GH: March 2025 Discussion Thread

[Vee]

That was the bare bones of my idea, yes. But I'll tell that story in private sometime, if you (or someone else) asks to hear it. I would basically use it to blow the last of the network budget as a prep for moving to streaming and culling cast lol.

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[Khan]

No way, lol!  If Brenda comes back after helping Sonny die (yep, I said it), I want her paired with someone who's new to the show, mature and sexy as hell.  My girl deserves the best.

[bossruen]

I actually like JPS as Valentin but find it bizarre that the show has found itself in a situation in which he’s been the only viable romantic option for Anna for years. JPS and Finola have more chemistry than almost any of the other current pairings on the show IMO but it shouldn’t be hard to find other options for her if they can’t or won’t commit to making Valentin a consistent presence.

[carolineg]

Lol.  I am fine with her getting a new love interest.  Hopefully someone more exciting than that block of wood Murphy they paired her with last return.

I have personally always been a sucker for Brenda/Jason and what might have been.   I know Jason is beyond tired as a character now, but there is something really interesting to me about Brenda knowing Jason before he was Jason Morgan.   She is one of the very few characters that was close to both iterations of Jason.  I don't think Brenda would do that to Robin, but at this point Robin's own mother is being teased with Jason so I doubt that matters.

[Contessa Donatella]

I am one who doesn't think Jason & Anna are being teased at all. Partners? Perhaps. Colleagues? Yep, looks like it. Romance? No way, not in hell, not in heaven, nowhere. Both Finola & Steve have looked at this idea with ... scorn. Some people look at that kiss & seem to lose their minds. Other people see the same scene & see subterfuge, actions taken hoping to escape injury or death. That they talk & work in concert doesn't spell romance, much less sex.

 

I thought we knew that JPS declines when it comes to contract vs recurring. So, I suggest it's not that they won't, it's all on the actor, not the show. At least in this one instance. If this is wrong, I'm sure someone will come along & inform me/us. 

[bossruen]

That’s my understanding as well, but it’s ultimately on TPTB for letting the actor’s desire for a flexible workload supersede the needs of the story. 

[Contessa Donatella]

Oh, god yes, a list of the various ways Frank lets actors dictate things, yeah, OY!!! 

But a chunk of it is down to the current writers, too. I'm in favor of a moratorium on Recurring driving story!!

[carolineg]

The fact that Jason/Anna kissed at all means there is a pairing being teased.  Will it become a full on romance?  Probably not.  It seems Jason is destined for Sasha now.   Obviously the show has been struggling to find a place for Steve/Jason after Jarly flopped again.  Colleagues and partners just don't make out on a soap opera.  It's an action that means something.

[Contessa Donatella]

Just have to agree to disagree here. When I look at that scene, in Africa, in captivity, what I see is a diversionary tactic, period. Also, to me, one kiss does not equal making out. I agree that it meant something, just not something romantic. Also, Romantic Jarly hasn't been tried again so it's impossible for it to have flopped. Romantic Jarly's last attempt was completely derailed by Sonny's return from Nixon Falls, 2021. Neither 2024 nor 2025 has yet to yield anything but friendship, which of course is in itself valuable. 

[bossruen]

I assumed they saw the reaction to the Jason/Anna kiss and backed off. It happened, what, sixth months ago?

[Contessa Donatella]

I honestly do not think they were going for it. I do not personally believe there was anything to back off of. Also I think both Finola & Steve have indicated that it was not ever meant to be even a prelude to romance. They point to the Robin-ness of it all. 

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[Contessa Donatella]

And, since it has come up, here's a brand new Jarly Edit done by an acquaintance who I think shows real talent. Enjoy! 

 

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[carolineg]

I assume the same.  I didn't see a single positive reaction to it at least on here lol.  I also believe both Finola and Steve weren't thrilled about it as well.  Both seem very protective over their characters relationship with Robin.  We still do get scenes of them of them falling all over one another about how great of friends they are.  Which...whatever show. 

[ranger1rg]

That isn't good. It's PHENOMENAL.

GH would be wise to air this and kick off Jarly. I never gave a ton of thought to them as a couple before...I was kind of meh about them...but this video sold me.  I mean, sealed the deal.

The person who put this together has real talent. LW and SB should see this.

[Planet Soap]

I was tempted to say Brennan was Australian but from years of mistakenly believing Finola Hughes was Australian, I said maybe not.