GH: April 2025 Discussion Thread

[bossruen]

Exactly this. The Cassadines stole Ava’s divorce settlement. And then Kristina terrorized and threatened her. They deserve whatever hell Ava rains down on them, and worse. Sonny too.

[Taoboi]

Since it's leaving my system today, I went ahead and watched the anniversary episode.

 

I remember seeing some comments over it since I had stopped regularly viewing by this point. And now that I think about it, I might want to see the rest of the fallout from the Liz/Ric car crash cuz...LIZ...but outside of the historical moments...I didn't really feel anything...which has been unusual for GH anniversary episodes. I seem...dare I say it...half-baked.

 

We got a flashback for Lucy and her many dresses at the Nurses Ball, but no other flashbacks. We get a mention of Lesley and Monica and no flashbacks. Mentions of other legacy characters, but no flashback...but we can focus on shoehorning in the favor of the month. Or on Sonny propping. I did love the Tracy/Stella scene.

 

Which is a shame. I liked the idea behind it (dedicating a wing to Monica). I really loved seeing the recurring nurses because I liked both and wished they were in story more often. At least I got to see a lot of vets (hey, Mac, hey! and Anna looked really good), but that was more bad than good. And I expected more. But it wasn't an Elizabeth episode so...*shrugs*
 

 

Oooo now that I love.

 

I'm happy to at least hear this. Ava didn't deserve to look her money in the first place. And I haaaate the 'Ava is Broke' storyline.

[ranger1rg]

I agree. I wasn't crazy about those episodes when they aired, and looking back, they seem ever worse. Nothing special went on at all.

They summed up the entire mess with that plaque GH put up for Monica. Her face was so small on the plaque photo that I had to squint to see it.

[Taoboi]

I can see why people had issues with it. It felt like two different ideas trying to get out. And since those two ideas did not mesh well already, it was a mess.

 

Summed up perfectly by an event for a legacy character that everyone cared about being gimmicky overshadowed (and propped by another legacy character in order to get the audience on a specific side) by someone that had NOTHING to do with the themes/drives of the episode.

[prefab1]

He'll probably turn out to be an ecoterrorist who holds Emma and Joss hostage in a few months, but for now I'm enjoying Daniel Goddard's professor character. As a college professor myself, I was on his side immediately when I saw his bemused reaction to Joss. We've all been there with the student who misses the first three weeks of class then confidently tells us that she's sure she can catch up. 

[Contessa Donatella]

What do you teach?

 

[John]

Today was so good

Lots of fires burning

Good scripting by Nigel Campbell, Stacey Pulwer and Cathy LePard

Edited April 16 by John

[Liberty City]

Credits for Wednesday, April 16, 2025:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Elizabeth Korte, Chris Van Etten
Writers: Nigel Campbell, Stacey Pulwer, Cathy Lepard
Director: Allison Reames Smith

[prefab1]

English and Communications. Sadly I haven't gotten to teach a course in Television Studies yet, but I have gotten to direct several senior theses on TV. I've got a student right now who's writing on the representation of food and eating on Gilmore Girls. 

Back to GH, has Nurse Amy always been so annoying and cartoonish? I've been cringing through her scenes this week, especially knowing that she's the show's only representation of a plus-size woman. 

[Contessa Donatella]

 

Very cool. I did a double major, English & Comimunications. I started a third, Journalism. 

Always! She's meant to be a nod to Amy Iving (?) Amy someone played by Shell Kepler, but it does not work, not at all.

[ranger1rg]

This stuff with her is so bad. Could not be worse. Just ridiculous that Liz had to call Lucas for help to get rid of her.

If it was intended as comic relief, that didn't work, either.

 

[prefab1]

I remember Shell Kepler's character Amy Vining fondly, but she always seemed like a real person, even as she was being used as a plot device to spread gossip around the hospital. These were often fairly comic scenes, but Amy Vining was rarely the object of ridicule like her namesake Amy Driscoll was this week. 

[janea4old]

Nurse Shanice Johnson on BeyondTheGates is a much better nod to Amy Vining

[ranger1rg]

This version of Amy is apparently written by people who heard of Amy Vining but who never saw any of her actual scenes.

-- Diane's wigs continue to be hilarious.

-- Mo continues to struggle like effing crazy with his dialogue. So what's the GH answer? Put him on the air every day.

-- Anna's defense of Sonny being friends with Laura continues to be a complete embarrassment.

-- Laura is just as pathetic for her continued "friendship" with the town's murderous mob boss.

 

[MontyB]

Exactly. This Amy is beyond revolting. 

Just awful. Been this way for a long time.