50th Anniversary

50th Anniversary

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Catching Up on Port Charles

Due to my Internet being down I have not kept up this blog. I have been keeping up with the goings on in Port Charles and instead of my normal updates I will catch you up about what's been going on on GH.

Silus continues to taunt Sam about Danny's condition. His lack of compassion and coldness towards Sam and Raif is confusing as he suggests a protocol that actually helps Danny cope with chemo but then tells Sam that Danny is not out of the woods yet. Silus tells Sam she should begin looking for a bone marrow donor for her son. Knowing that there will be a Franco tie to this, who besides me foresees that Franco will be the only match to save Danny's life?

Speaking of Franco, he knows that it was Carly who tried to kill him but he is unaware that the bullet that hit Olivia (and was meant for him)) came from none other than his baby momma Ava Jerome. As Ava and Franco team up to try and get their daughter on their side, will anyone be fooled by this partnership?

Meanwhile where is Monica as all these people have moved into her home?

Carly is livid that Morgan is living at the Q's with Franco and tries to get him to leave. Franco turns around and threatens to tell Morgan that she tried to kill him.

Olivia recovers from her near-death gunshot and Sonny tells her that she will finish her recovery at his house. A strange love triangle continues between Connie, Olivia and Sonny. I think it's time for someone new to come to town instead of Sonny revisiting his past with the two cousins.

Lulu and Dante excitedly prepare for the birth of their daughter. Meanwhile SPinelli recognizes that Maxie is becoming attached to the baby.

Speaking of babies, the paternity of Britt's baby seems to be Patrick's but after Britt receives a text message from her mother reassuring her that everything would work out, one has to wonder if Ellie was forced into fixing the test.

Patrick and Sabrina's romance heats up in spite of Britt.

Taylor manages to mess up Molly and TJ's chances of getting back together after she announces that they slept together. A horrified Molly finds herself getting support from TJ.

Shawn and Alexis' relationship is damaged by her figuring out his role in the attempt against Franco's life. Even when Shawn tells her that it wasn't his gun that shot Olivia, the damage has already been done and Alexis is fearful to continue their relationship.

Luke's mysterious illness is actually poisoning by Helena and the only thing that can save him is tracking down Jerry Jacks to find the cure for the poisoning. He shares the ugly story with Anna who agrees to help him. Tracy insists that she goes with him on his adventure to find Jerry.

Lulu is upset that Luke is leaving town but doesn't know the real reason. Laura senses that something is very wrong with Luke but he only shares his secret with a few select people.

Mac and Felicia make plans for their wedding.

Duke tells Anna about meeting Ava Jerome and tells her that he has a bad feeling about her. Although Ava insists that she is not related to the crime family, Duke thinks otherwise.

Michael struggles with his feelings for his cousin and asks AJ to help him.

Felix is frustrated by Taylor's refusal to believe the truth about Brit.

Coming:

Many characters struggle with secrets and lives will be changed when the secrets come out.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Week Ending June 14th

Franco knows it was Carly who set up the hit that almost killed Olivia.

Sonny warned Carly that if Olivia dies, so will she.

Anna tried to get the truth out of Shawn.

Patrick and Sabrina spent the night together.

AJ and Elizabeth grew closer.

Family gathered around Sam to support her while they awaited news about Danny.

Raif's uncle insisted upon holding the hearing telling Diane that it didn't matter what Sam was going through.

Diane was stunned by his coldness.

Shawn skated around the truth when pressed by Alexis.

Nicholas warned Alexis about her bad choices in men.

Lulu and Dante's happy reunion was interrupted by Olivia's shooting.

Editorial:
I don't know about you but the return of Franco (re-casting of) is bothering me. Yes, Roger Howarth is a fantastic actor but the line between the Todd character and Franco is blurred. Franco had a dark edge that Roger just isn't showing. I guess GH was desperate to be able to use this actor and after the whole Prospect Park lawsuit, maybe they just didn't want to create a new character? It's just weird to have no mentions of the OLTL crossover characters and instead we now have 3 rather unlikeable characters played by 3 very talented actors. I'm pretty sure that they will not be around for long.

What do you think about the return of Franco?

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Week Ending June 7th

Sam faced Danny's health crisis.

