Sunday Surgery: Fast and Furious

Oh Noooooooooooooooo....

Another WHOO HOO HA blog!! Eesh... I did run home this week and I also moved a meeting for the show. LOVED it, I haven't done that in forever. Ok, I did  last week. But, before that??

I don't even know how to start this thing. I"m going to marinade Friday night, start writing Saturday and be done on Sunday! So, if you are reading this, just know I took a hey of a LONG time crafting it. 

GH right now is not everyone's fave thing, I understand. For me, it's pretty glorious.  Mostly, it's fun. That's what I like: shock, awe and FUN. I haven't enjoyed myself this much since the Mitch and ending days of OLTL. 

Let's have cake since we didn't get any at the wedding. Do you notice we NEVER get cake for weddings? 


Smaller things first (with less airtime)

3,000 for that art set you bought me! 

1.  Jake ends up going to Liz' house--we don't see that actually happen as they are only on Monday.

2. We DON'T see Larry Ashton anymore this week. Will be picked up next week

3. Dr. O is obsessed with her missing Rx pad

And now....for the  main events...

THE WEDDING:  Well, it delivered!!!!!!  From the faces to the yelling to the confession and the "air popcorn' eating it was a delight. So many emotions and revelations. Michael was blindsided. Carly was distraught. Franco had a mixture of glee and regret. Of course, things took a turn when Michael ran out to go go Sonny's and found the gun next to Max. Carly ran out into the night and was confronted by Heather who had her own gun . Franco followed and they all made their way up to the warehouse together.  "You made me believe in myself" was Franco's biggest hangup with Carly. The more he talked, the more he talked, he actually was making more sense. I hope you watched this because I can't quote all the dialog that was given. Superb.  I think "Your mother is a lying, cheating whore" was said about 99x. And of course, the BEST line "Carly was full of Sonny's Pepperoni" was also a gem. 

Watch how it's done, Shawn! 

THE WAREHOUSE...where Heather stashes Jordan and Shawn. Later, Franco brings Carly, Heather and himself there as well. Franco figures out he wants to kill Mommy, Shawn and Carly. He throws in Jordan because she's a witness. He fires to the gun to show Shawn how a REAL shooter handles a piece. But, alas...he decides to leave and wander around Port Charles. He makes a phone call to Nina where they share their tales of surprise and decide they are truly, truly friends. 

Did you manage to save any Snickers bars from that candy trove? 

MAX IS DOWN: Max is shot...Sonny (waving his gun right next to his head--) tries to get the info of who shot him. Max says a "woman" ..Sonny automatically thinks "AVA" (because he's such a clever mobster). Just a moment before, he and Morgan were figuring out Ava was probably in danger. That can wait though--standing around in the hospital is way more important. Diane comes in and yells at Sonny. Morgan stands around THE ENTIRE TIME. He talks to Kiki and to Dante. Kiki's pissed he ratted out her mother. Dante realizes Michael knew about Sonny before he told him. Sonny of course, goes to kill Ava--where the real fireworks begin...

THE BIRTH:  Well, Nina manages to get the drugs into Ava so she can give birth to that preemie baby. PREEMIE? AHAHAA...well, she's about ready to go on solid food but whatever! Nina tells a wonderful l story about delivering a horse which had me in stitches. Donna Mills shows up and we find out that she actually had hired Ava years ago to seduce Silas. Yet another thing for Nina to get mad about. Ava is pleading for her baby but they end up leaving for a crummy motel. Ava crawls to the door and opens it to....

Oh, Crap

SONNY...who has come to confront Ava. Of course, with the baby out of her belly, he proceeds to point his giant gun at her, ready to end her life. Such a great, man...living by his "never hurt a woman code". So brave--wanting to murder an unarmed, just given birth to his granddaughter/Daughter woman. Oh Sonny..you are an ass, aren't you? BUT! When the shot is fired, who's gun does it come from?
Michael. There to avenge AJ's death!! Oh.. how many quotes did these scenes yield? Michael basically tells Sonny he's dead to him and that AJ was his ONLY father. Which probably kills Sonny more than if Michael would have actually shot the gun. Michael rants that he and Carly used him as a pawn against AJ his whole life. Sonny tries to tap-dance out of this but Michael is having none of it. He actually reminds dear ol' Daddy that he screwed his own son's girlfriend right on AJ's grave. (Ava pipes in to say that she did, indeed see Sonny KILL AJ). Michael lets Ava go to find his niece/sister and she crawls into the alley. Silas and Kiki find her and take her to the ER. 
Michael talks and talks and never fires the gun. I so wished he would have shot a kneecap out so Sonny would start to suffer. (I spare no pain) BUT Nope...just blah, blah blah.  The previews show them still talking on Monday. *sigh* 

I am...and ass. Sorry. 

