Darn

As big of a nepo baby as LLB is and how annoyingly saccharine and self-righteous Christine could be at least she was gorgeous, played by a pretty good actress and someone with a strong moral center. Rare to find on daytime anymore. Also she looks fantastic and I can't tell if she's had any work done, which is in itself a compliment. I really miss the way Y&R would ease you into an episode. They'd give you 10-20 seconds before anyone even said anything, I can't quite put it into words, it just felt comforting. All soaps used to do that really, setting the scene, but Y&R did it the best.

[Ava walks into Kelly's and spots Brook Lynn] Ava: Brook Lynn! I see you're here getting your daily cup of joe. Brook Lynn: Yep, Kelly's is my go-to for coffee most days. Ava: Oh, so no decaf for you? Finding yourself needing a pick-me-up these days hmm? [Dramatic pause as the music crescendos] It's their attempt to make scenes that aren't remotely dramatic dramatic and it drives me absolutely bonkers.

The whole plot is beyond stupid but Felicia slowly taking off the dead makeup throughout the episode was pretty funny. Does anyone else feel the awkward pause while Kelly Monaco's castmates wait for her to finish her lines? What is going on with her? Dante and Sam even discussing the possibility of another child is ridiculous with them in their mid-40s raising 4 kids. Kids we never see. Molly's possible pregnancy is not a storyline and this show does not need any more goddamn babies. I find the whole idea that Molly and TJ, who have inexplicably been together for a decade despite both still being children, are in a domestic partnership. It's giving Loving V. Virginia. Very suspicious. Speaking of interracial relationships, Spencer and Trina haven't had a scene together in 2 weeks and ya boy is thirsty. I don't think I can handle another episode of Brook Lynn talking about her feelings for Chase. Or his feelings for her. They write them like they're 22, not the 40 year olds they are. And Depression Central Sasha needs to be offscreen until she has something to do, I'm sick of hearing about her grief. No one cares.

You’re kinder than me! BTW I just watched the Virginia scenes where she finds out exactly Carly was up to while avoiding her and oof, rough stuff. I mean great stuff, Bobbie and Tony did not let up, but difficult to see this woman’s vision of her daughter crumble like. I don’t know who the actress was but she was amazing.

Michael was mad for 3 episodes! I guess he’s not allowed to be angry with both his parents at the same time. And Willow didn’t give a fùck at all.

They certainly put in the work to make Lucky his father’s son. Luke, who demonized Laura for *checks notes* getting raped (by someone who wasn’t him, maybe that’s what pissed him off) and being forced to abandon her son to a bunch of psychotic European hillbillies. The Carly thing is mostly annoying to me because apparently WE’RE supposed to believe it too. Fine, let Willow think she’s amazing but clearly the show thinks she’s wonderful and in the right all of the time. Carly has been a cretin since her first episode and that hasn’t changed one iota. So her as Mother Earth, matriarch and beacon of light in Port Charles is laughable. In other news, I used to hate that Summer was actually Nick’s daughter on Y&R. I just wanted Jack to win for once but now I don’t care. You know what I really hate? When characters, especially ones who HAD parents, in their 20s and 30s start calling their newly discovered parents mom or dad. Sam was damn near 30 when she found out Alexis was her mom. And it still rings false when she calls her mom all these years later I’m sorry. And Carly calling Bobbie “mama”. You’re not 3. And you had a mother who loved you your whole life! I’m sure in the long run it’s works as an audience shorthand but I hate it.

Hated it. It was just Emmy bait for JJ. What they should’ve done was work overtime to reestablish the love JJ and RH’s versions of the characters had for each other and then find some other road block. Not Liz effing Nikolas. Liz had also just gotten done with another who’s the daddy involving one of the same man. But no, Lucky calling Liz a whore was more important.

This is an absolutely wild take. I don’t even know what to do with myself.

No but Tamara Braun looks phenomenal.

Our long national nightmare hits pause. We rejoice.

I always thought Michael Storm was so handsome. It's a shame they stopped using Larry completely a full 8 years before the show ended. Ridiculous really.

Bruh you are killing me with the doppelgängers and back from the deads.

According to the GH wiki, Bobbie still owns it. Nikolas attempted to rent a room for Esme above Kelly's last year.

Dear God no more look-a-likes on this show! I get what you mean but at this point, let's stick with where they're going. Make her somewhat gray, maybe she doesn't get her memory back but DOES use her baby to get in Spencer's good graces and drive a wedge between Spencer and Trina. Just put Liz with Cody. I think there's enough contrast in characters to make something work there, he's fun and Liz has mired in misery for a year. Let her some casual uninhibited sex with him, maybe feelings develops on his side despite being the "fun" one and go from there. Also Michael Easton's gravelly baritone, which was sexy to someone somewhere when he was younger, just makes him sound like a creeper next to Becky because he, well looks his age, and she looks so much younger than her age. Josh Kelly isn't the problem with Cody btw, it's that they have nothing for him to sink his teeth into because they're making up story and backstory for him on a whim. Yes but he never got to boss around the whole town! You got Laura telling everyone from the ADA who to prosecute to janitorial staff where to put their mops. Love that for her. And yeah I instinctively wanted to have her go by "Laura Spencer" as I was typing that but then I remembered "Fück Luke". Also Monday when Heather was yelling at Laura I fully expected her to call her "LAURA SPENCER" because it would've just made sense.

