GH: August 2024 Discussion Thread

[Liberty City]

West & Matt Cohen had some good chemistry, but character-wise it just did not work. I think she & Adam Huss have some nice chemistry but we've never seen them in a romantic way.

[cityfan01]

I too am a married gay man and am planing to adopt currently, so I have some knowledge on this subject as well. I see everyone’s points about Kristina and the optics about gestational hosts, but there is one big difference that I keep coming back to: it was her own egg in this case. Has she used a donor egg and TJ’s sperm, this would be a very different set of circumstances, but they used her own egg to keep the Davis DNA, which changes it for me and makes me understand her point of view a bit. And legally, that baby is Kristina’s until after it is born and the parental rights are signed over. Each state is different, but in my state (Minnesota), you legally sign over the parental rights after 72 hours and then have 10 business days after that to change your mind and take it back. 

[Taoboi]

 

I meant to say something the other day, but this week has been utter hell. But I agree.

 

JL has more definitely grown as an actress over the last year and it's been great to watch. She's even been given credit where it's due with her naysayers on this board.

 

But I also agree that yes, there has been time she still feels like a recurring player. Or maybe I can understand the critique on that. I am happy to see her when I see her. But at the moment, she really doesn't have anything going on that isn't C plot. Perhaps at some point her brother will appear and that will give more story. And we always have Natalia. 

 

I haven't even thought about that!! 

 

The Kristina/Joss rivalry really has vanished again, hasn't it? One of the many things I did like about PM was that what was started before him, PM kept going. And we got some good Kristina vs Joss scenes again even with slilted writing. But since He Who Shall Not Be Named is back, I guess I do wonder if a Kristina/Dex/Joss thing will happen. Because it did look like the writing might go there before the surrogate storyline. 

[Contessa Donatella]

So sorry about the lousy week. But glad we agree. 

She's deserved it. 

At the moment, I cannot stand her writing. Tell me of any red-blooded lesbian who would leave the hospital when her dearest is in ICU?!!!

Are you doing a riff on "We'll always have Paris." Because if so, I'd like a word with the management. 

 

[Taoboi]

Hehe. A little bit. Though I would suspect that I would have loved the growth of Natalia over PM versus Old/New Writer. 

 

VERY.

 

 

[Maxim]

I will be cheering you on your journey! I hope our plans via surrogacy go through successfully too.  

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Edited August 11, 2024 by Maxim

[titan1978]

If GH thinks us watching this Heather story is going to move their ratings up, they are mistaken. Watching several contract players rotating in and out of this unpopular story about a recurring character makes me really scratch my head. In one episode Trina,  Laura, Liz, and Portia were supporting players to this stupidity, and none of them has a story of their own right now. How is this proper showrunning?

I might be more willing to give the show some grace, except the writing team has been in place since May when PM’s exit was announced.

As far as Kristina goes, I am truly upset at the show for basically ignoring TJ and Molly as actual characters, while centering everything around Kristina. When Mulcahey’s work started airing, right away every beat of the stories were being shown. Now we are back to a focal person or two, and everyone else is just there to support scenes of that focal character.

I cannot believe anyone looks at this canvas and thinks we have to create a storyline for a recast Heather’s murder hip to keep her, and also decided to make Ava the most bumbling excuse for a villain who appears to be so far in a corner only an exit could be coming. Even if it was time to go Maura West deserves better.

[Liberty City]

She has for a long-ass time.

[Aragorn]

GH Wiki now has Charles Mesure and Kristen Vaganos listed as being on contract as of August 8. I guess the rumor was true.

I think that Robert Scorpio might be on his way out. We barely see him anymore. Two Australian WSB agents might be redundant.

Edited August 12, 2024 by Aragorn

[Contessa Donatella]

I don't necessarily think anything that shows up on a wiki has been vetted. 

And, about Tristan, I know that when they had the last day-long photo shoot, he opted not to come in. He didn't feel like driving from Palm Springs just to have photos made. I do not think this was a good sign as far as his involvement goes. 

[John]

8.12.2024

Creators: Frank & Doris Hursley

EP: Frank Valentini

CO-HW: Elizabeth Korte &  Chris Van Etten  

Associate HW/BDW:  Cathy LePard  

SW: Stacey Pulwer

DIR: Tina Keller

[detroitpiston]

Today felt like CVE resetting the canvas back to how he had it.

Willow got her job as a nurse back and I’m glad they did that. Her scenes with Kristina were actually pretty good. I hope we get scenes of similar understanding with Kristina and Sam soon.

Looks like Blaze is headed for an exit. We all just had this discussion my feelings remain the same lol, she can go. Kristina was so cold with her. Curious how long Eva La Rue will last without a child on canvas.

I like Brennan and enjoyed his scenes with Carly and Anna. I don’t know how I feel about a potential triangle yet but everyone has good chemistry so far so there is potential.

Molly and TJ got some great scenes today talking about his need for religious rituals during grief and her wanting legal justice.. Really good acting from both actors there.

Nina and Maxie scenes were fun I like their dynamic. Nina’s motivation for keeping Drew distracted with sex feels a bit contrived but I’ll roll with it I guess because I enjoy their chemistry.

Overall enjoyable episode today but I’m still watching with caution.

[carolineg]

Ha!  A Miguel Morez mention.

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 I love how the show acts like he's huge or Ricky Martin is super relevant in 2024.  

Kristina is a little "ME, ME, ME!" right now.  She still seems to being getting the main perspective on this loss.  It was a bit better for TJ/Molly today though.

Kirsten Storms finally seems to have figured out a good look for her.  Her hair is the right color finally and her outfit was cute.  She looks and seems so much better as Maxie these days!

Edited August 12, 2024 by carolineg

[LondonScribe]

Yup, the show is almost fully back to how it was before what I’ll call ‘the experiment’. 

Some of it works, some of it does not, but the writing is what is most different. Some of the nuance, maturity and sophistication in the dialogue and character work is being levelled for what was before.

Like a lot of you, I’ll see how things pan out before deciding what I’ll do re: watching

 

[Sapounopera]

Thank God. Being a nurse is the only thing that ever worked for her.