General Hospital - MESSAGE BOARDS

Good Morning Ladies....Hope all had a great weekend! Didn't check in the last couple of days......quite frankly I'm not happy that Jerk-ny won't pay the piper for his part in Michael's shooting. Jerk-ny was the one who insisted to Claudia that Sonny had to die, wanted to be the shooter, but Claudia said she would take care of it and he went along with the "plan". But now all Jerk-ny does is whine that his sister is responsible and how he can blow her world apart if she hurts Olivia. Surely no one in PC will believe Jerk-ny is innocent! Will realize he knew all along and that blind loyalty to his sicko sister is no excuse! Jerk-ny deserves the same fate as Claudia! Oh forgot.....Olivia has declared that it's not on Jerk-ny what his sister does, he's a good man! Pleaseeeeee! Fed up with the "mobbies" getting off without so much as a slap on the wrist! ITA with Aerinha....Lulu defintely needs to be present during Claudia's smackdown! Hope she slaps the hell out of Jerk-ny...he truly deserves it for what he has done to her. Lulu will finally see what a low-life loser he is and be repulsed at the mere mention of his name! Fed up with TIIC making Jerk-ny come off superior to Lulu and his snarky "little Dom" comments about Dante! Jerk-ny is in desperate need of a smackdown too! Hope Sonny and Jason give him one! Will Carly still be a big fan? If it were me and Jerk-ny had become involved with me/family......I would feel so betrayed and angry when all is exposed! But this is GUZA and his "mobbies" so there will never be any balance/fairness/justice for them!

OK that's my rant for this morning. Hope I haven't offended anyone! Tired of all the "mob" crap and misogynous writing! Time for more hospital/family drama...less "mobbies". Give us more of the good guys....Dante, Patrick, Mac and Matt! Please!!! More KatMan (Kate & Coleman)loving them......have the makings of an intersting/steamy s/l!! LOL!

SOW:
Winners: GH's Dante. The cops saved him from Claudia finding his wire---and her come-on.

Losers: GH's Jerk-ny....He went too far when he manhandled his conniving sister.

A Closer Look At Laura
Weekly: Has GH contacted you at all about bringing Laura back?
Francis: No. I'm very disappointed. I don't know what it is, but they really just don't seem to want to go there. It's not up to me. The writers have to want it. They've put the character in such a freeze-dried state for so many years now. I wonder if they can bring her back. I really don't know!

Weekly: But you would be interested in returning?
Francis: Oh, God yes! I'm more than interested. I would really love to come back!

Many articles about GH not writing for Greg Vaughan's "Lucky Spencer". That Greg did the best he could do with what was presented scriptwise. All hoping he lands on his feet with a new job at DOOL, maybe as Sami's twin brother Eric! That would be an awesome role for GV, IMO! Greg would be great with Alison Sweeney! Keeping fingers crossed!

New medianet pics are up. One with Dominic, Maxie and Lulu is in a hospital bed. Maxie looks as though she's giving Dominic hell! Ladies....this is not what I wanted to see....Maxie in Dominic's orbit! Makes me very nervous! TIIC can't seem to resist the urge to insert Maxie into Lulu's life and more times than not giving Lulu the shaft!

Hi Aerinha, Kat and Everyone!

A quick "howdy do" to everyone...back at work today and trying to get caught up!

I suppose much of the week will center around the lead up to the Claudia reveal. I SO much want Lulu to be at that party!! However, with the storyline of her being drugged at some sort of Crimson event, I wonder if she'll be there. I can imagine Sonny will want many family and friends present as he "outs" Claudia (and it's about time!), so I hope Lulu's among them! Carly seems to be handling the arrangements for the party. The catfight between Claudia and Olivia should also be interesting! Let the fur fly! Let's see some hair get ripped out and some teeth being spit! I know that sounds awful!

