7 minutes ago, Khan said:

For all I care, the boy can parade around in a g-string.  It won't make this show suck any less.

Unrelated, sort of, but he looks absolutely nothing like Amanda Setton or Dominic Zamprogna so it's kind of hilarious they decided to make Gio their kid.  It's very clear this was not the original origin story for Gio when they cast him.

He is a very handsome guy though. 

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4 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Frank has so often cast guys who are meant to be attractive yet come across as cold and dead, I'm surprised he managed to get one who has a bit of a pulse.

GM is adorable, charming and fun onscreen despite months of nothing to do until recently, and has a bodacious bod. I'm not cosigning the show or this story - I haven't watched a full episode in over a month - but I think we're all taking the small victories in 2025 at this point.

5 hours ago, Khan said:

For all I care, the boy can parade around in a g-string.  It won't make this show suck any less.

I'm open to testing this theory!

5 hours ago, carolineg said:

It's very clear this was not the original origin story for Gio when they cast him.

He definitely got lost in the shuffle last year.

First, they were implying that he was Drew’s son, then he was nothing more than just Violet’s bff 😂

And then they changed him to being Dante and Brook Lynn’s son, which was clunky at first but I’m enjoying the storyline now. 

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44 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

He definitely got lost in the shuffle last year.

First, they were implying that he was Drew’s son, then he was nothing more than just Violet’s bff 😂

I don't think they had any idea who he was this time last year. I think they were keeping their options very open. Same with totally dropping the Trina romance that was spoiled for him in the mags once FV clearly took a shine to him. Frank's priorities are bright and blazing in one color.

I do think Gio and Emma seem to have worked out given that she is very dry and sarcastic and he is like a hot golden retriever, but I'd still play the field or explore quads with both with very different people - Emma with a scheming young man (of color), Gio with possibly Trina or someone else, or even a boy. Then maybe put them back together, who knows. But of course none that will happen.

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1 hour ago, Vee said:

I don't think they had any idea who he was this time last year. I think they were keeping their options very open. Same with totally dropping the Trina romance that was spoiled for him in the mags once FV clearly took a shine to him. Frank's priorities are bright and blazing in one color.

I do think Gio and Emma seem to have worked out given that she is very dry and sarcastic and he is like a hot golden retriever, but I'd still play the field or explore quads with both with very different people - Emma with a scheming young man (of color), Gio with possibly Trina or someone else, or even a boy. Then maybe put them back together, who knows. But of course none that will happen.

You’d think he would’ve learned after the way Sprina took off. 

I hope we get a proper Emma/Gio/Trina/Kai quad, as friends, romantic rivals, etc. In the few scenes that the four of them have had together, I felt like there was a natural chemistry between all of them, similar to the way that Cam/Spencer/Trina/Joss was, in the beginning. 

And, it would be a lot better than all this stuff with Kai’s surgery. 

I'd dump Kai next week, lol. I would bring on Justus Ward's secret kid, as was rumored last year, as a suave, ambitious young schemer.

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2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

He definitely got lost in the shuffle last year.

First, they were implying that he was Drew’s son, then he was nothing more than just Violet’s bff 😂

And then they changed him to being Dante and Brook Lynn’s son, which was clunky at first but I’m enjoying the storyline now. 

The fact that Lois brought Gio to Brook Lynn's wedding, encouraged him to stay in town, then decided he should live at the Q's make her look dim and like she was asking to get caught lol.

I still strongly dislike this story, but the performances have been good.  Like you said Gio finally has a story and Dante will get something to do besides playing house with Sam on the backburner.

I do like that they seem to be pushing ahead with Dante and Lulu as opposed to what I feared would be an overly-long wait for a reunion. But while Lulu has always been rash and at times self-righteous, the story does feel skewed towards FV's faves (Setton vs. Laura's kids).

7 minutes ago, Vee said:

I do like that they seem to be pushing ahead with Dante and Lulu as opposed to what I feared would be an overly-long wait for a reunion. But while Lulu has always been rash and at times self-righteous, the story does feel skewed towards FV's faves (Setton vs. Laura's kids).

The show is definitely trying to make Lulu seem like she's wrong and Brook Lynn is being tormented.  I just don't really see it that way.  Lulu really hasn't done anything except confront BLQ.   She hasn't told anyone, Chase already knows, and she's writing an article about adoption.  Everyone is jumping down her throat for something Lulu actually has a personal investment in.  Brook Lynn's freakout about a newspaper article on adoption is way more suspicious than Lulu just writing a story about it lol.

Chase is coming off ridiculously self-righteous too.  Telling Dante to make Lulu stop while lying to him about his child.

7 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

And, it would be a lot better than all this stuff with Kai’s surgery. 

I really have no problem with Kai as a character or with the actor. The problem is putting together two very nice people -- Kai and Trina. Neither of them has a bad side, neither of them has a devil on the shoulder, neither of them is impulsive. I think that's a problem in a soap relationship.

6 hours ago, carolineg said:

The show is definitely trying to make Lulu seem like she's wrong and Brook Lynn is being tormented.  I just don't really see it that way.  Lulu really hasn't done anything except confront BLQ.   She hasn't told anyone, Chase already knows, and she's writing an article about adoption.  Everyone is jumping down her throat for something Lulu actually has a personal investment in.  Brook Lynn's freakout about a newspaper article on adoption is way more suspicious than Lulu just writing a story about it lol.

Yeah, I agree. All this freaking out might make sense if Lulu wanted to do a tabloid expose on BLQ's LOVE CHILD. We have no indication that's the case.

 

22 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

I really have no problem with Kai as a character or with the actor. The problem is putting together two very nice people -- Kai and Trina. Neither of them has a bad side, neither of them has a devil on the shoulder, neither of them is impulsive. I think that's a problem in a soap relationship.

Yeah, I agree. All this freaking out might make sense if Lulu wanted to do a tabloid expose on BLQ's LOVE CHILD. We have no indication that's the case.

 

Brook Lynn has been working my last nerve for at least 2 weeks. I was so relieved when she blurted out her teen queen story to her grandmother who is the most wonderful person in the entire world!

2 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

I really have no problem with Kai as a character or with the actor. The problem is putting together two very nice people -- Kai and Trina. Neither of them has a bad side, neither of them has a devil on the shoulder, neither of them is impulsive. I think that's a problem in a soap relationship.

You're right.

The only thing I can think of is if GH finally decides to bring back Spencer.

1 minute ago, AbcNbc247 said:

You're right.

The only thing I can think of is if GH finally decides to bring back Spencer.

You know one of the soap outlets posed that question just last week: Who do you want Trina with Spencer or Kai? And, of course, the picture of Spencer was NAC. I said, well, a lot. I chose Kai. I said that Spencer had been an entitled brat & that some people valued him over her, when I valued her above all others. I guess we'll see.

7 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

You know one of the soap outlets posed that question just last week: Who do you want Trina with Spencer or Kai? And, of course, the picture of Spencer was NAC. I said, well, a lot. I chose Kai. I said that Spencer had been an entitled brat & that some people valued him over her, when I valued her above all others. I guess we'll see.

Spencer

19 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Spencer

Hmm, okay. 

BTW, my only problem with Kai & the surgery story is where is this guy's family?

And, another BTW, I think I may have inadvertently added to that rumor from last year about a male descendant of Justus Ward. You see, that is an idea I could really get behind! Like I would pay to see those scenes. And, true, I did hear it ... [sheepish grin] 

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