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Has ‘General Hospital’ Turned the Character of Emma Drake into a Bratty Misunderstood Bad Girl?

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When GH announced the surprise return of everyone’s favorite little girl grown up, Emma Drake, and that the role would now be played by actress Braedyn Bruner, viewers were, at first, needing to adjust to the fact that Brooklyn Rae Silzer was no longer playing the part.

However, as Emma’s arrival back to Port Charles unfolded, this was clearly not the Emma we all knew and fell in love with. This version of Emma seems to be a calculated liar, who is exposing some unabashed behavior patterns.

On Friday’s December 27th episode, thank goodness, her grandmother is super spy Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) who is already on to Emma’s deceit. Emma pretends she just got up and got them both smoothies, but Anna knows she didn’t get home until 4 AM. Emma claims she just went for a walk and didn’t want to worry her when clearly she went out all night.

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When Anna suggests they call Robin, Emma says she just did, but Anna caught her in yet another lie as she just spoke to her daughter herself, and Robin had no idea Emma had planned to transfer to PCU. Anna throws back that you can’t transfer from one university to another when you’ve been expelled from the first one.

Upon her investigation, Anna says Emma threw a big party in her room at school that got out of hand where close to 200 students were displaced because of property damage caused by a sprinkler system that was used. Emma kind of blows things off and says all will be fine now that she’s at PCU. She is curious how Emma pulled off her parents not knowing about the incident. Emma admits she gave her number to the school and pretended to be her mom when they called. She swears she is done partying and she has gotten an apartment and will be signing up for school. Anna puts the kibosh on it and says she will be living with her, much to the chagrin of Emma!

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Later, Emma shows up at “Bobbie’s” and has conversation with Josslyn (Eden McCoy). During it, Emma could not have been snottier. She tells Joss that since Berkeley and Stanford are close, she and Cameron Webber (William Lipton) would meet up during the year. Emma brings up the old days where they both vied for Cam’s attention. Next, to try to stick it to Joss, Emma admits she introduced Cam to his new girlfriend, Gretchen (Indi Star), who she thinks is perfect for him.

So what gives? It seems like this version of Emma Drake is poised to be quite the snot and a nemesis for Josslyn moving forward. Is Emma going to be a bad girl … or did something happen to make her act out this way? Time will tell.

What have you thought about this new take from the GH writers on the character of Emma Drake? What have you thought of the performances of Braedyn Bruner thus far? Comment below. But first, check out the scenes where Anna lays into Emma for her lies.

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I hope Emma is not going to be Esme, Part 2. I’m glad Anna caught her in all of the lies. I’m ready for Valentin to come back to Port Charles and reconnect with Anna. I always thought they were electric together.

Why would she be anything like lunatic Esme? Esme was a damaged, emotionally scarred, person. Emma comes from a loving family, she’s stable, sane, and emotionally grounded. Yes; it seems so far they’re screwing with the character and most of us don’t like it. Gone is the sweetness, the respectful, loving girl, and in her place is an aggressive, insensitive, snarky Emma who seems to have no filter. Her questioning of Sasha and her comments and her and Cody were beyond out-of-line; and something Emma would never say. Still, I think they’re writing “this” Emma as a bit more rebel, “cool,” and defensive. But deranged like Esme? No. There’s a difference bratty, and nuts.

Right? How is being assertive equatable to sociopathy? I do not even think Emma is bratty, just rebellious. And she’s fighting the good fight as seen with her efforts to return stolen money to a struggling merchant. Emma is her mother’s daughter as is Joss. This could be the Robin-Carly feud being carried on by the next generation.

How they can even put Esme and Emma in the same sentence and even wonder if Emma is now going to be like unbalanced Esme is beyond me. I’d be completely frustrated if I were the writer to know my stories and characters are so completely misinterpreted. I must admit I do find her bratty as she’s being currently written. Her interrogation of Sasha and her insensitivity to Cody and Sasha’s breakup was insensitive, clueless, and obnoxious; not rebellious. And not things the Emma we know would ever have asked.

I was thinking the same thing

I know it’s early but so far I cannot stand her. The original Emma would never be so disrespectful of Anna & Joss has been through enough. She needs kindness & good friends. Not another witch in town, BTW I love Carly & Jack together! Hurry up with it already.

It’s not the actor’s fault, but the complete change in personality is ridiculous. The Wright-ers are just trying to make this show like it was in the 90s. The stories are so old-fashioned.

