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Loving Franco's one-liners (that about all) when it come to this storyline. also, it is interesting to see Jason having some emotions, besides staring.
Glad Michael is finally being shown to have some conflict in regards to Claudia's death. Laura and Drew were very good in those scenes.
I have always wanted GH to dive into Patrick's past, and this is all they could come up with. OMG, shut up, Lisa. GH really waste the opportunities they had with Rick Springfield to give us more insight into Patrick's background.
Liz, Liz, Liz! Just hate what they have done to her character. But if Sam can recover, so can she... may take a few years.
I am pretty much done with my consistent viewing of GH, and keep up mostly by the internet. Thanks ladies, for your service!
Two Kinds of Awesome
It's rare that an episode of General Hospital has even one awesome thing. Or one thing that approaches being mildly okay. But Thursday's show featured two genuinely fantastic moments amongst the "Oh, Patrick, you were so wild back in the day and I'm so glad I knew you then instead of now"1 and t...
Yes, Jason was a little over the top, but I sure did enjoy it. Carly wouldn't let anybody talk to Michael like that except Jason. STAND UP!!
Seems like Liz is literally making a fool out of both brothers now. One is still clueless and the other just doing whatever she says do.
Liz's behaviour is at it's worst now, so the writers decided to bring out the children so she could have a pity party and I guess we suppose to feel sorry for her. I don't think so ...
Stumbling On Entertainment. The Intentional Kind!
It's always jarring to make it to the end of an episode of General Hospital and realize that your brow doesn't hurt from being furrowed, and you didn't shout numerous expletives at your television and that the hour flew by much faster than it normally does, meaning that you sat through an episod...
Those three in your photo is the main reason why I'm withdrawing myself from this show. Three generations of justified killers. Sad part about it, Michael just getting started.
Grammatical AND Moral Failure
There is so much I'd like to say. Like, how cute Lulu and Dominante are together (or at least how cute they are until the fawning over Sonny starts). Or how great it is that Jax finally has a child. Or how Olivia can't decide if she wants to be awesome or loathsome, and went back and forth about...
The whole Robin/Patrick/Sam/Jason scenes were just dumb. They are really just rolling through this story so Sarah can move on over to her new show. Sam was just there today to look a Jason.
I can already tell that the writers are going to make the upcoming angst Robin's fault AGAIN. You would think these Emmy Award winning writers would stick that award in the middle of the conference room table and it would inspire them to write something that hasn't been done already 5000 times.
I like Patrick but I'm going to be pissed if she is sacrificed at the alter for him again.
It IS A Mad World, In So Many Senses of the Word
If General Hospital continues to play "Mad World" at the end of every episode, I will be forced to update my list of Things General Hospital Ruins Without Even Trying and add Tears For Fears, Donnie Darko and Adam Lambert to a list that already includes cake, babies, Facebook, smackdowns of Jaso...
It may have been Spinelli and Maxie's special day, but Mac, Patrick, Coleman, Alexis and Kate stole the show!
Hard to believe we had two good episodes back to back.
Talk About Your Manic Mondays
This Monday's General Hospital was pretty much terrible. In some ways it was even worse than usual, because due to some weird FIOS glitch, the audio on my recorded episode trailed about a second and a half behind the video. Ugh! As if you want to see and then hear, being doubly punished, crap...
I guess Nik made this trip worth Liz's time and effort. She left her toddler with a head injury (of course, he was better)in the hospital, caught a boat ride, did the deed, caught a boat ride back and managed to accept Lucky's proposal with a fairly straight face.
I may have given these two a chance, but this was just cruel. Especially, after Lucky gave her chance to bail before she crossed that line. Nik is just cold-hearted like his Grandma Helena.
In Which We Turn To Mad Libs To Make Sense Of This Show
I literally have no words. Except OMFG LIZ HAD SEX WITH NIKOLAS And OMFG SHE THEN ACCEPTED LUCKY'S PROPOSAL. Lucky: I love you, Elizabeth, I always have. And I always will. I want you to marry you because I know this: we can make it last. Liz: I think we should get the counseling, to work on...
If the writers would have actually taken the TIME to write a believable story for this Liz/Nik mess, it may have been acceptable. This "microwave" romance is just unbelievable.
Liz had the chance today to lay it on the line for Lucky, but she chose to sugarcoat it instead. Liz looks stupid and Nik just looks like a traitor to his brother. They both have reached to the level of whorish behaviour that you expect from Sonny and Carly.
I know we probably won't get it, but I would love for the writers to give Lucky some awesome dialogue when this mess comes out. He don't have to play it over the top, just set these two straight and move on with his life. He deserves that much.
