(Shelley Curtis Litvack in the comments)

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May 29, 2026
michelevaljean
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Tony. ❤️❤️💔💔

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3 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I loved the Brownstone. In the 90’s it also had a courtyard or some kind of green space. We saw Felicia’s place the most as far as the units during the 90’s IIRC. It was a great setup for having characters interact and as @Vee said, the steps leading up to the entry were used a lot back then.

I think you're referring to the backyard, which will end up hosting Frisco & Felicia's wedding. I believe it's also where Tony proposes to Bobbie, and it might also have hosted Felicia & Colton's wedding (complete with Terry doing "After All" as a solo!).

2 hours ago, Chris 2 said:

That Laurelton story was a dog. I don’t care about Laurelton; I care about Port Charles. And if I were to care about Laurelton, it wouldn’t be because of Bobbie’s spoiled stepdaughter by a marriage to a huge a-hole. Why she is still on the show is a mystery.

There's so many things I ended up loathing about Laurelton: the overwhelming insistence of how menacing and mysterious the place was, the absolute refusal for there to be a coherent narrative (which continues all the way up to Terry and Patrick's last scenes at Jennifer's place), and how much airtime it wasted.

2 hours ago, Chris 2 said:

This is a weird era for GH. Anna is a dynamic character, but they decide to saddle her with Buzz, a nondescript character who is 20 years older? Don Galloway was a supporting actor in a primetime series from over 10 years earlier. Was he that much of a “get”?

@Vee has touched upon this in previous posts. Anna & Buzz seems to have been an attempt at a young, grey woman gets tamed by the older, paternalistic male storyline. There's other examples, but the first that comes to mind is Rachel and Mac.

2 hours ago, Chris 2 said:

Tony and Tania are a snooze - she should have disappeared from the show after the Grant Putnam/Andrews story concluded.

Tania's getting a little bit more to do thanks to the Buzz storyline. She and Tony are often seen at his bedside for speech therapy and checkups. They really shot Tania in the foot by making speech her field. She'll never figure in emergency scenes the way most of the other hospital characters would.

2 hours ago, Chris 2 said:

The show needs a good housecleaning.

2 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Wes Kenney dropped several characters when he arrived. Does someone have a tally? I know Bryan and Claudia went for starters.

Rest assured, I will start keeping a tally.

Before I started watching, December 1985 included the departures of Robert, Grant, and Lee & Gail. At this point in 1986, we've lost Celia and Kevin, and are about to lose Lorena. I'm limiting my tally to characters who didn't exist solely for a single storyline, like Jennifer.

2 hours ago, Vee said:

I find some of Judith Chapman's strained reactions to Mike's relationship with Derek real and compelling, but I have a very limited tolerance for JC in most roles and I have no idea why they thought they should replace Lesley Webber with a character like Ginny who is a real ice queen most of the time. She just makes me uncomfortable.

I've already watched the episodes for this weekend's recap, and let me tell you, it's unintentionally hilarious watching Ginny bond with Lucy. Ginny's rationale is that a town outcast who's been redeemed should give back to another gal trying to make good.

2 hours ago, Vee said:

And possibly use it as an entry point to bring on either a renamed Rick Jr. or another kid, or Mike's kid - any number of options for a hunk for the hospital.

If it's the Hunk Formerly Known as Rick Jr., maybe he models for Deception on the side. There's a cute moment in Tuesday's episode where Lynn and Judith are balancing what Lucy and Ginny are supposed to be doing, watching their pretaped interview on chairs in the Webber kitchen, with trying to keep the infant they're acting with from lifting his hands too high and screwing up any shots.