General Hospital blog - December, 2007
December 2nd, 2007
This week: pipe down, Ghostily.
December 3rd, 2007
Sonny turns down Trevor’s deal, instead choosing to try to pay Johnny off. Johnny responds by vowing to take Sonny down. Harper can’t actually arrest Nikolas, since he doesn’t have a warrant, but he wants Nikolas to confess to the murder. Emily doesn’t think Nikolas is guilty. Elizabeth tells Lucky she loves Jason and wants him to be in Jake’s life, but she agrees to let Lucky keep pretending to be Jake’s father to protect him. Jason decides that he can’t be in Jake’s life, but I’m sure that won’t last very long. Kate tells Sonny she can’t get involved with the mob. Patrick presents Robin with a compromise - they’ll shelve the baby talk for a year and see what happens. She turns him down, despite wanting to be with him, because she doesn’t want to “waste” a year of her life. Carly convinces Jax that she’s been so secretive because she’s working on a big surprise for him for Christmas.
I love how Emily is so convinced that Nikolas didn’t kill her. Genius, you didn’t even know you were dead until two hours ago!
If Kate doesn’t shut up with the I-hate-your-job stuff, I’m going to start disliking her. That’s one of the many reasons I didn’t like Courtney - she waited until after she’d married Jason to be all judgmental about his job. You know what he did when you married him!
Awww, Robin and Patrick. Why can’t those crazy kids make it work? Also, she maybe shouldn’t say that dating him for another year would be a waste.
I...kind of hate that I’m agreeing with Sam on some things. Eck, I need a shower.
December 4th, 2007
The Tequila Girls (minus one, of course) reunite for drinks and possible table dancing, but Nadine and Leyla have already beaten them to the punch. Trevor tries to woo Kate back to Couture (and away from Sonny). Sonny tries a different kind of wooing, but Kate kicks him out of her house. Sam apparently wants to spend time with Cameron and Jake, but Alexis thinks she’s just trying to get back at Jason and Elizabeth. Lucky tells Jason that he’s going to keep being the boys’ father, but only if Jason agrees to stay away from Elizabeth and Jake. Johnny tells Sonny he’s going to take over his father’s business. Sonny hopes this means he and Trevor will destroy each other. Nikolas and Emily make me hit the fast-forward button a lot.
You’d think that since Sonny was able to get into Kate’s house without her knowing until she saw him, she’d realize that anyone can get there.
Awww, the Tequila Girls can still have fun together even without what’s-her-face. By the way, Coleman looks like a mountain man.
Yeah, I’m sure Elizabeth would love to know that her kids will be hanging out at Sam's apartment.
Lucky has no say in Jason’s life, so...shut up, Lucky.
So apparently Sarah Brown (famous original Carly) is coming back to GH in January - but not as Carly. She’ll apparently be either Angela Zacchara (yes, another Zacchara) or Sarah Webber (eck). Not Carly. And if she’s Angela, she’ll have scenes with Sonny and Jason. And she might hate Trevor and have a history with Ric. But she won’t be Carly. I’m already confused.
And speaking of comings and goings (which I rarely talk about here because my source is really unreliable - I’m still waiting for Mateo to come back, by the way), Lindze Letherman (Georgie) is leaving, and in such a way that it requires Kristina Wagner (famous original Felicia) to come back to town. Do the math. And Robin Christopher (Skye) is leaving in the spring. I have no opinion. That’s how neutral I am on the character.
December 5th, 2007
After Nadine and Lainey get Leyla a cab, Nadine is officially inducted into the Tequila Girls. Patrick and Leo turn up at Jake’s and a drunk Elizabeth calls Patrick a selfish coward for not wanting to have a baby with Robin. Leyla runs into Jerry and they end up in his hotel room together. Of course, Alexis shows up. Jason tries to reason with Johnny, who still wants to take over his father’s business. Scott wants Logan to be a cop, but Lulu points out that since he worked for Sonny, that wouldn’t be a very good idea. Johnny and Jerry are suspects in Emily’s murder. Jason tells Lucky he’ll stay away from Elizabeth and Jake to keep Jake safe, but if Lucky steps out of line, he’s out of there.
I can definitely get behind Nadine being the new Emily in the Tequila Girls. Also, who thinks Kelly ran off towards the end because she wanted to catch up to Leo?
