11-20

 

And at looooooooooong last, LULU!!!!

 

Well, this has been a long time coming for me. And honestly, I really can't get over how much AB favors JMB. It's uncanny. And seeing her outside of a 2 second ending coda? Her vibe is definitely like hers. I see that Spencer fire. I feel that grit. And I saw that people were complaining about the fact that she was in a coma for four years and shouldn't really be able to move. Well, it is a soap. That said...at least the writers played that beat. And it was a good show for showing that Lulu has that Spencer determination. So worth the wait and loving it so far. But as was mentioned a few days ago, fingers crossed this is not going to be like Lucky's return where it takes weeks for Lulu to encounter anyone we would rather see her with.

 

Loved the Jason/Danny scene. And there was a moment when AA had that look that was hilariously real in the 'don't kid a kidder' vein. Well...at least he's improving. I still cite face structure.

 

Well, good to know that Lucas knows that it was not his fault that Sam died. And that said...so...someone did murder Sam. Oooooh dear...guess we are getting 2 murder mysteries for the price of one, huh? But it appeared to be a story involving Elizabeth so I'll take it. 

 

I could care less about Kristina so I zoned out on her scenes with Dante. Though I continue to feel for Dante. And Alexis found Sam's will and the kids were left to Drew. Well...I guess the fight for the blended family begins. 

I can see the Hospital set and The Quartermaine set to be the major sets going forward.

I think GH will be focusing on the Quartermaines, Webber/Spencer, Scorpio and Corinthos clans

On 11/21/2024 at 7:39 AM, carolineg said:

The years of story Carly/AJ/Liz could provide was ridiculously wasted.

Very. But heaven forbid this show focus on Liz or pairings that work. 

 

On 11/21/2024 at 7:49 AM, Antoyne said:

Oh wow so Lulu is waking up just hearing this creepy guy claim to be her uncle, how frightening.

Lol. IKR. AB played that sooooo well though.  

 

 

3 minutes ago, John said:

I can see the Hospital set and The Quartermaine set to be the major sets going forward.

I think GH will be focusing on the Quartermaines, Webber/Spencer, Scorpio and Corinthos clans

Which reminds me...I love that after such a looooooooong time we are getting a Webber/Spencer resurgence. Regardless of the uneven writing, I do love that I got my wish this year and Laura's kids are back in town. 

3 minutes ago, John said:

I can see the Hospital set and The Quartermaine set to be the major sets going forward.

I think GH will be focusing on the Quartermaines, Webber/Spencer, Scorpio and Corinthos clans

Which reminds me...I love that after such a looooooooong time we are getting a Webber/Spencer resurgence. Regardless of the uneven writing, I do love that I got my wish this year and Laura's kids are back in town. 

17 hours ago, John said:

Would Lois and Martin be a good fit?

Outside of it providing story for Lucy...and the fact that Lucy and Lois work at Deception and don't like each other...I don't see it. 

 

But it would be nice to have more Lois on the canvas. I don't know who she could be with that would fit. 

 

 

It's obvious, GH has been going through a major transition in front of and behind the scenes this past year. I have to give FV credit for making GH the best looking soap, from the sets, costumes, etc. but EK and CVE are not the writers to be in charge with such a huge overhaul/transition taking place. 

Ultimately, I think ABC still supports the show but the budget has definitely been cut. Their daytime line-up is a mess and if BTG becomes a huge hit, I think ABC will jump on board with maybe rebooting one of our beloved soaps.

But back to GH, Rick Hearst and Maura West are gold together. They definitely need to lean into that. MB seems more checked out than usual, CM is playing Drew the way the character is being written. This is so not BM's Drew. Drew is becoming a true messy Quartermaine. Sam's death is not sitting well with me at all but it has hit the canvas pretty hard.

All this to say, GH still has so much potential to be a great show. With the obvious budget cuts and actor guarantees being adjusted, I blame EK and CVE for the disjointed clumsy writing for Laura, Lucky etc.

 

On 11/21/2024 at 4:39 PM, Antoyne said:

Didn’t care one lick about Kristina and Joss bonding.

On 11/21/2024 at 5:15 PM, carolineg said:

I can't concretely remember anything about Sonny/Sam except the elevator scene where TB's Carly tells her she's a replacement for Brenda because they look the same in the dark.  SAVAGE!!  I loved TB's Carly back then.

But Brenda's hair was more stylish.  One of my favorite scenes. And it was when I truly bought TB as Carly. 

 

Perfection. And true. 

Look, I will always love Michael E. Knight.  AFAIC, he's the funniest actor ever to work in daytime; and his work as "Tad the Cad" in that triangle with Liza (Marcy Walker) and Marian (Jennifer Bassey) will always remain a gold standard for the genre.  But I cannot and will not support keeping him on GH in any capacity.  He (and Rena Sofer) deserves much better than that.

