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When they got rid of the adoption paperwork, I think they were both operating under the assumption that the baby was Willow and Shiloh's baby (the one Brad and Lucas adopted that secretly died soon after), not Nelle and Michael's. Willow (and everyone else except Brad) was still under the impression that Wiley was her baby, and Sam's motivation was solely to keep Shiloh from trying to take the baby from Lucas and Brad. She enlisted Julian's help despite their having been on the outs. I don't think he knew about the baby switch yet.

I read that Sam finally 'got off the pot' and told Jason not to return to the penthouse when he announced he was going off to do another of his errands for Sonny. I admire the show's ability to build up to this decision, having sprinkled her doubtful remarks and scenes through scripts ever since they came back to filming. It's more realistic to have it build up that way, rather than just having her snap and suddenly decide the Loviest Love That Ever Loved wasn't working for her and the kids any more.

At least they have been working some plot development into the show for the holiday season, though staging yet another confrontation on a bridge makes you wonder how seriously they take some of the show, I guess they spent the special effects budget on blood this week, though Connie was much more impressive than the random thug DJason took out
 

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I like GH is using German words instead of Days' Dr Rolf, who only says und (and), that's it. I asked Kathleen Gati who from the writing staff speaks German, but she doesn't know.

Soap Opera Digest crowned GH best show and best storyline ( Mike's Alzheimer's). Well deserved in my opinion. But they also said some bad stuff, too: worst couple (Peter & Maxie), worst quadrangle (Chase / Willow / Michael / Sasha), worst secret (Nelle is Nina's daughter) and biggest waste of talent is Rebecca Herbst. I don't feel like she is underused. Elizabeth and Franco are frontburners.
 

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Sam & Dante already feels like Sam & Patrick 2.0: They only get together because they can't be with the one they love - and because they are frontburners.

If Jason really gets solo, I hope he ends up with Britt. They could become my favorite new soap couple of 2021.
 

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I remember really enjoying Sam/Patrick. I also liked Sam/Drew, and in a perfect world she would have stuck with her initial decision to stay with Drew when Jason returned. Maybe I just can't stand Sam with Jason, and like anything that isn't Sam/Jason.

Jason and Britt would be interesting, though I fear they would have to turn her into a shrinking violet/damsel in distress in order to maintain his "Captain Save-A-Ho" image.
 

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I remember really enjoying Sam/Patrick. I also liked Sam/Drew, and in a perfect world she would have stuck with her initial decision to stay with Drew when Jason returned. Maybe I just can't stand Sam with Jason, and like anything that isn't Sam/Jason.

Jason and Britt would be interesting, though Sam and Patrick worked because they took some time and care with it, it wasn't rushed into like Dante hitting the sheets with Valerie five minutes after LuLu went to Vancouver to look for her brother. Or like Y&R when Paul Rsucsh was there and people were having sex against dumpsters
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HAHA! And I guess as an Avery, you would be well acquainted with de-SORAS, or failing to age. lol

It also looks as though they updated the credits yesterday. Well, the cast photos, anyway.
I guess Maurice benard has fulfilled his episode order for the time being
 

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He's one of the few actors on GH who likely doesn't have to worry about silly things like guarantees. Put him on every day! Who cares? Isolating him in his own story is actually a genius way of allowing him to show his face every day, since they only have to pay him without also having to worry about his usual scene partners going over their guarantees (Wright, Burton, Monaco, etc.).

The only aspect of his story that intrigues me is the Phyllis Caulfield angle. She's the nurse who supposedly arranged for Nina's child (we assume Nelle) to be adopted out when comatose Nina gave birth. Evil Madeline had to have been in the center of this arrangement, so I wonder how "current" Phyllis (who seems so nice and helpful) will jive with the Phyllis of that period who would have been complicit in hiding a secret baby from its father and adopting her out to strangers. Nice people don't do stuff like that, do they? [/fingers crossed for a flashback or two with Donna Mills reviving Madeline]
 

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Sonny's amnesia proves how impatient soaps fans (or trolls) have become. The minute he appeared with amnesia they said writers would ignore his bipolar disorder, saying writers were dumb because they think viewers were dumb by not realizing this... Viewers can't wait two or three episodes anymore to see what developes, they judge immediately.

I'm surprised they already give Maurice Bernard something else besides the mob stuff to sink his teeth in so soon after Mike has died. I'm not really enjoying this storyline but I don't hate it either. Maybe it's because I remember Liam's Adam & Eve amnesia on The Bold & The Beautiful so well, that anything that will happen to Sonny can't be this bad.
 
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Sonny's amnesia proves how impatient soaps fans (or trolls) have become. The minute he appeared with amnesia they said writers would ignore his bipolar disorder, saying writers were dumb because they think viewers were dumb by not realizing this... Viewers can't wait two or three episodes anymore to see what developes, they judge immediately.

I'm surprised they already give Maurice Bernard something else besides the mob stuff to sink his teeth in so soon after Mike has died. I'm not really enjoying this storyline but I don't hate it either. Maybe it's because I remember Liam's Adam & Eve amnesia on The Bold & The Beautiful so well, that anything that will happen to Sonny can't be this bad.
Hilarious to see all of the mobsters former lovers and baby mama's Judge rich other, Olivia calling the Quarermaines, cheats and philanderer,s after she practically shack up with Ssonny while Connie was having her brain reinterratr?
 

