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Jacob's confrontation with Elon was great today! Malachi Malik (Elon) was amazing, he really got to show his acting chops. Lots of nuance/layers in the conversation.

I forgot to say that Doug seems to have just bought the phone (they made a point of him taking it out of the box) and then he called Randy. Doug is shocked to hear Randy's phone ring a few feet away, and that's how Doug sees that Randy is back in town. Okay I think Doug bought the phone as a burner phone so he could contact Randy, especially since Vanessa just told Doug that Joey was bugging Doug's car etc.

Ha! it *is* Randy. But he said his name is "Sammy" at Uptown when he appeared to be a random stranger helping Hayley! He came back to the Uptown to retrieve Hayley's purse and phone. Dani said he looked familiar and -- he said "people say that all the time, I have one of those faces". Later, Doug notices Randy is in town and says wtf are you doing in town? Doug is afraid Joey will have Randy killed.

oh wow the Doug/Vanessa conversation today is so good! Starts out with Doug ranting resentfully. She tells him she's worried for his safety because Joey bugged Doug's car, and Doug is surprised. Vanessa says she truly cares about Doug, and then ... Doug's angry façade disappears. Doug is showing his true heart, and he sincerely cares about and worries about Vanessa. Deep conversation.

ooooh Hayley gets someone to take her to the Emergency Room. I thought it was Randy, but was it? I'm not sure. I think he said his name is Sam? Ashley talks to Naomi about Hayley, then shuts up. Then says "an anonymous patient" declined the ultrasound, as a way to tell without technically violating HIPAA confidentiality.

As we have all observed, just as there are posts saying there's no followup to xyz storyline -- then, boom, there it is, like magic. Today, followup on Kenny's death in the park. Elon and Joey talking about mutual silence about the incident two years ago and Kenny's death in the park. Jacob walks into the casino as Joey and Elon are shaking hands.

The Wrong Paris, starring Pierson Fodé, is directed by Janeen Damian (wife of Michael Damian)

Victor said this week that he approved of Cole (saying this now that Cole is dead) . His family members listening to this were shocked, since Victor has never approved of anyone. This is the first time ever.

same for me. posting the "spoilers" and interviews about "storylines" has made me feel like I was losing brain cells.

Yes I've noticed that!

Well. Jon Lindstrom had posted the same message on Bluesky, Instagram, and twitter. (I posted only the bsky one here, but they were all the same). I posted it here only because he indicated a break from BTG, which may or may not be a spoiler, since BTG seems able to work around actor schedules, and he's recurring anyhow. These are the original URLs from bsky and twitter. I don't have the original ig URL. https://bsky.app/profile/jonlindstrom.bsky.social/post/3luztjgh4nk2f https://x.com/thejonlindstrom/status/1949843824613720334 He also posted this on his "threads" account and on his facebook, but I don't have those URLs. Now he's deleted them all. Before he deleted, the GH fanclub ig account re-grammed his ig post here, and that's still up: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMp9SlNsg_W/ The original message was dated July 28, 2025 I have a ghost copy of text of the original twitter in my firefox browser history: "On a break from #BeyondTheGates and novel writing to make some TV magic in Dallas. Details soon. #HollywoodPayback #HollywoodHustle @crookedlanebks @thrillerwriters @lizaroyceassoc #BTG @GeneralHospital #GH #MakingTV " The instagram original said: "On a break from @beyondthegatescbs and novel writing to make some TV magic in Dallas. Details soon. #HollywoodPayback #HollywoodHustle @crookedlanebooks @jessverdi @internationalthrillerwriters @lizaroyceassoc @beyondthegatescbs #BeyondTheGates #BTG @generalhospitalabc #GH @gilbertsongordon @mikeborden_ge #MakingTV " Now he's deleted his original message from all platforms. EDIT to add: SOD posted a copy before he deleted, and it's still on the SOD site: https://www.soapoperadigest.com/photos/behind-the-scenes-shots-from-bb-days-gh-and-yr-from-july-18-31/

Yesterday I thought Hayley had intentionally walked into and tripped on the box to instigate a fall, because I thought Hayley wanted to fake a miscarriage immediately. But now I think Hayley was planning to go through with the pregnancy with a surrogate in some convoluted scheme, or maybe planned to miscarry later on in the "pregnancy". Now I think differently. I don't think she wanted to trip and fall. But now that she has fallen, Bill insists on seeing a sonogram happening on live camera. So maybe now she's hastening her miscarriage plan all at once, and called the mystery person to help with that?

Hayley was startled because she was on the phone to whoever mysterious person she's been talking to about something secret -- presumably someone helping her with the fake pregnancy/miscarriage plot. Hayley was talking to the mystery person when Caroline walked in, so Hayley made up the birthday party right then as a cover for the phonecall. I think Hayley was still scared of being caught and so she made the birthday party plan into some new drama to cover how she was feeling. Yeah of course Caroline would help her, it's just that Hayley was caught off-guard.

It would be one thing if Bill felt that the killing of Kenny was something he'd not normally do, but did this one time because he felt it was an emergency. Difficult but understandable. I don't like that Bill is written to say he'd do any manipulation or crime or murder to protect his family, and that he'll justify any actions that way. That type of thing sounds like Sonny Corinthos whom I hate. Sonny Corinthos does *not* have a heart of gold, and I hate that type of writing on GH. Timon is a great actor, and he gives layers to Bill that other actors might not find. He's doing great and elevating the material. But the character of Bill justifying any and all actions is a *no* for me.

I like that Shanice knows her own worth, and won't get involved with Derek's emotional baggage.

I used to like Andre a lot, but I just don't like him anymore. He's just trash now.

The Andre/Ashley scenes felt icky to me, not hot at all. Ugh.

Timon is such a great actor! Ellie Wang is great as Caroline, too.

Ha, I was starting to type that while you were posting. Dani already knows about Ashley/Andre. But Naomi doesn't know that Dani knows.

At the concert, Naomi was startled to see the Andre/Dani kiss. Part of that is because Naomi was one of the few family members that doesn't know about the Andre/Dani situationship. But part of it is because Naomi knows about Ashley/Andre, which the rest of the Duprees don't seem to know about. (well Andre told Nicole several months ago, but Chelsea and Kat don't know)

Curious what Hayley will do today ...

From my perspective, I think that a man respecting his wife doesn't mean that she has his balls. I really love that Jacob respects Naomi.

I *think* it says they're phasing out the hulu app, but not phasing out hulu itself? I don't use apps, because I'm visually limited and it's too hard for me to watch on a phone. I watch streaming shows on my desktop PC, so I don't think this would affect me, but I'm not sure?

I think this says that you can subscribe to hulu separately from disney+. It seems that (for now) it will just be *the apps* that are combined, but you can pay/subscribe separately if you want? Not sure if I'm reading it right.