You Look Familiar - 2026 Edition

Back in 2019, I did a filler blog titled "You Look Familiar". It featured Verne Watson and John Ingle. I knew that both of them have been in multiple series and I did a character count. Verne played a nurse 14 times in her career. And John? He played a priest 11 times. Typecasting? No. Just really good actors who played a certain part very, very well.

With a gazillion new characters on the show this year, I wanted to look around the internet and see if any of them "look familiar" to us. I'm sure that GH cannot be their first show. So, take a look at some of our newest cast members and ask yourself, "Do they look familiar?"

Johnathan Bennett (Joe)

JR Chandler on All My Children, the Host of Cake Wars, Aaron Samuels on Mean Girls and also a stint on Dancing with the Stars

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Alimi Ballard (Agent Baines)

Frankie Hubbard on Loving and The City, NCIS, Dark Angel and Numb3rs

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Grady Eldridge (Simon)

Featured on Hacks, Office Romance, The Sex Lives of College Girls and Friendzone

This is the blog for Tuesday. You know what to do.

PERIGRINE FALCONS

 

Sad news. Robert Kelker-Kelly who played Stavros on GH has passed away at the age of 62. I really enjoyed his portrayal of that Cassadine brother. He also played Bo Brady on Days. 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Jason opens the door to Serena. HE doesn't know who she is. She asks if he's Jason. He says yes. She stomps on his foot: That's from Scotty Baldwin. She says Scotty had to leave in the middle of the night because Jason threatened his life. Jason wonders why she's there. She says she's meeting with Tracey and Brook about Deception.

Tracey tries to get information from Yuri about Chase/Brook's argument. All he will say is they left angry. Then they go into something about the falcons nesting at the house. She wants them moved because of the noise. He says no, they are protected. Then Jason gets into the convo. Probably going to find Jack.

Serena and Tracey sit to talk about Deception. Brook and Lucy are late. She tells Tracey about a pop up at the holiday market. Tracey says just say: Temporary store. Then Serena mentions the falcons. Tracey says she hates them, wants them gone. Serena is aghast. They decide to not have the meeting since Lucy/Brook aren't there. Serena pretends to leave but sneaks upstairs to find the falcon nest. 

Hudson is in the gym, boxing the bag. Brook walks in. Told you they were chem testing them. Blah, blah.. Brook gets into it about Chase. 

Chase is meeting with Monet at The Metro Patio. He tells her Brook wanted them to move into their own place but he didn't trust her. He thinks it's over. Wants to legally separate. She's going  get the papers ready. 

Britt and Willow are having nosh there too. Willow has another daydream about Chase. Britt notices and is all: TELL ME.. I know you still love him. Willow says no, we are just friends. They talk about Jason. Britt DID love him but they weren't compatible. They get their french fries. Then when Monet leaves Chase, Britt leaves so Willow can be alone with him. She asks him about Leo. Then they talk about the falcon nest ---Amelia and Wiley like to watch them.

ADA and Sonny go round and round about whether or not she believes him about the attack on Sidwell/Curtis. She says he lied to her and she bought them HOOK LINE AND SINKER. Sonny's upset. She's upset. Stomps out after telling him he's a liar

Gio and Trina are talking about Sonny. He tells her about the Dante/Sonny fight. Says he Dante made a lot of sense and he doesn't believe Sonny. He says he'll have to tell him he's moving out. 

Joss goes to Baines to try to talk him into letting her bring Sonny down. Says she KNOWS he's actually in the mob. He asks about her present assignment. Then he says forget it-- you keep working on the JJE thing. No revenge, just catch criminals for the WSB. She agrees. She's supposed to audit JJE's far east holdings.

Joss walks into The Metro and sees Willow and Chase talking, reinforcing what Michael told her about them. 

END: 

Chase says Willow doesn't have to keep her distance from him anymore

Serena falls from the roof trying to help the falcons and is hanging upside down when Jason finds her

Trina and Gio have a gig 1-13/26 and the stalker person hangs it up on their board. 

I WILL BE OUT TOMORROW FOR AN EYE APPOINTMENT. There will be a filler blog here for you. 

