4/23

FINALLY the show had Tracy mention not only did Carly and Sonny take Michael from AJ, Sonny then went on to murder AJ! This should be brought up by all Quartermaines but that goes against Sonny is just a loveable guy helping the Port Charles citizens.

I’m at the point now where I don’t believe Drew even loves Willow. It seems he’s just getting off on the control and sticking it to Sonny and Carly. When I first started watching again, he and Michael genuinely seemed to have a great relationship but all of his words now ring extremely hollow in that regard.

Edited April 26, 2025Apr 26 by Antoyne

2 minutes ago, jasonminer1974 said:

I think they just gave up and the homophobe?

We learned from her scene with Marco that she alienated him with her bigotry before she did it all over again with Alison. Last we knew about their relationship Natalia was calling Ali, on tour, but Ali was not taking calls from her, so Natalia had been talking to someone else, perhaps Ali's tour manager. And, I have no idea why Kristina has basically offered her unearned grace. 

1 hour ago, Vee said:

I agree with that, I just don't think Vaganos is interesting enough to make it viable, not when Molly has lingered on canvas since birth with no breaks and very little compelling story as an adult. Like Adam Huss, she does a good job but can I see her leading story? No.

I think we need to miss Molly and forget her years of pointless omnipresence before you recast (or even bring back Hailey Pullos someday if she serves her time and debt to society, but I don't care which tbh) with someone more exciting to watch that still retains the unique element and specificity the character has always had going back to childhood, even when it was often annoying as they turned HP's Molly into Spinelli Jr. in the last Guza years. We need to begin to remember the aspects of that personality before she became a bland nobody sitting largely in the background for the last decade-plus, and then reinvent her with someone new or some new story after maybe several years' break.

Yes.  I don't want to even start the re-hire Haley Pullos convo, but there was a more quirky, unique take on the character and the writing when she was a child.  She was obnoxious and obsessed with romance and fairytales and frankly just a bit odd. 

I do think KV really does a good job with Molly as currently written, but all the personality is gone.  Being type A, organized, and following the law isn't really anything special.  It's more of a generic rom com character that will find the right man to loosen her up nonsense we've seen 1000 times before.  

Edited April 26, 2025Apr 26 by carolineg

Saw this on Tumblr from the April 14 episode; this is just... embarrassing. The teleprompter was bad enough, but now he's writing things on his hands?

2 hours ago, Liberty City said:

Saw this on Tumblr from the April 14 episode; this is just... embarrassing. The teleprompter was bad enough, but now he's writing things on his hands?

He's had things written on his hands for years now. It's not always obvious, but I remember people pointing it out back when Vanessa returned in 2010 maybe even before.  It's clear he's had difficulty remember his lines for almost 2 decades.  The handwriting on his hand is just a thing MB does-and his lines are still fumbled lol.

I will say I almost don't blame him here because eminent domain is a fairly uncommon term for a soap actor to say.

On 4/26/2025 at 2:06 PM, carolineg said:

Oh, I agree that he's better than Josh Swickard and Donnell Turner.   I still find Chase likeable though.   I know @Vee and others have mentioned making Cody more of a playboy and cad and I do think that could work.  I was interested in seeing if Cody/Lulu might pan out.  Unfortunately, I get Josh Kelly confused with the other guy from OLTL that was dating Lulu before she went into her coma so that doesn't bode well for my interest level.

I just think Molly is such a basic choice for Cody.  There is really no conflict there except the fact that Molly oddly doesn't care about her life partner she was with for a decade and never talks about TJ lol.

I think part of the problem is GH doesn't really know how to do playboys in recent decades, and the other is they have never known what they want Josh Kelly to play. Cody was a con artist, then Cody was fighting to be a better man, and now he's just there. The pairing with Tracy would have made a lot of sense. Something with Lulu also would have made sense, as I assumed they were going to build up some tension between Dante and Brook Lyn (why give them a child otherwise?), but we aren't getting anything. I don't think Kelly was very good in the cad part on OLTL, but he did impress me with his sincerity with Tracy and revealing that he was Mac's son, bonding with James, etc. They just seemed to move away from all of that for no real reason.

I do like Chase well enough, but he's another character they don't seem to have much interest in writing for beyond just holding Brook Lyn's hand. They should have had her keeping secrets from him for a long period of time, all the way up to the Gio reveal, for maximum dramatic impact. But they are very conflict averse.

I didn't want Cody to be a cad - they tried that when he first came on and it was one of the most unpopular introductions in recent show history. I do think he can be up to a little mischief and various shenanigans, but I thought the mostly settled man in the stables close to Tracy, Mac, the kids, etc. was good for him. That didn't mean he couldn't be the wandering happy stud servicing various lonely heroines, or couldn't settle down with Tracy.

