SERENA

 BLOG FILLER FOR THURSDAY JULY 20th!! 

Ok, so we are not talking about this Serena. But I loved Elizabeth Montgomery and the TV show Bewitched so I couldn't resist inserting this picture. FUN FACT: Did you know that EVERY female witch on the show had a name that ended with the letter "A"? Go on... start going through the names. I'll wait...

Today we are talking about Serena Baldwin. Carly Shroeder originated the role in 1993. Her parents were Scott and Dominque and she was born through a surrogate, Lucy Coe. Dominique passed away shortly afterwards. In 2017, immediately after the death of Scott's father, Lee Balwin, Lucy had Serena return to Port Charles to spend time with Scotty. Carly, the original portrayer, reprised her role for that storyline. 

Now we are in 2026, and the role is being recast with Kelly Kruger. Serena is 33 years old, and Kelly is 44. I don't know if they will age the character or keep her in the mid to late 30s. 

Either way will work for me.

I have read so many crazy rumors on the web, and each one is crazier than the next. Even Karen and I can't make this stuff up. 

She will be romantically paired with Jason. She bursts through Deception boardroom and takes over (I'm picturing Alexis from Dynasty.) She is pregnant with Ethan's baby. She walks thought the door with Sam. She knows Valentin. Scotty returns with her. Tristan and Serena have a past and he is dangerously obsessed with her. She has a toddler son. 

As always, they are not really revealing what her storyline will be. The only fact that I do know is that Cody is her step-brother and that should be an interesting bond. However, we all know that writers like to re-write history. Kelly has a soap history herself being on Bold and the Beautiful and Young and the Restless. They should give her a decent storyline based on those acting creds.

Tune in tomorrow...

Karen Adds:  (Yes, that's my face 99% of the time now!) 

I think Serena should be a WITCH. Yep. Do it up like they did with Caleb on Port Charles. We could use a little magic on GH! 

Mini Surgery Rant

 Saw this on Twitter. It’s the 45 people that are in the opening credits of the show. 45. What are they thinking? and they just keep adding....

PS--I'm out of the office today and probably the next 2 after that. Please put your comments on today's show in each filler blog! Thank you

James, Kristina and Cassius are gone . We've added Tristan, Quinn, Simon, SORA'd Scout, Serena, Hudson and... Joe. Three of those are contract players. Not sure what's going on with Carlo Rota or JPS at the moment. But dang--YES, GH's canvas is just a sea of faces. 

It hit me the other day we hadn't seen Michael in so long, I forgot about him. They don't seem to have much use for Jacinda, do they? *sigh* . I suppose his new Deception shares will give him more to do. 

While I appreciate the fact we need new characters now and again, I'm just flabbergasted at all of the influx at this time. Joe the cop is a bust--so BLAND. Simon, who could have been ANYTHING is another bland guy. Copy that to Tristan. Another doctor when you could have recast TJ? I guess Serena is at least a 'legacy character' but dang. Getting rid of Maxie's entire family sucks imo, especially with her rich history and the fact we love James and Spinelli. What about Georgie??! She's a TEEN! I'm not even looking forward to "Hudson" who's due to come on at some point. I'm glad to see Quinn in a way because that 20something set sure needs a boost. 

They really should be tightening up the families on this show and creating new drama for the existing players.  Stories take too dang long to tell because there's just so much bulk involved. It's taken almost a month to get every character up to speed on the whole "who knew what when" in the Cold Fusion story. Well, except for Liesl who's only on a day or two here and there. You'd think Britt could at least be living with her right? 

Also-- we need to see Brad, Terry, Yuri, N'neka and Deanna around. They are the colorful background characters that really fan everything out. We know they don't cost an arm and a leg, they are day players. 

UPDATE: And yesterday we got a whole new Ethan. An actor who by all indications has NONE o Ethan's qualities. Remember when they tried to have him be all blonde? At least he had an Aussie accent. This guy could have looked zexy-dashing-- but... Cody Lite? Why? WHYYYY!!? No sparkle, no anything. I was thinking of Maura who had to switch partners when TC left that first time as well. Yes, she's a true professional. 

