GH: May 2014 Discussion Thread

[cuzIsaySo]

I think this is the best JZ has looked in ages.

[AlexElizabeth]

And Jimmy Kimmel worked Kevin into his opening monologue. Riiiight.

[Mathewson]

I feel so bad for Jordan. I don't like TJ but he's easier to deal with when he's away from the other even twittier tweens. I really like Jordan and TJ as mother and son.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking but I think Laura Wright is becoming as annoyed and bored by Roger as I am.

"Do you think you can put away a criminal for the rest of his life? Or are you too tied up with another man's wife?" Ha! Anna's finally showing some wit. Scott's reaction was too funny.

I don't GAF what Luke's or notLuke's big mission is. This OMGTHEEVUL mystery is so boring and tedious. And could Geary be any more lethargic?

Scott is so goofy. It's kind of endearing. I can't take Bobbie seriously either cause of all the work Zeman's clearly had done but it's strangely endearing too.

I'm starting to love Julian. DeVry is gorgeous! Maybe it helps that I hate Sonny and Ava so much. Too bad DeVry keeps shilling for Shatner, UGH!!!!!

Carly might as well give it to Sonny. Then Sonny and Ava can kill each other. But that's just a nice dream.

The confrontation with Lucy and Kevin was the most engaging part by far. I feel bad for Lucy but I'm glad Kevin said all that to her instead of sugarcoating it. And I love Lucy (mostly I just love Lynn Herring) but she's not too bright. She really can't believe that all Kevin wants now is the divorce?!

It's funny how Maura West and Kristen Alderson are tv mother and daughter since they're both reminding me more and more of godawful Yvonne Zima. Oh dear lord, I think I just gave RC his next new 'vixen'....

[Cheap21]

Since the year started, Franco and Carly have solved the Heather mystery, the murder of AJ and now Connie's murder. What the hell is the point of Anna and her PCPD? Even Sam was instrumental in solving the Nina case since the cops were barking up the wrong tree

[DRW50]

"He's had two long-term psychotic episodes and stalked one of his best friends!"

"Eh."

"His wife had an affair with her ex."

"BURN HIM!! BURN HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[NothinButAttitude]

Exactly. It defeats the point of even having characters working for the PCPD when you have Carly, Franco, and Sam solving all the mysteries. Had they stumbled upon the truth of one of the mysteries then OK. But it's nerve wrecking that these two keep solving mysteries like they're Scooby Doo crew.

But I find this to be a recurring issue on all the soaps (minus B&B as they rarely have murder mysteries & don't have contractual police characters)--soap characters doing detective work. Like leave it to the "professionals" on this show and give the non-law enforcement character REAL jobs, so they won't do this type of work.

But I'm just waiting for the day when RC drops the word "jenkies" in Carly's dialogue.

[Khan]

Ron Carlivati: "Of course! What's wrong with THAT? #h8erstaypressed"

[DRW50]

It's just ridiculous. I think Ron needs viewers to know that when these reveals or scandals happen, they are HUGE and LIFE-CHANGING (because he wrote them). This is like Monica losing her job over AJ being on trial for murder. And you notice this happens mostly to the recurring people we barely see. Obrecht could probably take a dump in every hospital bed and she'd still keep her job.

[Khan]

That's because Frank and Ron don't think her [!@#$%^&*] stinks.

Monica losing her job over A.J.'s trial made No. [!@#$%^&*]. Sense. But if you call Ron out on illogical plot twists such as those, what's his reaction? "Whatevs, h8ers gonna h8te, and you can't just win with some peeps."

[Juliajms]

He's taken this show so deep into camp that I don't even look for logic. You might as well just bang your head against a wall. All I can do is enjoy the parts of the show that I like, on their own terms. For example, I do like Dr. O. I find the actress fun and talented. Do I think that her presence on the show makes any bloody sense? No, I don't.

I really think OLTL was more reality based than GH is at this point. I guess I've made peace with the idea that I can either find things to enjoy or tune out. I'm not ready to give up quite yet, although if GH were cancelled I wouldn't be crying any rivers.

[Mathewson]

It's so hard to like Lucy. She's so thirsty for attention and the twitching, while kind of endearing, is annoying as hell. I can be overdramatic and a diva too but at least I'm aware of it. Lucy doesn't really have any self awareness at all. I can't believe she was so shocked that Kevin wanted a divorce. It's fine that she's upset, that's one thing, but she just doesn't have any self awareness.

RC clearly doesn't care about Kevin. I'm surprised he hasn't had Jon Lindstrom fired.

I think some of the people on GH are deliberately being wooden so they don't have too much energy. If they do, RC would turn their characters into bad camp imitations of the fabulous Joan Crawford! But I still think it works with Kathleen Gati and Obrecht. The fact that she is STILL the COS after taking the baby, shooting Liz, trying to kill other people, among other things, is so absurd that it goes all the way back to being awesome!

Does it bother anyone else that TJ keeps yelling at his mother for being a drug dealer but couldn't care less that Shawn is in the damn mob with that bastard Sonny?

Who cares about Connie's death? I still don't buy that Ava could successfully kill someone. She has such an overinflated ego. And Sonny thinks he's so much better than everyone, yet he cared about Connie and was impressed by Ava. So gross!

[Cheap21]

yet Kevin loses half his patients bc his wife dared to cheat on him. I guess at least he wasn't fired

[KMan101]

Because TJ being upset with Shawn doesn't fit Ron's current agenda, so it gets brushed aside that Shawn also works for the mob. Granted, Sonny's a joke.

And Ron needs to stop dismissing valid complaints about missing story beats or having them off-camera. It's not just 'haters hating'.

I agree that he's taken it into deep camp and there's just no point looking for logic anymore. Sad but true.

This.

[Cyberologist]

I have thought that Jordan is undercover from the very beginning...she seemed like she was trying to say something to TJ; then she goes "its not like that.

Seeing my girl with Ric still makes my stomach curdle...how can you give this man who abused you a chance esp after being married twice after they showed a semblance of character growth they got her looking stupid again...

So the cliffhanger is Carly about to tell Stumpy about Ava shooting Connie dun dun dun....some of these arcs need to come to an end for a minute.

Tracy please, I can't take it somebody figure FauxLuke out. Where' LuLu when you need her?

IA that JZ has done a corrective procedure or something because she looks different in the The Bay she plays the mayor' wife its those overly puffy built up cheeks its like if you stick a pin in them they'll go pop!

Bobbie and Leslie were my favs back in the day so its hard to see her with the reworked face. I'm surprised but I'm enjoying the Lucy/Scotty/Kevin triangle. I'm surprised Lucy thinks they can just carry on though. I had to FF through Carly/Franco I just couldn't take it ... I tried though.

[Khan]

Do the writers and EPs of "The Good Wife" categorically dismiss viewers' concerns? From what I have heard, they care very much how viewers feel about their show. So much so that, in one case, they dropped a planned story arc after a few episodes because of the viewers. I don't follow the show, so I don't know whether I have all the facts straight -- and I'm not saying I endorse wholeheartedly this method of writing and/or producing a series since I've spoken in a different thread of my admiration for the late Bill Bell's stick-to-your-guns style of storytelling -- but I bring this up to make this point: you have everyone and their invalid grandmother praising TGW as one of the best, if not the best, series right now on TV; and yet, even with all that acclaim from critics and viewers alike, those people are not so high on themselves that they're unwilling to listen when viewers think they are heading in the wrong direction.