StevieM

Has anyone else noticed that GH is not recognizing the cyclosporiasis outbreak? Yesterday, at the lunch with Chase, Brooklynn, Trina and Gio, there was a bowl of lettuce on the table, and some lettuce in Chase's sandwich. There were also strawberries and blueberries being eaten. Today, Jack's breakfast included a bowl of strawberries and blueberries. Maybe this was all filmed before the outbreak started. Hopefully they have made adjustments to ensure that this food is no longer shown being eaten by the characters.

I was actually thinking the same thing about Charlotte. When she was in a bikini the past few weeks, I kept thinking that she should have a scar from when Anna shot her. I still remember what she said at the time: "My first battle wound."

Agreed. The same goes for Rachel's twins on Another World.

The GH writers have appropriated/approximated lines from two other shows in recent days. Carly asked Z with amazement "Are you hitting on me?" That line was taken from Lost, when Kate and Sawyer met in the ALT. He had arrested her and observed that it seemed like the universe was trying to put them together I will recopy the post I put up a week ago regarding the other example. Here it is: I noticed something on today's show. Danny said to Charlotte "I'll always come back for you." That line, and the underlying emotion it sought to convey, was disproportionate to who Danny and Charlotte are to one another. Their history isn't that deep, and their connection isn't that impressive. It also seemed to be a rip-off/copy/appropriation of a similar line that was once delivered on another show. Did anyone here watch "Switched at Birth?" Remember Emmet's classic line to Bay at the end of Season 1, when he helped track her down as she was heading to the Mexican border? "I'll always come find you." From EBay to Danny & Charlotte. Television has come down a long way.

I noticed something on today's show. Danny said to Charlotte "I'll always come back for you." That line, and the underlying emotion it sought to convey, was disproportionate to who Danny and Charlotte are to one another. Their history isn't that deep, and their connection isn't that impressive. It also seemed to be a rip-off/copy/appropriation of a similar line that was once delivered on another show. Did anyone here watch "Switched at Birth?" Remember Emmet's classic line to Bay at the end of Season 1, when he helped track her down as she was heading to the Mexican border? "I'll always come find you." From EBay to Danny & Charlotte. Television has come down a long way.

Thursday's episode had one of the biggest historical errors, or retcons, I have ever seen in all my years of watching daytime television. Probably the biggest one I have ever seen on General Hospital. Sonny and Ric did not know each other when they were children. Sonny didn't even know Ric existed until they were both well into their adult lives. It is shocking to me that the writers could make that big of a mistake.

Maxie making this decision right after being reunited with Nathan is absolutely insane. This should have taken much longer to figure out. They have bungled this story from the beginning, and I say this as someone who liked the idea of Nathan coming back to his old life while Maxie was in a coma. First, Nathan should have been the one who Maxie woke up to. It would have been awesome to see her wake up and think she was dead and in heaven. Second, if Maxie/Spinelli was the endgame, then she should have started out by choosing Nathan. She could have attributed it to an unwillingness to dismiss the importance of marriage vows after what happened with Lucky. BTW, we are overdue for a scene in which Maxie gives a heartfelt apology to Elizabeth. That part can still happen. Right now, I am having flashbacks to early 2003 when Dena Higley first took over at Days of our Lives. She quickly reunited Jack and Jen, got them remarried way too soon (in an absolutely terrible wedding), and removed all conflict from their story. After that, she was done with them. They were mostly off the air for next few months, getting about one airdate a month in fluff scenes. It probably won't be that bad for Maxie/Spinelli, because the writers don't hate KS and BA the way that many of TPTB at DAYS had long despised Matthew Ashford. But it doesn't seem like there is going to be a big story for them.