Wow, Johnny’s security sucks. He and Kate are both idiots.
Finally, someone noticed that Jerry has an English accent, not an Australian one!
I wonder if Logan is toying with being a cop because Coop is going to turn out to be the strangler and will have to leave...
December 6th, 2007
Robin and Patrick still can’t come to an agreement, and at the end of the night, he ends up taking Leyla home. Alexis and Leyla find anti-male solidarity. Luke sneaks out of the hospital to drink, but Lulu and Johnny bring him back after his heart gives out again. After some guilt-tripping from Tracy, he finally agrees to the bypass. Kate knocks out her new interior designer, thinking he’s one of Sonny’s goons. Sonny tries again to get her back on his side, but she’s still stubborn. Trevor tries to convince Lucky and Harper that Johnny isn’t the strangler.
I think Leyla might suddenly be my third-favorite character (first and second being Alexis and Diane, of course).
You know, Kate, I’d be a lot more supportive if you weren’t calling Sonny over to your rescue every day, then making out with him before kicking him out.
Yay, Luke’s going to stop being annoying! Now if Lulu and Johnny would just stop having boring conversations...
I still don’t get how Patrick will be upset if he gets what he wants (no baby) and Robin gets what she wants (baby with no father involved).
December 7th, 2007
Kate tries to make a point by taking Sonny to court over his wall infringing on her property by three inches. She retains Alexis, which hurts Diane’s feelings. Diane is further hurt when she sees the nice shoes Alexis received as her retainer fee. Maxie tells Harper that contrary to Coop’s testimony, they weren’t together during the whole ball. Harper joins me in the Suspicious of Coop Club. Maxie may join Emily and Leticia in the Strangled to Death Club when someone attacks her at home. Tracy is jealous of Skye and doesn’t want her to visit Luke. She also doesn’t want Monica to operate on Luke, since she doesn’t think Monica will be focused enough thanks to Emily’s death. Ric overhears Lucky vow to make sure Jason’s violent lifestyle never hurts Jake. Trevor wants to make Skye an offer. Alan finally makes an appearance and warns Tracy to go easy on Luke.
If the “oh, my gosh, those shoes are so awesome” conversation had been between anyone else, I would gag, but since it was Alexis and Diane, I’ll just say...thank you. However, why couldn’t Alexis tell Sonny it’s not all about him, instead of saying that to Diane? He’s the one who needs to hear it!
I love how the cliffhanger was Maxie being strangled. Because...people care about Maxie?
Oh, we’re back on the Ric-knows-Jason-is-Jake’s-father thing? I’d think he would keep that quiet since he’s apparently still in love with Elizabeth or whatever. And wasn’t he going to try to be nicer? Maybe that was just with Alexis.
I just realized - Carly was only on one day this week! I’ll consider that an early Christmas gift.
December 9th, 2007
This week: lots of Trevor stuff, and the strangler claims another victim.
December 10th, 2007
Georgie revives Maxie but neither of them sees much of the strangler on his way out the door. Harper interrogates Jason, who at least has an alibi for Maxie’s attempted murder. Luke needs surgery right away. Kate has yet to figure out how to stop flirting with Sonny. She also flirts with the singing orderly whose name I can’t remember. Then Jerry warns her that since Carly and the boys are protected, Sonny’s enemies will target her. I think some other stuff happened but I ran it all up.
I really, really think Coop is suspicious. And it would actually be very good storytelling because they dangled the possibility of him being the texter in front of us weeks ago and haven’t mentioned it since then.
Oy, how much more of this people-think-Luke-should-wise-up stuff are we going to have to put up with? Well, I say “we,” but it’s really just those of you who don’t fast-forward all those scenes like I do.
Hey, at least Jason, Trevor, and Nikolas all have alibis for Maxie’s attack, so that wipes out three suspects right there. (Um...right?)
What’s up with Skye actually getting stuff to do? Did the writers finally realize that she’s more interesting than half the other characters? Way to go, writers!