I'm glad this observation wasn't just me! I think there's potential for the character oddly enough. He's currently unrelated to anyone (which is nigh impossible on this show where everyone has to secretly related to someone else), he's an enforcer actively working against Sonny and as much as I hate her, he and Joss do have a ton of sexual chemistry (Eden McCoy practically recoiled at William Lipton, I'm sorry). Also I think the actor's tearful portrayal is him trying to show that he's invested in the part and doing a Good Job. So I did some googling thinking maybe it was his first role and he was trying to prove himself but no, he's got a pretty extensive IMDB. Okay, maybe he's just bad. You know something I just thought of, this show is 100% going to use Laura to rehabilitate Esme. I bet you anything she and the baby are going to go in to Laura and Kevin's care. e. They're pillars of the community plus she's the baby's grandmother and he's Esme's uncle. It makes sense. Also @Vee's touched on this but I love how Laura runs Port Charles. She's more like a mafia boss than Sonny EVER was. Bossing around cops and officers of the court and everyone going "Yes, Mayor Collins". This is exactly what Genie and Laura deserve after 40 years of the Luke and his unending manpain. BTW I'd give anything if she chose at this point in life to go by Laura Webber but I'm asking for too much, I know.

I knew his ass wasn't dead. Why Austin, the DOCTOR, didn't check that Nik was dead? Or how they both carried his body without realizing he wasn't dead. Ridiculous but soaps! I wonder what Liz's little smirk was about when she walked away from Finn. HmmT. They have to stop celebrating whenever Willow gets a match. Celebrate AFTER you're sure Liesl is a suitable candidate. I don't know if it's the actress or the dialogue but Joss talks like she's narrating every scene. "This is all so sad. I know Michael is feeling lost and stressed but he's hiding it so well. I know Willow is suffering despite the brave front she's putting up." Are you a person or a recording device? Sonny, who talks like maybe he should get some neurological testing, and Dex, who talks like he's on the verge of tears at any point, having dinner for an hour is excruciating television. Thank god I didn't watch any of it. Dex is the perfect definition of a soap himbo. Neither the actor or character is giving us anything but he's sure pretty to look at.

Spencer Trina Laura Ava Cameron Liz (forever and always, I don't care what she does. I'm a Liz stan till the day one of us dies) Portia (Brook Kerr just seems so happy to have a real character to play after 10 long years on Passions playing garbage) Mac Felicia (even though I think Kristina Wagner is an awful actress but she's so cute I can get past it) Alexis (I just like seeing NLG work) Anna (because she's Anna and Finola. I find her stories useless filler, even moreso with Valentin right there stinking up the screen) Austin (surprisingly. And once he's away from Ava I'm absolutely positive that will go away) Liesl (entirely because of the actress) Nikolas (if he's alive and played by Adam Huss or someone who isn't Marcus Coloma) Minus characters who haven't appeared in weeks/months like Monica, Lucy, Martin, etc. Literally everyone else could disappear and I'd be grateful. Also GH was the only soap I watched last month and it gets an A- for the current state of daytime, if this were idk 1998 it would have gotten a solid B-/C+.

The current Quartermaine mansion is allegedly based on blueprints of the original mansion. According to the set designer, the former placement of the front door had been a logistical problem for filming for years (which I'm sure was only exacerbated by how quickly they film now).

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And I love that it's still used so frequently and a legacy character in Cameron even works there. Did they ever try to phase it out? I was watching some clips from the late 2000s/early 2010s a few weeks ago and characters were frequenting some ugly little (I mean tiny) coffee place for a while.

Why would Victoria and Nikki ever do this? Why would any of these people return for a fricking town's bicentennial? Maybe on a show like Guiding Light or ATWT or AMC you could get away with this excuse but not on Y&R, Genoa City is not that kind of town. This is just beyond. You're telling me they couldn't come up with ANY other reason to have a big party? It's such lazy writing. And where is this celebration happening? In the lobby of the Grand Phoenix? On the patio at Crimson Lights? No, maybe in Noah's new club that looks like the fever dream of a methhead who just read an abridged version of Alice in Wonderland?

That's stupid. Who are they going to nominate? The lispy little girl who plays Violet? No thanks. Thursday was the biggest bump in the road since I returned. Don't ever let that happen again. I even tolerated Willow Wailing today. Sasha and Willow have a real Perils of Pauline competition going on. If Michael ever dies (fingers crossed) they'll be tied! This whole Trina paternity story would be better if Donnell Turner were remotely good. He's awful, not as bad as the actress who plays Jordan (she's certainly meeting her guarantees this month) but not far behind! Yesterday's scenes with Laura and Spencer were excellent. The moment when Spencer started to cry and Genie's started crying in synch with him...good shît. And man am I happy to see Laura treated like the matriarch and show centerpiece she is. Despite other soaps letting multiple people over 60 lead story, Laura is the only true matriarch left on daytime. Isn't that NUTS? And sad? Alley Mills is Heather to me, she took ownership of the role and ran with it. This show lucked out with her and Adam Huss coming in and pinch hitting the way that they did, coming in the climax of stories and doing fantastic work. Luckily for them the work was pretty top notch too. I hope Heather is gone for a good long time but I'll miss AM.

And as seen in his interview with Alicia Leigh Willis, Maurice can’t even remember how they’re related lmao

Are you Lynda Hirsch?

Sonny and Spencer have had multiple scenes discussing Spencer’s custody situation over just the last few weeks. He was likely there because he heard the news and wanted to check on Spencer. None of it was random. I’m not trying to be a dîck but you post with such authority and get basic facts wrong in every other post. It’s maddening. And would be easier to ignore (like I do a number of the yahoos who post here (you don’t know who you are)) if you weren’t so damn articulate. No, all of this happened on the night of Portia’s wedding to Curtis, which was the day after Nikolas “died”. They’ve technically covered only 3 days this month lol and it’s technically only February 15th. I wonder if they’ll act like Nik has been in storage for weeks or just a day. Also re: Heather as the hook. I recall her telling Ryan she only committed some of the murders while Esme was locked up so they’d know there was no way it was Esme. So unless another shoe is about to drop this is a big re-write.