Dateline Port Charles: Mercy, it's Manly Michael!

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I feel it's necessary to correct R600's sign-off from the previous thread:'

[quote]---Laura Webber Baldwin Spencer Cassadine Spencer Collins.

Should be ---Laura VINING Webber Baldwin Spencer Cassadine Spencer Baldwin Collins

there might have been another Baldwin in there, did she remarry/divorce Scott in 2013?

R2. That was an odd one (the remarriage). They got remarried for like 5 minutes I think. I remembered thinking what was the point..

Right, Laura remarried Scott while Ron was the hw; 2013-2014

That's a very nice picture, OP

To my friend who wants Jane Eliott front and center to be the "Sleezak of GH"....first, it's "Sleestack"; and second, Jane never yelled racial epithets in a crowd of colleagues to Jean Arley...

"Lucky Cut Loose!! Sad last days!! Lucky and Liz are hobo-history!!"

Lucky and Liz dancing. Such "chemistry".

Jason should be in a triangle with Anna and Alexis. That way he can fuck both his exes' mothers.

Watching Joss yesterday on the stand trashing Drew. Did she forget that he was Oscar's dad? (even though he looked completely different at the time).

This character was a hero for, what, 8 years? And what horrible crime did he commit to cause everyone to turn on him. He fucked his nephew's wife? He fucking went to prison for Carly. Even for GH, this character change is way too implausible.

[quote]And what horrible crime did he commit to cause everyone to turn on him. He fucked his nephew's wife? He fucking went to prison for Carly. Even for GH, this character change is way too implausible.

They're blowing this affair with Willow way out of proportion for the sake of creating drama.

Alan had many affairs while married to Monica.

Monica had affairs while married to Alan.

Alan even tried to kill Monica and her lover. while they were having a tryst.

Alan kept his mistress in the gatehouse on the estate while married to Monica.

But everything Drew is doing is apparently far worse than that.

If Rebecca Herbst goes, I go.

I wonder if Becky caught lice or scabies after that JJ kiss

OP, great photo choice. Even better than the Gio photo.

Personally, I think they use Jane perfectly. What she said about Michael on the stand sums up everything about the character; it's about family now, at this stage in her life. She's trying to protect a legacy, good, bad, or otherwise. It's her family. She's embraced Jason. She spars with Drew, but I think, deep down, she enjoys it.

Agree, Jane can't quite be the Sleestak of GH. For one thing, she's pushing 80.

She's great being what she is now - the connection to the roots of Port Charles, and a truthteller.

She had a handful of lines in her scene with Gio but boy, does she know how to pack a punch with a little.

Guess who's coming back:

So, Frank and that useless Nathan Varni who oversees the show- how’s that campaign to get former biewers back going??? lol I’ll never understand why Frank has lasted this long. There are other people out there who can manage a budget. Really.

R17 Kathleen Gati is scheduled to return; Ryan Paevey in talks to return as well.

Are they bringing Kelly T. back for Steve? How long before LW chases her away again because she can't stand that they were popular as a couple?

R19 More than likely since he's been pretty unhappy with the planned Sasha pairing. He's also considering leaving when his contract is up.

Rory's Michael is now apparently going to Sasha, while still dealing with Willow and Drew. Jason and Sasha were the plan until Frank decided to bring Michael back.

R18. Uh oh. And we were discussing cryogenics recently. Is Dr. O working with Sidwell to defrost her children?

R21 If the rumors are true then yes, you are correct 😊

R16. The author of the article, Lynette Rice, is a hack. She discusses how Britt died, vuctim of the Hooker and HIS hook. Heather is not male, last time I checked.

R23 😂 understandable but it's pretty much confirmed that Kelly T. is returning.

If they unfreeze people, then that means Sam can come back.

From Kelly T. in her own words:

R25 Right, but as a recast or Monaco?

They need to bring back Finn, Alcazar, Skye, Julian, and Dex.

