In daytime TV.

Mulcahey laid down the template for dialogue-writing as we know it at GH. And he wrote great scripts for that show. I cannot believe this is the same writer doing B&B now.

I like Mulcahey (at GL and GH, where I watched his work). But this is an overstatement. GH already had an established and strong dialogue team pre-Mulchaey.

Michele Val Jean, Karen Harris, and Elizabeth Korte were on staff for years prior to Mulcahey joining and they always delivered.

Mulcahey wrote one of my favourite GL episodes as well, Maureen's funeral, and I still can't grasp how bad of a mix he's been at B&B.

Edited September 13, 200817 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

 

Michele Val Jean, Karen Harris, and Elizabeth Korte were on staff for years prior to Mulcahey joining and they always delevered.

And those three ladies didn't have a bad script. He did. Several!

And still no Kristen.

Okay, I may watch again, given this analysis, and see if I can find the good stuff you are mentioning. I may need to clothespin my nose.

Medical stories on GH? Uh uh. You must be confusing that with GH: Night Shift (which is pretty dang good, IMO). GH is about love in wartime. I am seriously waiting for them to rename the show GH (just the initials, kind of like KFC doesn't want you to know it is Kentucky FRIED chicken, or AARP doesn't want you to know RETIRED PEOPLE are part of the organization).

Night Shift, on the other hand...I could seriously watch that every week. I'm genuinely interested on a week by week basis to see how that story continues. The Tuesday-late-night doesn't work for me...but Saturday at 6 am sure does!

I love Night Shift, too. It is a show I find myself really invested in at the moment.

I love Night Shift, too. It is a show I find myself really invested in at the moment.

Yes, I just wrote a partial tribute to Night Shift, from the perspective of how to show a post-Nuke gay character, in my blog.

And still no Kristen.

Which is odd, considering TLM has shown up at some other random times. Now there's really no point for her to.

I don't know who wrote today's eppy...but what. the. fluck? I know it was supposed to be touching, but I thought it was just schlocky-bad.

ITA. Normally I don't pay much attention to dialogue, but Thursday and Friday were noticeably bad.

Edited September 14, 200817 yr by y&r_fan

Just caught up with this week's episodes, and for the first time in months, I really enjoyed it.

First there was Nick's confession to Bridget - Ashley Jones rocked those scenes.

I'm so happy to see Stephanie back front and center. I loved how she took control and did everything she could for Eric.

It was nice seeing more of Taylor too. Even though I hate the Taylor/Rick pairing, it still was nice seeing them on with an actual story.

The best scene of the year...

Eric rolls in and witnesses Donna making out with Owen *cue classic dramatic B&B music*

LOVES IT!!

and best of all about this week (and last week IIRC) , NO MARCUS.

I found the foot-washing incongruous and way out of context on B&B. Eric's coma is a plot-point to facilitate Donna and Owen's make-out sessions and Stephanie's attempt to (once again) control Eric. I mean, did anybody really think Eric would not pull through?! This is B&B, after all. And both the foot-washing and the coma will likely be forgotten in a few weeks' time, never to be mentioned again.

Whoever came up with the foot-washing idea, I think they chose it for the visual impact without really following through on what it truly means. I'm not a churchgoer so much nowadays but I did go to catechism when I was little and the story of the foot-washing was about Jesus's humility and rendering homage unto others. In the context of glitzy, campy, whiplash B&B, it felt random and trite. Although I'm sure that wasn't the the intention of whoever came up with the idea. And, bear in mind, that could be Bradley Bell, Kay Alden, Patrick Mulcahey or even somebody else on the writing team.

The best scene of the year...

Eric rolls in and witnesses Donna making out with Owen *cue classic dramatic B&B music*

LOVES IT!!

Exactly -- it was back to Business as Usual. Which is why the previous day's eppy was so... unusual!

And, bear in mind, that could be Bradley Bell, Kay Alden, Patrick Mulcahey or even somebody else on the writing team.

I'd be willing to bet it was Bell. There's an easy way to tell if something is Bell's work or Alden's work: If it's bad, it's Bell. If it's good, it's Alden.