General Hospital... my favorite daytime show!

So we're out of the tunnel

2005-11-19T11:35:00.000-05:00

So we're out of the tunnel, literally, but figuratively this show is never actually in the clear. Something it always happening... Someone is always in a love triangle, in the hospital, or in a mental hospital. Right now we have all 3 going on, lucky us!

So the love triangle, Courtney says she loves Nikolas even after Jax has made it clear that he wants to be with her. Court has always been one to follow her heart. She knows that her baby deserves to have a good family, but she truly believe that she can have that with Jax as the father, and Nik being her boyfriend. But wait until Jax hears this, and why is he becoming a stalker? Waiting outside of Courtney's apartment is not cool. Even his driver realizes this, but Jax is determined to get everything.

How much do you love Jason... and how much do you love Sam, and then together- it's great! They are by far my favorite couple (vote on my poll to say who's your favorite!) When they thought Jason was dead, I almost started to cry! Sonny and Emily trying to figure out how to tell Carly and how to move on and then Sam and Jason trying to figure out their situation. But then out comes Jason- only a couple of scratches! So they finally get him to the hospital where he proposes! I love how Sam says that they've already been engaged, but he wants to hear it again, as the "new" Jason. Then the recited vows before Robin came in to administer her experimental drug. Robin warns Sam that Jason will be in and out of consciousness and remembering different things. With that he has a memory of him with Robin and calls out her name-ahh!

Then there's Carly. Who keeps letting her out of the mental hospital. I mean she's escaped now 3 times- let's get this security checked asap! This time she gets her hair and make-up done as well as a new wardrobe before getting out and going over to Sonny's. Of course when Sonny comes home and sees her dressed up and playing with their kids, he's in shock. Carly asks Sonny if he's going to kiss her hello. I think she needs some more time with the Lainey.

I wanted to give you an update on last weeks poll of Who Courtney should be with
Jax-- 85%
Nikolas-- 15% ** I was a little surprised, I'm starting to like Court with Nik**

So this is my last post, keep watching and enjoy the show!

*************Spoilers******************
1. A new doc will arrive- Dr. Patrick Drake, son of Noah Drake (yes, Rick Springfield).. He'll be involved with Carly, Jason, and Robin

2. Carly will be more involved with family when she returns- and by family I don't mean Sonny and the boys, but Luke and the Quartermaines.

3. Helena goes after Courtney

Real news on our fake characters

2005-11-16T18:45:00.000-05:00

So I may have jumped the gun on my last post. I might have possibly said something like Max was dead... and he wasn't! Oops, well I thought he was dead, and had they not given him a proper burial/funeral I would have been very upset, but since he's alive we can all be happy!

On another note, I missed Reese's real death yesterday. I'm not that upset about it basically becuase I never really liked her all that much in the first place. I was reading an article in Soap Opera Digest about her possibly in real life suing the show. It says that there is talk that the actress is considering a lawsuit against her former employees since she was fired right after she found out she was pregnant in real life.

Also, in real life news, Alicia Leigh Willis who plays Courtney is leaving the show! I can't believe that either, she's been so great on the show. To read what she said go to her website at:
http://www.alicialeighwillis.net/main.htm Also, Tyler Christopher (Nikolas) has come out strongly stating that him and Alicia are not together and "what you see onscreen is called good acting!"

So not this Carly, or the last Carly, but the one before that (probably my favorite and the one on the left in the picture on the left) Tamara Braun is on tonights FREDDIE (http://abc.go.com/primetime/freddie/index.html)... for those of you who don't know, that's Freddie Prinze Jr.'s new show on ABC Wednesday nights at 8:30. She was on last weeks show, which I didn't get a chance to watch and is on tonights also. I saw her in commercials and she looks great!

