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Awww, I am already hormonal and it's not been the best day ever, so I might want to wait to watch that if TG is getting teary.

It's funny that you say that because she reminds me of one of my junior high English teachers. And in a way she is a teacher-just not retired yet. So many of the younger cast talk about how she is a great mentor for them.

Oh hooked I have no doubt JE and TG will rock their scenes. I'm just more than ready for Tracy to move on........

As halee said, she's fun to watch again.

Ms.Q I doubt you'll get your wish. I've never seen JE in any role just bawl her eyes out. In her goodbye with Ned in 93 I think she was teary and so was he, but even then it was just enough that you could see it on her lashes. And when AJ died the first time and Tracy comforted Alan, I think there was a tiny tear on her lash. When Anna Lee died, there were several times you could tell JE was about to break character and cry for real.

But nope. Never any rolling tears. I don't let that bother me, I think it's far easier to cry than not, and far harder to hold it back, and I think the fact that JE can hold it back is a testament to her skill as a actor.

Liked that Tracy called Brook Lynn sweetheart, but doubt she'd cry over the stock. And LOL at "your GRANDMOTHER".

Yeah, someone needs to politely tell JE that she needs to leave the hair longer.

MsQ I replied to you!

Ya know, I think JE has inappropriate chemistry with several guys on the show. I have never really figured out if it's Tracy or JE or the combination. I don't remember if it was like this on Days, but it might have been. I remember her having quite a bit of chem with Wally of course, but also John Aniston and Matthew Ashford.

I always felt she had chem with Greg Vaughn-a lot, actually. And Nathan Parsons. And Tyler Christopher. And Ric Hearst. And Maurice Benard. And Tristan Rogers. She even had it with Jed Allen when he played Edward, which is creepy, but Edward and Tracy were supposed to be Oedipal so it was expected.

Are you seeing a pattern here?

I would have so been into Ethan and Tracy getting married, LOL!

But about Tyler, I know it's a huge age difference-but if the genders were reversed, most people wouldn't blink too hard about a pairing like Nik and Tracy. Oddly enough, I feel Nik and Tracy have similiar experiences, romantically, and would actually be friends if they just stopped the one upmanship thing between them. They both come from messed up families, etc.

I so hope they do their interactions justice in this story. I think Nikolas at least respects Tracy, and maybe it's mutual? Would love to see that displayed.

HEE Ms Q and everyone, do you remember the time Nik and Tracy had a scene, and I think it was ELQ related also but this has been a few years ago? It was the one where he and Tracy were meeting at the MetroCourt restaurant I think, and Tracy starts fixing her makeup at the table and not paying attention to or looking at Nikolas?

Tyler actually came alive in those scenes, LOL. Jane starts powdering her nose and Tyler looked to me like he was trying not to laugh for a second and Nik is like "uh...Tracy?"

I loved it, would love to see a clip of that but since I don't know the date it aired wouldn't begin to know how to search for it.

Oh, I think it's just that some fans refuse to see those moments or acknowledge they exist. It isn't even a matter of them being forgotten. Though in truth because Luke and Tracy have interacted for so long, I can see how they would be forgotten by some.

You know, it seems a little strange they'd bother casting a love interest for Laura if she's only going to be around for a few months. And yes MsQ I think you did say rumor. I guess we'll see. I can't see Genie liking the new way they do things-being on with a story for a few months and then not being on the show for months. I guess if you're contract, you get extra time off, and if you're recurring, you can do other projects, but still.

Really, they'd be nuts to let Jane go off contract. The up and coming younger generation of Qs need a mentor, and Tracy is the kind of character you can put anywhere and she'll fit. And, Jane is the best actress GH has. I think if it comes down to money, they'll cut more of the recurring players loose before they'll cut Jane.

Bless your heart MsQ. Did you find that rumor at SoapDish? You are brave. I avoided that place for eons, and I do lurk sometimes looking for spoilers, but I don't post there. I have no interest in engaging those people in a battle over Luke and Tracy. One particular person reminds me-Remos will know exactly who I mean-of someone from SOC. I just can't with that mess anymore-I find fanbase wars to be immature and sad. I mean, after ten years, you'd think some would grow up. I'm not going to argue with someone over a soap couple. Not when there are far more serious issues in the world at large.

Anyway, enough of that unpleasantness.