Edited November 24, 20241 yr by Khan

On 11/22/2024 at 7:50 AM, Liberty City said:

Losing him was such a blow. It really was. He got his bag, booked another gig in primetime and said, "BYE!"

And he was in a great position to used on the canvas thanks to Nik's hush money. And goodness knows SB knew how to fit out a suit. I was looking forward to him pushing his weight around. Alas

 

 

1 minute ago, Khan said:

MEK and Rena Sofer deserve much better than to be treated like that

Agree.

 

On 11/22/2024 at 8:00 AM, Liberty City said:

I really do like Charles Mesure as an actor.

I also have in everything he's been in (and said as such sorry not sorry), but I do continue to feel that if we are going to keep Brennan around, he is being used the wrong way. But the only person who gave him the potential to move beyond a side character was PM. 

 

On 11/22/2024 at 1:48 PM, titan1978 said:

It’s very noticeable and also jarring. There is no flow to any story because it’s being put together like a puzzle by people that don’t care anymore about any details, just getting it to air.

It's pretty clear FV and the show have spent more than a year scrambling. I wish someone with any power would sit him down and tell him flat out what he felt was working as far as his production model is broken beyond repair. He needs to take a step back, look critically at the big picture again and make changes or lose his job. Because some of the right decisions being made are being undone by bad scheduling and the stop and start stories.

I thought Monty hated working with strong writers but Valentini is worse than she ever was. And she repeatedly hired her own sister!

They will stay in their ratings gutter because no momentum is allowed to build anywhere. Anticipation is the bread and butter of this genre.

PREACH!!!

 

Perhaps the hidden person (allegedly) who was behind the PM hiring should step in yet again and do this because playing catch up on the thread and hearing how block filming is already hindering the already strong start to this next leg of Lulu's storyline ain't it. 

 

LOL.

 

Thank you. Tail end of November Sweeps and it does feel uneven and what would interest me (sam's death, lucky's return, lulu's return, michael vs drew) has been all over the place with no focus. And in the case of Lulu's...now I'm worried we won't even get her, Lucky, and Laura all on frame in the same scene at the same time. Bonus if Nik is roped in. Just ridiculous for a moment that has been years in the making. 

 

On 11/22/2024 at 1:54 PM, Antoyne said:

So just so I’m clear. A federal agent was murdered in Port Charles, and because Alexis didn’t do it they just said okay? Good enough for us? I hate that the writers treat us like we’re so stupid and have no memories.

Not gonna lie, I actually saw some chemistry with Gio and Trina today. Could we perhaps get a triangle?

LOL!!! Oh, your shade!!!! 

 

Well when they are allowed to be around each other, I have found Gio and Trina to have chemistry. The only thing that has let them down has been the writing. They keep getting played before with that 'wacka wacka' slapsticky writing that I don't like from these writers. But give them an organic conflict and they are good together. Like the scene where they were outside Bobbie's and had issues over their opinions on Ava. That was good writing and something to build on for them if they were to become a couple given Trina's friendship/history with Ava and Gio's loyalty to Sonny and family. But alas.

On 11/22/2024 at 2:19 PM, titan1978 said:

It’s just so sloppy. Austin was shot dead

It's been so long, I can't even remember...was it Nikolas who did that or was that someone working for Cyrus revealed under the scab writers?

 

3 hours ago, Taoboi said:

It's been so long, I can't even remember...was it Nikolas who did that or was that someone working for Cyrus revealed under the scab writers?

 

We have no idea who murdered Austin and it happened a year ago.

6 hours ago, Taoboi said:

From August 2023 until her departure in April 2023, Lexi Ainsworth appeared in 116 episodes as Kristina. Kate Mansi has appeared in 105 episodes so far this year. Kate has made Kristina a force on this show.

Edited November 25, 20241 yr by Aragorn

7 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Lol Sonny’s demon spawn and Carly’s demon spawn getting along is borderline fast forward material for me 😂

1 hour ago, Aragorn said:

We have no idea who murdered Austin and it happened a year ago.

See I feel like that was revealed to the audience, but not to the characters. But I'll sure someone will come in here to verify the scab writing scene I'm thinking of. 

 

2 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

Lol Sonny’s demon spawn and Carly’s demon spawn getting along is borderline fast forward material for me 😂

Same. Thus the gif because they SHOULD be feuding. So them getting along at all gives me pause. 

 

 

14 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

See I feel like that was revealed to the audience, but not to the characters. But I'll sure someone will come in here to verify the scab writing scene I'm thinking of. 

 

Same. Thus the gif because they SHOULD be feuding. So them getting along at all gives me pause. 

 

 

The only reason it currently makes sense to me and it’s something I totally forgot because they aren’t related to each other but MORGAN was both of their brothers, I always forget about him tbh. But yeah Ava tampering with his meds is something I think will always bond them especially if it’s anyone in their blended family going against Ava. It looked like they might move the feud to Molly instead and that works for me too since they don’t share any relatives at all.