Hi Celia
Your reply is a good case in point. I was just lucky to have seen it today. I was not notified of this reply. While liking your ideas, I am very technically challenged, and trying out any of your ideas might send me into utter chaos, but I’ll try . Just read that Billy Miller may be leaving GH for greener pastures, so who knows, maybe he’ll be grazing in the pastures of Wisconsin. I do like J.T, but would welcome Billy back. What do you think of the new Adam? I mean the character, not the actor.

NICE !!!! Marquee – APB – STAT ie: Joshua Morrow ^^^

what you said

rose…love Mac. I’m hoping both he and Robert stick around; seems like they’re FINALLY bringing back actual GH characters! I’m still hoping Peter turns out to be Robin’s twin!

Rebecca1…Yesterday was happy to hear the WSP fired Robert, even though I think he is really deep undercover. You don’t just fire intelligence people with a good track record. But for now Port Charles can have him back.

Made me kinda sad; sort of signified the end of an era; our characters/actors are getting older and so are we. Gone are the young Scorpio, Anna, Frisco, Sean Donelly, etc..and those adventure-packed GH days.
But, yes, that’s what I’m thinking. I’m HOPING that Tristan Rogers wants to stick around and that they make him DA. I’d love that.

rebecca1…”Oh” I so agree about the end of an era.. and it’s not just with soaps and GH. It’s all things and people. Maybe that’s why many are so tuned into Downton Abbey. It stands still for a long while, but even it’s characters and circumstances are changing, too. I get a lot of this from older customers at the bookstore I work at who find so much disappearing. Sometimes I feel like a hairdresser whose customers tell you all kinds of stuff “in confidence.” And even the younger, college aged staff are concerned where life is going. Like “Do I really want to be a teacher anymore based on all the responsibilities they have beside teaching?” Even the Willow story on GH is touching on this.

Hey, Rose…Is Frisco still running the WSB??? I’m so remiss in my GH viewing these days, I’m not sure, but if he remains in charge, there is NO way he would fire a superspy like his old pal, Robert Scorpio! Me thinks he may be working deep cover as an ex-WSBer….but any excuse to keep him in Port Charles works for me!

I don’t know what Frisco is up to. But I did see he was on a Hallmark production. Better he come back to Port Charles for a while and straighten out Maxie. Saw a show on PBS fundraiser a couple of weeks ago about the upcoming Downton Abbey movie. Just watching familiar characters and scenes just put me in an good mood as I anticipate the movie. I read the first book of Discovery Of Witches to get me through the waiting period until season 2. The book and season 1 are alike with lots more info in the book. I’ve made it my mission to have this book be my staff pick at the bookstore I work part time at. And have sold a few!

I do think they mentioned that Frisco was still heading up the WSB. Didn’t Felicia mention that when Scorpio told them? I don’t know…I feel like someone said that in the dialogue.
You may be right; maybe he wasn’t fired but is really deep undercover and has to let on that he’s been let go. Seemed strange that after he told them he’d been fired he got a phone call from the WSB…so, not sure.

Hello again, Rose! I love your suggestion that Frisco returns to PC to “straighten out Maxie,” as it’s obvious neither Mac nor Felicia are doing that job. Of course, any reason for Jack Wagner reappearing on the GH canvas works for me! As for the Downton Abbey movie preview on PBS? I saw that, too, and my regional stations are still showing the reruns of the original program, so I do tune in whenever I can to get my “Dame Maggie” fix…It’s amazing how even when you already know exactly what Violet is going to say before she says it, the result remains as hilarious as the first time one heard her utter those gems from the fertile imagination of Julian Fellowes!!!! I cannot wait for more…Did you know that the buzz is so good on the upcoming film that there is talk of doing another? Yes! And on another Downtown note, this week, there is a live orchestral concert being held on the grounds of Highclere Castle where the show’s magnificent soundtrack, along with its best highlight reels, will take center stage. Even better, the event is to be hosted and narrated by Jim Carter, aka, “Carson the Butler!” What a joy would it be to attend this one-time soiree??? (I do so hope it will be recorded for later worldwide distribution…) At any rate, I did answer your other reply regarding the DOW, at al…alas, it didn’t post. However, I can certainly appreciate your enthusiasm for this newest TV franchise from a popular book….it has beautifully translated to the small screen! Hold on, season two is just around the corner! I’m also looking forward to getting my latest “period piece” fix from a new ITV series entitled “Beecham House!” It is just beginning and features Lesley Nicol (aka, DA’s “Mrs. Patmore,” who has finally made it upstairs!!!!) as the matriarch of a wealthy English family settling in 18th century India right before the British Raj….it certainly looks promising enough to carry me through to September for the DA movie premiere! Later, Rose!

