Wednesday

 

Yesterday's Answer: Feb 26, 2017

It's no secret that they will incorporate Leslie's death into the storyline eventually. I have been looking over videos and images for a future tribute blog and I came across this one. It's a really good compilation of Monica and Alan and the boys. It is definitely worth a look. There is a part 2 online. 

(The brilliant David Lewis and the exquisite Anna Lee are included)

As always, this is the blog for today where you should add your comments.

Tuesday

 

Karen is going to be out for 3 days. So, it is up to me to come up with filler. As many of you know, today's blog will also double as a place for comments on today's show. 

Below is a Sunday Surgery from Karen from yesteryear. The game for today is for you to guess what YEAR the Sunday Surgery was written based on the content. No prizes given, but I will give the answer tomorrow. (You would think how bitchy Karen was with this blog it was written today!)

Sunday Surgery: A Bridge Too Far 

WELP. Here we are-- what has the Olivia Jerome story boiled down to? A damsel in distress laying at the bottom of a ravine, waiting for her hero to arrive.

I'm back for this week anyway--and I'm not holding back!! So let's go . Breakfast needs to be hearty because it might be awhile. 

(this was last week's photo)

So-- let's go story by story. I'm going to start with a promising one: The Nurses' Strike. It had legs-- was fun for 2 days, then...??? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. This is so maddening and so GH's M.O. They have the actors come in for a day, shoot a few scenes...then? I guess we surmise what's happening off camera.  Glad that the Qs are involved. Glad it could have the Ned/Olivia connection and engagement even tho they won't be on again for awhile. Hard to get any investment with that. 

Julian's "Goodbye Tour".  Julian wanders around town to hand deliver notes/messages because he thinks he might be killed. You know what I would have liked? Maybe an old-school type sting on Olivia where he enlists people in this plane. Not this whiny, weird ramble that isolates everyone. 

The villain in the room: Olivia Jerome. Yet again, I was anticipating a great story arc. What did I get?? Long, drawn out, full of holes and....boring. I just NEED to really bitch about this. Tonja Walker had such a history on the show. If they would have had Olivia just blow into town under the guise of the GH buy-out, she could have been ALL over the canvas! But? Nope...show her hands for a month-- lock her in a room with some nobody goon and then do a predictable "revenge" plot story.  Did you see what happened when Anna ran into her? This is someone she had history with (we saw real flashbacks) and.....she didn't recognize her because of the cancer scare.  Really? Hey-- and get this. Maura West and Tonja Walker have had ZERO --you heard it--ZERO scenes together so far.  That right there is a crime. First or second day in they should have had Julian introduce the two and let the fur fly. Ava posturing for her place in the family upon finding out she had a devious older sister that wasn't really dead. Why do that when you can spend time on framing Ava for the car bombing and then sticking her in jail? Ava's been in jail four time since being on the show. SNORE. 

One thing that was done ok ..(and just ok) was having Olivia be Alexis' 'sponsor' for AA.  It got them in scenes together.  I'm still waiting to see how all of this will 'redeem' Julian because it seems that's the direction they are going.  

This brings us to the bridge scene. Could there have been a more formulaic device?  UGH. Not only that Sam's pregnant. We could have told you she wouldn't just have that baby normal-style. Something was bound to happen. Falling in a well, trapped in a cabin, yada yada. This time it's down a ravine after fighting for a gun on a bridge. She'll lay down there talking to herself for awhile until she's rescued.  Wasn't she just laying at the bottom of Liz's stairs doing the same damn thing??? *sigh* . 

Hammy Finn is an addict story. We all thought he was an addict when he first came on and was injecting himself with giant ass'd needles.  It took eons to find out he was really dying of some weird disease, find the cure, give it to Hayden --and now? HE'S ADDICTED. So, ??? How is this entertaining. We saw Finn inject, pass out and cover up for months. We are seeing it all over again. Hayden confronted him but that's one scene. I was honestly having a better time watching Brad try to get money for the discovery than this stuff.  

I have no idea what they are doing with Griffin. I have no interest in Curtis and Jordan because although they have chemistry, they are isolated and have 2 on 2 scenes together where they talk about the same stuff they've talked about since he came on the show. They don't even bother to mention TJ anymore. Kiki and Dillon are boring me to no end-- there's just no strife there. No reason for me to root for them.  

