Darn

Willow has been on the brink of death for 6 straight months. It's really stupid that they ramped up her cancer that much and have had weekly "she might only have days!" chats. Your audience should not be shouting this ⬇️ to the cancer patient, the young mother of two children under 5. The problem is the only difference between on death's door Willow and Willow today is some eyeliner. She's looked like a Hollywood starlet dying of consumption in a movie from the 50s. Maybe that's what they were going for! Who knows!

It's all a McGuffin. Just like babies on soaps until they're pre-teens. It's different when they discuss actual products but I'm not even sure what ELQ does. I have a question, where are the Quartermaines from? I know Alan was first to arrive and as the show likes to remind us he bought the mansion for Monica so it's not their ancestral home. Where was their home base before moving to Port Charles? Reading about Mary Mae a few weeks back it read like they had to jump through a few hoops to explain why Edward would have a history with someone in town long before he arrived.

I think the only soap to do business stories well is Y&R (in the past). I've never gotten the sense that ELQ was that important outside of being something to bicker over.

This notification gave me a heartache, "Did I say something disparaging about sickly malcontent Eric Braeden?!" I mean, I have, when he was much younger and not ill. I hope he has a swift recovery.

Fire Cameron Mathison. He's just playing himself at this point. Drew and Curtis, the duo no one asked for. DT couldn't look less invested in this material and CM always sounds like he's talking to someone who is learning English as a second language. Friday's scenes between Spencer and Trina really ramped up their chemistry, the actors look more comfortable being affectionate with each other. The freedom both characters have to just be a couple is nice and they get to kiss a lot, my fears of modern day segregation have subsided. Laura in her parka on her way to Greenland to save her grandkids is exactly what I want to see. Laura as THE tentpole character is so affirming to me. Replace Maxie (I agree she needs an extended break but if we're only doing 5...) with Finn and I'm all for it.

Of all the ABC soaps GH always had the least use/interest in telling stories for black characters. Once Rosalind Cash died, with Mary Mae being their biggest effort at making a black tentpole character, they gave up. Taggert was just a heavy for the mob, Gia was black in name only because Marisa Ramirez sure isn't, the times they've tried to bring on more Wards have been lukewarm efforts at best. And apparently Simone, across 3 recasts, was the longest standing black character until Epiphany (who I came to respect only for the actress's support of the show but there are a TON of issues with her characterization, let's start with the name...).

Is this happening in the back patio of Crimson Lights? Probably not but knowing this show it's a possibility.

Yeah, this part. We saw hair loose for half a second, you guys.

Judy Blye Wilson (AMC).

I love it, thank you. Mark Teschner, one of the best casting directors in daytime history (let's fight over the top 3) is on Alan's show.

Did they try to secure Nathan Parsons and it fell through? Maybe they started writing the story before they knew if they could get him. Someone tell GH to stop writing stories around characters who aren't on canvas. It's hard to be invested in Luke's friends trying to get revenge on Victor for killing him when we didn't get to see Luke "die" (or even know if Victor was involved in the accident as far as I can tell) and know the possibility of Geary returning is low. I enjoyed her haircut from last year. It was a callback to her original hairstyle, intentional or not.

Tracy to anyone with at least one working brain cell: *clearly buying Ethan to save his life* Felicia: TRACY???

Someone update Marlena's wikipedia!

Didn't Days try to copy Natalie in the well with one of Marlena's patients keeping her in a basement or something? Edit: Natalie in the well - 1991 Stella Lombard traps Marlena in a warehouse - 1992 Carly buried alive - 1993

I refused to watch any of Maurice's scenes yesterday when he could barely spit out "Is that coffee for Anna?" to Tristan. I just find him embarrassing/uncomfortable to watch. Oh god only on a soap in 2023 is the co-lead of Trapper John, MD a get. I'd be into Robert and Alexis. Do I think Alexis could do with men who look less...elderly? Sure. But he's Robert Scorpio.

Look at Brad angling for an NAACP Image Award.

They did and she absolutely is, they've just lost the plot with Carly. And you know I love Ava and Trina, in fact I didn't list Trina only because I think they've yet to give her a rich inner life. Her voice isn't yet defined but I do think she's getting there. I loved the moment last week where Spencer was saying some version of a final goodbye and she stopped him to say "This is not the end for us.". They went to the Nurse's Ball together two weeks ago.

I would say the vet scenes where they let them shine and rely on these 30+ year old friendships to drive the scene are some of the best. And I think the day to day writing for some characters is consistently good, like Spencer, Ava, Laura. Even when the scene is functional I get a good sense of who they are. I can't say the same for others, as good as Laura Wright is for example, Carly vacillates between Bull in a China Shop and Mother Earth depending on the day.

Because they hate us. The idea that Alexis would even speak to this man again after the way he treated her for showing simple concern is absurd. He yelled at her and called her awful things because his ego is bruised or whatever. I hate him. Looking like a Founding Father thinking he can get away with this shît. A terminally boring episode today minus Felicia and Holly. Blaze entering the hearing all "I've got something to say!" and everyone listening to her was comical. Brook Lynn's constant wistfulness when it comes to Chase is exhausting. If you want him, GO GET HIM. She's being a real pick-me right now and it's not a good look. I still can't get over some of the writing. Scenes built around suspense where there needn't be any drive me batty. Willow and Michael invited Carly and Josslyn over to tell them they moved up the wedding. WHY was that dragged out over multiple segments? It's insane. The first scene ended with Willow saying something like "I need you" to them. The next had Michael asking Carly "Do you approve us getting married?". The next probably had some variation of that but I wouldn't know because I skipped it. It's so stupid. It's a 2 minute scene dragged out over the entire hour. I get that soaps need filler but give it some life, some vitality, some humor, some personality. It all feels very "We need to complete this script with just enough info to get us through to next week". He looks very Australian. I've had the same thought during their scenes. The actress is coming across real thirsty. I know you're happy to have screentime and probably excited to work with Tristan but simmer down. And he seems like he could take it or leave it. They should do it now that Lexi Ainsworth looks like an adult. Friends to lovers.

They couldn't get not one of their off-white cast members to show up that day?

All of the Jordans have looked too young to be the parent of an adult. The show is obviously full of beautiful people but she's almost distractingly pretty. What is this model doing here talking about issuing warrants?

I think she looks like she's in a constant state of surprise. But I'm mean. Watching Jordan and Curtis attempt to act in scenes together is actually painful. I'm always rooting for my people but they make it hard when they're this bad. A lot of the acting in general is very stiff, it must be a byproduct of how quickly they shoot. You have a group of actors trying to remember their lines and blocking without rehearsal (as far as I know all they do is blocking and then it's straight to shooting).

Thought I was on a spicier tab for a second.