GH: November 2025 Discussion Thread 

How many murders and unresolved crimes are they going to do on this show? If they had a budget, maybe they could invest in a mystery, crime writer, to really go to town on this stuff, as I'm not sure this is in the writers' wheelhouse.

But then again, what really is in their wheelhouse...

5 hours ago, Vee said:

That's very sweet. I would disagree with Sarah's claim that Laura made Carly iconic though. Sarah is 100% the one who did that. As I've said before, those old clips of her Carly BITD still do numbers online because of how blisteringly modern and raw her work then still is.

OTOH Steve is also right: Laura is probably the hardest working actor in daytime, and she never, ever does not commit.

Sarah’s Carly is completely before my time as TB is my Carly, but I love seeing Sarah as Carly. She truly was such a force. I will always admit LW has never phoned it in a single day I’ve watched her, but she’ll never be my Carly. I’ve always associated her as just this loud mouthed bulldog Sonny apologist. I always found TB’s Carly with Lorenzo so much palatable even though I can admit Laura and Ingo did work at one point.

7 hours ago, Jdee43 said:

How many murders and unresolved crimes are they going to do on this show?

I've lost count, but everyone in Port Charles gets away with murder.

The cliffhanger with Laura was nicely done, though.

3 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

I've lost count, but everyone in Port Charles gets away with murder.

The cliffhanger with Laura was nicely done, though.

That was truly a shocking cliffhanger and on a Thursday at that.

I'm noticing there are some issues with follow-through/up on this show. Like Ric being drugged/tortured by Alexis/Ava - after all that, we just sweep it under the rug and pretend it didn't happen? Same with Ned's heart attack - I guess this was just a fast plot point to move other things along, but we're not really supposed to care how he is? We haven't seen him or Olivia since he got to the hospital...

Otherwise, there are fun things I like about the show. It moves quickly, so it's not boring like others. The sets are amazing, and they have so many... probably the best I've seen in current times. Great acting generally.

2 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

I'm noticing there are some issues with follow-through/up on this show.

The show is assembled from taped scenes out of order and the episodes recreated like a puzzle. So B and C stories, and ones not featuring pets or Frank’s personal favorites at that time, get dropped for weeks sometimes, or get shoehorned in as an afterthought. It did not used to be so obvious, and it is slightly better at times now. But it’s been a pattern for awhile now.

As has a bored Valentini interrupting the flow of stories and changing almost everything quickly, dropping months of plots/couples and often never returning to them. The fast pace they were running on when Rory arrived as the recast really covered the seams a lot too, but something changed with the Ronnie story and Britt return as far as momentum, so we are seeing more of the cracks in the way they assemble the show.

2 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

The show is assembled from taped scenes out of order and the episodes recreated like a puzzle. So B and C stories, and ones not featuring pets or Frank’s personal favorites at that time, get dropped for weeks sometimes, or get shoehorned in as an afterthought. It did not used to be so obvious, and it is slightly better at times now. But it’s been a pattern for awhile now.

Ahh I see, ok makes sense... not that I like it, but that makes sense haha.

So that makes me wonder - when Kate Mansi directed Tuesday's show, does that mean she only directed a few of the scenes that episode and not all? Makes me wonder how the directing/writing credits get assigned in that model.

6 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

The show is assembled from taped scenes out of order and the episodes recreated like a puzzle. So B and C stories, and ones not featuring pets or Frank’s personal favorites at that time, get dropped for weeks sometimes, or get shoehorned in as an afterthought. It did not used to be so obvious, and it is slightly better at times now. But it’s been a pattern for awhile now.

As has a bored Valentini interrupting the flow of stories and changing almost everything quickly, dropping months of plots/couples and often never returning to them. The fast pace they were running on when Rory arrived as the recast really covered the seams a lot too, but something changed with the Ronnie story and Britt return as far as momentum, so we are seeing more of the cracks in the way they assemble the show.

Now that makes sense. I do feel the Ronnie story only existed because of ES. You could take that entire story out and absolutely nothing change - except for Laura asking Martin to move out. Even that rift was healed the next time they were together (debate night). I kept wondering, who really cares who gets the Q Estate, compared to all the other stories that had been sidelined just to fit that in.

Credits for Friday, November 21, 2025:

Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
Executive producer: Frank Valentini
Head writers: Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte
Writers: Emily Culliton; Kate Hall and Cathy Lepard
Director: Tina Keller