Back to our girl: I can totally see Jane Elliot "dying with her boots on". She stays active and seems to remain in fairly good health, and she's mentally sharp. I honestly don't know how much longer GH has, but if it continues on for many more years, yeah eventually Jane will be recurring, but I believe she'll stay. She did always say she wanted to end her career as a producer, and I would love that, but I'd hate to lose Tracy as a character. However-I think she'd be the best producer GH has had in a long, long time. Jane just strikes me as the kind of person who has to be *doing* something. Barring a health problem, I think she'll be around for a while.

Do we even know Jane and Tony get any more scenes together? It'd be a shame to leave it where it was, but I would not pretend to know what TPTB are thinking. Tony tapes his last scenes sometime this week, yes? I suppose there will be leaks about his last scenes probably later in the week.

I agree Tracy started to fall for Luke around the time Justus died. I actually could make a case he started having feelings for her at the same time. Maybe not love yet, but he definitely felt more than just friendship at that point, so maybe you are right-right before Laura woke up.

The thing for us, I think, that so many don't get, is that we know that Luke, like most people, is capable of having feelings for both women at the same time. I don't think the fact that Luke fell apart after Laura went catatonic again is "proof" he only loved Laura and blah blah blah.

I think in fact, that him falling apart could be just as much about his own guilt over not being able to prevent it and help Laura, as it was "love".

Besides that, I and most of us, have never denied he loved Laura or even that a part of him still does. It's just that we see that he is capable of loving both women, and that what he has with Tracy IS real.

It isn't the same as LnL-but who would want it to be? And for that matter, who ever said it was?

I don't think anyone here ever even said it was "greater". Just....different.

If JE and TG do get more scenes, I personally cannot wait for their final one. Yeah I know there will be people out there mocking it because that's what annoying people do, but I'm going to enjoy it for what I know it will be: a man having to say goodbye to the woman he does love.

ETA I would love for Tracy and Ethan to get a scene together, but I doubt that'll happen.

Ah, so if it's just a rumor, it's a toss up until we hear more. I'd love for PS to come back short term, not sure about anything else. But if there's an issue with RC and PS, and it's a recast....would have to judge that when I see the actor. I've always wanted to see Dillon interact with his dad, though. I guess it depends on what version of the truth they are going with. I do believe during Tracy's time on The City that it was mentioned that Dillon sometimes visited his dad, but I can't be sure about that. I think there were also mentions of it when teenage Dillon came back in 2003, right?

But who knows what they'll say now. I think we are supposed to assume Paul and Jenny still live in PC or close by, but who knows if Paul and Jenny are even still married? Ned said nothing about Paul when he called Jenny about Bill months back.

I agree that I think Tracy will tell Luke it's too late for them as a couple. I think the fact that he didn't tell her the truth is going to be more of a factor than the humiliation or the fake break up. In one of the clips I was watching, they were both talking about trust and how it's important, and Luke just blew that IMO.

halee, much like Jane, I really don't do the social media thing, so if I wanted to see what others are saying about Jane or Tracy on Twitter, how would I search for it?

Yes, I am that unsophisticated. I still use regular snail mail, too.

I've wanted to tell you for a long time, I LOVE the Luke/Beaker pics. LOLOL

And I agree, Tracy is getting fun to watch again.

For some reason, I've been watching old GH clips tonight. For those LnL fans who diss Lacy and say they never got good loving moments, they are so wrong. They have had so MANY great, emotional moments.

I think with them, it's always been a case of they didn't WANT to see any true love there. And I think they conveniently forget that if Genie had been on all this time and Luke and Laura were together, Luke would have been skipping out on her, too. It irks me that people use the excuse that Luke is always leaving town, as proof he doesn't love Tracy, when they know he'd be leaving anyone he was with.

Anyway, enough about that. Just wanted to say I have been really enjoying my stroll down memory Lane, and I've been watching old Tracy and Lulu clips as well. I hope GH doesn't replace their relationship with Sabrina and Sam.

MsQ I don't think Tracy will be "jealous". Just bothered/unsettled by it. I suppose it's a pretty much done deal though, since the one who spoiled Dillon's recast is saying it? And I never watched PS as Spencer Truman, so I never heard there was bad blood between him and RC. What happened? During my watching of the old clips, I actually watched the one you are refering to, where Tracy and Paul argue over the fact that she framed him for theft. JE was always good with babies I guess, because she's holding little Dillon the whole time and it's just adorable.

