GH: November 2024 Discussion Thread

[Liberty City]

 

Honestly, I could see Clayton Norcross (ex-Thorne) coming in as a viable love interest for Alexis.

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[carolineg]

Thanks!  I actually never knew that.  I thought it was more tied to her contract being up and having a new baby.  I don't think Guza would have done well with Lois now that you say that.  I do still wonder how the Ned/Lois/Jax triangle would have went though.

I actually really like this beat too.  I hope GH doesn't just drop it.  It's pretty rare in soaps for kids/teens to express how they want to be together despite not all being blood related.  Usually when a parent dies the children just split up and go to the remaining parent without much thought.

[Taoboi]

I said the same the other day and totally agree. Especially if Jason and Drew stay on the outs on top of Dante's attempts to keep the family together.

Taste. But same. There was such a good job of blending that family IMHO that the potential for drama is there. 

[titan1978]

Guza had already moved Jax to Brenda. I don’t think there was a full story planned with Jax/Lois due to the transition happpening bts, just some ideas. And Culliton was in place when she actually left, during the Tracy pop-in story that was forced on the show by ABC for Tracy going to The City. Which is interesting, because a few months later Genie also left for maternity leave and didn’t want to come back because she was happy at home and the writing sucked.

I really hope they decide to play a story for the kids where they stay connected. I don’t want another sibling against sibling thing to happen, especially when they find out Lulu is awake.

[carolineg]

Oh, yeah.  I knew Jax was married to Brenda by the time Lois left I was just always curious what the story with Ned/Jax/Lois would have been.  I didn't know it was just some ideas.  I obviously think Guza made the right choice moving Jax to Brenda.  I just always wondered how the show would have tried to make that work considering Lois was happily married and then pregnant when Jax tried to make a play for her lol.

Anyhow, I do think the sibling story might be dropped once Lulu wakes up and is back in PC.  For once, I am really curious to see how AH does as Lulu and how this all plays out.

[John]

I like having Lu Lu back

I thought her reaction to the light was realistic however If she can move her arms and legs freely I hope they say something like nurses were working her arms and legs while she was in the coma.

 

As for Danny/Scout/Rocco I hope they continue to think of each other as family

 

I also would not mind Scout and maybe even Danny feel a pull to Lu lu because their mom saved her life. 

[Vee]

He was never very strong but he has some charisma which put him over earlier in the year, though I've never been very impressed. They've got to get someone else on him, not that the FV speed-taping method helps anyone.

Same here. Ned and Alexis to me were always purely and simply fine. They were two actors with dry wit and chemistry who shared a lot of good dialogue, and that was about it. I was more into Jax and Alexis, but that didn't happen (or Ned and Lois, but she was gone). It was when they got into the stuff you mentioned that I soured on them. Compared to most of today's couples of course, Ned and Alexis' material seems like Moonlighting.

And I've discussed Chloe too - I liked her a lot, I even liked her with Stefan in that bizarre psychic visions story that never got explained and I'm still upset about her death. If they introduced a surprise kid of Chloe's sometime (not from one of her onscreen love interests, Korte!) to help shore up the Qs I wouldn't squawk.

At this point I'd bring on a woman for Alexis. Why not. She couldn't possibly do worse with the same sex.

We've been over this before, but agreed it's so weird. There was a very brief discussion of it when they first got cozy under RC and it's never been touched on again, probably because the current writers are bewildered and frightened by the prospect of having to dive into anything more nuanced like that. Not on Frank's GH! I wish it would be discussed though.

I have no problem with Ned and Olivia as they are. I love Lisa and I think they're a fine tentpole couple, and Ned and Lois is never going to happen again because Wally and Rena aren't comfortable with it. But I would have them at least talk about all of it.

Edited November 20, 2024 by Vee

[carolineg]

I also felt Ned/Alexis took a really, really long time to get anywhere.  After the mixed marrieds they just seem to linger on together not doing much until that awful wedding stuff.  By then I had mostly lost interest although I still do enjoy their banter (when it's rarely allowed) even to this day.

I do remember you liked Chloe/TS.  I think the overall opinion is that she and Chloe were a dud, but at least she was related to Lila.  It was silly to kill her off, but they had to since she was Quartermaine adjacent obviously.  

Interesting idea to bring a surprise Chloe kid on the canvas.  The show probably could have done that with Gio-he has the same sunny personality lol. I wonder if anyone in the audience would even remember Chloe.  But, I mean, they brought Jagger back after a million years so Frank doesn't really care about relevancy. 

And to make this post about current GH and not break the rules-I will say some of the Sam clips they used today were strange.  KeMo/Sam had about a million different moments on the show and GH seemed to use some of the most boring ones.

[Liberty City]

Brings back my dreams of an Alexis/Lorraine (a.k.a. Harmony) hookup. And it'd be why she killed Neil. I sensed that tension between them. But I do believe a later-in-life romance with a woman would be amazing for Alexis, and may explain her less-than-stellar track record with the men in her life.

[carolineg]

Yeah, we have definitely had this discussion before lol.  It would have been very easy for Lois/Olivia then Lois/Ned to have a convo right when she returned and moved on from it.  I know we are not getting Ned/Lois ever, but it's strange Lois wasn't a little put off her bff from Bensonhurst married her ex husband even if it was years later.  I don't think the dialogue even has to have that much nuance.  It is just a bit of an elephant in the room now.

I know you like Ned/Olivia much more than I do.  They are fine.  Not anywhere near the top of my list of things GH needs to fix.  LLC is just sort of there for me.  I am pretty neutral on Olivia.  I actually liked her the most when she was with Johnny.

I did sort of think they might go there for awhile, but then I remembered it was GH and that would be way too scary and taboo for them.

[Vee]

Harmony creeped me the hell out.

I love LLC; Ned and Olivia are merely just fine for me. As it is though I don't need them to be broken up. Were Robert not so terribly feeble now I'd have kept playing that angle in spite of Ned, and I did like her with Johnny. But he's not around.

[DRW50]

She should hook up with Natalia.

Edited November 20, 2024 by DRW50

[carolineg]

BB is now jobless and available!! J/K I don't want Johnny Z back although he probably could have a place on canvas with Lulu waking up.  Anyhow, we don't need more unnecessary people on the show.

You know I liked Robert/Olivia too.  I just hope Tristian enjoys his retirement at this point though.  The one thing I will say about LLC is she's had chemistry with pretty much every love interest she's had even duds like Scott Reeves and Mo.  

That's just mean lol.  I would giggle if Alexis stole her from Sonny though.  

[DRW50]

I know it would play into the homophobe = gay trope, but I just think it would be very funny. And Natasha + Natalia - it all fits.

Edited November 20, 2024 by DRW50

[carolineg]

Lol.  NLG would probably have more chemistry with ELR than MB does.  I just want Natalia gone, but the thought is funny.  It would all be about KRISTINA and her feelings anyway.