Love your play on words. Yes, the “ Wright-ers” are engaging in both character and history revisionism. Joss was the insufferable brat while Emma was the sweet and pretty little girl whom Spencer and Cameron fought over. The reversal of roles is carrying on the great tradition of Carly propping at the expense of other characters. But maybe Emma will just have a back bone and stand up to the self- righteous, hypocritical and domineering Joss. Joss could use someone like that in her life because no one, not even her best friend Trina, stands up to her. For me? Joss will always be the snot nosed brat dressed up as an ear of corn in the school play.

Gee, couldn’t believe there was another fan that feels about Joss as I do, but really thought you meant Anna at first , with your apt description.Anna can be that way too, sometimes.

Yes. I used to love Anna but she is another hypocrite. I’m sorry, all the tears in the works can’t negate that fact. I really wish she’d stop crying.

The misspelling of writers is an accident, I’m sure. Old fashion doesn’t go away to be replaced by bad manners. There is nothing wrong with the nineties or any era. Writers blend all era to show change. I am a writer and author.

Huh? If you’re a writer, shouldn’t you at least make some semblance of sense?

Well, whoop de doo!

nostalgia is making many fans rewrite history. emma was quite the calculating brat as a child when she outed joss for faking being spencer’s girlfriend to try and make cam jealous, which backfired on her. emma still showing that part of her personality is the only thing that could make her interesting. the problem is she’s being written as a stereotypical high school mean girl rather than a nuanced 21yo young woman.

She was on the show for one episode so give the girl a chance.

Wait. You’re calling Emma a “calculating brat” for calling out Joss for trying to manipulate Cameron by pretending to be Spencer’s girlfriend? Clearly, it was the other way around.

Personality 180’s are what this regime enjoys doing.

It’s also part of being human.

Virtually nobody does that in real life.

Alrighty then.

I cannot stand the new Emma!!!! She is just awful and spiteful. She actually is worse than Esme!!! Please GH do not paint her with Gio or make her stay because I cannot stomach this new chapter and the other storylines. Like drew and willow. I do like Carly and Jack pairing though a lot actually.

Yes ..her sassy (mean girl ) persona is new but the show needs some new excitement. There’s no freeze rays or ???? You know. And Lulu is just a plain old b;”!tch. We need more wrier story tellers. I watch so I can escape into different place.

Worse than Esme? Esme was a murderous sociopath. So far, Emma is just a rebellious spit fire.

Ugh! I hate the character change!

SORASed Emma is reminding me of SORASed Holly on Days of Our Lives. They even have the same eyebrows.

They didn’t Soras her. Brooklyn Silzer is going on nineteen in real life, so if she had reprised the role I guess she would have been about 20-21 to still be in college just like Joss and Cam. If I remember correctly it was Joss who was younger than Cam and Spencer when they were kids.

This actress is older. She’s 24 from what I read which is why to me she comes off as “soras’d. But I think it’s more the horrible attitude they gave her that’s affecting her look. If she was sweet like the Emma we remember, I think she could pull it off.

I DO NOT LIKE THE NEW EMMA! The original Emma was always so sweet and good! I can’t even stand watching her!

Same

Can’t relate to her being Emma. What happened to the smart, sweet young woman? What story are the writers coming up with to explain this?

A recast can be jarring enough but a total character flip is another Bad move

GH has made some poor decisions, in my opinion. They should have brought back Emme Rylan as Lulu. If the had an issue with Kelly Monaco personally, they could have recast her instead of killing her off. As for Emma Drake, they should have brought back Brooklyn Rae Silzer. The way the new Emma presented herself upon her return to GH as a “thief”, this is going too far. Drew Quartermaine (Cain) is ridiculous. His character is pretty disgusting right now. He not only slept with Willow but Willow’s mom Nina. Then Cody and Sasha turn out to be cousins. Another ICK factor. Now Chad Duell is leaving without a recast. It looks like the writers want to tank GH. In the matter of a few months, too many characters have changed and not for the good of the show. Bring back the old GH standard.

Brooklyn is in nursing school. She wouldn’t be able to commit to a contract role on GH. The new Emma presented herself the way the writers wanted her to. I don’t think any of us who “know” Emma like the change. It’s not the actress; she’s adorable. Kinda reminds me facially of a young Gina Davis. It’s the rewrite.