Anyway, the main reason I came in, was to say I forgot how boring Paul was, LOL. So maybe him and Laura is a good thing.

IMO if they are recasting him and bringing him on, how I'd feel about him and Tracy would be totally based on if JE and the new actor had any chemistry.

Well, since she doesn't have a Twitter account, they can't rally around her. IDK. I honestly don't care as much what the general public thinks about Tracy as I do what TPTB think about Tracy and Jane. I want Jane to be used and getting good stuff, as long as that happens, I'm good.

I do think Tracy is loved though, I have been hanging out at the GH Facebook page and most of the comments about her are complimentary. Many people are sad/disappointed/mad at Tracy being hurt yet again.

Anyway, about Tracy and Paul. I think Tracy has always had genuine feelings for most of the men she's been married to, minus Anthony and maybe Gino, but I think she even was warming up to Gino a bit at the end. And I think that Tracy is the kind of person that once she lets you in, you're in. She may SAY she doesn't care, she may even seek revenge on some of them that hurt her or leave her, but that little spot that she holds that person in, I think they stay there. I think that's why she was able to be such good friends with Ashton years later, even after he cheated on her and they divorced. I think it's why she and Scott were civil to each other after their break up, etc. It's part of the reason she keeps taking Luke back. Tracy doesn't love easily, but when she does, it's pretty much a done deal. The love for some might be put up on a distant shelf in her heart and mind, collecting dust-but it doesn't completely die, I don't think.

So....I don't think she dislikes Paul. Is she still "in" love with him, no. But are those previously mentioned stirrings still somewhere in her heart? Yeah, I think they might be. I do think she'll again, pretend not to care if Paul and Laura date, but of course it will bother her. Why wouldn't it?

I would love for Paul to come back, and love for Tracy, Paul and Dillon to hash out their issues. But why recast? I don't think Paul Satterfield has any projects going on, and let's face it, the new actor playing Dillon looks so much like him.

I'd rather they just kept Laura and Tracy apart. For reasons. One of those being I think GF doesn't like being upstaged by Jane. I don't think Jane does it on purpose. I think Jane is such a strong actress, and Tracy such a powerhouse character, it just happens.

I know I won't get my wish, but I can hope they will interact as little as possible.

And if PS were to come back as Paul, honey I'd be all over that like white on rice. Paul used to say in interviews how much he adored working with Jane. I have always felt they had some smoking chemistry.

I'd like for it, if it happened, to be the total opposite of Tracy scheming to break Laura and Paul up. I just want Paul to wake up one day and *zoing* realize he had her under his skin.While she's just busy living her life, hee hee.

I am still loving Dillon, but I want more of him with his family. I think the actor is ADORABLE. I don't know how I feel about Dillon and Lulu as a couple. I want to see the actor chem test with all the other age appropriate females-Maxie, Kiki, etc. Is Ellie still on the show? If so, her too. Am I missing someone? He's met Sabrina and Valerie and seemed to have okay chemistry in the brief interactions I've seen.

I don't like Valerie much though. Too much a family resemblance to Carly's loud mouth for my liking.

I think even this regime is smart enough to realize Tracy is fairly popular and that JE is the best actress they've got. I'd like to *think* they wouldn't do something as dumb as the Monica/Walters thing.

Honestly, if she doesn't ever get a romance again, I think it'd have more to do with the fact that ABC would have to spend the money to hire someone, and with the ratings the way they are, I'm not sure they could GET the money approved. Because unless she hooks up with a younger man, there isn't anyone currently on canvas she could be paired with.

I wouldn't mind Silas and Tracy, actually. I know that's a way out of left field suggestion, and ME is twenty years younger than JE. But they would be such an odd pairing, I'd like to see it. Even just a friendship. I'll take anything. And yeah, beyond him, who else is there? Sloane? LOL

I'm skeered of JE being totally ignored after TG leaves.

But then, I'm actually getting a very good vibe of "Luke who?" from her when she's in her ELQ zone, and I like that. A lot.