Just looked him up.. he's a stuntman making his "daytime debt"... and he's BRITISH. Why the hell not have him keep the accent? Or at least do an Aussie one? We know Brits can do them! 

DEALING WITH DREW

 

Didn't think I'd be here but--I am!! I will hopefully be traveling tomorrow but we shall see-- things have gone a bit wonky. 

TODAY'S SHOW (here's hoping no new faces, right)?

Meanwhile on the boat dock. Gio's all "OMG Drew can swim really well !! AND HE WAS WALKING AND TALKING" ......PFFFFFFFT. Cripes! OH! Get this, Drew didn't want to go to GH so Gio put a towel on the seat and drove him home. Nina and Brennan are like: UT OH. They try to call Willow then run off the docks. 

Willow sees Drew's dirt on the floor. He is at the door "HI HONEY, I'M HOME"! She looks at him like he's a zombie. He says 'I've been dreaming about this moment for MONTHS". Willow's like: HUH? HOW? He says he's going to talk and she's going to listen and blink like he had to "While You still CAN"!!  OMG Cam M is having the TIME OF HIS LIFE with these lines! ahahahaha. WOW. You have to watch it He's so GLAD THEY ARE ALONE-TOGETHER and he tells her her mother pushed him off the docks. Willow asks if he's going to kill her. He says no, but she will wish he had. Says she'll go to jail forever and Michael will get the kids and they won't know her anymore. She tries to grab something to fight him. He says: you think you can take me? She's like: you've not been walking for awhile--then Brennan and Nina bust in. Brennan has a gun on him. He tells him that he has evidence he bribed the German nurse, misused funds and gave money to a judge that turned up dead. Drew says: FINE! Turn me in, it will be worth it to get YOU ALL. Anyway, they talk about Drew/Scout--jail yada yada. Willow says we forget everything in the past-- you give me a divorce and I take nothing. Nina says: Yeah, and you don't run for congress again. Deal? 

Carly and Sonny are talking in her kitchen. Jason walks in. Carly hugs him, so does Sonny. He's sorry he didn't come right over but he needed to be with Danny. They talk about the fact Rocco shot Cullum. Carly didn't know. He tells them all about that night on the docks. Then Sonny talks all about his Sidwell thing and the ADA being taken by him and how he saved her. Jason is confused as to why Sidwell would take her and not Ava. Sonny says: Ava's too much trouble. hahaha

Joss goes to The Metro Pool to meet Trina. Guess they are all pal-pal now. Oh Emma's there. Joss isn't happy. She tells Emma she's working at the WSB. Emma gives mad face. Wants to know if her grandmother knows that Joss is WSB. She says yes but she was undercover. Emma goes off on her and says the WSB is BAD BAD...and wants Trina to tell Joss that too. Trina says she loves Joss and wants her to be happy. Joss goes and answers her phone. Then Gio comes in and tells Emma and Trina that Drew is walking and talking.

The kids are at the Qs: Danny, Char and Scout. Danny's going to live there with Jason. Rocco walks out and is not happy. Oh wait they are all cool with each other now, it's allllllll good. Danny wants to take the boat out to the island that Scout swam to-- Rocco says bad idea. Scout doesn't want to go. Danny and Char take off. Scout and Rocco talk about her swimming for charity. 

Marshall comes to see his grandson and meets Isaiah. Marshall is all: You look so good!! To Portia. He says he missed Curtis' boyhood but won't miss Desmond's...he will be around. 

END: 

Danny and Char went to the island and back in 4 minutes lol 

Drew says he'll make the deal. Willow takes off her ring and drops it. "Freedom" She's leaving and Drew says under his breath "enjoy it while you can you treacherous bitch"... 

new FACE

 

SO, It's MONDAY and Drew is in the lake and... I think we know he's not gonna die, right? Probably can swim at this point. 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Another fine shot of Drew going into the lake. We see Nina crying and hesitating calling anyone. Then she yells for Drew.. DREWWWWWWWWW. AND RUNS ahahahahaha.