Generally Unhospitable
Is it just me, or is EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD irritating today? Maybe it's because a cat decided to entertain the neighborhood last night with an odd mixture of howling, screeching and what sounded like weeping, which led to very few moments of sleep and very many moments fantasizing about pullin...
Sam has definately given Jason a little spunk, but episodes like yesterday still shows that he suck up too much airtime. That walk through the carnival aftermath was just way to long.
My dislike for Jason is that he and Noah Drake were pretty much written the same storyline, but Jason's abandonment of Jake is suppose to be for "noble" reasons. The fact is, he got a nurse pregnant, paid her off to raise his child, and sent her on her merry way. It's time for the writters to stop with the endangerment excuse and long stares trying to get us to have pity on this deadbeat father.
It still ticks me off that Monica is clueless that she has a grandson.
This Could Be the End of a Beautiful Friendship
Mallory and I have had a good run with our little co-blogging mutual admiration society. But soon, I fear, it will all end. What have I done to bring about this potentially tragic break-up? Well, I returned from vacation over the long weekend and had to watch three weeks' worth of my shows (I...
I must give GH credit for beginning to have more scenes with cast members being together and sincerely enjoying each others company. We are so sick of all the scenes with everybody being together and scared for theirs lives and waiting for Jason to save them. I know the violence is coming next week but at least I can rewatch todays episode.
The actress that plays Molly is adorable and just plain fun to watch. Every kid on this show doesn't have to be a brat. Writers please don't change her.
I loved Robin & Patrick and was hoping for a scene with Emma but considering whats coming, they will have to be in full doctor mode once the violence starts. I continue to love the flirting and can't keep their hands off each other.
They really need to show more scenes of Sonny interacting with his children instead of the usual assigning them a body guard role.
My only complaint, the Nik and Ethan scene with them acting like five year olds was ridiculous.
Karen Harris, thank you for a pretty good episode.
To Be Fair, The Fair So Far Is Fairly Amusing
I have complete faith that, no more than eight minutes into the next episode of General Hospital, the show will unleash a metric ton of fuckery that will make the half-hearted compliments that follow completely moot, but today's episode was vaguely decent, no? Yes, despite featuring Spinelli dre...
I will be delusional and assume that the Emmy was not for overall writing but those few episodes where the awesome writer escaped. There really is no explanation for this type of poor judgement.
GH Wins Outstanding Writing; People Run To Dictionaries To Confirm Definition of "Outstanding"
We woke up yesterday morning with vague, hazy memories of what could be the most bizarre, poorly produced Daytime Emmy telecast ever. Some of the memories were so strange (Fashion Show?!?!) that we wondered, hopefully, if we had hallucinated the whole thing, but then the tragic details came rush...
Never thought I would have to fast forward through Maxie scenes, but that is what I have to do. Spin and Maxie's cuteness is gone and they are unbearable to watch!
Port Charles Notable Quotables
I will give the General Hospital writers this: they are committed. (The above sentence could also handily be revised to read "they should be committed" and it would be equally true.) The problem is that they are committed to all the wrong things. Rather than being staunchly committed to, I don't...
I could not believe the garbage that Claudia was speaking today. Sonny needs to kick her out the house now or hide his condoms before she gets to them.
I really don't care who ends up with Jason, just glad to see him do something besides "stare".
I cannot get into Nik and Liz because there is no story, they are ready to "do it" for some reason. My prediction is that Liz will be looking the worst when all this is said and done. GH absolutely does not know what to do with her character besides give her to someone that already taken. It's like lets just throw her here and see where she sticks. I really think its time for this actress to consider leaving this show.
The One With Resolution!
Finally, General Hospital remembered that it was a soap opera and gave us that classic daytime staple: the Friday cliffhanger. I don't know about you, but I spent the better part of the weekend hoping that today's GH would hurry up and get here so that I could have closure on one of the most int...
Good grief, just another opportunity for Jason to be superman with Sam being wonderwoman by his side.
It will probably be interesting the first day and make no sense by the second day! GH has trained its viewers well ...
Something Wicked This Way Comes...Every Afternoon At 3 PM
Much like there are only two types of General Hospital plots (Mob and Not-Mob, But Features Mob in a Supporting Role), there are usually two types of General Hospital promos. The first is the promo that features outdated footage of happy couples with a romantic, upbeat song playing in the backgr...
Maxie was the "bigger" idiot today. She knew Mac was not going to approve and was going to use that to her advantage, but she totally showed no respect for her "father" figure today. I just don't see the love factor with Spinelli and they have turned her into a cartoon as well.
Enjoyed Patrick, Robin and Lulu and most of Mac. I could totally just imagine him dismembering Spinelli.
Claudia in white, whatever ... still evil!
