Friday Frapp!

 

I may be out today; not sure I have a meeting at 1:00. HOPE I'll be back soon enough!!! 

Weird Timeline

 

Oh BOY did I need a distraction from today's news and history!! SO Glad the show is on!! 

Tracey and Brook and Bailey..Bailey is going to Deception with bailey where they have daycare. Tracy gets all smirky and asks about Maxie. 

Maxie, Lucy talking Deception public. Sasha and Brook show up too. Lucy wants to go to the stock exchange to ring the bell. M and B think that Sasha should. Brook also tells Maxie that Tracy not only knows the baby isn't hers, she suspects she's Maxie's. 

Alexis and Sam at the Metro talking about her new job at the paper. NED comes in!! Oh, he tells Alexis about Luke. Sam figures out Tracy's in town and she's supposed to be on the lamb for what she did to Alexis and the driving drunk charge. Anyway, Tracy RUNS into the Metro. Alexis looks miffed. Says Tracy gave her the best idea about writing about privilege's and the justice system. Um, didn't Alexis get pardoned because of Nikolas? 

Brando and Gladys at the Metro and Sasha walks in. Sasha and Brando haven't spoken or seen each other since Liam's funeral. She goes to the meeting. Brando and Gladys talk about loss. 

Dante comes over to the PH to see Sonny.  Sonny tells Dante about Nina taking him home and Nina didn't sleep over LOL. Waxes poetic about Nixon Falls but wishes he could forget Nina. Dante says Nixon Falls sounds like "Brigadoon" a magical town that comes to life every 100 years. Good scenes. 

Avery wonders where her daddy is. Then Olivia comes over. She talks to Carly about Nina. She asks Carly if she was honest with Sonny about her feelings for Jason. :clapping: Carly barks that she was in 'extraordinary" circumstances with Jason and anyway she chose Sonny.  Um, didn't Sonny choose her? And WHY ISN'T OLIVIA TELLING CARLY ABOUT LUKE? this is weird. 

Ava goes to see Nina and is happy she got the case dropped. Ava is giddy about what Willow said in court LOL Ava thinks Sonny might still be in wub with Nina. 

WEIRD WEIRD TODAY:

Lucy didn't find out about Luke from Maxie? Wouldn't she have told her first thing??? 

Olivia didn't tell Carly about Luke?? WHAT ?? and Luke is Carly's uncle--wouldn't Bobbie have called her ?? 

It's really bugging me

END: 
Sam calls Dante to come arrest Tracey at the Metro. 

Sasha puts on her lipstick and is all shaky. I thought she was going to use again but it was just lipstick. 

Dante arrests Tracy before she can tell Ned about the baby suspicions.  Sam and Alexis toast with their coffee mugs LOL 

Carly says she should call her mother back but then Sonny walks in. 

Back To Back Watching

 

Tuned in for yesterday's show before watching today's show. Curtis and Portia zexy zex. Luke dies in a cable car crash? How Swiss! LOL .. Shawn looks so spiffy as the Intruder owner. Laura and Bobbie were excellent. And Luke killed by a Cassadine? Hmm.. who would have thunk it. I do think he's dead-dead by the way. Just my opinion. 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Peter wants to hire Martin Gray to prove he didn't kill Franco Baldwin? WHAT THE FK? come on. Oh and Martin takes the case!! WOW..okay? That's just stupid. 

Valentin and Victor at the Metro. Victor heard he "lost his daughter'. Val says he will never see Charlotte. Victor says that he could help get revenge on Brook Lyn with him. 

Tracy knows Brook Lynn isn't Bailey's mother because she told her when she called her for help. She also knows it's not Chase. "Don't tell me you were stupid enough to steal a baby". Tracy wants to know what's going on and why Chase agreed to this whole mess. 

Millow--just boring stuff in the breakfast nook. zzzzzzzzz. Harmony comes in with a pressie for Wiley. BLOCK TRAIN LOL. Weird. ANYWAY-- Michael leaves with Wiley and Willow tells her mama about the Nina trial. Michael comes in and says it's not Harmony's business what they do. 

Felicia and Anna talking about Maxie and her lack of upset over the baby being kidnapped. Maxie comes in... then Robert to tell them about Luke.  All gasp. Felicia and Maxie go to the Qs to see Tracy. Tracy finds out from Felicia that Maxie's baby is missing AND she's 7 months old. Totally figures it all out. 

Robert and Anna cry. They are glad each other are there. They talk about the old days. 

Shawn wants Alexis to work at The Intruder. Sam thinks it's a good idea. Shawn says she's a warrior and he needs help. He says think about it. Sam tries to talk Alexis into it.

Austin talks to Britt about going in to see Peter and doesn't think she should.  She goes in anyway. Peter ask her why she's angry with him. JASON you know, JASON. She just lays into him. Tells him if she had poisoned him, he'd be dead. Also asks about the baby: is she dead? Oh she's good. 

Brook tells Maxie about telling Tracy the truth. Maxie freaks out and realizes Tracy probably will  figure it out. 

END: 

Valentin wants Victor to help him. 

Alexis is going to take the job

Austin wants to be Britt's wing man. 

Tracy knows the baby Bailey is Louise. 

The Luke Legacy

 

End of an era they say. "He's not really dead, they comment"... "Luke was a rapist"... "Luke saved GH"... "Luke and Laura were the 'IT' couple" ..."Luke and Laura were the perfect example of a horribly toxic relationship". And the beat goes on. With all the headlines and bickering, hindsight is 20.20. 

