING DING. We have a new winner for the worst line ever said on General Hospital. Oof.

Edited August 28, 2019 by ulkis

[Linny]

Hot damn, if it wasn't satisfying to see Sonny receive a dismissive smackdown from Mac, Jordan, AND Robert. Nice that they made it clear to him that no, he can't just swagger into the PCPD and make demands and threaten to withhold information from them if he doesn't like how they do their jobs. Establishing Mac as a permanent member of law enforcement was a great move, especially if it means there'll be more opportunities for him to show Sonny's ass the door.

It's tough to watch Cam trying in vain to get through to Franco and feeling his desperate obligation to make things right. His use of the word "selfish" to describe Franco walking away seems significant and puts into perspective how hard Cam is working to bring back a man he isn't particularly close to, just to make things right for his mom and little brothers. 

Jason's apology to Monica, while nice enough, isn't going to mean much to me until he improves his overall behavior to her. He can start by giving her a genuine hug instead of whatever that one-armed squeeze was. Monica is clearly going through it right now, it wouldn't kill him to offer her some affection. Poor Monica was so close to Drew and now she's right back to settling for whatever scraps of attention Jason deigns to throw her way.

[ulkis]

Uh oh, Chad's trying to grow a beard. He looks like he has cat whiskers on his chin.

[Cheyanne11]

44 minutes ago, Bringonthedrama said:

So let me get this straight. Sonny is "running a coffee import business," is in theory preparing with his wife to bring a special needs child into the world, has two minor children at home (one of whom is mourning a loss), and is now "mentoring" a teenager he's brought into the home ... yet has the time to go out of his way to attempt to force nuNina to talk about her history with Cassandra Pierce?! 

He's quite the multi-tasker!

[sas616]

4 hours ago, TheMediaHo said:

It's a classic Pucci dress from the 60s, probably from JZ's closet. From back in the day when she was a dancer and married to the much-older famous New York D.J, Murray the K (who would refer to his wife as Jackie the Z!). And I never HEARD those broadcasts, just ABOUT them!

Holy moly, she was married to Murry the K?   I never heard his broadcasts either, but know of him because he interacted with the Beatles when they came to the US.  Think they called him the 5th Beatle.  Though they called a lot of people that.  LOL--and yes, I am that old, God help me.

[Gam2]

I felt sad when I watched Bobbie and Scott interacting at Charlie’s Pub. They used to be so good together but now? A lot of overacting and fake feelings. Are they doing this to try to stay on the show or have they just gotten so bad at this acting thing? I wouldn’t care if I never saw either of them again, especially Scott with his too tight suits and awful hair. Poor thing. 

[TeeVee329]

I missed a few, but what's this I hear about poor Scotty having to give a speech about Franco basically being his only kid because Serena, like, went away or something and all the other ones are dead?

[dr. gailey]

I quit this shit show months ago. I knew Drew's story would be shit the minute Franco was inserted and Billy left. This story has more holes than Swiss cheese. They rewrote too much shit for any of this to make sense.

They never explained how Helena was out here kidnapping Drew when her ass was half dead waiting on Robin to find a cure to bring back her and Jason. Drew was the person Robin worked on and escaped with cause Ava ran him over and that is how he got his new face. They also never explained Drew getting beat up on Cassadine Island while Jake was kidnapped by Helena. Drew also had brain injuries like Jason that Patrick was when he operated on him.

Don't get me started on that bullshit love story they are trying to sell with Kim and Drew. Eeyore's dad went from being dangerous to suddenly Drew and how much she loved him.

Frankendrew's personality fits original Franco. Drew was never like this with or without Jason's memories.

[TeeVee329]

3 hours ago, Linny said:

Jason's apology to Monica, while nice enough, isn't going to mean much to me until he improves his overall behavior to her. He can start by giving her a genuine hug instead of whatever that one-armed squeeze was. Monica is clearly going through it right now, it wouldn't kill him to offer her some affection. Poor Monica was so close to Drew and now she's right back to settling for whatever scraps of attention Jason deigns to throw her way.

