Just now, carolineg said:

I would say the pivot toward Carly and that relationship ruined Drew, but then he had some spark with Nina/Willow and I thought there was a chance.  Now, I am over it.

Mulcahey's exit and Van Etten's re-entrance is what ruined that. I'm done with Drew Cain (he is undeserving of the Quartermaine) last month. Him and his questionable political campaign can leave, permanently.

26 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Duh! I totally forgot about Harmony and their tension. I could see NLG playing a later-in-life romance with a woman. 

Apparently NLG has said she'd love to play that exact storyline. Not a surprise.

Honestly, those flashbacks in yesterday's episode made me miss [some] former sets that we used to have, and how the show used to look (colourful). I'm surprised they never really re-invested in the Asian quarter when Lydia Look (Selina Wu) was on the canvas. That was a missed opportunity by them. Hell, even with Brad recurring, they could try re-introducing that. I mean, we had the waterfront brought up with Drew's "campaign," and yet nothing since then... let's try and expand on Port Charles in 2025.

I’m actually enjoying CM as Drew with them leaning into him being a sleaze ball. He handled Sam’s death terribly but otherwise since being cut loose from Carly, I like Mathison as Drew. He and Steve play the tension between Drew and Jason so well.

I think Cameron plays the schmoozer Drew Q very well, at least as reconceived by Mulcahey. But my problem with it since then is the same as other posters' - they mangled the setup with him, Nina and Willow, rushed through key elements of the story and now it all just seems like a setup for a blowout climax while Drew seems actively sleazy re: Willow. It's a very fine line with a story like that to not make the man (like Ross Marler on GL, who was clearly PM's model for this story initially) come off awful, and they've gone over it since the writing change.

It feels like Drew is now poised to be a full-on scheming womanizer to be killed off, and that's okay in and of itself - that's a classic soap archetype, and with his new power position he can still get into real drama before going. I'd be all for Who Killed Drew Q at this point as I have said repeatedly. But I do think it was a waste of great earlier potential, and I think this writing team won't play their current setup for the maximum drama they could either.

4 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I’m actually enjoying CM as Drew with them leaning into him being a sleaze ball. He handled Sam’s death terribly but otherwise since being cut loose from Carly, I like Mathison as Drew. He and Steve play the tension between Drew and Jason so well.

But, this Drew doesn't know Jason. If he did, he never would have sent Ric to try to make a deal for Jason to keep his mouth shut. Jason would never speak about it, not because of Drew, but because of Michael. It was one thing for him to pay off Cody for his silence. Trying the same strategem on Jason was short-sighted at best. 

57 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Honestly, those flashbacks in yesterday's episode made me miss [some] former sets that we used to have, and how the show used to look (colourful). I'm surprised they never really re-invested in the Asian quarter when Lydia Look (Selina Wu) was on the canvas. That was a missed opportunity by them. Hell, even with Brad recurring, they could try re-introducing that. I mean, we had the waterfront brought up with Drew's "campaign," and yet nothing since then... let's try and expand on Port Charles in 2025.

When Sam and Jason got married at the Noodle Buddha in the Asian Quarter I thought perhaps there might be a resurgence of that area/sets.   Is Jade (Tia Carrere's character) related to Selina Wu and Brad?  You could always bring back one of her children.

2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

When Sam and Jason got married at the Noodle Buddha in the Asian Quarter

God that was so stupid. I hated that couple and even I couldn't believe they did them like that.

Based on what I recall from the Carlivati years I am pretty sure Brad is supposed to be related to those characters from the '80s. I would not be shocked to hear they tried to reach out to Tia Carrere or the other dude in the last decade for some pointless cameo. I think early on there was a possibility they were going to use Brad to bring on more AQ people (and they still should) but it's never happened, which is shameful.

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9 minutes ago, carolineg said:

 Is Jade (Tia Carrere's character) related to Selina Wu and Brad?

Jade and Selina were sisters, and their brother Kim was Brad's biological father.

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Just now, janea4old said:

Jade and Selina were sisters, and their brother Kim was Brad's biological father.

There you go.

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

Mulcahey's exit and Van Etten's re-entrance is what ruined that.

Very much so. 

 

1 hour ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Apparently NLG has said she'd love to play that exact storyline. Not a surprise.

So I saw.

 

 

10 minutes ago, carolineg said:

When Sam and Jason got married at the Noodle Buddha in the Asian Quarter I thought perhaps there might be a resurgence of that area/sets.   Is Jade (Tia Carrere's character) related to Selina Wu and Brad?  You could always bring back one of her children.

Yes, Jade Soong Chung is the sister of Kim & Selina Wu, which would make Brad Cooper her nephew. Again, more missed opportunities. It'd be cool for Jade to return, with her husband Yank Se Chung and possibly resume working at General Hospital. Again, more faces of the past returning to the canvas.

18 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I’m actually enjoying CM as Drew with them leaning into him being a sleaze ball. He handled Sam’s death terribly but otherwise since being cut loose from Carly, I like Mathison as Drew. He and Steve play the tension between Drew and Jason so well.

His acting through Sam’s death has been the worst of the lot but I still want him to stay because the Q’s need a real scoundrel in the family and theres still good meat on the bones with him and Jason beefing. What Mulcahey was doing with him had better long term prospects but they can still salvage things by playing the Willow affair out longer and having him and Nina get more serious

When it comes to Alexis I wouldn’t mind her and Sonny having a real go round, chemistry wise NLG is MB’s best scene partner at the moment and the character has been through enough I can buy Alexis letting her guard down with Sonny right now.

21 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

He and Steve play the tension between Drew and Jason so well.

I agree. I'm shocked that given how these New/Old Writers stay burning down all traces of PM that the tension between Drew and Jason has been maintained. Also helped along by the actors whom give great tension.

 

I don't like him being acting like a creeper, but I do like Drew acting like a prick. 

 

And as I have also said, I could go with the direction this change appears to be leading to...a murder mystery.

One thing that intrigued me about the original romance of Brad and Lucas...
Brad was biological grandson of crimelord Mr. Wu, but adopted by the respectable Cooper family.
Lucas was the biological son of Julian Jerome but adopted by Tony and Bobbie Jones.
So when they got to know one another, they remarked upon the coincidence of both being gay -- and both being adoptees who were biological progeny of crimelords.

Lucas remained on the straight and narrow.  Lucas got acquainted with Julian and was best man at Alexis and Julian's wedding, but Lucas eventually disowned Julian.

Brad did skeevy things in the hospital lab but wasn't involved with the Wu family at all  -- until more recent years with Selina's influence.

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