General Hospital: Perkie's Observations

In true douche form, Sonny came over to pass the buck onto Jax. I was so glad Jax reminded Sonny he’s the tool who brought Claudia into all of their lives in the first place.

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You're sassy tonight! This made me LOL. Just got back from vacation so I still have October episodes to catch up on but I was able to peek at a little bit of today's episode. Can't wait to see Johnny's reaction. I'm glad Claudia's gone but I'll miss SB.

It's too weird that we have all that water under the bridge with the Lucky character and yet they seem to be trying to skew the writing as if JJ never left. Lucky & Jason...buds? Ick. I'm really put out with the Jason character right now...he's become a joke...but only Guza's version of (JJ's) Lucky can make Jason his bitch. LOL! Back in the day...JJ was the big star and SB's star was on the rise. Guza writes like he's having a flashback or is suffering from Alzheimer's...short-term memory loss and all that.

I love JJ but it's sad that they didn't invest a little more effort over the past 10 years to make a Lucky a more viable character...I'm a little offended by the whitewashing now. He's been written as a weak tool and bumbling idiot for all this time and I'm having a little trouble switching gears this quickly.

the thing that bothered me most was Carly leaving the hospital 12 hours after giving birth, it would bother me if it was a simple hospital birth but a woman who had a high risk pregnancy, who went into labor while she was being kidnapped, who was in a car accident where she lost consciousness, who gave birth in a cabin, allegedly alone, was allowed to sign herself out of the hospital? And after all she had been through she took the time to call Olivia to bring fabulous outfits from which to chose? I was willing to let the worst childbirth scene I have ever seen slide but did Carly have so much as a nap before leaving the hospital? Was she examined to make sure that everything was as it should be? Was the baby who was born early examined? And 8 1/2 lbs with a few weeks to go and they were only discussing C-section? 8 1/2 lbs. without drugs of any kind and Carly is walking around 12 hours later with a slight grimace?

As for the episodes in general, I feel like this week is all set up for future sls and I am looking forward to some of those but after last Friday's tension this entire week was a letdown.

Personally, I'm glad that Carly finally got that Jax doesn't love Michael and may not love Morgan. The only child he was concerned about was his daughter. The only adult he was concerned about was his psycho brother. For Jax, not only was this about Jossilyn and Jerry, it was also about his epic fight with Sonny. The audience has gotten glimmers of this ever since Michael woke up from his coma, if not before. But Carly, being in love and wanting to see the best, never saw how non-existent Jax's love for HER children with Sonny was. And I think it has to do with the fact that Sonny is their father. If that's not the whole reason, that's a large part of it. If he'd cared so damn much, he would have hunted his brother down himself after the Mexico incident, but he made nary an inquiry. He's an ass and I don't blame Carly or Sonny one bit, although Sonny isn't blameless in all of this.

I really did love today's episode. I think you're right, Perkie. Laura Wright brought it in spades. Girlfriend can act! I'm also glad that Olivia gave her son a good talking to. OK, I get that he's a cop. However, I'm no fan of the police in many ways exactly because they will use anything and everything to put their target away whether they deserve it or not. He is using Johnny's grief to help bring Sonny down. For all he knows, IF Claudia is dead, and there's no proof she is, then it could easily have been justifiable. But I do feel very, very bad for Johnny. He's only going to feel worse when he finds out that his psycho sister was about to steal a newborn. Then again, you know, I actually DO understand, in an intellectual sense, why she was going to do that, as wrong as it was. Then again, maybe he would feel better if he knew the whole truth. I guess we'll find out.

Maxsmom, I agree that there was a lot of foreshadowing this week. This is only the first week in November, so there are still about three more to go in sweeps. Consequently, there's a great deal of story yet to come. I am looking forward to Monday with bated breath so that we can get on with it and see what's next.

Taa2 well put. again.

Maxsmom, I assumed she went AMA. I dont think the doctors or the hospital could stop her.

Perkie - the differences are all the ones Samrocks pointed out yesterday. Jax can say all he wants that he did it to protect Carly from the blood pressure issues, but he knew one month before hand. He backed the idea of michael LIVING at Sonny's post coma. And he didnt tell anyone. None of those things apply to Jason.

Am I the only one that cannot wait until Alexis finds out her bff knew that Jerry went after Kristina and did nothing about it. Hell might freeze over if Alexis and Carly find themselves on the same page.

