I agree with 99% of what has been posted here, and in the previous GH threads. I’ve been watching since I was a young gayling in the early 80’s (anyone else remember watching GH at 3pm, then Edge of Night at 4pm?), so I remember Luke & Laura on the run, the introduction of the Cassadines, Jason’s birth, Crain Tolliver, Anna and her fake scar, Nanny MacTavish, Celia and Jimmy Lee, etc, etc.. As such, I have to say it’s been sad and annoying watching the decline of GH - and the worst has been seen in 2018. If GH is on life support, then FV is doing his part as Dr Kevorkian in speeding along its demise.
It’s clear the writers and producers don’t care about show and character history; they don’t care about developing plots and stories - everything must now be played out in a few week arc; holes in any story are ignored, and any unsuccessful stories are just dropped without explanation. The actors and actresses that should be utilized are back burnered with stupid storylines, while the ones with hardly any talent are front and center no matter if the story makes sense for the character or not.
• Sonny being described as the local mob boss of PC originally after having taken over the Frank Smith territory. Being counseled not to go after certain rivals (the Balkan, the Cassidines) because they’re more powerful and could crush him. Suddenly he’s been morphed into the most powerful mob boss on the East Coast - but he doesn’t run drugs or women. Yeah right. Oh and of course, he’s untouchable and everyone forgets his “work” but loves him anyway. I do remember and loved when Patrick was all “I don’t want him around our daughter, he’s a murderer” to sanctimonious fat Robin, but everyone else seems ok with that. Every other soap mob boss has setbacks, gets taken down, rises again, has real enemies in town, is loved and hated, etc. but not here. It’s gone beyond ridiculous now.
• The Jason/Drew mess - come on! I still cannot believe Drew has expressed ZERO interest in who raised him, how they got him, etc.. Jason is still Jason but now apparently has learned emotion in Russia as he seems to have gotten much closer than he’s been in 20 years with Monica. I still say it would be much more interesting to have had SB turn out to be Drew and BM remain Jason. As it is, this whole inept story has me flashing back to OLTL and the Todd/VictorJr story with Irene as the super spy chief. Should we expect the resurrection of Susan Moore as some chief of a rogue DVX or WSB agency behind it all before Tomas Delgado-or is he really Lorenzo Alcazar-aided by Finn and Anna bring her down???
• The Ryan/Kevin shitshow we’re watching. Is Laura really this stupid and at the same time running for mayor? As I said before, if Ryan only winds up killing Mary Pat and Kiki I am not going to be happy. I’ve got a whole list of the annoying and unnecessary characters Ryan needs to dispatch. And how will Kevin come back from having hidden his supposed dead serial killer brother for 25 years??
• The Oscar/Joss/Cameron triangle with guest appearances by Spencer. Just make it all stop. While we’re at it, are they really making Aiden into a tranny? Unbelievable.
• Valentine - such a wasted opportunity! They could have made him a much better and complex character - one that did bad things, but all in the name of protecting those he loved. They could have made him and Nina a great contrasting rival couple to Sonny and Carly. But no, let’s just make him responsible for every evil action we can - “killing” Nikolas, drug running and jewel thieving with Cassandra, stealing Anna’s Faison baby, playing mind games with Alexis, and now paying Sasha to pretend to be Nina’s daughter? Beyond disappointing.
• The WEHT stories - Nurse Amy’s PTSD amputee brother; Sean still in prison for a murder Julian committed; Heather and Betsy’s roles in Drew’s youth; how did Faison and Helena know Drew was Jason’s twin; who is the mother of Lucas and Brad’s dead baby; etc., etc..
And so much more...