I am in total agreement that it will upset me to see Johnny get off scot free with Michael's shooting. OK...I get that Ian Devlin pulled the trigger and so he is ultimately responsible. But, the hit was ordered by Claudia in retalliation for Sonny grabbing Johnny and locking him up. Johnny's the one who got the whole ball rolling by walking into Sonny's office with gun in hand, so he should be held responsible as well. The whole "Johnny's a good man; a victim of circumstance his father imposed upon him" crap doesn't work for me anymore...hasn't for some time now. It's not going to redeem him in the slightest for what happened to Michael, at least not for me. In being the "Doubting Thomas" that I am with GH and their writing, I imagine we'll not see Lulu at the party nor see Johnny pay the piper in any way. It'd be a nice surprise to be wrong though!

If I were anyone named Corinthos or part of their family or a good friend, anyone named Zacharra would be "Enemy #1" as far as I'd be concerned, so to have Carly continue to be a Jolivia cheerleader past this would look really stupid! I don't think Ms. Carly is going to be happy at all...we shall see what she does. Time for Jax to be afraid...VERY afraid!

Hi again,

Saw those Medianet pics; they are very hard to see. The pics are dated for Nov. 3rd (specifically the one with Lulu in the hospital...hard to see what Maxie is actually doing, but she is in the room with DanLu.) I'd prefer to have Maxie out of Lulu's orbit too, and I sometimes wonder if they aren't setting Spixie and DanLu up to be the next "quad" like Em/Nik and Lucky/Liz. Bad idea!

Some Wubs notes:

Claudia's killer isn't really a surprise. He was brought up by two mobsters after all. (Michael??)

Joey Limbo makes Johnny's life miserable (Good, someone ought to.)

Lulu wakes up in Dante's bed and can't remember a thing. (The Crimson drugging thing, I assume.)

Claudia uses Carly as a shield (Oh boy...here we go with the Claudia freakout!)


Carly finds out Jax knew about Jerry's part in the shooting all along. (Good luck, Jax!)


It would be soapy to have Michael dispose of Claudia in the end, I suppose! These things always come with a major grain of salt, so we'll see!

Hey LadyStar....Glad you're feeling better! Great post BTW! I wanted to see who will agree that after the scenes with Dominic and Maxie air.....many threads for Dominic/Maxie will be formed. Of course we will hear how much more chemistry Dominic has with Maxie and that will Lulu "suck" the life out of him, etc., etc.! This went on during the Jolu pairing...then the short Matt scenes.....so DanLu will not be the exception I'm sure. The haters do not want any guy paired with Lulu! Over at my old MB they have "We still hate Lulu" threads, and are saying that Dante is boring and it's because of Lulu, again she sucks the life out of everyone along with other degrading comments! Seems the more things change the more they remain the same! Oh well!!

From ghh:
Lulu confronts Dominic with the truth.

Coming....
Lulu wonders if she should warn Carly about Dante's mission!

Oh please......tell me this isn't true. Lulu doesn't owe Carly any loyalty....look how much Carly has shown Lulu about Jerk-ny and Olivia! The situation scares me.....it can really put Lulu/DanLu in the dog house for many reasonss! But what do you expect from TIIC!

To my thinking Maxie sucked the life out of Lucky, Logan, Coop, Johnny and Spinelli. How many men does she have to ruin, to say nothing of how many love stories they have ruined trying to shove her, before they keep her out of the way? They did put her in the corner after everyone thoroughly soured on her this spring, let's hope these new writers continue to consider her too annoying to let out very often.

Johnny was fine until they shoved him at Maxie then he looked like a jerk and a dumb jerk to boot. Lucky went down hill after they dumbed him down to fall for Maxie's trick. Don't even get me started on Logan. I never liked him, but they really had to turn him into a moron to get him to repeatedly declare "she tricked me" like it was a reason. Coop was DOA after they tied him to her.

Spare me from another Nik/Lucky/Emily/Liz quad please . I hated when they tied Liz to that crap and boxed her in. All the characters floundered because all the stories were played out. Lucky had ties to Sason, forgotten. Liz had ties to Sason, forgotten. They both could have left teeny bopper stories behind, as Brenda did, but they insisted on keeping them penned in to give Emily someone to whine at as a teen. I was never a big Nik fan, I felt the character was limited because his family was evil and not part of the bigger picture.