December 11th, 2007
Lucky arrests Johnny as a suspect in Maxie’s attack, but Georgie and Maxie can’t identify him in a line-up. Georgie catches Coop (who seems very interested in whether or not Maxie and Georgie saw anyone at the house) texting someone outside Kelly’s just as Maxie gets a message saying, “C U soon.” Trevor refuses to go get Johnny out of jail, but Jason convinces Diane to represent him because he doesn’t think Johnny killed Emily, and he thinks Lucky’s vendetta against him is getting in the way of the police finding the real killer. Everyone talks to Luke like he’s not going to survive the surgery. Tracy doesn’t want Monica to operate on Luke, but they don’t have a choice. It turns out Tracy was right to be concerned when Monica freezes up in surgery because she sees Emily in the OR. Luke winds up in a place he thinks is Heaven, but which Skye tells him is really Hell. A family superstition about an itchy elbow leads Nadine to suspect that someone is going to die.
No, Georgie! Run! RUN!
Hallucinations during surgery? Not good. Especially when you’re the surgeon.
If only Spinelli were Diane’s long-lost son. Hey, there’s an idea...
Perhaps Nadine shouldn’t be so caught up in family stuff, considering her sister, you know, killed people.
December 12th, 2007
Georgie shares her suspicions about Coop with Spinelli, who discovers that the text messages were piggybacked on Mac’s phone. Jason nearly gets trigger-happy over Trevor’s threats to harm someone else he loves, but Spinelli stops him. Trevor retaliates by organizing an attack on a shipment, which leaves some of Sonny’s men dead. While Monica freezes and Leo tries to make up for her mistakes, Luke spends some time in Hell, where Lulu and Logan have a bunch of kids, Tracy is married to Scott (who’s cheating on her with Holly and has Luke’s dream life), and Skye is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Despite Hell’s best efforts, he survives the surgery. Sonny and Kate are definitely not over. And she’s probably going to have to drop the lawsuit now.
Oh, Georgie. Get yourself a bodyguard (and maybe warn Maxie about your suspicions).
Main problems with Luke’s idea of Hell: 1) Lulu doesn’t want kids. 2) He’s too old to be a cop. 3) Even in Luke’s dreams, Bobbie doesn’t exist. 4) Lucky’s mustache. (Enough said.)
Monica, you should maybe not start out news about possibly dying patients with, “I’m so sorry.”
Lucky for Jason, he didn’t walk into Sonny’s living room five minutes earlier.
December 13th, 2007
Georgie’s suspicions seem to be well-founded, as Logan warns her that Coop can be obsessed with getting the job done (especially when the job is killing) and Spinelli’s research supports this. Sam offers Maxie and Coop the use of her apartment for a romantic evening together, which will most likely conclude with Maxie’s death. Johnny refuses to let Trevor force him into a war with the Corinthos faction, but Trevor thinks it’s his best option. Jason and Johnny are both taken to the police station and questioned about the goings-on on the docks the night before; neither will give any information. Lulu tells Sonny that Johnny had nothing to do with the shipment interference, but Sonny doesn’t listen. Lucky is furious to learn that at the time the shipment was ambushed, Johnny was at the hospital, hoping to see Lulu. Trevor plans to lure Lulu and Johnny to the docks and have Lulu killed in such a way that Johnny thinks Sonny is responsible. Alexis gleefully serves Sonny with a restraining order, not wanting his relationship with Kate to turn out the way his relationships always do. Sam wants to move in with Lucky, who doesn’t like the idea.
Yeah, I guess Trevor didn’t do his homework because there’s no way Sonny or Jason would order a hit on Lulu. So...yeah. Nice try.
I’m liking Sam only being on, like, once a week. Can we keep that up? I’m also liking the distinct lack of Carly. It’s like a vacation.
I wonder if anyone’s ever going to find out that Coop was Three. They’ve pretty much completely dropped that; in fact, Maxie’s flashback today was the first time it’s been mentioned in a while. (Okay, Georgie overheard Jerry call Coop “Three” at the ball, but before then, nada for a long time.)
Whatever, Harper. If Jason thought Johnny killed Emily, Johnny would have been dead three weeks ago.
Hi, Cruz! I...really didn’t need to hear that about your personal life, by the way. But hi!
