15 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

Respectfully, Josh Swickard does not say he won't do intimacy scenes. He said he won't do gratuitous scenes, and there's a big difference.

I have no problem with him having the discussion with the show, but if he's willing to go shirtless in a bedroom scene, he is NOT the problem. I don't see him saying no to a genuine and sincere "love scene" between two married and consenting adults.

The problem here is Amanda Setton. If they're going to allow her to enforce her "modesty practice from her religious beliefs," they need to stop writing these scenes entirely.

Here again, you may think I am nitpicking but I don't think I am. It's a modesty code. And, she is a practicing Orthodox Jew who keeps kosher. But, not all Orthodox Jews follow a modesty code & I am told various people from various religions do & there is a lot of differences in the way they interpret how they present themselves to the world. So, basically it's a kinda individual thing.

And, to all of the rest, what you & I say is very similar. To me it's simple, since she will not fulfill the requirements of a fictional romantic life, then she should not have a romance at all.

Obvious, right?

 

10 hours ago, John said:

According to the preview for the February 21, 2025 episode of GH, Jonathan Jackson is back as Lucky.

So, a two day difference?! I think the "trains must run on time AT ALL COSTS" mentality is getting in the way of good dramatic serialized storytelling on at least a few occasions. In this instance I feel JJ definitely should have played these beats. Previously I felt the same about a time when the TempMichael was in place. And, on DAYS it was beyond absurd that over a question of 2 days Kristian Alfonso (Hope) was not at Doug's Memorial service. 

13 hours ago, Jdee43 said:

Shouldn't it have been Lulu who offed Cyrus? Cyrus did the most to ruin her life. And wouldn't Lulu be a  better fit for the writing that Joss is getting, being recruited into the WSB?

I'm sorry but I don't see the distinction you're making. Joss has a ton of character motivation. Cyrus killed her lover, Sexy Dexy. Lulu was comatose at the time you're speaking of & nothing has happened since she got up & around to point her at Cyrus like a bull's eye.

13 hours ago, Jdee43 said:

Cyrus has been wasted the 4 years he was on. They should have brought Kober on as a different kind of character; from evil drug dealer to mercy killer was never believable.

Among the many ways that this show sucks, one of them is how they write off supervillains. The trend continues. 

I'm not convinced they actually write supervillains. Well, Ryan was one. 

Making sh*t up as you go along vs. the writing discipline & good habit of deciding ahead of time & making a plan & sticking to it. A rant about GH recent past with O'Connor/Van Etten & current Korte/Van Etten. 

So, I am as disgusted as I know how to be since I have come to the conclusion that Korte/Van Etten have just pulled a stunt like O'Connor/Van Etten pulled all the time & what that is, is making sh*t up as they go along. Change their minds 3, 4 or even 5 times about who is the doer & who are the victims. Double back, create fake flashbacks, try to retcon the past into the new future you just thought up. 

Korte & Van Etten! We would like a word with you!

 

I don't have access to TV or Hulu.  Don't watch GH regularly although sometimes I catch it on on on yt or d.motion, etc.
I was curious about the Cyrus thing this week, so I read detailed recaps of Mon-Thurs Feb. 17-20, from reliable recapper Dustin Cushman. 
Nothing I read made any sense, but I know Dustin has been reliable for 20 years. 
Therefore the GH writers are making no sense at all!

 

So, Thurs Feb 20, at this location this happens 

Spoiler

Cyrus dies in Austin's cabin

 randomly connecting with the location of a prior pointless character?

Edited February 21Feb 21 by janea4old

duplicate, sorry

Edited February 21Feb 21 by janea4old

1 hour ago, janea4old said:

I don't have access to TV or Hulu.  Don't watch GH regularly although sometimes I catch it on on on yt or d.motion, etc.
I was curious about the Cyrus thing this week, so I read detailed recaps of Mon-Thurs Feb. 17-20, from reliable recapper Dustin Cushman. 
Nothing I read made any sense, but I know Dustin has been reliable for 20 years. 
Therefore the GH writers are making no sense at all!

 

So, Thurs Feb 20, at this location this happens 

  Reveal hidden contents

Cyrus dies in Austin's cabin

 randomly connecting with the location of a prior pointless character?

YES! I meant to mention that. Plus, egregiously I am guessing we are never gonna know why Cyrus did his odd bit of business when he took Sexy Dexy's hospital ID bracelet off his dead body & pocketed it & it was one of the things Joss found. [grumble] 

And, I don't think Eden's portrayal has changed. No, I think it's the receivers.

 

Edited February 21Feb 21 by Contessa Donatella

Joss has gotten a lot better very quickly.

Joss can be annoying as a character (by design—she is mini Carly, after all), but I’ve always thought Eden gave a strong performance. 

Credits for Friday, February 21, 2025:

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

I wish Cyrus' death had been one of those "City Confidential"-like killings, where the entire town bans together to bump him off; then, when the authorities step in to get to the bottom of things, everyone claims they were hiding under the same pool table when it happened, lol.

37 minutes ago, Khan said:

I wish Cyrus' death had been one of those "City Confidential"-like killings, where the entire town bans together to bump him off; then, when the authorities step in to get to the bottom of things, everyone claims they were hiding under the same pool table when it happened, lol.

I'd just as soon save the next Who Shot/Killed [X]? story for Congressman Quartermaine. Bigger game. Easier to just silence ol' hickory ham Cyrus and Baldo (Sidwell) and be done with it.

Joss is Cyrus' killer? Meh... it's OK, I guess.

But this attempt to make her "special" and for Brennan to have seen her as a potential WSB agent is nothing short of laughable.

I just can't.

1 minute ago, ranger1rg said:

Joss is Cyrus' killer? Meh... it's OK, I guess.

But this attempt to make her "special" and for Brennan to have seen her as a potential WSB agent is nothing short of laughable.

I just can't.

Really? I am one of a great many people who called that. 

Joss as a WSB agent is one of the stupider ideas the show has ever had.  I am sure Jax and Carly's spoiled daughter will be great at saving the world.😂

I saw some posts elsewhere suggesting Lulu be WSB, but I kind of wish that she *not* be into all the action/adventure Luke did.  Some of that's fine, but I'd like Lulu to be her own person with her own career unique to her.  I think she was a reporter before her coma,  which is okay but not great.  I don't think Deception fits her at all.  I don't know, why not something entirely new like science or engineering?  I mean, why not STEM.

I'm discussing Lulu because she interests me.
I don't care anything about Josslyn.

Edited February 21Feb 21 by janea4old

Lulu is really not the science type. Remaining an adventurous journalist was fine with me.