Bring back Stavros!!

The means Britt's photo can come down from the hospital's Wall of Fame just in time to put Monica's picture up in its place.

Britt is alive and they will finally give Steve a pairing that makes sense for Jason fans. I still think Liason was the way to go and will be very angry if Liz is out or wasted on hobo Lucky as a happily ever after. I always wanted Liz with Nikolas or Jason never Lucky!

KT requested Britt be killed off. She left for other work, a boyfriend and mainly because she hated the Cody/Britt pairing. She wanted Britt and Jason. Frank gave her that big farewell longtime vets don’t even receive. She’s repeatedly asked for her job back after her breakup and not finding work. Frank denied her. I’m thinking SBu went over his head or finally convinced Frank to hire her back. I personally never understood the Westbourne/Obrecht hype.

Greg Vaughan, please and thank you.

Bring back Austin Gatlin-Holt. One of my all-time favorite characters.

Even his name was brilliant!

R32 All true

Previews For Next Week:

Monday, June 9th, 2025

Lucky says good-bye to Lulu.

Drew stoops to a new low.

Kristina is struck by inspiration.

Cody makes a proposal to Carly.

Elizabeth opens up to Lucas.

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Tuesday, June 10th, 2025

Willow holds her ground.

Laura has a happy reunion.

Isaiah receives a generous offer.

Trina opens up to Ava.

Tracy delivers words of caution.

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Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

Michael’s news shocks Carly, Sonny and Jason.

Trina and Kai put their heads together.

Isaiah picks up on Portia’s distress.

Nina is on the warpath.

Felicia accepts a new mission.

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Thursday, June 12th, 2025

Shockwaves rip through the courtroom at Michael and Willow’s hearing.

Elizabeth tends to a patient.

Ric makes an admission.

Ava issues an invitation.

Alexis swallows her panic.

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Friday, June 13th, 2025

Tracy challenges Alexis.

Maxie tries to play peacemaker.

The tension between Chase and Dante grows.

Anna reflects on her past.

Marco is taken aback.

If they're bringing KT and Ryan Paevy back, who is being fired to pay for them?

Hobo Lucky's salary is up for grabs R37.

R37 Jonathan Jackson was pretty expensive. Eva La Rue didn't come cheap either and she's rumored out as well.

R38 Jinx 😊😊

Is this CVE and Korte's story, or is it Guza's?

The last time I watched this, some woman was in a mental health facility and was hiding stuff in her doll. I think she was harassing or trying to murder someone. I think the name of the actress was Robin.

R41 CVE/Korte's story with Frank. Guza went back into "retirement"

R42 Robin Mattson as Heather Webber?

Writing off Lucky is ridiculous. Just recast. Poor Aiden. His deadbeat dad was just sticking around to fuck Mommy. Laura has spent more time with Sonny than Lucky in the last few months. Ridiculous. Not a single "get a fucking job" talk with Lucky? Really?

Agreed. Recast. But I still wouldn't trust that JJ wouldn't be welcomed back if he so wanted. Time to say no more.

The magic with JJ is gone! We need a manly Lucky like GV.

Good luck to whomever gets JJ’s dressing room with the shower. The water hasn’t flowed in a year.

Cody is looking very hot with the new haircut!

The Quartermaine women should go thru their jewelry boxes. Jobless Lucky got Liz an engagement ring and it might have come from the "Lila Q Family Jewels" Collection.

Rumor: There's a possible Lucky recast in the cards; Lucky was going to be featured pretty prominently in upcoming storylines, but Jonathan's plans to opt out, which apparently included requesting a temporary earlier out, before the year was up- for music opportunities, his own, as well as with the cast of Nashville, etc., weren't agreed upon so he was shown the door. A reboot of Nashville is possibly in the works.

I know a lot of us would be fine with GV, but if he wasn't cast, who would work as Lucky?

Hopefully not Strudel.......

