Well it was a week for me personally for sure. Worked, got sick, missed live GH a few days. I did think it was a decent week overall and enjoyed watching. Things feel like a wheel that's turning and starting to click together. I'm doing it a bit differently today. Going by characters that caught my eye. I'll try to smoosh it all in but it's a LOT!!
Grab your coffee and let's go!
Monday's show: Solid B especially with Ava and Ric.
Tuesday's Show: C+ the end was good.
Wednesday's Show: B, mainly due to movement and NLG/Jane
Thursday: only saw the end so, no rating
Friday: A- I really enjoyed it all. Great dialog and performances
Restaurant Appreciation Week!! We were at the PC Grille, Bobbie's, The Brown Dog and Charlie's all in the same day! Goodness. I also noticed the same type of music was playing in the background of each of those. I think I'm going to do things a big differently this week and go by characters and see how that plays out.
WEEK 2 of NuBRENNAN: And ... yep, I'm still saying he's boring. Not sure if he watched Charles' performances but dang. Get some 'zing' in there!! Carly even tried to loosen him up at the Brown Dog and he was flat as pancake.
MORE LUCAS: Is always welcome! This time we had him talking to Sidwell who was surprised to find out Lucas lived at Wyndemere as a child. He also touched him a bit weirdly. I thought it was more of a "we're family" touch rather than a flirty one. I'm sticking with Sidwell being a Cassadine. Lucas also had a great scene with Maxie and then Carly again at the bar. He's just a great, easy character and VH is perfection.
SONNY AND AVA: I'm doing them next because I was very impressed with their scenes on Friday. Actually showed some damn growth. I know this custody thing has played out so long most of you don't care but when he was talking about Avery to Ava it was just good dialog. It always helps to have the wonderful Ava in there, doesn't it? She still has that spot deep inside for Sonny and it flickers to the surface now and again. (You don't have crypt sex with someone and just forget them!!) When she took the 50-50 deal against Ric's suggestions, I was just so proud of her. Yes, she could have gotten more but this was enough. Then Ava and Ric went at it after Sonny left so I was a happy girl once again.
JOSS: So, Brennan is throwing her in there to see if she can 'find the killer' of Dex (or at least the person that stabbed him). You take a 21 year old that only knew pre-med and just say: HEY! GO FOR IT!! It's amazingly weird and also, why Joss? EESH. Plus, Carly's going to kill you for sure.
SASHA AND JASON: Well, well, well. It's time to talk about this re-do of a story. This time he has a kid and they decided to tell him what was happening. Danny's cool with it but would like to know who the real daddy is. Nope!! Says Sasha. Not sure if I like this or not yet but it's soapy and I like Sasha. Jason isn't counting beans anymore so....?
DANNY AND JASON: Nice father son scenes. Danny held his own with Cyrus as well.
SASHA AND THE DOGGIE: Anything that has a dog in it? 10 out of 10. Isaiah holding that cutie Mavis? 12 out of 10! I liked the little arc with the PI lady Elaine as well. Those little colorful moments make me love a soap. The fact that she warned Sasha was also a goodie.
NINA: Wimped right out on telling Willow about her and Drew. I guess that's because Willow was so distressed after Tracey told her to talk off Lila's ring. Tracey is right by the way, TAKE THAT OFF GIRL!
ALEXIS: Ol' hard-edge Natasha is rearing her head again!! From conspiring with Tracey to going to Jason about Cyrus, she was showing OG Cassadine tendencies. Also, when Jason says "it's not in your nature" (to murder) I just about spit out my coffee. SIR!! She and Luke tried to kill Helena, she pushed Alkazar off a balcony and ran over Keifer. So.. yah, she sure has it in her.
EMMA: All you need to know is they are chem testing her with Gio and she's trying to save some animals from testing at PCU. OH!! Also, she did point out that Gio and Dante's eyelashes are SO DREAMY. Yeah, like they have the SAME EYELASHES. :wink wink:
BOLD PREDICTION: Deception will have that new line or cream come out and guess what? It was tested on animals even though they say it wasn't-- or some other such thing.
SIDWELL AND NATALIA: Now, don't get me wrong, I still think her character is beyond ready to leave but at least now, there is some intrigue!! They were married! Is he jealous? Is it about the diamonds with Sonny an the ex-wife thing? Was she a giant mobster herself when she was married to him?? Also: the rare minerals for Deception Cosmetics also holds big promise. Will it create a parasite in the face?? Do something awful? Or will it turn back time but they'll find out it's totally illegal?