Britt slaps Jason but only to get him into an exam room. She's on probation and doesn't want to get in trouble (it's stupid). She missed him, he missed her. He's home for good. They hug. She tells him she doesn't have Huntington's. They hug. She says she did do horrible things and Marco is dead because of her all for nothing. 

WELL SADDLE UP BECAUSE... ETHAN is now being played by some OTHER GUY-- who has sandy hair and ISN'T AUSTRALIAN AND WTF IS HAPPENING. Good GOD this show... He's talking to Ava at The Metro but.. I just can't deal. He looks like Cody and I think it's his first day acting. They talk about Phoebe and the 'real father'...He can't tell her because the guy is DANGER. :eyeroll: Then Ava says Phoebe is where she needs to be. She goes to leave and HE TOUCHES HER WRIST. UGHHHHHH this can NOT HAPPEN. Gross.

Valentin gives the black box to Brennan. Brennan finds the info on Drew but Nina runs in and says she killed him. Says she pushed him into the lake after he talked to her and she lost it. Didn't call 911, just ran. PLEASE help me cover it up. They leave.

Valentin and Joss talk about her getting the charges dropped. He thinks she did it partly because he saved her life. 

Gio is singing to baby Phoebe. Brook walks in. Awww, adorable. They talk about nothing.

Gio goes swimming and sees something in the lake.

Chase goes to get Willow to talk about Sidwell. She's like: I'm in the middle of something, say you couldn't find me, ok? She finally says she will go. They ask her why Ezra said she had meeting with Sidwell. She lies that it was about his company and they'd better not hold her there. She stomps off. . 

Chase and Brook talk about Willow going into the PCPD and that he might get his detective job back again. She's happy. 

END: 

BRITT AND JASON LOVE EACH OTHER! 

Gio tells Nina and Brennan Drew is ok, he swam out of the lake HAHHAHA

Willow goes home and sees dirt on the floor. Then Drew is in the DOORWAY! Dun dun DUN. 

Sunday Surgery: Hell On Wheels

 

Roses are red
Violets are Blue
Who's going in the lake Drew? 
OH! It's YOU!

I guess we did get a real "lake-hanger" on Friday at least! Cam Mathison has sat in that chair long enough. The lake will either revive him or send him into a coma.

 This week had more newbies, a St. Jaysus re-return and softball mentions.

Grab your best breakfast and let's GO GO! 

Can You Swim?

 

It's Friday already... and I can't tell you what happened much of tis week!! A LOT of talking for sure. I also feel like shoving Quinn and Simon in there on top of Tristan and Joe is just too much for my pea brain to take in at this juncture.

OH WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOOD OL' FASHIONED "on the run" SUMMER STORIES? 

This Sunday Surgery might be a bitch-fest 

TODAY'S SHOW:

Britt isn't showing up to GH on time. Liz isn't happy, wants Lucas to stay until she gets there. Then they talk about Lucas finding a place to live. BUT! Liz sees that Felicia is helping Maxie move so she has to go talk to Willow about why the hell she hasn't done the communication board for Drew yet. 

Joss and Britt are actually in Brennan's office. Brennan tells Britt she'd better play ball with the WSB or else. She has no clue where the black box is. They let her go. Joss is dressed like a Men in Black character. Jack asks Joss if SHE SAW the box. She says nope. Then asks if HIS secrets were in there. 

Britt goes into GH and snipes with Lucas *sigh*. Snipe Snipe. Lucas says she's as entitled as ever. 

Alexis is in Bobbie's meeting with Valentin. He apologizes to her about having the authorities question her when he was on the run. She tells him to behave. He says he wants to take back what is his. She says Ace is the heir-- and he says no his assets that the WSB took.

Scout talks to Drew about her swimming. Then Rocco comes out with a drink for her--then Danny gets there and brings Jason. Rocco isn't happy. Jason looks like Johnny Cash. Scout wants Drew to start a "new chapter" now.  Then he takes Rocco on a walk to talk. 