DANNY'S TESTS: On more of a side note, but interesting none-the-less, Donna changed the results of Danny's tests so they could lure Silas out of the Brownstone. It worked and he rushed to the hospital. Two important things happened: He told Sam he knows that Nina was a complete fraud and broke them up---and Julian says he'll freeze his bone marrow even though Sonny may kill him if he does. (now, why doesn't he just do this in secret and Sonny would NEVER know is beyond me). The tests were of course, negative so everyone can relax that Jake/Jason Jr. is going to be ok. 

You are gonna need about 8 of those, Duke!

MAYORAL ELECTION: . UM.... it's um... HALLOWEEN but I don't care. Screw it. I'm so happy we are revisiting this and it also is a great place for Lucy, Bobbie and the gang to meet up. PLUS we get hang-dog DUKE who's realizing as the night goes on he's in deep shit.  Anna arrives later and arrests him. She's so upset. She gave him the opportunity to give her the truth and he doesn't. Later, in her office we find out that he is SO loyal that he wouldn't rat out Sonny for anything. Not even Anna. Gulp. Finola as usual, played her scenes just perfectly. She teared up at the right moments and was tough when she needed to be. 

Should I have added a sound track to the video? 

SPECIAL KUDOS: For framing this shot. There's Franco, his face full of pain and (perhaps?) regret and also resolution. There's Sonny in the background on the tape and a devastated Carly struggling to get off the boat. :clapping: By the way, everyone in these scenes just did a remarkable job. Roger, Chad--Laura and even the bit players were just so wonderful to watch. 

(forgive there is no picture of this-- I couldn't find one and erased my DVR! Wah..just picture Franco eating peanuts and Bobbie looking all upset.) 
SCENE OF THE WEEK:  You may not agree with me since there were SO many perfect moments this week. Dramatic, shocking, violent, tender- you name it. I chose this for the simple reason that it showcased a character to perfection. Franco waltzes into  Floating Jake's like the day has just gone normally. He meets Bobbie (another perfect touch because who knows better than she the depths of Carly's betrayals??) and he sits and eats his peanuts. Roger played everything this week just awesome, but this was masterful. Franco is wounded. He in turn,  wounded the one person he grew to love. Although revenge is sweet, it's also lonely.  I loved that the writers included this. LOVED. 

PROP OF THE WEEK: Franco's imaginary POPCORN is it!! Never has such a non-prop delivered so so much!! 

FACES OF THE WEEK: SO MANY to choose from. SO many. I chose these for the look in their eyes. Michael's Murderous, Duke's Scared, Carly's Wounded and Kiki -- Shocked. Morgan totally threw her mama to the mobular wolves.  


I do admit to some glaring weirdness that caught my attention. The timeline was just so--off. The mayor election being on Halloween was thrown in there (although the character integration it produced was great) and I really REALLY wish Monica had been around in some capacity, even if it was at the hospital. Morgan's back to acting like an idiot. The fact that so many scenes were filmed with guns pointed (and never used) was a bit disappointing. At least wound someone. People stood around talking way too much, but then again, the  dialog was spot-on. "Your lying mother of a whore" was said so much it's ingrained in poor Michael's head forever. I'd totally take a pace like this for my soaps everyday.  I'm sure the cast would be exhausted in 2 weeks flat though. They must have been totally wrung out on a daily basis. Bravo to all. 

So, my "completely" Spoiler free starts in about a week. I know some of the spoilers for next week but not many, and then none!! WOO HOO! So excited. I'm enjoying the ride right now. I know Fluke comes back and am so hoping we keep the momentum and it doesn't lay an  egg.

Here's hoping next week is as fast and furious as this!!