Oh BOY! This week had us all divided on Joss' truth-telling to The Old Don Sonny!! While some (like me) saw it as the comeuppance it was, others thought she went too far, never should have involved Avery and is basically a shrew like her mother.
I have to add: THANK GOODNESS for Friday's show! You have no idea the viciousness I was unleashing before. It truly saved the week. Ergo, if you haven't watched yet, watch some of Thursday because some things happen that set up Friday. The other stuff? meh.
Grab some Sonny Pasta and let's GO GO!
Photos courtesy of Sloan Rush/CanadianFuzzy and others on Twitter.
I feel like I should start this with some truth-telling of my own when it comes to GH. You know I've watched since Genie made her debut and that makes me old AF. I've patiently waited for years for soaps to 'modernize' and catch up in some way shape or form to a more timely experience. Sadly, that really hasn't happened yet. Technology has been upon us for eons and they are still schlepping around with their stories like it doesn't exist. The pace is also way off for those of us that still watch. Taking masses amount of time to have a story move an inch just doesn't cut it anymore. Retaining the old school magic while making some new, quality excitement would take some time and dedication. Do I know how to solve all of that? Hell no--but I'm not a creative producer or writer either so I'll just use my armchair to give you my opinions!
MEET CRYPTO-KID: Ok, ok.. don't yell at me for making a funny! Avery made her SORA debut this week and as far as looks go, they did well. Acting seems to be fine so far. Avery and Ava had their first mother-daughter scene in years at The Metro. Avery was sad that Josslyn told her bad things about daddy and wanted her mother to reassure her he was A-ok. Ava mostly side-stepped all of that and said what Josslyn did was wrong and Sonny loved her. You think they'll make it to Manhattan? Wouldn't Avery have run right to her phone and got the skivvy on things like most teens do?? A good scene would have been her and Donna on the bed frantically scrolling through Reddit posts. (do kids even use Reddit? if not, insert chat message boards here)
STEP-DAUGHTER DRAMA: Sonny got his ass out of the mob only to be bested by his 22-23 year old whiny step daughter who's had more college majors than sense in her short life. First they stick her in the WSB and now? They put her into the CEO position of her father's company. What does she use that for? "Besting Sonny Corinthos". Why? What does this serve? I would rather have Lulu or someone write a book about "The Port Charles Don" to expose his crimes than whatever this is doing. Now he's got Carly in there, trying to stop her. On Thursday we had a Joss/Lucas conversation that was exactly like the one Joss/Hudson had the day before. Carly and Sonny talked about as well. Then Carly and Valentin and then--Ric and Sonny. Sonny's ready to teach her a lesson or something like that. He's going to take her business. The business she doesn't really even want. M'kay, tough guy, whatever. I would also like to take the time to point out that this started because the WSB wanted her to look deep into JJE's finances and such. Where has that even gone?? Wouldn't Sonny messing around with a WSB agent and a business they are interested in warrant some kind of attention? MESS... just a mess.
SPEAKING OF MESSES: Serena!! Great idea to have this character to come back only to have her try to wrangle her Mom's company back from Michael and then Jason. She parades around in heels while saving animals from destruction. I guess that is to harken back to her Greenpeace days?? Hard to imagine this version riding around in boats trying to get a harpoon off a whale's back. Jason is finally back into the Q fold and we get him chem tested with this? No thank you.
STALKER SADNESS: "Your Number One Fan". *sigh* -- there's no drama here. No suspense. Just sadness. That's all I have. Sadness. They didn't even bother to follow up with this. Start--stop--start--stop.
MAKING A CASE: I had an entire paragraph blasting this roll-out but Friday did save the day in some ways. The PCPD had a pow-wow with Molly, ADA, Dante and Joe. I like those kind of sessions. Glad Molly is included. Things started to come together when they heard a tick was found on Brennan's Body. NOT JUST ANY TICK! A Lone-Star! Someone reported one to the CDC!! Dante runs off to find out who that was while Joe and Molly go to serve Drew with a search warrant for his newly "stolen" car.
CAROL BURNETT SIGNAL: (IYKYK) Dante goes to Liz to see if HIPAA would stop him from finding the tick-carrier. She says yes. BUT! Our Nurse Webber has been side stepping the rules now and then and tells him she'll look and he can guess the patient. She pulls her ear for Ava. Cute scenes ensue. My one wish? Lustful scenes. Like they really can't stop the chemistry from just taking over. We need some of that on this show.
