They had to come up with the brain tumor to keep RH on the show but even if they say it was the brain tumor that made him do it all, I think he will be as evil when the brain tumor is removed but maybe he will hide his evil deeds better to make the people of PC think he has changed

Maybe it will change him(predictable) and maybe it wont. In any case GH has picked up last week and was at its most entertaing since the NB. I loved seeing Leslie and Monica in scenes together…it would be wonderful to see them as rivals again…maybe a new man comes to town…anyway why not redeem Franco…Look at the horrible things Todd has done…barely different than Franco. There are many villains in daytime past and present who have done horrible unforgivable things such as Barnabas Collins on Dark Shadows, GLs Roger Thorpe, DOOLs Dimera family,ect. who remained evil and who were redeemed,… Read more »

Plain boring & dumb…
Tuned out 2 weeks ago, obviously no reason to come back.
This is a weak weak storyline, Franco ( ahh Todd,ahh whatever) should never have been brought back. That story had ended, period!
The writing is the weakest daytime has ever seen. ABC daytime chief, who ever is in charge please make changes Frank Valentini simply won’t. Hire someone who has a sense and some history with the show. Otherwise this farce will lead to the end of GH. Fans of GH are tuning out, you may have a few OLTL fans left watching this disaster!

There isn’t a tumor big enough in that serial killers head to erase everything Franco has done to the folks of PC. Cartini has jumped the shark bringing back Franco in the form of Roger Howarth. What a waste of a talented and popular actor. I’ve always enjoyed Rogers Todd Manning but I can barely watch him these days.

On All My Children, Ryan’s brother turned out to be a killer due to a brain tumor he had for years. When tumor was removed, at first he had learning disability in communicating but he had a loving heart. And eventually after some time he was able to overcome that disability but still had a gentle loving heart. Sure since he had hurt so many people he had to prove to them that he was not that person (killer) anymore. So yes, I do believe this story line wld redeem Franco n ve the possibility of being romantically involved in… Read more »

I respect RH WORK BUT SAM MCALL NEEDS HER SON AND SOME PEACE!!

SAM AND SILAS ALL THE WAY!

Roger can play any part.Loving GH and all the twist.Do believe he will get off.

I am a big fan of Roger Howarth no matter who he plays. he will make the most of whatever direction the PTB take his character.

of course it will Absolve Franco, that was the plan from day one.. This Franco will be a Q and he will have power and eventually he will be with Carly .. I knew from the very first day that Franco was brought back he would be turned into a loved character because RC would never make RH a hated man.. All should have known that RC would never give RH a hated/disliked character, only a fool would have thought/believed that RC would do that to RH…. RC is creating a ”Q”’ who be around for a long time.. This… Read more »

Nice to see some positive comments from the fans for a change!! Maybe GH can move upwards again.

Yes he should be redemed love RH

I Will be very angry if they kill off Kelley Monaco (Sam)! I do not like Franco and do not want Roger playing Jason. Tuck !!!!

As someone else has already mentioned, AMC did a fairly horrid storyline about the Lord of Douche Ryan Lavery’s brother Jonathug, who did all his heinous acts because he had a brain tumor. Then they removed it and he became a bad Forrest Gump imitation. He described his operation removing the tumor as “cutting the bad out”. And “cutting the bad out” would be aborting this utterly ridiculous and annoying storyline before it eats up any more of GH’s time. I love RH, but even he can’t save this character. So many ways, so many characters he could have come… Read more »

Loving This!!! Maura and Roger are killing it! We need more men though…Lucas Jerome and Rick Lansing should be added….Ava needs a hot romance… With Silas!!

TPTB are preparing for contract renewal & salary discussion. With the brain tumor hanging over him, Franco can stay or go! LOL

Roger has been terrific and entertaining the past week. Hope Patrick can operate and SAVE Franco! Am loving the show and situations right now!

Maybe “absolve” is too strong a word, but EXPLAIN is probably more like it. The rehabilitation of “Franco” has begun, and will be a long and storied process…I’m sure if anyone can pull it off it will be RoHo. Add to that he will most likely be credited with saving Danny’s life, even if the necessary bone marrow to do so is actually provided by Sam’s real father. This will undoubtedly create some instant goodwill for the guy, in addition to ongoing benevolent efforts by the man to ingratiate himself to the good people of PC. In the end, I… Read more »

I call him “Tanko”‘. Enough said.

This has to be the absolute worst writing ever done for a daytime drama. ABC should really be ashamed to air this crap from Ron Carlivati. The honeymoon is over, Ron.