Well for me, it's about the fact that a romance of any kind with someone not Luke, should mean more screen time. If all she gets is ELQ, that's not going to be much, and I'm greedy. There's also the fact that IMO I don't see GH lasting much longer. Soaps are and have been dying for a while now. I'd like Tracy Q to get her enchilada, so to speak. I am going to hope for the best, that they'll care enough to write her a love story worthy of Tracy's Q's eventual exit. As we were saying earlier, the fact that she's just a woman crying out to be loved (didn't WK actually say little girl in his quote?) defines her. And yeah there are all kinds of love, and if that's the conclusion she comes to by the end of JE's run, that all along she's had that love in one form or another-and that she doesn't NEED a man to love her and define her, that's fine. I just look around at all the people on this show who certainly aren't any morally better and some of them no nicer, who have pairing after pairing. If they can have that, why can't Tracy finally find The One? Now, if GH IS still around in two or three years, and they do the story justice and bring him back long enough to write it well, I could go for Luke coming back to get her. But honestly, this last stunt has put him on my list, and I just don't care about Lacy as a couple right now. He'd have to do SO much growing as a person to be worthy of La Diva, and I just don't think TG will ever play that kind of man again. Not even for a short stint, not even for JE. It's what I've always wanted for the character. It's her perfect ending.

I don't know about "huge", but I do think there will be some sort of confrontation, I think they keep making too much of the fact that Tracy trusts Dillon to tell her the truth. I also thought it was weird the way Tracy talked about Lulu yesterday-maybe I'm reading into it but it was just a feeling I got.

I do think she'll forgive them, but....well I guess we have to wait and see.

Forgot to mention that I loved the "fist bump" moment with Rocco and Dillon. I do that with my 2 year old nephew all the time.

I'm okay with Tracy Q-I just think she deserves a love interest, too. Not that I need to see one right away, but in a few months, maybe.

I liked today, and I liked Dillon with Lulu. I was afraid my infatuation with the new actor playing Dillon was due to the "JE is queen of all" thing. But he had good rapport with her. Not sure if I would want anything to come of it. Didn't Tracy say once way back when that she and Dillon would kill each other if they were a couple? Can't remember.

Dillon is certainly more like Luke, though, and I think in the end, Lulu will end up with someone like Luke. Dante does not seem to have anything in common with Luke, IMO. By like Luke, I mean having no problem with picking up and going on an adventure at the last moment, etc.

Yet again another anvil about Tracy and Dillon, with her saying how he's the only reason she's staying sane, etc. With him looking guilty and making tracks over to Lulu's right after. I so am looking forward to-and dreading-the confrontation from Tracy to Lulu and Dillon. I have a bad feeling that TraLu may be forever damaged, and that we won't be getting many Tracy/Lulu interactions after TG leaves. I hope I am wrong.

So, aren't Dillon and Lulu supposed to take off and join LnL?

And yes, Sabrina was ogling Dillon's naked chest today.

The scenes today weren't as bad as I thought, and Dillon is obviously conflicted. Every time he tells Luke off, I SWOON, people. It's about time Tracy had someone in her corner fighting FOR her. I love him. Please don't ruin this, RC.

Well, I think TG is totally playing it like Luke loves Tracy. He and Jane have had me near tears several times, and the only time I normally cry at a soap is when someone dies. But they aren't getting the bulk of the last days together. So it's kind of a draw in the LnL versus Lacy debate. One gets most of his last airtime, but he loves the other one. I am shocked but pleased at the number of Facebook fans on the GH site who love Lacy. It's about fifty/fifty in reference to them versus Laura/Luke.

I have to wonder though, if Tracy isn't going to blame Dillon and Lulu for not being with Luke anymore. Oh Tracy, please don't. She's gonna need her boy and her girl.

Well crap. I edited and it ate it.

Anyway. Maybe that's a sign I should hold my tongue. Night everyone!

Are we certain it's Dillon, and not Sabrina, Michael or someone else, who comforts her? One spoiler said Dillon, another said "someone close", which okay Sabrina isn't yet, but....

Does anyone know?

I can't wait to watch. Oh, Dillon. Dumb, dumb Dillon. I don't think it will ruin Tracy and Dillon, or Tracy and Lulu, permanently, but I do think there's going to be a rift there and a big blow up and hurt feelings for a minute. But Tracy loves them too much, and they her, for it to last long.

I think what we are saying is that the general audience sees Tracy as a snob, and years ago her snobbery was a lot more pronounced. Now personally I think she's always been able to get to know the people she WANTED to get to know, and didn't bother with the others, and many people misinterpreted that as snobbery. But don't most people do that, although on different levels and for different reasons? At any rate, my personal opinion is that she's not so snobby anymore.