I would like to offer my thoughts on Maxie's return from a different perspective than many other posters have. Unlike many, I liked the idea of Nathan coming back while Maxie was in a coma and resuming his old life while she wasn't around. It felt different than the same cliched story that we had all seen on soap operas so many times. The writers completely botched it. We haven't seen Nathan dealing with Maxie being gone in a compelling way. There haven't even been any scenes with Nathan and Georgie. Admittedly, I don't know if this young actress could pull off some complex dialogue and emotions on this subject, but a recast was possible. I also assumed that it would be Nathan who Maxie woke up to. She probably would have thought that she was dead and had gone to heaven. Especially if Britt walked in a little while later. That would have been something different, something we hadn't seen on a soap before. Instead, we got Felicia telling Maxie, who went right back to sleep a little while later. I love the idea of Maxie quickly stating that she will honor her wedding vows to her husband. She could explain to Spinelli that she won't treat her marriage as dispensable. Then she could tell Georgie about what happened with Lucky back in the day. She could explain that she promised herself, and maybe say she promised Elizabeth, that she would never commit adultery, or disrespect the marital union, again. There actually should have been a scene like that between Elizabeth and Maxie while Lucky was there, or maybe right after he left. Maxie had no scenes with Lucky during JJ's short run, mainly because the writers were too lazy about thinking something up. Never-the-less, it would be believable to say that she had grown as a person and felt like the right thing to do was keep her distance. As for Maxie's pledge to Nathan, obviously, this being a soap, it wouldn't last. Maxie would find her way back to Spinelli, at least for one night. But her initial intention could believably be to stay in her marriage and be true to the vows that she and Nathan made to one another.

I can't imagine Matthew Ashford would turn down GH if they asked him to come back. DAYS does not value him the way they should, and he doesn't get nearly as much airtime there as Wally Kurth does.

Part of me is wondering if that is Alex, not Anna. It would be an interesting twist. There are two big problems with that theory: 1. Anna told Emma to tell Jason that Faison was alive. I don't think Alex, Sidwell or Cullum would know that Jason is her confidant on this matter. 2. It was established back in the day that Emma is capable of telling Alex and Anna apart. GH: Alex & Anna Scenes on 5/19/17 Part 1/3

This probably doesn't count as a new character, but I will offer the example anyway. In 1989 Days of our Lives took the patch off of Steve Johnson. They gave him a glass eye, and the change was meant to be permanent. Anne Howard Bailey was the HW who made that decision, shortly after Al Rabin retired as co-EP. I don't think many fans today understand just how popular Patch Johnson was in the mid-80s. The patch craze was enormous. He was arguably the most popular character in the history of the show. And the patch was central to his identity. The decision to take the patch away was beyond crazy. When Al Rabin got brought out of retirement, the patch immediately came back. Actually, it is even possible that Ken Corday made that decision himself, before Rabin even returned.

I am guessing that he will be incapacitated for the long term. Willow will be his primary caregiver, with help from a live-in nurse. She will have total control over his affairs. And we will see her taunting him regularly. She may also take actions designed to keep him incapacitated.

In 1980 there was an actors strike that lasted for 3 months. It pushed back the season premiere of Dallas into November. People had to wait quite a while to find out who shot JR. I actually think that the scene with Willow and Drew was real. My prediction is that Drew becomes incapacitated for the long term and Willow becomes his caregiver, along with a live-in nurse. He won't be able to tell anyone what she did because he won't be able to speak. I also think she is going to enjoy taunting him.

I am starting to think that when Drew screams "you shot me!" in the courtroom, he will be talking to Willow, not Michael.

We are two or three days away from finally learning the identity of the shooter. It feels like we should all be making our predictions. My money is on Molly. If Sam had the same ringtone for Scout that Drew does, Molly might have decided to use it too. She is preparing to do some scenes with Nathan related to the case. I wonder if they will evoke memories of Laura's trial for killing Damien Smith, when we learned that Justus (Laura's lawyer) was the one who killed Damien, and we saw him remembering what he did, while he was describing to the jury what he thought had actually happened that night. Maybe while Molly is working the case, we will see her remembering what she did.