Jason tells Rocco about talking to Danny and Danny was wrong to go to the WSB. He also doesn't think Rocco will get arrested, it seems to be over. Rocco is still upset but Jason said the WSB treated him so badly because of HIS past...not because of the shooting. Rocco says Britt was the one that understood him.

Dante wants Chase to bring Willow into the station. He wants to trust Chase again. They might even be partners at some point.

Liz goes into Willow's office and confronts her about not contacting the communication board people. She wonders if she doesn't want Drew to communicate. Willow basically says it's a strain on their marriage and having him talk thru a machine would be awful. Anyway, Liz sets an appointment up for next Tuesday. Leaves. Brennan calls Willow and says he can't find the box and he's going to get a plane for her and her kids to disappear tonight. 

Willow calls Nina. Tells her she's leaving the country and getting new IDs and she can go too if she wants to. Nina is shocked. Then she walks back out to the docks. Scout and Danny leave. Nina stares at Drew. 

END: 

Liz told HR about Britt being late. 

Chase goes to Willow's office to take her into the PCPD

NINA TOSSES DREW INTO THE LAKE!!!!!! BAHABHAHAA 

Deception

 

Another stellar day here! Clear skies and in the 70s with sun! Nights are cool which is awesome. This is a decent stretch. 

POOL: Gio and Emma AGAIN. Geesh Boring meets boring. They make out. Charlotte walks up. Emma likes her suit! Char mentions Gio saving a little boy last week and how wonderful he is. Emma heard nothing about it. Oh brother. This is painful.

Sonny comes over to Rocco who's folding towels. He wants to talk to him. He tells Rocco he knows about Cullum and he's sorry he went thru that. He's there to talk to Rocco whenever needed.

Laura and Dante talk about the Rocco mess. She says Anna is digging for evidence which is not good.  Anna's suspicious there's NO evidence at ALL. Dante tells Laura he destroyed it. Tells her the whole story. She says that she probably would have done the same thing. Sonny talks to Laura next. He tells her what Ric said. She says there might be a loose end; Anna.

So, Anna's back in her office and sees Chase. Wonders why he's a beat cop now. She yells at him about undermining the Willow case and focusing on Michael. He makes excuses. He says he still thinks he did it. Anna says she's not sure she can trust him anymore. Then they talk and she says she can help him get to detective again but he has to get evidence of a Britt/Cassius/Cullum conspiracy. Dante goes in and tells Anna about the evidence being lost on his watch. Anna switches gears and says: Well, maybe we should DROP IT THEN. 

Tracey is trying to call Maxie --so is Lucy. Maxie divested her shares of Deception. They are all mad and Maxie isn't calling back. blah blah They figure out they have no idea who Maxie sold her shares to. OH! It's MICHAEL! He got her shares. Lucy is major pissed because he's a Quartermaine.

 CODY and Molly talk about Spinelli getting a job in Australia and the whole family moving there. WELP. There ya go. Temp james comes into Bobbie's with Fe and Mac to say goodbye. James only talks to Molly. They go to look at photos of WOMBATS. Mac thanks Cody for telling James the truth and they need to fix things before he leaves. Cody shows James a video of a mare having her baby last night in the stable. James is all happy. They fist bump. All looks well. 

Alexis, Drew, Michael, Nina and Willow are at the boathouse to watch Scout swim. Nina and Willow go in the boathouse to whisper about Drew. Alexis and Michael talk about him like he can't hear them lahahahaha. Drew makes a fist. Willow and Nina talk about the black box. Nina wants to run with the kids. Willow says no. She'll have to find another way. Willow figures out that Nina slept with Brennan. 

END: 

Anna's not going to get in the middle of the investigation. Dante leaves. Peter says good, you figured it out, now go after BRITT

Scout gets out of the water and Alexis tells her not to put his wheelchair too close to the edge. Nina gives an evil grin