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Last week on As the World Turns, Paul found Sofie on the verge of death... and instead of calling 911, he watched her die, tossed her body in a laundry bin, and then buried her in his backyard. Now, I know she accused him of rape. I know she was creepily obsessed with him, claiming to be pregnant with his child when she probably wasn't, out to get Meg, etc. I know she whispered Meg's name before she died, leading Paul to think his beloved was the one who had attacked Sofie. Still, though, the girl was PREGNANT. Possibly with Paul's child. Watching her die, even to protect Meg, was cold.

 

Now we have the mystery emerging of who really did kill Sofie. Right now they're def making it look like it was Barbara (even Lisa practically accused Barbara of murder), but my experience with soap operas tells me that a) Barbara is way too obvious a suspect, and b) it's way too soon for the real killer to be on the radar. I suspect that it will turn out to either be a nobody, throw-away killer, or someone other than Barbara or Meg. Possibly Cole. Or what about Chris? He was on a crazy drunken binge rage thing.

 

I was glad to see Luke and Noah back together, but then, of course, their reunion turned out to be brief, because Noah has decided to enlist. Really, will those two boys ever be happy and together? It doesn't look like it will be any time soon, especially after the previews showed Luke showing up at boot camp (or wherever) and telling everyone that Noah is gay. Jesus, Luke. I know you don't want him to join the army, but he's never going to forgive you for that.

 

I'm still loving Holden and Carly and their forbidden lust. Jon Hensley has a lot more chemistry with Maura West than he does with NuLily. I can't wait for Jack and Lily to find out about Holden and Carly having sex, and I have to say that I hope there's more of Holden and Carly together, because they steam up the screen!

 

Speaking of steam, I actually really like Janet and Jack together. They're fun and funny, and it gets Janet away from pursuing Brad. It'll be interesting to see what Liberty and Parker do if their parents start dating, lol.

 

Brad and Katie were cute as per usual, especially in their Fourth of July outfits on Friday, although Katie's make up was a little over the top.

 

This week I'm looking forward to more tension between Holden and Carly, more Jack and Janet, and the unfolding of the mystery of who killed Sofie. Also? Margo's going to catch Casey and Emily in the act! Hee.

 

Oh, and yay for twenty five years for Tom and Margo! They've been married longer than I've been alive, which is certainly saying something, especially for a soap couple!

I was shocked and appalled when I saw the episode of Luke and Noah kissing, how dare you take a wonderful soap opera and make a mockery of it. I have been watching the show since I was 12 years old and I am now 63. It is bad enough we have to see this on most of the television shows that come on but to see it on a soap opera. Next you will be having Luke and Noah in a sex act. This is the only soap opera I watch and I would like to continue to watch it, but if you are going to put this kind of garbage in it, you will be losing a long time fan.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS WHO R ATWT FANS THINK ABOUT NOAH AND LUKE STORY.PERSONAL FOR MR I HONESTLY THINK IT'S TIME LUKE HAD SOME ONE BUT WHY DOES MADDIE HAVE TO GET IN THE PROCESS I MEAN MADDIE IS DOIN' EVERYTHING FOR NOAH  MOVING IN WITH HIM,GOIN' TO THE SAME COLLEGES  SO YEAH VERY MESSED WHATS YOUR OPINION.

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Yesterday, between 3 and 4 pm, I came to a realization. It's over. It came to me, bit by bit over the hour, little fissures and cracks, which built up to the resounding conclusion that my "relationship" with General Hospital has ended. And it is a relationship in some respects. It lasted a heck of a lot longer than the majority of my friendships and relationships from high school and college. It was constant. We grew up together, GH and I. Robin and Brenda were my older sisters. Lucky and Liz and Emily went to high school with me. We raised children: the Maxies and Georgies and Lulus of the world. We celebrated Thanksgivings with pizza, and Fourths of July with picnics, and Christmases with parties at the hospital. We put on Nurses Balls. There were good times, and there were bad times, and there were ridiculous times, and then somewhere along the way there were only frustrating times.

Coming into Friday, I thought that I might take a break. I knew the Eli Love story was ending, and really, I wouldn't have anything to look forward to for a while. Until Alexis came back. Until Luke came back. Until they decided to show Tracy and Ghost!Alan again. Until Georgie finally got that storyline they have been teasing. Until maybe they hauled the Quartermaines back out, or Bobbie, or Ned came back to visit for a few days. Until Carly and Jax rid themselves of Jerry and that crazy Russian woman. Until Scrubs figured out some reasonable conclusion to their cold war. One day, things were bound to get better, right?

