You said it, dmr. Right on!!!!!

THATS it, no emotional ties to Susan.

Hi Celia, I told agree with you about Maura West. She is an asset to the show and I have followed her ever since As The World Turns. Can you imagine what Carly will do to her, once the truth get’s out what she did to Morgan?

Celia…I think that Maura West is a WONDERFUL ACTRESS!!!!! It’s just that…hey…I never cared for her Ava character all that much. To me, Ava is W-A-Y TOO ICKY…AND EVEN MORE ANNOYING!!!!! BEYOND B-L-E-C-H!!!!!

Have a good one, my friend.

@Lew S.
I know, right, Lew.
I do hope that Carly gives Ava what she deserves, though. I think any mother would do unimaginable things to protect and defend her child.
If that day would ever come, Lew!!!!..LOL. It’s GH; where beasts and criminals alike ( including Carly, LOL) run freely amongst the ‘good’, aha, people of PC.

@Jaybird.
Agreed, my friend….’gotta’ love Ava/Maura. LOL.
Later, Jay.

Celia I love your twist on the Kiki and Nell being twins, that would be great plus it would give Nell a story since her parents were “killed” plus Jax is hiding something about her identity. Actually I think Nell is really is daughter that found out about later.

@Robert J.
Hi, Robert,
Oh, thank God, and thank you. You don’t think I’m crazy? LOL.
I think you are on the right track about Jax….I agree. If I remember correctly, many of us did speculate on just that fact. Jax used a lot of subterfuge; seemed antsy and not forthcoming. Very suspicious.
So, your assessment of the situation is very possible and probable.

Sorry guys…Nell is not Jax’s daughter. The ONLY way that could ever work is if he didn’t and still doesn’t know it. He would never abandon or hurt his child.

Yeesss!!

Scotty wasn’t going to represent Paul unless Ava came clean. And, one schemer always knows when another schemer is holding out. I thought she was just going to tell him about the flash drive Paul had on her. But, Ava’s been carrying around a lot on her shoulders by herself. Scotty is her only “friend” in town, in the same way Curtis is Hayden’s. I agree that Ava & Scotty are hilarious together.

A soap needs a villain, and Ava is a hoot. Villains also need henchmen to carry out their plans. They can’t always be solo. Maura West is a gold mine of talent – dramatic, comedic, maternal, etc. – and I’m so glad they keep finding schemes for her to perpetuate. Critics should read what they suggest – for everyone to live happily ever after & all the “bad” people to be gone. If they want that, they need to watch an animated Disney princess movie; not a soap opera.

Kansas…agree with you 100 percent. I keep saying that though I’m pissed at the “criminals” …they’re all great actors/ characters and I don’t want them to exit the show. And I’ve also echoed the same sentiments…might as well be watching Disney or I Love Lucy, etc. if someone wants them all gone. The dark vs light characters make GH its soapy self.

You’re right, Rebecca, as is Kansas/Guest. Since the beginning of putting prose on paper—-waaaay before my Willy, LOL, there existed good and evil. It all started in the garden of Eden; ONE MILLION BC, and CAVEMAN ( love Ringo in that movie; hilarious)—HaHaHa.
Seriously, though; we need foils; good and evil. Without the suspense, without that certain ingredient which elicits anger, love, sadness, happiness; all the human emotions—well, then, what would be the point?

Hi, Rebecca,
I did not say Nell is Jax’s daughter, LOL. I have no clue, one way or the other. I do not know this guy. But, as Robert said, he is hiding something. He ‘looked’ guilty, somehow. He knows something about her.
I, also, think Nell knows him. She is hiding something, as well. I said way back that I suspect she has an agenda. Or, I could be wrong????
Regardless; are Nell and Kiki twins? LOL.

Yeah, Kansas; makes sense……as I am sure that is the case with many other vets……other commitments and responsibilities.

Hi, Pamela,
I am not a fan of Morgan, but I’ll admit, I felt my heart twist today. What is being done to this character just isn’t right. …..does not sit right with many of us. Simply let him go in peace, without the dark cloud opening up on him.
Yet, I suppose this will be Bryan’s exit…..off to some clinic to get the help he needs. Thanks to Ava, Morgan’s disorder has gotten out of hand.

Thats what i said in a previous post,,,they would be perfect together!!!

HaHaHa!!!!!

Harry…can I call you curmudgeon? Hahahaha…

If you like Poldark watch Outlanders. Fantastic!