Every Little Thing It Does Is Tragic
Today's General Hospital started out poorly, as is its wont, but it was a retread of the last few scenes of Friday's episode, so the poorness had no real effect on me, as I had already experienced it. Little did I know that those few minutes of repeated mediocrity would be the highlight of the e...
If ladies took GH seriously; they would never consider getting pregnant. Every pregnant character on this show has some type of serious drama.
Since Claudia is a fictional chracter, may I add that to bad the seatbelt didn't take her out as well. She appeared to be hanging upside down in the car.
I'm not crazy about Michael, but I just wanted him to have one of his rage fits on Sonny. He at least had good intentions at the police station!
Where "ABCD" Stands for "Always Babies & Children in Danger"
A word to the wise: never tune into the non-One Life to Live ABC soaps when you're feeling any less than one hundred percent thrilled with life, because the sheer scope of tragedy and suffering on All My Children and General Hospital will cause anybody to contemplate slitting their wrists. Of co...
So funny, I could barely finishing reading it. This should definately make your 2009 Year in Review post!
How Is It That Not Even One Of Her Many Personalities Is Watchable?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that, for General Hospital, thinking in advance means "thinking five minutes ahead". This steadfast inability to plan extends to the creation of new characters, all of whom are introduced with a great deal of fanfare in the soap press but none of whom recei...
I'm just glad it's not Carly. They could have given Johnny and Olivia a few months, good grief.
This is why I want VM to stay far, far away from this show. Sonny is just nasty!
Dear Song: No, I Most Certainly Would Not Like It
The last 45 seconds of General Hospital today made me want to vomit. That is all.
The last time I finished watching GH with a smile on my face, was the episode with the birth of Emma. By the way, I miss seeing the little cutie!
Robin, Patrick and Coleman made the first day of karaoke fun and entertaining to watch. I loved the song choice and it fit scrubs so well. One of the things, I love about Robin & Patrick is they absolutely cannot keep their hands off each other. Since we can't get this kind of hotness in a bedroom scene, we'll take the onstage version.
The actor playing Dante doesn't look right for the part, but I like his "whatever" attitude. I wish they tone down Spinelli cartoonish ways a little bit. He has been very annoying leading up to his singing.
General Hospital Week in Review
Greetings, readers! After a very long absence, the Week in Review is making a hopefully triumphant return. My work schedule has been completely insane for at least six months so poor Mallory has been shouldering almost all of the blogging, but things have calmed down and I'm planning a return ...
I should not have to turn my volume down everytime Claudia is on my screen. I always feel like she is hollering at me. Tone it down and find another name for Olivia besides "cow". I cannot stand this character and she needs to go. Sonny and Claudia is just "nasty" and I'm glad that desk romp was cut short.
I have never been a Carly fan, but I just want her to go off on Michael or give him a good kick in the behind. Even before the rage outburst, he was being disrespectful and apparently lost the concept of manners while in a coma. I know the writers probably have forgotten, but didn't Robin say something about putting this kid on medication. The actor is good, but the writers are once again making viewers dislike the character.
Somebody needs to get Nik some help. Dude is becoming creepy.
Jason has been around long enough to tell Sonny what to do now. Why he still take orders from this man is just so dumb. Jason's chat with Johnny today, made me realize how pathetic this character has become. I was so in agreement about somebody taking him out! Yay, please do ...
True Romance
I have long abandoned any hope of tuning into General Hospital for love in the afternoon, because that's something that this show simply doesn't do (aside from Bob Guza's all-abiding love for Steve Burton). And judging by their latest attempt at recapturing the, uh, magic of Nikolas and Emily's...
The dumbest part was the DNA results by text message which I might add was sent off by mail last week! The viewers are still being challenged.
I so wanted someone to give Claudia a washcloth to wipe her face from the OTT tears. I guess all the tears suppose to make viewers feel sorry for her. It ain't happening ...
Nickolas wasn't this dumb with Nadine!
Brotherhood of the Woefully Dim
"Hells bells, Trudy," I said to myself following today's episode of General Hospital (in order to celebrate my excitement over Mad Men's third season premiere being two months away, I have been liberally peppering my speech with quotes from the show. Well, mostly that quote. Because it is hugely...
Tracy is his best challenge ... Luke treats Tracy for what she is to him, a bank vault. He makes Tracy look like a desparate women willing to settle for anything.
Tony Geary obviously does not care anymore and it's time to leave GH and the glory days of L&L behind. Oh wait, he already has.
If this is what Laura would have to come back too, then I hope Genie Francis never set foot on the GH set again.
The People vs. Tony Geary
I liked life so much better when I operated under the assumption that everything bad about General Hospital was solely the fault of Bob Guza, and that the lack of rioting by the cast was just an example of their professionalism. When a certain daytime icon began being destroyed in a systematic f...
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