December 14th, 2007
Georgie and Spinelli discover that a female soldier was strangled near where Coop and Logan were stationed in Iraq. When questioned, Logan unconvincingly claims not to know anything about it. Jason thinks Georgie might have asked Spinelli for help because she obviously likes him, news that’s surprising to Spinelli. As Georgie goes to the park to meet with the texter (who’s actually looking for Maxie), Maxie waits for Coop in Sam’s hot tub and Jason breaks into Coop’s room. After Lulu’s planned death, Trevor wants Johnny to think Sonny is responsible and vice versa. He sets up a meeting with Sonny at the Metro Court, planning to have a sniper take him out. Kate’s unexpected arrival may throw a wrench in his plans. Logan is suspicious of Lulu’s behavior around Johnny, but she promises she’s keeping her distance. Sonny thinks Alexis is upset over how their relationship ended and is using Kate to get revenge. Lucky changes his mind about moving in with Sam.
Hey, I thought someone was supposed to die this week! Guess it’s Monday instead.
I’m guessing that’s Lucky at Sam’s place (and since when is it a penthouse?). And speaking of Sam, I thought she was going out of town. Eh, who cares.
Remember how Logan had a dishonorable discharge from the military? I wonder if the female cadet’s death has anything to do with it...
Awww, Spinelli. Boys are so slow.
Kate is definitely going to have to drop the lawsuit. Like I’ve said, I’m all for girl power, but she can’t use the justice system to be mean to her boyfriend. That said, I LOVE that she basically told Sonny that it’s not always about him. She’s definitely right that Alexis is WAY over him, and he can’t always think people do things because of him.
December 16th, 2007
This week: someone kicks it, Felicia pops back into town, and there’s more relationship stuff for Jason and Elizabeth, Robin and Patrick, and Sonny and Kate.
December 17th, 2007
Spinelli joins Jason in Coop’s room but they’re unable to find any evidence proving he’s the strangler. Later, he finds Georgie’s body in the park. Mac is called to the scene, and Lucky is the unlucky (har har) person who has to tell Maxie her sister was murdered. Mac turns on Spinelli, accusing him of knowing more about Georgie’s death than he’s letting on. Kate trips, and when Sonny moves to help her, the shot being fired at him misses. He’s sure Johnny arranged the hit, but Trevor tries to convince Ric that he was the target. Lucky and Maxie are both surprised to see each other at Sam’s, but Lucky takes the opportunity to apologize for what happened between them. Diane tries to comfort a shaken Kate, but warns that the only way to keep herself completely safe is to take herself out of Sonny’s life. Lulu takes Johnny to Sonny’s house and they overhear him ordering Jason to kill Johnny and anyone who gets in his way.
Why couldn’t they have just sent Georgie to Europe? This Christmas sucks!
Diane, please don’t jinx yourself by stating that no one would ever want to kill you. It’s not that I don’t agree, of course, but...seriously. Don’t die!
So if Coop isn’t going around killing people, he’d better have a darn good Christmas surprise planned for Maxie that will explain his strange behavior.
Poor Johnny. Oh, wait, I don’t care about Johnny. Never mind.
December 18th, 2007
News about Georgie’s death spreads and everyone is sad. Mike’s new waiter, Daniel, gets ticked when Sam won’t give him an interview and takes it out on the hula girl Morgan gave Mike. Sam gets a text telling her she’s next. More with the Kate-and-Sonny-can’t-be-together junk, and Carly is upset that Sonny appears to be starting a mob war on Kate’s behalf. Johnny tells Lulu not to talk to Sonny on his behalf, so she enlists Carly to do it instead. Elizabeth and Jason decide to heck with it - let’s make out! Johnny kisses Lulu.
I swear, if that Daniel guy is the killer, I’m going to be so ticked. BAD WRITING. Though if he kills Sam, I’ll be willing to rethink it.
How weird is it that I ran up all the Sonny/Kate scenes and zoned out during every scene with Carly, but as soon as Carly barged into Kate’s house, I was excited?
Awww, Spinelli. I might even feel worse for him than I do for Maxie.
Mike’s hula girl is the new blender.
December 19th, 2007
Though still unsure, Kate decides to try a relationship with Sonny. Trevor plans to arrange for Johnny to kill Sonny. Jason and Elizabeth decide to sneak around and keep having sex. Carly warns Lulu to stay away from Johnny as Logan warns Johnny to stay away from Lulu. Luke learns that he still needs bypass. Coop? Still creepy.
Boooooo-ring!
