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.

Bruises

 

MONDAY! And... it will be my only live day until Thursday!! STUFF TO DO PEOPLE. I have to admit I don't even care at the moment. 

HERE WE GO: 

Oh god, ADA and Sonny are in bed, talking about how PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW ABOUT THEM. :EYEROLL: I'm not even dignifying it with a comment. ADA gets a call about the guys in the hospital.

Val tells Charlotte she's going to a boarding school in Maine and she's already accepted. She's freaking out. She tells Lulu she will miss her so much, can she move back in? Such manipulation. Cassadine approved. Lulu asks to talk to Charlotte alone. Val leaves. Lulu lays into her about what could have happened including being SA'd and even killed. (good scene). She thinks she should go to boarding school. GREAT DIALOG about lying when it comes to accusing someone of SA. Charlotte agrees to go but wants to say goodbye to Danny first. 

Danny and Rocco talk at the Q boat house. Rocco tells Danny Carly knows everything and Char is in big trouble. Rocco says Scout was with him but he doesn't think she'll tell Drew. Danny hopes not. They end it with they are still brothers and there for each other. Rocco leaves.

Charlotte goes to the boathouse to see Danny. Tells him Rocco did this to impress Scout..and now she has to leave for boarding school. Oh the horror. 

Emma and Gio go to The Metro Patio to eat. Emma sees Anna with Tristan. Gio tells her he and Trina are going to sing together but NO BROOK LYN.

Anna tells Tristan that the WSB is letting her see Dr. Nichols so she doesn't need to seek out his counsel. He seems sad. He says that he'll listen any time. Anna says he reminds her of another good listener that's across the world. Oh geesh. Anna then goes over to talk to Emma and Gio. She's like: are you following me? Emma says Gio picked the place. Anna leaves. 

Valentin walks into the restaurant, runs into Anna. He can't find Carly. She asks what's wrong. He says he's a bad dad yada yada. Charlotte is the way she is because of him. Anna tries to reason with him...but Valentin is sad sad sad. 

SONNY Comes in rando to talk to Gio about career advice? Okay. Gio wonders if he could find him a manager based on his time at L&B records. Sonny says sure but keep it quiet. 

Carly goes to visit Lucas in his new place, she meets Joe for the first time. Carly brings Lucas wine and a toaster. Joe has to go to work. Carly has to talk to Lucas about something she needs help with. She tells him the whole story about Val/Char and she's afraid lulu will use it against Valentin. Talks about how close she and Valentin have gotten.

At GH, Curtis and Sidwell are in there beat up. Isaiah sees Curtis...Curtis sees Isaiah. Liz tells Dante who the prisoners are that were transferred there. Isaiah asks if he wants another doctor. The guard says he is a prisoner and gets no choice. Isaiah loses his temper and says he still has RIGHTS! Curtis says he will let Isaiah treat him. Isaiah has broken ribs. CT/MRI will tell if he has internal bleeding. Curtis doesn't want anyone to know he's in GH.

Liz takes Dante in to see Sidwell who's in bad shape. Dante asks who did this to him. Sid says "who do you think"?? Isaiah kicks Dante out of the room. Sidwell goes into shock. 
Dante calls Joe to come in and take the case because of his conflict of interest. 

ADA ARRIVES.. Dante says they have to find out who did this to them. She goes in and Tristan throws her out because Sidwell isn't doing well. Joe can't get any answers from Curtis either. 

Sunday Surgery: Trouble In Teen Town

 

Swinging into the end-ish of September has been a test of patience. This on top of all the newbies has been a drag on most if not all of the 'stories' brewing on this show. I'll give you the rundown of the week but it won't be much to digest. Skipping around also seems to be the direction we are going in so if you don't see me mention something, that's because it's now on the B side of things. 

One of our many Starbucks is closing so get over to your fave LOCAL shop for some nosh while you read!! 

Let's GO GO 

Prison Beat Down

 

FRIDAY. 

Jordan and her sister. Sister is sassy, looks at Jordan's scars. Wonders if she's going to get them fixed. Calls her a drama queen. They banter. Guess they don't like each other. Monet tells her that she's staying in PC for a year and working for Diane and Alexis. Bicker, bicker. I guess Monet really loathes Jordan.

Hudson wormed his way into the Q house and is looking at Brook and Phoebe. This is so predictable. They do peek a boo with Phoebe. Chase walks in. Looks mad. Tells Brook he's moving back into the house. She figures out his lawyer told him to do that. She's not happy he doesn't want to work things out between them.

Joss is meeting with Michael at the Metro. He wants her to keep living at the Qs to help him keep an eye on Chillow. She's not so sure and thinks he sounds like Drew. Says he needs to let things alone.

Lulu called Jason to the house to talk about Danny and Charlotte. They egg each other on. She needs back up with Valentin and asks Jason to do that. 

ADA and Sonny talking about the stupid dumpster kiss. Are you IN THE MOB or OUT? I'm out..do you WANT TO SEE ME OR NOT? UGH insufferable. 

Charlotte is at the boathouse looking for Danny. He's at the feed store with Cody. She wants to use Rocco's phone. Rocco doesn't think that's a good idea. They argue. She says he only did what he did to impress Scout. Then Rocco gets a phone call from Lulu.

Curtis and Sidwell. Curtis warns Sidwell he's going to get beaten and should go to the warden. Sidwell says no, he wants to hire Curtis to be his bodyguard. Curtis says no, he just wanted to warn him. Leaves. Later 3 guys come in to beat him up. Beat him up badly, pull a knife. Curtis comes in just as they are about to stab him. Then they turn to stab Curtis. 

Carly and Val talk about Charlotte. He mentions boarding school and Carly says he really should tell Lulu and join forces. It would be best for Charlotte. I actually agree with Carly! Later, Jason comes over to share his talk he had with Lulu. They say it sounds like something Carly would do.

Valentin goes to Lulu's and Jason leaves. He tells her she is right about Charlotte. Then tells her the entire story about the car. Lulu wonders if she really IS seeing Drew. Val says no she was setting him up so Danny could see Scout. They talk more, he mentions boarding school. They call Rocco and tell him to bring Char home. 

END: 

Curtis and Sidwell both get beaten and left on the floor. Guy says: Sonny Corinthos says you deserve this and more. 

Charlotte finds out she's going to boarding school. 

ADA and Sonny make Ze Wub