General Hospital: May 2023 Discussion Thread

[Khan]

I just hope Liz finds something firm to hold onto when he does, 'cuz it sure won't be his ass!  (Again, thank you, @DRW50.)

[Soapsuds]

@Khan

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Mark Lawson has a hairy chest and Josh Kelly doesn't 

[AMCHistory]

Cody has so much potential. The actor is good too, nuanced in his performance and with good comedic timing. Gosh he was fun with Britt.

I could see him with Kristina or spoiler for Molly/TJ. Maybe he could get a desk job at the PCPD as slowly work past his unsavoury past?

What are folks thoughts on Dante/Sam? The actors have chemistry, moreso than their recent pairings. Gosh, I never realised how bad Dante/Lulu were together until now. Gosh those two actors were mismatched. 

[John]

All The Spencer Trina Dex Joss stuff from this weeks promo aired today

And I think the Sonny Nina Sasha Carly scene at GH aired last week

[Vee]

Cody had one of the most unpopular character introductions I've seen in a long time last year. People still call him "Truck Nuts" for reasons I don't understand but find hilarious. Given that, I don't think you need to do anything profound except tread lightly and let him be a classic soap staple: Local mischievous hunky stableboy, and maybe loves his dear old dad (Mac). He can be a fun fling for Elizabeth, he can be slotted in other places (or written out) but you can figure it out later.

Dante and Lulu never did it for me but they were, in their original incarnation with Julie Berman, a pretty popular couple. By contrast, Dante and Sam are a C-tier snooze button pairing designed to fill the actors' guarantees while the show clearly has little to no active interest in them. I thought pairing them was a nice idea on paper that didn't work, and I think Sam as a character is spent and should be written out. Dante I would move to Brook Lynn at least for awhile given their shared history and potential for fun mystery stories, and then I would reintroduce Lulu with Marci Miller or whoever. But I'd need to find a better version of the Lulu character to situate on the canvas - lean into the adventurous journalist thing that they briefly introduced before firing Rylan, maybe - and then you can see whether she and Dante work anymore, since I never loved their original story.

[Khan]

I agree.

[AMCHistory]

I would love to see Dante in BL’s orbit. Revisit their childhood friendship first and have BL use Dante as a confident. Play up their inside jokes. Let them accidentally fall in love, so that there is a tension and some stakes with Sam. 
 

Sam is better as the spoiler in a relationship than as a romantic lead. She is meant to be rough around the edges. 

[carolineg]

Sam should have been written out years ago.  The Dante/Sam pairing is good idea in theory, but it's so boring.  I don't really know why DZ came back.  There is no interest in the character, but he was on everyday for 3 years so I guess that's what happens.

I really liked JMB's Lulu/Dante.  Mostly Dante, but I thought it made Lulu tolerable at the time.

[Khan]

Well, there goes my idea of having her and Drew co-host a daily chatfest called "Day by Day with Drew & Sam."

Edited May 9, 2023 by Khan

[AMCHistory]

In theory you’re right, Sam is a shell of a character and writers have struggled to write a story for her. Heck, she even sucked opposite the return of Jason.  

It’s clear that since DWTS, Kelly is one of ABC’s recognisable daytime stars. She will have to leave on her own accord. I can’t see it happening. 

Someone should at least give her Som coffee so she is not so sleepy on set. 

[carolineg]

I have never been a Sam fan.  She's always been so lifeless and had the energy of someone that took about 5 xanax before filming.  But she used to get story and was popular.  Now she's practically a background character.  So she may not get fired or anything like that but she certainly doesn't have the story or importance she once did.  She could disappear for a full month and I wouldn't notice.  Perhaps if they developed Sam more as a character outside of Jason years ago she wouldn't be in this position, but it is what it is. 

[AMCHistory]

Okay, so my latest cats culling list:

Sasha, Willow, Drew, Diane, Chase, Finn, Gregory, Maxie, Spinelli, Sam

…and is it strange I would not miss a single one? Even Maxie, who was the child on GH we all grew up with and loved. 
 

 

Have we gotten any payoff from Lucy’s return from the dead? For months, a whole town mourned her. Did we see her since her Nurses’ Ball return?

This has to be a mistake right? 

[carolineg]

Maxie can just take a rest for awhile.

I would add Austin, Gladys, Hat Dad and Valentin and make half the children of GH go to boarding school off screen

[AMCHistory]

I’m not even sure who Gladys is. 

[carolineg]

Sasha's guardian that's stealing all her money for gambling.  Brando's mom, vaguely related to Mike/Sonny.  It doesn't matter.  Trust me she needs to go.