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I feel like Jada might be weirded out Shawn slept with her sister although I always thought Shawn/Jada had interesting possibilities. It would probably go nowhere like Shawn's brief fling with Lani.

Were there any light hearted stories during this period? I took a brief glance at the yearly synopsis available and it appears to be Doug/Julie's wedding and maybe Dougie's birth lol. I am wondering if the show felt depressing day to day. It's so hard to tell from recaps only because sometimes they only hit the important beats and not the overall feeling of the show, but it sounds awful lol.

This was maybe 15 years ago and I still wondered if the kid was only watching 80's movies or something because that wasn't a thing. I just did see it happen with my own eyes lol. Also, how does Ava not know she doesn't have any money? You would get a bank alert or something, right? All American is where I think they are going with all of this because, of course.

So unrelated to GH, but I worked in retail management and I once had a teenage employee cut up a customers declined credit card because that's "what he saw on tv" and thought that's what you did with the card. It didn't go over well with the customer.😂

I feel like Erica and Viki had their day. Sure, it was cut shorter than most would like, but I don't think you build an audience with 70 year old plus characters from other soaps these days. Find some good younger hires, build up the 20-30 scene, and grab a few returns people want. Anyhow on to today's show, I liked that other characters had to comment how hot BLQ/Chase were because you literally can't see it. Fantastic that everyone is now a college football fan. How convenient. Poor Trina. This is the most basic, teen rom com storyline ever. Is Charlie's closed? And Kristina is re-opening it? I thought it was running, but without a manager, leader? Whatever, she's still unlikeable. Must be nice to be gifted a free business when you actively act like a crazy person with no accountability.

The actor that plays Aaron is not good at acting, but he's endearing and charming so I don't mind him. The awkwardness sort of works for the character at this point. He seems like a real teen while Holly/Tate are too composed for their troubles. Sofia is the star here though. I love her.

I don't think I would mind that, but it still feels pointless. A cute shout out to past shows, but a little gimmicky. It also gives me a headache to think about because you have to figure out who exists in the same world as GH and who doesn't. Lol! At least Carly/Sonny are GH characters though. They may have contributed to the downfall but at least they have a history and some good moments in Port Charles not in Pine Valley.

I guess I don't get the point of bringing actors from canceled soaps over to a new soap that is struggling. I don't want to offend anyone because I know Viki and Erica are iconic, but they couldn't save their own soaps. Obviously the fault doesn't lie on them, but I am still failing to see the logic behind a move like that. The show is having a hard time making Lucky's return work with years of history and the original actor. What would the show do with Erica Kane? Plop her in the middle of the canvas and have her start a rivalry with Eva La Rue just for old times sake? No thanks. I do think the pop in appearances with Nora or Jackson work better. It still seems unnecessary to me though.

No offense to the lovely Susan Lucci or Erica Kane, but if FV shells out the money for Susan Lucci and her AMC character I would be done with the show (or just storm the GH studio and be put in jail lol). There are several GH characters that could be brought back and add to the canvas and we all know who.

I hate her less than Leo, but she is so stupid sometimes. Sonny has already completely forgotten about his ex wife Nina. With all the Kristina and Ava stuff going on plus him trying to woo Bigot mom, does Joss really think he cares at all about Dex? Like Sonny was waiting all these months to carry out the lamest stabbing ever? 😂

Marlena said "John gives his love as well" so that ruled him out immediately. Other than that I have no idea. I thought Liz for a hot minute because I momentarily forgot Kellam was dead and also raped Marlena lol. I really am assuming Deidre had a friend that's dad was turning 90 and just snuck that line in.

I was trying to figure out who Marlena could possibly talking to today on the phone. I wonder if it was a real life shout out to a friend or something.

I know it's a minor point, but Joss is so self centered to think Sonny still cares about Dex lol. He's killed an entirely different man since then and hasn't mentioned Dex in months.

RIP. We were just talking about Harlan/Cole at length in the GH Classic Thread.

I loved @beebs recaps!!! Lol. Miss them so much.

It's like Ron literally pulled a name out of a hat for any 80's character and was like "SEE I RESPECT HISTORY!!!" and not a single person on staff did more than read the character's (brief) wiki page lol. Since Genie appears to have no love for Diana or Days I have a hard time imagining she'd do anything lol. I'd be interested to see Genie play a woman scorned with an agenda though..But to be fair, Roman/John didn't actually do anything wrong to her lol. She left him.

Sure, I can buy that. A shady, scheming, con woman is one thing. An abusive, murdering POS who tortured her son because he exists is another. Diana as a grey character is fine. I even believe she might try to swindle John for money. The OTT mess we have as Diana currently is not believable. Could you imagine Genie playing any of this?

You and I have had this discussion, but there is no reason his mother had to be Diana in the first place. Diana made sense for 1 story arc-pretending John was Leo's father. Since John wasn't actually the father and all Diana did is try to kill Marlena, something that different characters do on a yearly basis, the whole thing was pointless. To add insult to injury for Diana the show has made her this evil villain with no redeeming characteristics. I think anyone could understand being frustrated about giving birth to a child that ended up like Leo, but c'mon, she has zero nuance and is nothing like Diana was in the 80's. Not to mention, JC is a horrible recast. The unnecessary detail we get from Leo about his abusive childhood is just to gain Leo sympathy. Diana, as played by Genie, was of course undefined and it's doubtful many fans even remember her, but this Leo stuff has ruined her. It also makes John look like an idiot because he was going to marry her lol.

Oh, I know. In Kristina's mind though, I can see here explaining it in the way that she was right and not wrong to be worried about TJ/Molly's stability as a couple.

People pay for early access to hear Steve and Bradford talk?

It also fuels the narrative that Kristina was right since TJ/Molly are breaking up now.

Thanks. I have seen this already. Some of the Leo/Alex stuff has already aired and just because the show hasn't fired both of them doesn't mean they are a main focus. It actually looks like the show is moving into other stories with other characters.

Oh, I agree 100% on Ciara. She's been damn near ruined. I just don't really think it's RSW's fault. Ron had the stupid idea to make a serial killer a romantic hero. I thought RSW was quite creepy and did well as evil Ben. Like Leo, RSW is shoved down our throats when they decided to make him Alex. I suspect once the new writers start we will see a decreased presence of both Alex and Leo.

I wouldn't mind this at all 😂. Anyhow, The general consensus here is that RSW is the worst, but I swear, he doesn't bother me much. I have never had much affection for Ben or Alex. I just think RSW is a regular, run of the mill soap hunk. I actually don't think he comes off smug-just dumb. The writing for him is a bit obsessive and RSW should have been let go when VK left. I just don't think any of that is RSW's fault. I know people dislike him based on RSW's real life personality, but I don't know enough about that to say.

I am in a similar place as @Vee is with Kristina. I don't actually think the show is writing her like a villain. To me at least, I feel like the show is setting us up to understand her point of view as well. That makes Kristina more unbearable. Molly only has Ric, of all people, fully on her side while everyone else is like "Poor Kristina". I definitely don't mind a character like Kristina on GH where everyone is either nice or EVIL. The writing is just not hitting the mark. Unless this leads to Kristina becoming a full on bad girl she's basically been written into a corner. A lot of people on GH are just co-signing her crap because she's "traumatized". I mean, her husband of 40 plus years just passed away. Perhaps Lynn is just taking a break?