I was THE target audience General Hospital was trying to pull in when Genie came on the show in 1977. Teen, female.. the perfect demo. When she came on, the canvas shifted a bit because she was very much a 'teen of the era" right down to carrying her 3 ring binder hugged to her chest. There was an actress before her yes, but Genie just fit into Laura Vining like a glove. We were very very free in the late 70's. As teens we just cruised around and did what we wanted; the drinking age in NY was 18. Sex was everywhere. Laura was a teen and  was also the woman we thought we wanted to be.  Laura went to Monica for birth control pills so she could sleep with Scotty. Did you ever ask your mother about that? Hell no. Did anyone question the age difference between Scotty and Laura? Well, yeah, just for a bit so they could make Laura wait until she was 18 to marry him.  Back then falling for an older guy was the norm; we saw them as the prize.  Laura and Scotty were the lovers who were kept apart by the mean law and older folk. She saved for his law books and we ate it up. 

Of course that brings us to one Luke Spencer. Unless you lived it, you will never know what this meant. I was so ready for that story. I was fed bodice rippers and saw Scarlet O'Hara carried up the steps by Rhett (beaming with love in the morning). "Rape" was the buzz word because honestly, it wasn't really talked about let alone on TV. Gloria was raped on All In The Family and it became a national discussion. By the time soaps got to it, it was a plot point to shock and get the viewers to tune in. Throw in a Campus Disco, cool clothes and music PLUS the fact it was a person she knew? Welp. It wrote itself. 

What Gloria Monty didn't count on was the popularity of Tony and Genie together. When he was in agony apologizing after the rape,  the chemistry oozed off the two of them. I see many people say now they couldn't stand him or their relationship but getting your photo on the cover of People and Newsweek was no small feat. Millions of us saw them as something new in the vein of the old 40's banter movies. Then there was back tracking, there was Genie leaving...coming back and then the two of them going away. 1993 locked them in as the "cool family" still on the run from the bad guys. 

GH went from a boring, stale old daytime drama to something new. Couple on the run and James Bond type spy stuff.  Did Laura go to college? HELL NO..she ran with the big kids and saved the world!! Did her mom and dad stop her? Um.. NO.. because at 17-18 back then, you were grown. Does that excuse the whole rape story? Surely it doesn't. Did I buy the redemption? Hook, line and sinker because I wanted to see where the story went. 

The years crept by and after the revisit of the rape with Lucky and Elizabeth's story, L&L lost some luster due to us being more "woke" and seeing what a troubling story it all was.  As Luke would say, once they settled down and were 'domestic" it was just dull. We had all grown up and our POV changed.  Then Genie left the show, came back...left and they just fell apart. Tony Geary continued on and although his acting was always top-notch Luke became the troubled old guy we thought nothing could touch. Sometimes it's best to leave heroes buried. 

I did enjoy Tracy and Luke. His second act had some charm but it ran too long. Not going to get into the whole TG exit interviews but let's just say I was glad when he went. Laura is in a much better place without him. Now that even is specter is gone, maybe it can all be put on a shelf. 
Well...until we hear "Rise" again. 

Killed by a Cassadine. Isn't that a kicker? 

Tuesday Show

 

Had to go to my brother's today on short notice so I won't be in. Yes, this guy has bit the dust. Should be good dramaz. 

Ding Dong, Sadness Calling

 

FKING PETER'S FINGER MOVED!! damn it.  Austin was checking him. Victor is talking to Britta. DAMN IT.. PETER GRABS AUSTIN! UGH Stop it. HE IS AWAKE! NOooooooooo and he wants to talk to Victor.  Victor goes in. Peter says "you betrayed me" . Victor says he's the only one that can help him now. He needs something from Drew Cain. 

Maxie and Anna make up at The Savoy party. Hugs all around. Felicia is HERE! She wants to team up with Anna to find Maxie's baby! Felicia and Anna make up. Team up to get the baby back. 

Laura and Kevin talk to Mac about Cyrus but Laura is more worried about Victor. She is going to have lunch with Valentin because Victor is his father. Maybe she can use that. 

Nina and Sonny.. Where is he? Not sure where that place is. Sure has a lotta gay art in it!! He's drunk, drunk.  It's Sonny's old PENTHOUSE!!! He says he bought it in 1994-- for Stone and lived there and couldn't get rid of it. Aww, Stone. Nina goes to leave. Sonny tells her not to. He chugs more booze. He is going to tell her what Carly said to him. BUT! He can't even tell Nina what Carly said because he's loyal to Carly. Nina says not even the booze can change that. They talk about Nixon Falls. 

Carly and Drew on the bridge..ugh. Don't care really...get him away from her.  Blabbing about Jason. It's just boring. Drew is telling her about Jason' being chained to the wall. :eyeroll: He wants to help Carly. :Eyeroll: 

Alexis and Harmony. I love them, they are fun. Alexis is kinda having a pity party. Why isn't Krissy bartending. They say they don't have any friends but each other. 

LAURA and Kevin go home... the door bell rings... Tracy tells Laura that Luke is dead. 

Sunday Surgery: Step Into 2022

 

I got to see Miley's shirt almost fall right off on live TV so 2022 started with a bang! She got on a Brook Lynn blazer and continued! GH was fun last week and depending on how much you love good Old School Soapy Drama, you could have been jubilant just like I was. 

Of course I have to mention Betty White passing because she was/is such an icon. Reminds us to treasure everyone while they are here.