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The second she started pushing for Carly and Lorenzo she became persona non grata to them, it was nasty to see.

I noticed this as well lol. Its funny observing how the various fanbases work on there, I gotta give the Liason stans credit for best organization in agenda pushing at least. They’ve made sure to flood the show hashtag with retro Liason content and negativity towards anything having to do with Lucky’s return on a constant basis. A lot of the fanbases do false rage baiting as well. Like how people were riled up over the show erasing Nikolas from the transplant storyline and forgetting Lucky not being a donor match for Lulu back in the day when in actuality the show went out of its way to address all of that. When they got egg on their faces they all just pivoted to a new negative talking point to harp on. I have no problem understanding why TPTB just ignore the criticism lobbied against the show there.

They played all the right beats with Lucky and Liz today. Good flashback usage and history referencing, she pressed him when it comes to abandoning Aiden, funny snark moments, him knowing she painted the Bobbie’s sign without anyone telling him. JJ and RH still got chemistry in spades too, I’m all in. The brief scene with them and Jason and Sam was good nostalgia as well. I liked seeing Sam and Jason finally communicate through the awkwardness, apologize and come to an understanding. Its too damn bad we didn’t get more of them together until now…their scenes with Dante were good as well. I guess Hat Daddy is leaving the show? Good riddance. Maura West and Tabyana Ali looked 🔥 today and I enjoyed the Ava and Trina, Portia and Trina, Ava and Ric scenes. They keep having Portia go off on these awful behaving characters as if its designed to make them more sympathetic but I just end up siding with her anyway. I don’t even know if she has a real reason to hate Brad but I’m totally fine with her making his life at GH hell even if she’s being a slight hypocrite when it comes to changing test results. I zoned out for the Heather/Ric/Alexis stuff. Glad Molly walked off on Alexis for putting herself in this predicament.

Alexa Havins never had a chemistry problem at AMC so I’d be surprised if that ended up being an issue. They are fools not to be playing a triangle with her and KeMo on opposite ends though, they were top of the pack when it came to sexiest women on daytime in the 00s. I wish they had kept him as a consultant or something. Van Etten does not do good long term story beat play and misses obvious layups. I still can’t believe no one in production thought to make who shot Jagger a mystery, this could have played out all Fall

I always liked him as Mike and was sad to see they recast when they brought the character back. RIP

Ivy was always just Bradley’s Hope and Steffy substitute when one of them were off canvas so I’m curious how long she’s actually around for

I was. Carrie, Sami, Eric, Belle, Paul, Will, Allie etc even Rex. All the offspring that have had main roles onscreen should be there.

Aw man this and Greg Vaughan’s last texts with Drake really got to me. They better do it big for John’s death on screen. I want every actor willing to come back to be present but especially John and Marlena’s shared kids and grandkids.

I don’t get the high Hudson West praise but Jake was still a dead baby the last time I watched before tuning back in in 2023 so I don’t have any attachment to him as a performer. He’s not awful but I didn’t see him doing anything outstanding with the Charlotte shooting or Jason return rebellion that would make me mad if he got replaced. Jake’s college send off scenes felt very “see ya later kid we’ll be SORASing when the time is right” and I’m more than fine with that.

Oh I loved todays show. Great to see a strong focus on family and friendships I like the nuAidan. His scenes with Liz talking about Lucky were great and as a fellow proud mamas boy I loved how he big upped his mother. I liked the Liz and Terry scenes as well and then that ending with Lucky seeing Liz at Bobbie’s, can’t remember the last time I was invested in a ship but they’ve got me with LnL2 Loved everything with Lucky. His scenes walking through the hospital, reuniting with Carly and addressing missing Bobbie’s funeral, talking with Jason, he even had good chemistry with Portia. The stuff at Lulu’s bedside was the best by far and I loved the flashback usage. I hope they continue to play his guilt for abandoning the family. JJ is selling it well and it has to be tackled continuously for this return to fully work. Jason getting bothered by Carly and Jack is hilarious as was her taking credit for the drone strike that saved the gang from Sidwell 😂 She’s gonna blow a gasket when she finds out about the Jason and Anna kiss and I can’t wait Anna and Felicia's scenes were pretty good as well I wonder how far they will go with this Janna tension Holly 😍 loved her scenes with James and Mac but understood Mac not wanting her involved with Robert again. Emma Samms is just a delight and I felt her angst at the end standing at Robert’s office door before walking off. Nina and Curtis scenes were also good. The comments that Curtis’s actor only comes alive when he’s paired with the YT women might have some real merit 💀😂 I wouldn’t mind a pivot to a Curtis and Nina affair when this Drew stuff blows up I’m actually sad we only get three episodes this week, I want more

They definitely stretched the limit with the captivity stuff but I’m still excited now that Lucky is finally in Port Charles. Just don’t make the mistake they did with Jason by keeping him away from the characters we want to see him with in favor of pushing one ship.

