General Hospital: January 2023 Discussion Thread

[Faulkner]

NAC is absolutely adorable but where was the hair comb that day?

[AbcNbc247]

Both are better pairings than Dex and Joss

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[Contessa Donatella]

I still like Joss but I am royally chafed at her for her hypocrisy, not to mention lying & cheating. But whoever wrote that confrontation scene, I applaud because they really let William go to town & he has got the chops to run with it!! Joss, I figure at her age she can do some stupid things. But, she pressured Cam to try to get him to still be friends - NO WAY! And, she cried till she saw her tears had no impact & turned them off like a tap. Then she told Carly some "wisdom" about telling the truth when she's been living a lie for at least a month! Of course, Dex, I just don't like so I admit bias. 

Did you see this crazy picture of Drew in bed with Carly? What's he thinking, AJ? Jason? Me? Or maybe Why can't I wear white after Labor Day?

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[Darn]

Carly and Drew have negative chemistry. CM just comes across as someone's grandpa. I refuse to believe Carly finds him attractive. They're only together because she needs a love interest and he's Cameron Mathison.

[Faulkner]

These shows are designed to dash hopes. They never really tried him with KM. He was earmarked for LW.

[Darn]

Absolutely. And he's hardly the same character but they were too lazy to give her a love interest without immediate connections to people in town. This guy is way too earnest and emotional to be the Jason 2.0 Drew was. @Vee is right, they should have let him keep the beard. At least he was interesting to look at.

[Faulkner]

They should have left DZ with his beard too. Trimmed down of course. I was seeing him a totally new light.

[Taoboi]

Mmmmmmmmmm WOOF!!

 

Bearded Drew and Dante were a time to be alive (and Chase was bearded, too at that point).

 

Though tbf, who wasn't lusting after some Bearded Drew? At least he is still in the opening that way. lol.

Which is a shame because CM seem better suited for KM and/or RH...and had more chemistry with both if I remember correctly.

Same. I really loved those scenes. WL tore them (and her) up.

[Contessa Donatella]

He, Dom, was on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and, of course, he was very good. Bearded part of the time, not part. 

He got performer of the week one place & he & Eden both got it one place. 

[Taoboi]

He looked good on there as well. And S3, E5 with the Tribunal gave me X-men Hellfire Club vibe. The time jump BEFORE that, did Dom's face good.

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WL definitely has grown into his role. No doubt.

[Contessa Donatella]

Oh, yeah, I couldn't believe his outcome!! Of course, with the Tribunal it was heavy duty guilt or innocence!!

And, he is so committed to taking a full college load at the same time that he's working AND he is so appreciative that the show will make that happen for him. Then, I have no idea where he finds time for his band, but he does. 

[Taoboi]

A multitasker.

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[Vee]

Which was my idea as well to begin with, to bring on Dr. Sarah for him with Tognoni, but y'all don't need my fanfic again. Anyway, Drew has been through all of Jason's women, any revisit short of Sam (who he did have a somewhat unique relationship with) would just be a shadow of Jason, and Sam is burned out as a character at this point and should be written out.

I think part of the key to Drew is that ultimately he wasn't Jason 2.0 - Billy Miller couldn't play that - but he also was and is still such a blank slate, such an unwritten character that you could make him into anything Cameron was good at playing. The only throughlines to the character that are remotely unique or individualized are his devotion to Monica and the Qs and his past love for Sam and some of Jason's kids. Beyond that he could be anything GH wants him to be, and Cameron Mathison can play certain things well. What isn't great for him or the show is Drew being just a Jason-shaped widget of a character that Cameron grins his way through, just taking Jason's sloppy seconds with Carly. He started as nothing and continues as nothing.

Edited January 30, 2023 by Vee

[Darn]

Holy crap if I have to watch one more scene of Sasha talking to someone about how fücking sad she is I'm going to lose it. Characters that matter haven't grieved this much for this long. Like I get it, her husband and baby died. It's very tragic. I just do not care.

Carly and Drew worried about insider trading is a laughable obstacle for these two actual criminals.

Watching the actors playing Curtis and Curtis's father eyes glaze over as they recite this dull as dirt dialogue is torture. They sound so bored. I barely understand how they're all related but thank god Aunt Stella is here because those two plus RoboJordan are like watching paint dry.

Edited January 31, 2023 by Darn

[John]

When Heather left town in 83, she was Jason's Nanny and she took off cause Jeff told her that Steven Lars was sick. She was put together and had no affects from her 79 acid trip. So they rewrote that in 2004 and made it seem that the acid affected her ever snce 79. Not True.