Shay…look forward to seeing “Beecham House.” Thanks for letting me know.

@Rose…You’re welcome. If you do a search, you should be able to locate episodes 1 and 2 on Dailymotion. I have already watched both, although I must confess that Beecham House will never match Downton Abbey in terms of charm, heart and charisma, Still, it is nicely done, as are all British period dramas, which really go all out on gorgeous costumes and scenery. Be forewarned that BH does get off to a bit of a slow start, and it’s admittedly quite difficult to get used to “Mrs. Patmore” as a lady of means…but she’ll get there in the end. Oh, and there is another “Downtown” connection I forgot to mention: Bessie Carter, daughter of Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton is part of the “Beecham” cast. She is a real chip off the old Carson! Same tall stature and unique features….you’ll know her when you see her! Lastly, I do believe you will like the lead male character…he is strikingly similar in looks to Tom Ellis! (Aka, “Lucifer”) Hope you find the episodes, Rose!….Enjoy!

Shay…Thanks for the followup. I may have to change my access to these kind of shows. I am still on a regular network type packages, and have resisted the Hulu, HBO, Netflix, etc. etc, etc. that are out there now. I know I’m missing some good programming, but I just want to keep my life simple and have been stubborn to change.

Not at all, Rose!!!!! I’m much the same…I’ve never been one for subscriptions either, and I’ve rarely even had any TV packages, as I don’t watch enough programming to bother with them. (I have used Amazon Prime, but that’s it…) Most of my foreign vehicle viewing is simply down to finding the right websites online….I’m loathe to mention others beyond DM because I don’t know that is permitted here, but just searching for any given show you desire will almost always yield some sort of viable video link. Once you find those few reliable go-to-sites, you will see that they often have what you want to see time and time again. Having said that, I also just finished up another great period piece, “The Spanish Princess,” which told the early story of how Catherine of Aragon became Henry VIII’s first wife. Again, it was beautifully done…sumptuous Tudor era costumes and breathtaking locations. i cannot wait for the second season! Oh, and this series also had connections to “Downton Abbey!” It featured Dame Harriet Walter (Lady Shackleton) as the Queen Mother from H#!! and Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith Crawley) as an equally strident Maggie Pole….I think you would also very much enjoy this historical biopic, Rose! Good luck in your search….

Shay..A bit of a soap break… I am a casual tennis watcher. Love Federer since he came on the scene, so am watching the Wimbledon finals. But leave it to the Brits. They don’t just call it a tennis match. It’s The GENTLEMAN’S Championship Finals. With some royalty and others in shirts and jackets. Almost a formal event compared to their sports.

Oh, yes, Rose! Wimbledon is a fond reminder of a long lost world, where and when every event warranted “dressing to the nines!” It’s so nice to see men wearing suits and ties and females actually attired in ladylike finery! (Save for a few embarrassing Americans who apparently thought they were too special to follow the time-honored dress code…) Anyway, I was rooting for Roger, too, so I was sad to see him lose, but I conversely loved the outcome of the ladies’ final! By the way, did you know our beloved Dame Maggie was seated in the Royal Box a few days prior to the grand finale??? How I would have loved to hear “her” take on all things currently happening in Old Blighty! (Given some of her hilarious real life comments, me thinks she is not that departed from her Dowager Countess Violet! What a wit!) At any rate, I see that you are still enthusiastically awaiting the return of the “Witches!” From what I’ve read, new episodes should be hitting the UK by the end of the year…and there is going to be a time-traveling element in Season 2…sounds fine by me! As soon as they begin, I’ll give you a heads-up so you can search them out online! Until then there is the countdown to the “Downtown” film….less than two months to go…Can’t wait! Later…..Stay cool!