I really really do not like the direction they’ve taken Emma.
It’s so inconsistent with her and with her mother and her dad and her grandma and their relationships with each other.
The original actress who plays Emma is so beautiful and kind and has such character.
Emma can go through difficult times without being a brat.
I don’t think she’s as pretty. I don’t think she’s as special.
And I don’t think we need to replace any bratty teenagers.

Very disappointed that the writers chose this.
There are a couple of different things that have happened that I haven’t liked. I don’t like the direction they took. Drew King, I’m sorry. Where is the drew Cain as played by Billy miller who is married to Sam??
Where’s the drew Kane who was humble and gracious in the face of his son’s death?
Just because the world is devolving into a pit of self-centeredness doesn’t mean that we want to see it on every single character on general hospital.
Not liking any of it.
There’s a lot of inconsistencies and complicated re-rigging of backstories and legacy story lines. It’s shabby, it’s lazy.
And GH fans deserve better.
I’m getting ready to turn you guys off and I’ve been watching you since I was 8 years old and I’m 68.
I have raised a few generations of kids on this show and all of them are saying the same thing. What’s going on??????
You killed Dax serious????
You made Emma a disrespectful ass???
Serious?
You broke up Molly and TJ???
Michael and willow???
Cody and Sasha???
Obviously no one on your writing staff has a successful relationship.
It’s just boring and not feel good TV in the afternoon
Too many murders!!!!
And all you killed Sam McCall.
Boo.

Man, you nailed it! I agree with everything you said. I think some writers need to go. Turning I to a woke, no morals show. Willow and Drew disgust me. No wonder Michael is leaving the show. And what ya’ll have done to Emma’s character! Give me a freakin break. The new Lulu is obnoxious. Just saying!

Agree with everything you said. Woke, no morals show.

This new Emma storyline is not interesting, and this new Emma is not likeable.

Ummm; we don’t know the new Emma story line yet.

I can deal with Emma’s rebellious attitude if they reveal a reason for her behavior. New Emma kind of reminds me of a teenage Elizabeth Webber when she first came to PC. She was rebellious, snarky, and lied to her Gram more than once.

I never comment on wardrobe, but why do they dress Emma like a hobo. The long coat she is wearing is about two sizes too big, the big baggy jeans and then the sweats all seem like clothing for a boy. Is oversized clothes the new style?

I wonder if the story is going to be that after all this time emma is rebelling because of all robin dispierence did to her

I did not like this version of Emma! Very disappointed. Did not expect such a little tyrant lol

Well hope she not gonna be that way it totaly ruin the character.. growing up is hard enough but not all of these kids she be turned into Helen cassidine there only room for one of her

Are they trying to run my show into the ground been watching this soap sence I was 11 or 12

Emma hasn’t even been on a full week and I already can’t stand her. Lulu is obnoxious and left her son on Christmas Eve, couldn’t wait one day to go after Charlotte. The writers have ruined more legacy characters, greeeeeat. Sigh.

Kind of agree on that. She seems to have forgotten that they had Rocco, before Charlotte dropped into their lives.Also, brat that Charlotte usually is, she and new Emma should be great friends!

The writers “made her this way”, they just can’t stand to have a semblance of normalcy with one character,so what do they do, then give us someone most of will not be able to tolerate for one reason or another ruining our beloved Emma at the same time, so sad!

She’s also much more “butch”. I don’t like it so far. I really don’t understand why they replaced Brooklynn, she’s a beautiful girl and looks similarly aged. I was prepared to hate the new Lulu and I don’t, but I sure don’t love the new Emma. She doesn’t seem true to the character at all. And also, I never felt those girls were competing for boys. Sigh. Rewriting history.

There is nothing “butch” about this really pretty girl. Could be a model in my opinion. They just made her tougher; more aggressive and offensive. That’s not butch; it’s obnoxious. They replaced Brooklyn because she’s in nursing school. No time for a contract role; acting isn’t her career goal although prior to the recast she said she’d l over to come back for “visits” like she’s done before. GH is having Emma come back this time; not visit.

We already have to stomach bratty Charlotte, do we really have to suffer through a suddenly bratty Emma too? There have been too many character assasinations lately. It’s jarring and very unpleasant. I don’t even recognize Drew anymore. Willow cheating on Michael and Micheal cheating on Willow? So out of character for both of them. Robert abandoning his job and new “daughter” (blech) to run off with Holly? It makes no sense! And the chatter about Brook Lyn suddenly having a child with Dante when she was what, ten, is nauseating. How many previously unknown children crawling out of the woodwork will the writers inflict on us before even they are bored with these cliche storylines?

