GH: August 2024 Discussion Thread

[Contessa Donatella]

OMG, you have to laugh to keep from crying. 

When someone says, "You said a mouthful." that is idiom for saying everything that needed to be said but no more. Well, when you say a mouthful, iike you just have here, you REALLY SAY IT!

[Sapounopera]

Oh God. 

I don't see the Deception part of the show going anywhere or fitting with the rest of GH. I am sure Maxie can get another job somewhere else, make her a reporter or something. Tracy is Tracy. Lucy and Natalia can go. 
Natalia is a mistake and Lucy was important to the show several decades ago. If they want familiar characters, they can always bring back Simone Hardy and (her son).

Edited August 22, 2024 by Sapounopera

[Aragorn]

If Natala becomes CFO I think she will financially ruin the company and send it out of business, The Deception storyline can then be abandoned for something more interesting.

[John]

8.22.2024

Creators: Frank & Doris Hursley

Executive Producer: Frank Valentini

Head Writers: Elizabeth Korte & Chris Van Etten

Break-Down: Emily Culliton

Script: Charlotte Gibson

Director: Tina Keller

[John]

This Lois needs to lose her accent is Bullshit. Lois has always been confident and would not care what this caller/Make-up artist has to say.

[ranger1rg]

I like Lindsay Hartley (she's subbing for Kelly Monaco), but what's with all the hair?

Could they have *given* her any more?

 

[detroitpiston]

All of the baby Irene funeral drama was great today.

So happy to have Ric Lansing back and glad he immediately called Alexis out for pretty much ignoring Molly. Poor thing really had nobody in her corner for real.

Kristina pissed me off standing up when Jordan was supposed to speak but her words about baby Irene were actually beautiful and Mansi did a great job delivering that speech, so did KV reacting to it in silence. Vernee Watson gave another stand out performance as well, loved Stella’s speech.

Now where Kristina really got me angry was calling the baby Adela during the burial ceremony. How dare you woman, I was so happy Molly heard her and read her the riot act. She was totally right the baby is dead because of Kristina’s recklessness so to flaunt being the surrogate carrier in Molly’s face was a nasty dig all things considered. KV and KM really killed it there and deserve some Emmy recognition when the time comes, can’t wait for the continuation tomorrow.

Lindsay Hartley as temp Sam was a nice surprise. She fits so well in the role that when Alexis and Sam alluded to the backstory with Ric it all still worked for me. She also has good chem with the other Davis sisters and DZ as well. I do wonder whats going on with Monaco…

Joss and Trina’s make up scene was nice and I liked the Michael and Willow’s scenes as well.

I felt bad for Lois getting crapped on for her accent but glad she still did well with the Deception presentation. The Natalia and Maxie scenes were kind of interesting but I still could do without this side of the canvas. Cody and James was also a snoozefest for me.

I enjoyed the SonnyAva/Jagger scenes, once again its clear Jagger is headed off the rails. If he really ends up trying to off Ava like Sonny expects I’m gonna laugh, no subtle character sacrifice at the altar here with this writing regime.

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[ranger1rg]

I agree with just about everything you said about today's show. Still, the Lois scenes didn't work for me. She was so awkward and stilted during her TV appearance that it all came off like cliche TV drama. The "your accent is so bad" stuff is lame.

Natalia? What is she even doing there? She's the CFO, not some TV hawk show host.

[John]

The Lois accent stuff is lame as hell.  Regardless Rena Shines. Any day with Jane Elliot is a great day. Cody/James was cutesy. Best was of course Baby Irene funeral and the Sam/Molly showdown.

Jagger/Sonny/Ava: I am curious where this goes. 

[j swift]

I think the whole thing of naming dead fetuses and burying them is grotesque. 

Talk about what might have been, give away the baby stuff to charity, but this ritual seemed maudlin and weird. 

[DRW50]

I have to admit I've gone to the same well at times with other characters, but I was looking around on Twitter and get the impression some fans think that they deliberately temp recast Sam out of spite for an important day. I'd think if Valentini had that many issues with Kelly he would have just dumped her. 

Edited August 22, 2024 by DRW50

[detroitpiston]

They have a lot of conspiracies lol. I think her and Becky Herbst fan bases are nuts in both good and extremely negative ways but it does seem like their characters get sidelined as an act of retaliation either against said fans or in Monaco’s case, some offscreen behavior that caused chaos for the show bts.

I agree that if there really is a bias Frank should just go ahead and fire them at this point because its glaring and strange.

Not to get too personal but this comment kind of gut punched me but you certainly have a right to feel the way you do about it. Its just when you spend months and months preparing for a child and right when you get to the finish line the life is just snatched away…that’s a pain that is very hard to deal with and having a proper burial and name is one of the few ways to heal and memorialize a life that never got to fully exist but one you had built so much hope and dreams for. These kind of ceremonies are also very important in religious black families so I’m glad they took the time to give the Ashford clan this kind of showcase.

My only issue was that we had a similar plot with Lucy messing up and Sasha having to carry the presentation a few months back. That tells me they have very few ideas of what to do with this side of the canvas. I’d rather just…not see any of it tbh.

[DRW50]

I think it did well for a while as they kept making product (isn't that where they sold the infamous Todd Manning doll?), but this feels very out of date. Is Brian Frons back? 

I do think that very low priced items might not be a bad idea. 

I wonder how Lynn Herring and Jane Elliot feel about this considering they were around in the rating heights of soaps.

[carolineg]

Honestly, the Todd Manning doll is the ONLY thing I remember about that store.  Lol

I think they had Nurses Ball stuff which help support an HIV/AIDS charity which I thought was cool. 

Edited August 22, 2024 by carolineg

[Contessa Donatella]

Apparently during Covid, LH also played the role, temp but for a while, and they wanted her to stay on permanently. She begged off, citing Duties Directing & Lifetime movies. 

As I've been saying, I've been so worried about Molly, being so very alone, why she doesn't have any friends, ... Daddy Ric's arrival was just as perfect as perfect could be. 

IT could be that I was the only person who breathed a sigh of relief & said, "That was great! Kristina didn't do or say anything wrong!!

 

I really appreciated Aunt Stella appreciating Kristina.

That didn't bother me, I bet many surrogates name the babies inside them. BUT, she should not have been the last person to lay a rose on the grave. No,Tolly should've been last. 

Yes, and yes, and yes again. 

 

All agreement except I LOVE JAMES!