Pretty bad, when the devil doesn’t want someone!

Well, hello, Harry. Long time… As said, could care less that Ava killed Connie. Why? Because Connie was no innocent. If she was okay marrying Sonny, who’s killed many a human being “in cold blood” than apparently her value of others lives wasn’t that exemplary. She was engaged to a mob boss! A man who kills for power! A man who shot Dante, (albeit he didn’t know that he was his son at the time) in cold blood..same as Ava. For the same reasons. Dante had dirt on him since he was working undercover and Sonny wasn’t going to let him get out alive. So Ava killed Connie because she was going to expose “Derek Wells” aka Julian and herself to Sonny..which would have been dangerous for her and Julian. So, in light of the “business’ they’re in…Connie was a piece in the war. If she didn’t want to be in it she should have not been okay with what he did or become engaged to him. No. Ava was not “sadistic” when she switched Morgan’s meds. She didn’t do it out of malice, nor jealousy. She did it because at the time, Morgan had been erratic. Yes, when on his meds he was improving, but in the meantime Kiki was a wreck. She was monitoring Morgan’s meds, making sure he took them, checking to see if he was okay, worried that she said or did something that would hurt him…and was basically a mess. (you can watch those scenes if they’re available online if you have any interest to do so and don’t remember.) I still recall a scene where Ava was sitting with Kiki in a restaurant or something and told Kiki that she was worried about her; that this should be the time in her life she should be enjoying herself..and that she needed to focus on her studies for her future. She felt that all her worrying over Morgan was interfering with that and tried to persuade her to get out of the relationship and date Dillon, who she thought would be better for her. (Ava had zero interest in Morgan at this point so this wasn’t some “plot” to get him for herself, etc). So, though what she did was terrible (but, again, no more terrible than screaming mimi Carly who drugged and doused a recovering alcoholic, AJ) and not thought out… she truly believed there’d be no lasting harm. She literally thought she could prove to Kiki how up/down life would be with Morgan, Kiki would realize it and date Dillon (which she eventually did) and that Carly/Sonny would see Morgan’s mood and get him back on track. She was devastated when she found out what happened to Morgan…about the accident. That’s when she went into her “I’m ugly on the outside as well as the INSIDE” self-reflection. Ava is a multi-faceted character who is essentially vulnerable and looking for love…with an insecurity and desire to lash out when hurt. But we’ve seen no… Read more »

One more thing, Harry. I honestly think you don’t quite get Ava. She’s not a “horrible” person. Even Maura West has laughed and seems perplexed when some viewers think she’s “evil” and didn’t love her daughter. And some fans blamed her for Kiki’s death and said she wanted it. Maura’s reaction? “Preposterous!” Ava is not “horrible.” Most of our characters are flawed; Sonny slept with Ava who Morgan, his son, was in love with. Carly stole Tony from her mother. Sam slept with Rick while he was married to Alexis AND while she had lung cancer! Liz slept with Lucky’s brother; Nicolas slept with Liz, the love of Lucky’s life. My point is, and this is very interesting…because I’m going to deviate for a second. Over at B&B, not sure if you watch that show…one of the most popular characters is Bill, aka Dollar Bill. He slept with his daughter-in-law. Literally while she was married to his son…and then pursued her and talked her into not going back to his son…very long story..not going to rehash the soap but there is no “hate” or the “vitriol” that some viewers feel for Ava because she slept with Morgan. And the irony is when Ava first fell for Morgan it was after Kiki told him she wanted the marriage annulled…and basically…Morgan was second choice for Kiki because after meeting Michael it’s him who she really wanted and him who she went back to. The ONLY time I faulted Ava was when she came back as Denise, and even then it was a gray line for me. She literally only came back to check on Kiki and Avery to see if they were okay but had to be disguised because she was thought dead and I don’t remember if it was Sonny or someone else who wanted her dead..there was some reason she couldn’t let anyone know she was alive. But, she did love her daughters and that was the only reasons she came back. With no intention to stay. When she saw Morgan I guess her love came back and she reacted; he was no angel either because he fell right back into his attraction for her; They slept with each other. But no one seemed to blame Morgan; just Ava. It’s not like she was set on stealing her daughters’ boyfriend..this was a man (even though younger than Ava) that both Kiki and Ava had loved. So, to say it was “complicated” is putting it mildly. I think she felt like she needed to be with him one more time and then she’d be on her way… Kiki? I honestly couldn’t stand her. She sided with Sonny and Carly over her own mother, she and Morgan drugged Michael to get Avery from him, she sided with Carly and Sonny to keep Ava from her own daughter. The fact that she could be friends with a couple who want her mother dead was enough for me. And then? She steals Griffin? AFTER… Read more »

