16 hours ago, Jdee43 said:

Equally embarrassing is the shoe polish they put in Maurice's hair. Shocked that hair people would let him go on camera looking like that; it looks so unnatural. 

I've read multiple times that MB hates the black hair, implying that production forces it on him. Considering all the power he wields at GH, I have a really hard time believing that. If he truly wanted to go gray, he would.

4 hours ago, carolineg said:

Aside from being completely out of character for Lois which I could go on for days about, the whole thing is confusing.  Lois just handled the adoption?  Brook Lynn would have had to consent to something at some point.  She didn't ask anything about where her child would end up or with whom?  Did Gio's mom live in Bensonhurst when Gio was born or did she show up later with Gio as a child?  Did Ned just not see BLQ for 9 months while she was a teenager?  Did Lois think it was a better option for Gio to just be the town orphan instead of letting him know the truth?  Olivia never noticed Brook was pregnant?  Lois just decided to keep this from her as well?  Somehow Sonny knows this kid well enough to pay for his schooling even though he was clearly in PC when BLQ was a teenager, so does Sonny know something about this too?  

None of this story makes any sense.  Lois just gave the baby to her buddy then had her move next door or whatever and just hoped nobody would figure it out?  It's almost like GH over explained Gio's upbringing when they introduced him and now there isn't a logical way to make it make sense.

This is the PERFECT summary of the Brook Lynn pregnancy mess.

Credits for Tuesday, February 4, 2025:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Chris Van Etten, Elizabeth Korte
Writers: Nigel Campbell, Stacey Pulwer
Director: Robert Markham

So, who can answer this question for me? The coat that Laura has on today irl is teal but it looks to us to be black. What does it mean about the lighting that it reads black to us?

Okay, this calls it forest green. But, still, neither is black!

Edited February 4Feb 4 by Contessa Donatella

Drew sucks 

Drew is aggressively awful. I was cheering for Carly.

Edited February 4Feb 4 by Antoyne

6 hours ago, Khan said:

To everyone who enjoyed seeing Rena Sofer/Lois back on GH and wanted her to stay:

Admittedly I'm not the biggest Lois fan, but I actually do think there's potential in someone who prided herself on honesty and integrity keeping such a huge secret from mother and son for decades. It's much more interesting, on paper, than the years Lois spent going on about Ned's scheming, or the recent "story" about losing her accent. The problem is, as a few have already pointed out, the story is poorly thought out and probably won't have any aftermath beyond Brook Lyn being mad at her mother (maybe) for a brief time (unless Rena leaves and there's some permanent rift).

I do hope they will at least bring up Olivia's own paternity lies about Dante and how that may color her reaction to Lois' actions, but that type of history/nuance probably went out the door with Mulcahey, unless "the historian" wants to surprise us.

8 hours ago, Darn said:

Also personally I really need for them to move away from him because if I have to hear another reference to lawless Africa I'm gonna lose it.

Anna: We have nothing on him, Jason! He committed the crimes on Pride Rock! Mufasa and Rafiki don't want the headache, they refuse to send us the CCTV footage!

This right here is why we don't do the blog anymore!

4 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

I've read multiple times that MB hates the black hair, implying that production forces it on him. Considering all the power he wields at GH, I have a really hard time believing that. If he truly wanted to go gray, he would.

8 hours ago, carolineg said:

By all accounts, including his own, he has little to no bts power now. He has admitted this several times since COVID on his YouTube show. He came back to the show in an incredibly fragile state mentally, and has never gotten back the level of stability he had before his COVID breakdown. When he had his latest episodes this summer, he was basically forced to return to work or there would be temp casting. He has said several times that they make him dye his hair. I only watch his show when he has a true soap veteran on, plus a handful of GH ones, maybe 10 of them, and he has been pretty honest about his mental health and how the BTS culture of the show has changed.

It is also pretty clear none of the talent has much power nowadays. Genie Francis only got rehired because of the longevity of the public outcry directed at Frank specifically. Monaco would have been untouchable even five years into Frank’s tenure. Burton has come back clearly humbled and just happy to be with his lifelong colleagues again. Even FV’s power has somewhat diminished- look at Howarth and Easton.

I think we all give them credit for what kind of power they used to wield. Look at DAYS with AA. They let that [!@#$%^&*] go on way beyond the talent asking for investigations. I don’t think any soap actors have any power beyond deciding to sign a new contract when they are fed up or burned out.

2 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

By all accounts, including his own, he has little to no bts power now. He has admitted this several times since COVID on his YouTube show. He came back to the show in an incredibly fragile state mentally, and has never gotten back the level of stability he had before his COVID breakdown. When he had his latest episodes this summer, he was basically forced to return to work or there would be temp casting. He has said several times that they make him dye his hair. I only watch his show when he has a true soap veteran on, plus a handful of GH ones, maybe 10 of them, and he has been pretty honest about his mental health and how the BTS culture of the show has changed.