Now Lulu is Liz a million stories possible, but she's
the hemmed in good girl who was once bad and interesting, but is forever the second string victim now. Maxie is Emily, the one stories are trashed for to pimp because she has no real story, but must be used because...I don't know why. Spinelli is Nik, the one with no ties. Lulu's guy, whoever he is, is Lucky. Lots of ties, lots of stories, but all wasted to justify keeping him with this lot and to keep him from being bright enough to see through the bad girls.

What a piece of crap Jerk-ny is! How can he look Michael in the eyes and not feel any guilt or remorse? Has Jerk-ny truly convinced himself that he's innocent in what happened? Cold, unfeeling b.astard! I can't stand Jerk-ny! Sorry to those who like him! This is messed up!!!

Hi Everyone,

Thought I was feeling better, but watching today made me ill in some respects....

Claudia trying to be Superwife (bring Kristina to the house for cooking lessons????)...can she just leave??? The air turbulence on the plane when Sonny and Claudia were coming back to PC was a nice touch...Claudia will wish the plane had crashed!

Keifer looking like Mr. Wonderful in front of Alexis.

Practically everyone agonizing over what the heck to do about Claudia...make her take a dirt nap! End of story!

Since when did Kate and Olivia switch personalities??? Olivia's acting like the selfish, shallow one now!

Jax trying to cover his tracks with Carly...I must admit, having your ex-wife plan a birthday party for the current wife is a funny concept! I don't have an ex, but if I did and he loaned me his credit card and said, "Plan a party...Money is no object," LOOK OUT!

Hey Johnny...the heat is on, isn't it?? Hehehehe! Not sure why Michael would even warn Johnny about what he knows...that seems far too kind in this situation! Johnny kind of looked at Michael like he just took a whiz in his cornflakes!

I guess the famous line Bette Davis once said in a movie applies here..."Strap yourselves in; it's going to be a bumpy night." (Or bumpy week, in this case!)

ok....I have a question...actually a couple of questions....

1- What will Johnny's storyline be once his nutso sister either takes a dirt nap or flys the coop? Seriously folks... other than sexing up Liv....what will his purpose be. They have spent so much time making him the Claudia police...he's the "good" Zacharra ....she's the "bad"one ...they have no place to hide now.

2-Are they seriously gonna try to whitewash this as though he played no part whatsoever in Michaels' shooting? I think so but what do you guys think? Will you buy it? Do fans want him to pay or do they want him to skate?

Haven't see the media net photos yet so I will have to defer on what's in them. Only saw the scenes with Johnny and Micheal and Dante so...
Loved Micheal being the "man" today with Johnny. Notice how arrogant Johnny was and that he tried to treat Micheal like a kid much the same way he called Dominic....little Dom the other day? He was gonna dismiss him and send him off with a pat on the head til Micheal informed him his sister was up the creek. I like the fact that Micheal basicly gave Johnny a head start...but he told him...I'm gonna tell Jason and my dad. I didn't like the fact that Micheal seemingly does not know that Johnny had a part in his being shot and I also didn't like that Johnny seems set up to play it off like...."My psycho sister did a horrible things and now I must protect her!"
What about his part in it...Remember...."Sonny has to die!!!!!" That was his quote...I think he's gonna let Claws take the fall and to me that just plain unmans him to me. Somehow I wouldn't see Jason ever doing such a thing....big mistake!

Aerinha...WB...LadyStar Bravo! Outstanding! ITA with everything posted by you awesome ladies! Yes we are labeled Jerk-ny bashers.....although I consider it a difference of opinion, not bashing! Nor do I respond to or call-out anyone for having opposite views from my own. That was the beauty of this MB......agreeing to disagree and still be civil to one another.

I've read that many have given Jerk-ny a "pass" because he has shown remorse over the shooting. Well, if that's the case, shouldn't Claudia receive the same pass because she admitted to Michael, while in the coma, that it was her fault, expressed sorrow/remorse over the shooting numerous times during those visits? Just saying! IMO, neither are innocent and deserve whatever Sonny/Jason decide to dish out!

