November 23, 2006
This
Week’s Special: The same mob wars that we’ve had for the past 11 years.
This time, it’s covered in a special sauce of Spencer family goodness.
I
didn’t see the first time Liz nursed Jason in her studio but I’m willing to
bet it was a lot more riveting when he hadn’t been shot 20 gazillion times
before. There’s absolutely no drama when Jason’s in a dangerous situation.
The man’s invincible. He’s lived through 10 years of Carly’s whining.
Whenever one of our mobsters is in a church, I can’t help but laugh. These
men are supposedly devout catholics who fail to see sin in illegal
activities. Alcazar lights a prayer candle for his dead son and then asks
God to help him take his revenge without even a chuckle at the irony of such
a request. The man agreed to let Diego join his “business” right when he
knew that things were getting violent. Then he sends Diego off into a
gunfight. What? He died? Oh the injustice of it all! And Ted King, while
a sexy beast, is really bad at grief. When he was yelling at Edward, I
nearly fell off my couch trying to avoid his popping eyes and jumping
eyebrows. Was that grief or a circus sideshow?
Do
people ever leave the interrogation room at the police station or did GH
destroy its cell sets to pay for Sonny’s hair gel?
What
I’ve liked most about Laura’s return is her innate ability to tell when her
family’s hiding something. She can read Luke because he’s her soulmate and
she can read her kids because she’s got an excellent mother sense. She also
knows how to pull things out of the stubborn ones. Laura hit the perfect
pitches in her conversation with Lulu about the abortion. It was a blend of
support, understanding, and completely void of judgment. That scene was the
first time I’ve been teary-eyed during the whole “Laura Returns!” run.
Yes,
that means I made it through two whole General Hospital montages with dry
eyes! GH normally does fabulous montages. I’ve gotten chills and tears
during several, most notably Brenda’s “death,” the Amazing Grace ghost
sighting, and the entire 10,000 episode. That one was a doozy. These last
two montages were worse than watching Sonny and Emily get it on in a limo.
Okay, maybe not that bad, but they definitely made less sense than bringing
back Anna for two minutes. How do you juxtapose Luke and Laura
dancing with a car blowing up? I really hope TPTB weren’t trying to tell me
that Luke and Laura’s happiness was about to explode because really, I
already knew that one. Then Tuesday had the Spencer clan mourning their
short time with Laura, Liz tending Jason’s sexy wounds, Kristina playing
crazy games with a flashlight, and then Carly kissing Sonny. None of these
scenes tie together and trying to mishmash them only heightens the
disconnect of the show’s storylines. I just said “huh?” after both and
moved on to the previews.
I
love how typical it is that both Carly and Sonny see Jason hiding out as an
opportunity to tell him about their love issues. They’ll probably worked
out a way to make his “on the run” status permanent just so they can have a
confined Dear Abby whenever necessary. Sure, we thought he was dead 5
minutes ago, but now that he’s not it’s “I kissed Sonny!” I think I could
feel Jason roll his eyes in my own sockets.
What
will be on the menu next week? Hopefully, something will still be palatable
once Laura’s gone. Robin and Patrick, I place my trust in you. Please
bring me good soap!
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