GH: May 2024 Discussion Thread

[Antoyne]

Oh wow, had no clue about that. That’s so sad. Couldn’t imagine playing that kind of stuff so soon after.

Jesus this show. Michael is literally telling Dex to not press charges on the man who beat the hell out of him and threatened to kill him because his poor sister might have to testify against her mobster [!@#$%^&*] father. Anything for Sonny to not pay for his crimes.

Oh great it gets even better, they now have Joss as well asking him not to press charges. 
 

It’s one step forward and two steps back with how this show handles Sonny.

Edited May 25, 2024 by Antoyne

[Taoboi]

Same. 

[Contessa Donatella]

 

GH May 2024 Lines

"I'm not looking back. I'm not looking at the past. I'm not going that way." - Carly to Nina, GH, 5-13-24

"Has anyone told you, you have a great seat?" - Cody to Tracy, GH, May '24

"No. Don't. I don't want to hear it. No, don't. Please go." - Kristina to Sonny, GH, 5-20-24

"My dad beating & kicking Dex. He was going to kill him." - Kristina to Blaze, GH, 5-20-24

"I think he wanted to kill me." - Dex to Anna, GH, 5-22-24

"I feel like such a fool. Everyone tried to tell me. I just kept defending him. I didn't & don't recognize him. He said he was going to empty a gun into their heads." - Kristina to Blaze, GH 5-21-22

[Khan]

 

Chances are, if/when Josh and Amanda's respective offspring stumble across old Chase/BLQ clips online, they're going to be just as frustrated as we are now that they are the most sexless, romance-free pairing ever.

[carolineg]

Again, if BLQ/Chase clips are still on the internet in 13 years I would be shocked!

It is funny to imagine their kids finding the clips and realizing how boring their parents are though.

I do agree with @Vee that it was loosely implied they had sex between episodes.  I just can't imagine being a fan of this pairing and being happy with them not getting a wedding night with a love scene or a honeymoon.

[Khan]

Well, everything ends up on the Internet sooner or later!

Josh/Amanda: "We were thinking about you when we demanded no love scenes.  We didn't want that stuff to come back and embarrass you later."

Kid(s): "Well, that's terrific - except now?  Everybody thinks we're Mormons!"

Two thoughts:

1. I know Amanda is doing this out of respect for her real-life husband, but...if you're worried about what performing love scenes on a daytime soap opera might do to your real-life marriage, then is your marriage really all that secure?  (Steve Burton refused to do love scenes or even go shirtless for years partially out of respect for his wife, and look where that got him, lol!)

2. Part of me believes Josh and Amanda's "No Sex, Please, We're Skittish!" act, and part of me wonders if it's REALLY because the two might not like each other IRL and are only forced to work together because Frank.

Edited May 25, 2024 by Khan

[carolineg]

I don't even really get the concept.  I can't recall every project Setton and Swickard have done, but I am assuming they have both done love scenes previously.  That work would theoretically be out there for their kids to find, so they could still potentially be embarrassed?

It would be hilarious if one day they both had to tell their kids they were canned because they refused to love scenes out of respect for them though.

1. Agreed

2.  Idk.  On screen they don't come off well matched or share a great bond, but in interviews they seem to have a good rapport.   I know that means nothing because it's a professional interview.  I just think their off screen interactions seem more believable than their on screen ones.

[Khan]

Forget the love scenes (or lack thereof).  Amanda once played a gold-digging exotic dancer who married a man old enough to be her (grand)father!  How will she explain THAT to her kids, lol?

[Contessa Donatella]

Odd but interesting, I guess, it's a choice. The press site did episodics for 5-23-24, basically pictures of people being sad. 

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[Darn]

Anna also spent the hour basically convincing Dex to not turn in Sonny because Sonny’s family might get hurt. She’s making zero sense as a character right now. She’s spent three months explaining her new stance on Sonny but now that she has his dead to rights she pulls back? It’s frustrating.

I think Amanda Setton and that guy have a good rapport onscreen, they just have no romantic chemistry. I feel no desire from them. But most of the couples on this show lack desire and passion. Nina and Drew are the only “couple” who act like they want to fück each other. Everyone else is very “guess I have to kiss my coworker today!”.

[Vee]

It's very schizophrenic and I was commenting on it a few days ago. It's been like this for some time. The force and a lot of the daily writing behind the change in the town's attitude towards Sonny has been strong for me, if awkward in places (Kristina's selective amnesia/denial I can handwave to a point given her history, but Laura making it about poor Cyrus who put her daughter in a coma is silly - she should be rid of both of them). But every time they have great scenes with Anna or Laura speechifying about letting go of Sonny or enforcing the law and right and wrong, there comes another scene where Anna then turns around and says well, no, maybe let's not file this charge today. Anna's not Hamlet! It feels schizoid and I wonder if it is partly due to whatever has gone down at the show and treading water BTS.

[carolineg]

Chase/Brook Lynn also had pre-marital sex and lived together before marriage.  Is that against their beliefs as well? Brook Lynn faked an out of wedlock pregnancy after a 1 night stand.  Is that something you need to explain to your children too?   Again, their beliefs are theirs and that's fine it just seems more specifically about love scenes than other actions their characters do that aren't modest and sometimes even illegal lol.

I assume it's BTS stuff.  I tried really hard to understand Anna's motivation the other day and her explanation didn't really make sense to me.  Why on earth should anyone protect Sonny at this point?  

[j swift]

Am I the only who thinks that Cyrus and Dex could mop the floor with Sonny?  Why didn't they fight back?

[Liberty City]

Because TPTB wouldn't allow that. C'mon now. Cyrus was ten times scarier than Sonny "I Wanna Be Sopranos and Godfather" Corinthos ever was.

[Vee]

I'm sorry, I just do not find Cyrus scary lol.