GH: June 2014 Discussion Thread

[NothinButAttitude]

I was thinking the same thing too, but quickly changed my mind when realizing that RC could've made it worse by fulfilling his fantasy and have Lukeisha shirtless in nothing more than an speedo.

I'll settle for him being overdressed.

[John]

ABC please fire Ron Carlivati

This hack has [!@#$%^&*] over OLTL, Ryans Hope and now Port Charles more & more. Stop him before he screws up Dark Shadows. Seriously, the man is a disgrace to soap writers and soap fans everywhere. End this nightmare NOW!!! #GH #RH #OLTL #PC

[AlexElizabeth]

I could've gone my whole life without that mental image. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

Every other scene is Nina today. And her scenes are all long. And I just don't care about any of it.

[smirks]

You think Nina knows she's on a soap opera? I tell you one thing...the scenery does.

[NothinButAttitude]

Ron is trying to build his recent saint up to the audience. He wants us to quickly come to care for her, so when she flips out and becomes a nutty, desperate vixen, we'll still root for her.

[SFK]

Somebody is going to kill Jordan. I can feel it in my bones.

Is Donna Mills done or does she have at least a scene with Nina in store? I'm not sure if her taping schedule was all before MS was cast.

[NothinButAttitude]

I got that feeling too, which sucks because she's the only bright spot on GH for me as of late. She has serious story potential (and is a real catch IMO), but when you have a hack in the writer's chair, what else could we expect.

[StevieM]

I was just thinking that Kiki would probably turn out to be Nina's kid. But I don't think a Josh Madden thing is going to happen. I understand that RC isn't very popular here, and that he does have his faults. But that type of thing doesn't seem to be his type of fault. A baby switch....a stole embryo....but not that. Besides, I don't think ABC would let that happen again. Wasn't Josh Madden erased from the continuity by the end? (I never watched AMC, so I am not certain).

I think it is more likely that we will be told that Nina gave birth while in a coma.

I am not certain whether Ava and Franco will turn out to have had a kid of their own. And I am not certain whether Ava's baby is biologically hers, or if it will be another stole embryo from Dante and Lulu.

[rhinohide]

Have I just forgotten why Ava and Franco hate each other and why they were ever married?

[ChitHappens]

You have not forgotten. We were never told.

What we know? Ava hid Kaka from Silas and decided a serial killer should be her father and then hid Kaka from the serial killer. I'm sure, at some point, it made sense to moRon, which is why he wrote it.

Why do you think this? I think VA/Jordan is pretty safe right now. She may have Anna's job before long.

[cassadine1991]

Didn't Ron change what Guza originally had it as: Franco's ex-wife kept his daughter away from him because he was a sociopathic serial killer

[Vee]

I don't see them giving Jordan that kind of foundation role. She's a decent actress so far, but the role is nothing much, IMO - it's plot function and a little filler for tertiary (re: minority) characters the show doesn't care much about. Beyond the plot stuff with Julian and Eckert, what is her dramatic ammo on the show right now? Material with Shawn and T.J., two characters the show has little time for.

They've made some concessions with more material for T.J. and Tequan Richmond recently because they recognize he's talented, because he had a hit indie movie on the coasts last year, and most of all because FV's last Great White Hope, Rafe, crashed and burned and in FV's eyes they have to find some vaguely compelling teen drama somewhere. But do I think Jordan, Shawn and T.J. are going to get some major storyline going forward, that Jordan, or any character of color, is going to take over the cop shop? No. They can't even recognize that Sean Blakemore is the single most stunning male on the show, regardless of his average acting ability; they'd rather visually showcase other men who aren't as attractive. Putting black characters in major roles simply does not compute for them. I think they tried it at OLTL, a number of years ago, and they felt it didn't pan out - Rachel Gannon was purged along with the rest of the Kish crew, and from then on Ron and Frank's approach seemed to become Ron's beloved '80s soap approach, the one that was practiced then at many shows, where the black people are the supporting set. They might give T.J. a little more because he's young, talented and has some cachet, but the others? I'm not seeing it. IMO, Shawn and Jordan are only a slightly more plot-relevant Brian and Claudia.

[ChitHappens]

Yes. Craptini changed it to her hiding Kaka from Silazzz, so her serial killer husband was the best option. Why were they married? It just makes no sense. Oh, this is GH. Of course it makes no sense!

[quartermainefan]

There is no way Sean Blakemore can be in a major role. He might be the worst actor on the show, even worse than Ryan Paevey. At least RP when he reads his cue cards makes feeble but commendable attempts at conveying emotion. Blakemore is just a dead tree, a lump who barely moves his face, can't use his voice for dramatic emphasis, and usually just stands there iike part of the furniture. The kid who plays TJ is miles better than he is. Heck, the kid who plays Spencer is too.

Of course the actual worst actor remains Roger Howarth.

[cuzIsaySo]

The onnly way I can buy Tracy now is if i imagine FauxLuke piking the water she drinks with stupid pills.

Tracy would have wrrestled that phone out of Luke's hands to find out about baby Rocco. Say what you want but family matters to tracy. And she had a special bond with Lulu she didnt have with Ned or Dillon.

Rocco is as close to flesh and blood to her as anything in the world.