That beat is so tired, I agree.  Jason apologizes for treating Monica and Alan like shit, promises to be a better son to her, but never, ever does.  Poor Monica deserves better.

[Hater]

6 hours ago, HeatLifer said:

Pretty much.

I think it’s rather insulting they decided to finally delve into Drew’s memories and past when Billy Miller left. I wanted to see Billy play this character fully. Not a guy with amnesia who still had Jason Morgan’s memories in his head. It’s a shame.

Miller must have pissed him off real good (I do not believe BM was innocent so...), that's all I know because the whole thing just screams vendetta.

Edited August 28, 2019 by Hater

[Bringonthedrama]

26 minutes ago, TeeVee329 said:

I missed a few, but what's this I hear about poor Scotty having to give a speech about Franco basically being his only kid because Serena, like, went away or something and all the other ones are dead?

It wasn't a formal speech; it was him verbally feeling sorry for himself. Bobbie was angry about his request and he explained that his desperation regarding Franco is because Serena keeps him at a "distance"(nothing specific about where she is/what she's doing with her life) and his other children are dead. 

17 minutes ago, TeeVee329 said:

Jason apologizes for treating Monica and Alan like shit, promises to be a better son to her, but never, ever does. 

He didn't promise to be a better son. He apologized for how they bad been hurt/how he'd been so self-involved, and she told him no and other gag-worthy stuff and then the half hug that Burton does with her.

[TeeVee329]

1 hour ago, Bringonthedrama said:

It wasn't a formal speech; it was him verbally feeling sorry for himself. Bobbie was angry about his request and he explained that his desperation regarding Franco is because Serena keeps him at a "distance"(nothing specific about where she is/what she's doing with her life) and his other children are dead. 

He didn't promise to be a better son. He apologized for how they bad been hurt/how he'd been so self-involved, and she told him no and other gag-worthy stuff and then the half hug that Burton does with her.

Ew, I don't like the implication that Franco treats Scotty better than Serena does, that I refuse to believe.

And okay, maybe Jason left out the promise to be a better son, but it's still the same rap and Monica is expected to be grateful for these half-hearted crumbs.  Again, ew.

[movingtargetgal]

2 hours ago, Gam2 said:

Scott with his too tight suits and awful hair. Poor thing. 

I would love it if Ava decided to give Scott a makeover.  She could take him to her hairdresser and bring him to NYC to buy him some suits that fit.  

[statsgirl]

I hate to admit it, I liked Nina giving Jax a smackdown for hypocrisy.  Between the Carly lovefest, scheming and lying with Hayden and generally manipulating people, I haven't like him much this go-round.

6 hours ago, Bringonthedrama said:

Cameron's desperation and drive to do what he can to "fix" the FrancoDrew mess for his mother and little brothers tugs at my heartstrings. Poor kid. Jason again looks like a shitty father for not even appearing to think about Jake when Cam was talking about his brothers. I totally believed his teenage anger/frustration/despair for his family over Franco leaving the wedding ring at their house.

Cameron has the added burden of knowing that there but for the timely intervention of Franco, goes he. That adds an increased urgency to get Franco back to who he was so that Cameron can stop feeling guilty.

Smart of Cameron to realize that the situation is similar to what Jason went through. Too bad that Jason isn't smart enough to realize the situation is affecting Jake much less any broader repercussions.

Shut up, Jason. Let Monica go to FrankenDrew and tell him that he would have been loved if they had known about his existence. Everyone needs to know that they wasn't arbitrarily rejected. Maybe he would be more open to accepting that he's not Drew if he had that.

2 hours ago, dr. gailey said:

Frankendrew's personality fits original Franco. Drew was never like this with or without Jason's memories.

That's good, I guess. On the other hand, he was never like Flashback Jason scenes either.

[tvgoddess]

6 hours ago, ulkis said:

"You wouldn't know the truth if it shot you up with bird flu." 

DING DING DING. We have a new winner for the worst line ever said on General Hospital. Oof.

Nina's entire performance today was bad. Not laughably bad, just bad and CW's sobbing was utterly cringeworthy.