Sunday Surgery: Blood Brothers

 

What a difference a week makes. I enjoyed the show and wasn't floundering or wanting to turn it off. Why? Three things:  Scenes were longer, dialog was more intricate and focus was tighter. All I really ask is for things to flow and the scenes to be compelling. It wasn't an A week but it was a solid B in my book. 

Yes, there's still a lot to discuss but for once, I might shine a light on the good things! 

Why not get your fave cider and donut? October is here!  Let's GO GO! 

Big thx to Sloan for 90% the photos this week...David for fillers and Sonya for re-recap dailies! 

One Hell Of A...

 

FRIDAY!! I'm really enjoying this week so far--can they make it DAY 5 for me!!?? We shall see!! 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Dante tells Gio Sonny hasn't really left the mob and he can't stay there tonight. Gio tells them he knows Curtis named Sonny in the attack. Dante says it was Sonny's men and such. Dante says one gave the order, one beat them up. Sonny cops to the fact he sent Vito but just to tell Sully to keep an eye on Sidwell. He pleads with Gio. Dante says he should leave but Gio is a grown man. He goes out the door. Sonny says he never would hurt Curtis. GOOD SCENE by Maurice. 

Felicia, Mac and Emma have lunch at the Metro and talk about Sonny. Mac says there might not be a lot of evidence but he's probably guilty. Mac and Fe were glad Sonny was out of the mob because she's dating Gio. Brings up Morgan, Michael...and even Stone getting shot back in the day. Robin defended Sonny and look! 

Jordan has nosh with ADA she says "Your boyfriend put Curtis in the hospital, what are you going to do about it"... ADA says there's not a lot of evidence. Jordan asks her if she's going to date him when he obviously lied about getting out of the mob. Justine says she has to have more proof. Jordan "WOW he must be one HELL OF A LAY" ahahhhaa!! She tells her if she keeps dating Sonny, she can't be friends with her. Michael comes and takes Jordan into the hall. 

Michael tells Jordan she has to get to the clinic NOW. She's like NO Way will I leave Curtis when he's in GH. Michael says he'll be taken care of. Says she needs to take care of herself right now. 

Lulu tells Tracey if Danny does ANYTHING ELSE she'll press charges. Tracey says Rocco would hate her if she does. They talk about how Lulu should handle Rocco. Tracey says not to control your kid's lives too much. She learned the hard way. Good talk. Lulu tells her Charlotte is in boarding school. Tracey understands how hard it must have been to send her away. 

Rocco tells Scout he deserved to get punched. Tells her about saying Sam would send Danny away if she were still alive. Scout says he's wrong: Sam would never send Danny away. She was awesome and would have worked thru it. Says her dad cares too much what people think. People don't like him but he's her dad. He loves her and she loves him. Then they kiss. 

 Chase wants to know why Brook and him were arguing. She sugar coats it then says they should get their own place to work out their issues. Chase says no they have to work things out with her family around because they are a package. 

Joss and Trina talk about Curtis getting beat up. Trina tells her Sonny was implicated. Joss says she won't let Sonny get away with this. They talk about Sonny and power and how he's gotten out of things over the year. "I don't care how many wings he donates to the hospital, he makes me sick" says Trina. 

Later, Sonny walks into the dark love nest and grabs a bottle and chugs. Texts Justine. 

END: 

Brook basically tells Chase she can't believe he thinks that badly of her and leaves. Flashes back to Michael saying Chase should do himself in.

Joss says she'll stop Sonny no matter WHAT

Lulu catches Rocco and Scout kissing but pretends she didn't.

Dante tells Tracey she's been right about Sonny all along.

Gio tells Emma he's not sure he believes Sonny

Justine shows up and wants Sonny to tell her himself he didn't have anything to do with the attack

Tues/Wed GH and TODAY!

 

Oh I really liked Tuesday and Weds shows--- probably because I could watch on Hulu and not have commercials all over the place. SUCH a different experience. 

LOVED Carly/Lucas and then Lucas/Britt. Such good, comfortable scenes. All three are good at that with the friend thing. 