Another thing, Corbin Bernsen, who plays John Durant has written, directed and is starring in a movie called Carpool Guy. Rick Hearst (Ric), Anthony Geary (Luke, to the left), and Lesli Kay (Lois) are in the movie also as well as several other actors adn actresses from different soaps. I'm pretty sure that it went straight to video. You can see info on the movie on the link on my sidebar.

So that's it for now- your real info on our fake characters

This show just keeps getting better!

2005-11-12T14:41:00.000-05:00

So for the beginning of this year, I was obviously in love with GH, but lately it just keeps getting bettter! This trian wreck has brought together the greatness of the show- their cast. Normally you have a couple of different scenes going on in different locations and you don't get to see all of your favorites in one episode, but lately you've seen the different members of the cast bonding together to get their friends and family members to safety.

The week started out strong with Lucky not only having a piece of metal sticking out of him, but then having the rocks cave in on him. What a way to spend your Honeymoon. To see him and Elizabeth together has been great- she's the one who really got him through it all and how sweet was it for him to be saying all the things that he wanted for her. Who comes to the rescue too? Luke! Having Lucky, Luke, Nikolas and Elizabeth together fighting for Lucky was really great! And of course then Nik and Liz have to wind up where gas is leaking and pass out for a little. Lulu, at her new age, has also really learned to speak her mind, even when she doesn't know what she's talking about. Her scenes with Luke have been great, and those with step-mom Tracey have been harsh.

Then we have Alexis, who I think has become my favorite actress on the show. Her part in this train wreck has been the most emotional. First she's there with her soon-to-be ex-husband, Ric, and his one-night-stand, Reese. Then she's thrown around about to give birth at any moment and goes into labor. Not only is it the dirtiest place, so not Alexis, but she has to have a C-section. Emily has been really strong during these scenes and showing off her new med school knowledge. Along with Robin they make a great team delivering Alexis' baby girl. Along with Ric, they name their baby, Molly and seem to have it all, until Robin realizes how much blood Alexis has really lost and that she might die. She notices too and tells Ric how much she loves him. Ric asks Courtney to look after Molly and bring her to safety. After Sonny arrives, Alexis makes a final plea in asking the two fathers or her children to let her girls be daughters and explains that maybe the two of them could learn from the girls' bond.

Sam and Jason, the power couple have been great too. Fighting off Manny and suffering through headaches and ceasures they really prove that they can get through anything. Lorenzo fighting to get to Carly and then bringing her back Rose Lawn was such a smart move. She may be getting better, but she's not complete yet.

Nikolas with both Courtney and Emily has been tough. Which one does he go to first- his soon-to-be ex-wife or his new lover carrying her soon-to-be ex-husband's baby. Jax still doesnt' seem to have given up on him and Courtney either. Can't wait to see how the rest of the cast gets out of the crash!

One last note, I'm really upset that Max is dead. A couple of years ago, Sonny had a bodyguard, Johnny, who I loved but then on the show they made him bad and killed him off. Then Benny, Sonny's "accountant" was killed and now Max who's been on for years was very quickly killed by Manny.... I hope they do something for him

**************Spoilers**************
1. There will be flashbacks of Carly and Sonny's relationship throughout the years, with the "new" Carly acting them out-- I think I'm going to like her, or atleast I hope so!

2. Helena and Molly may have some interactions, since she is the new link in the Cassadines

3. Sonny and Emily become closer, will Emily read the signs wrong?... How will Nik react?

The next 2 weeks are going to be fabulous!

2005-11-03T14:08:00.000-05:00

So, Jax is the baby, for now. I don't actually know that there's a chance that he's no the father, but on shows like this, there's always the chance that someone changed the praternity test. Maybe Jax really knew that Court was pregnant, realized that there was a chance that Nikolas could be the father, and made sure that the results would say he's the father. Yea, I totally just made that up, but who knows. I really wish I could be a writer for this show! I think Nikolas has been really great through this part of the pregnancy. He said he was going to stick by her, and as for now he has.

