GL: April Discussion

[jfung79]

15 minutes into today's episode now ("banana pancakes" -- love the funny awkward scene!).

Some other things I forgot to say about yesterday:

It was shocking how far Marina went to keep Henry, planting drugs on the social worker. I have really lost respect for Marina. She had a point about how Henry was in a loving home, and that's all she should have done.

However, in an emotional soapy sense, it is good to have Marina and Mallet reach a new height of happiness, seemingly secure in their future with Henry, just before the bombshell of the baby's real parentage.

I am not sure, by the way, if Shayne will want custody. What are people's predictions? I think if Marina and Mallet end up losing Henry, it will be their tearful and painful choice, not Shayne's doing. It is also possible Marina and Mallet will just end up raising Henry after a couple months of everyone not being sure what to do. I don't see Shayne really pursuing a custody battle against Marina to the end, or Dinah against Mallet, although they may start one.

[Rakesh]

I removed the link since the spoiler is in the link. We're discussing it in the spoiler section and you're more than welcome to join us.

http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/index.p...mp;#entry710513 (SPOILERS)

[jfung79]

I wonder how long Dinah will keep the secret from Shayne. That's another thing that's not predictable. If GL were not ending on CBS soon, this could have had the potential to be kept secret for a year or more. It would have been a soap cliche, but the fallout could still have been gripping.

[jfung79]

Today's episode was another solid one, although I don't have much to comment on.

Frank's delusion to Buzz about how he could tell Natalia was still in love with him showed some depth to the character. Alan's conversation with Otalia and Natalia started off as the same old one, but changed into something else. I liked the weirdness of it. I also liked Alan mentioning Rafe for the first time in three or four months -- yes, they remember Rafe is a Spaulding! I liked Olivia asking Natalia if she wanted to come in to the room. I'm so glad they aren't going to have Olivia pushing Natalia away for weeks and weeks.

Bill and Lizzie were fun today -- I loved Lizzie's mock jealousy about the masseuse and the cliched but always fun pushing Bill into the water -- but bring on the rest of the Spauldings for some conflict.

Part of me wishes Clarice had testified about Marina planting the drugs. That might have led to some interesting conflict between Mallet and Marina, and between Marina and her dad (who might have to arrest her?), although it would have messed with the bombshell Shayne reveal.

[Khan]

If GL weren't rounding the clubhouse turn, if you will, this would be a perfect time to take Frank in a new, darker direction. Send him away for a bit with hurt feelings; recast if you have to (frankly, I doubt FD could play brooding); then bring him back, resolving never to be so trusting and naieve with anyone again.

[AllAboutAngst]

Well if you want to know,

It's unfortunate the show is going to end before they have the time to really play out this story, it has potential to be fairly interesting, mostly with Dinah's conflict over thinking Shayne deserves to raise his child, but Mallet and Marina are good parents to Henry. What would be even more interesting is if it became a Cooper vs. Lewis thing and gave us a break from the dumb and overdone Spaulding vs. Cooper saga.

I think I'm the only person who just finds Lizzie and Bill dull these days - probably because I'm rather sick of the story always being them against the evil Spauldings who are trying to ruin their happiness.

Happy that Bosnia stuff is over, still don't understand why Edmund followed them. Hopefully that means that is the last time we'll hear the name Lara, but I doubt it.

The location shoot looks interesting, we shall see though.

Also, if rumors are true and Gina, Jeff, Marcy, and Daniel have already made it known they don't plan on continuing with GL if the show continues I'm not sure what the show is going to focus on then, because Robert and Kim aren't going either. As great as Otalia is, I don't know if they could do it on their own, and Daisy, Ashlee, James, Remy, Christina and Marina being the other main characters, uh uh

[Rakesh]

Anyone else seeing all those Bill and Lizzie ads on SON?

[DAMfan]

How dumb jeff/josh to keep using dumb Roc to deal with Edmund - want Eddie to turn the tables on the hypocrites that get away with crimes that are excused or glossed over. Maybe M & M will get dumb Roc to babysit baby Henery.

GL new phone # 866 - 695 - 1859

email: [email protected]

[RoseVioletDaisy]

I have to say, I wish Edmund had been following Dinah & Shayne today and could've seen them going at it near Lara's grave and made them pay because that was so crossing the line.

And seriously how useless is Roc to be so freaking huge and yet so easy to manhandle?

[jfung79]

Oh no about these rumors, I didn't know about them, but Phillip, Alan, Rafe, Billy, Beth, Buzz, Blake, and Lillian too could be main characters, and they can always recast and bring back some old faves, as well as create new characters with ties to the current ones. If the show became weekly or half an hour as I think it might, it would need a smaller cast anyway.

[Mitch]

The discussions are for the show to focus on the Spauldings and the Bauers....the Coopers werent mentioned but I cant see Ellie giving up on that goofy family so soon after moving heaven and earth to make this Guiding Coopers. I think they definatley will focus on the cheaper, currently recurring core characters and recast some old ones with cheaper actors (i.e. Ed maybe???) That is why I dont see them getting rid of Dicipolous, at this point in time he has to be paying THEM to be on the show. I would think that GA would be the lead and most expensive actor...Zimmer and Newman wont be a part of it (which can only mean no Brad Cole!!!)

Does anyone know anything about the official Telenext Board? I havent been able to get in for three days. Did they cancel that too?

[Khan]

How dumb is GL to keep using dumb Roc for anything at all? That joke wasn't amusing the first time he was on.

[Mitch]

Agreed, you dont have a dime to spend, so why bring on this nobody...spend it on Alex, Blake, (hey she was a private eye before, I could see her pulling out her old Blake moves to seduce Eddie into her sack for a while, then handcuff him to the bed, which would be more fun then seeing this dork run around town) and Vanessa.

I dont understand why they insist on the realness of this production model, but they insist on having secret agents, assassins, kidnappings, and people named "Roc Hoover," which shows that someone on GL has a sense of humor or that they are dumb as a box of eh, rocks, as it makes it sound like a gay porn star moved to Springfield.

[DAMfan]

Have a feeling if it wasn't for Edmund - RN [josh] wouldn't have anything to do on GL now - still would like to see Eddie/josh with their grandson - still think they can explain Eddie bad stuff with head injuries like they excuse other characters crime or just treat them like they never happen anyway DAM is too good to lose as Eddie or someone should pick up DAM fast if GL really does go off for good - however I want GL and Eddie to shine on. I would like to see Eddie/Liv/Nat to party together.

GL new phone # 866 - 695 - 1859

email: [email protected]

[Rakesh]

Bill and Alan's phone conversation was HILARIOUS!