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I have like the couple of Robin Scorpio and Patrick Drake since the very beginning of their anger flirtation period. Since then we have seen Patrick grow from the womanizer to a very mature romantic soul. I mean we always knew Patrick had charm but it is so sincere now. When Patrick got on the inner com at the hospital and proposed it was such a surprise and a OMG moment. I loved every second of it. Unfourtantly this couple never can have things so easily Robin said no which left a crushed Patrick. I knew she would I love how strong Robin is but I wish she would let Patrick in more. She is so afraid she will get hurt but Patrick has jumped through her stubborn hoops and I don't think he is going to give up. It was like when he said that he loved her and later came out with a boom box and roses. Robin was never the type that needed a man but she is the one that deserves a fantastic one. I am hoping the best for those two.

So on today's GH we found out, after all that rigamarole, that Carly is not pregnant. Which, um, is good news, I guess, because that means that a) there's no chance it could be Sonny's, and b) we won't have to sit through Carlybabes pawning off another baby as Jason's, since it turned out so well the first time. This ending, however, left me with a severe feeling of WTF. Why would Guza and his minions put us through all that torture only for her to end up without a bun in the oven?

 

I had a strong feeling of WTF to begin with, when I first read about this new and original *insert eyeroll* storyline in Soap Opera Digest. I was beyond pissed off that they were going to copy the 1998 story. IMO, it totally erases any emotional growth Carly might have had after Michael's shooting, even more than the disastrous limo sex. Laura Wright is easily one of the best actresses in daytime, and I feel like every time they give her this same old crap, they're severely underusing her and limiting the potential she has to make Carly more than just a slutty, annoying, dumb bimbo. (And I don't say those negative words lightly, cuz I love me some Carly.)

 

I think one of the biggest things that pissed me off were the quotes from Bob Guza in SOD.

 

"A flummoxed Carly spontaneously spins the lie that she is pregnant, it's Jason who is the father. 'This is where it gets a little comedic,' grins Guza."

 

Comedic? After the gruesome deaths of Georgie and Emily, Michael's coma, and the loss of poor little baby Carjax, I always suspected that Guza found GH viewers' suffering comedic. How is this man still head writer? Grrrr.

 

Also?

 

"'This was not a coincidence,' explains Guza regarding this particular plot point. 'This was deliberate. It was an interesting excercise to see how the character has changed since then...'"

 

The hell? One, it's not interesting. And two, she hasn't changed at all since then, apparently, SINCE YOU ARE WRITING THE SAME FRICKING THING. *steam coming out of ears*

 

And now thanks to Sonny's big mouth Jax is suspicious that Carly slept with Sonny. If I were writing General Hospital, I would use this as an opportunity for Carly to tell Jax that she did, indeed, have dirty nasty unprotected limo sex with Sonny. I'm sure Jax would be pissed, and probably want to leave, but then they could talk it out (Couples therapy? Too bad Lainey's been taken off contract...) and eventually make the decision to stay together. I believe that they truly love each other, and while Carly's certainly flawed, Jax is no saint either. But of course I am not writing GH and I foresee Carly lying to him some more, followed by Carly and Jax breaking up and Carly and Sonny getting back together for the umpteenth time. Sickening.

 

As for the rest of today's episode... Jerry took my beautiful Johnny hostage, and when Johnny turned the tables and attacked that sick fuck I was really hoping that would be the end of Mr. Craig but, alas, no such luck. There was like thirty seconds of adorable Lucky & Sam interaction, and maybe, maybe, just possibly Robin might be going to come around to letting Patrick near her precious child, which is good, because she's been driving me crazy lately with the hypocrisy.

 

We had more of that obnoxious Dr. Matt Hunter, and so far I don't see what the big deal is. I know the actor was supposed to be part of some fabulous supercouple with Kirsten Storms on Days of Our Lives, but I just don't see the chemistry yet. He's just a boring Dr. Patrick Drake 2.0. Give me Spixie any day. I'm serious. Please, please give me Spixie. (Damn you, Guza, damn you.)

