alexisfan07

I always forget you are Britt's like one and only detester. Roger and Kirsten have some chemistry but you're right, their ages are awkward and their characters together even more so.

Sadly I think they may be trying to force universal flop Roger Howarth onto Britt soon based on some vague episode summaries I saw for next week. Why can't GH let this man go? It's insane.

This is wonderful news on both counts if true! I sure hope this means we're done with Spinelli, too. Yeesh.

Sent you a message! And yes, ABC is horrible about releasing photo shoots. I will never understand the complete lack of effort and follow through.

We definitely will! They did a photoshoot at the end of September it it usually takes them 4-6 weeks to show up in the opening credits. I don't know who of the existing cast will get 'refreshes' but we'll see all the new contract faces in it. Haley posted behind the scenes of Donnell and Tajh doing photos together so the three of them should get refreshes at least.

Nicholas Chavez impresses me more every passing episode. Anyone else? He's real good.

I'm not sure. If he signed a two-year contract, it was up and he didn't renew it, or they agreed to let him out early of a four-year contract. But I feel like it was William's choice either way.

It's embarrassing and unrealistic how they write the teens as mini adults. Just boring and awful. I used to like William Lipton but his acting somehow regressed over time and now he's saddled with Eden, who isn't bad in theory, but smirks in EVERY scene and has LW's tics down to a T. More Spencer and Trina, less Cameron and Joss. Sadly, with Will recurring and these Joss flirtatiously pushing Spencer in the pool moments, we might have a Joss/Spencer/Trina triangle on our hands eventually. Side note, love your avatar! Spencer's hair was epic haha. Regarding the Shawn storyline, it's very obvious they're retconning the hell out of it. They’re doing a story about racial injustice and Black Lives Matter. They probably thought Sean Blakemore would never return so they could forget about who knew what when because they had zero plans to revisit the character. Now that Blakemore is back and Shawn is free, they have to pretend all these white people didn’t let this poor man rot for five years. They have to save face and make sure all these characters don't look like trash or the story’s entire message loses all credibility. Of course - as is always the case with GH and it missed opportunities - the irony is that the more meaningful story would be playing into the fact that the writers and characters ignored Shawn's sentence this entire time, and have the show, its writers, and its characters atone for their past transgressions - not to mention, then there would be no need for this mass "fever dream" retconning they've cooked up to explain it away.

I enjoyed Nikolas with Molly/TJ as well but let's keep in mind, it's all just plot point driven like any other family/friend interaction on the show. They interacted because Molly helped Shawn get out of prison and he's going after the person who is responsible for shooting Hayden...Nikolas. I don't understand why the writers don't invest in non-plot point driven scenes between friends and family. Just put a post it on the computer screens to remind the writers to insert just normal, fun scenes within families a few times a month. If they fear normal family interactions would be "boring"...I hate to break it to them, but most of the conversations between characters are repetitive and boring already haha.

I was telling my friend about this situation who couldn't care less about soaps and he was just baffled. He absolutely made the "yeah well it's a soap so that makes sense" comments and I couldn't defend it. Chad has been awful for so long now. He needs to go.

NuSpencer was really loud in his first episode but thankfully that hasn't resurfaced. He's definitely playing Spencer with a lot of secrets. I really like him so far, I think he's a really good fit. I'm eager to see if his acting gets softer/more emotional/quippier once he doesn't have a chip on his shoulder. His towering over his dad was pretty funny to me.

Omg I was just thinking about that the other day. I don't the show definitively answered the question one way or another about Neil's death, did they? Absolute mess! EDIT: This is from the GH wiki. I don't remember it being this definitive but maybe it was! Died from respiratory failure after an opioid injection overdose; the opioid came from Cyrus Renault [Aug 31, 2020; revealed on Sep 4, 2020; opioid injection revealed on Sep 8, 2020; Cyrus’ involvement revealed on Sep 21, 2020]

Aww, he's so happy. Look at that cake, LOL!

Yes I agree, I care more about Spencer and Laura's connection than Spencer and his father's to be honest. Me too! His acting was a bit stiff in a few places but I think he held his own well enough for first day jitters.

Poor Nicky! I hope he's doing okay with this news. It has to be hard being a kid growing up on a set that feels like home and being replaced because your looks no longer fit the character. I know it's how Hollywood works but...ouch. Not only that, but I think in the last few years, he became too self-conscious in his acting. His natural charisma and precociousness were adorable when he was a kid, but he really lost that in the last few years that he made appearances. I hope he bounces back. In the meantime, I am looking forward to what Nicholas Chavez brings to the role! It's so funny that Nikolas's son has now been played by two guys named Nic(h)olas. I also saw Nicholas's pronouns are "he/they" on his Insta. I highly doubt GH would have a non-binary character since they can't even write for Lucas or Terry but it would be such an interesting angle to explore!

I totally agree. Isabel is not a bad actress but her Claire is lifeless. I think they aged her up to be able to pair her with RSW and others but she is way too old for the character. All of this being said, I can't blame Isabel entirely. The recent writing for the character has intentionally tried to "normalize" Claire and take away her fun, crazy side to make her more "viable" so it's a combination of the writing and the casting that isn't working IMO.

I think the articles are crediting Leo for "Katy Keene" because it's his most recent or most well-known credit. He actually only wrote one episode of the series. Here's his IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3594650/ EDIT: I see he was a co-producer on "Katy Keene" also, my bad. I still have hope!

Did anyone see this? If ABC is tweeting this, it seems likely the series already has been green-lit.

@Vee @DRW50 I saw this! I'm skeptical that it's Twin Peaks related but the fact that Twin Peaks Productions is involved has to mean something, right? It's curious.

Thanks for always compiling these posts, Vee! I'm so glad three of us hold down the fort as the Twin Peaks stans of SON.

Anyone finished season 5A? I won't spoil anything but I can't lie, I teared up a lot watching episode 9.

There's no way they'll do that, don't worry

Just hot coffee I believe! But a lot have speculated coffee will make him "normal" again in some way very soon haha.

I thought the same thing, boo! I showed my parents the first episode of it and they both remarked that he looked dreadful. I almost thought that when Stamos said his line about "Damn we all still look good," they might cut to Stamos "on accident" out of perversity. I binged the entire season last weekend. I rather enjoyed it! I agree with everyone else that it got a lot better as the season progressed. I know I watched bits and pieces of the regular show when it was on (or perhaps in reruns) but I don't think I was watching every episode or anything. Was I the only one who found Kimmy's husband obnoxious? He was as a complete racial caricature. Not only that but is it supposed to be a positive message that his betrayal and infidelity is a mere punch line and then she I hope he is written out next season. I found the show amusing, I chuckled a few dozen times and smiled a lot but did anyone else not genuinely laugh a whole lot while watching the show? Maybe I am too accustomed now to humor that actually has some finesse and wit behind it. The forced AF laugh track didn't help matters. But still, I certainly didn't LOL a lot. Stephanie and Max (DJ's youngest son) were by far my favorite characters. Loved seeing soap alums John Brotherton and Ryan McPartlin getting some work!

Thank Jesus!