Coleman at the carnival! (Soaps.com)
Overall, I really enjoyed the carnival. It was short lived, but it looked great, gave us elements of levity and all the drama in the aftermath will live on for quite some time.
I loved that they incorporated Alice and Coleman into the carnival, but did we really need the new ADA Louise in there? I didn’t even know who she was when Max was flirting with her and then threw her out of the way of the car until she talked with Milo at the hospital. I also can’t believe they only gave us one brief scene with Max after he got hit. The scene itself in his hospital room was odd and more importantly, where was Diane? She better get her butt to her man’s bedside this week or I will be furious!
It was hilarious to me that Liz and Jason just watched their son run off into the crowd and neither one went to grab him. Instead, they gazed into each other’s eyes, while Jake ran away from them. Great parenting. However, I do not think their longing looks meant anything considering Jason’s only concern after seeing Liz kiss Nikolas was how it would affect their son.
The only thing I have to say about that last topic is Nik and Liz really should make out behind closed doors and not in the hallway of a very public hospital if they want to keep their lust a secret from poor Lucky.
I found it odd that Sonny was more concerned about his enforcer Dominic than trying to find his wife, daughter and niece after Edward plowed down half the population at the carnival. I understand he’s grateful to Dominic for saving Morgan’s life, but since he doesn’t know Dom is his son, shouldn’t he have been more concerned about finding the family he does know about to see if they are okay? That said, Sonny and Dominic’s conversation was so good in the hospital! I’m such a fan of this calm, relaxed Sonny, and Dominic is always fantastic. The actors played off each other nicely, which makes me look forward to the truth coming out about their characters’ real connection, but I’m not looking forward Sonny exploding into his trademark fit of rage. And while I’m on the subject, I would really like to see Dominic/Dante interact with his aunt Kate.
Did anyone else think it was comical when Sonny called Bernie for Dominic’s contact information? Oh yeah, I'm sure Dominic gave them his ‘in case of emergency’ numbers when he applied for the position of being a mobster. Did Sonny have him fill out a W-2 form as well?
I loved Lulu and Dominic’s scene in the hospital. It was so cute when a critically wounded Dominic mustered up the strength to flirt with her and she finally agreed to go out with him once he’s out of there. I’m looking forward to seeing more of these two.
At least we know he's alive! (Soaps.com)
I’m not sure what’s up with Kristina thinking Claudia saw her and then left her trapped under the ride. I don’t get the sense that’s what happened, as Claudia seemed to genuinely want to find her stepdaughter, so where are they going with this?
As expected, Andrea died in a dramatic fashion, but her exit was extremely anticlimactic. The small acknowledgment that she died was pretty much just an afterthought and why didn’t we see Garrett come to the hospital to see his dead wife? Furthermore, will we officially be told who killed Brianna or are we to assume it was Andrea? I guess it doesn’t really matter since the story never really received the attention it should have in the first place.
Luke really needs to get back to town to give Ethan some direction. I’m not a huge fan of the character, but he was really only interesting when he had Luke to play off of. It was a good twist that he and Rebecca were partners in crime, but they haven’t developed that into anything particularly gripping.
In between all the excitement of the carnival, Johnny and Spinelli were shot at in the warehouse, which was just more of a distraction than anything else. First of all, there was more than enough drama to go around without bringing a mob shoot out into it. Secondly, they showed Johnny passing out from his bullet wound and then never came back to it. If they wanted to kick off another mob story, why didn’t they just wait until after the carnival to do it?
I feel like I ranted more than I raved about GH last week, but I really did love the carnival scenes and I’m excited about what the fallout will bring. How about you? Feel free to agree or disagree with me below!
- Lori Wilson
