Darn

This was easy to ascertain from the joint interview she had with Lane. And she’s right, what we’ve seen so far have been very dull dialogue wise. How old are Chase and Brook Lynn supposed to be? Because they’re written as Young Marrieds but the actors are like 40 and with SORAS Brook Lynn should be too. This might be her first marriage but she’s not 25.

Anna also spent the hour basically convincing Dex to not turn in Sonny because Sonny’s family might get hurt. She’s making zero sense as a character right now. She’s spent three months explaining her new stance on Sonny but now that she has his dead to rights she pulls back? It’s frustrating. I think Amanda Setton and that guy have a good rapport onscreen, they just have no romantic chemistry. I feel no desire from them. But most of the couples on this show lack desire and passion. Nina and Drew are the only “couple” who act like they want to fück each other. Everyone else is very “guess I have to kiss my coworker today!”.

I knew something was up when we had those string of QVC (or whatever that network is called on the show) episodes. They felt like filler and were some of the worst daytime I have ever seen. No, television.

Well this is whiplash. I am so confused as to how we got here. How do you hire a new headwriter team with no story to tell? I know Y&R did it a few years ago but that was weird and should’ve remained an outlier. Jason returned with nothing to do, he barely interacts with his family and friends. I hate the guy but for viewers who tuned in to see him, this is not what they want to see. There isn’t a single story on the show that has forward momentum, there is nothing to anticipate. So it’s been clear to me for a few weeks now that behind-the-scenes drama was causing the show to basically be in a holding pattern. That’s why we have had several episodes dedicated to things like Sasha being a cook and Gregory repeatedly going in depth about his illness with anyone who will listen. I feel sad for the show because this was their last great hope (that they didn’t give a chance because of what appears to be egos). I will miss the characters speaking more intelligently and judging Sonny for his crimes. What’s the over under on Sonny being the patron saint of Port Charles again?

I've thought this for years. I will never understand how they've become the faces of the show. And I don't think the show would lose much viewership if Sonny got a nice little exit story and the rest of the show was actually good.

And they can use her in marketing materials. "3 time Emmy winner Sarah Brown returns to daytime!" They'd be smart to get daytime legends and not a bunch of TP castoffs.

I asked you this the other day (which you ignored), I wonder which soap operas Beau DeMayo watched as a kid. Because the argument between Scott and Jean was pure melodrama. The best kind. Not to mention all the close-ups and Kurt explicitly mentioning American soap operas in the last episode.

This show is going to need someone with passion, love and fan nostalgia for MP like the (former) showrunner of the X-Men '97 reboot to work. Paging @Vee.

I think it's monumentally stupid. And Ava's not stupid. I couldn't even see Joss doing that and she is stupid. Minus the stupid stupidity of the setup I was impressed that we got to see Ava's bedroom, Sonny's bedroom and a bathroom. Y&R would've filmed all of that entirely on greenscreen. Or had Ava talk to herself about searching through Sonny's place for the pills. I refuse to believe Carly is a good boss. Someone with her disposition is not pleasant to work for. Nina probably isn't either but Carly is a mouthy and volatile, no way is she good to her employees. It's such annoying writing to make her amazing at everything.

I told this to @Vee but I'd actually be into this story if Sonny was simply being seen for who he is. Because outside of not believing Jason and trusting Ava he's not acting terribly out of character. He's rude, temperamental and shutting out members of his family. I find the medication tampering to be lazy tbh. Now they can blame it all on his meds and he can go back to town hero status. I'm sure Anna will be at his door in six months begging for forgiveness.

I would HAPPILY see him leave but this is so much better than whatever that was with Carly. Drew and Carly, the self-righteous town bullies. All they did was tell the other how amazing they are and yell at Nina. That and commit crimes. Donna, you said a few weeks ago that you blocked me. I didn't even expect you to see that. Listen, you ask easily Google-able questions, talk in riddles and now you're sharing questionable links. You cannot be this obtuse.

Doesn't he start whining whenever the writers try to take Sonny in new direction or have him lose? I know that was the case 10-15 years ago.