Riggs is the one who baked cookies for an episode and thankfully disappeared and Enzo was the one I didn’t mind but definitely wasn’t front burner storyline ready. I’m with @Vee neither was impressive and I’d rather they recast than keep poor to mid range actors in legacy roles.

I didn’t mind the one kid everybody complained so much about but the one they had baking with Sasha was cringe worthy even though he looked exactly like Becky Herbst.

Wow. John and Marlena were one of my first soap supercouples. Everything about Drake as a performer was iconic and what a leading man should be. RIP

I wonder who will direct the first week of episodes. The tone setting stylistic wise is gonna be super important for the first 5 shows and they need a format that stands out but is also achievable long term.

I enjoyed all the action scenes today, made for a fun episode. Brennan sending the drone blast and Holly pulling up with a jeep to get everyone outta there was cool stuff. Jason should have killed Sidwell like he was about to until Lucky stopped him, looks like Holly’s sticky fingers has Sidwell otw to Port Charles as well. Wonder if he ends up being Natalia’s ex since they keep hinting at him being dangerous. Jack and Carly >>>> CarSon round 2000 and dry ass Natalia and Sonny. I still hate Diane pushing Carly and Sonny to play up their fake romance alibi but loved Lucy commenting to Natalia how tired their reunion cycle is. 😂 Martin no Tad rejecting Lucy and Tracy peeping the whole thing was also hilarious. Sasha and Cody and Robert and Diane were snooze fests per usual. Really nice scenes with Liz and Felicia talking about Lucky, Frisco, and Epiphany though. I was happy when Lucky called Liz at the hospital at the end, the Liason fans can stay mad lol I’m glad the show seems to be headed in my preferred ship direction.

Oh wow they’re really committed to shoring up the Spencer fam presence. Curious what the story is

Guess he’s here for Sam’s funeral, wonder why they couldn’t get Carnes back. Not a bad recast choice though Luke could grate on my nerves back in the day

Was not expecting that Jason and Anna kiss 😂 I love their chemistry together so I’m not mad at all but that look Jason gave right before makes me think it was a fake out for the guards. Anna and Holly got some great scenes talking about Robert and we finally got some decent action started with Sidwell fighting over a gun with Holly and Lucky after yet another boring poker game. Please let Friday be the wrap up to all of this. Good scenes with Tracy and Stella talking about loss of loved ones but I need Tracy to get a better storyline than moping over wack ass Cody and Sasha. I’m glad Ned is on Drew’s ass and James told him about Willow crying over kissing her Uncle in law. It feels like this regime wants to protect Willow and Michael’s saintly Facebook stanbase and won’t allow her and Drew to have a real steamy affair and its keeping this story from reaching max potential. Now she keeps playing Ms Morale and Drew continues to just look like a creep. I’m over it.

I’m sad Clenshaw is leaving man, he brought me back as a viewer with Cindy’s return and the quality maintenance of the show under him has been consistently entertaining and made EastEnders by far the best soap on air IMO. Glad he’ll still be showrunning the 40th and I hope the new producer keeps the train running well.

One thing I found interesting was that ABC made sure to highlight High Potential’s performance in the top 15 on Hulu this week. GH maintains a spot there regularly but I’ve yet to see a presser from them hyping that up. I wish we could get the official numbers and I wonder if the show would make the streamer charts if more episodes were made available longer than 2 weeks. 🤔