GH has suffered though a turnover of several writers this past year, as it shows. And it still hasn’t found the right writers yet.

Hate the new Emma. She is NOTHING like the original Emma that was sweet and kind, wholesome. The writers suck. Drew and Willow affair, just turning to smut. Should have brought the old Lulu back, the new one acts like an entitled.spoiled bitch.

I am not happy with this Emma..Emma was always a very sweet young lady, is there any reason why you could not have her that way & write her a story like her Mom’s was growing up & how she succeeds in life

I think there is way too much nostalgia for Emma as a child. This new Emma has been on for 5 seconds, and is already more entertaining than the rest of the YA group combined. I think this new girl is absolutely gorgeous, she even reminds me of Brooklyn S. As for the attitude, I can guarantee in a month or so she’ll have her sweet nature begin to show. Loving her already.

I do not like way they have changed Emma. It’s not the actress that is the problem. It is how that they have written her to lie and cause mayham. She has no feeling for others and wants to hurt whoever she can..l can’t imagine the old Emma ever turing out this way.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Drew and Willow Have Their Long-Awaited Showdown; Only She Gains the Upperhand and the End of Their Marriage

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Finally, Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) can walk and talk and chew gum all at the same time as he shows up at the front door of his house, much to the dismay of his wife, Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen). 

Drew just survived a murder attempt by Willow’s mother, Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros), only an unknowing Gio (Giovanni Mazza) jumped into the lake to bring Drew to safety, after Nina tried to rid the world of him by pushing the former congressman in his wheelchair into the water to hopefully drown, but it all backfired.

Now at the Cain residence, Drew taunts Willow, that he could not wait to see his “loving wife!” Willow, who shot Drew and got off on an attempted murder charge, who then turned to a paralytic drug and Sidwell (Carlo Rota) to keep Drew out of her life, was quickly shushed when she started to explain herself while in fear for her own life.

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AN ENRAGED DREW THREATENS WILLOW WITH INTENTIONS TO MAKE HER LIFE A LIVING HELL

Drew stated, “I have listened to you for so long, and all I could do was just sit there and blink like a desperate idiot. Now it’s my turn. Go ahead, blink all you want while you still can.” Next, Drew actually tells Willow he can almost understand her reasoning for shooting him after she snapped, but he helped the jury get her off of the charges and she still drugged him and kept him a “prisoner in his own body” for months.

However, Willow’s fears of being killed on the spot get a reprieve when an angered Drew tells her, ”I’m Not Going to Kill You, But You’re Going to Wish I Did.” With rage and a smug smile, Drew informs Willow that he will tell her kids, Wiley and Amelia, what a psychopath she truly is, and then flaunts how Michael (Rory Gibson) will get full custody of her their children because she will be serving a life prison sentence.

Suddenly, Nina and Jack (Chris McKenna) burst in the front door as Jack holds a gun on Drew. Nina wants Jack to shoot Drew. Jack then reveals he doesn’t have to because he has the evidence right in his pocket on how Drew misappropriated federal funds designated for the McConkey Esplanade to instead fund his congressional campaign.

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SAVED BY THE EVIDENCE

Telling Drew the first deed is a federal crime, Jack had more goodies on Drew. He informs Drew that there is evidence that he blackmailed the receptionist at the burn clinic in Germany to prevent Willow from speaking with Michael about custody of their children. Jack also claimed to have evidence that Drew bribed Judge Heran, who eventually wound up dead in the pier.

An angered and enraged Drew threatened to bring all three of them down, but Jack reminded Drew that his crimes held a minimum sentence of 20 years each.

Willow then played her own game with Drew warning if he went to prison for decades, he would lose his daughter Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) forever who will then be raised with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), and Nina sniped that Tracy (Jane Elliot) and Michael would have a field day over Drew being locked up for most of his life.

FREEDOM

Next, Willow tells Drew nothing needs to change, and all he needs to do is agree to a divorce. Nina piled on that he cannot run for congress again or take back Willow’s seat, while Jack toyed with him that he could release the evidence that he has against him at any point in time.

Willow follows Jack and Nina out the front door, but before she exits removes her wedding rings and drops them on the floor, saying “freedom.” However, now alone in his house, Drew snipes, “Enjoy it while it lasts, you treacherous bitch!” We fade to black.