But as Ms Q and I were saying, it's ...."awkward" (to say the least) when employers and employees form friendships. Sabrina is not technically Tracy's employee, so I'm good there. But like old Reginald the butler for instance, even though I thought they were adorable and even felt Reggie had a bit of a crush on her, they would have never worked.

This is television, "upstairs,downstairs" relationships happen. But either fictional or IRL, they are rarely a good idea. I don't hang out with my boss outside work, and the few times we have been in a social setting outside work, I don't have a problem with it. But I wouldn't make a habit of it, for obvious reasons.

I totally have faith that Tracy will understand why everyone lied. I just don't expect her to be happy about it; who would be? Few people get giddy at being lied to, for any reason. I do think the hurt and betrayal will be the strongest from Dillon and Lulu, even stronger than from Luke, at this point. I do think she'll forgive them fairly quickly, but IDK.

I think, TVFan, that you are confusing JE with Tracy. Of course anyone would benefit from scenes with JE, but we were simply pointing out that Tracy, at one point in her tenure as a character, would not associate with anyone who wasn't at her same "station".

For lack of a better term. I do think, as already stated, that Tracy over the years has proven most of that is just talk anyway. I also think she cares less these days, as already stated, because of her dwindling family.

Time has a way of changing your outlook on many subjects, and I think Tracy has realized that a free offer of friendship is something she can't afford to turn away.

As far as Dr. O, I think she has too much disdain for Americans in general, and I also think in several negative ways, that she and Tracy are too much alike. I still think Nina or Ava would be much better choices for friends with Tracy, because there's the right amount of differences versus things in common.

I will reply to you in more detail later MsQ, just came in to say: my guess is that Dillon covers and lies and says he came to the HS to ask Luke to take Tracy back. I guess we'll see.

So I had a nice post typed out, and then, my computer froze.

ILTQ, do you think that Tracy was more likely to associate with people "lower" than her on The City because she was away from her family? Maybe she was feeling lonely? Then again, she did have her family around when Marco came into the picture, so there goes that theory. To me, it just seems out of character for her to be associating with "the nanny" or "the maid" even though I love any screen time for Tracy. She and Sabrina were funny today, along with Sam. Hope it continues.

Tracy is in the previews tomorrow with Luke/Laura and Dillon/Lulu. She is mad at Dillon, "Oh my God, Dillon, how could you?" It's too soon for her to find out about Lucky. Wonder if Dillon makes up something to keep the truth a secret? There is speculation that Dillon was recast only because Tony wanted Jane to have something to do once he was gone. If that's true, what happens to Tracy/Dillon once Tony isn't around to keep making his suggestions? I personally don't think any actor should have that amount of power, but if he is the reason we got Dillon, then I won't complain.

I am confused as to who would kidnap Lucky and then demand Luke and Laura pretend to be together?

I think Tracy is, as Wally Kurth once said, " a woman crying out to be loved". It says a lot about her so called family that she'd take scraps from Luke, scraps from servants(I can remember Reginald comforting her several times) and those "lower" than her, because she's so hungry for any kind of positive attention at all. I think the reason Tracy will take Sabrina's offer of friendship is for those reasons, and those reasons are the same ones why she's so "warm and fuzzy" about baby AJ and probably Danny, too. For someone who is supposed to be so snobby and uppity, she just wants what everyone else wants. She just tries to get it all the wrong ways, with mostly the wrong people.

What worries me is the previews. Tracy is yelling at Dillon and he's breathing really fast, like he's emotionally distressed. Did she slap him for something? She didn't seem mad enough to do it, but if she did, BAD TRACY. NO. Your baby was defending your honor, even if you don't know it. He's obviously upset though, and it's because of LnL's lie and this stupid stupid stupid SL. What does he say? Does anyone know? Is his lie to her what she is emotionally distraught over, that she needs comforting for, or is it simply Luke leaving with Laura?

And yeah I do think once Tracy knows Dillon and Lulu both knew, it's gonna be heartwrenching. I'm really liking this Dillon and I think he's great with JE. I can't wait for tomorrow. I haven't said that about GH in so, so long. I agree MsQ, I don't care why we got Dillon back. I am just gonna enjoy it while it lasts.

ETA to ask, anyone have any Q spoilers?

MsQ said:

>I am confused as to who would kidnap Lucky and then demand Luke and Laura pretend to be together?

Maybe a de-SORASed Lulu?

It is SO lame! Getting more far-fetched by the minute.

