GH: October 2024 Discussion Thread

[ranger1rg]

I agree. That was really nicely done. Very emotional, but also completely authentic.

[wingwalker]

The Lucas/Maxi and the Liz/Aiden/Lucky stuff was the best part about today's episode. I could care less about the two other stories. 

I'm glad they not wasting time re-establishing Lucas and Maxi's bond. They were very close as teens. 

Aiden coming out to Lucky was wonderfully done. Both actors did a good job. I'm glad we finally reaching the point where gay characters can come out and both parents be accepting. 

Having said that though, when Aiden says he's using his business to save up money to go to pastry school in Paris, my first thought was: Aiden you wouldn't have to if your father Lucky wasn't a dead beat.  

While I appreciate the show is acknowledging Lucky has been a dead-beat dad,  Liz and Aiden need to be angrier at him about it. 

 

[John]

Yeah I wish they would hold Lucky's feet to the fire longer

[Liberty City]

Sorry... but Jonathan Jackson looked pained in those coming out scenes. And tomorrow's preview.. he's "acting".

[Aragorn]

Lucas should get tested. They should also find Ethan.

[ranger1rg]

I agree with all this. While I'm really happy to see Lucky accept Aiden so quickly, I want to see some pushback against him disappearing for so long.

We just had Natalia The Homophobic Mother, so I'm glad we're not getting a repeat of that with Lucky.

 

Disagree completely. He didn't look pained at all. He looked emotional.

And that preview? Looked incredibly good to me -- and I can't wait to see it.

 

[Liberty City]

To each their own. At least he wasn't crying... again. But I'm not impressed at all by him.

[Soapsuds]

The coming out with Aiden was too nicey for me. It was unrealistic for me. There really wasn't any drama with Aiden coming out and Lucky being an absentee dad.

VH is fitting very well as Lucas. Enjoyed his scenes with Maxi.

I'm hoping Lucky s meltdown at Bobbie's has to do with Aiden. I'm sure it has to do with Lulu.

[ranger1rg]

The coming out to Lucky was nicey and unrealistic, I agree. Lucky could have asked more questions, such as "How do you know?" or "When did you discover this about yourself?" or "How difficult has this all been for you?"

Seems like GH just wants to move past that plot point quickly and not pull another "Hi, I'm Natalia with the Homosexualist Lesbian Daughter Who's Going Through A Phase And If Not, I Have to Hate The Sin And Love The Sinner."

[detroitpiston]

The Lucky/Liz/Aiden scenes were great today. I thought the way both JJ and NuAiden played the nervous tension of a father and son who are strangers reuniting was excellent. I’m glad Lucky didn’t make any real excuses for being a deadbeat and Aiden struggling to tell his father he’s gay and Lucky immediately reassuring his acceptance was a touching moment. Then the end with Liz telling Lucky’s he’s not a viable donor for Lulu was good as well, I’m one of the few who enjoy JJ’s brand of emotional acting so I’m looking forward to Lucky having a meltdown at Bobbie’s tomorrow.

I hate how since the writer change Maxie’s airtime as a heavy supporting player has kind of depleted so I was glad to see her and Lucas have scenes today. The show seems to do the returns with less hype better than the big stunt castings and Ric and Lucas just coming to town and immediately linking with the people we’d want to see them with has been a big add to their successful reentries to the canvas.

Holly, Jack and Felicia scenes were okay and I guess it was nice how Michael and Willow introduced Lucas to their unfortunately named child (didn’t know his middle name was Alan btw they should have him go by that when the character is older) but I agree with @wingwalker I didn’t really care much about the rest of the episode. I yawned at the Quatermaine’s upset over the elementary school tribulations of Violet. This side of the canvas is always a struggle to watch for me and I hope they find some more interesting material for them all soon.

[Bright Eyes]

The original Trina posted this. Got to respect the honesty! LoL

[ranger1rg]

So bad, don't care. They have no idea what to do with Chase and Brook Lynn. How can you waste a hot guy like Josh Swickard this way?

In other news, my laugh of the day came from that wig they plopped on Diane's head. Who decided she needed 3x as many bangs? It looked like a Halloween costume wig.

[Soapsuds]

It is a damn shame.

[carolineg]

I liked half the episode.  I think there could have been more depth in the Lucky/Aiden scenes, but when the show spends that much time on effing Violet's kindergarten drama, Lucky/Aiden are not at the top of my list of complaints.  Some nice scenes between Lucas/Maxie and Felicia/Holly.

Episode ranking with Violet-4/10

Episode ranking without Violet 8.5/10

[Vee]

There isn't any depth in Frank's preferred GH, based on ideal scene length. I can't fault the actors for that. I thought both Jonathan and the twunk did a good job.