Actually, Sonny shot him. Point blank. As I recall AJ turned around, hands up in the air and begged Sonny to believe him…to no avail. It is because of that, and the guilt Sonny felt for breaking his promise to Michael to not kill AJ (who told him that AJ was set up) that after AJ’s death Sonny began to see AJ’s ghost.

Yes; at that time Ava was not a fav of mine because I was a big AJ fan and hated that she set him up. But the bottom line is Sonny hated AJ for years, threatened him for years, hated that Michael came to see AJ as his dad, took the Quartermaine name and this gave Sonny the perfect excuse to finally do what he’d always wanted to do.

As for AJ dying, as I recall when he got to the hospital and lay dying he told Carly that Sonny shot him…asked her to stay with him and then he died seconds later.

Violet Lemm…I haven’t been on this site for about a year…maybe three visits including these last few days. Last I was..we were friendly on here so I don’t know where all this hostility is coming from and frankly, at this point with your nasty replies; I could care less.
I didn’t know who you meant was pregnant because LAURA WRIGHT IN NOT PREGNANT! No one would know what you were talking about; it wasn’t even a thought in my mind because I repeat, Laura Wright is not pregnant in real life. I was talking only about “Carly” a fictional character.

As for our other fictional characters, you don’t understand Ava if you think she didn’t love Kiki or doesn’t love Avery. To refresh your memory, Ava had leukemia (or some fatal blood disease) and was about to die. No cure. No hope. Silas gave her one; stem cells/bone marrow from Avery. GUARANTEED to NOT HURT AVERY! Ava REFUSED because even with that guarantee..she was still worried that there was a slight chance Avery could get hurt so instead, she told Silas to let her die. Ava slipped into unconsciousness and Silas went behind her back to take what he needed from Avery and saved Ava. That’s a mom. She was willing to die rather than risk her daughter’s life.
As for Kiki? She loved her. Ava was a single mom who never brought violence into their lives. Carly? She married Sonny over and over again even after Michael was shot in the head and in a coma because of Sonny’s business. She went back to him again after Michael was jailed and raped; back to him again after Joss said she didn’t want to live with Sonny after he had Jax deported. Loves her kids? Yeah; but puts their welfare behind her love for Sonny.
Sonny? He slept with Ava when she was with Morgan; knowing that Morgan loved Ava. Thus…Avery! So I guess a father sleeping with the woman his son loves is okay. Or is it just Ava who was at fault here. Cracks me up how people seem to forget that ol cliche, “takes two to tango”…among other things.

rebecca 1
I feel like I am beating a dead horse here but, oh what the hell! First an apology. Myself and many others wrongly assumed that L.W was indeed pregnant.
Secondly, I apologize for being “hostile and nasty” for calling out a killer, who is also a bitch. My final apology is for ever trying to communicate with you.

I tried several times to respond to your over-the-top hostile comments to me over nothing…from my liking beards on men to liking Ava to not wanting Carly to have a baby. Why you went off the deep end is beyond me; but check your lunacy at the door. Thanks!