I'm leary of posting this response for fear I could be reported for "bashing" or starting a huge agrument between threads and that is certainly not my intention. I'm just voicing my opinions! And no it's not because I want a Jolu reunion.....far from it. I'm happy that Lulu is out of that relationship....Jerk-ny really sucked the life out of her. Do I think their story could have been written differently? Absolutely! Look at JoLivia......the writers could have done the same or better for Jolu.....but didn't!

I don't appreciate Jerk-ny's air of superiority with Lulu, Dominic.....all the snarkiness, whinning, and looking down his nose at everyone! I'm not happy that Jerk-ny won't pay the piper for his part in Michael's shooting and is blaming Claudia. Tired of the lame BS..."You're not responsible for what your sister did/does......you're such a good man and deserve better". He's a Zacchara and chose to go back to that lifestyle! Let me finish by saying...."The writers haven't done this character any favors story-wise, IMO."

I have to admit I find it kind of amusing that because I think Johnny should have to pay the piper for his part in the shooting and his other misdeeds that I am considered a "Johnny Basher". I have had to defend my position on this and also on my general take toward Sonny, Jason and Claws repeatedly. IMHO it makes for a more interesting story if the character who is actually staying on canvas has to pay the piper in some way. But hey ladies...if I make a comment on Sam...(One that isn't a basic I love
Sam comment) I get called a Sam basher too so at this point I give my general opinion on the story line and what I think would be cool .
Just to clarify as I have done so many times...used to be a JoLu fan...don't want to revisit...like Johnny just fine but I feel like he has no story outside his romance other than to plays Claudia's conscience. If he lets her take the fall without admitting his part it will unman him in my eyes...esp. since he is supposed to have this "heart of gold". A mobster with a heart of gold would admit that he has culpability...
I do love that this thread has become a discussion thread about all things GH ...the things we like and the things we don't like.( We do try to mentioned Johnny or Lulu as the topic was originally about them but we go off on the others as well)I hope that we can all continue to feel free to post at will about the characters and storylines that are "doing it" for us as well as the the charcters and storylines that ARE NOT doing it for us without worry that we are being tagged as negative or charcter bashing. I will be back to give my view later today...
Just as an aside...loved Micheal yesterday...I like that he manned up and even gave johnny fair warning....go michael!

Hi Everyone,

Still working like a banshee to get caught up after being ill last week, but I did stop to watch today's episode...a good one!!

WB, Kat and Aerinha, your posts were terrific, as always! I agree with everything said completely!!

I shudder to say, my gut tells me that the writers are going to pull out that magic pen and make Johnny completely unresponsible for ANY part in Michael's shooting. Those who love Johnny are quick to point out that he didn't have any part in the hit, which is true, but I ask those folks to really be honest about this...Would there have possibly even been a hit on Sonny had Johnny not strolled into Sonny's office with a gun in the first place??? Sonny's rightfully distrusted and disliked Johnny ever since then. Jason's always been a bit easier on Johnny because I think he's always seen a bit of himself in Johnny. Also, there's the fact that Jason tends to think things through a bit better than Sonny does!

Now, with regard to Sonny...the writers making Sonny not want anyone with the name Zacharra dead for having put a bullet in Michael's head is going to be pulling one heck of an attack of amnesia on Sonny...for him to just be forgiving of Johnny will be ridiculous!! But, hey Johnny forgot he ever had a girlfriend named Lulu, they've made Luke a cheater on the love of his life (Laura)...so these writers have the ability to do a number on the past, don't they???

Johnny...it pains me to say (Since I like BB as an actor), he's dead to me after today. His behavior with Michael and Jason was arrogant and dismissive! If he says, "Thanks for stopping by..." to one more person, I think I'll scream! It's as annoying as people who reply "Whatever!!" to everything! Johnny was acting no better than Claudia toward Michael..."Are you sure you are remembering correctly." No duh, Johnny...you know the kid is accurate with his memories and you're just trying to manipulate him into thinking he's nuts, just like Claudia!