Also: Danny/Jason convo was really good as well. Jason and Carly realizing they made the same mistakes as these teens are. The kids were decent in their scenes...which doesn't always happen. Dialog for Monday/Tues/Wed? excellent. 

My jury is out about Jordan and Michael but it's certainly happening I think. Which if it gets Serena out of there, I'm for it. 

Don't mind Sonny getting framed. Nope. LOVE that Ric is standing up for his brother though.

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Tracey and Chase talking in the Q kitchen. She wants him to file for divorce. HE's like don't tell me what do do. She reminds him he moved back into the house. She says he should stick by Brook and if she HAD confessed they never would have gotten Phoebe. He says Tracey is the reason she lied in the first place. Leaves.

Brook and Michael on the boat launch in tennis clothes talking about Chase moving back in.  Michael tells her just to bide her time, Chase will mess up with Willow soon enough. "They'll sleep together". Brook pushes him in the lake! LOL. She realizes Michael had Wills move into the gatehouse just to set Chase up. She's furious. Michael says her marriage is over and she should act like a Quartermain. 

Danny gets into Scout's house when Drew leaves. He wonders what Rocco told her. He says they got in a fight about Charlotte. Scout gets all pissy and says Danny must have thrown the first punch and he's a thug haahaha.  She hates him--says that her dad could have gone to prison. She tells him to GET OUT.

Rocco is sneaking out to school and Lulu stops him. She sees his bruises. He tells her about the fight with Danny. She is really pissed with Danny. Danny thinks back to saying that Sam would want him to go away just like Charlotte before Danny punched him. 

Gio and Trina. Trina tells him about the attack. Gio doesn't believe Sonny ordered it. She says her Dad is sure. Maybe Sonny isn't out of the mob after all. Gio won't believe it. Trina says that her dad named Sonny and she's afraid he'll kill her dad. Please talk to him.

Tristan says Curtis can be discharged. Willow stops him in the hall, says she's a congress woman and needs to speak to him about Curtis. She wants to know his status. Tristan won't tell her. She finally goes in to see Curtis (She called the warden) she wants to help him because he's a hero for saving Sidwell and naming Sonny. He says OOOOOoh, you want to use the ammo with the custody case. She asks if she can help him at all. He says: Well, not from a prison cell. He wants a full pardon from the governor-- and he'll get her Sonny. 

Trina goes to visit Curtis and can't get in. Willow comes out and Trina is all "MUST BE NICE to be a congress woman" and then Willow tells the guard to let Trina in and she can stay as long as she wants. 

Dante goes over to Sonny's house. He says he believes Sonny wanted to get out of the mob but he needs to ask him if he ordered the attack on Sidwell. Sonny says no. Looks him in the eye. Dante says: you're lying to me. Sonny is like: you have to believe me, I'm not lying. Dante says he thought Sonny trusted him more. GREAT ACTING BY DOM Z.  Sonny says if he wanted Sidwell dead, he'd be dead 10x over. Dante gets upset and says he did believe him even though for his entire adult life, Sonny built a criminal empire. 

Later, Danny goes into the Q kitchen and tells Tracey about the fight with Rocco. Also, his sister hates him. They have a good talk about sibling love and hate lol . He has to go mulch now.

END: 

Willow talks Dr Tristan into having Curtis stay at GH for a few more days. He says it's always good to have a congress person in his corner.

Chase hears Michael and Brook arguing

Scout goes to Rocco's and sees his bruises

Dante says Sonny's a bad person, Sonny says he did what he did to protect his family and provide for them. Then he tells Dante to get out. Gio hears all of it. 

GOOD SHOW TODAY, a LOT happened! 

Brownstone --Your Wednesday GH Filler!

Show of hands. Who remembers the Brownstone? It was 40 years ago. Does that make you feel old? Karen has been mentioning that it needs to return, and what better time with all the new characters we have on the show. I could easily copy/paste some background of the Brownstone, but all of you can just go and read up on it yourself either with YouTube or Wikipedia. I am going to just give my memories in a nutshell. 

