8 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Trust me, I have visions of what could be in 2025 if, and only IF we get a whole new creative regime. But, do I see that happening? It's slim to none.

Sad, but true.

 

3 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Yes I was saving up money in order to subscribe to Hulu when I read recaps and posts here about how Mulcahey was writing Anna.  Finally!  But then ... he was gone, so I'm glad I never spent the money.

She really was back. Love sum FH. And Anna was being written how she should be written. And even when she was not near the end of PM's run, I felt FH played against the material to keep Anna's toughness. A missed opportunity.

 

7 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Yes I was saving up money in order to subscribe to Hulu when I read recaps and posts here about how Mulcahey was writing Anna.  Finally!  But then ... he was gone, so I'm glad I never spent the money.

Honestly a lot of the PM era is probably readily available on YT. He started very early in March and while there was clear interference and mess all throughout I don't think his stamp fully left the show til maybe mid or late July (though Drew and Willow kissed around the 4th). You could probably poke around and find a lot. (Anna still cried way too often though, as she has done for years.)

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Only near the end of the run.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

Honestly a lot of the PM era is probably readily available on YT. He started very early in March and while there was clear interference and mess all throughout I don't think his stamp fully left the show til maybe mid or late July (though Drew and Willow kissed around the 4th). You could probably poke around and find a lot. (Anna still cried way too often though, as she has done for years.)

The material with Patrick Mulcahey as co-head writer aired from March 15 – August 6, 2024.

6 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

The material with Patrick Mulcahey as co-head writer aired from March 15 – August 6, 2024.

Very true! But I seem to recall his stamp being on a few eps before his official start date, namely the big Wagger speech after the shootout at the warehouse (or wherever), Dante's shooting and that fallout and Kevin's big scene with Marshall and his family re: Black misdiagnosis. That was what, a week or two before? And we know for a fact he was brought in to redo the Jason return storyline which officially started at the beginning of March and proceeded to quickly implode. So if I'm directing someone to watch that era I am telling them to head for the beginning of March (technically a few days prior actually given what I remember seeing in Quartermaine scenes, but never mind).

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Credits for Wednesday, November 20, 2024:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Chris Van Etten, Elizabeth Korte
Writers: Nigel Campbell, Kate Hall, Anne Schoettle
Director: Tina Keller

Does Alexis have Sam's updated Will or does Diane have it?

Ok so an overdose of Digitalis killed Sam. I may be in the minority but I hope Cyrus didnt do this. 

They’re handling this Lulu recast very well so far, its great to see Alexa Havins back in daytime. Ridiculousness of Lulu no longer being hooked up to any machines parked to the side, they were smart to showcase her Spencer fighting spirit so early by having her fake still being comatose to get Cyrus away and pull a Kill Bill by trying to get out of bed so fast. The recreated flashback was a good call as well, Alexa is already 1000x more interesting energy wise than ER ever was when I saw her take on the role.

Yikes at Sam not updating her will and leaving the kids with Drew. Love the setup for more twin beef. Alexis and Molly’s scenes were good.

Dante is the only person who makes Kristina and KM’s acting likable to me

Danny and Jason talking about Sam reuniting with the baby she first lost was sweet and I liked Danny dragging Jason for fighting with Drew and Danny being distraught over how he treated Lucas. Danny’s actor once again did some decent work here.

Loved Lucky and Liz today and them comforting Lucas was nice to see.  Woof at Liz getting the blame for Sam’s death. I wasn’t expecting that pivot but gotta admit its a good one even if its obvious who is really responsible 

I dug up the original Cyrus & Lulu scene from today's recreated flashback! Original scene with Emme's Lulu (left) aired 11/10/20 & recreated scene with Alexa's Lulu (right) aired today. I'm very impressed with how closely they matched the dialogue & wardrobe! #GH #GeneralHospital pic.twitter.com/6pzfGA6OTY

— Brett (@vicksvapor77) November 20, 2024

I saw a tweet about how they were making people forget Emme.

Nothing against Emme, but that's not overly difficult...

Didn't Sam name her little girl Lila?  It's not a huge deal, but I didn't think the child was buried as baby girl McCall

57 minutes ago, John said:

Ok so an overdose of Digitalis killed Sam. I may be in the minority but I hope Cyrus didnt do this. 

It is very clear (and has been for weeks) that it is ineffectual jewel hoarder and insomniac Sidwell a.k.a. NuCyrus a.k.a. NuVictor a.k.a. NuPeter a.k.a. NuShiloh.

This is all so boring. It's the only stupid story Frank, CVE, Korte, etc. know how to do and they do it over and over and over with a series of unthreatening characters. We'll all next be expected to act shocked when omigod!! Sidwell is Natalia's ex and the father of her stupid children!

11 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Didn't Sam name her little girl Lila?

Yes, as we had to hear ad nauseam at the time. Baby Lila was almost as canonized as Lila Sr. for a while due to her proximity to Jason and Frons' favorite starlet. You'd have thought that baby was B.J. in those days.

16 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I saw a tweet about how they were making people forget Emme.

Soap Twitter these days has goldfish memory. They've been redoing flashbacks on this show since at least Laura Wright's debut as Carly.

33 minutes ago, detroitpiston said:

Yikes at Sam not updating her will and leaving the kids with Drew.

Looks like more prime setup for a murder mystery, and I'm not hating it.

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7 minutes ago, Vee said:

Yes, as we had to hear ad nauseam at the time. Baby Lila was almost as canonized as Lila Sr. for a while due to her proximity to Jason and Frons' favorite starlet. You'd have thought that baby was B.J. in those days.

Ha!  If I remember it clearly it had to be mentioned a million times.  I really recall Sam referring to the baby as Lila for years so that's a strange oversight.

Alexa Havins looks really good.  She's hardly aged at all.  

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Just now, carolineg said:

Ha!  If I remember it clearly it had to be mentioned a million times.  I really recall Sam referring to the baby as Lila for years so that's a strange oversight.

I do too. Missing that is very careless, Sam never got over that loss. It was a major moment in her life and she and Jason would've made sure about how the baby was remembered.

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