GH: September 2024 Discussion Thread

[carolineg]

Well, that's a pretty popular opinion around here lol.

I don't hate Ric on the level I hate(d), say, Gladys or Violet.  I can recognize RH is a good actor.  I liked Ric in the very beginning but after the whole fake Carly rape I was just so over him and have been since.  I will also say the show has rarely known what to do with Ric as a character and gave him some bad stories and love interests.

[Taoboi]

Yeah say what you want about Ric...and there is a lot to say from clips of his run I've seen...he is always moving story, Rick Hearst is a great actor as well as a fox, and Ric's love for Liz is always there in everything he does. Outside of power or revenge of course. 

Hollering, but so true. 

[Aragorn]

Molly wants to be a hero and sees Kristina as a villain.

 

[DRW50]

The show hasn't wasted much time in putting the Nina/Ava friendship back together post-Mulcahey. 

[John]

So Molly has tunnel Vision: Save Mom by throwing Krissy under the bus.

Question is: Will Michael, Jason & Sonny let Alexis or Krissy go to jail for a crime Sonny committed? 

[Antoyne]

I can never understand picking Sonny over Ric ever. My hate for Sonny runs about as deep as my love for Ric. I just find Ric to be a lot less awful than the guy I just watched murder yet another person in cold blood. And Hearst is just a far superior actor to Maurice.

The last two days were pretty good. I liked Jason and Anna when they were working together but he’s now literally covering up the murder Sonny committed and still wanting to be friendly with Anna while actively hurting her investigation . I don’t need to see them as friends again.

Crazy how fast Nina and Ava have made up but honestly with Scott suddenly being gone and Jagger dead, I like that she’s not on an island completely alone with only Trina sometimes on her side. Now both Nina and Trina are firmly back on her side.

Edited September 11, 2024 by Antoyne

[Aragorn]

I think Alexis will make a false confession and take the blame to save Kristina. Molly and the police will reject it  and then go after Kristina. 

[carolineg]

I'll be honest.  I have no clear defense for my choice.  It's just how I feel lol.   And I know it's not popular but I just can't stand Ric.  Sonny is mostly a clown as well.  I just like him better.

[jasonminer1974]

This defence of Jagger makes me insane. He was crooked FBI Agent and Killer. Did he just start being crooked 7 months ago or has he been framing and killing folks for 30 years?

[Contessa Donatella]

You make a good point. I've been singsonging Love the Actor/Hate the Character, for Rick/Ric, although it is also necessary for Eva/Natalia, who seems to have vanished. ANYWAY, what I.m trying to say is that Violet is the absolute litmus test. I don't hate anyone as much as that all-too-precocious child. 

Well, I had it pre-set in my head, which I know always a bad idea, that Sonny would rationalize that they wouldn't go as hard on Kristina because of losing the baby, having an emergency C section, terrible accident, hospitalization, grief & being bonkers crazy, oh, PTSD & postpartum, can't forget them, so all of that would cause a more sympathetic approach than to him as a cold-blooded murderer. And, I cannot see Sonny not appreciating that level of a juicy rationalization, can you? 

[Taoboi]

Not at all. 

 

 

But given how well their breakup was done, and their storied history, does it not seem odd how quickly they are back to being friends?

[Antoyne]

It’s very odd but I’ve just accepted for the time that I’m still watching(I’m leaving when Sonny gets away with this.) that the New/Old writers had some things they liked before PM came in and changed them so they changed it all back in record time.

[Taoboi]

Awwww. But I understand.

[Liberty City]

Well, thus far, this return has been pretty well executed I may say... and not as fumbled as his 2014–2016 tenure of stints (which had one or two highlights). I may dislike Elizabeth Korte & Chris Van Etten as a tenured team, but they're handling this far better than the "writer" did.

Yup. And Korte & Van Etten are playing the beats of Ric's past, including his turbulent relationship with Alexis and Carly. It's nice to see the beats of even his former relationship with Nina, too. Funny: Stafford had better chemistry with James Patrick Stuart (ex-Valentin), while Watros in her limited time already has better chemistry with Rick Hearst. Insane how that works.

[Vee]

Rick Hearst and Maura have chemistry with virtually everyone they've ever worked with, and Maura has been paired with a few real blocks of wood on this show. If they don't get Ric and Ava in the sack they're crazy. They've both fucked crazier for less.

What's wild is I remember how that started. Very, very early on Rick and Tamara also had serious chemistry.

I don't mind Ric being here because he is always weird as hell and fun to watch. But he is a slimeball. You just have to know who to pair him with. I am a little amazed Elizabeth is still giving him the time of day, lol.