Liz and Lucky's wedding was soo beautiful. As you know, I can't stand either one of them separate, but together I think they're great. Emily and Nik really put together a great day for them. One thing though, why are they taking the train to NY, besides from the whole, everyone's on the train and they're going to crash, but Nikolas has like 10 private jets why wouldnt he even helicoptor them to NY? It was great though to see all the people of Port Charles together. They are an amazing ensamble and events when they're all together are great!

How great were the scenes with Alexis. I think she's absolutely one of the best actresses on the show. I can't believe that an intoxicated Ric announced at his ex's wedding in front of his wife and others that he had slept with Reese! She handled it like a champ- as always. And then to have Ric and Reese on the same train car was hilarious. Her snide comments along with pregnancy hormones makes the show that much more enjoyable.

You all know that I'm GH's biggest supporter, but don't you think these 2 things are kinda funny. One, Alexis is not pregnant in real life, but preggers on the show, while Reese is pregnant in real life (possibly the reason for her being fired), but not on the show- although she's starting to show. Two, there is no concept of time. Yesterday, Wednesday's episode, Jason was able go go and see Carly and come back to PC in 2 minutes, yet Sonny has to hop the trian with the rest of the group.

So now we have Sam, Robin, Max, Manny and I think Carly on one train. Then we have Liz, Lucky, Nik, Emily, Courtney, Jax, Alexis, Ric, Reese and Sonny on the other train. Today, Thursday should be the crash, so let's see.

*********Spoilers****************
1. Lucky's going to be in serious trouble after the train crash- Liz will be able to help him.

2. New Carly will show her face on November 4th.

3. Alexis goes into labor during the trian wreck.... Emily must help her.

4. There will be caves collapsing, gas fires, basically craziness!

Some new news!

2005-10-25T19:57:00.000-04:00

To start off... I know who's the baby's daddy! I won't tell until my spoiler section, just in case you don't want to know, but it's good. I thought it was really nice the way Nikolas said that he would love the baby no matter if it was his or Jax's. Ofcourse we never know until a true praternity test is done and that baby is born.

Robin, Robin, Robin. I can't believe that she's back on the show. For those of you who don't know her character, I read that GH is going to be having a bunch of flashbacks for people to catch up. From what I've seen they're really hitting on the big points- when they got together, when Jason gave her the necklace, and when she ultimately betrayed him by telling A.J. that he was really Michael's father. I can't believe how young Jason looks, I forget that it was that long ago. Also, as a recap, Robin had another major love on the show before Jason- Stone. He is in the pictures on the bottom. Probably one of my favorite characters in one of the best story lines. It was when AIDS was first being spoken about, and GH decided to take the initiative and make Stone HIV positive and then die from the disease. It was a heart wrenching episode and from that relationship Robin became HIV positive. For more info on Robin see: http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/characters/97334_1.html

Another tidbit of future information, Rick Springfield is coming back to GH! Yes the same Rick Springfield who sang "Jessie's Girl!" He was on the show in the 80's and is coming back to reprise his role as Dr. Noah Drake on December 2nd. He returns when Robin needs a consultant to help Jason recover from his life-threatening seizures.

Also, Helena Cassadine is returning. She should be airing again, tomorrow, October 26th. She's Nikolas' grandmother, who isn't the sweet granny that you would normally think of. She's ruthless and determined to get her way especially when it comes to Nikolas' life. From what I hear she's going to be interacting with Courtney and the baby that could potentially be Nik's.

I also wanted to recommend this week's Soap Opera Digest. It has the spoilers for November sweeps!

**** Spoiler Section***-- You know the deal, don't read unless you want to know secrets!

1. Sonny will find out about Ric and Reese sleeping together and will see it as a betrayal by both of them. Yes, we know how Sonny feels about betrayal and this may be the last straw between him and Reese adn possibly Ric too. Alexis will find out too and at the time of the crash is overdue.