[ulkis]

4 minutes ago, tvgoddess said:

Nina's entire performance today was bad. Not laughably bad, just bad and CW's sobbing was utterly cringeworthy.

Yeah, I don't know what's going on there. I don't hate her like I did MS but CW also has no presence and acts like she's chugged a gallon of cough syrup. The writers don't seem enamoured of her like they did with MSt so maybe they'll finally cut the character loose, but I can see FV hiring some other scenery chewer.

[tvgoddess]

1 minute ago, ulkis said:

Yeah, I don't know what's going on there. I don't hate her like I did MS but CW also has no presence and acts like she's chugged a gallon of cough syrup. The writers don't seem enamoured of her like they did with MSt so maybe they'll finally cut the character loose, but I can see FV hiring some other scenery chewer.

It's bizarre. And yes, I hated MSt's Nina, but this one is just lacking in so many ways. No offense to CW, she's been fine in other roles. But she's not playing Nina as batshit cray which would be much more a) in her wheelhouse and b) true to the character.

And fuck Frank for recasting Nina in the first place. SHE. WAS. NEVER. NEEDED.

[Laur]

I always feel so conflicted about IR & LW's chemistry. I think that he's by far her best pairing, especially compared to her lack of chemistry with MB, and he makes Carly way more likable for me. I liked them a lot as a family unit. Still, I want better for Jax than Carly and I really, really, really never want to watch him having to fight Sonny for someone again. I don't think he has chemistry with CW though, so they really ought to let go of that plan. If anything, he has better chemistry with RB. I've been liking Jax & Hayden teaming up together.

WL continues to kill it as Cam. He's easily my favorite part of this Dranco storyline. I really appreciate how much he wants to help his family. 

Whoever realized that Mac needed to get back to the PCPD deserves a medal. I continue to enjoy all of the Mac/Robert scenes and am glad Mac is back where he belongs!

[Kiki777]

Scorpio Bros. FTW!  I could watch a whole episode of these two.  

Jason's half-hug to Monica was super lame.  Light-years away from BM, who was so sweet and affectionate with her.  I will miss his charisma and warmth :-(

[Cheyanne11]

OMG, could Sonny be anymore of an asshole?  First off, automatically assumes Cassandra shooting up Sasha with bird flu is to get back at him.  Because everything is always about him.  Then he saunters into the PCPD like he's the friggin' governor demanding to be appraised of the situation.  Thank god the Scorpio Bros and Jordan were having none of it.  Then, naturally, because he's a big buttinsky, he's got to go put the screws to Nina. 

I don't know that it's rational, but I get a rage headache at Mo for this, because I feel like he's Mr. Primadonna and the writers feel obliged to stick him in every story.

[ciarra]

9 hours ago, TheMediaHo said:

It's a classic Pucci dress from the 60s, probably from JZ's closet.

It's $45 from Macy's (sold out in regular sizes, but available in plus).  The model's dress at least doesn't have that unfortunate splotch of blue directly across one boob.   Close, but not distracting.

[TeeVee329]

So I tracked down that Scotty/Bobbie scene about Scotty's kids and the context around his remarks about Serena - that she's more like Lee and Gail versus him and Lucy and that's why he thinks she keeps them both at a remove - made me hate it a little less.  I also couldn't help thinking how interesting that dynamic - Serena clashing with Scotty/Lucy - would be to see ON-SCREEN!  Though I shouldn't say that too loud, they'll just stick a blonde wig on Roger Howarth.

Also?  Shut up, Bobbie, being all aghast at Scotty asking her to bend the law.  Is she forgetting she just came FROM A MOBSTER'S VOW RENEWAL, AT HIS MANSION PAID FOR WITH BLOODSHED?!?!

[Auntie Velvet]

They really need to run all of these scripts involving the vets by this group, don't you think? First with Scotty never remembering how many kids he has.

And today, Robert "I guess I just like paper files" Luddite Scorpio refusing to enter the world of technology. Really, Show? Some of us rickety viewers remember when he had a super-computer behind a secret panel at his home. It was all very James Bond.

[30 Helens]

3 hours ago, statsgirl said:

Cameron has the added burden of knowing that there but for the timely intervention of Franco, goes he. 