So, what did you think of the upshot of the highly-anticipated scenes where Drew and Willow would have it out? Were you pissed off that Drew didn’t try to murder Willow, or do something to her and Nina for what they did to him?

Glad that Willow and Drew ended their marriage and it seems like everyone is going to keep silent about everything? Does that feel like payback? Or, will Drew as he threatened, plan something heinous to pay back Willow, Nina and Jack? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first take another look at some of the confrontation scenes from today’s GH below.

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‘General Hospital’s Kayden Brenna Tokarski Featured in Cast of Biopic ‘Bruton’

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Kayden Brenna Tokarski, who thus far has been impressive as the aged-up Scout Cain on General Hospital, has also been busy over the last few year working in Indie films and more.

Now comes word that Kayden is part of the ensemble cast of the new biopic Bruton based on the life of Bryan Bruton, who was sentenced to a decade in a Florida prison for an unintended crime and briefly escaped. The film is set to bow in August at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.

According to the loglines per Deadline, Bruton follows a “charismatic hustler whose life is upended after one devastating mistake lands him in a Florida prison. Behind bars, he transforms incarceration into an economy all its own, building businesses, navigating impossible circumstances, and discovering the cost of a life spent chasing the next score. Blending humor, heart, and high-stakes drama, the film offers a fresh take on one of America’s most unforgiving systems.”

WHO IS IN THE CAST OF ‘BRUTON’ ALONGSIDE KAYDEN BRENNA TOKARSKI?

Tokarski is part of the cast which also features: Theo Rossi in the lead role plus  Aya Cash, Tammy Blanchard (ex-Guiding Light), Tony Hale, Ronnie Gene Blevins, and Aaron Quick Nelson.

Taking to X when seeing the news on her upcoming film performance made public, Kayden expressed, “Couldn’t be more grateful to be part of this movie and for the world to see it!”

Bruton is produced by Demetrius Stear of A Mind’s Eye and Ryan J Francis of EverBright Pictures, with Colin Bates, Kris Dorrance, Vincent Grashaw, and Nicholas Carmona rounding out the production team.

Tokarski made her GH debut just over a week ago on the July 20th episode as the daughter of Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and the late Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco).

So, intrigued to see more of Kayden’s work in different roles too, now that you have seen her for a bit as General Hospital’s Scout Cain? Let us know via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Drew Emerges from Nina’s Murder Attempt Ready to Confront Willow

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At the conclusion of the Monday, July 27 episode of General Hospital, Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) showed up at the front door of his house much to the shock and dismay of his wife, Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen). 

The major turn of events, where for the first time in months, Drew is no longer in a locked-in state thanks to the paralytic drug that Willow and her mother Nina (Cynthia Watros) have been serving him, could mean the end for Willow, but will it?

Viewers learned that as Nina was in freak-mode with Jack (Chris McKenna) after pushing Drew in his wheelchair into the lake surrounding the Quartermaine boathouse, that Gio (Giovanni Mazza) found him in the water and saved him. Nina is mortified.

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Meanwhile, Willow has just returned from the PCPD where she was brought in for questioning by Chase (Josh Swickard), about her dealings with Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota), just as she was trying to sneak out of town with Amelia and Wiley in tow.

As Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) and Molly (Kristen Vaganos) question Willow on her involvement with Sidwell, Willow gets mighty defensive and offended, while putting on her game face. After she walks out on the interrogation, she heads back to her home, so she can gather her belongings and flee the country.

Little does Willow know, Jack made a deal with Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), and recovered the missing black box which contains the dossier on Drew so he, Nina and Willow, all have leverage to hold over Drew.

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Back at the Cain residence, Willow is gathering things off the living room floor when she sees muddy footprints. Suddenly, the front door opens and shuts. Willow turns around and see a soaking wet Drew with rage all over his face! We fade to black.

Today in the official GH preview of the Tuesday, July 28 episode (see below), Drew says to Willow, “I am so excited about what comes next.” Plus, look for Jason (Steve Burton) and Carly (Laura Wright) to finally see each other after Jason’s captivity by the WSB for months.

So, what else will Drew say to Willow? Do you think he has been affected by the long term use of the paralytic drug? Does he have amnesia? Does he know full-well everything Willow and Nina did to him, and will tell Willow how he is going to destroy her life? What do you hope goes down? Let us know you thoughts via the comment section below.

 

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