Dateline Port Charles: Welcome Back Britt, Sayonara Sasha

Link to the previous thread;

For all those lamenting...

Thanks to whoever started this thread. I was at the dentist and couldn't quite start one there!

I’m already sick of Rory. The monotone has to stop.

On one of the fan threads they said that Sleestak is going to play a woman on the run from an abusive lesbian relationship who gets a job at the diner and later finds out that Sonny is her father only to find out later that she's Tracy's sister and thus a Quartermaine.

Someone must have been smoking the good shit to come up with that, R5.

R2 That picture will probably never get old

R3 You're welcome, just glad that you're ok

R4 = Chad Duell 😊😊

R6 😆 😆

There is zero chemistry between ADA Turner and sleepy Sonny.

Nothing charismatic or witty about their interactions, not even dangerously sexy, just nothing. "Another Brendabot" is the general consensus on social media. It's just not as off-putting to watch as the Natalia/Sonny pairing because Turner's face isn't contorted with Botox and fillers like Natalia's was.

I send my thanks for today's scene with both shirtless Chase and Michael. More of that is welcome.

Nice photo op 😕

Didn't Sonny sleep with his divorce lawyer, two divorces ago from Carly? At some point, some new kid of Sonny's will emerge.

Happy belated 79th birthday to Victoria Sleestack! See you soon!

The THIRD Victoria, as it were.

R13 The picture of Rory posted at R2 makes up for any pictures of Kelly T or Sofia Mattsson that I could've posted.

Does Chase even get shirtless for Brook Lynn

Do the Quartermaines all go to the Metro Court pool to see the people with whom they live? I can't imagine that dinky little pool comes close to the one at the mansion or to the fucking lake they keep talking about.

R14 Think you're referring to Martina Morales, portrayed by Daya Vaidya. Maurice loved that part of the storyline; he mentioned how much he enjoyed working with Daya. He wanted Sonny and Carly to be over, while hoping for something to develop between Sonny and Martina. Daya mentioned wanting to stay longer as well, but the role was only short-term.

Maybe Sonny could bump into Martina in Europe and then fixate on memories of the great love they never actually shared.

Why introduce a short-term character to sleep with a long-running character if a child isn't intended to emerge at some point? It's like a soapy bank account, am I right?

Kelly Thiebaud on Steve and Bradford's podcast today.

O/T:

Dr. Kevin Collins is over in D.C. being all tough and mean and cavorting with a woman who isn't zaftig like his Port Chuck wife.

Dixie Martin is there too. She speaks in a manner that is highly off-putting. Apparently Michele Val Jean doesn't have the courage to tell her to knock it off.

Dixie Cooney is beyond annoying on Beyond The Gates. I think Lindstrom divorced her because she’s ‘out there’.

Colton Shore ---Felicia's ex husband---Lucy's cousin----has found the church and REJECTS Hollywood!! He has chosen to mentor young men in the church!! Good for him!!

R24, there’s a btg thread. No need to discuss that here.

Colton also had a tv show. The Colton connection?

R28. That's right. He worked with Tiffany? He was Aunt Charlene's only child. He was supposed to be the "next Frisco Jones". But then Jack Wagner returned to GH.

r27, get a better job

your current pathetic little job patrolling soap threads is really scraping the bottom of the barrel

Charlene had 2 sons. Colton and decker.

R26 - Wait, so is Scott Thompson whatever saying he was once famous in Hollywood?

I realize it's a soap conceit, but I'm forever amused over characters rarely mentioning established family members once they're off the show.

This guy played Joe Clark on y&r

I’ll take him as Nikolas please.

Previews For Next Week

Monday, August 11th, 2025

Anna warns Jason.

Josslyn and Vaughn check into the Five Poppies.

Britt is threatened.

Alexis ponders a legal maneuver.

Tracy is disappointed in Cody.

______________________________

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

Drew encounters Willow.

Jason summons Alexis.

Carly confronts Marco.

Chase is ordered to make an arrest.

Emma is determined.

______________________________

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

Britt is reprimanded.

Anna demands intel from Brennan.