This is so dramatic. Calm down. I said what I said and I mean what I said. Buh-buh-bye. @Khan @carolineg Lmao I'm loving the Ryan. He's giving everything Ryan gave except now we're not supposed to find it charming so I'm kind of into it. Keep him this way. Angry, evil and overly emotional, the opposite of the silent saint that is Jason.

I complain about Maurice every chance I get. So I'm here to do it again! He's embarrassing and it's baffling that he's the face of GH and allowed to be as lazy as he is. Even Eric Braeden tries. Mo has glimmers of ability and brightens up with actors he likes but for everything else it's like muscle memory kicks in and he just coasts. When Steve Burton is more alive than you in a scene there's a problem. I've said it before and I'll say it again blondes shouldn't date each other. Carly and Jagger look like a hate crime.

Honest question: When was the last time they made a promo to entice viewers?

Don't apologize to her, she regularly posts nonsense because any attention is good attention. I'm sorry but it's just ridiculous at this point. One day she's going to post a link to Russian malware and say "I thought they had Agnes' original bible for All My Children! 🤷‍♀️ ". I'm not surprised by it but I completely get why he is, he hasn't (to me) played their scenes with even a hint of attraction. He was entirely too aggressive and mean-spirited in his deliver to imagine any underlying attraction. But I'm glad they went for it! Nice to see some PASSION on this show. Even between two characters I have little use for.

Does Stacy Haiduk have a large tattoo on her back?

I mean, the picture is only a year old. That's not so bad. And the cast has hardly changed since then. An insult to wood. And drifting. They need to settle on a personality for her. She gives generic dayplayer at every turn, especially for someone going by "Blaze". Blaze your äss off my screen if this don't pick up.

These budget friendly episodes are just so sad to see.

No one knows what page you're on, Donna. I think the optics are pretty terrible to fire their only black breakdown writer, even if she has no say in story direction. We'll see I suppose. I'm sure this means Mulcahey is bringing on writers with a similar sensibility to his, I just hope they have some melanin. Blah, blah, blah race shouldn't matter but guess what? It does. You don't see the world through the same lens I do and that should be a factor in the writers room. I have to say I think yesterday was the weakest of the Mulcahey/Korte's new batch of episodes. Liz's "I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry" to Jake was just weird, why are you apologizing? Thankfully he also apologized. BTW Liz has raised 3 lovely kids, it's nice to see. No asshöles. Yet! They're still young. My money's on Jake.

I can only imagine the firestorm of controversy that would be ignited daily if they're a family rich off of haircare, which might not be so such a bad thing for viewership. They could have entire plots about protective styles, lacefronts, natural haircare. We'd have furious debates within the show about the big chop vs. another silk press while every actress will likely be wearing a wig anyway (as is becoming the norm across all of TV, regardless of color). Listen, as long as it's not pancake mix, rice or ice cream I think I'll be happy.

This is even more nonsensical than your first reply. Can someone who's mastered effective written communication please translate this for me? You don't need to reply anymore, Donna.

I genuinely don't understand what you're trying to say to me here. How does it not matter and how is it not a problem? I think it's a big problem because it creates an imbalanced show.

This show doesn't care about Cam as a character. At all. They jumped through hoops to justify and excuse Joss cheating on him when the drama came FROM Joss cheating on him. I have my issues with Kevin, the negrologist, explaining how this could have happened to the three fairly intelligent black people in front of him but I liked a lot of what he had to say AND I found it surprisingly intellectual. We weren't spoonfed how to feel or presented with a bunch of dumb downed dialogue (the word "amazing" wasn't used ONCE to describe someone!). My god they used the word "quiescence"! I also found Diane's explanation of how Alexis could get her license back plausible. I think, it sounded realistic enough to me! I LOVED the Tracy/Stella scenes, I didn't know I needed them to interact until I did. I enjoyed the Olivia and Lois scenes as well, they were nice and quiet and felt like two friends just talking. It was a stark contrast to the last extended Olivia/Lois scenes when they argued over Nina's secret. Those scenes were literally them talking in circles extended over an entire episode, just mind-numbingly stupid. Today on the other hand felt organic and lived in.

Are all this standalone episodes a budget thing or does Josh think he's an auteur?