I can't remember so I'm genuinely asking - wasn't it said that the whole awful breakdown/pill story they were doing last year was truncated because Maurice didn't want to play it?

34 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

mittedly I'm not the biggest Lois fan, but I actually do think there's potential in someone who prided herself on honesty and integrity keeping such a huge secret from mother and son for decades. It's much more interesting, on paper, than the years Lois spent going on about Ned's scheming, or the recent "story" about losing her accent. The problem is, as a few have already pointed out, the story is poorly thought out and probably won't have any aftermath beyond Brook Lyn being mad at her mother (maybe) for a brief time (unless Rena leaves and there's some permanent rift).

Exactly! Put some meat on those bones and you can make sense out of it. It’s the kind of conflict that would have been natural for Lois had she stayed during her first run. What happens when she starts to compromise her ethics, even if it is to protect someone else? That’s the kind of story I would love to see played out here. Watching Lois realize all her justifications don’t matter because she broke her own personal ethical code is good stuff, beyond just being a mom and everything being about BLQ (we know the dad if the rumors are true will barely be involved due to the show bias). Not just another paternity story where everyone is mad for a few weeks and then all good.

 

3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I can't remember so I'm genuinely asking - wasn't it said that the whole awful breakdown/pill story they were doing last year was truncated because Maurice didn't want to play it?

Not didn’t want to. By every account I have seen including his own statements he couldn’t do it. It was dragging on too long for him to play that volatility and mania with his mental health issues, and it was getting worse onscreen with no end in sight. The same thing happened when they played his manic depression during the Emily affair. They had to cut it short because he had a breakdown.

16 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

Exactly! Put some meat on those bones and you can make sense out of it. It’s the kind of conflict that would have been natural for Lois had she stayed during her first run. What happens when she starts to compromise her ethics, even if it is to protect someone else? That’s the kind of story I would love to see played out here. Watching Lois realize all her justifications don’t matter because she broke her own personal ethical code is good stuff, beyond just being a mom and everything being about BLQ (we know the dad if the rumors are true will barely be involved due to the show bias). Not just another paternity story where everyone is mad for a few weeks and then all good.

Not didn’t want to. By every account I have seen including his own statements he couldn’t do it. It was dragging on too long for him to play that volatility and mania with his mental health issues, and it was getting worse onscreen with no end in sight. The same thing happened when they played his manic depression during the Emily affair. They had to cut it short because he had a breakdown.

Thanks. So I guess they will stop...if you have a breakdown. Wonderful backstage atmosphere. 

The way you describe it shows what this Gio story could be compared to what we are going to get. 

And now I'm reminded they had the whole Trina paternity story which also ended up going nowhere. If they'd ever had any real interest in Trina/Gio that might have been a good writing choice to have them bond over these lies.

They still can, even as friends, if the show cares.

Edited February 4Feb 4 by DRW50

I don't think Maurice actively killed the breakdown story under Mulcahey - he said at the time he was eager to play it. Then things went sideways. I do think if a show is having to trash key story because the actor is unfit or unwell, and he is still expected to be the center fulcrum of the show in frontburner story, that's a problem.

I don't think he has much active power anymore. I do think he is still sometimes vocal, and they give in to his needs because they fear losing the audience and fear for his health.

As for today: I like how they didn't even bother to have McKenna do the accent lol. Frank does not care!

Edited February 5Feb 5 by Vee

I would say ideally you give Lois a co-conspirator in this Gio plot.  Ned, Olivia, or even Tracy.  They helped decide they didn't want Brook or Dante to go through with the teenage pregnancy and Lois reluctantly agreed.  Thus, giving Ned/Olivia some conflict that involves Lois and 
BLQ but not in the obvious love triangle way.  Instead, it's just going to be Lois getting the entire blame.

The only potentially interesting outcome of this needless secret child plot for me is again, if Gio lashes out by going full rich party animal, drinking and drugging and becoming generally hedonistic to cause trouble. And even that is not worth aging up Dante and BLQ so much.

I agree with @Darn that all this is a waste of time for Dominic and Alexa, who are both very strong and also good together. But so much of the long story on this show (if any exists at this point) seems to be about largely marking and wasting time. I still think this may all lead to Chase ending up back in black widow Willow's arms again though, and I'm here for it if it gets that himbo off the show.

Maybe this is a Minority opinion but I personally have only thought of this in terms of Chase being furious with Brook Lynn & Gio reacting potentially negatively to both Brook Lynn & Dante. I would not be surprised if this blows up ChaLynn. In which case I see Chillow. If anyone is going to be furious with Lois, wouldn't it most likely be Sonny? And, those two old friends will talk it out.