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Thank you for the well wishes you sent my way. Im doing pretty good,doing my time. Not much choice at 89, huh? Still loving my soaps and all the wonderful people I’ve gotten to meet, like you, whether it’s to agree or disagree . My daughter has been gone for two years and I still miss our daily phone calls, doing the same thing.
Thanks again Su, Soapfully, we’ll meet up here soon.

Michael is all about the sucker punch because he’s a coward and knows he could never win a fair fight. He did the same thing to the saintly Chase, who really didn’t deserve it.

I agree Soaphound! Are the writers deliberately trying to make us hate Michael? Michael cold-cocking Scotty was reminiscent of when he cold-cocked Chase in the locker room. It’s a cowardly act, and the act of a bully. Chase didn’t see it coming and he certainly didn’t have it coming. I’m waiting for Brooklyn to channel Pretty Woman and say to Willow,”You made a BIG mistake! HUGE!” And how ridiculous did he look when he tried to act like a bad ass to Mrs Wu. I could see her smirking and wanted her to smirk and sarcastically say,” Oh shudder.”

They seem to be developing Michael into the next generation Corinthos. Shame he didn’t use the wrath he has toward Nina and Scott and turn it against Carly & Sonny for taking him from his real father, hurting his father through the years and ultimately killing him. Had Michael hung on to that wrath and the Quartermaine name we would have had a much more interesting story going forward. Michael taking on the man who killed his dad; turning the mother away who kept him from his Quartermaine roots. Resentment that lasted more than a few weeks…

Rebecca1, AMEN to everything you’ve said. As I’ve thought before, he seems to think he’s Michael Corleone, not Corinthos. He forsakes the good qualities of A.J. and/or Sonny (or even Jason) and just acts on all their worst tendencies: impatience, narcissism, tunnel vision, and petty revenge. He seems to have also forsaken a decent hairdresser and quality shampoo. Just saying.

LOL! I did get a good laugh out of that hair comment, Soaphound, and I know you’re not alone in that thought but I actually like Chad’s hair longer. Very European…Not to say I didn’t like it short, but I think he looks good with it as is. I DO think he’s behaving like Sonny, and that’s the problem. Sonny, for me, doesn’t have many redeeming qualities, and Michael’s sudden fire about protecting what’s his is very reminiscent of early Sonny up to present day. Out for revenge; big on threats to anyone who hurts his family. Trouble is he… Read more »

Rebecca1
Iam with everyone on this Michael thing. We can’t all be wrong, right? To me he’s feeling his Cheereos, like they say and flexing his muscles because of who his daddy is. He’s forgetting though, he doesn’t have Jason there to protect him. I can’t wait until he really offends someone and they throw him on his sorry ass. Maybe Willow will come to his defense. I wish she had stood up for her mom more when she brought the toy train to Wylie. Boy that kid is growing fast, almost bigger than Avery.

AJ is only Michael’s biological father, since Michael was shot, AJ made a CHOICE to protect himself and play dad rather than be there when Michael needed him (killing Claudia, trial, jail rape, family deaths…) that had nothing to do with Carly and AJ. What those two did was waaaayyyy wrong, but over the years AJ got his own back. What the writers should have done when AJ decided to reappear is have him and Carly become a couple again (they did ‘hook-up’ and Laura and Sean were hot!), putting a giant wedge between Carly and Sonny and giving Michael… Read more »

Moors60; AJ was “only Michael’s biological father” because Sonny & Carly prevented him from being more. They wouldn’t let him visit or talk to him. AJ had to kidnap Michael just to get a moment with him. You sound as if AJ could have just stepped in; he couldn’t. It’s just as maddening to me that the current writers are doing something similar with Ava and Avery. There’s no way Ava (when we met her) would have let Sonny keep sole custody and let Carly parade around and raise Avery to call her “mommy.” The writers never even have scenes… Read more »

Hello Rebecca1! Interloper alert! But in a good way… I just want to commend you for providing further context of Sonny and Carly’s misdeeds pertaining to the snuffed-out relationship between AJ and Michael. And, of course, Sonny later snuffed out AJ’s life (with no consequences) — so there’s that…

[Check out the YouTube video where Carly and AJ have hate sex and Monica catches Carly the next day. It is hilarious!] On to the show… Carly had AJ were involved before she was involved with Sonny. And all this animosity between these characters started because the Q”s, once AJ and Carly got divorced, threatened to take Michael from Carly permanently because she was seeing Sonny. The beginning of astonishing hypocrisy and unjustified self-righteousness on the Q’s part! The Q’s are not some lovely, loving, welcoming family like the Webbers or Hardys. They are more Cassadine-like. Edward used mob money… Read more »

Moors 60; I have to disagree with most of what you wrote. The Quartermaines are not a mob family. By the time Michael was born, aside from their in-house squabbling and ELQ dealings, they were not the direct threat to a child’s well-being; Sonny was. He was an active mob boss; Michael got shot in the head with a bullet meant for him. Was comatose for a year. Had to kill Claudia Zaccharia to protect his mother because SONNY brought Claudia into their lives… Carly the better mother than Ava? No. It’s CARLY who chose a life of crime for… Read more »

Oh Harry, thanks for that reminder! Mrs. Wu could squash Michael with a fingernail. He looked so ludicrous, like a schoolyard punk who’s only brave when his posse is surrounding him. So childish! And I still feel Chase should have filed assault charges. That particular, cowardly action can cause lasting damage in real life. Michael needs a major wake-up call, hopefully courtesy of Mrs. Wu.

In response to all of the above…whether it’s the Q or mob/ Corrinthos//Carly histories I have to question why I even bother to watch. Isn’t there enough bad stuff in real life. Why watch GH for “entertainment?” And probably why I liked the Dixon Falls story. Something I will consider for the new year.

Unfortunately, you are so right! It’s been almost decades since GH was must-see-tv! I totally agree with the fact they’ve got the best cast, talent-wise, but don’t understand why the writers keep winning Emmys! Ditto, the show and the directors. The only outstanding episode I can remember in the last decade was the Luke’s past episode where we found out about his father, the abuse etc. Laura was sublime as his mother as was Chloe Lanier as Pat. TG definitely deserved that Emmy. And while I can understand the decision to keep Maurice when he came on as Sonny, even… Read more »

moors60…I agree with you on all counts. Hoping Felicia coming back to partner up with Anna is a bit of a throwback to both women’s fun “crime” solving. I also really enjoyed “Luke’s past episode” as well as the “ right to women to vote” ones. The last two show what great writing and acting look like.

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I’ve never warmed up to Brook Lynn. Funny, I like her best with the kids, Leo, etc.