Speaking of boring...here's another story that was written so poorly that I really don't care what happens. It could have been epic. Another example of taking way too long with too many gaps and just plain dull plots. The character of Nelle is just so blah-- she's not vixen enough to be a sizzler, she's not angelic enough to be the good/evil girl and she's so one note it hurts to watch sometimes. Even the bathtub scene lacked any kind of sexual tension.  She legit could have stood up stark naked in front of Michael and I'd be all...meh. The pacing is so off that there's no anticipation/excitement about the Sonny "affair".  They didn't really even sleep together (we know that fact will come out) so..???? Carly and Sonny will break up again for a hot minute until the truth comes out and they make up.  One saving grace? Bobbie and Felicia. At least I can find a sliver of silver lining! 

Anna's cancer. I was really intrigued and enjoying the whole Valentin back story until they turned that into such a boring drawn out mess, unless they step it up it will just be another bore.  Now Anna has this rare blood disease. Let's start something else!! You know I love the fact that Robin came back for it. The story at least got us that. 

SCENE OF THE WEEK: Yeah! So happy they wrote KM's real life pregnancy in! So glad Robin comes to visit now and again.  This made me smile.

WEIRD MOMENT OF THE WEEK:  Sniffing of the water jug. 

FLASHBACK OF THE WEEK:  Robin sees Olivia St. John. Talks about Cheryl (Lucas' bio mom). This is what legends get you. If they're not recast that is...

COMEDY DUO OF THE WEEK: Curtis and Jason and the empty tomb. Stephen King Jokes? Squeemish tough-guy! Hilarity ensues!! 

So, that's the week that was. GH is filled with flipflop and fast scenes. I started timing them. I really did. The average so far is ....29 seconds. I'm going to do it again next week and see what I come up with. Start to notice how short every scene is. Maddening. 

Monday Madness!!

                                            

So much happened--I got NO sleep, up and in by 8am and it was just a crazy day. As you know, I'm off Mon-Thursday. 

Please enjoy this post to use for your own amusement and let me know what happened to today's show. 

Sunday Surgery: Hells A Poppin'

 

CAUTION/WARNING PG 13 WHATEVER:  This blog will be brutal and my commentary not for the faint of heart. You know when I love the show, I gush..and when things are going south, I'm going to tell it straight. 
So, you have the choice to stay or GO-GO.

PS Hells A Poppin' was my name on Soap Zone years ago. If you were there, you know what kind of a place it was!! I decided to name the blog after my old self today because I'm going to be as candid as I was there, here. 

Giddy Up!! 

Thank GAWD this week is almost OVER

 

Just wow. Half the people are freaking out and the other half seem to be oblivious. Must be my age. I don't even know. I really hope this show today can take my mind off things. 

I didn't watch yesterday's show, just looked at the summary. Didn't miss much, right? 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Joss tells Brennan Vaughn got a package from some chick yesterday and thinks he's on the take. She flashes back to him dropping the plate and the package and yada yada/ That's the old garage set btw. They try to get her to back off her story. Such an obvious test. She won't back down and Brennan finds a chip in Vaughn's pocket. Yeah, it was a test and she passed. She's going out to the field next. 

Lucy tells Jordan Laura said she'd help with the Nurses Ball. Jordan has to call everyone and convince them to perform. 

Deanna takes care of Liz, says no change in Ric. Lucky walks in and has a bag of Liz' things. She talks about how hard it is to be off her feet for 3-6 months. She wants to go home but realizes that a rehab center might be best. 

Ric is still unconscious. Ava is standing outside his room. She finally goes in and holds his hand and wants him to wake up. He does and asks about Liz. Ava says she's ok. He wonders if they got hit. She says no he lost control of the car. Then he remembers the brakes failed. Molly runs in and Ava leaves. Alexis tells her to stay away from Ric or she'll get a restraining order. Ava's like: stuff it. 

Kristina is hysterical in the chapel praying to poor God to help Ric. Alexis and Molly walk in. Molly tells Krissy she's been a great sister through all of this. 

Later, Kristina needs "air" and leaves. Lucky gets a text from her saying she needs to see him now. 

