GH: December 2024 Discussion Thread

[DRW50]

I think Jane is also just better at these moments, which has helped make Tracy's evolution believable.

[Liberty City]

Credits for Tuesday, December 17, 2024:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Elizabeth Korte, Chris Van Etten
Writers: Nigel Campbell, Charlotte Gibson, Anne Schoettle
Director: Denise Van Cleave

[Faulkner]

ShrewLu lives! I kid. JMB would have been unbelievably abrasive in those BrookLynn scenes, but still. 

[John]

Was that Sidwell in the church?

[ranger1rg]

The hate for this character/actor is beyond ridiculous.

I can see wanting someone gone. I've written those posts myself. But I just can't understand the piling on when this character has done very little, both in story and in airtime.

Sorry, I don't get it.

[ranger1rg]

-- Did I really just hear Lucky utter the line "Wow...I think I need to shower" when Ric left Liz's house? I think the writers are all over social media.

-- Sonny in a church? Yeah, this show is phucking with us.

[Soapsuds]

Yes to both!

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[AbcNbc247]

Sonny in church will never not be funny.

It doesn’t matter how many donations you make, bro. You’re still gonna burn for all eternity 

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Edited December 17, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[titan1978]

I think it helped that most of their reunion wasn’t just an exposition dump about the last four years. Both Lucky and Laura were mired with a lot of that.

To this day it annoys me that Carly and her children are having emotional moments at Robin and Stone’s bridge. Jason really burned that spot.

I would be genuinely shocked if they killed Felicia. I don’t see it happening. I hope she puts the pieces together and helps solve things like the old days. They already offed a long term vet with Sam. 

[DRW50]

I wonder if someone was trying to drop a hint with that line...

Ric is slimy, yes, but Rick Hearst is so charming, and the canvas is so amoral that I am not sure newer viewers are going to root against him as much as some with memories of the panic room era might.

[Contessa Donatella]

When Lucky said that line a whole bunch of fandom guffawed!

Personally, I don't see it. 

[Taoboi]

Oh, I believe the reason behind the hiring. Just look at the writing, even the way to go (aka a relationship with Trina could have written itself with no retcon baby) has not saved him. 

 

I just don't want him dead. 

 

Unlike other Friends of Frank's...

I agree with this. They really do favor each other. And that idea re: violin reminds me of when they recast Victoria on Y&R with Ameila Heinle and explained while she was away, she learned to love artwork. 

 

A shame he was lost in the shuffle in hindsight. 

[Vee]

They would need to be actively trying to lose viewers to kill Felicia at this point. I don't see that happening. Maybe Old Man Cyrus makes an attempt though.

Gio is pretty useless at present and I absolutely hate the BLQ/Dante love child angle, so I understand the instinct to cut him along with about 15-20 other people. But I do like him and I think he has potential as is, so I would sooner try doing new things with this newcomer than keep T.J. at this point, who like Molly is a deeply spent background character (who in T.J.'s case has minimal personality) and who has been around too long; they need to leave for a long break and Molly can come back in several years. Would I blink if Gio got cut too though? Nope.

I think all the Lulu stuff with both her family and Tracy was very good. I think JJ and Alexa did especially well together considering their first scenes were almost nonstop exhausting exposition. But Jane just always has a way of getting you in the throat.

Edited December 18, 2024 by Vee

[Khan]

Give her just about anything to play, and she'll play it.

[detroitpiston]

I loved JJ and the writers trolling the audience back with the line about Lucky needing a shower

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perfect line delivery. Those Lucky/Liz/Ric scenes were fantastic, I like Liz getting all of this attention from her exes trying to play hero and JJ and Rick H have solid adversarial chemistry.

Lulu vs Brook Lynn was certain characters should never like each other no matter what and these two fit the bill for me. I gotta give this round to Brook Lynn since Lulu did come off a bit stuck in the past and Brook Lynn’s surprise attack by bringing up her current friendship with Maxie was hilarious. 

We got some more anvils about Gio’s paternity and Cody and Lulu scenes which I really liked, Dante seemed jealous already.

I also didn’t know that room in the Q mansion still existed as a set. I like it better than the tacky grey room sets they always use so I hope they showcase this one more often.

I swear they refurbish the same script for Tracy every two weeks, how many times are she and Sasha gonna do this same dance? That said I did feel for Sasha mourning her old boyfriend and baby with Sonny even though I didn’t even see any of that story. The scene with Tracy at the end was nice and Sidwell popping up was funny but why the hell is he even still around?

I have no use for Laura and her brothers. Martin suggesting they use Cyrus to help find Charlotte just sounded dumb to me and MEK’s antics get old after a couple of episodes.

Speaking of tired oh look Anna’s crying again I actually did like her scenes with Jason and Sonny but they need to tell Finola Hughes to chill out on the water works at this point, the emotion is too much sometimes.

Jason and Spinelli taking over the search for Valentin and Charlotte makes sense and I like Spinelli’s motivation. Hopefully we get some scenes with him and Lulu soon.