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I don't think he does. He's 48? He looks fine. And I hate Leo. There have been years and years of much younger women hooking up with older men since the beginning of time. I don't see a difference. We all know Leo and hate him, but on paper for Javi-Leo is funny, has a good job, seems like a good time, etc. I buy that Javi could be attracted to Leo. I just don't buy the relationship because there was no build up. What's the hot button issue between age differences in the gay community? Not trying to argue I am just legitimately curious as I haven't heard much about that.

How would anyone even know if Javi/Leo are a good or bad couple? They've had like 14 scenes total. We missed any sort of relationship build. And I think Leo being too old is the least of this story's problems. It went from flirty point A to full on relationship point D in one episode. I also think it would be really weird for Jada to hound her personal partner all day and all night about his decision to leave the force. She gave him space to reconsider like a normal human being in a long term relationship?

I think the show should have pulled the trigger on Liason before Courtney and gone with it. The problematic thing is Brenda's return would have put a wrench in that and I can absolutely understand at least testing a Brenda/Jason pairing at the time. Liason just lingered on for so long and never really got any "couple" material besides plot points that it's hard to reconcile anything good about the pairing now. Lucky/Liz still have some legs because it being a first love and much more serious than the few rolls in the hay Jason/Liz had.

Exactly. Their teenage romance was a bit of a fairytale and I think JJ/RH do an excellent job of displaying this is how it ended up years later. The love/affection is still there, but Becky especially does a great job of understanding Lucky and resigning herself to his faults at the same time. You do get the sense of supercouple when you know they both could make it work, but are reluctant to try for so many reasons. ETA-I actually do like Liason as well. I just think Lucky/Liz have a more fleshed out relationship. Despite the years and years of will they or won't they with Jason/Liz I was never sure they really were ever together or really knew each other.

I am someone who really believes JJ/RH still have it. I know it's been a long convoluted road for both characters but they still have chemistry. And I say that as a LL2 fan, but not a huge shipper or anything. I don't even know if I want a retread of the romance, but I always find their scenes so rich in chemistry and underlying nuance and history. JJ has sparkled with Genie (and Tony) since moment 1 so I am not surprised about that.

I am going to have to agree with @Vee on this. Lucky's been painted into a corner as a deadbeat dad. I think the show is at least trying to get from point A to B on this with Lucky struggling with his decisions. I don't like the writing. I don't like the return thus far. I also think it would be odd for Lucky to show up after a decade plus and be all in on family life with no explanation as well. It was always a bit of a no win situation with the way the show portrayed Lucky post-JJ leaving the last time.

Stop hatin' on JJ. He's writing is enough to hate him. JJ does have spark. It's just low key right now.

I literally googled her to see if she was in her mid 30's or something, but she's older than me lol! Whatever she's doing, right or wrong, looks good. I immediately got a sense of energy and spark from her even though it's too soon to tell. And also, I have never found Havins cold or harsh like everyone has said. I warmed up to JMB after years and her Dante romance, but there was always something a bit aloof and unlikeable about JMB.

Absolutely. It kind of shows how little the show currently cares about Sam, Sam/Jason, or their past. You know I don't care at all because I could barely stand them, but it is the little things that matter.

Ha! If I remember it clearly it had to be mentioned a million times. I really recall Sam referring to the baby as Lila for years so that's a strange oversight. Alexa Havins looks really good. She's hardly aged at all.

Didn't Sam name her little girl Lila? It's not a huge deal, but I didn't think the child was buried as baby girl McCall

I am not really interested in bringing Yank and Jade back or anything long term, but children (teens/young adults) related to them would interest me. I do believe both Yank and Jade worked at the hospital so they could be useful in a recurring sense in that way as well. Tbh, I am not sure if Yank and Jade ever even left PC or GH. They just work off screen lol. Of course, the thing this show needs is more characters lol.

They actually did do Sam/Jason dirty with that non-wedding. After everything they went through. I know it was supposed to be their "laid-back" style, but it was a disservice to their fans. I thought Brad was related to some of those characters which seemed liked an opening to bring more on, but I guess it was dropped like most things. So it seems like it would be extremely easy to bring these characters on? What a miss when there are so few Asian characters on any soap.

When Sam and Jason got married at the Noodle Buddha in the Asian Quarter I thought perhaps there might be a resurgence of that area/sets. Is Jade (Tia Carrere's character) related to Selina Wu and Brad? You could always bring back one of her children.