December 20th, 2007
Maxie is about as happy as I am that Felicia (who’s apparently been working with Frisco again - whatever) is back in town. Michael overhears Carly and Jax talking about Kate, then skips school to try to convince Sonny to take measures to get revenge. He also vows to run the business when he’s old enough. Kate sends Sonny a Dear John letter and heads to Manhattan. Lulu convinces Luke to have the bypass.
Man, Felicia is annoying.
Ditto Michael. Shut up, munchkin.
Scott Clifton, please stay. Exhibit A of your awesomeness: in three minutes you outperformed Tyler Christopher in all his post-Emily’s-death scenes.
Kate is a coward. COWARD!
Mercedes, watch your back. You’re very expendable right now.
December 21st, 2007
At Georgie’s funeral, Maxie goes off on Felicia for abandoning her daughters. Dillon tries to comfort her later and tell her that Georgie loved her anyway. Robin turns to Patrick for comfort…and maybe more. Everyone’s sad, and then, flashbacks! Carly keeps trying to get a moment alone to take a pregnancy test, but when she finally does, it’s negative. Alexis and Luke bond over their respective medical difficulties. Tracy worries that Ned and Dillon will wind up feeling the same way about her that Maxie feels about Felicia. Luke’s bypass is scheduled for Christmas Eve.
I kind of love Maxie right now. I think she and Mercedes are tied for fourth-favorite character.
More Luke/Alexis (oh, sorry, Natasha) scenes, please!
Hasn’t Carly only been trying to get pregnant for, like, a week? Chill out. You shouldn’t be procreating again anyway.
If you think Dillon’s hair is bad now, that flashback of his first meeting with Georgie showed that it could be a lot worse. And am I imagining things, or did that shot of Jason in the previews show him with SHORT HAIR? If so, Merry Christmas to me!
Scorecard
December 23rd, 2007
This week: Sonny goes after Kate, Jason is lonely, and Johnny takes over. Merry Christmas?
December 24th, 2007
Dillon comforts Tracy while Luke is in surgery, but Alan would rather read her the Christmas story. Apparently Luke’s idea of Heaven is free drinks, the chance to sing Sinatra, and the ability to spew monologues and quote Norman Mailer. Maxie’s still ticked at Felicia but tries to make an effort by giving her a present Georgie bought her. A sick Carly actually feels bad that Kate left Sonny right before Christmas. All Jason wants for Christmas is the chance to be with his sort-of girlfriend and son.
Dear Santa: Thank you for Alexis, Diane, Mercedes, Maxie (sometimes), Kristina, and JASON’S HAIRCUT. Please bring coal for Kate (just a small piece for her), Sonny, Carly, Michael, Trevor, and that singing orderly I still don’t get.
Tony Geary sings! Who knew?
I kind of don’t want Kate to be happy right now. Stop being a little girl and act like a woman! She needs Alexis to kick her butt.
No party? No actors’ and crew members’ kids? Only Tracy gets to hear the Christmas story? I feel robbed!
December 26th, 2007
Carly confides in Jason that Michael wants to be a mini mobster and she’d rather him follow in Jax’s footsteps than Sonny’s. Trevor offers Kate her job back at Couture. Kate assumes that Trevor has blackmailed Warren, but Warren wants Kate back. She accepts her job and gets straight to work. Sonny blasts Diane for driving Kate away, then heads to New York to see her. Patrick gets jealous when he sees Jax comforting Robin over Georgie’s death. Later, Robin decides to renew her search for a baby daddy, and she runs into Carly in Kelly’s office. Once again, Luke doesn’t want to make any lifestyle changes, even going so far as to call his Cuban cigar connection. Lulu pleads with Sonny on Johnny’s behalf, but he won’t back down. At the same time, Trevor tries to convince Johnny to go after Sonny before Sonny can go after him. Two mystery people see Lulu and Johnny together and decide to use her to get to him. Jason and Max secretly set up a safehouse, either for kidnapping Johnny, Jason/Elizabeth sex romps, or both.
Please, please tell me the Carly/Robin fight will continue tomorrow. I love it when Carly tries to go up against Robin, who wins every verbal fight every time. She’s already off to a good start.
“I’m about to kill my lawyer.” “Really?” LYLAS, Max. (Also loved the bit with the wad of money, which would definitely be Jason’s idea of a Christmas present.)
