Jdee43

I 'd guess that the treatment of Lynn Herring these last 2 decades has been a result of behind the scenes pettiness from the producers and network execs. She was the vet star of the spin-off Port Charles and it failed, so time to move on and serve some humble pie. When Frank came in, you'd have hoped he would have an open mind, but he seems to have bought into it and has treated her character pretty much as a barely recurring shallow joke for the last decade or so.

BTG is mediocre. I was hoping it could capture some of the energy of mid to late 90s GH. Instead it's in the boring mold of 2010s B&B. With Guza gone now, any 90s GH energy is even more unlikely.

Wow, this is the first time I've seen footage of Elizabeth MacRae on GH, and in color too! She's great! Lee was such an important character to the show, but you'd never know it watching from the mid-80s on.

Totally agree. If Scotty hadn't become such a buffoon, him in a triangle with Tracy and Lucy could have been interesting. It's hard to believe that Michael E. Knight has been appearing on this show, taking up space, since 2019. He's had less than zero impact. They should have just let him play Tad. And how about Jon Lindstrom, he was on both today's episode of GH and BTG; in some markets they air at the same time; switch the channel and he's still there.

Interesting how they had Ned have his heart attack just when Tracy went on vacation. Great way to wrap up a major story and start new ones, by having the lead just disappear.. From the previews, it looks like Joey Armstrong is stopping by tomorrow to visit Laura. How many middle-aged shady murderers can one show handle!

The Laura/ Sonny scenes the last two episodes have been really disappointing. Laura losing it, and Sonny blandly reassuring her. Maurice is giving nothing, and Genie is overacting. Not only have the writers not bothered to tap into the long history between Laura and Sonny, but it's like they've forgotten Laura's long history as well. Like she's never seen a dead body before or been a party to some underhanded shenanigans. She should be suggesting that they plant the body on Sidwell, not whimpering and going along with Sonny's plans to make it disappear. At this point, Sonny/Laura scenes are best treated as fast-forward material. Maurice also really needs to be put out to pasture.

How many murders and unresolved crimes are they going to do on this show? If they had a budget, maybe they could invest in a mystery, crime writer, to really go to town on this stuff, as I'm not sure this is in the writers' wheelhouse. But then again, what really is in their wheelhouse...

Creatively, he probably should have stayed with The Doctors, where he stood out as an antihero lead. Not sure what happened with GH. He didn't have the same impact. Was it bad writing, not clicking with co-stars? Didn't they gave him a boat load of money to join GH in 1976? Was Mark Dante just a toned-down version of Nick Bellini? Were they basically the same character?

It's interesting to watch this having watched The Doctors. I'm not sure I'm seeing that much of a difference in the characters Gerald Gordon and Anna Stuart played on The Doctors and what they're playing here.

Every time I see Jacinda, I think to myself that the main reason she's on is to save money on budget. Why introduce a real character played by a real actress when they can cheaply fill time with her. I'm all for giving newbies a shot, but I don't think the Jacinda actress is it. She doesn't have enough charisma. They need to go back to the casting office..

I can't believe it's the show's 60th Anniversary. Sadly, the last time I watched was for John's funeral. I didn't really care for it. All it did was highlight how budget-challeneged the show is, with everyone sitting in a set with ultra- fake shrubbery, and especially with there being no old music cues. Has anything interesting happened on the show since, or are they just still spinning their wheels? i don't remember a time when my interest in the show has been this low..

Totally agree! And Joey might be all right showing up now and then to add humor, danger, excitement. But he seems like he's on every day and that he pretty much knows all the characters and is actually driving some story? Joey as support is ok, but as a main guy, come on. They've made the character too evil for that. He's responsible for 2 murders so far.

It's pretty ridiculous how Joey is such a major character on this show. Instead of appearing here and there, he's on almost every day, and has his hands in so many stories. I'm surprised he's not on contract and in the opening. If this was going to be the case from the start, they should at least have gotten him a decent set to hang out in.

They should have had AJ or Emily be behind Ronnie's scheme. If not, they could have used this to introduce a new, young character to the canvas, a relative of Monica's. Instead it was all a big nothing burger. The best part was seeing Erica Slesak again, and that's about it.

Definitely didn't like the turn the writing took with Tracy. It was so unnecessary, and a bit jarring given how warm and fuzzy the last episode ended and this one began. You think Tracy would be profoundly moved by Monica's gesture and let it sink in for awhile. Instead, she seemed over it in a manner of minutes and reverted to harpy form with Ronnie. Just let Tracy have a nice, warm moment, with growth and understanding; the actress is more than capable of pulling it off.