I would say the pivot toward Carly and that relationship ruined Drew, but then he had some spark with Nina/Willow and I thought there was a chance. Now, I am over it.

Haha! Poor Blaze in this scenario though. She finally comes out and this is what happens to her-offscreen while on tour with Ricky Martin. It would be enough for someone to just hop right back into the closet forever.

Lol. NLG would probably have more chemistry with ELR than MB does. I just want Natalia gone, but the thought is funny. It would all be about KRISTINA and her feelings anyway.

BB is now jobless and available!! J/K I don't want Johnny Z back although he probably could have a place on canvas with Lulu waking up. Anyhow, we don't need more unnecessary people on the show. You know I liked Robert/Olivia too. I just hope Tristian enjoys his retirement at this point though. The one thing I will say about LLC is she's had chemistry with pretty much every love interest she's had even duds like Scott Reeves and Mo. That's just mean lol. I would giggle if Alexis stole her from Sonny though.

Yeah, we have definitely had this discussion before lol. It would have been very easy for Lois/Olivia then Lois/Ned to have a convo right when she returned and moved on from it. I know we are not getting Ned/Lois ever, but it's strange Lois wasn't a little put off her bff from Bensonhurst married her ex husband even if it was years later. I don't think the dialogue even has to have that much nuance. It is just a bit of an elephant in the room now. I know you like Ned/Olivia much more than I do. They are fine. Not anywhere near the top of my list of things GH needs to fix. LLC is just sort of there for me. I am pretty neutral on Olivia. I actually liked her the most when she was with Johnny. I did sort of think they might go there for awhile, but then I remembered it was GH and that would be way too scary and taboo for them.

I also felt Ned/Alexis took a really, really long time to get anywhere. After the mixed marrieds they just seem to linger on together not doing much until that awful wedding stuff. By then I had mostly lost interest although I still do enjoy their banter (when it's rarely allowed) even to this day. I do remember you liked Chloe/TS. I think the overall opinion is that she and Chloe were a dud, but at least she was related to Lila. It was silly to kill her off, but they had to since she was Quartermaine adjacent obviously. Interesting idea to bring a surprise Chloe kid on the canvas. The show probably could have done that with Gio-he has the same sunny personality lol. I wonder if anyone in the audience would even remember Chloe. But, I mean, they brought Jagger back after a million years so Frank doesn't really care about relevancy. And to make this post about current GH and not break the rules-I will say some of the Sam clips they used today were strange. KeMo/Sam had about a million different moments on the show and GH seemed to use some of the most boring ones.

Oh, yeah. I knew Jax was married to Brenda by the time Lois left I was just always curious what the story with Ned/Jax/Lois would have been. I didn't know it was just some ideas. I obviously think Guza made the right choice moving Jax to Brenda. I just always wondered how the show would have tried to make that work considering Lois was happily married and then pregnant when Jax tried to make a play for her lol. Anyhow, I do think the sibling story might be dropped once Lulu wakes up and is back in PC. For once, I am really curious to see how AH does as Lulu and how this all plays out.

Thanks! I actually never knew that. I thought it was more tied to her contract being up and having a new baby. I don't think Guza would have done well with Lois now that you say that. I do still wonder how the Ned/Lois/Jax triangle would have went though. I actually really like this beat too. I hope GH doesn't just drop it. It's pretty rare in soaps for kids/teens to express how they want to be together despite not all being blood related. Usually when a parent dies the children just split up and go to the remaining parent without much thought.

Ha! I totally blocked that out and still have no recollection of Finn/Alexis which is probably for the best. I think the show just needs to hire someone new for Alexis. It's strange a cast so large has no viable men in Alexis's age range.

I don't think the show wants to admit Jax exists ever again. Which I suppose is fair, but it would have been a nice gesture for Alexis today. I also think it would have been nice for Ric to reach out just for a moment then become slimy again lol. Seriously Brennan is the only man on canvas I can even think of. I am not sold on it or anything, but they seem like they may have good chemistry. She actually dated Finn? How do I not remember this?

Currently, as of today, and not the past I don't feel like the show ever put much work into Olivia/Ned. There has never been a discussion about Ned marrying someone very similar to Lois. Absolutely no one has brought that up even as just a talking point to explain why Ned is attracted to these type of women. It would have been nice for someone like Jax, a long term friend, to be there just for Alexis today for Sam's funeral. Just support for Alexis and only Alexis. There isn't anyone I see on canvas for Alexis currently. Maybe Brennen, who I find mostly useless, once the Carly thing is done.