Has anyone warned Luke that smoking + oxygen = horrible flamey death?
We’ve gone through this before, Patrick, but jealousy is just not a flattering color on you.
December 27th, 2007
Maxie remembers that the strangler smelled sweet and develops suspicions about both Logan and Coop. Lucky and Harper give Spinelli e-mails that Georgie wrote to him, declaring her love, but never sent. Inspired by Georgie and Spinelli, Jason goes to the Quartermaine mausoleum to thank Emily for always loving him. Robin and Carly exchange barbs, but in the end, Robin comes away with a list of potential sperm donors while Carly is told that she probably won’t be able to get pregnant without help, OF COURSE. Trevor wants Johnny to attend a meeting with people who want to move some product through Port Charles. Lulu is stalked but at least seems to be on her guard. Johnny is a jerk to Lulu, who claims she wants to be with Logan, then seems to prove it.
The writers really need to work on making more of the characters likeable and sympathetic, because otherwise I just keep running them up. Like, why should I care at all about Johnny or Trevor? I couldn’t care less what happens to either one of them. So why shouldn’t I run them up?
Speaking of unlikeable and unsympathetic, hi, Carly! I think Robin should have pointed out that at least she had a list of men who might be willing to have a baby with her, whereas Carly has...one person. Also, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A BABY WITHOUT ALL THE DRAMA?
Jeez, when did Lucky turn into such a huge jerk?
Awww, poor Spinelli.
December 28th, 2007
Trevor wants Johnny to meet with a guy named Moreau and a bunch of New York mobsters to make it clear that he’s taking over for his father. Moreau isn’t at the meeting, but he’s watching through the window as Johnny does Trevor’s bidding. Oh, and he’s Jerry. Sonny attempts to fit into Kate’s fashion world, and she wants to put him to the test by taking him to a Manhattan New Year’s Eve party. Nikolas has an inoperable brain tumor. (What, you’re surprised?) Jason and Elizabeth can’t find time to get together. Logan is still suspicious of Coop. The blender is the strangler! Okay, not really, but they’ve gotten about as much screen time. Some money-strapped mechanic named Joe with a tired, pregnant wife is hanging around Kelly’s.
Every so often, they do pull out a great twist. Today happened to be one of those days. I’m guessing Jerry got his new alias from The Island of Dr. Moreau. At least he’s moved away from James Bond-ish names.
Wow, Sonny’s homophobic. I’m actually not that surprised. It’s not like he has many likeable qualities anyway.
The writers know that brain tumors are considered cliché soap opera plot devices, right? And Nikolas knows that Patrick and Robin can cure anything, right?
If anyone was trying to cast a New York mobster today, they were out of luck - every actor fitting that description was on the GH set.
I mentioned the thing about Joe above because I think he’s the guy in the ads who wants to blow up the hospital or whatever. Or maybe he’s the strangler. Who knows?
December 30th, 2007
This week: Carly is suspicious of Jerry (as she should be), Johnny lets Trevor know that he’s taking over, and seriously? More Luke-in-purgatory-or-whatever stuff? Seriously?
December 31st, 2007
Sonny tries not to be bored to death at a gallery in New York, but he can’t help himself from getting arrested for assault while defending Kate’s honor or something. Carly gets suspicious of Jerry when she overhears him speaking French on the phone. Elizabeth and Jason can’t spend New Year’s Eve together, despite her hard work to get them together. Nikolas gets to spend New Year’s Eve with his hallucination. Robin and Patrick lose a patient…okay, really, who cares? Epiphany is ticked because Stan hasn’t called her. Find me one person who likes Cassius. Sam was nice to Joe, so maybe he won’t kill her when he flips out.
Christmas was sad...New Year’s Eve was sad...should we even bother holding out hope for Valentine’s Day, considering last year everyone was being held hostage then?
I kind of wish Sonny had been arrested for punching out that annoying performance artist.
Listening to Sebastian Roché speak French is ALMOST as hot as listening to Michael Vartan speak French.
Seriously, does anyone care about Cassius? I couldn’t even remember his name until Epiphany said it.
Back in town: Felicia Jones, Dillon Quartermaine
Dead: Georgie Jones
Back together: Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber
Left town: Kate Howard