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Hilarious to see all of the mobsters former lovers and baby mama's Judge rich other, Olivia calling the Quarermaines, cheats and philanderer,s after she practically shack up with Ssonny while Connie was having her brain reinterratr?
They have been mentioning Kristina again , horror of horrors
 

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Since Kristina is seemingly the only employee at "Charlie's" (Julian's restaurant), I'll assume she's had her hands full since the owner/operator went out and got himself bumped off. Serving drinks, cooking, washing dishes, mopping the floors, buying all the liquor--little wonder she did not turn up at any of the various family dramas occurring recently. Anyway, with Julian currently in a long dirt nap, I would assume the bar was inherited by Lucas and Leo, his two sons...neither of whom seems to be in a position to become a barkeep (what with their invisibility problems and all ;) ). Lucas would probably hire Kristina to manage the place, allowing her to have an excuse to show up in people's scenes while not having to have a story of her own in the grand tradition of soap restauranteurs. Of course most of the soap restauranteurs we recall are in a much higher age range, if you know what I mean--Ada Hobson, Gina Roma, Lisa Grimaldi, Felicia Gallant. But hey, Kristina might actually become (dare I say it) relevant.

So if Nina stumbles upon the truth, that Sonny is alive and suffering from amnesia, will she keep the news from Carly in order to pay her back for keeping Nelle's identity from her(Nina)? I mean, it's pretty neat, if unlikely. But then, the whole idea that a person can be a wandering amnesiac in 2021 (the era of internet facial recognition, DNA matching, fingerprinting)is preposterous. GH rumor sites have kept claiming that the show is keeping under wraps a "huge story twist" that will supposedly turn several stories on their heads...is "Nina discovering Sonny" this big twist? Because I was hoping for something bigger than that.
 

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I can see Nina & "Mike" falling in love, but this would feel more like a filler. As soon as Sonny got his memory back he'd be reunited with Carly, so I hope and even guess writers will go in a different direction.
 

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I'm glad they're finally using a talent like Cynthia Watros more. I still think I prefer Michelle Stafford's version of her (no one being more surprised by this than me), but this version with CW seems more 'mainstream'--that is, not as "edgy" and unpredictable. The writers keep repeating her stories, though: Nina falls for a guy who lies to her, and their relationship blows up.
 

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When Nina learned the truth about Nelle I wondered how Michelle Stafford would have delievered. MS acts more physical which would have been fine here especially when it comes to Carly. I also watch Y&R and it's been many times I asked myself: Michelle, was money really worth it returning to Y&R? She could have some great material on GH, while on Y&R she's doing nothing special.

I still don't know if I like Kim Delaney as Jackie or not. It was nice watching her with her AMC brother, but I don't like it when they mention how great those times with Jackie were, it's too often mentioned for my taste.

I prefer Gregory Harrison over James Read as Chase's father, I just hope he won't turn into his grandfather soon.
 
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GH rumor sites have kept claiming that the show is keeping under wraps a "huge story twist" that will supposedly turn several stories on their heads.
Could Morgan be alive? There is somebody doing robberys in Phyllis' area, which might be Morgan. Both Sonny and Morgan could have amnesia, but while Sonny is on medication, Morgan is still off, so he turned into a criminal. Could be interesting watching Sonny and Morgan getting connected without knowing who they and each other are.
 

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I must admit I do NOT want Morgan back. He was written as a chronic screw-up and seemed unable to grow/mature. And we already have Kristina for that. Besides, Kiki is dead, Michael is now a father, and Ava has finally found a good romantic match in Nikolas, so I don't know what Morgan's role in the show would be. So of course they'd bring him back. :lol:

My own idea of what the producers would consider a huge plot twist would be for Willow, not Nelle, to be Nina's daughter. When Nelle kidnapped Wiley she knocked out Willow. I always thought this would have been the perfect opportunity for Nelle to have stolen the necklace from Willow. They claim to have found a childhood photo of Nelle wearing the necklace, and use that as proof that Nelle's had the necklace the whole time. Maybe she had a similar version of the necklace as a child, and when she saw Willow wearing a version of it she stole it because it reminded her of the necklace she had as a child, not knowing its significance.
 
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So I got to see the show live today, just in time to see the second half of the wedding implosion. Thankfully they stopped Maxie from marrying Peter, though Anna/Finn seems to have been stopped as well. I'm glad they finally exposed Peter's misdeeds in a way he couldn't just lie his way out of, though it wasn't as "explosive" as I would have liked. Even when he's exposed and experiencing people gettin' all up in his face (Sam, Val, Anna), Peter comes off as wishy-washy and weak-willed, which flies in the face of how he's written. I think that's on the actor, though. I fear that if Maxie does not miscarry the baby, they'll drag this out even more by having on-the-run Peter kidnap her and/or the baby when she gives birth.

Tristan Rogers basically said what most of the viewers are thinking, though I think he should not have cut down the showrunners that way:
Tristan Rogers Sounds Off on General Hospital's Peter August Storyline - Daytime Confidential

If they wanted to kill Peter off in the final scene, all they needed to do was have Anna eviscerate him with one of those razor-sharp shoulder pads in her dress.
 

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*** Forgot to add: Funniest line of the day came from Nina (Cynthia Watros). Michael invited Nina to come over to spend some time with Wiley. Of course she rushed right over, claiming she would "jump out of a plane mid-flight" to spend time with the kid. Is this an indication that Nina's about to go all Annie Dutton (GL) on us, since Annie famously bailed out of a crashing plane with the last parachute, leaving rival Reva to go down with the plane?
 
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