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Beyond cringe. Katie is the LAST person Will would share this stuff with. Once again, Carter gets treated like storyline trash. How can LSV be satisfied with this? Hope is TOTALLY IN LOVE with Carter one day. She hears the name "Liam" the next day and immediately rethinks who she's in love with. I just can't.

80% of Port Charles wants Drew dead. The anvils are dropping daily. I hope any storyline like this has Drew recovering and not dead. It would be crazy to kill off a really good villain who's despised by so many people and who is so chaotic.

Yeah, I'm side-eyeing that increase. Doesn't make much sense. I'm not complaining, though. I have my doubts, but I hope that lead over B&B last in the coming weeks. Soaps like B&B and Y&R deserve to lose viewers. Since GH is so close to Y&R in the demos but so far behind in households and overall viewers, it's pretty clear that Y&R's audience is ANCIENT. I can't draw any other conclusion.

-- Much better show today than yesterday. -- Hayley is beyond immature and selfish. Bill is going to see before long that she isn't for him. Making the disappearance of Bill's daughter all about her is something else. Girl is clueless. -- Every time I start to like Kat, she treats someone like crap. Her attitude, snark, and insults directed at Craig were disgusting. -- Miss Anita can be just as dismissive as Kat. I think that's where Kat gets it. She was downright rude to the FBI guy and again threw in her "WE'RE THE DUPREES!" bullsh_it. -- I'm OK with Joey owning an escort service, but can we please drop the idea that Vanessa is so on fire for him that her panties are soaked? If she's going to slut around town, make it for hot guys. -- Good scene between Naomi and Nicole, although when Naomi blamed herself, she went overboard in making it all about her. -- The actress playing Allison is just OK to me. She's not bad, but she's also not giving that element of danger. I don't really feel that Chelsea is in trouble. -- Is Bill going to be upset when he finds out Chelsea likes women? They'd better be careful if they write that story. We all know what happened to the Natalia character on GH when she showed off her homophobia. Eva LaRue never recovered.

Jill and Colin divorced. She found out about all his cons and schemes, so she locked him in the attic and forced him to sign divorce papers. She made sure he had no claims to her money. Of course, Josh Griffith is garbage, so that can all be hand-waved. -- None of this "Cane sends a video message to Charlie and Mattie" resonates because they're not on screen and haven't been on screen. There's no way to care about them or about Cane. JG thinks he's writing Shakespeare when he's writing trash. -- Why is Billy Flynn dressed in that grungy t-shirt for these scenes?

Really great to see Will tell his mother all about being raped. Every boy goes to his mom with his sex stories! I'm sure Katie knows his body count.

Nailed it.

They have as much chance of getting Joe Morton as they have getting Denzel Washington.

-- This episode did have some old school soap vibes, but the pacing -- the lack of buildup, the lack of beats played -- was way off and hurt the overall impact of the kidnapping. -- If any other soap handled the plot this way, I think most of us would criticize it, so I'm not going to pretend this was good. -- Allison was the obvious kidnapper, and yeah, they again went with the obvious. -- Allison's descent into madness should have been played onscreen. Instead we have to say "This was her plan all along!" Do I have to pretend I've seen it the way Josh Griffith has me pretend on Y&R? -- Chelsea was chained to the bed, but that metal bed could have been easily pulled so Chelsea could reach that phone. -- I'm glad Allison and Chelsea are still in full glam even after this kidnapping ordeal. -- Allison told Chelsea "I'm not going to unalive you." No one talks this way. Is the word "kill" censored? -- Anita said "No one takes a Dupree!" Honey, a Dupree was already taken. -- They were able to have Chelsea declared a missing person an hour after she was taken. Then the FBI was called in. Still, we needed THE FIXER to show up and declare that all the gloves are off. OK then. -- I understand not showing us the launch party, but how about some crowd sound effects that make us know some big event is happening? A little activity outside the doors? -- The fashion was great. Everyone looked outstanding, and the performances were solid. I have a lot of problems with this episode, but I'm not blaming the cast for any of this.

Lily's purses get bigger and bigger.

Just seems nuts to me when Ava and Cody are so good together. WTH is going on?

Fully agree. I think this charge against NLG is pathetic.

There's rumor that the Bikini Bar is returning, but I agree -- they need a decent restaurant. Making Deacon's pizza dump bigger doesn't exactly cut it.