A+ TO THE PROPS DEPARTMENT: Ava's liquor cabinet is AMAZZING!! Where did she get that thing?? She has no money and welp!! I had this backstory in my head where Ms Wu came to The Gallery, wanted a painting and the bargained for a swap. LOL. I make up so much stuff!
s such an obvious chem test it wasn't even funny. BUT I am going to mention the pants off on the roof and Lucas and Isaiah saving them. Thought it was fun. Of course, it was way too nice outside for WNY in February but happy they did an outside shot. Also loved it when LaRue went out and asked that cutie for a cigarette. Don't see that much anymore!! (NYS license plate spotted).
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT:
KRISTINA: You don't know how badly I wanted this character back. Now? Every time she opens her mouth, I cringe. I've decided to just hate her and see if I can get into her as a straight up villain.
TJ: With TB is not going to renew or he's in negotiations. Why aren't they at least pretending he's at a conference or learning some new medical procedure? When is the last time he was on? TJ is a character we need recasted if he's not coming back, imo.
TRINA: She doesn't need improvement but her story sure does.
TERRY: Said it last week and I'll say it again, she should be on canvas for at least GH background stories.
DREW: Is he dead yet? Because... either go to DC or kill him!! Thanks
So, that's about it!!! I wish I could say this was my finest blog but when you've had the week I have, you'd get it. Here's hoping I can get more live shows in during break week! Yes, WNY has a week off next week for winter break.
Hope you are feeling better Karen. Lots going around still. My 25 year old daughter had "something like pneumonia" for like a month (what the doc told her at Urgent care)
ReplyDeleteSidwell is too "cartoon villain" for me. Have Selena Wu on more instead doing all this stuff. She is awesome and needs to be on screen more.
Don't underestimate Alexis; she is "bad ass" Cassadine when she needs to be, and NLG is a phenomenal actress.
Drew is so much like Peter and we all know how long it took for TPTB to get rid of him :(
I like Ric and Ava, Dante and newLu sort of, and still like LL2 very much but they need to have them on more and doing fun stuff.
"Jon Lindstrom And Cady McClain Join The Cast Of Beyond The Gates!"
ReplyDeleteOh no! We aren't going to lose Doc are we?!?!! :(
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/jon-lindstrom-and-cady-mcclain-join-the-cast-of-beyond-the-gates/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SOD%20Breaking%20News
"When she took the 50-50 deal against Ric's suggestions, I was just so proud of her."
ReplyDeleteYeah me too!!! Now they are talking about Avery right? And not money? Cus I thought they were talking about Avery.
"DANNY AND JASON: Nice father son scenes. Danny held his own with Cyrus as well."
I agree!!! Great father and son scene. And yes he sure held his own with Cyrus!
"SASHA AND THE DOGGIE: Anything that has a dog in it? 10 out of 10. Isaiah holding that cutie Mavis? 12 out of 10! I liked the little arc with the PI lady Elaine as well."
I love it I love it! I love Mavis. Mavis is adorable!!!! :) I hope there are scenes with Sasha with Mavis at the Q mansion! :) Then we can have Tracy make funny comments! :) I have said this before, and I'll say it again, Tillie should be on GH! :)
"ALEXIS: Ol' hard-edge Natasha is rearing her head again!! From conspiring with Tracey to going to Jason about Cyrus, she was showing OG Cassadine tendencies. Also, when Jason says "it's not in your nature" (to murder) I just about spit out my coffee. SIR!! She and Luke tried to kill Helena, she pushed Alkazar off a balcony and ran over Keifer. So.. yah, she sure has it in her."
Oh yes! Welcome back Natasha!!!! :D
"BOLD PREDICTION: Deception will have that new line or cream come out and guess what? It was tested on animals even though they say it wasn't-- or some other such thing."
Ooooooo! I like it I like it!!! :)
"SIDWELL AND NATALIA: Now, don't get me wrong, I still think her character is beyond ready to leave but at least now, there is some intrigue!! They were married! Is he jealous? Is it about the diamonds with Sonny an the ex-wife thing? Was she a giant mobster herself when she was married to him?? Also: the rare minerals for Deception Cosmetics also holds big promise. Will it create a parasite in the face?? Do something awful? Or will it turn back time but they'll find out it's totally illegal?"
