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I can't believe how strident and ugly they're writing her character. She has no remorse over how the Gio story came out at all???

From Rory Gibson's IG.

I don't like the way Lulu was written today. AT ALL.

I co-sign with this and everything else you said. I admit I am bothered by all of this in part because of that implication -- that they care about their partners and kids more than anyone else. It's why I resent having to say "Well, I respect where they stand on wardrobe and values and sexual content," as if I and others are disrespectful and living on some other values plane. I don't think it'll change, either, but I'll continue to talk about it when I see it....even if I know I'm beating a dead horse LOL

I think we're on the same page here. Like you, I respect Amanda's religion and beliefs, but I kind of resent that I even have to say that. Framing soap opera romance as "sexual content" is absurd, in my opinion. Where's the context? Where does she draw this imaginary line about what goes too far? So it's OK for Chase to be shirtless as long as she's bundled up in a terrycloth robe That's the biggest thing we've ever seen? Then it's not "sexual content" that her kids would see? Is it "sexual content" when her kids see the scenes where she talks about getting knocked up as a teen? Or is that not "sexual content"? I could go on and on with this, but the bottom line is that JS and AS can make all the personal deals they like. Those deals should not have any effect on the writing. They are not being asked to do anything that wasn't done on soaps 50 damn years ago. When wardrobe -- layers and layers of unneeded clothing -- is ridiculous, we're taken out of the scene. GH clearly is on board with their "personal deals" and it affects the final product. In the end, the show is to blame for indulging these actors. As you stated, if you have these modesty rules, perhaps daytime isn't the right place for you.

This thread is so much better than the show.

-- Whoever does the casting on this show should get a raise. There's not a guy on Gates who isn't fine as hell. -- Ted is being written as somewhere between clueless and dumb. Hiring Eva to run his office? How does he think that's going to go down with Nicole? With his daughters? It's a stupid move. -- Did I miss the dialogue about Eva going to school for all this executive office stuff? She's done hair since high school, but now apparently knows everything about running an office -- and can even swap out computer programs without approval or notice. -- Good scenes with Nicole and Martin, but it's a big "HUH?" for me that Martin would go to her like this when we know there are so many secrets. -- Derek and Ashley continue to be a miss. The writing for them is terrible. I get wanting them to be awkward around each other, afraid to mess up, but that awkwardness has to be realistically portrayed in the dialogue -- and it's not. Real people don't talk to each other the way they do, especially a couple who's been together for a couple years.

-- I enjoyed all the flashbacks today, but boy, are they reminders of the budget this show used to have. I hope we're about done with these reminders. -- Total smokeshow: Peter Reckell was SO hot back in the day. I mean, DAYUM. -- Missy Reeves got some bad styling this time around. That suit is awful and whoever did her hair extensions hates her. -- I had to laugh that Jennifer went to bed when it was still daylight. -- The Jack Visits Abigail's Grave scene didn't work for me. I am done with scenes of actors looking up to the sky -- because we all know that's where Heaven is -- and talking about loved ones like they're doing the same ish they did on Earth. No, Abigail is not up there welcoming John. I do realize that many viewers -- probably most -- feel this way and enjoy it. It just bothers me. -- A 48-minute episode today was overkill. The show made a good decision the past few days when they gave us much shorter episodes (31-35 minutes) as a counter-balance to the heavy story. -- But that last scene with the John and Marlena flashback and her alone? Perfect.

I do think Jackson's values were a problem. We see how Amanda Setton has been able to control things with her Brook Lynn, so why wouldn't a bigger name like JJ be able to pull the same thing? I've heard too many rumors about what he and other actors demand at GH to think it's all made up. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Lucky reconnected with Liz, but we got none of the passion and magic from the past. Even his last kiss with her was weird -- it looked to me as if he missed her entire mouth. I didn't notice any story limitations when JJ was on Nashville, but that series ended 7 years ago, and he might be different now. I also heard rumors he didn't want crying scenes on his return -- and we didn't get those. In fact, we got almost no emotion from Lucky at all. The most emotional scenes? He was out and Guy Wilson played Lucky for those. Shouldn't we have had some emotion with Liz and his mother on leaving? I'm not letting Frank off the hook here. We've all heard too many stories about what happens to actors/characters when Frank isn't happy. It's all dysfunctional. Just look at this super-quick and completely unexpected exit from JJ. When it was clear Jackson wanted to negotiate his exit -- the timing, at least -- GH kicked him to the curb. I think that was handled poorly. I posted here that it felt as if GH was purposely giving him a terrible goodbye. I think I was wrong about that. I think they wanted it to straddle the fence with that goodbye, making it quick but also lasting too many days. By yesterday, I was yelling "Just leave already" at my screen.