2. Jax is the father! I believe though Courtney sticks with Nikolas! Jax is going to try and win Courtney back, not just for the baby, but because he really does care about her again.

3. I have a feeling that I'm going to wind up hating Robin. I love Jason and Sam, and don't want Robin to get in between them and their rekindled love.

4. Lulu, Luke's daughter, is going to age- dramatically. She will be 17 (I know a little unbelievable) and Luke will have to deal with being her father- not always his best quality.

An Update

2005-10-16T10:15:00.000-04:00

So first I must apologize for my lack of opinion on last weeks episodes. I've had a really crazy amount of work and even though I love the show, have had little time to watch it. I was just watching clips online. (You can see a video recap of the past episode and what's to come at: http://abc.go.com/daytime/index.html?lid=ABCCOMMenu&lpos=Daytime on the left side.) Let's get down to business now.

First, Courtney's baby. I'm still debating on who's baby I think the writers will make it be- Jax or Nikolas? Jax has been friendly lately, but I'm never quite sure how genuine he is since the last time we saw him he was being awful to Courtney. Nikolas on the other hand says he wants to be with Court, but every time he sees Emily he can't help himself, but want to be with her. Make up your mind, especially before Emily spills it. If I had to guess- It's Jax's!

Then, what is with Diego avenging Sage's death. In case anyone missed it, Sage was Alcazar's neice. She was killed by psycho Mary (another woman who died last year, after trying to trick Nikolas into thinking he was her "dead" husband after Nikolas had had a car accident and lost his memory. Turns out that her husband was Connor, a man who looked just like Nikolas and he wasn't dead. He wound up raping Emily before she killed him.) If anyone is going to be "avenging Sage's death" it should be the Alcazar family, not Diego who if I recall she barely knew.

Also, don't worry Sonny will NOT DIE!!!... No matter what has happened on this show or will ever happen on this show, I can assure you all that Sonny will not die. He never does. The woman around him, yea they die, but not him. I know that Reese was actually fired off the show (in real life she's expecting a baby, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it), so maybe this shoot-out could be it.

Did everyone catch Robin last week?!? She's going to be playing a huge role soon, and for all you Robin Fans, she signed a 3-year contract! So she's really back this time!

****Here are your spoilers:****

**Remember Sweeps are coming up in November, so if you think now is good- just wait!*****

1. There's going to be some kind of train wreck in the future. It involves Sonny, Sam, Robin, Ric, Alexis, Jason, and Carly as well as Many Ruiz who caues the train crash.

2. Along with spoiler one, I think that Alexis might give birth durin this whole situtation

3. Liz and Lucky's wedding, flashbacks of Jason and Robin

What's going on with GH

2005-10-05T18:15:00.000-04:00

(<--I saw this and knew I had to add it to my blog!)

First off, let me start by telling you all how excited I was to see that people were responding to my blog. I had told all my friends how I was basically talking to myself on this website, but seeing that there were comments made me sooo happy you have no idea. So let me address what you guys wrote about. I was watching GH today, Wednesday, and I thought the actress playing Carly, Jennifer Brandsford, actually had her best day yet. I know it's too little too late since she's already been fired and a new actress has been hired to take her spot, but I did feel badly that she was trying to fill big shoes and might have gotten the hang of it right at the end. Secondly, I don't think Dylan is the one drugging these girls and taking pictures. Why would he want to drug Georgie, his girlfriend who he can be with sober? And then to drug his cousin, Brooklyn and take nude pics of her is really creepy and I would hope that the boy with the "porcupine" haircut wouldn't do that! The last time I saw him on the show they had figured out that someone had jumped out of Dylan's window after framing him. Yolanda, my favorite character on the show is probably Sam, who's played by Kelly Manaco. She's tough, but at the same time really good at caring for the people around her, like Jason. I'm happy that the two of them are heading out of Port Charles, even if it's only for a little while. They need to get away form all of the drama. It was really great to see today that Jason went and said goodbye to Monica, who in my opinion is the best aging women on the show. It was nice for them to have a mother-son moment even if he's not sure what their relationship was like before. I did also feel badly for Emily lying in the hospital bed and trying to explain to Jason that he might regret leaving now. To see more on who plays who go to the following website. You can click on the different characters and they'll show you a picture of the actor/actress and the character's history on the show. http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/characters/61825_1.html

