You may have heard..

There's a video going around--(Look on General Hospital's Facebook page) that has Helena standing in a cheesy set piece saying something about showing up. 
Me? I'm over it. ME! The biggest Helena fan on earth. All I have to say is she'd better be in flashbacks because if she's alive again it will be just too stupid for words. 

This cute photo landed on Twitter today---awwww...Spencer and Nate.. :) 

This is Sweeps?

OH, Mario Lopez is going to be at the Nurses Ball this year. 

I flipped to GH to see what was up since I last watched:  
Charlotte Custody
Carly blabbing about Sonny 
Sonny trying to cover his ass
Sonny bitching about Ava 
Franco and Jason on Cassadine Island. 

Wow......didn't miss anything, huh? 

Sunday Surgery: Turkey Trot

What's left of the "Quartermaines"...now going down by another one. If you
count-- there are 5 left. Ned, Michael, Dillon, Tracy and I'm counting Monica. 

The writers and PTB on GH had at least a year to think of a creative exit and execution for the legacy character of Tracy Quartermaine. 
What do we get? A hastily thrown together short "story" about a painting in Turkey, in a monastery with a weeping woman in the wings.  Oh, and...lol, they even recast Larry Ashton. 
The ONLY thing good about this story was that Laura and Tracy went together.  The sets were cheap, the story was thin and it wasn't even on that much. 

Of course Jane played everything to the hilt. Of course Tracy's 'trial' was saved by her eloquent monologue. And yet. Who was in the scenes with her?  Scotty. Diane--Nathan and...Sonny. That right there says it all. 



The Turkey thing was just--cheap and sad. Even the set was cheesy and so "soapy".  I know they can't afford location shoots but geeezze. The Samira actress? Sorry but in ALL of LA, this is who you choose?  We are to think she's Edward's daughter...but..she's not. We are to think she has a daughter who was kidnapped....but she doesn't.  WELP! Thanks for 3 weeks of mind-numbing clues that led to-- nothing. 
In other words: A Turkey. 



Tracy should have been ushered out under something like Parkinson's or MS. A disease that is devastating and long lasting. Doctors and nurses at the hospital would have been directly involved. Tracy could have gone for treatment where we knew she'd be safe and that her loved ones could visit her when needed.  The build up of that would have been amazing. 



 Everyone is all giddy about the Monica Tracy scene at the end. "We could have been friends all along" (Feud, anyone?). However, if GH had half a creative brain, they would have had those 2 being all Frankie and Grace for most of the year.  Aging, loneliness....you name it. Why bother tho when you have newbies like Nelle to fill our screens 24-7?? 

How about a nice Pizza Wedding Cake!!? 

Another point. Why in the HELL didn't they give Ned and Olivia a wedding before she left? Invite 80% of the cast. Splurge a little. Tracy and Olivia could have clashed on the catering for awhile, gotten it all set. The day of the wedding, they find out the company burned to the ground the night before. SO? Tracy ORDERS PIZZA (see I can get that in there as well). 



The funniest thing about her departure was of course, TG's hair-do at the end-- LOL. No, seriously-- having her just see him there and ......? Well, I guess we use our imagination, which can be good in some cases. Although not so  good in this case because everything was so thin before that, it was just the cap on a crap ending. 
They could have at least put a hat on him. Seriously. Sorry.  By a hat, dude. 



One last note: Of COURSE we had to see Sonny having throw-away sex with some newbie that I don't care about.   Of course Tracy was only on two days during her last week. A lot of what I hate about GH was pointed out on twitter the other day. People were all giddy because Ava and Griffin had ONE scene together and they 'had chemistry'. OMG-like you'll see those two again in what? 7-8 days for a short scene..then again in a month? Look at Lucas. What a gold mine they'd have in him and his totally opposite devious husband Brad. But? Nothin'.  So-- until it gets it's messes straightened out I'll be taking the show off the DVR. I may watch now and then because I love soap twitter and you all but as far as enjoying whatever this is? Nope. I'm tired of being all happy to see one or two scenes a week that are 'good' or 'meaningful'.  

If you want to know how I reallllly feel about the show you can read THIS BLOG post from last week.  

We've gotten so much rain here I need a boat.  Spring seems far, far away. I really hope wherever you are it's warm and blossoming with flowers!  

"Dear Old Daddy"

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Tracy is leaving...selling the painting.  Kind  of interesting she's just going to sell it when it was so important to her. But....whatever.  She tells everyone it's time to step out of her Father's shadow and she can't do it there.  Tracy ordered pizza. 

WHY the hell didn't they throw a big Ned/Olivia wedding with the whole cast there before she left? Too much to think about? Ugh. 

BUT! ON Jane's LAST DAY I have to watch SONNY SEX FLASHBACKS? OH of course, I do--this is GH!!  That lady is Carly's lawyer. So, there's that. Carly owns all the businesses they are in her name because of the government. 

I take it Maxie is extending her stay in "Seattle" ...and STUPID AMY comes on!! AHAHA. OMG...like I needed to see her today?? She's bitching that Maxie won't be there for the Nurses Ball. 

OH and now ABC interrupts GH to tell me the ACA has been repealed. WHAT A GREAT DAY...


Oh GOD YAH I saw the horror. I guess this all "Holland"... and he and Tracy never said a word.  Because GH.

Today is the Day ...

Today we say goodbye to Tracy Angelica Quartermaine, played by the irreplaceable Jane Elliot.  Expect Tony Geary to show up as Luke to send her off into the sunset. Now that Tracy is leaving, who knows what will happen to the Q family-- not that there are many left anyway. 

Cheers to Tracy-- your humor and bitter-tongue will be missed more than you know. 

General Hospital: News and Notes

As you can see, I'm so not invested in the show right now. I went on my tirade about their complete lack of respect for history and what the viewers have actually watched and now I'm just tired.

That said, I shall still keep you up to date on the happenings around Port Charles!

Roger Howarth is in "protracted" contract negotiations at the moment.  (Meaning not settled yet). He told us at the meet/greet I went to he flies out to LA, does his scenes, flies back.  Could be a sticking point? Not sure.

The GH Account tweeted this photo today saying: Look who's at the Nurses' Ball so it's clearly not going to be an issue there. 

Sonny's new lawyer, wonder if they'll end up you know, doing what Sonny does best. Doesn't she look like a cross between NLG and Sabrina? 

Not sure if you knew, but The Writer's Guild was threatening a strike--which always turns things upside down in all of TV. Well, they reached an agreement last night so, no worries! 

I heard Samira what's her face and Larry were scamming Tracy all along? REALLY? We sat through this for....THAT? AHAHHA. Glad I didn't watch the reveal or I probably would have thrown bar ware. 

How do you think Tracy will leave? With Luke? Just driving off? Alice? What? Remember her last airdate is Thursday.

Emmy Speech

Just heard/saw Ex Producer's Emmy speech and said this "We wouldn't be here without the talent and guidance of Maurice Benard" 
And, there you have it. Everything the fans have said for years was just confirmed. I used to defend all this saying one person couldn't 'control or influence' things that much.  Welp. 

He also said Lexi and Bryan owed their wins to him!! 
Later, backstage when asked if he forgot to thank anyone he said "the fans, but I thanked them last year" .

There you have it. 

I'd love to credit the person that tweeted the above photo-- but can't find it. If you know, write it in the comments.