-- I agree with all of this. The look of the show is really good, reminiscent of old school Y&R. The limite number of sets is a big problem. If B&B can double their studio square footage from 30,000 to 60,000, then something should be done for Y&R. -- Direction is fine, although the excessive number of two-person scenes gives us a loT of stagnant filming. -- This past week, I thought Sean Dominic did a great job in Nate's scenes with Audra and Devon. It's the best he's been in a while. -- The Alexander Dumas story has been so bad in so many ways, but Billy Flynn has really strong chemistry with Christal Khalil.

That final scene on Friday with Will was...something. I mean, YIKES. Crew Morrow should have tried that again.

A tour of the new sets at BOLD's new studio:

I thought about that, too. However, the show painted Tyrell and Samantha as June's kids, and many of us thought that was too obvious -- and then the show went with the obvious. I think they're going with the obvious again, and that their red herring is not showing Allison.

Dr. Marlena is usually the one with good, practical advice. Not today. She really thinks it's a good idea to LIE about who shot EJ? To "protect" Rachel when she can at anytime recover her memories of the shooting? To allow someone else to go to jail for murder when that person is innocent? Marlena, I think the death of your John played havoc with your entire system.

That's where I am with Ted. I think he's a major character, and I do not agree the show always penciled him in as someone who'd be there a year or less. Get rid of the father of THREE major characters. Just no. The problem has always been the writing for Ted. Look at today with his ridiculous idea to take Eva to the ChelseaKat launch. I mean, that is just clueless. They have the guy caring ONLY about Eva. I love TMG in the role, but Leslie IS veering into cartoon too often for my taste. Too many scenes end with her dancing around and spouting funny lines to shade someone and get us laughing. The nuance is not there at this point, and that means we get Eva deciding over and over that she has to ignore/forgive the things her mother does. We also need nuance if we're ever to believe Ted would show ANY interest in her. As she is now? No way is that believable. I have a major problem with that. It all goes to the pacing, which is just way too fast, and yes, tearing through story. In 72 hours, Leslie found out who her mother was, got her trust fund first check, bought a mansion across the street from the Duprees, and joined the country club. Seriously??? Just another thing we're not supposed to question, such as how many millions are in this trust fund, how often the checks arrive, how much Anita has poured into it, etc.

Exactly right. He was very clear in an interview that it's what he wanted -- and that he's also very happy at GH and has no plans to leave.

-- Can someone give Molly a hair makeover, please. -- Molly doesn't have chemistry with a single guy on this show. -- Cody and Ava definitely have chemistry, although it helps that Maura West has chem with everyone. -- I'm not complaining about a shirtless Josh Kelly, but it was odd that he remained shirtless for the entire show.

I thought it was odd that Vanessa met with Leslie about buying a house at the country club. Then it was odd to see Chelsea -- the day before her merch launch -- at Orphey Gene's doing all her work on her tablet, paperwork spread out, etc. Exactly. Zero sense. Some posters insist that Ted and Leslie have chemistry, but I don't see it -- at all. I DO think Ted and Nicole's natural chemistry has been obliterated by really bad writing. Ted and Nicole are both educated. They both have professional and refined personalities. They're both essentially dignified people. Leslie is none of that. If the show wrote for Ted and Nicole, we'd see the chemistry.

-- Dani needs to see something from Andre before becoming FWB and more? OK, but let's not pretend Dani didn't set the limits and the rules before this. She acts as if Andre should know where she stands and what she wants, but that's just not so. -- Is Dani over Bill? You know she's not. Meanwhile, I hope she feels superior about throwing shade at Ashley all over the place. -- Ted should stop allowing Leslie into his room, period. As I've said repeatedly, I do not want Ted to fall for her. I won't believe a man who's been married to Nicole for about 3 decades would be interested in someone like Leslie. -- Leslie's first check was for $1M. I wish they'd let us know how many millions are in that trust fund. And Jesus, what kind of deposits was Anita making over the years??? Meanwhile, Sharon and Tracy struggled? Uh....OK. -- The Duprees -- or should I say THE DUPREES -- have all that power and money, yet the only lawyer they can call is Bill Hamilton? LOL Sorry, but that's embarrassing.

Audra said "Nate slept on the couch." You mean this penthouse suite that Nate owns has only one bedroom?