December 15, 2006
This
week, Sonny’s prepared a nice lobster tail of seduction. It’s yours for the
taking since Carly rejected it. She’s really more of a pizza girl, anyhow.
The
Sonny/Carly/Jax triangle is much more interesting when viewed through the
lens of divorce. It’s not about who Carly should choose for me, but about
how difficult it can be to let go of an ex and move on, especially with
shared children in the mix. From that standpoint, it’s an intriguing
story. As a potential means to reunite Carly and Sonny, it falls flat.
Especially if I’m supposed to believe that any man dressed in Pimp Purple is
sexy. I’d have taken one look at Sonny in that suit and ran away before he
could shake me up for his share of the day’s earnings. This is coming from
a girl who asked for a black and white photo book of Maurice Benard in high
school. Sonny can definitely be sexy but outfits like that don’t help him
fight his greasy mobster rep.
Has
General Hospital always had continual Christmas carols in the background
during December? I haven’t noticed it in soap years past. It’s highly
entertaining to watch Ric go crazy to the Nutcracker Suite. However, I get
my carol fix while shopping. I don’t need it for the General Mobsital hour
as well.
The
pacing has slowed down of late and I think it’s actually been an asset.
We’ve had many scenes with multiple cast members as well as good relational
scenes. Nothing as interesting as the world freezing over, sure, but we’ve
seen a lovely bit of Robin, Noah, Patrick bonding, Georgie and Maxie, and
Nik and Emily. Hearing Maxie’s point of view was long overdue. She is very
skilled in self-delusion; perhaps Ric has been giving her lessons. “That’s
right Maxie, Lucky loves you and not Elizabeth because she loves me, or at
least will after I lock her in a room for the rest of her pregnancy.” It
could happen. And I’ve got to admit, Maxie’s got a point about Lucky not
really treating their child the same as his and Liz’s. If she wasn’t faking
and Liz wasn’t having Jason’s baby, then those kids would have been as
screwed about favoritism as Jason and AJ were.
Of
course, a good soap opera is able to balance their slower scenes with some
action. Perhaps we were supposed to think that Jason and Lulu on the run
was exciting? I guess it was when compared to Jason and Sam on the run and
never LEAVING town. Steve Burton did get to show off his dramatic steering
moves this time. Lulu and Spinelli fake swayed as good as a Star Trek crew
when the Enterprise is under attack.
Skye’s
cleavage has been eating an awful lot of necklaces lately. Does nursing
make breasts hungry? Seriously, she had a pink, white, and black outfit on
the other day and the black onyx jewel just disappeared into the, um,
folds. Is that a new style of wearing jewelry--invisible?
Coming
up next week: Will Lulu discover that Rick Webber would have lived if only
she didn’t have an abortion? Will Edward start beating up all the deviants
he can get his hands on? Will Tracy be allowed a scene even though Anthony
Geary’s on vacation? Dunk some lobster in butter with me and we’ll find out
together.
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