Oh, my!!!! Harry, Maura West has the best face on soaps. Her facial expressions embody everything a soap star should deliver. She’s dynamite. Her acting is impeccable….every movement, measured and fluid.
And, look at that flawless, healthy skin? A cartoon character? I think not.
By the by? May I, also, call you curmudgeon? LOL and HaHaHa. Love you, Harry.

Rebecca, you can but you may not!

Now you see Harry, that testy response sounded a tad curmudgeonish. A simple no thank you would have sufficed. Hahaha…LOL

if GH is recasting Morgan

why not Jason Cook. ex-Shawn D. @Days; ex-Matt Hunter @GH. he played Dr. Patrick Drake brother?…. last seen back in 2012

I agree, Rebecca. The way Hayley Erin plays her, Kiki is surprisingly likeable, especially since she’s Ava Jerome’s offspring. And even when Morgan annoys me, I think he’s an original creation, thanks to the truly gifted Bryan Craig. What Ava is doing is beyond reprehensible. Can’t wait for Sonny, Carly, and Kiki to find out…that will be good drama!

hi Parick…I’ve been saying Nic Robuck (James Ford OLTL) but Jason Cook is a good suggestion as well.

Hi Soaphound…agree. But I’m hoping the drama doesn’t lead to the demise of Morgan. And if she’s found out, Ava can kiss both her kids goodbye. For a smart cookie (lol, never used that expression before) she’s not thinking long term.

So frustrated for Morgan…he’s more depressed than manic. I hope he takes the blood test; I can see the possibilities for the story in different scenarios.

Hey, Rebecca,
I asked my husband about the placebo effect….which is a very confusing subject to me.
He said placebos can be very effected if the recipient is aware of it…..depending on the psychological aspect of the patient.
But, in Morgan’s case it has an adverse affect which can become very dangerous. WOW!!!!! I ask myself: what the hey are these writers trying to do???? I can only conclude that Maura is leaving? Would TPTB allow Ava to get away with yet another crime, otherwise?
Hmmmm, stupid question. LOL. Of course, ‘they’ would. I need only look to Sonny and Julian.
And, Julian’s storyline is another enigma. What if Alexis succumbs?? Is this why Julian is free??

@Rebecca.
PS.
Sorry…I’d like to expand that placebos are administered, normally, under a supervised testing environment….such as a clinic. …not, just given randomly. Where did Ava get the ones she switched on Morgan?

Hey CeeCee…placebos are used to test new drugs or treatments…usually participants are NOT told which of them will be getting the real medication and which will be getting a placebo. They’ve found in a lot of cases that some people do get or feel better on the placebo due to the psychological effect. If you BELIEVE you are being treated with something that’s supposed to make you better…sometimes it actually works and it’s called The Placebo Effect. There was one study years ago where they administered pain medication gel and in THAT study, even some who KNEW they were getting a placebo experienced less pain. So from that they concluded that just getting help…helps. I don’t think there’s been many studies to back that up. Sometimes one or two studies get picked up by journals and the “news” spreads.

As for Morgan, not sure if him believing he’s taking his mess would help…probably not for mania…depression possibly but obviously not in Morgan’s case.

As for how Ava got the fake pills…I don’t even think about it. Just another point where I go with the flow for the bigger story…which is what she’s doing to him and the upcoming, probably catastrophic, fallout.

I know you are an old soul so you are probably aware of the “Police Academy” movies. THEY were more capable of arresting a crook than JORdumb, DUMBnte or PECS!

Hi Rose, I think what they need to do is get back to hiring evil doers who are not hot! Mugs as the mob syndicates used to call them. Let them agitate the fine citizens of Port Charles to the point where we the fans rejoice when they are shot or hauled away to a secret prison, highly guarded and inescapable!

Hi Rose…unfortunately Paul isn’t going to survive his storyline. From what I read they let him go. His guess was he was too expensive for ABC. He wasn’t thrilled that they made Paul the serial killer and said he had a difficult time playing it…especially when he killed Sabrina.

