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Gio looked like he got lost on the way to audition for the YA reboot of Cruising.

Some bizarre costume choices today. Kristina’s dress made it look as though she had hair on her chest. Jacinda looked like Kim Cattrall in Mannequin. Gio’s leather shirt—come to think of it, why was just about everyone in leather?

Echoing this—I think Hansis has been a huge upgrade all the way through. Lucas seems like a real person and not just another in the stone-faced hunk brigade (apologies to Ryan Carnes).

We need to get Michael and Willow hate-[!@#$%^&*] again already.

Agree with this—I thought these scenes had spark and tension. There’s no easy way out for either Britt or Joss. (I am also the weirdo that enjoys both of these characters and performances, however.)

LMAO talk about a show that’s in a permanent lull.

Thank you for the memory refresh; I’d completely forgotten.

Wait, was that established onscreen? I thought TBTP just changed the character’s name and expected us not to notice.

I appreciated that too. The WSB is basically DHS at this point.

Maybe Adrian can return as Natalia’s oft-mentioned, never-seen son Eloi. Remember Eloi? BTW is anyone gonna tell Blaze her brother is dead? I agree that killing off Marco (while, ugh, sparing Cullum) is a waste, although these episodes were very effective. Worse than Lucas inevitably reuniting with Brad is the fact that he’s likely to be backburnered entirely now. Sonny’s absence from this whole thing is indeed wild (and refreshing). I was also surprised that the show didn’t put Carly in that parking lot with Britt, Danny, et al. at the end. Congrats to Tabyana on four years. I found her IG post somewhat poignant because it reminded me how much the writing for Trina fell off after the show fired Shannon Peace.

There’s no question that all of the show’s storylines are dictated by budget, actor guarantees, and actor availability. Maxie would never have been in a coma, for example, if KS hadn’t needed time off. But the “lulls” on GH are less and less frequent, and the show does a pretty good job of laying the groundwork over 4 to 6 months for stories to climax in a satisfying way, as they did this week. IMO GH has provided two genuine shocks so far this year: Willow paralyzing Drew and Rocco shooting Cullum. That’s not bad.

What an episode! I howled (in a good way) when Jason headbutted Dante. Really quick, well done stunt. Loved the Lucas and Carly stuff, with Lucas’s bliss cross-cutting with Marco bleeding out. Rocco being the one to take out Cullum was inspired. You do not reach adulthood in Port Charles without a body count.

The sigh of relief I breathed when we found out Jordan isn’t pregnant…

The Britt/Rocco thing is a small part of my unified theory of why we’re not getting a Spencer recast anytime soon. It’s because a bunch of other characters are now filling the various niches that made that character complex. The hotheaded young heir with high cheekbones is now Michael (who plays more like a slightly aged Spencer than Chad Duell’s Michael IMO). The YA heartthrob with blood ties to Sonny is now Gio. Whereas Spencer accidentally softened Brit’s heart with quasi-maternal feelings, now Rocco is doing that. 3 is definitely the least significant of these, and I agree that giving Brit a case of the mommies should not be a priority at all. But it tracks!

It is, after all, a “mass psychosis event.” Were we supposed to think Jason didn’t shoot Cullum because he couldn’t get a clean shot without nicking Brennan? Why not just kill Brennan too?