Did Laura really get such a phone call, and if so, why would she take seriously what sounds to me like a prank call? Oh, it's PC, where everything is life or death.

Or is this about Tracy? Who would want her free, this much?

Well, I am suspecting the whole thing could somehow be about ELQ, and that the shares Luke has, he'll have to give up to get Lucky released, but I wasn't specifically thinking Tracy.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if it were Paul behind it all(I don't even care about the reason. I know it's not likely, it's probably Helena, it's such a stupid, stupid story.

I have a bunch of different feeling about last week, but I think the thing I am most mad at is the writers! I feel like this is just lazy writing and the fake sense of urgency to help Lucky and not tell anyone and pretend to be back together is what makes non-soap fans laugh at the genre and people like myself actual soap fans wonder why we still watch. It's as if the writers just blocked out the storyline like.....

Laura comes back

interrupts Lacy engagement

tells Luke what's wrong

Luke breaks engagement

can't tell anyone

pretends to get back together

go helps Lucky

But instead of this happening over a period time it all happened in one episode. And I have a feeling this is what Tony meant about having to "let Luke go" and do what they write because he is playing it so wooden and uncaring like hurting Tracy was nothing. It feels like he is reading a teleprompter and don't get me started on Genie, she is so NOT a good actor; when in the room with JE and TG she sticks out like a sore thumb.

I do like this new Dillon and I agree with ILTQ when he told Laura to walk out I was cheering him on! Tracy needs someone completely on her side and he came back just in time.

**There is a spoiler out there that says Bobbie gets in Laura's face about what went down at the engagement party, I hope this happens because someone needs to get in her face and tell her whats what!

Actually, I almost teared up during the proposal and the confrontation at the party. I think TG is really selling it right now that he loves Tracy. I think the woodeness is because he was trying to not show how he was really feeling when they were lying to Tracy. Agreed that GF just isn't very good. And yeah again I love me some Dillon. I am really liking the recast and how obviously hurt Dillon is FOR Tracy.

I should really be in bed. UGH I go back to work tomorrow. Anyway, my short take on the last few weeks:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE how Dillon has his mom's back, and I think the new actor has awesome chemistry with JE. They always were one of my favorite Tracy "pairings" and I think that's going to continue. He left a boy, and came back a man, so yeah the dynamic will be different. But so far, a good different. SC's Dillon would have NEVER attacked Luke, and would have never said what he said to Laura (BTW that moment, telling her to walk back out if she didn't like what she walked in on, YOWZA. I wanted to do a fist pump. I loved the shocked look on her face. Yeah Laura, someone else in town not attaching their lips to your butt cheeks. Imagine that. HEE I love him for that moment alone).

Anyhoo-the actor looks literally like he could be the child of PS and JE. I never felt SC favored any of the Qs, unless his fair coloring was supposed to come from Lila. This actor has darker features like JE, but has the bone structure of PS. Good casting.

I do have to wonder, how bad of a rift is going to happen between Tracy and Dillon though(and Tracy/Lulu) if they don't tell her what they know.

I have to wonder if they aren't setting up Sabrina/Tracy because Lulu and Tracy are about to be on the outs(Tracy will eventually forgive her, but I think there's going to be a blow up between them when the whole truth comes out).

I also love that Lulu is totally pro Tracy.

About Sabrina/Tracy. Tracy being her friend, knowing she is the "help", doesn't take me by surprise too much. After all, she was BFF's with Dillon's nanny Zoey on The City, and friends with Jacob the bartender. Plus Marco Dane. Not to mention her friendship with Lulu. When Tracy does have friends, they never have been exactly the kind of people you would expect them to be. I was surprised by her comment to Sabrina that she never really felt the need for them. I kind of can see why, but then I'm thinking of all the people I know have been in her life that she would consider a friend, and I'm thinking "really"? Not sure I agree there.

My only issue with Tracy/Sabrina, is that Sabrina doesn't have much of a personality IMO. It's the fact that I think Tracy would find Sabrina rather bland and uninteresting that makes me side eye any friendship between them. Not the "nanny" thing, or even the age difference.

Like MsQ said, it made me miss Tracy/KateConnie, speaking of which, it would have been nice for Tracy to mention her as being her last friend.

