GH: How would you phase out Sonny?

[Antoyne]

I know for some, myself included, Sonny and the mob stuff is this black hole that makes it desperately hard to enjoy most aspects of this show. I honestly feel like if MB even just took one of those extended vacations that TG is constantly taking things would improve drastically. If given the chance how would you phase Sonny out temporarily or permanently?

[Cat]

1. Brenda & Sonny reunite. And realize that Paris is much prettier than Port Charles.

2. Irreversible death. Added bonus: Lorenzo and AJ do the honors.

ETA: Sonny and Jason have been seriously over-exposed (add Carly to that list, too) but IMO it is the whole Mob concept that is killing the show. That and GH's unwillingness to utilize and rotate a talented ensemble cast. IMO, Rick Hearst is arguably the most talented actor on the show and by rights should be on an equal footing with MB. Similarly, Greg Vaughan as legacy character Lucky Spencer should be given the same kind of props and material that Steve Burton gets.

[Kylie]

Phase him out? Please, if I had my way he and Jason would go slowly and painfully. And we'd watch every second of their suffering.

[YRBB]

I'd have Jason f*ck him to near oblivion (you know he can), then Sonny would accidentally shoot himself and die.

[jcar03]

Well, Sonny is only half the problem. You would then need to phase out Jason and the Zaccharas. If MB would of left when his contract expired or where to take a vacation I don't think things would drastically improve since you still had plently of characters tied to the mob.

[All My Shadows]

Have all characters on the show since 1993 stand in a long, long, long line, each one with loaded Winchester 73's.

[Lucid]

Shot to the head

what? too abrupt ?

[DaytimeFan]

Lucy, Kevin, the ghost of Alan, Monica, Mac, Brenda, Luke, Tracey, Robert, Anna, Robyn, Sean, Tiffany, the ghost of Tony, the ghost of Katherine and last, but by no means least, Bobbie all pronounce him dead at, you guessed it, General Hospital.

Then, Jason and the other mob people also get to die very visible and irreversible deaths.

[quartermainefan]

Seeing as how GH has access to the actors who played Robert, Anna, Luke, Laura, Sean, Tiffany, Bobbie, Mac and Felicia, the easiest way to fix GH would be to just start an episode with Felicia waking up telling Mac "what a horrible dream..."

Then she goes to Kellys and has lunch with all of the above and it is discovered that everything from 1991 on never happened, and we spend the week updating and explaining what all of the characters have been doing for the last 18 years. Not only would this get rid of the mob, but it would mean Alan and AJ are alive. GH then would have the luxury of reintroducing all the characters it wants to (like Helena, Nik and the Cassadines, or Liz). Jason would revert back to being a Q and so on. Clean slate achieved, proceed as the writers see fit.

[ian]

I think they should just put all the mob characters in a van and drive off a cliff and explode.

[MTSRocks]

LoL, my thoughts exactly. Now I don't condone violence, but since GH seems to live for it, why not? Why should I suffer Sonny being phased out, when he's been a annoying piece of sh-t since, well, fukc its been a long time. One bullet to the head. DONE!

[CassieFan]

Sonny needs to die along Jason....

[DaytimeFan]

LOVE that.

THAT is a good one!

[YRBB]

People, there's no need for Jason to be killed off! Just have him run around naked all the time, or in that fabulous leather jacket of his and that's all! Sonny on the other hand.....

[detroitpiston]

I like, but I also want them to be the ones who shoot him. Each and every last one of em. And can we add A.J to the list(he owes him for the meat hook and Michael).