Jason goes to see Carly and give her a tax doc from the Metro Court sale. They are so sad they aren't BFFs right now. She doesn't want to give up BRENNAN because someone is telling her to. This is so high school. He says he'd take a bullet for her, can't lose her like he lost Sam. She says she hasn't felt this alive in a long time. :giggle: He agrees to back off of the relationship because of what their friendship means to him. They are so important to each other! 

Kai is telling Trina about the operation that Drew wants him to have. She's suspicious they argue. He wants it, she thinks no. Then they have really bland dialog about the whole thing. They end up kissing. Lucy interrupts to ask if they'll perform at The Ball. 

Curtis and Drew are arguing about Kai having the operation. Drew for it, Curtis against. They get into it over the CEO stuff and Curtis and Willow and Michael and and. Then Jordan comes in and asks if they are participating in the Nurses Ball. They say yes

Ava goes to the garage where her car is. She wants the guy to check it over before it goes to the compactor. Make sure nothing was tampered with. 

END:
Mechanic tells Ava her brakes were cut

Ric remembers seeing Kristina in the mist at the accident

Josslyn returns home

Brennan tells Vaughn he's Joss' back up. 

Maybe OFF Today!!

 

COOL behind the scenes picture posted by GH on Twitter!! (Yes, I still call it that!) 

I am subbing today with the 2 year olds. It's just exhausting lol... I don't think I'll make it in time to watch live. So here you go. Also, next week I'm in FOUR DAYS in a row all day. Yikes. Hopefully I'll watch later and then get a blog up the next day. PLUS, David and Sonya will help!

Have a good one. 

PS our weather was CRAZY last night!! Just so windy and ice rain, then snow, then sleet then pounding rain!! 

Lunch

 

I'm going to have SO MUCH to say about yesterday's show and I'll wait until Sunday. Yes, I would have written it differently. 

Ok, I guess we are back to "regular programming" today...so let's see what happens!! 

OMG So, Jason doesn't want to see Liz when he goes to GH but wants to talk to Lucas about Carly and Brennan. He says SHE'S IN DANGER! REAL DANGER! What can we do!! Lucas says she didn't come home last night. Jason's like OMG they slept together !!

Carly and Brennan wake up together in bed. I didn't even know they were doing it 'yesterday'. Kissing, and junk.

Laura and Sonny are having breakfast and Ezra comes in and says that its' the "Mayor and the Mayor behind the scenes. " Calls Sonny a mob boss. Ezra finally leaves. Sonny agrees that maybe it would be good if they weren't seen together to often. Then Laura figures out Sonny doesn't know about the accident and that Ric is in the hospital. He doesn't really care. Asks about Liz. Laura says her leg is broken. 

Then Carly and Brennan come into the restaurant giggling. 

Deception meeting: Brook, LaRue, Tracey, Maxie, Lucy talking about Sidwell and the Zinc stuff. Maxie says that Sasha already said that Sidwell wasn't that bad.  They decide to buy the Zinc and leave for Spoon Island. Tracey is staying behind. 

Sasha goes to see Sidwell at Wyndemere and wants a guarantee that he's not going to screw over her friends. She says she has friends that can handle him. Leaves. All the ladies show up and they have champagne. Maxie has to leave to go to GH for routine bloodwork. 

Oh yeah, Emma's in court. Anna tries to talk to the ADA about going easy on her and it was a non-violent protest yada yada. The ADA says she was arrested at the University and it was bad enough for her records to be sealed. 
I have no idea. Then Tracey and Sasha come. Tracy hired her lawyer. Emma pleads not guilty. The ADA says no bail because she is a repeat offender and might leave town. 

Gio is upset that Emma has a record an still chained herself to the crypt. She says whatever, she's been in trouble before. It was better he didn't do it. 

Diane interviews Marco from Miami for a new position at her law firm. She likes him but Alexis has to meet him. He sees a photo of Lucas on Alexis' desk. 

Diane and Jason talk about Jason's will. She knows that Michael is the father I guess ? And Jason says he's not telling Sonny or Carly about it. 

OK, I HAVE TO LEAVE: It's 2:45 and I'm sure I'll catch it later. Weird, strange show today