As was mentioned up above, Tracy is never really allowed to have friends, so I guess we have to wait and see. If I were picking someone currently on the canvas, I'd pick Anna or Nina or Ava, once everyone realizes who Ava is. I liked the five second pseudo friendship with Tracy and Ava. Nice chemistry, believable connection, much like Tracy and Kate.

Luke and Laura were horrible with the way they did the pretend reunion. Luke couldn't have faked being ill and insisted the party be postponed, then told Tracy after everyone was gone? They HAD to humiliate her? BALONEY, and I'm so glad Dillon is chewing them up. He may be my new favorite after Tracy, LOL. Anyone who gets in Laura's face and gives her what for is a winner in my book. She deserved it, too.

Dillon, my love. Marry me.

Anyway-Jane and Tony rocked their scenes. I have been thinking all along that Luke will die, and I'm not entirely convinced it won't at least be a presumed death. However I read somewhere that TG didn't like everything about his exit story, and I've heard LnL fans will be happy, so perhaps that means LnL will get their ending together, but maybe off screen, since TG exits months before GF? Or Luke could travel with Lucky for a while.

IDK though. To me, just sending Luke Spencer for good out of town is such a lame ending, with or without Laura. I know they did it decades ago, but back then they figured eventually both would return. This time, it's for good. I don't think it's a good ending for any character. I agree with what one actor said one time, such an ending-just sending the character out of town-it's almost like they don't count enough to give a good send off.

So perhaps that is why he's unhappy, that Luke just kind of slinks away.

I'd love for his ending to be to die in Tracy's arms after she learns the truth. But what I think will happen, if indeed it's an out of town ending, is that Tracy will learn the truth and still feel betrayed that he didn't trust her enough to tell her. They'll still be done. She'll finally keep her word this time, and Luke will know it, and will leave town.

How that's good for LnL is beyond me, unless they do the "insta reunion" route with them and have them realize in a few short weeks that they really can't live without each other. It sounds like something this regime would do.

Anyway,enough of all that. Just happy Dillon is back. I think the actor is good and has great chemistry with JE, and those were the two main things I was worried about.

So that's a vote for no to the resemblance, Ms Q ?

I can see similiar coloring for sure, but eh. I'm just excited about Dillon coming back. I am trying not to focus on the fact that most of Ned's scenes were not with his mom, and just hope they do Dillon and Tracy differently. As far as Tracy/Lulu, yeah I think they'll keep her in Tracy's orbit. Didn't Tracy say once that they'd always be family? So I think TraLu will be fine.

Tracy and Scott. It could be a typo, might be Lucy after all, because really that makes much more sense. Still unsure how I feel about re-opening that particular Pandora's box, if it IS Tracy/Scott. It could be really fun, it could be awful-I think it would hinge on what the story was, and how much actual time was devoted to it.

I'd rather a new man come in, because I think they would devote more time to them if Tracy's "new" love interest were actually a new one, instead of a "re" newed one. If she has to have a love interest right away-and who says she does? I'm good with her focusing on her family and ELQ for now. BUT, in terms of the past, I'd rather they bring Paul back instead of re hooking up Tracy and Scott. I think there's a lot left unfinished between Tracy and Paul, and Dillon has never had an onscreen relationship with his dad. More story potential there I think. And as far as I know, Paul Satterfield isn't already involved in another project.

ETA I will be out of town for work next week beginning Monday afternoon until Thursday night, so I won't be able to watch right away. Would some lovely poster here be so kind as to break down the Tracy/Q/Dillon scenes after they've seen them?

I will send you warm, gooey chocolate chip cookies and a cold glass of milk as a reward!

The guy they are saying is playing Dillon, if in fact it's Dillon, looks like the first actor to play AJ, Gerald Hopkins. That was my thought when I saw the pic, anyone else?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFLXV8-UIAA02yO.jpg:large (possible new Dillon)

Picked one of GH much younger as AJ for better comparison, does anyone else see it, or is it just me?

Gerald: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=gerald+hopkins+images&id=CC0E4EE95BAFFDEDCFDF0BF6A813CFC9A96F9745&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=CC0E4EE95BAFFDEDCFDF0BF6A813CFC9A96F9745&selectedIndex=0

Tony and Jane have both called each other best friends, so there's more to it than just a paycheck for them in terms of them getting to work with each other. Not that it really matters to me that JE and TG adore each other. It's cute, it's sweet, etc. But if it weren't true, it wouldn't bother me. I don't require actors that I like, to like each other.