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The Brownstone was created in 1985, which happens to be the year I graduated from high school. Yes, I am that old. To me, and my recollection, the Brownstone was Friends before Friends. A group of people in their mid-20s lived together in the same building (sound familiar?) and they congregated around a big couch in the living room. (again, sound familiar? Central Perk anyone?) It made so much sense at the time to do this. Instead of meeting in the hospital cafeteria or Kelly's for scenes, this was a place for young people to interact.

I also remember, vaguely, some of the people who lived there. Frisco and Felicia, Tony and Tania, Luke and Laura, and some people without alliteration. Terry Brock was DL Brock's daughter, and she brought with her Kevin and Patrick. (Not Robin's Patrick, a previous one). And there was a murder mystery in the Brownstone and at one point there was a location shoot (not a typo. they actual did a location shoot) to a fictitious town called Laurelton where Terry walked naked down the street one night. Karen swears this never happened, but I have YouTube proof. 

He's right. I do not remember that at all. I remember the earthquake that struck in 1991 and Felicia was trapped in the brownstone. I also have memories of the Jake and Bobbie years there. I believe that's where they got married. 

The building burned down, and the set was transformed into another set, as most sets wind up doing. It hasn't really been mentioned since. 

NO!! I actually remember better than David here!  Kiki and Morgan redid the Brownstone as part of the Waterfront Revitalization Project in 2014. Michael was the head of the whole project for ELQ. This also included an AJ Quartermaine Memorial Clinic (I kid you not). Avery was actually born at the Brownstone while Ava lived there. 

Reimagined Brownstone 

What now? Does it make sense to bring this back? Can we fill 6 apartments and have a new location for people to hang out and have some coffee? How would this differ from the original? Who would own it? (Bobbie owned the original). Is anyone else getting a "227" vibe? I called on AI to give me a brownstone. There is no living room (of course there should be) but this could be a concept for a new Brownstone. I am not redoing the AI so you are stuck with this one.

WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD FILL THOSE ROOMS?

Drop your comments below along with today's show! 

  

David forgot one important point: Who's RUNNING IT? I'm saying Aunt Stella! We need a sage, wise elder to bring this whole place to life. Remember Myrtle on AMC? That's the ticket! 

The blog for the day. Please leave comments below.

A Black and White Movie Day (Tues Blog)

Normally when I put together a filler for Karen's day off / hair appointment, it is usually GH themed. There have been a handful of times when I went off-topic and threw something together from left field. This is one of those times.

A friend of mine (yes, I still have a few) was talking with me about the greatest movies of all time. He is younger than me so naturally, his list was filled with Star Wars and Harry Potter. My list started forming and I noticed that it was a lot of black and white films from a bygone age. (Although Godfather was on the list, I am after all half-Italian)

   

I decided to compile a top 10 list of nothing but black and white films. (sorry, Vito). These truly are, to me, the best of the best. My number one would be The Last Picture Show with All About Eve a really close second. Third would be Casablanca. How many of these have you seen? Are there any black and white films (and they are called films, not movies) that you have seen and enjoyed? What did I miss?

 

Oh, and this is the blog for the day. Please leave your comments below.
I know we have to keep saying that when we do filler. 

Karen's FAVE Black and White Movie:  Mildred Pierce starring Joan Crawford. What a SOAPY SOAP of a movie!! I love it.  There's a little GH connection because the Laura/Leslie/David Hamilton story was similar. 

And now everyone, on with the show... 

Some fun facts:

Suddenly, Last Summer was the ONLY time that Katharine Hepburn got second billing to another actress (Elizabeth Taylor) in a film.

In Stage Door, Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Ann Miller, Lucille Ball and Eve Arden all appeared together BEFORE any of them were really famous. Can you imagine these 5 legends on a set together, not knowing they were sharing the stage with Hollywood Royalty?

For The Last Picture Show, Cloris Leachman did her dramatic scene once and told Peter Bogdonavich "let me do it again, I can do it better" and he said "no, you can't. You just won the Oscar". And, she did.

Psycho was the first time a toilet flushed in a film.