GENERAL HOSPITAL:
HOMEWORK
Algebra 101 Problem: Sonny = Jason Sonny + Children = Coma Jason + Children = ?
Earn extra credit if you can reach the following seemingly implausible answer (show your work): Jason + Children = Safe
Architecture 101 Critique: Consider designing more than one bedroom for the mansion, so there is somewhere other than the room shared with a dead fiancé to put guests that wash ashore.
Chemistry 101 See if you can successfully repeat these experiments: Patrick + Monkey Result: The real Patrick Lucky & Luke Result: Hug with genuine feeling Alexis & Truffles Result: Decadent humor Nik & Anyone Result: Removal of tumor releases smokin’ chemistry Do not attempt this experiment again: Carly + Mounting + Sonny Result: Retinal damage
Humanities 101 Essay question: Defend Carly’s position that it was better for Michael to shoot Kate than to shoot one of his friends or his brother. Explore the following issues. Better for Kate? Better for Morgan? Better for the friend? Better for Michael? Or better for Carly? Rate the value of each of these characters lives.
Music 101 Listen to the following duets: Patrick & Robin The record’s stuck, the record’s stuck, the record’s stuck Jason & Liz The record’s stuck, the record’s stuck, the record’s stuck Lulu & Johnny The record’s stuck, the record’s stuck, the record’s stuck Alexis & Jerry The record’s stuck, the record’s stuck, the record’s stuck Due to technical difficulties, this assignment is cancelled.
Nursing 101 Choose one of these characters as your patient: Anna Devane Logan Hayes Sam McCall Simulation: Your patient is missing. You discover them alone and in distress. They look up at you and say: “My storyline has fallen, and can’t get up!” What would you do?
Philosophy 101 Situation: Everyone knows Jerry is a sadistic sociopath, but he is allowed to walk free, and love freely, because the actor is terrific and has sizzling chemistry with his leading lady.
For discussion: What is the probability of Mr. Craig renouncing sociopathy for love of a brother and a good woman? Is this a disturbing message or a completely plausible occurrence? Also address the choice to use Jerry shooting Robin for the Memorial Day re-run, as it relates to convincing viewers that Jerry isn’t reallllllly that bad.
Physics 101 Experiment: From what height would you need to drop both a sandwich and Claudia, to produce the same amount of splash?
Sex Ed 101 Keep this list handy: 1. Keep condoms in your limo for comatose-son grief sex. 2. Always have sex in a room with a lock and curtains. 3. Shower between multiple sexual encounters on the same day.
Writing 101 Guidelines: When you steal an idea, make it your own. But in a good way. Be true to your characters. If it doesn’t sound like something they would say, it probably isn’t. No subject is a “bad” subject. There’s only bad storytelling. |
