GH: October 2024 Discussion Thread

[Planet Soap]

Yes soap should have romance. I think it's so done to the death however, on B&B and Y&R that interesting to see how GH doesnt centralize it.

The way how Jason and Sam barely interacted leading up to what I suspect will be her fatal surgery. Hard to think these two were a super couple 12 years ago.

Even Sonny had more of a heart-to-heart with Sam.

Edited October 26, 2024 by Planet Soap

[Sapounopera]

So the John Cates murder story was officially a mistake? It took things way too far for several key players and now everyone seems to have forgotten about it?

[Liberty City]

I don't think so... I thnk Korte & Van Etten are trying to figure out how to absolve Sonny "Godfather" Corinthos from being pinned to the crime... a.k.a. POOR execution on their part. At least Patrick Mulcahey would have known how to plot the A, B, C to X, Y, Z of the story.

[MissPhoenixGirl92]

I get that sentiment; it doesn't mean it was any good though. Hell, even Sasha had more chemistry with Brando than she does with Cody, and I never even liked Brando with Sasha when Brando, (and Johnny Wactor, God rest his soul), were both still alive. GH really should have had Sasha and Brando ride off into the sunset with their baby boy when they had the chance. Sasha would've been better off in the long run having her happily ever after with Brando and Liam off-screen instead of still languishing on this show when she really doesn't have much of a purpose on the canvas, even with her being the (retconned) long lost daughter of Robert and Holly. 

Yes, we do need romance on this show; the problem is this show is not promoting the right couples that actually have chemistry and they are shoving chemless and boring couples like Sasha/Cody down our throats. And GH did have two popular couples on the canvas at one point - Vanna and Sprina, (and no I'm not counting Sona because they're only popular on Twitter/X and they aren't really popular anywhere else as far as I can tell), but they are not there anymore. 

[AbcNbc247]

Agreed, the show needs more romance

But I just hope they don’t drop Drew/Willow and Dex/Molly 

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Edited October 26, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[Sapounopera]

You are probably right. Two months later, when nodody no longer cares, we might  find out that John was actually shot by the most random character. The end. 

[carolineg]

I think the show will eventually reveal Jagger had much more sinister plans he was going to pursue and 'justify' Sonny killing him.

Or, yeah, that Sonny's shot didn't actually kill him and someone else did.  

[Aragorn]

I think the police will blame Sam for the murder after she dies.

[Liberty City]

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[DRW50]

Are Valentin and Anna any more popular offline than Sonny and Nina were?

I think the issue with GH in modern times is more that the show is so sterile and frightened, they don't even really want couples who have chemistry or have a passionate following. They just want easy material to fill up each day. 

Based on the interference and massive story issues during his brief tenure, I'm not sure. But whoever is there, Sonny always wins.

Edited October 26, 2024 by DRW50

[MissPhoenixGirl92]

I would definitely say yes. And they actually have the chemistry and the history to back it up. And it helped that it took Anna a very long time to actually return Valentin's feelings. Sonny/Nina on the other hand was contrived and poorly developed from pretty much day one and it made Sonny and Nina look really stupid, especially Nina. She was in love with a version of Sonny that never even existed. Sonny was never going to be hers and he was always going to leave her no matter what she did.

He never even should've given her the time of day especially after what she did to Ava and Avery years ago, let alone allow her anywhere near Avery. Same reason why Nina and Ava should never be friends to begin with and I also find their so-called friendship extremely contrived and not believable.

Then again, I think Nina is one of those people that really shouldn't be paired up with anybody because no man in their right mind would ever want to get involved with her and have to deal with her various mental health issues and if any guy finds out that Nina has had a major psychotic break in the past and has also spent time in a mental institution, he would definitely run the other way and who could blame him? The only guy I actually liked with Nina was Valentin but of course he was and still is in love with Anna so that along with his constant lies meant that their relationship was never going to last. 

Nina works best as a supportive friend and I guess an occasional comic relief and also be a mother figure to Sasha, (I would rather have Willow just cut Nina out of her life for good and not have anything to do with her ever again and also block her from ever seeing her grandkids again so that Nina will finally be free from the Corinthos orbit), and it should stay that way. 

Edited October 27, 2024 by MissPhoenixGirl92

[Vee]

Valentin is a creepy wuss Anna should never have gone near.

Edited October 27, 2024 by Vee

[Liberty City]

TRUTH! And people only bought into it, because they wanted Anna way from Finn, and couldn't get Michelle Stafford's Nina back for Valentin.

[Liberty City]

Credits for Monday, October 28, 2024:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Elizabeth Korte, Chris Van Etten
Writers: Micah Steinberg, Scott Sickles, Anne Schoettle
Director: Jillian Dedote

[Aragorn]

I loved today’s episode because Ace was on, and no episode with Ace is ever bad. Ace got to meet his grandmother and his uncle.

Sasha and Cody were also really good today.