EET, I completely forgot that Jax kept that secret from Alexis too. Alexis can be a big, bad momma bear when she wants to be. If I were Jerry, I'd get REAL lost. Remember, Alexis has all that Cassadine money at her disposal and a pissed off prince as an ally. Oh yeah, THIS could be good if the writers follow up on it.

Before I make any comments about today's show I just wanted to say to Taa2 that I also have Fibromyalgia. I'm not in a wheel chair but I do spend a lot of time in bed. Thank God for my laptop and that I have work I can do while in bed or at least while in the comfort of my own home.

I do believe if you want to go back to law school and to be a lawyer, then you will! I come from a family of lawyers from my father to both my sisters to several cousins so I know how strenous the profession is. But they love it. If you love it, you will find a way to do it! With modern technology avaiable now it may make some things a little easier for you. And if it takes you a little longer to do things then so be it. Keep thinking postive and I truly believe you will find a way to get that J.D. and you'll be a fabulous compassionate attorney!

"*grin* Almost, samrocks. I was about to enter my last year of law school when I developed fibromyalgia and had to drop out. Things were different for people with disabilities then, though it wasn't all THAT long ago. Anyway, I have an electric wheelchair, good pain meds and civil rights lawyers on speed dial. I hope to go back in the next couple of years, though I have to take the LSAT (Can you hear me crying?) and start from the beginning again. What matters to me is that J.D. I'll get in the end. I know I'm supposed to be afraid of the bar exam, but I never was. I figured that after three years of law school, and that was AFTER the dreaded LSAT, I could get through anything else thrown at me. Anyway, I still keep abreast as best I can without LEXIS or Westlaw. What can I say? The law is my first career love."

I believe I did mention several days ago that had Alexis known about Jerry going after Kristina on Claudia's orders she might have gone after Jerry and Claudia herself. Maybe now she'll get her head out of the sand and see what's going on with her middle child!

It's just too late and I'm just too tired to add too much more. I think it was a great week of shows and I'm looking forward to next week. I think LW did outstanding work. The new baby is beautiful. And Carly telling off Jax, Olivia and Jason was great. Loved the Lucky/Jason scenes at the PCPD. More like the characters I remember. And I'm curious to see how the new graffiti storyline will play out. It's seems very intriguing to me.

Sweet dreams everyone!

One thing I haven't seen anyone mention about Friday's episode is the opening montage that got anyone who hadn't been viewing caught up. I thought the editing and using Barber's Agnus Dei/Adagio for Strings were absolutely brilliant!

Holy Fibro batman...sassy just so you know, I too have Fibro. Thats why some of my posts have words missing or I have issues with using words that sound alike...so I may want to say She knows about ....and instead it ends up be she nos about...or even (when its really bad) something like she knows to tout. ...LOL whatever rhymes. I have mentioned it a few times around DC just so people dont think I am losing my marbles LOL.

Its funny that the 3 of us so often agree and now we have this in common. :

I loved GH this week amazing amazing job ...
I think that what happened to Michael will be amazing Storyline , we already seeing Jason concern about him and when Michael said he felt he did a good thing Jason was really concern ..........
Again Carly is right forgiving Jason she knew his intension were good and he wanted to protected Carly and all the kids!!!
Jax no at all. he wanted to protect Carly so she can have her baby... if he would he did want to protect the kids he would have say something to Jason to get Claudia away from Michael and Morgan!
And Jax VS Sonny , I was Sonny side!! when Sonny married Claudia he didn't know who she is he didn't knew she was involved with Michael shooting , he didn't know she was that dangerous , if he would have he will not let her be near the kids .
Jax knew and he let her be near them ,and when he did he cased that Claudia will sent Jerry after those kids....
And the problem is Jax still doesn't learn he still goes on with his childlike war against Sonny!
Carly can't let him be near her because all he thinks of is the girl and not the other kids! he will do everything on the expense of the kids , even sending their father and uncle who is Carly's best friend to jail how can she leave with that????
I am so happy that she told off Olivia , Go Carly now I am ready for Carly and Sam friendship !! GO CARSAM
Lucky with Jason - I really liked that scenes it was so much different form the old Lucky , it was more friendship than the normal Jason and a cop talk which was with old Lucky ..
and I hate that ..............
And Lucky had a brian he knew that Jason didn't kill her and if she is dead it had a good reason ........
I wonder is it is the actor that made the change? because that scenes was never played like this with the old one !!!!!

The difference in Jax knowing about Claudia's role in Michael's shooting and Jason's is the proof. Jason "knew" it but couldn't prove it until now. Jax however has had proof since he and Carly renewed their vows. Jason not being able to prove what he already knew made it pure speculation. Jax however had the "stone cold" facts.lol.