R52 You're lucky because remember there is a "no temps as permanent" rule.

The Jeff Branson as Lucky idea wasn't a bad one.

He could play the part, but doesn't seem to have done much acting since 2018. Just as handful of parts. Of course, the same was true of Alexa Havens up until she woke up as Lulu.

[quote]Good luck to whomever gets JJ’s dressing room with the shower. The water hasn’t flowed in a year.

It's been assigned to Gio, but only after Frank makes a few adjustments to the camera placement, sorry - I meant... security measures.

R54 It really isn't a bad idea. Michelle Stafford would probably take credit even though it's years after the fact.

Sorry but NOBODY is rebooting Nashville. Never happening. JJ acting career is now over. No other soap will hire him.

Right. It was already over.

What about Cam Gigandet?

He needs money. He has prior soap experience. He has experience in primetime and film, which Frank likes. Plus, he has that kind of dirty, white boy look that suits the character.

I’m good with reallocating money for Dillon and Johnny z returns.

Luckys most interesting story is if he’s off screen.

And maybe a new Nikolas and/or Spencer.

It is more likely they will recast Laura's other son.

Speaking of Dillon, is Scott Clifton dying on B&B or not?

I doubt Scott Clifton will leave B&B where he's a lead actor to be 3rd or 4th leading male on GH?

R57 Reboot is being shopped, didn't say that it was picked up. Jonathan barely wanted to return to GH, so doubt he's interested in another soap. He didn't even want to fulfill time on this one. He didn't want any dramatic storylines, he preferred working with Steve and an action adventure story but that still probably wouldn't have been enough for him.

R59 Good idea

R61 Right.

R62 Seems to be up in the air. At first things looked bleak for Liam, now there's some wondering if its a repeat of that story with Eric.

I think they should leave Spencer "dead." Nikolas should be recast, but they have to find the perfect actor. The last two guys were all wrong for the part.

Hopefully KT keeps pleading with Frank that she was dickmotized and still regrets leaving the show. GH could really use some Britt and Dr. O now.

Maybe now that LW is distracted and liking her current pairing, SB made the case to give Jason/Britt another chance? And a Dr. O/Sidwell pairing could catch fire.

R68 You didn't like Marcus Coloma nor Adam Huss?

To me Marcus coloma belongs in the hall of fame of terrible recasts.

I guess the guy who took over my role did okay

R69 Supposedly, Steve was able to have Kelly T. rehired, since Sasha is apparently going back to Michael. Steve wasn't exactly happy with the Jason/Sasha planned romance, which would've happened if Frank didn't recast Michael when he did. Chad apparently informed Frank that he needed at least the rest of the year off; Frank then decided to expedite the recast.

As much as LW likes to reference Jason and Carly, that's not what Steve wants. He didn't want Jason/Carly when LW and Korte came up with that mob story; back then, he was happy with the Jason/Britt romance. LW became jealous of all the attention they were getting and conjured up that Carly mob boss/marrying Jason tale. He went along with it but he doesn't like Jason and Carly, at least not LW's version, as a romantic couple. LW and Korte still want that, but Frank as well as the network apparently don't. LW was also unhappy with the negative feedback fans gave that mob marriage, blaming Sonny/Carly fans for not accepting Jason with Carly.

Johnny Z and Nelle should return. This show needs a jolt. Todays episode was pretty boring. Cody and Kristina have zilch chemistry.

I hope Kelly T. can hold up against whatever unpleasantness LW has in store for her.

Hips Wright is a bully. Kelly can hold her own and cut a bitch.