I wouldn’t say that. He was being protective of his sister by calling Diane over but he didn’t suddenly turn into a Sonny cape defender or betray his badge. I really liked seeing him and Chase at odds though and Chase in serious cop mode was the most interesting he’s been IMO, I hope they play their dynamic more like this. I enjoyed todays show. I hate that Carly is back tangled in Sonny’s web of murder so I’m glad Sam went in on her. Sam vs Carly is such a rich dynamic and I’m sad they barely scratched the surface of reigniting it all year but today was a great showing at least. Good digs of truth from both sides and I had to laugh at them doing all that arguing in front of comatose Lulu 😂 Curious how Molly and Martin (no Tad) think they could ever put enough pressure to get Carly to crack Jordan and Isaiah discussing her grief over Irene was nice to see. Also enjoyed her scenes with Alexis even though she accepted her explanation for filing the custody paperwork for Kristina way too quickly for my liking. Kristina and Sonny’s scenes talking about mental health were nice but he lost me at the end with the talk around the bush in regards to killing Jagger. This story has zapped away any redeeming qualities I still saw for him. Finally some real movement with operation Save Our Spencers. I liked Anna and Jason trolling Sidwell and him getting to the bottom of Holly’s connection to all of them but him making everybody play a poker game for freedom as the cliffhanger was so damn lame lol. We better get a good action sequence when they finally make their escape.

I don’t even know what they could do to boost the numbers at this point but its clear Sonny, Jason, Alexis, Kristina and co as airtime heavy leads isn’t working for the audience. If they end up bleeding more viewers with Monaco’s exit, woof.

I let episodes pile up during the DirectTV dispute and lost a lot of my enthusiasm to watch but I caught up on everything today before Hulu could purge. Loved all the Davis girl drama with Alexis getting clink clinked for Sonny killing Jagger. Lindsay Hartley is a massive upgrade as Sam onscreen, she did more in three days than Kelly Monaco has since I tuned back in this last year or so. Loved her scenes confronting Michael and talking about Jason and Lucky being deadbeats with Elizabeth and Danny overhearing. Sam preparing to take a deep dive to prove Alexis innocence had me 💀 they aren’t being subtle with where this story is going at all and I had to laugh at them having Lindsay play the set up for it. Frank was definitely trolling Monaco at this point BTS Molly’s scenes venting to Dex at the bar today were more good work from K Vaganos. Kristina and Felicia’s counseling session last week also had nice performances from Mansi and K Wagner, though I still want somebody to smack Kristina every time she calls baby Irene Adela I’m glad her PTSD was finally addressed on screen. I also really loved the Molly and Kristina office confrontation that aired in contrast with the amazing Sonny and Ric face off at Ava’s gallery. Rick Hearst really made Maurice Bernard level up and Maura West lurking in the background was chefs kiss. I’m glad the show has finally started using Becky Herbst for real, loved Liz friend-zoning Ric. Lucky hallucinating Liz reading him the riot act for abandoning their family was absolutely the best scene of his return so far. The poker playing with Sidwell has gotten old real fast and while I’m enjoying Anna and Jason teaming up and Holly trolling around, I hope this Save Our Spencers adventure wraps up by the end of the week and everyone gets back to Port Charles. I love Carly’s renewed Spencer family interest and yearning to repair her relationship with Lulu. Jack and Carly are still a fun pairing as well and Josslyn giving her mama hell for protecting Sonny again has been excellent. Jordan has also gotten a lot of airtime with this protect Isaiah crusade and I’m not mad even though the actress is still very much robotic. She and Isaiah have okay chemistry, loved her running Cyrus out of his room and I like her better in this more active role as opposed to the useless deputy mayor stuff or having to entertain Stephen A during his Disney contract pop ups. Super happy Stella got Trina to go back to school and I support Portia switching Heather’s lab results to keep her kooky ass in jail, hope she gets away with it and Brad takes the fall. This rebooted writing regime has made me lose interest in the Nina/Drew/Willow/Michael quad. Willow’s constant angst bores me, Drew comes off like a creep and Nina and Michael are just kind of pathetic. The heat and intrigue is all gone because of the slowness and lack of sex. I still don’t give a damn about anything Sasha and Cody got going on either and Tracy deserves better than to have to prop them. Frank V is really determined to make something shake with Gio but he’s still a bore though I do love his dynamic with Lois. Him, Trina and Joss are just way too goody goody man, bring Emma on as a bitch, recast Spencer and Cam or call Maurice Bernard’s son back and let him be the moody trainwreck of the group and get something interesting going. No early 20s set should be so boring. The show is still decent overall but I’m not as enthused by some of the story direction post Jagger’s killing which has made it easier to let episode viewing get delayed for me. They still got my viewership locked in for this Spencer family resurgence though

I will never forgive Mal Young for killing her off. I used to want Phyllis and Neil to have faked her death and swept her to a secret facility that could keep her alive but comatose and not tell Devon just in case she didn’t make it, that or a crazed GC Buzz fan. With the latest backstory of Hilary and Amanda’s rich birth family they can just say one of them already knew about the relation and took her.