6/28/05
I really tried. I
was leaving. My mental briefcase was packed and I was done. I was
leaving my old lover, he who had disappointed me so many times in so
many ways. He who could not be consistent or stay true to our
history. My first mistake was I didn’t delete him. You see, when I
moved on, I still held on at the same time. Instead of erasing 3-4 PM
on my VCR, I just changed it to record from 2-4 PM. I started out
meaning to just watch a little. Instead I learned a lesson.
General Hospital is
my passion. When I hate it, I hate it passionately, and when I love
it I love it zealously. I am invested in these characters no matter
what choices they make or where their lives take them. I may not
always like the places the writers take them, but they are mine. I
was here first. Before The Guza’s and the Pratt’s, before Reese and
Courtney and long before Diego or Georgie, Port Charles was my place
to go. I will be damned if anyone gets to drive me away.
Then there are the
actors, that no matter what they are forced to do for the story, I
know their souls. Yes that is an exaggeration, I have not suddenly
lost it, with a plan to go stalker right before the GH Fan club
Luncheon, but it stems from truth. I know what makes Sonny tick, I
know what motivates him and what destroys him, I know how entirely
that man can love and how fully he can hate. I know when Sonny is
being written in a corner and I know that Maurice Bernard can always
somehow bring Sonny back to me with one look, one gesture, and one
word.
The ridiculousness
is still there, glaringly apparent on my TV screen, but they there are
always those little sparks of hope. The unexpected scenes between
Emily and Sonny and the building friendship between Michael and Emily
have been refreshing. Seeing Monica and Tony and Bobby come together
to remember BJ has been heartbreaking. The positively comical scenes
of Tracy and Luke and Skye and Coleman leave me laughing (in a good
way).
There are still the
things I don’t get. For example, Carly gave a long speech to Bobbie
about how she felt that “sister” connection to BJ that only “real”
sisters can feel. Correct me if I am mistaken, but Carly and BJ share
no blood. Bj was Tony’s child with Tanya who died and then he married
Bobby.
Why Reese thinks
Carly “stole” her life is beyond me, because Carly always spoke of
Caroline with love and fondness. I don’t even ever before remember
the name Charlotte coming into the mix. Seems to me perhaps that
Reese is not working a la Hannah and Angel and GH is looking for an
“out.” That is how GH gets characters gone, they go insane. It is a
shame too, because had they left well enough alone perhaps Reese could
have worked out, especially once it comes out she slept with Ric.
I cannot even begin
to grasp who Alexis is as she asks her husband to sleep with someone
else so that they can get divorced. Granted the conversation was flat
out comical, but so far removed from character that it made me
shudder. We knew from jump that eventually Ric and Sonny would have
to somehow and someway connect. I even enjoyed when the usually
hypocritical Sonny pointed out to Jason that he (Sonny) and Ric
actually had appeared to inherit the same tendencies for depression
and acts of desperation. Sonny actually made excuses for why Ric had
kidnapped Carly and even though I still don’t get it (nor does Jason),
Sonny apparently does. Even with this tentative new relationship
forming between Ric and Sonny it does not at all have to spell the end
for Alexis and Ric. Alexis is smarter than this and more mature than
this, but anyone who has not known her before now would never guess
it.
Over in Llanview
Asa and Carlo are absolutely delicious. I may not be able to fathom
why Asa would think for even one second that Carlo would not double
cross him but I don’t really care as long as they are on my screen.
Walk through this
one with me. Blair is leaving Todd a message on her cell phone when
she opens the door to her house. She hangs up and puts the phone back
in her purse. She notices the alarm is not armed. She calls out to
Todd and gets no answer. Then she ventures further into the house and
picks up the house phone only to find it disconnected. What is wrong
with this picture?
I actually am
enjoying Jessica’s DID storyline. I think the actress is acting it
out very well. I can understand Jessica’s motivations and why she
would not want to tell anyone what she is going through. We, the
viewers know how tough Vicki is, but if I were her daughter and my
alter just put her in a hospital bed and I knew how many different
times and different ways Vicki has almost died I would not be so quick
to lay my problems at her feet either. As for confiding in Antonio,
he is so damn wrapped up in getting back his daughter (in the worst
ways possible) that I can’t imagine what sort of support system he
could provide.
I don’t really
understand why Nora hates Bo so much. What did he do that was so
horrible? The fact is, if her husband wasn’t a liar and a murderer Bo
would not have had to arrest him to begin with. Then Nora goes and
spills the beans about Paige and Spencer and although Bo is a bit
hesitant to believe he doesn’t dismiss Nora outright, nor is he even a
little nasty.
I leave you with a
quote from Sartre, heard on CSI by Gil Grissom.
“Hell is other
people”
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