With that said, I wonder what the Scott spoiler is about. I liked Scott/Tracy as a couple. They were funny and sexy and scheming and HOT. But then there's the fact that he's another one of Laura's leftovers and I really just don't even want Jane and Genie to share scenes if the show can help it. I realize they will, probably. But it should be kept to a minimum because Jane acts circles around Genie and it's just kind of embarrassing, TBH. If they want, for instance, to turn them sort of into frenemies or rivals, it just won't work, because JE needs someone who can match her, or at least try to. I always wanted Lauren Koslow to leave Days and join GH, maybe as Liz's mom, and battle Tracy for something. Now THAT would be something to watch, because it would be like a game of mental ping pong.

But we can't always get what we want.

*shrug*

I've heard the vow renewal rumors for Luke and Tracy. It's really weird, because what I have been picturing for them all along as their ending is a vow renewal, but the vow renewal would be private, and it wouldn't be marriage vows. It would be unmarriage vows, for lack of a better word. Promising to call if one needed the other, vowing to always be there for each other, vowing to always hold one another in their hearts, etc. To always be best friends, because the characters are besties too. It would make a great fan fic, because I doubt we will get anything that sweet and honest and raw and real and heartfelt between them on this show.

A sort of "separation vow" ceremony, if you will. A part of me will always adore Luke and Tracy, but I honestly feel GH totally messed up that opportunity, and I enjoyed them more as BFF's this last time, than I did their later reunion. I hate the missed opportunities, and I adore their scenes, but I haven't truly cared about them as a romantic couple in a long, long time. That said, if I have to watch Tony, I want to watch TG/JE, because again, it's about two actors who can keep up with each other, talent wise. I have no interest in TG sticking around, if he ever changed his mind, and him being paired with a lesser actress-GF or anyone else.

So I'm actually kinda more than okay with them killing Luke off, offscreen, TBH.

Well, if they can't give us Ned, they BETTER give us Dillon. Wouldn't it be a kick in the pants if SC were coming back and they've kept it secret?

If not, they better have found a great recast, and USE the character. Dillon and Tracy are one of the best mother/son pairs ever on the show, would love to see that dynamic again, even with another actor as Dillon.

I agree with you, Remos. We've not been told that they'll reunite Luke and Laura, and obviously if they do, it won't be for long. Unlike you though, I don't really care if they do. I know you still love Lunacy, and I know all the GF/LnL hardliners (especially the ones who lurk here (which is weird and strange and sad) think we all are just weeping and gnashing our teeth over the possible choice of Laura over Tracy. But so many of us don't care, I don't think, and haven't for so long all those silly rivalries from years ago seem pointless now. Luke and Laura, from a romantic standpoint, can have each other. In fact, I wish they would get their sunset ending. That way, I wouldn't have to deal with Laura at all.

I have a bad feeling the show is going to find really stupid reasons for Tracy and Laura to be in one another's orbit, and I just loathe the very thought. I still remember my girl just STANDING there one of the last times Laura was around, when Laura got in her face in her/Monica's house. Old school Tracy at least would have ordered her out or threw her out and may have even gotten physical or plotted against her.

This Tracy did NOTHING but get all emo. I hated that. As if Laura could ever be a match in terms of brains or cunning or WIT for Tracy Quartermaine. If they wanna make Tracy and Scott this scheming power couple who go against Laura and make Laura regret it-great.

If that's not the way it's gonna go, I wish they wouldn't bother.

Nothing for me. I'm giving them a chance to give me good Tracy and Luke before TG leaves, and I'm giving them ONE MONTH after TG leaves to show me they are going to use JE and give her a new love interest. If they don't start it up in that time frame, they're not going to IMO. The time after Luke's departure SHOULD be JE heavy, and if it isn't, that proves they have no interest in writing for her.

So it's WK's last day and he gets a scene with Dr O, but not with his mom?

I really really really hate this show. And I'm disappointed in WK-he should know by now some of us only watch this steaming pile for the Q's. He should have just said he and Jane don't get a final scene. I know, maybe he isn't allowed to say-but I can't help it. I am so.disappointed.

No, I haven't watched yet, and now that I know no Ned/Tracy goodbye, I probably won't.

We're supposed to buy TIIC give a crap about Jane, and Jane will have things to do when TG is gone, when they can't even use her now?

UGH

This hormonal rant has been brought to you by the 9 to 5'ers of the world. *sigh*