Skye has always been one of my favorites too. When she was bad, I loved to hate her and now that she just wants someone to love her I love her too. Luke really needs to get back on the show and be with her before Lorenzo gets too cozy.

This whole Courtney being pregnant is really throwing me off. Jax came over to Courtney's loft today and was being all nice. I kind of liked not liking him the past month or so because he had always been the sweet charmer on the show and now he was getting some edge. I hope we find out soon who's baby it really is, and now I'm not really sure if it would be more interesting as Jax's or Nicholas' baby.

Also, look out for Robin to come back next Wednesday, October 12th... should be interesting!

GH as of 9/28

2005-09-28T16:50:00.000-04:00

First off I must start with stating how disappointed I was that Kelly did not win on Dancing with the Stars. My new theory is that ABC let John win so that they wouldn't have to hear him whine any longer. And for that it's fine that he won.

Moving on, how happy am I that Jason and Sam are back together?? Extremely! They are so cute together and I love seeing Jason find what he had with Sam all over again. I read that Sonny is not going to know what to do without Jason by his side and the Ruiz family coming after him and Carly going crazy. As for other people who can't remember what their life is, I turn to Carly. What is going on at the Carinthos house? She attempting to jump out the window, seeing Faith (who's dead, and staying that way from what I know), and flipping out at every moment. At the end of today's episode she had fallen down the steps, which of course is not a good sign when it comes to Carly, last time she lost her and Sonny's child. Maybe the fall will snap some sense into her. While on the Carly subject, Jennifer Bransford will no longer be playing the role of Carly. Laura Wright (see Left) from Guiding Light will be replacing her. I feel badly for Bransford, but she was not right for the part. Carly has huge shoes to fill. Sarah Brown the originator of the role and Tamara Braun were just amazing and if anyone is going to replace those actresses they need to step it up.

So Courtney's going to be preggers. Last I heard she couldn't have children. Yea, this was the whole reason for Elizabeth having to be the surrogate for Jax and Courtney. Whose baby is it going to be? Jax or Nikolas'? I kind of hope that it's Nikolas' because Jax is being an ass lately and doesn't deserve to have a child with Courtney. On the story of Elizabeth, I felt horrible for her that she had to go through a second miscarriage. I do think that this storyline would have caused even more controversy in the future, but I can't believe they had her lose two babies. I did like that Ric came to see her and told her that he cared about her and then gave Lucky pieces of advice for his relationship.

So hopefully all goes well for the people of Port Charles... not like that will happen!

Kelly on Dancing with the Stars

2005-09-22T13:19:00.000-04:00

Please tell me that someone, besides my roommates and I watched the ridiculousness of Dancing with the Stars, the Dance-off on Tuesday night. When I first saw the commercials for the original show back in the spring, I could not believe the new low that television had come to. Was there really not one original idea floating around Tinsel town these days??? But I did watch it... all summer long. My summer roommates and I would yell to each other from room-to-room our opinions of the ballroom dances. We had no right to judge since none of us had ever tried it for even a minute, but there we were being the critiques, something we are rather good at I must say. Kelly Monaco started out horribly, but by the end I really did believe that she was the winner. Being a General Hospital actress never hurt either. The one thing that I thought was also so impressive about her was that she was the only contestant who also had a job while learning all of the dances. The other ones could devote as much time as they wanted to learn their new routines, but she still had another job to perform. So it was the end of the summer and Kelly wins the trophy. Of course, there were some rumblings that it was because she was a girl or that she wore the "sluttier" outfits, but she won. The people and judges voted and that was the end, and I thought the last laugh/impressments that I would have. That was until John O'Hurley became the biggest baby to ever hit television. He thought he should have won, well good for him. I'm sure Joey McIntyre thought the same thing, but he wasn't calling a re-match! O'Hurley got his rematch on Tuesday night and I was happy Kelly kept saying that she did it for charity. She was already the winner and no one could take that away from her. Tuesday night was great. My roommates and I gathered around the television to watch our "GH Girl" put on three performances. Though we did not actually place a vote I know we'll be watching tonight to see who wins the rematch. Either way, Kelly is still our girl... and the winner. O'Hurley- don't ask for another re-match.. Please!

