GH: January 2025 Discussion Thread

[Dion]

The grounds are apparently crawling with security, although unlike the copious bodyguards that Sonny has, we never see them (and where they were when Sonny killed Jagger is anyone's guess). The only person we usually see is Yuri, who was originally Valentin's man but stayed on after Valentin left the mansion three years ago (possibly because - as it was heavily hinted though I don't think confirmed - he was sleeping with Monica back then, though he is supposed to be with Terry now).

Heck, I don't think we ever saw the nanny until Tuesday's episode.

[Soapsuds]

I hope with the way Drew is being written leads to a murder mystery.

[detroitpiston]

I like Drew as an antagonist and killing yet another Quatermaine would be a huge mistake IMO. Have a “Who shot JR” mystery but keep him alive.

[Vee]

I feel two ways about that option. I feel relatively confident he is dogmeat now, whereas Mulcahey had reshaped him a somewhat more decent and less skeevy power broker/lothario. You're right that Drew could continue regardless of going full heel, but the issue is that GH in the 2020s doesn't know how to keep those kind of darker characters long-term unless they are guest stars playing cartoon villains who Frank Valentini suddenly becomes enamored of and doesn't want to lose.

[Contessa Donatella]

I don't think the show has any intention of killing Drew. 

[Efulton]

I agree!  I’m enjoying slimy Drew and how he is pissing off the Qs. 

[detroitpiston]

Drew is clearly the sanctimonious jerk of the story but it hasn’t been “only next step is murder” energy to me. 

My biggest issue with the Q’s when I tuned back in was how boring and saccharine they all were, we finally have one living up to the family name. I’d rather they not just dump the character by senselessly killing him.

[Khan]

I just hope that when Drew DOES get killed, he goes out the same way as Susan, lol.

[ranger1rg]

I don't either. I think that's even less likely after Mathison's house burned down in the fire. I can't see Frank dropping him or any character right after something like that.

[Contessa Donatella]

You're right. I didn't even think about the fire. When it comes to something like this, Frank is not so bad, after all. I'm not going to stop criticizing but I will back off a bit, give them a breather.

[Liberty City]

Eden McCoy's IMDb has been updated with some new pictures, including a few with her sporting brunette hair and honestly... it looks semi-good on her, despite the wig in one shot and the [obvious] Photoshopping in this featured one.

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[Aragorn]

Seeing her as a brunette makes me think that Jack will recruit her into the WSB and make her an undercover agent.

[Liberty City]

Credits for Tuesday, January 21, 2025:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Chris Van Etten, Elizabeth Korte
Writers: Suzanne Flynn, Scott Sickles
Director: Jillian Dedote

[DRW50]

One of the problems with Mathison is just a general cold, unpleasant vibe onscreen. That's one of the reasons the character seemed so hated by fans even when he was written as exclusively "good." It's also one of the reasons I'm not sure how well he can work long-term as a villain because he can't really do balance. 

I do think Frank would be reluctant to let him go, which is why I doubt he's going anywhere. It's up to ABC, as I imagine Frank never wanted to let Michael Easton go.

[Vee]

I don't know that I agree - I think Cameron's vibe is more that of an endlessly genial TV show host, which in part comes from his spending years as on-air talent for shows in the Access Hollywood/Extra genre. That can certainly come off very plastic and artificial but I've never found him cold or unpleasant except in Ryan Lavery's worst years. More smarmy, smooth or just plain cheesy. But I do think he still has a lot of charm when utilized well. Or he can easily come off sleazy and skeevy, which Drew is clearly supposed to now.

Fans took to his Drew early on when he was rescued in Greece and before he became Carly's latest sanctimonious enabler; that's when they quickly turned on him, in a self-righteous role that did not play to CM's specific strengths. The reaction to Mulcahey's Drew Q last year was certainly mixed but it was also somewhat baked in due to his spending several years as Carly's howling purseholder. Which is all he ever was to this creative team: A replacement part for Jason.

I'm not so sure. The show is very clearly painting Drew and Willow as in the wrong in this story, and is presenting Drew specifically as the supreme heavy and baddie, and GH has very little appetite for long-term, more organic 'bad' or ne'er-do-well characters or schemers who don't come from the outside like Sidwell or Cyrus to ramble on through endless stories that go nowhere. Drew is a more organic outgrowth of an antagonist than those cartoons, which means he may need to go, and Cameron neither comes from OLTL nor do I think he is super cheap. Which makes me think he will go soon. Do I think FV might hold on to him longer out of sympathy re: the fires and his personal struggles? Yes. Would it be the first time a soap has cut an actor in a sad or inconvenient IRL situation? Nope.

Edited January 21 by Vee