 

P.S.- Loved Jason today, and his "Next time leave me out of the tangled web that you weave, Carly." So true. Brought back some memories, though, as my dad used the tangled web quote a lot on me when I was in high school...

What SHOULD happen on GH:

With the wedding looming, Kate still has many things to put together, including the guest list and her court, yet she still finds time for Crimson.  But fate will deal her a cruel twist.

A new mobster enters town setting sites on the Morgan and Zaccarah stronghold.  After killing the other 4 mob bosses and taking over their territories, the group uses Sonny to gain access to those families.  Sonny is alive...between his looming wedding to Kate and his instinct-based mob side he's at peace once more.

Claudia, now aware of what is happening, makes a deal with Harper and Rodruigez..if she hands over evidence of illegal activity from her family she gets off scott-free.  In desperate need to end the violence, they hastily agree...without telling Mac.Anna and Mac are at different ends when it comes to Robin's pregnancy.  Mac's repeated efforts to break apart Patrick and Robin, she concludes, are seeded in Felicia's disappearing acts.  Felicia returns to Port Charles to reconnect with Mac, but he pushes her away.  She tries to use Coleman to make Mac jealous, but it doesn't work.  Thinking Anna forced Mac to push her away, Felicia sets her sights on Noah.  Noah finally admits he's falling in love Anna.  Working the Robert angle, Felicia gets him to stay in town after his battle with his disease.

Maxie tries to avoid her mother and her shenanigans by turning her attention back to work, but she's haunted by Logan's attack and turns to sleeping pills to get her through the night.  But the pills slowly turn into an addiction which she hides from everyone, except Georgie.  Lulu begins exceling at Crimson, while Maxie starts coming in late and not with a clear head.  Kate knows something is wrong, but since she's tied up with wedding plans she can't focus on Maxie's personal life.  Lulu and Johnny continue to grow close.  Lulu tells Johnny to get her father off of the charges or she'll leave him.  Johnny get it done and Luke comes back to Port Charles.  Finding out Johnny made it possible for his return, Luke and Tracy realize that Johnny may not be all that bad.  Monica doesn't understand how Tracy can now accept Johnny knowing what happened to Michael was because of mob activity.  Monica almost turns to alchol but she sees Alan and she now understands Tracy wasn't joking around.  They share a tearful goodbye and Alan leaves (Staurt Damon will have his final apperance).

Spin and Layla continue their mild romance, but his growing concern for Maxie is putting a damper on the relationship.  After another one of Maxie's phone calls to Spin, Layla turns to Matt for some consoling, but he's already busy..with Kelly!  Nicolas starts turning around his feelings for Nadine and sees her as a good soul like Emily is...and as far away as Helena as possible.  One night, a young man is rolled in.  His name...Guy Tucker.  Bobbie, who is on duty, calls Lucas and tells him to come down to General Hospital.  Guy dies, a victim of a vicious gay bashing attack.  Lucky is assigned to the case since Mac knows he's family.

Knowing Claudia is snooping, Trevor gives back the deed to Ric, but Ric wants nothing to do with the waterfront.  This time he sells it to ELQ for $1.  But that's not the only business ELQ is having...Jax sells his shares of Crimson aafter he leaves town.  Edward begs Ned to leave his tour and return home to be a businessman again.  Ned agrees and returns back to Port Charles.  Ned meets with Kate as he is taking over Crimson.  Kate thinks that Eddie Maine is visting to do a potential article or spread and tells him to make an appointment...Ned turns around and tells her he's her partner.  Edward gives Tracy the waterfront and she decides to build a modern shopping center with a bar, a club, several offices and residential condos, resturants, shopping, and access to the Haunted Star.  With some initial interest being strong, Tracy finally proves to her father that she's a formidable business woman.  Edward, though, wants to make sure that his investment does come in, so he asks Alice to spy on Tracy.