Willow briefs Elizabeth.

Rocco reassures Giovanni.

Drew makes a stunning declaration.

_______________________________

Thursday, August 14th, 2025

Dante and Brook Lynn strategize.

Michael encourages Giovanni.

Stella urges Kai to fight for Trina.

Chase confides in Willow.

Molly tries to reason with Drew.

______________________________

Friday, August 15th, 2025

Jason is a man on a mission.

Isaiah asks Felicia for advice.

Curtis is shaken.

Drew manipulates Michael.

Josslyn is frustrated.

Ratings For The Week Of July 14th-18th, 2025:

1. Y&R 2,970,000

2. B&B 2,590,000

3. GH 1,966,000

4. BTG 1,519,000

Ratings For The Week Of July 21st-July 25th, 2025:

1. Y&R 3,075,000

2. B&B 2,571,000

3. GH 1,861,000

4. BTG 1,556,000

Ratings For The Week Of July 21st-July 25th, 2025

More importantly, what is the streaming viewership? 🤷🏻‍♂️ we don’t know

R38 Doing pretty well on Hulu; even landed at the number one spot off and on throughout this summer.

I'm worried that Britt's mystery boss will turn out to be Parking Lot Peter.

There's no way LW allowed SB to get away with going to TPTB and getting Britt back when she wanted Jason for Carly. If Steve got the pairing he wanted then she probably demanded they reemploy her unemployed boyfriend. Ugh. Hope I'm wrong.

I assumed the "boss" will be little Mikey Webber now reimagined as a Bond-level villain

Britt is working for Casey the alien

Britt is working for ME! She's studying how to remove the permaseal on my virtue!

I saw a recent photo of Constance Towers, and she looks great. I think it's time for Helena to come back.

Perhaps Britt is working for her father.....perhaps we'll have yet another emergence of Cesar Faison?

[bold] Rumormilll .....Jerry Jax, which explains WSB bringing Joss into the fold---they know she isn't in danger because he wouldn't harm her. He held Robin against her will for research. Britt is being held against her will to do research. The other possibility is Stavros. Helena saved him through cryogenics and now he's trying to do the same for her. [/bold]

Annas House was a really a great set. Seeing her in the tiny apartment (with two roommates) is sad.

Who’d be a good Jerry Jax recast?

Viki Sleestack - IN as Amanda Barrington.

Obviously, Britt is working for Jean Randolph, played by Erika Slezak.

If Dalton is working for Sidwell and a coureur is taking research from Dalton to Britt, then it would make sense that Britt is working for Sidwell.

Britt is working for Phil Brewer.

Roy Thinnes returns as GH's original bad boy and is paired with Erika Slezak in a storyline you have to see to believe.

It's me, bitches!

Well we know it's not Morgan. I don't think Kelly and Bryan are on good terms. That also eliminates Morgan as another patient at the clinic being resurrected or cured or whatever.

I notice that Steve and Kelly both went silent when the topic of Nathan came up on the podcast linked above. Makes me think there is truth to the rumor of Nathan's resurrection and they didn't want to take any chances spoiling it.

Sebastian Roché could come back short term. He's done it before. I would also love to see Morgan return with a wife----who Carly and Sonny immediately loathe.

[quote]I would also love to see Morgan return with a wife----who Carly and Sonny immediately loathe.

Of course, once Morgan’s young, gorgeous, nubile wife meets her father in-law, she can’t help but fight temptation and fall madly, desperately and passionately in love with the Mumbling Midget Mobster™.

Lila Rae alcazar corinthos?

Newly wed to Morgan?

Maybe one day Noah ii and Donna can have kids to unite Carly and Robin.

R47 - How can Anna's condo be an HOA? It would be a COA.

As for her house, it was a great set but it did border on the ridiculous that a (then) 60-something single woman would be rambling around a house that challenged the Quartermaine estate in size and grandeur. Not to mention, just how rich is Anna anyway? She definitely downsized which makes sense for an elderly person who's never home. But the two roommates and a dog pushes it back into the realm of the ridiculous.