If I recall correctly, Johnny pulled the "Sister Card" on Jason before. That would be fine, except for one thing...Can you really compare Emily to Claudia??? C'mon!!! Emily was worth saving...Claudia's not worth the air she takes up!

My ire at Johnny also does not come from the fact he's no longer with Lulu or over what he did to Lulu...that's a done deal and the writers have gone to great lengths to make that point. My ire is over assasinating the character. They are writing him into that corner of doom! To make Johnny do nice things occasionally or stick him in scenes with Morgan or Molly isn't going to make me like him if he's not someone I can root for...and I cannot anymore. Where's the guy who had a conscience??? Where's the guy who went to great lengths to save everyone (many who were total strangers at the time) at the B&W Ball from his father?? Where's the guy so distraught over Lulu finding out what happened with Michael that he sabotaged his own relationship?? THAT guy, I could root for! This one, I cannot...so at this point, I am sad to say I could give two monkeys what happens to him and I'll probably FF his scenes in future.

As I believe Aerinha said, post Claudia going bye bye, I'd say they'd better do something with Johnny really quickly or else why keep him??? I don't want to go through endless boink scenes with Livvy or pissing contests with Sonny? Where's his story? He could have had a good one....so could have Ethan and so could have Matt...wasn't Matt named in a wrongful death suit? What happened there? It is such a frustrating pattern with GH!!!

OK...Jonathan Jackson?? Haven't seen him as Lucky for a long time, so he will take some getting used to again. His Lucky just seems to play a bit younger to me than GV's...might just be my perception. Dear old Dad knows about Nik and Liz now...Uh, Oh! By the way, the "remember me" and the phone call to Laura were nice touches with bringing JJ back!

DanLu...wow...JMB can play drugged well. She was funny! It further establishes Dante as a gentleman to not bed Lulu at this time...but heck, that kiss was a good one, wasn't it??? Preview of things to come, I hope!

I assume Joey Limbo is clearing Johnny out of the way at AZ's request to keep him safe while all heck breaks loose. That name, Joey Limbo, still cracks me up. Guza really needs to go back and watch some mobster movies or something like The Sopranos. Johnny would easily be a dead duck along with Claudia in this scenario...but no, he's like the golden egg and we have to keep saving him.

What did everyone think about today???

Hello Girls...I know I have been MIA but I wasn`t feeling so well the last few days.Let me tell you that today jsut send me to heaven..What a great Danlu day. It is looking good for our couple.

First, when they were on the pier and Lulu was telling DAnte officerit was so funny and Dante was so stress out and was looking if someone came out. But he was so concerned and tender with her, he wanted to take of her.

When they were at his room, I was so happy the way the scenes were going. Fist, Lulu is so funny when she is drunk or drugged in that case...She was flirty and the way she said officer before kissing Mr. FAlconeri...He couldn`t help to look at her lipps while she talked to him.

He was surprised when she said she thought about being with her him and having fantaisies about the two of them..And wether or not he would be up to the challenge...Dante looked at Lulu with such tenderness, my heart just melt. He was so happy she thought about being with him and right at that moment I knew he had the same thoughts too.He was looking at ther so intensly and whenhe kissed her, you could see all the passion in that lkiss...I jsut loved how he kissed her and hold her.

It took him all of his will to not give in, he wanted her so badly...But, like he said, he doesn`t want her to hate him...When they get toether, he want her to be comptlety aware and because she really chose too be with him...He is such a gentleman and a keeper.

Today, we saw how deep both have feeling for each other and that they both want more than a fling...Especially Dante. I think he knows he met the right girl and he doesn`t to blow it. Lulu wasn`t guarded because she was drunk and for the first time, we heard ( and Dante too) that she thinks about him more than she lead him to beleive.

Now, my only complain is Johnny. I hated his attitude toward Michael...His sister is to balme ( and him in part too) for the poor teen being in a coma for one year, how can he still defent this? PLus, »I have the feeling they are going to shrug it under the rug once Claudia is gone...Is this the same Johnny who was drowing in guilt and destroyed his relationship with Lulu because of it?hum........
And no I don,t feel like a Johnny character basher I just see him for the whiner spoil brat that he is.