GH: November 2024 Discussion Thread

[Taoboi]

Our hatred for that burns bright. lol.

 

Same. Knowing that they are apparently going to play in my face with Lulu's return, YES PLEASE. 

 

 

 

[Vee]

Sidelining Genie this year has seemed very deliberate, and I don't think it is a question of any one writing team at this point.

[BetterForgotten]

I wonder if Genie's guarantees are just very low and they wasted it on a lot of the Heather garbage this year.

 

[Taoboi]

I would be shocked if it was THAT low they can snitch a story together.

 

Then again...

[titan1978]

It’s like they decided everyone tied to the Spencer story had to be offscreen so the audience didn’t ask if he was coming back or being recast. Then they tried to use her for the Heather story that FV and the former HW wanted to force through and the audience rebuked them.

It was pretty clear Mulcahey/Korte was going in a direction that would have pitted Anna and Laura directly against Sonny, at least for a period of time. Once that got wiped out it’s like they forgot how to use her. The way she is being used makes me wonder if Frank did not want to bring back Lucky and Lulu and that was kind of forced on him.

Edited November 26, 2024 by titan1978

[Aragorn]

Is Lulu going to encounter Tracy before Laura? Will it be Tracy who tells Lulu that Luke is dead?

[Vee]

It would not shock me, but I do believe that they invested in the search for Lulu (and got a top soap performer in doing so) and that either the network or FV was determined to get Jonathan back for some time. They certainly aren't using either Lucky or Laura to the fullest atm, but it's always hard these days to tell whether that's FV disinterest or just the inevitable consequences of his endless taping shuffle grind.

[Liberty City]

Credits for Tuesday, November 26, 2024:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Chris Van Etten, Elizabeth Korte
Writers: Suzanne Flynn, Cathy Lepard, Anne Schoettle
Director: Allison Reames Smith

[John]

Alexa Havins Bruening has the lock on LuLu. I am loving her return so far. Where is Laura? 

Edited November 26, 2024 by John

[Contessa Donatella]

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I really have no problem, at all, with Cody not recognizing Nulu. It was night, she had that hood pulled way forward shading her face & she kinda half turned away from him, how was he supposed to get a good look at her? Nulu on the run & Cody for OG Good Guy!

 

[ranger1rg]

Add me to the list of those who think Genie Francis has been intentionally been sidelined.

None of this makes any sense, not block taping, not guarantees, not anything. I think there's definitely something else going on. And why not believe that, on a show with sooooooo many BTS messes?

[Vee]

I think Genie has just been on Frank's wrong side more than once and gotten away with getting her way because of her stature.

[ranger1rg]

Agreed. They've kissed and made up MANY times, but there's always another argument.

[Vee]

Frank tried to get her to hang around on recurring during the 50th anniversary year (2013) along with the rest of the recurring vets they'd brought back. (I think he tried to do the same with Stephen Nichols, who was vocal about their lame offer in vague yet specific terms a few years later.) Genie refused and dipped in the fall with very little fanfare. She refused to return again after that without a contract, and they tried to cut her to recurring twice since then. Each time she has gotten the contract.

[ranger1rg]

-- More Babies Rabies on this show? GMAB.

-- I was happy to see Ric go after Kristina, but I wanted something more realistic. Ric was screaming in her face to a ridiculous extent, and the judge and prosecuting attorney would not have allowed that to go on so long before stepping in.

-- Chase is in bed shirtless in tomorrow's previews. Of course, Brook Lynn looks like she's bundled up to sleep outside in Alaska.