8 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I think part of the problem is GH doesn't really know how to do playboys in recent decades, and the other is they have never known what they want Josh Kelly to play. Cody was a con artist, then Cody was fighting to be a better man, and now he's just there. The pairing with Tracy would have made a lot of sense. Something with Lulu also would have made sense, as I assumed they were going to build up some tension between Dante and Brook Lyn (why give them a child otherwise?), but we aren't getting anything. I don't think Kelly was very good in the cad part on OLTL, but he did impress me with his sincerity with Tracy and revealing that he was Mac's son, bonding with James, etc. They just seemed to move away from all of that for no real reason.

I do like Chase well enough, but he's another character they don't seem to have much interest in writing for beyond just holding Brook Lyn's hand. They should have had her keeping secrets from him for a long period of time, all the way up to the Gio reveal, for maximum dramatic impact. But they are very conflict averse.

I don't get where they are going with the entire Gio story.  It honestly doesn't seem like the show is heading for anything romantic with Brook/Dante and with Chase knowing the truth it doesn't appear like Brook Lyn and Chase will break up.   I have a feeling Lulu and Lois will get most of the fallout.

I am sure Dante will be upset for a minute and then understand it was the right decision.  Gio might be sad because his parents died when he was young, and he didn't know he was adopted.   That's not Brook Lyn or Dante's fault.   That's why I believe most of this will be put on Lois.  I don't actually know what Lois was supposed to do once Gio's parents died since Brook Lynn just became interested about her baby about a year ago lol.

6 hours ago, Vee said:

I didn't want Cody to be a cad - they tried that when he first came on and it was one of the most unpopular introductions in recent show history. I do think he can be up to a little mischief and various shenanigans, but I thought the mostly settled man in the stables close to Tracy, Mac, the kids, etc. was good for him. That didn't mean he couldn't be the wandering happy stud servicing various lonely heroines, or couldn't settle down with Tracy.

Sorry, I was misremembering your ideas.  I agree the Tracy, Mac, kids, era was the best Cody era.  It's fine if the show only wants to use Cody as a talk to or with Mac and family.  Josh Kelly gets way too much airtime to do just that and it's a waste of his talents.  I know Frank never fires anyone but if there isn't an idea for Cody than just let JK go and call him back when you figure it out.  There are way too many characters on this show for me to have to watch half an episode of Cody babysitting Donna lol.

9 hours ago, carolineg said:

He's had things written on his hands for years now. It's not always obvious, but I remember people pointing it out back when Vanessa returned in 2010 maybe even before.  It's clear he's had difficulty remember his lines for almost 2 decades.  The handwriting on his hand is just a thing MB does-and his lines are still fumbled lol.

I will say I almost don't blame him here because eminent domain is a fairly uncommon term for a soap actor to say.

Clearly, if he isn't able to handle the lines, he shouldn't be given them. At all. A true actor⏤who is solid in their craft, especially in daytime⏤would study the lines and not need them on a prompter or their damn hand. It wasn't even subtly done. What is this? A test cheat sheet for school?

55 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Clearly, if he isn't able to handle the lines, he shouldn't be given them. At all. A true actor⏤who is solid in their craft, especially in daytime⏤would study the lines and not need them on a prompter or their damn hand. It wasn't even subtly done. What is this? A test cheat sheet for school?

Lol!  I agree with you.  I just know this isn't a new thing for MB.

IIRC, he even cops to it-sort of.  Idk if it's in his book or an interview I saw, but it's to make sure he says a specific word or phrase he's unfamiliar with correctly.  It's more for accuracy not because he forgot his lines.*

*I am not saying I believe this statement because he forgets normal words and sentences.  I am just relaying the info😂

19 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Lol!  I agree with you.  I just know this isn't a new thing for MB.

IIRC, he even cops to it-sort of.  Idk if it's in his book or an interview I saw, but it's to make sure he says a specific word or phrase he's unfamiliar with correctly.  It's more for accuracy not because he forgot his lines.*

*I am not saying I believe this statement because he forgets normal words and sentences.  I am just relaying the info😂

He could pronounce it correctly if he studied the script; if he has a storied history of mispronouncing words (as many do on this soap, specifically), then perhaps it shouldn't be scripted in. 😯

Credits for Monday, April 28, 2025:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Elizabeth Korte, Chris Van Etten
Writers: Ryan Quan, Kate Hall, Cathy Lepard
Director: Tina Keller

I love that Brad is now Portia's bitch! I look forward to their scenes together.

40 minutes ago, Efulton said:

I love that Brad is now Portia's bitch! I look forward to their scenes together.

It does give Brad a place on the canvas again. It was not something I imagined, but it works quite well. Sometimes these writers come up with unusual, clever things. 

Boy this is the kind of Sonny-centric episode that makes me wish they really were killing him off. It's like they're playing the "greatest hits" of all the annoying Sonny storylines they've done in the past, including mawkish scenes with Max Gail's Mike plus Stephen A Smith having a slow-motion shootout in a hospital room.