I think they're heading towards Emma and Gio moving out and getting their own place. Clearly they'll need to run an Only Fans site and escort offscreen to pay the rent.

Maybe Emma and Gio could rent the Brownstone Michael started to renovate five or so years ago?

Isn't the actor who plays Gio like 18 or 19 in real life? Is that why they aren't sexing him up? Or does he just not generate chemistry?

R60 - Frank won't allow his new pet to engage in sex scenes with anyone else.

Frankie wants a clean slate so when he jacks off all over Gio's cakes they aren't tainted by anyone else.

Does Gio have cakes?

Rory on egomaniac Mo's show today. Mo introduced Rory saying he's made a big splash coming on to GH, like he's never seen before but he doesn't know how long it will last.

No mental health problems. Grew up scared, anxious and poor in a bad neighborhood in Bakersfield. Step-father was in a gang and went to prison. Lived with his mom and two younger half-siblings, he felt a paternal role towards half-siblings. Has an older half brother through his father. Close to both his parents.

Discussed his other career as a Fitness Trainer. Met his fiancee when they were 15 and 16 years old and they've been together ever since. Mo remarked they are the only two on GH who have been with their partner so long and not cheated on each other (dig at Steve?). Rory wants to get married/have kids next summer. Rory said LW has become like his Acting Coach. Mo offered his supreme acting lessons, of course. Rory likes GH better than Y&R because he felt he only played a supporting role on Y&R.

Post Y&R and during the strike, Rory and his finances were really hurting financially and practically homeless. His fiancee's modeling work dried up and they couch surfed for a year. Mo talked about Tyler Christopher being homeless. Mo said Rory will never have to couch surf or be that broke again because he now has GH who will always be there for him because of the way he came in.. Rory says he wasn't fulfilled at Y&R but is fulfilled at GH.

Rory loves donuts and was a chunky kid. Mo loves frozen yogurt especially a place called Go Greek on La Brea. When Mo used to get stoned he would eat entire Boston Cream Pies from Marie Callender's.

^ fiancee not finances

Would love for the big bad boss to be Slezak! She needs to be a Jean Randolph villain or a grifter Niki Smith style. No more sanctimonious Victoria Lord act.

Can we all pray today that Britt's big boss is Colton Shore?

I thonk the big boss is Audrey Hardy, RN. Frank finally gave Rachel Ames a call. Rachel has been wanting to come back for years.

Anna’s house set was recycled from AMC. It was the Chandler mansion set, the one the show started using when it moved production to LA.

Aunt Charlene/five poppies could give Jennifer Coolidge/white lotus a run for the money.

My condo board refers to itself as hoa. It’ll be ok.

Anna needs to say it’s a service dog. Dumb.

It would be funny if they just casually revealed that Emma and Gio have been fucking the entire time he’s been staying at Anna’s.

He's also fucking Anna. You don't think Gio was living there for FREE did you?

Seriously, isn't it weird for helicopter granny Anna to let a boy she hardly knows just move in with her and her barely-of-age granddaughter? Do Robin and Patrick know about this?

Wait a minute, is 22 barely of age now?

That scene with Anna, Laura and the head of the condo board was embarrassingly bad. At best, Anna violated the terms of the condo association, in which she would be issued a fine by the board. It is not a legal matter that the mayor can/should/would be involved. The fact that neither Anna (Chief of Police) nor Laura (Mayor) pointed that out was groan-inducing.

I felt bad for Fiona and Genie in that scene.

Laura should be thinking about the ice raids presumably going on in her city.

R4, I know!

That's what I do!

R74 = Pedo

R71 - If your Board thinks the condo is an HOA then I really hope you all have a fantastic lawyer on retainer. There are HUGE legal differences.

Nevertheless, others are correct that Outback would merely warrant one or two violation notices and possibly a fine (if the Governing Docs allow for that). The Board could turn it over to an attorney to fight if they don't mind spending an easy $5K of their budget. And yes, all Anna needs to do is get a ESA letter.

At least that's the real world I live in having worked in an Association Law Firm for 11 years. But we all know Port Charles exists in some parallel universe devoid of logic and reality.