And so I watched Friday's show and I had a momentary high as Noah/Eli performed. It was just reminiscent of real 90's GH for me. The whole set up was reminiscent of the 90's GH that I loved. Anna had a touching speech about being so grateful for having a daughter living with HIV, and all of a sudden GH was about family again, and had heart, and real emotion, and was sweet and had social relevance again. And there was music, and happiness, and Robin and Anna were dancing in the background, and I could close my eyes and imagine for a second that it was Luke's club, and things were good.

...And then Anna left. And it felt permanent. Really permanent. Like...I don't know. Like a graduation maybe. There were tears and smiles, and just a sense that someone was moving on permanently, never to be seen again. And Noah had a wistful look about him as well...as if to say "Well, I don't know if I'll ever see you again, but it has been a blast." And in a mere second it felt like all the air had been sucked out of GH. They killed the last unicorn. Looking out over the canvas, there were no vets, no constants, no links to the former glory of the show.

And then, the other big thing that happened yesterday, came for me, as a shock...something that I sort of knew was coming...but I figured that was sometime way off in the future, so I was shocked when it came out of nowhere and bit me. Things were going pretty darned well as a Liz and Lucky fan yesterday...well, as good as can be suspected considering the situation of late. They had an argument...but it was a good argument. There was some good reasoning, and some good confrontation, and far less lies than usual, and they both seemed to care about each other for the first time in a while. And Liz got to bring up some good points about Lucky. And Lucky got to bring up some good points about Liz...and for a while...I don't know why...but I had an inkling of hope. And then GH took that hope, put it on a nice bed of lettuce, and smashed it with an anvil big enough to take out Wisconsin. When Lucky kissed Sam, I literally felt something inside of me snap. Why? People can, and do, argue, that he cheated before, but Sarah wasn't really cheating...he moved on with her after he had been brainwashed not to love Liz, and tried to make it work for the longest time, despite that. And the second time, with Maxie, spoke more of a man in a desperate situation than one who loved and wanted anything but his wife. That's something I held onto with Lucky. He loved Elizabeth. He was devoted to her. He never wanted to intentionally hurt her. And then he goes, for no good reason, and kisses the woman who he knows has sworn vengeance on his wife. And a part of me that still held out hope for anything good and redeeming characterwise just burst into flames. It's like finding out that there is no Santa Claus.

So now, the last of the honorable men have left PC. Lucky is now a malicious, selfish cheater. Patrick is now an unsympathetic ass for witnessing Robin and Anna's conversation and not once maybe feeling a little empathy for her. Jax will be sacrificed for Jerry. Sason are evil but will never pay for it. Jerry and Ric are psycho. Nik was willing to cheat on his raped wife. Alan is dead. Luke is a deadbeat, gone for half the year. Spinelli worships an idiot. Mac has been reduced to a glorified role player. Ned is in California.

And there is nothing to look forward to, for me. I have no hope anymore. The Quartermaines will be killed off one by one, or move away. They will never be featured in a storyline again. The name will vanish from the canvas. Alexis will die alone in her cottage. No one will love her. Ric will raise Molly. The wolves that eat Alexis' cold corpse will raise Kristina. Skye will move to another town to find her real father. Emily will probably do that as well. Sason will get a new enemy with a delightfully ethnic sounding name every year. Jason will kill another 12, 000 people in the name of "saving his family". Georgie will fade into obscurity busing tables at Kelly's while Lulu is surrounded by young men of various acting capabilities, who all are in love with her and fighting over her. Maxie will continue to sleep with the PCPD. Felicia's grandmother will outlive us all, despite being very sick. Mac will drift away, as will Bobbie and Audrey. Hell, the whole hospital might drift away. Robin won't get her baby. Scrubs will break up and leave the show. And then it will just be Sonny and Jason and their womenfolk and a cast of newbies who are all in love with Lulu. And they will have won.

But, for me the battle is over. The outcome is now an inevitability. GH has jumped the shark for me. And surprisingly, it's as freeing as it is devastating.

GH has cracked me up this week. Finola and Rick Springfield are hysterical. It was nice to have a lighter side to GH for a change. Wish she could stay around longer!!!