I cringed when RH walked down the stairs dressed like Jason. If we must endure Franco let’s get him into the operating room quickly and get that tumor out so we can get Franco to be a better person. I love Laura Wright and her Carly… I liked her and Todd Manning… but I am not excited about her being linked with the soon to be Franco light. The whole Franco mess is just so unfortunate. Let’s move ths Franco mess along quickly… too much tome has been wasted on Franco already.

Roger is a natural as a nut but he’s not Franco.

Ahh geez I was hoping for something a bit more inventive-like RH is really Jason- that the real Franco altered his face to look like his, brainwashed him into thinking he was Franco and sent him back to PC, getting some twisted delight knowing all Jason’s love ones would hate him because they think he was Franco. But Jason had a brain tumor before and I thought this was the tumor coming back, exposing the deception and undoing the brainwashing. Oh well– I guess they would get more s/l out of RH being Franco– or is he??? This could go… Read more »

Perhaps they could dye his hair back to his normal color before an operation?? While we are at it, perhaps Franco could wake up “believing” himself to be Tod?!? I love the actor, but I can not stand Franco- whether the character is played by JF or RH. I just hate, hate the character. Not the kind of hate that makes me want to watch the show. I really wish they would do something with RH without making him play this foolish, cardboard, silly character. Something real, something interesting.

I am mixed on this one. I absolutly despise Franco(for three years we were told franco(as played by james franco) was horrible and jason the antihero. NOW that jason is dead and GH writers have to do something with RH he is under contract instead of making him a WHOLE NEW CHARACTER no that would make too much sense and be too much work they decide to make him franco of all people. Then to really shove it to the main gh fanbase they make him a ALMOST redeamed franco to boot AND now a brain tumor is the cause… Read more »

I don’t know what makes writers think any of this was a good idea. Better to write off Todd and Kiki. Pay the actors because of their contracts but just keep them off screen at least until one life to live crashes and burns and they can then bring Starr and Todd back. Also get rid of Silas and Morgan too.

It will take more than a tumor to forgive Franco.Kind of like I never forgave that serial rapist,Todd Manning.

Good luck Shay; when I mentioned Luke raping Laura and how it compares to havoc Franco has caused I thought I was going to be stoned lol

Most of us expected a brain tumor to be used as another attempt to whitewash Franco’s past behavior, but for those of us who don’t think RH is “one of the most popular and talented actors ever” in daytime… it won’t make much difference.

That is, unless TPTB and RH tone down his performances, and turn him into a regular character, instead of a comic super hero, the new STAR of GH.

Franco may not actually be Franco. Why would he have the need to visit Heather Webber before going to PC?? A friendly visit with Aunt Heather or was it a visit with his mother?? Hmmmmm….

I’m OK with the story. Afterall Jason became a killer after his Head injury. Once the brain tumor is gone he will be seen in a new like. I like that they got Franco out of the rape stories. (I know RH would never want to play a rapist again) . AMC’s Jonathan went bust when he came out as slow and disable and was paired with Lily. Then he was Normal again and the Lily and Jonathan story was cut short.

Thus proves the arrogance of those running GH right now. Not only sacrificing the tradition and talents of their veteran cast for the sake of three just to thumb their noses at the powers that be now counting on the stupidity of their viewers to accept this crap. Shame on them!

Maybe, MAYBE if he comes out of his surgery a completely “different” character (a la Jason Morgan) than either incarnation of Franco so far – I will like the character.

This all could have been avoided if the writers had simply created a new character for Howarth. My sense is that the instant tumor is a desperation response to the audience backlash over the return of Howarth AS Franco. As I say, could have been avoided if some actual thought had gone into creating a NEW character for this fine actor. And, as much as I enjoy Howarth, his and Kristin Alderson’s characters are the characters that ATE GH. Please, a break from these two. Must they be on, or talked about if not seen, EVERY SINGLE DAY??? They are… Read more »

Where is the love, soap fans? Did some of you forget that GH was about to be canceled before Cartini showed up? It is the sour attitudes that are hurting our beloved genre. STOP IT! Be supportive and try to understand that they’re trying to give us great story even when some of the vet actors are choosing to leave.

GH is having its ups and downs just like any other show. It’s been kind of lackluster since the Nurse’s Ball, but I see it starting to pick up again. At the end of the day, while I’m not thrilled with every storyline going on these days, I’ll take the Valentini/Carlivati version of GH over the Farren-Phelps/Guza version any day of the week. If that regime were left in charge, GH would have probably been long gone by now.