This all just silly drama laying the foundation for Gio and Emma shacking up on their own.

Anna knows the only V that turns Gio on is a Violin---not a vagina.

Yes. Gio only wants to diddle with his fiddle.

Does anyone get the feeling that the whole Dalton storyline got waylaid? So much build up and now it's about Britt and cryogenics 2.0 at White Lotus. Not that I'm complaining, the actor who played Dalton gave me serious icks, but such a sharp left turn.

While we're at it, do we think Outback is the long lost child of Foster and Annabelle?

[quote]Does anyone get the feeling that the whole Dalton storyline got waylaid? So much build up and now it's about Britt and cryogenics 2.0 at White Lotus.

It definitely feels like its taken a left turn since Dalton first appeared.

But I knew something was afoot when Sidwell was revealed as his boss. And now that a coureur is taking his research to Britt, it feels even more of a left turn.

It’s informally called an hoa. Get the stick out of your butt r79. It’ll all be ok.

Was Lulu always this annoying?

After seeing how lousy GH has done with Lulu and Luckys return---I'm getting very nervous about Slezaks appearance. No joke. I'm glad Britt is back, but the way they ruined LuLu in record time doesn't make me optimistic on Britt, long term.

Agree, the addition of the Dalton actor has been another big nothing burger. A little bit of social media buzz when he was cast and now that's fizzled out as they've done nothing with the character. I can't even remember the actor's name...

Britt's return and her big mysterious boss is just a vehicle to appease Burton with a pairing that got him buzz in the past. This story line wasn't planned or thought out, just slapped together last minute.

Frank turned down KT when she appealed to him on her own for a return last year. He's doing it now for Burton. By acquiescing to Burton, he now has to also appease LW and bring back her unemployed boyfriend as Britt's boss especially since Burton hurt LW's feelings by not wanting to be paired with her. But at least we got Liesel back which is a plus even though the "Rocco is my grandson" is a ridiculous stretch of a story.

I had high hopes for NuLulu when Cody first picked her up on the side of the road and she was joking and bantering with him. But severe, perpetually unpleasant Lulu is a huge turn off. Not Aexa's fault.

In conclusion, I predict Peter is back.

R84 - Oh. I see. It self-identifies as an HOA. There's no stick in my butt. It's the enthusiastic ignorance of property owners like you that keep my law firm buzzing and generates a nice salary for me.

Have a blessed day.

R87 - I've never like Lulu in any incarnation. Berman was probably the best actor among them, but she spent all her time acting like total angry bitch with a resting scowl face and always ready to judge anyone for crimes less worse than her own. The last Lulu was a snoozefest and very miscast but at least she wasn't perpetually PMSing. The new actress seems good but they are writing her very one note.

Aren't Peter and Britt related through poppa Faison? I forget if they ever told us who Peter's mom was... maybe it'll be Slezak?

BLQ in her black muumuu mourning attire.

I finally understand the costumer's inspiration for dressing BLQ.

Missy Elliot.

I mean, the garbage bag outfit will be next, right?

Apparently, 32 years ago today was Stumpy's first day on GH.

[quote]Apparently, 32 years ago today was Stumpy's first day on GH.

A national day of mourning.

Maurice is THE KING! Take that, Tony Geary! Mo has kept GH on the air after ABC cancelled AMC and OLTL. If Maurice leaves, GH will be cancelled.

Willow vs. Lucas' nurses lounge showdown should've devolved into a Dynasty-esque catfight, replete with flying tongue depressors and Lee press-ons.

They also would have to move it to the pool set.

R88 = Alexis's zoftig secretary Suzanne

WSB agent Colette Moreau lost her French accent, but earlier this week, Kentucky Fried Tad got his Southern drawl back.

R97 So the same actress who played that psychic on GH a few years back is the same actress playing Suzanne. Is it just the same actress playing a different character? or are they connected somehow?

So now Drew is refusing to let his daughter see her grandmother because ....OMG....her half-brother picked her up from camp??

Oh, the humanity!!