Carly had a very good point when she told Jax he was protecting Joslynn and not Michael because Michael isn't his and they are both hers to protect.

again Carly knows Jason , she knows he wanted to protect her and all of her kids , he told her he thought Claudia did but didn't had a proof he told her when she thought there is something going on that he will tell her after the baby will be burn and her and the girl will be OK!
Jax didn't! in her mind Jax's action were to protect the baby and his brother , and he acted trough all this time that this were his goals ....
he showed he didn't care about Michael when he let Claudia be near him when he didn't say to Carly that Michael should have not be any were near Claudia ........
He had the prof that Claudia is dangerous but did nothing while Jason tried everything to keep her away , he told Sonny he treated her bad and all ..
If I was Carly I would act the same .....

ITA with Perkie - they really did make up for the horrendous day on Wed. Although I could have done without the graphic details, Claudia's demise going the way it did serves as a very good plot ploy.

Michael being fully entrenched in the mob world will make the Sonny/Dante reveal much more interesting. Dante will discover that he is not only about to bring down his father but his little brother as well. After the reveal, which son will be the favoured son, the cop or the mini mobster? very soapy.

I am disappointed that Jason has not gotten any suspicious vibes about Dom/Dante. Jason usually has very good instincts on things like this.

Can't wait for the rest of November with the Franco s/l and the Spencer/Cassadine train wreck.

I'm already so over this Claudia/Dexter Jr. storyline. Okay Mykill killed Claudia and of course everyone will cover for him. So let's move on. I really don't want to hear the same conversations everyday.

I'm ready for the Spencer/Cassadine storyline. I'm ready for Niz/LnL2 and Rebecca getting shot.

so perkie do you like the vibe with the now lucky and jason?

mini rant - i'm still seething over the whole gv thing, so i haven't been able to watch. i tried but the incessant "lucky" references jj's first day back made me vomit. so i am missing all of this claudia stuff.

i hate that jj is all "i'm not paying any attention to how lucky was when i wasn't there and just picking up where i left off." that's lazy and it cheats the viewers. not to mention all this turn on a dime crap also making me want to vomit.

i like jj; i hate this situation. hopefully i'll get over it soon so i can get back to the show, however if it turns from all sonny's children to as the world turns around liz - continue to count me out. not even james franco can make me watch that show.

having said that God bless perkie so that i know what's going on without watching and abc.com and youtube so i can skip the crap i don't want see.

now onto my carly rant. i like jax and the truth is if sonny were in the same position he would have done the same thing. i do not for one minute buy that jax doesn't care about carly, michael, or morgan. that's crap in my opinion. i say he must really love them to be repeatedly choosing them over freedom from them after the numerous betrayals carly has done to him since they've been friends and family.

here is another opportunity that jax once again is choosing his love for him wife and stepsons over everything else. i say if he's the jerk-off (hope that's not too strong) that everyone and carly says he is - embrace it jax. tell the cops michael killed claudia, point the finger at every conspirator covering it up, blow dante's cover, and file for sole custody of the baby. after all, carly repeatedly allows her boys and herself to be put in physical harm's way,not to mention all the emotional crap. take the baby, leave and never look back. but no, he's staying, he's supporting carly even though he disagrees with her and maybe he hates sonny even more now because of how he is deliberately ruining michael's life.

maybe i'm just in a crappy mood today, but i've got jax's back and someone convince me, i won't want to puke whenever jj's onscreen. please?

also congratulations and thanks if yo actually read this whole thing

And something else just one more thing I hope Carly will destroy the paper were Jax have the legal rights for the kids and give it back to Sonny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jax didn't act as their father when he knew about Claudia and did nothing , he knew she is visiting Michael , he knew Michael and Morgan are visiting their father and said nothing that is not a guy who cares for the kids !!!!!!!!!!

Lastly, I feel so, so, so very bad for Johnny! Yes, Claudia was psycho and she didn’t know when to stop, but she was his sister and he loved her.
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I felt really bad for Johnny too, everybody's just shutting him out. He really has no one, even freaking Olivia that is supposed to love him has her head so far up Sonny's ass, she doesn't even realize it. I felt horrible for him. I hope he finds out where she was buried so he can at least say Goodbye.
Agreed with pretty much every other thing u said Perkie and I hope u're feeling better.

Blackjack - I agree about the lets pick up where I left off issue. I find myself thinking does JJ's Lucky know that Jason boinked his wife. Its like that whole issue was dropped.