WARNING: Queen Ava gave Heather a warning that came with a sharp edge. Stay away from my daughter and Trina. Boom. That's all you need to do--
A QUICKIE: Monet gives Drew the idea to marry Ava so they can't flip on one another. Unfortunately in NYS that only works if you're married at the TIME of the crime. Then again, it's a soap and I did really love the dialog surrounding this whole farce. Marty was his usual hilarious smart-ass self and Lucas provided Ava with some one-two punches to try to get her to use some sense. It also helped that Ava was dressed to kill as well. This was a VERY soapy 101 set up. Yes, Drew is in there but on Friday, it felt okay and I gave it a pass. Will Joe stop them in time? Good Friday to Monday set up, no? No one wants Drew with anyone BUT.. (hear me out)...Ava could just give him the death he so deserves.
OTHER MATTERS: So Britt and Jude reconnect and make out at The Metro. Both have questionable ethics so they seem well matched. Britt is all happy again and suggests the GH staff go to the Ax Throwing place. Meanwhile, big bad Jude has it out with both Brook Lyn and Joss over baby Phoebe. He slams down the papers that show he went to the clinic with surrogate Delilah. Brook gets the DNA call on Friday and we will have to wait to see until Monday if he is indeed, her father (odds are about 99% she is). Joss confronts him in his room and has figured out he can only get access to the Jack's money if he has children. Ah HA! Motive!! He insists that might be true but he does love his daughter. Hmmm, seems to me he faltered there a bit. They both vow to fight each other. Greaaaaaaat. :eyeroll:
WEEK IN A NUTSHELL:
Justine tells Anna she had an 'affair' with Sonny. Anna tells her she thinks Sonny is telling the truth about the Pentonville beating
Carly and Valentin were let out of custody when new evidence surfaced
Jason gave creative control for Deception to Serena
Joss is now: A WSB Agent looking into JJE finances (where did THAT go?), CEO of JJE, fighting Sonny because he's a bad man AND also fighting Jude because he's a bad man. What's next? Hospital board member?
Ric and Sonny put eyes on Josslyn because Sonny's gonna BRING HER DOWN.
Carly is worried about the Sonny-Joss feud
Avery talks to Ava about her Dad being in the Mob and Ava manages to side-step the answers
Britt's getting it again and she's happy
Jude is going to get his daughter and JJE too!!
Monet gives Drew a plan to save him from Ava's testimony: get married asap
Liz gives Dante the information about the tick he needs
Ava tells Heather to back the fk off
Joe and Molly race to stop Drew and Ava's nuptials
NINA IS STILL IN WSB CUSTODY --which is a head scratcher for sure. (just like that tick was)
This week was so frustrating. By Thursday I really had about given up hope of salvaging my viewership. Friday was a good one however and restored my faith a tiny bit. I just wish GH was more consistent with stories and time frames. Dialog can dramatically change in a day as well. Mon-Thursday it was dry and dull. I guess I'm going to have to keep a dialog writer's score card. One bright spot: No Michael or Jordan. By the way, for the life of me I can't understand why they are off in Batten Butten (or whatever) at this juncture. Monet is floundering to establish herself as anything other than a purse-carrying lawyer and Michael is needed at home.
Joss seems to be the star of the hour and poor Trina gets some tossed together stalker story that's SO boring. Carly is evolving as a character so I do enjoy that a bit but Sonny? Eesh.. just unbearable. Good on them for getting Avery into the fold, we needed her if she was going to be the focus of Sonny/Ava's feuds. I like that the hospital staff is getting together outside of work. There isn't enough for Emma to do--especially since she's a great actress and such a legacy character. The lawsuit with Willow and Lulu is tedious because it's smooshed in with the Drew-Brennan murder and hasn't really dovetailed on anything yet. Willow IS believable as a congress person because she never works. (heh). Did the election for DA even happen? That seems to be a dropped ball for the moment.
Also, I wish Ezra had been in the room to marry Drew and Ava. He adds a bit to all of his scenes. I've stopped wishing that Terry would show up and ditto for any of Liz' kids. *sad sigh*.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU! Hope you have a great Sunday and I'll see you during the week
CHEERS!
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