The return of "Stone" Cold is one we did not need to happen. At all. Money wasted when we could have upped some other long-term recurring players to regular status (ie: Jon Lindstrom, John J. York).
The scenes between Brook Lynn (THIS is how it's spelt, yall) & Tracy were a nice change of pace; these have speckles of Elizabeth Korte's interim period mixed into them.
Adam J. Harrington works as Cates, however, they easily could have asked him to throw an Americanized Australian accent on and cast him as Jasper Jacks. Also... Harrington & Maura West have some fücking FIRE chemistry (but that's no surprise with West involved).
Jeff Kober was an amazing hire... but I am done with Cyrus Renault's involvement with the canvas. It's time to cut the cord and write him out. Send him on a missionary mission or something, preaching his gospel around the world... somewhere out west, and away from Port Charles PERMANENTLY! And he can take Heather Webber with him.
Overall, these final scripts by Chris Van Etten & Dan O'Connor are barely tolerable, and the clear re-writes by Korte are standing out more and more... but I need Patrick Mulcahey's material ASAP! That's when things will really change. And I need guns / violence to stop on this soap, please!