This whole Franco redemption is just bad writing and is hogging too much screen time. Nothing about this storyline is making me want to watch. Hopefully it will be over soon.

Bringing back Franco was a poor idea. If they wanted RH to play a Quartermaine they had other options…Jimmy Lee Holt’s son, for instance. I like RH and always thought his portrayal of Todd on OLTL was entertaining. He could be flippant, sarcastic, mean but down deep there was a damaged soul seeking love. I also saw him on ATWT as Paul. Another great job in a role that had been recast many times. BUT,,,,I really feel that RC is writing Franco as Todd-lite. Too many similarities in the characters. And, having seen RH as ATWT’s Paul I know he… Read more »

Todays episode of GH was bad 7/22/13

Franco was just bad!!!!!!!!

HE kidnapped a baby (DANIEL MORGAN)

Lizzie takin to him on the bridge WTF

Sam is a wonderful mother, but they didn’t let her search for her son?

The on the brightside was SILAS AND SAM

Was that episode a set for Roger Hawarth departure?

Insulting everyone who disagrees with you is not going to change their opinion. It seems to me that there’s only 3 or 4 people here who seem to like the nuFranco and you keep replying to everyone’s posts and agreeing with each other. Look at the numbers!

3 yr contract means less than the paper it’s printed on. Daytime actor “contracts” benefit the network far more than the actors. What it basically means is that ABC has the option to KEEP Howarth for three years, but they also can release him from that contract every six weeks. It always sounds better than it looks.
Much like this horrid Franco storyline must have before it actually started playing out…

ABC should be distributing nausea meds with each episode.

I am a fan of Ron Carlivati. I think he has written the best of soap for a long time now. However, I have had trepidation about RH as a reincarnate “Franco” . Most of the #GH audience hated the orig “Franco” story and there has been stigma and a hate ever since. RH hasnt overcome it – no sense of great imagination from audience or Ron C. will overcome it. Now, “Franco” is trying to inhabtate the late Jason. It is too much. I say abandon “Franco”- give us back GH. RH is not worth the cost to GH… Read more »

Although I totally despised the Franco character and storyline presented by the previous actor, I am finding this latest chapter bearable. RoHo’s interpretation is laced with a humor and intricacy that James Franco’s was not…he was simply demented and evil….I found no entertainment value in his sickness. Therefore, I am willing to see what unfolds and how the new “Franco” is handled….I am still expecting some incredible twists and turns to this plot down the road….I do believe there is a method to the madness. While this latest incarnation may not be the direction I expected for Howarth when I… Read more »

FrankenRon have ruined the show.At first they brought back the vets we missed,then when the ratings went up, they snuck in the OL3 and now its OLTL.I hate Todd no matter what name he is using he ruined ATWTs for me, I had to shut it off. Now we get todd times three.Not only is he on everyday he is on for most of the hour. I have gone back to the DVR so I can FF a lot. Ron is a smirky mean girl having the characters say nasty things about the other characters.OL was cancelled and if I… Read more »

I can’t see that happening though. Ron’s now discovered that he can have RH acting like 2 people at once, talking to himself for half the show. I guess McSilas talking to his twin will be next and then we won’t need GH stars at all. or they’ll be reduced to props like Elizabeth. What a waste of a good actress!!

It’s time for Frank and Ron to let go of Roger and Michael. Franco and Silas are ridiculous characters that are not enduring. Money would be better spent on Robert Scorpio, Kevin Collins, Sean and Tiffiny, Brenda and Jax. These are characters GH fans love. Roger and Michael are essential characters to OLTL in roles they were born to play. Todd and John act as they are going undercover to play Silas and Franco. It’s getting embarrassing and ratings are down. Kristen is the only one making a smooth transition. GH needs to let this go.

fine by me… then they can change crazy Franco into a real quartermaine… which is a different kind of crazy! bwahahahahaha also, Jason was changed by banging his head and then getting a tumor. So for Franco to have the same kind of tumor and having behavioural changes – trouble knowing right from wrong – Jason had some of the same problems (the nice hit man) – so it’s all good for me. the switch with Elizabeth being killed, and then not really being there at all was fun! I was curious why all these people talk about Jason’s tumor… Read more »

I like the redemption of Franco. It was very moving yesterday with Carly saving him from himself. It was very well done.

I will be very happy when Kiki and Michael learn the truth about Silas. It will be like the fourth of July. 🙂

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