Cody's new hair: at last. He's starting to look more like the mischievous hunk from OLTL. His chemistry with Molly: if they actually had a story (and if they had the hottest sex life in Port Charles), they could be interesting. Lucky's departure: long overdue. Pathetic story and annoying character. The new Michael: very promising. The real test is whether he can stand up to Jason and Sonny. Sonny as the Ann Landers of Port Charles, giving advice to everyone: the actor is so pathetic and his "acting" is so absurd -- enough already! The stories I'd like to see: Willow starts having erotic dreams about Michael. Kai's surgery backfires and he ends up in a wheelchair, but still tries to kill Drew (setting up a big whodunit that seems to implicate Willow (who's on to him), Curtis, Portia, Nina, etc., etc.) How about pairing Trina and new young spy stud? When Rick starts courting Liz, can we get Ava into a hot romance with someone, please!

I really enjoy Josh Kelly as Cody. He brings a spontaneous sense of humor to scenes. And the pairing with Molly is fun—he and Vaganos have an easy opposites-attract chemistry.

I'm guessing Dr. O. has had Britt and Nathan on ice all this time trying to find a cure for them. When they defrost Britt I imagine the Huntingdon's Disease will be gone since it was a bad decision to saddle the character with a terminal disease if they need to keep her around to appease Burton.

I'm also guessing but fairly certain I'm right that Frank felt he had KT and Paevy (if the rumors are true about his return) right where he wanted them. No steady paycheck for a significant amount of time and desperate. I expect KT especially will be doing a lot of fawning on SM. She already had one up today with her in wet hair going on about how GRATEFUL she is.

She had that hostage video look in her eyes, R79.

Sooooooo let me get this straight....Stevie B. was threatening to walk unless the Britch was brought back? Is someone feeling threatened by a certain younger, sexier, deep-voiced hot piece of ass that just so happens to play his nephew? Lmaooooooo hilarious. How soon before Stevie and Mauricia Celeste Talbert Benard plot to send Rory running for the hills?

Yeah, I'm worried for Rory in that hornet's nest.

It does appear that Rory is making friends there. Someone posted on X a photo Rory had on his IG of him out to dinner with a few of his co-stars. Rory, Katelynn, Sofia, Josh Swickard, Amanda, Cynthia. They said there were more photos of the dinner on his IG that included JPS which I found interesting. I don't do IG.

[quote]younger, sexier, deep-voiced hot piece of ass

He really is the total package. That voice.

Rory's a sweetheart on top of everything you see on screen.

Jason and Britt are fire.

GH is set to make a great comeback by year's end.

I imagine we'll see Brad again in all this. His write out seemed rushed and odd.

Sadly, we've lost so many vets the last few years; Jackie, Leslie, Kin (who appears to have bitched himself out of work; who knows?)

All we have is Genie and Jane; I suppose Kristina, too, as she's been around for 41 years on and off

To me, GH will always be that Doug Marland era from 1977 to 1979.

I missed most of 1977 but by 1978, I was hooked. Bobbie Spencer. Laura. Scotty. Tracy. Edward and Lila. Rick, Lesley, Monica, Alan.

Steve was revealed as Jeff's bio dad, giving Steve and Audrey story/scenes. Jessie took in Bobbie and she and Dan were her surrogate parents.

Marland was a genius.

Cam, Jeff, and I’d toss Forbes March in the mix to play new Lucky. I still want GV back as the character. We need a new Nikolas too the last attempts at recasting sucked! Plus keep Liz and Becky!!!!

Frank doesn't like Forbes

I liked Forbes March on OLTL----but his recent arrest indicates that he isn't doing great..

Victoria Sleestack was furious with Forbes when he claimed on a Locher Room interview that she tried to get him fired. She denies that claim.

That's two people now who have claimed Slee tried to get them fired. Forbes and of course, Ellen "Get Those Black Bitches Out Of My Face" Holly.

Have you all forgotten the DoD? So quickly?

*sob*

I still say the guy that played Shiloh would have made a great Nik. Maybe he could come back with a bit of gray hair or gray at the temples.

show us the DoD and we won't forget you

Can't see them unfreezing Nathan. He's one of those characters whose death brought more and better stories than his life ever did (Man Landers?). All of his connected characters have moved on. Even little James has a new father figure in Cody.