(Oh, such horrible writing!!).

Didn’t Sasha live in Anna’s set before Anna?

Yes, it was originally Sasha's apartment.

I never understood why Ana would agree to move back into an apartment after having lived in a house.

Actually, wasn't it Kim Nero's (Tamara Braun) apartment until she was abruptly written out?

It was first Kim Nero's apartment when they thought Billy Miller was going to do his job and actually act in scenes with her.

Fiona also has her office set, so she should just be happy that she's still working regularly on the show.

Finola?

R104 What did Billy Miller have against Tamara?

She wasn't Kelly Fun Bags r106

Kelly Monaco certainly has the firm titties!

R109 and the hairy twat

R85, no. She wasn't.

Alisyn & Kelli Griffith were adorable.

Can GH get on with another piece of the Britt puzzle, please? Am I going to have to listen to weeks more chatter about the invisible mastermind behind this whole thing? Rumors are picking up that Evil Drew is the boss of Britt. Yawn. Hope not but beginning to wonder.

R97 = ZAFTIG!

Alexis should hand her krazy daughter Kristina wire cutters and nudge her towards the brake line on Drewfus' car. If krazy Krissy is going to jail or the kuckoo hospital for what she did to Ava/Ric, then she should at least complete one task before she's shipped off.

Yes there has been a lot of catching the audience up with the Britt storyline. Most likely they also had to get KT back used to the pace of shooting many scenes in one day.

I'm not bothered enough to look it up, but pretty sure Evil Drew was still in an international prison when the Britt death switch happened. Seems most likely that its Sidwell pulling the strings. No need at this point to bring another Big Bad onto the show.

Looks like Ezra pruned his overgrown hair and used some product to tame it. Perhaps there's hope for him yet.

Gio needs to drop the monotone voice that he acquired after he started his "Woe Is Me" tour.

Gio and uncle Michael should not be in scenes together, monotone overload.

R116...I noticed Gio has now gone from Headliner (Nurses Ball) to whiner. There is no joy on this show. Zilch. There's no one to root for. The Anna/Jack/Carly triangle seems possibly interesting. How is it possible Drew has gone from worse (the Willow pairing) to even MORE horrible (treating Alexis like garbage)....All within weeks.

Since the 1990s, the soaps wisely injected humor into their shows. Alas, R117 has it right: there's no joy or humor in GH right now. There has to be a balance or watching becomes intolerable. How mean to we have to watch Drew become? Sidwell has humor potential and so does Liesl, but back in the day so did Maxie and Cody. Could someone be having fun? Passion? Adventure? It's all been a dud lately.

Before the 1990s some had humor.

Besides the two-story main hospital set which was introduced in April 2009, what is the oldest set the GH currently uses?

Gio's "mad look" is so bad. Why hasn't he been on Mo's show?

R120. Id say Bobbie's/Kelly's....the skeleton has been the same since at least the early 1990's.

The Quatermaine den dates back to at least the early 90s. That set is not used much anymore; the Q sun room seems to have replaced it. But during the episodes where Danny found Brooklyn's file on Rocco, that occurred in the Q den set.

Sad when one considers the old soaps. Llanfair stayed basically the same for several decades.

Llanfair had a makeover in the late 80s that transformed it's living room and foyer from a feeling like a mansion to feeling like a middle-class suburban house

Buchanan Mansion's living room and foyer was the same for decades.

Even though they updated and reduced it slightly, the Horton set is the oldest set in use in daytime.

And it lasted almost 30 more years r125. I loved their kitchen.

I want Willow and Chase to get back together. His bringing her up on stage at the Nurses Ball and putting that arm around her, keepig her safe was swoon worthy.

I want Michael to kiss Giolin.

Put Dante and Brook Lynn back together; Lulu can go go.

I pray they do big tributes to Monica and Lesley; When Monica had the heart wing dedicated to her, Tracy quipped to Laura how would your mother have felt about Monica/today. God bless national treasure Jane Elliot. SOMEONE on the writing staff remembers their feud.

R129 I don't remember that. Is there a clip?

Chase willow

SWOOOON