Great questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Not only does the national enquirer want to know, so do I!!! Hahahaha. That old national enquirer commercial popped into my head. :)
"Also loved it when LaRue went out and asked that cutie for a cigarette. Don't see that much anymore!! (NYS license plate spotted)."
Yeah he was a cutie! :) Oh I didn't see the NYS license plate!
Love the SS! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThis week showed promise. Especially Friday. Really good dialogue. And Drew wasn't on much.
I hated Sasha letting Mavis go, even though it turned out well. Elaine confiding in Sasha was a nice touch.
Kristina so needs therapy. Why someone hasn't suggested it I don't know. Maybe it would give Kevin some air time. If WK can be on two soaps so can JL. Makes me want to watch "BTG" even more.
Ava and Sonny finally did the right thing. Great scene except for that hideous thing that Ava was wearing.
NuJack is just not doing it. I still think he's a friend of FV's.
Cyrus has become the killer talk of the town. Would we put it past the writers to forget the scenes showing him injecting digitalis into the IV's or perhaps he was giving them vitamins. Anything is possible.
-----SO enjoyed Ava and Sonny, too
ReplyDelete----I agree with Lindie - Sidwell has potential but the cartoon thing is spot on - it's weary-some everytime he says, "there are 2 sides to every story" and BEYOND stupid that those women got mad at Lulu cause she told them Sidwell tried to KILL her brother
---they better tell if Blaze is Sidwell's daughter - I know Natalia has only talked about one ex. but the writers always make up stuff.
------Molly not even 'afraid' she might run into TJ at the hospital was what I thought stupid too.....at least MENTION TJ or something....
-----don't care about Kai, Trina, Cody, Molly at all
----I am officially irritated about Cyrus ---- let's kill him and have a who-dun-it cause IF NOT, then this WHOLE month has been a waste.....horrible sweeps.
LOVE Ava and Ric----------but Felicia is becoming cartoonish too with trying to 'fix' everything
----where the heck is Spinelli
Bradford Anderson is one that is not on much. Is he even on contract? There's some like Spinelli, Kevin, TJ etc that we'd like to see more and others that we could really do with SO MUCH less time.
DeleteAlso wondering if Jonathon Jackson is only like a "part timer". We don't see much of him. The cast is just too big still
DeleteI can't imagine he agreed to coming back for this sideline crap.
DeleteStill not getting into it. Looking at the line up of actors that have zero story. Genie Francis. Josh Swickard. Kirsten Storms. Sawandi Wilson. Tanisha Harper. Donnell Turner. Finola Hughes ZERO story. "Scenes" don't count as story. I'm sorry Eva LaRue isn't the ratings bonanza that the marketing department thinks she is...especially with a character as poorly written as this one. Same for Cameron Mathison. To re-watch old episodes with Billy Miller playing Drew, you see where this character now is nothing like he was created. I'm sorry I dont mean to be so negative. I do enjoy anything Jane Elliot, Nancy Grahn and Rick Hearst are in. But it's not enough to counter all of the dreck. What a shame they're going to sacrifice Jeff Kober for a "story" ie marketing department's poor attempt to jazz up the ratings on or near the premiere date of Beyond the Gates.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=General+hospital+panice+room+ric#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:07cdcf83,vid:XKTW2_YOofI,st:0
ReplyDeleteWhen Carly was different and Ric was completely CRAZY
That storyline was so soapy! I loved it. Yes Ric went crazy!!!! Then Liz fainted and I wondered why! Ohhhh it's because Ric messed with her birth control pills! I didn't know that could happen!
DeleteEither I've lost my mind or I've had a great idea: recast of Nikolas goes to...RoHo! What do you think? He does sweet and nasty to perfection.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea!
DeleteHe's only six years younger than Genie Francis. He is too old to play Nikolas (IMO).
DeleteOh don't be so realistic. The writers aren't. LOL
DeleteI think that Jordi Vilasuso or David Lago would be good as Nikolas.
DeleteJust read that JJ is being replaced temporarily on Tuesday. Just for a short bit.
ReplyDeleteI got that in my email and was going to share! Damn I better be quick next time! ROFL! I wonder why JJ will be temporarily recasted.
DeleteMaybe he went for a haircut and shave. :)
Delete"zazu says, Maybe he went for a haircut and shave. :)"
DeleteBAHAHAHAHAHA! Hopefully he did! :D