Hi Rose…LOL..it’s difficult to place our replies in the right spot at times…so I’m picking up our conversation about Richard Burgi. Yes. It’s unfortunate because I got the sense he would have stayed on if they hadn’t cut him…even though he spoke about this opening up more time for other projects. Well, no secret they!re cutting costs and the more seasoned the actor the more expensive they are…which could account for more newbies, less vets. Who knows if Morgan or Nic will be brought back; before the soap opera crisis/fall…there’d be no doubt these characters would be replaced with other actors. Now it’s a way to trim the budget…or replace them with less experienced ones. Nothing we can do about it…though I wonder why they don’t go to a half hour format…save cost that way instead of sacrificing quality. Also think they should have made OLTL and AMC 1/2 hour formats…maybe they could have been saved…sigh. Who knows….

JORdumb, taking credit is typical of someone who cannot do her job and is about to lose it!

Right? Why is Jordan given and then taking the credit, as I have already mentioned above?
Curtis, whom I had predicted a while back, was actually the key to have unleashed the flood of clues which led to Paul….he did this step by step.
What does Jordan do? He gives him a browbeating as she would a recalcitrant Child.
Look introspectively, Jordan….amazing what’s buried in there.

Harry, that is absolutely ingenious!! Wow!!!! I am impressed, albeit upset that I did’t think of it first, LOL.
The ‘foreshadowing’ thing concerning the fate of GH; the building and the show could be very telling.
If this is true….very ominous and heartbreaking, indeed.

Why is everyone stealing my thoughts!!!!!! Lol. See my response below to Harry and you CeeCee. Hahaha…sigh.

I don’t think the writers knew they were going to make Paul the killer until the last minute. The writing is confused, disjointed, aimless and vexing.
Another thing which troubles me–Hayden and Finn overhear Lucy speaking to a real estate developer about GH closing its doors. The real estate developer calms Lucy down by telling her that GH doesn’t necessarily have to close, it can move to another building. Is this some kind of foreshadowing? By this I mean, are TPTB trying to tell us that ABC will be canceling GH but it will movie to another network or worse yet, to the Internet? We saw what happened with OLTL and AMC with the whole Hulu mess and I would hate to see something similar happen with GH. But the writing is so bad it almost seems like they’re trying to destroy their own show. I had the same feeling about AMC shortly before its cancellation was announced.

Rebecca and Harry: Say it isn’t so! Harry’s prediction…What IF they ARE laying the groundwork to move GH to the internet to its slow death? And if so, maybe it’s part of the reason some of the actors have quit recently. Oh no.

Harry…not sure if you remember but zi suggested the possible double meaning about GH closing when they first discussed closing the hospital and the doctors and nurses having to find work elsewhere. It was about a week ago or more. Who knows…it could be a message to the fans, or we could just be reading into it because of the uncertainty of the longevity of the daytime soap genre. Doubt we would have read into it before the cancellation of OLTL and AMC. So yes, it sounds like that but let’s hope there’s no meaning behind it but what it is…the story…but then again…

Oh and CeeCee…I wrote this theory before Harry and he replied to me at the time…probably thought this was his original perception but since he’s an OLD CURMUDGEON I’m letting it slide. But I’m taking his award away from him. We’ll let him have The Forever 21 award for humor instead.

Hi Michelle…see my response to Harry. 😉

Rebecca1…Re: you previous reply about Richard Burgi…I googled and found the article about his “dismissal’ from GH. He speculated ABC has some budget concerns. He may know something we don’t know. Still sad day when they have to give such a bad storyline to a very good actor to get him off the show. He could have been a little flawed, leading man that GH so desperately needs. Anyway, it’s a bad omen…actors for Morgan, Sabrina, Nicholas, Duke, might as well be Joe/Carlos for as much as he has been on…gone.

Have to agree again, su–a “snoooooz fest.”

True, true, true, and true, SuzieQ. Hmmmm, that rhymes. LOL.
But, su, I thoroughly enjoyed the players, Paul and Tracy. I love these guys. They are that good, in my eyes.

True, true, true, and true, SuziQ. Hmmm, that rhymes, LOL.
But, I must say; I thoroughly enjoyed watching Paul and Tracy do their thing. These guys are amazing, in my eyes.
Anna disappointed me, somewhat. Perhaps I’m not being fairbecause my expactations on her return were too high? Oh, well!!

So do I Ces. Always loved Scotty!

Agree Michelle. I hope they find a way to keep him, even if, LOL, as I mentioned on another post he’s locked up with Heather!

Soaps seem to be the LAST thing on networks minds these days so I’m surprised there is not more improvisation.

I want Monica to find love again and I thought her and the cranky Dr. Mayes would have been interesting!

That would have been nice but of course GH isn’t fond of stories for the vets.