But I disagree with you re: Jax. I dont think he is uncaring but I think there is a pecking order in his heart - first is his love for Jocelyn above and beyond all others, then Carly, then Morgan and then Michael. The thing is Michael has had a lot of problems since CarJax married, he shot Kate, ran away, met Carly in a warehouse that exploded and killed the unborn baby Carly was carrying (which I think was a huge catalyst for some of Jax's emotions re: Michael), the coma and now of course the death of Claudia. We know historically Jax doesnt do problems so well. I also disagree that Sonny would have handled the problem the way Jax did. I think he would have either made Claudia "disappear" or he would have sent her back to Uncle Rudy and warned her not to dare show her face again depending on his mood at the time. I cant imagine Sonny would have allowed Claudia around his children knowing that she had a reason to want Michael dead. I also have to wonder - would Carly have been under so much stress if Jax had handled it already before he told her? If he went to Mac and explained the situation, gave him the dvd and quietly had her arrested, tracked down Jerry had him arrested and THEN told Carly, I am sure she would have been shocked to a certain extent but I think she main reaction would have been "I knew Claudia was no good" Would knowing Claudia ordered the hit really be as stressful as say thinking Michael ran Claudia off the road or having him on the run. And you notice that in all of this Jax isnt mentioning Jerry much. Why hasnt he pressed the cops to find him and hold him responsible. Has he told Lady Jane what her son is capable of?

I hope it's okay to point out that ew.com has been doing a great job with GH and Y&R coverage lately, I've always hoped they would do a better job with soaps, so better late than never, and they posted something new about JF's upcoming stint including a new picture of JF and Marsha T. on Friday, Nov. 6.

Why do I always feel like I'm swimming upstream here!!!!

Sonny and only Sonny is responsible for everything that happened with Claudia. 

All Jax knew for sure is what Jerry told him, that he and Claudia hired Devlin.  There was no proof that Claudia was responsible and Jerry isn't known for his honesty.  So what was Jax supposed to do?  He goes to SaSon and tells them that Jerry told him Claudia was responsible, would they have listened to him?  Would they have beleived him?  They weren't interested when Ric mentioned something either.

Heck, Jason told Sonny on more than one occasion that he thought Claudia's hands were dirty and Sonny didn't want to hear it.  From his second in command.  He sure as hell would not have listened to anything "candy boy" had to say on the subject.

Saying that Sonny didn't know who Claudia was or what she was capable of before he married her, is a great big pile of poop.  He married her to bridge the gap between the families and make his empire bigger.  He stayed married to her because of the fringe benefits (sex anytime, anywhere). 

Sonny stubbornly didn't want to hear it.  He claimed to want 100% proof, but why?  He didn't want proof when Kate was shot and he thought it was Johnny.  He didn't want proof when Kate was shot again and he thought it was Karpov.  Why did he do a 180 with Claudia and want exact proof?  Because Johnny and Karpov were disposable whereas Claudia served a purpose. 

Sonny messing with Johnny is what started this whole mess.  Sonny not listening to Jason (or Ric) about Claudia's involvement, months ago, continued the mess.  And Sonny calling out Claudia in front of everyone is what finished this mess.

Everyone who saw Jerry's face during the Metrocourt disaster and knew he was the mastermind, but chose not to point the finger at him, is also responsible for the current mess. 

No one came forward to place the blame on Jerry.  Not Sonny, not Sam and especially not Carly, who was feeling guilty for sexing Sonny while Jax was away on business and asked that SaSon leave Jerry alone. 

So what happens, a year later, Jerry is free to collude with Claudia in setting up the hit against Sonny. 

So everyone is now wringing their hands that Jax had the audacity to protect his brother when if everyone had done what they should have done a year earlier, his brother would not have been around to be protected.

Perkie: So much WORD.

And I suspect Sonny somewhere in that tiny greasy little brain of his knows this too since he looked like he might have had a smidgen of self-awareness at the end of his shout-fest with Jax on Friday...or maybe he just had indigestion.

I am disappointed that Jason has not gotten any suspicious vibes about Dom/Dante. Jason usually has very good instincts on things like this.

I'm thinking he's been too busy with Claudia, he hasn't had time to turn his spidey sense towards Dante.

so perkie do you like the vibe with the now lucky and jason?

I don't see Jason and Lucky in those scenes, i see Jason and Johnathan so it's weird and tends to take me out of the scene completely.
 

I don't see Jason and Lucky in those scenes, i see Jason and Johnathan so it's weird and tends to take me out of the scene completely.
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Haha...weird. I don't think I've actually seen someone describe it like that.