-- I think one problem with GH is that they're often "lightly committed" to stories and couples. We saw Cody with Lulu as having great potential. They did nothing with it. Now Cody is "lightly committed" with Molly. I see no potential there, but the show can back off any time, because we're not invested. -- I don't see a Cody return to Lulu at this time. They're islanded in completely different stories. I don't want Cody with Liz either. -- After seeing Cody and Ava today, sign me up. This is right in Josh Kelly's wheelhouse, and Maura West never fails to make a coupling work with a younger guy. I'm all in on Cody bankrupting Kristina while bedding down Ava -- and then falling for her. -- Josh Swickard is a perfect soap actor, but GH has made him too good, too vanilla. He's Dudley Do-Right, and after a while, that's boring. Chase needs to mess up, he needs to have a bad side, even if that's just making mistakes. But calling for him to be hurt or disabled -- AGAIN? No. Just no. We already went through paralysis with him, and I don't need blindness. I need the guy with his shirt off (which is another reason his pairing with Amanda Setton doesn't work). -- Katelyn MacMullen was SUPERB today as Willow. Those courtroom scenes were devastating, and she pulled it off. The writing was good -- we wanted that victory for Michael. The curveball was that the writers also wanted us to feel for Willow. KM made that work, and she hould be praised for those scenes. -- I NEVER want Jonathan Jackson back as Lucky. I am thoroughly disgusted with these actors who come to the set with their Christian values and morals and judgments. I am sick of actors who demand storyline approval and who dictate their wardrobe and hairstyle. And yes, I am stunned that GH continues to allow these things to happen. JJ is only the latest example of a hiring fail on this show. Imagine paying big money for that.

Not sure if this is the right place for this article. People magazine carried Vanessa Marcil's rip-roaring defense of her son against homophobic trolls. How can you not love her? https://people.com/brian-austin-green-s-ex-defends-their-son-kassius-against-homophobic-messages-11752405

-- The stroke story doesn't work for me except as a means to allow Chelsea to thirst after Madison. Bill just doesn't come off as someone who's gone through anything. -- Dr. Montgomery sure has a lot of time to spend near the nurses' hub, talking to family members of patients. -- At least we got Chelsea and Kat talking about their business and moving into Dani's "other house." -- I hated the Dani and Nicole cup throwing. If these are people who don't care about damaging cabinets and floors and china, then I don't want to know people like this. Dani's line of reasoning about who broke what and who is just ridiculous. Nicole should have shut that down.

Another excellent tribute day. It's all well done and the actors are shining. Still, since this is now running for 3 days, the missing characters are even more noticeable. The omissions are glaring. It's sad that Peacock couldn't throw in a few thousand extra to make this work.

Interesting as written, but wouldn't it have been even better if Leslie were watching Y&R or BOLD? I think that was a missed opportunity. Fully agree. Taking a page from the Y&R playbook is the wrong move.

These writer departures are concerning.

So Lucky is finally gone. Thank God -- that was brutal to watch. His goodbye to Laura did nothing for me. Giving Aiden a scene with Lucky -- as if that shows he's a great father -- was laughable. His goodbye to Liz was not touching or sad or emotional or anything. This has to be one of the most expensive and disastrous returns in soap history. Jonathan Jackson gave Elizabeth a goodbye kiss and couldn't even hit her lips. Please keep this sanctimonious religious freak off my GH screen.

-- And I was OK with assuming all that. It was believable because she's beautiful and young and dresses like a model. But that hasn't been backed up by anything. I don't expect to see Chelsea and Kat working in a purse factory, but can they give us something? She's sworn off modeling because she has a new passion, but we're not getting any of that passion. We're getting her chasing around a doctor who's 10 years older than she is at the local hospital. -- I also had to laugh at the monogram on Madison's white lab coat: Dr. Madison Montgomery. I'm sorry, but that should say Dr. Montgomery. Her first name should not be there.

That's what they keep telling us. The problem is we're not given any reason she'd have all those followers -- no product intros, no fun and crazy videos, no nothing. IG followers do not want to watch a doctor being interviewed -- for no reason -- and being told she's beautiful.

I agree. Every time she's on, it reads as "We're writing her in to fulfill her guarantee."

-- Hayley acted jealous when she walked in on Bill and Ashley. Really? I'm sorry, but they're writing Hayley as ridiculous. -- I'm not crazy about the way they're writing Bill's stroke and recovery/rehab. Doesn't feel like he went through much at all. -- So Shanice gets a promotion to physical therapist. Kind of laughable, but I'll take it to get more Shanice -- as long as her original personality remains intact. This is clearly a change from the original bible because the actress has been so good and popular. -- Chelsea is flat-out embarrassing in her thirst for Madison. In addition, I see no way Dr. Montgomery would be good with going live on Chelsea's IG. -- Why is Dani acting like she never ate at Orphey Gene's before? Are they serious with this? -- Good scenes with Anita, Tracy, and Sharon, and I appreciated Tracy's dialogue referring to "us 4 little colored girls." Nice nod to history. Then they wrecked it with another reference to "Articulettes Strong," which makes me cringe. -- Ever notice the staircase in the Dupree mansion's foyer? I can't get over how narrow those steps look.

-- Through Xfinity, I get Peacock with ads for free. Today's show was commercial-free for me. Anyone else experience the same? -- Today's show was continued excellence from everyone, all of it elevated by Christopher Sean's performance as Paul. Genuine, heartfelt, emotional -- all the flowers. It does not get any better.

I hope Cody dupes Ava into liking him and then falls for her.

Yeah, he's a mobster with Vanessa while his wife cozies up to mobsters as the worst mayor in America. 😂

Shouldn't Laura talk to Kevin first before agreeing to her brother Martin moving in with them? Her house is like a hotel for people she never sees -- like Lucky, who she's unaware of his latest departure as a man who runs away from everything. Meanwhile, Lucky is busy giving away his cabin to Isaiah, who we've barely seen him with.

I still say this is Frank's way of saying goddbye to JJ, who brought nothing to the show and was a complete dud for his entire return. He's purposelY been given an awful exit. Is this all Jackson's fault? Most likely not, but I place most of the blame on him. Too many contract demands, too much working around his travel schedule, too many stories he refused to do. GH has WAY too many actors calling the shots and influencing story and hires. We've seen it hurt the show time and time again.