For more on Dancing With the Stars go to: http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/index.html

A Recap (and my opinions) on GH lately

2005-09-14T14:46:00.000-04:00

For the past 3 years at UD I have been able to work my class schedule around General Hospital. I made sure that I would be able to be home from the opening scene to the previews for the next episode. As a senior, you would think this would be easy. Not so much. First, I have the class that this blog is for and then I have a class after that. Even when I worked this summer I figured out how to work my new VCR to tape GH everyday, but now I have to go without my favorite show two days a week. I'm just really too busy to watch the tape on these days, and I know that sounds like I'm slacking, but I swear I'm still a HUGE fan!! So let's see what's been going on lately....

First of all, what is going on with Jason?!?!? One of my favorite characters of all time, before and after his car accident, has now lost his memory again? Can this really be happening? Sam and Jason are definatley my favorite couple right now and this whole him not remembering that he loves her is starting to bother me, but I did just see in Wednesday's episode that he's starting to remember parts of his old life. Also, for another future tidbit see the part in RED below.

Secondly, I have realized how much I dislike Jax. As if it wasn't enough that he's a snob, who intrudes in everyone else's life, as in Liz and Lucky's, then he had to go and try to screw over Courtney. Good thing that backfired. Side note: I don't really like Liz or Lucky, but I do really like them together, which I guess it's a good thing that they are.

Next week, I'll discuss Kelly Manaco (Sam) and Dancing with the Stars

**Don't read past if you don't want to know about spoilers**

1. Robin is coming back!!.... She's going to be a docotor now in Paris who is clalled back to Port Charles for Jason's surgery... and I'm sure to cause some drama between Jason and Sam!

2. I hear that Jennifer Bransford, the new and third Carly, will be off the show soon and that they're looking for a new actress to play Carly. I say bring back Sarah Brown or Tamara Braun any day of the week!

3. Faith will be making a quick appearance.

An Overview of General Hospital

2005-09-07T14:20:00.000-04:00

General Hospital is a daytime show on ABC that can be seen from 3:00-4:00 Monday-Friday. The show has been on since April 1, 1963 and tells the story of various characters in the city of Port Charles, NY. In 1981 the biggest moment in Soap Opera history happens when Luke and Laura are married. The event drew an audience of almost 30 million viewers, a record that has never been matched.

The show continues today with powerful families, mob bosses, romance, seduction and intrigue. There are approximately 35 regular cast members on the show with several story lines playing out on a daily basis. The characters have relationships that overlap and can have outcomes that range form controversy to love.

I have been watching the show for over ten years and many would say that I am completely "hooked" or "obsessed." I like to think that from 3-4 is "Tara Time" and that I deserve my time to relax from a long day and watch my favorite show with my favorite characters. I've gotten others hooked too and more than one occasion I have caught roommates watching it even if I wasn't home!

So if you're interested in General Hospital or have missed out on the past episodes, or even the past couple of important storylines visit the following website for the most up to date recaps. I'll keep you posted form week-to-week and let me know how you feel about the current characters, plots, and couples on GH!!
http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/index.html

General Hospital Time

2005-09-01T14:21:00.000-04:00

3:00- 4:00 Monday- Friday