Many actors, whether they are a recast or returning to the role, don't pay attention to what other actors have done in the role they are currently playing. Jonathan is responsible for acting out what's on the written page. He can't let Jacob Young or Greg Vaughn's portrayals of Lucky dictate how he approaches Lucky. It's the responsibility of the writers to deal the with history of a character and their dynamic with other characters.

I am not absolving Sonny, but I cant absolve Jax either. I said yesterday they are all to blame, so in that we agree. There were a lot of would a could a should moments going back even further than the metro court debacle.

But the one point I have to call into question here Perkie is the no one would have listened to candy boy thing. He had the DVD. PERIOD. Ric didnt. Sonny kept saying where is this evidence you claim to have and Ric couldnt produce it. Plus even if Sonny didnt take that as gospel Jason sure as heck would have. I also have to ask where Kate is in all of this. I have to assume since Jax still works with her, if he went to Sonny and Sonny didnt believe him he would mention that even in passing to Kate and at that point Kate might have come forward.

Oh and the MC. Carly went to SaSon because she was giving Jax what he wanted. Jax destroyed the evidence. And my girl Sam was in the midst of a nervous breakdown. Robin was out of it during the crisis. Maxie was in the vault. Now why Lizard never blabbed I dont know.

Again, not saying that Jax has the biggest share of the blame, but he does shoulder some of it. And I can totally see why Carly is angry not that Jax wasnt 100% honest, but because he allowed Michael to have so much contact with Claudia. I think she really wants to forgive Jax, but he is going to have to work to convince her that he loves Michael in a tangible, non-lip service kind of way.

OH...I FORGOT TO MENTION...Dante the COP comes over and what about all the little leads that yes Claudia was in the cabin and hmmmmm. He could have even said Dante I cant tell you everything, but I do know Sonny didnt kill her and your investigation should focus on the operations. THis isnt your pot of gold. Sure Dante would have tons of questions and Jax would have had to stonewall, but lets face it Dante KNOWS how desperately Jax wants to get Sonny and would believe him that Sonny didnt kill Claudia. That would have ENDED the investigation right there. I guess what bugs me is that if Jax wants Michael to own up because he thinks thats best then have the balls to do it straight up, tell Carly what he is going to do and go for it. Instead he pulls a sneaky sneaky. Now THAT is Candy Ass.

SB fan - forgot to say...yes poor Johnny. BB seems to have a way of breaking my heart with his portrayal.

First why isn't Jason notice something with Dante/ Dom I think it is because he has a lot on his mind there was a time when he did asked Sam to check on him but he didn't go on with it , because soon after the Claudia accident happened ....
and than the Carnival and than all Claudia mess
Jason just didn't put much thought on him.................

About Lucky with Jason, this is not Lucky that was weeks before , That Lucky would have yelled at Jason acting all superior,...
This Lucky was more a friend to him and he was away smarter he knew Jason didn't kill Claudia he knew there is something else for me that was the real Lucky ..
And even Jason treat him better than other cop ..
THAT SCENES WAS SO MUCH DIFFERENT

EricasEvilTwin - "Its funny that the 3 of us so often agree and now we have this in common."

Yes it is isn't it! Great minds think alike! LOL

And ditto to everything you said in #26 and #27! You said it very well and I totally agree with you.

GH Lover - Yes the Lucky and Jason scenes are different now and remind me of when JJ's Lucky and Jason were actually friends. I really like the new vibe. I appreciate that Jonathan is bringing more depth and layers to his Lucky and I look forward to seeing him interact with all the other characters.

Again, kudos to LW! Great acting.

I'm looking forward to next week's shows.

Again I saw old clips of Jason and Lucky back at the days and they were friends !!
Lucky was never acting as a guy who is jealous of Jason....
what was a big problem with lucky was is jealousy for Jason , they way he acted was so strange , I maybe can understand why he was a cop and hated all things that went with a mob but not his behavior to Jason , way before he found out of the night they spent together
Lucky was jealous and that is something that I heated about him I was never Lucky fan at GV time you all know...
And it is not Because of Jason , and everyone who hate Jason I hat.e not at all I liked Rick and I still like Mac and also Taggert ..........
Lucky was acting stupid and always crying I am sorry but he did , not offending GV !!

This Lucky I am starting to like because he didn't act all cop on Jason and he didn't treat him all nicely he was good guy and he was also smart he knew something going on , he had good points and that was a great Lucky .........
My opinion