Liz and Lucky continue to grow close, much to Sam's chagrin.  Sam turns to Jason, who is too busy for her, so she starts a fling with Matt, not knowing he's dating Kelly.  Kelly gets suspicious and asks Cassius to spy on Matt.  Ephiphany catches on to the scheme and reprimands Kelly and Cassius.  Claudia finally hands over the evidence making sure Anthony is the only person responsible, sparing her brother.  Anthony is carted away to jail and the Zaccarah family has been disbanded.  Sonny uses this to his advantage and takes their territory, leaving just the Morgan mob.  Sonny warns Jason to increase security details because it may just come crashing around him.  Jason and Sonny fued over his potential involvement with the Russian clan, but he vehemently denies it.  The Russian family gives Sonny an ultimatum.  Give the Morgan or he will die and they give him one week.

Which leads us to Sonny and Kate's wedding.  Everyone turns out for the event, even some unwelcome guests including: Lulu, Johnny, Spin, Layla, Sam, Nikolas, Nadine, Luke, Tracy, Ned, Edward, Monica, Ric, Trevor, Alexis (Christina is the flower girl and Morgan is the ring boy), Carly, Robin, Patrick, Anna, Noah, Jerry, Lucky, Liz, Max, Diane, Milo, Bernie, Mike, Giselle, Frederico,  and Maxie.  Jason is rushing to make the wedding, while Claudia snoops around in the church.  Jason's break line has been cut and slams into a tree while a shootout happens at the church.  Johnny, Trevor, Monica, and Diane are shot and sent to the hospital.  Robin goes into labor and goes to GH as well.  Matt, Leo, Kelly, Russell, Lainey, Patrick, Noah, Nadine, Layla, Epiphany, Regina, and Bobbie all go into trauma mode.  In the end all are saved except for Trevor, who is his dying breath tells Ric and Claudia that he is Claudia's father, not   He also manages to tell Scott that he ordered Sonny's hit.  Max stays with Diane and finally tells her he loves her.  Lulu tells Lucky that Johnny saved her life by taking the bullet.  Johnny forgives Lucky and the two bond over Lulu.  Edward and Ned stay with Monica, but so does someone else...Garrett!  Unbeknown to everyone Monica has been getting better thanks to Garrett's growing friendship and love.

Because of the developments, Garret fires Mac and replaces him with Ric, much to Scott's surprise.  Alexis is happy how Ric turns around his life.  Kaprov kills Jerry and makes it look like Anthony ordered the hit from jail.  Finally, an unkown assilant shoots Kaprov and his men dead...the new boss in Port Charles?  Helena Cassadine.

Robin gives birth to a boy and finally realizes that Patrick is committed to her long term.  Anna, Noah, Patrick, Robert, and guests Sean and Tiffany share in the moment.  Meanwhile, Jason wakes up from his coma...as Jason Quartermaine.

As the next saga begins:
- Jason tries to reconnect with the Qs
- Ned and Kate start an affair, even though she is still engaged to Sonny
- Nikolas and Helena comes to blows
- Patrick tries to help Maxie with her addiction, but Robin takes it as something more.
- The Gay Basher storyline continues when Lucas and Cassius (who is revealed to be gay) are also attacked.
- Mac opens up the Outback again.  Filling out the shopping center is Kate and Maxie's boutique, Claudia's Italian Restaurant, Sam's bar, and the new offices of Crimson.

I am hoping they chill robin out a smidge. Patrick was unsure of being of him being a great dad but he is trying to man up.

I get that Robin might be insecure about it but she defends him to Mac then tears him down herself. Robin its not just your baby its Patricks also. Patrick sincerely loves her and in time i am hoping they can work it out.

 

Jason looking after Spinelli is beyond adorable. The quarantine storyline was stupid i thought but it gave us a chance to see Jason smile for once. I love that friendship it brings humor to Jason who is ordanarily very boring. Claudia also had some good scenes with him 2.

 

Also visiting Spinelli is Maxie telling him that she never would know what she would do without him. Maxie girl, i know that new doctor is looking cute but give Spinelli a chance he would treat you like gold.

 

New Doc=Bad day. I felt for him not a good way to start.

 

The new clinic is already up i mean that was quick wasnt it? Better job for Nickolas than talking to a halluncination.