Carly was convinced that Franco had something to do with Danny's health crisis.

Ellie and Spinelli got closer to the truth about Britt.

Felix and Sabrina decided to work together to catch Britt in a lie as Patrick and Sabrina had a date night.

Dante and Lulu celebrated the return of her memory.

Luke tried to avoid his health crisis.

Kiki met her father and her family.

Michael and Kiki fought their attraction not knowing that they are cousins.

Morgan called Michael on his attraction to Kiki which he denied.

Shawn was unable to take out Franco.

Molly and TJ tried to find their way back to each other.

Felix's sister Taylor came between Molly and TJ and caused stress for Felix.

Tracy and AJ worked together to keep Franco from messing up their plans for ELQ.

Ava was frustrated to find that Franco was one step ahead of her.

Coming this week:

Danny's diagnosis.

Franco uses his power as a Quartermaine heir.

What will Carly do to stop Franco?

Kiki's true identity stuns Morgan.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

All's Fair in Love

Britt moves in with Sabrina and tries to break her down with her constant demands. Patrick makes plans with Sabrina for a romantic evening much to Britt's disgust.

Felix agrees to help Sabrina prove that Britt is faking.

Felix's sister comes to spend the summer with him and meets TJ and pushes her way to becoming his prom date.

Raif convinces Molly to give TJ another chance, afraid that he will be forced to move in with his uncle.

Sam takes Danny to the hospital after the doctor insists that he is ill.

Lulu is back and Maxie is both relieved and afraid.

Coming: Danny faces a health crisis as Sam is forced to choose between fighting for custody of Raif and her son's life.

Sabrina and Patrick move forward with their romance as Britt tries everything to destroy it.

Felix deals with his out of control sister.

Taylor comes between Molly and TJ.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Battle for Raif

The custody battle for Raif begins with the surprise of Diane representing Steven Clay.

Diane doesn't pull any punches and accuses Sam of being a bad mother.

Alexis gets fired up and the judge decides to think things over before making a decision.

Sam confronts Steven, determined to fight for Raif.

Monica breaks down and tells Tracy about Michael. Tracy supports Monica and assures her that the family will always have Michael's back.

Sonny and Carly conspire to take care of Franco and enlist the help of Shawn.

Tracy and Michael both realize the power that Franco has.

Ava goes to see Franco and tells him she will never allow their daughter near him.

AJ and Michael discuss the rape and Michael tells him that he takes full responsibility for killing Claudia.

Diane is summoned to see Franco who offers her anything for her legal assistance.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Franco's Back

Last week on GH the identity of the mystery man was revealed. Jason failed in killing Franco and after those who loved him were mysteriously summoned to the Haunted Star, Franco revealed himself to all.

He attempted to apologize for his past actions and showed proof to Sam that he hadn't raped her after all. Little good this did because the damage was done.

AJ was stunned to find out about Michael's rape while in prison and he blamed Carly and Sonny for not protecting his son.

Lulu finally got her memory back after she remembered what Stavros forced her to do.

Tracy forced Luke to face his medical problems.

Editorial: Roger Howarth is a fantastic actor and if anyone call pull off the character of Franco he certainly can but one has to wonder what the "real" Franco thinks about this re-cast. Rumor has it that James Franco has quite the ego and having had creative involvement with helping to develop the character how does he feel about the re-cast?

The whole controversy with the OLTL characters who crossed over to GH has been trying for the viewers. We finally saw Michael happy and now the actress who played Starr is back as Kiki, Franco's daughter. It is not unlike when Sarah Brown who played Carly was cast as Claudia. Viewers accepted her as Claudia but it was still odd to see her interact with Sonny.

As a fan of John, Todd and Starr I miss their characters on GH. I have to admit that I've watched 3 webisodes of OLTL but honestly I just haven't had the time to commit. Prospect Park has recognized that fans are mainly catching up on All My CHildren and One Life to Live on the weekends and they have decided to cut back on the amount of episodes that they air. Is the whole idea of web soap viewing failing? I hope not. I think it just needs some tweeking.

Faithful viewing of your stories is hard when you work outside the home and have a full life. I don't want to give up watching my shows but I definitely can't watch daily.

How about you? When do you catch up?