It’s kind of a shame that Cam didn’t get the chance to be MemoryDrew.  That could have been fun. “You’re not my mom!  You can’t make me go to bed, I’m a SEAL!” Although making out with Kim would be a bit gross. 

I did find Franco’s bewilderment over why they would want the serial killer back to be somewhat amusing.

This has probably been commented on before, but why does Rocco have blond hair? Are we supposed to forget that Dante and his dark genes ever existed?

[ulkis]

edit.

Edited September 5, 2019 by ulkis

[Hater]

I watched two Franco and Liz scenes and laughed through both. I cannot get past that accent. Roger is awful even though he’s trying and Becky’s weird movements with her mouth aren’t helping. This story is...... and if Franco doesn’t sleep with Kim and Liz gets to sleep with someone else it’s just plain stupid. Par for the course with Frank.  I don’t feel bad for anyone well maybe Cam but not even him. 

Edited August 29, 2019 by Hater

[nilyank]

10 hours ago, statsgirl said:

Shut up, Jason. Let Monica go to FrankenDrew and tell him that he would have been loved if they had known about his existence. Everyone needs to know that they wasn't arbitrarily rejected. Maybe he would be more open to accepting that he's not Drew if he had that.

Except Franco is not really Drew so Monica doesn't need to share that with him. The only reason that she would to do so is to get Franco to talk about Drew's memories. If Drew isn"t that interested to find out about himself, Monica should follow his lead.  She has  a real relationship now with the real Drew so there is no need for her to have bonding sessions with Franco who is pseudo Drew.

[dubbel zout]

9 hours ago, Auntie Velvet said:

And today, Robert "I guess I just like paper files" Luddite Scorpio refusing to enter the world of technology. Really, Show? Some of us rickety viewers remember when he had a super-computer behind a secret panel at his home. It was all very James Bond.

The current writers probably weren't even born then. That was one of the coolest things!

The Rocco kid is terrible. He can't handle the few lines he's given.

2 hours ago, nilyank said:

She has  a real relationship now with the real Drew so there is no need for her to have bonding sessions with Franco who is pseudo Drew.

Yeah, I don't quite get this. I understand she wants to know how Drew grew up, but if he doesn't care, why possibly antagonize Frew with a bunch of questions? He still has hostile memories about that. Drew is fine with what he knows and he has a good relationship with Monica. Does Monica want a relationship with Frew as a Drew proxy?

Now my brain is starting to hurt.

[statsgirl]

12 hours ago, ciarra said:

It's $45 from Macy's (sold out in regular sizes, but available in plus).  The model's dress at least doesn't have that unfortunate splotch of blue directly across one boob.   Close, but not distracting.

I can understand it if that dress were from the 60s because psychedelic drugs. I cannot understand the executive who authorized it for Macy's today.

3 hours ago, nilyank said:

Except Franco is not really Drew so Monica doesn't need to share that with him. The only reason that she would to do so is to get Franco to talk about Drew's memories.

Monica was cheated out of Drew's youth (and thanks to Frank, she's going to be cheated out of his adulthood). If she had been given the opportunity, she would have loved him as she loved Jason. This is the only chance she has to find out who that boy was and she's desperate to take it.

In terms Franco/Drew, he's angry and bitter. He believes that he was the baby who the Quartermains threw away and now everyone he talks to denies his reality.  To have someone talk to him who accepts his Drew persona and tells him that he would have been loved may help him to be able move past his current position.

(I've learned that if someone is fixed in a position, the best way to get them to be able to move from it is to first acknowledge their reasons for hanging on)

[Cheyanne11]

1 hour ago, dubbel zout said:

And today, Robert "I guess I just like paper files" Luddite Scorpio refusing to enter the world of technology. Really, Show? Some of us rickety viewers remember when he had a super-computer behind a secret panel at his home. It was all very James Bond.

Oh, man, I loved that set.  I was going to say house, but all we ever saw was the living room and the secret room.

1 hour ago, dubbel zout said:

The Rocco kid is terrible. He can't handle the few lines he's given.

Ugh, he and Danny kid are the worst.