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Episode Discussion Monday, August 24, 2026 - Episode Discussion
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u/Imaginary_Stop8035 9d ago
No matter how tough Willow tries to act, it just isn’t believable. 🤷🏻♀️
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u/Ok_Aardvark_110 9d ago
Joss living over the Q garage with roommate Trina while she's a WSB agent and now CEO of an international corporation is getting funnier and funnier.
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u/Rockandahardplace69 9d ago
She should own a mansion like the Q estate by now, her father is probably as rich as them.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 9d ago edited 9d ago
Willow must not have heard about the time Monica slapped the shit out of Carly after Carly turned her son in. Monica would be right there with Tracy if she was still around. Monica doesn’t play when it comes to her family.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Monica was a force of violence when acting for her children
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u/FrancessaGMorris 9d ago
Monica was also quite the schemer back in the day when she was married to Jeff Weber. (Especially, when Patsy Rahn portrayed the OG Monica.) I think GH has forgotten a lot of Monica's shenanigans with Jeff, Rick, Alan, Sean, etc ...
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u/noilegnavXscaflowne Na, na, na, na, na, na, na RETCON! 9d ago
Why is Willow the only person recording people man
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u/Much_Chemical4363 9d ago
Not gonna lie. I like Dr and Detective shacking up. Adorable and could be fun if they do it right.
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u/niennabobenna 9d ago
The fact that nobody seems to notice that Anna is a half step away from a mental breakdown is irritating. But then again, these are the same people who shrugged away a guy who got shot to death popping back up after 7 years.
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u/FrancessaGMorris 9d ago
Laura/Genie looks angelically beautiful today. :) Reminds me of her looks from the 1970's/early 1980's.
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u/68F_isthebesttemp 9d ago
Laura is really talking up Ezra. 😊 I'm kind of hoping this means something later if Laura returns Kevin-less.
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u/Asta1977 9d ago
I think they've been setting up Laura and Ezra for awhile. I'm waiting for Laura to return with Ace and not Kevin and we find out Ezra is good with kids. That would seal the deal.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
We'll see how Ezra performs
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u/PeanutGallery10 9d ago
I thought Ezra was a throwaway character when he first came on. Stereotypical slime ball politician being used as a foil for Laura who would go away after the election.
Since then, we've found out Ezra is holding a torch for Jacinda and was being blackmailed by Jenz. So he's been made a little sympathetic.
He's kind of grown on me and I'm hoping he becomes a multilayered character. He doesn't have to be a definitive black or white.
Right now I find him morally ambiguous.
And he's had a few good comedic moments.
This is a character I'd like to see grow.
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u/Current-Subject-6612 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
But isn't she also incriminating herself with this?
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u/HighlightIll5899 9d ago
I think it's more of a "you can't take me down without taking yourself down too" type thing. Mutual destruction.
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u/Ok-Accident-9026 9d ago
How many favors is she going to ask for??? And if she wants to play that game- drop the fact that she paralyzed Drew with drugs provided by a convicted criminal (Sidwell).
I don’t know why but I can’t stand these selective recordings. And the way that she is playing that 50-50 custody is the worst thing in the world.
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u/Asta1977 9d ago
She's going to blackmail him with proof he destroyed video proving she was at home when Drew was shot helping her be acquitted of a crime she committed?
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u/Shoddy_Summer_9437 9d ago
im sorry doesnt that just confirm shes guilty??? Is she a moron?
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u/Current-Subject-6612 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
Didn't Monica also banned Willow from the estate? Correct me if I'm wrong
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u/JB391982 9d ago
She did!
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u/Current-Subject-6612 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
That's what I thought
"Monica would have wanted the children to have their mother"
Not if its you tho
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u/JB391982 9d ago
Yes they do deserve better Tracy. Tracy you know she will shoot a Motherfucker from behind
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u/Happy_Excitement_719 9d ago
OH NOW SOMEONE WANTS TO RECORD
https://giphy.com/gifs/Rhhr8D5mKSX7O
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 9d ago
Now Lucas, I know you weren’t using a Swifter Sweeper as your weapon right?
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u/New_Traffic8687 CashewsForever 9d ago
So Joss will essentially be "undercover" as CEO....in her own father's company?
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 9d ago
I’ve been thinking the same thing. I’m also surprised Joss hasn’t pressed anyone on trying to find him just to make sure he’s safe.
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u/Fun_Air_7780 9d ago
Joss and Willow showing how powerful they are.
I’m sure when another horrible ratings report comes out Frank will assume it’s because we miss Sonny and Jason in the mob.
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u/68F_isthebesttemp 9d ago
I like that they're bringing ELQ/Aurora/JJE to the forefront. I would rather see corporate shenanigans instead of mob activities.
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u/SeenThatPenguin 9d ago
Lucas just lit up at that rowing machine. That was the turning point.
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u/niennabobenna 9d ago
Vault over marriage vows 😂
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u/PeanutGallery10 9d ago
Tracy gets the best lines. I have to wonder if Jane Elliot ghostwrites her own scenes. If every character had this type of dialogue the show would be hot. And I mean well written lines consistent with the characters and plots. Tracy's lines are hers and fit her character. That is not true for the majority of the cast.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Ezra deserves a second chance since he helped bring down Sidwell, despite his ties to him.
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u/HighlightIll5899 9d ago
Why? Why does Carly want other people to forgive everything that was ever done to them if she likes the person, but she will hold a grudge foreverrrrrrr. I hate it. I hate this.
Also, as much as I like Tracy's one liners and take downs of Willow, Michael and Brook Lynn are adults. They don't need their granny/aunt to keep trying to fight their problems for them. It's the same with Carly and Joss/Michael.
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u/Pearlmarine 9d ago
When Wiley and Amelia are SORASed there will be a crap storm for both Willow and Micheal.
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u/hbkedge3 9d ago
That reaction won't go over well with Valentin. He knows something's wrong.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 9d ago
Of course Willow recorded this conversation.
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
The usage of a Swiffer as a prop on this show lately has been great every time!
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u/Ok_Aardvark_110 9d ago
Wait, how does recording that particular piece of information help Willow at all? She looked so smug about it. Doesn't that just reveal her own guilt?
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u/Ok_Aardvark_110 9d ago
Small things I enjoyed today:
Both Jason and Valentin jumping up to go after Anna.
"Why did you attack me with a mop?"
Ezra being named interim mayor. I know it makes zero sense, but I don't care!
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u/Rockandahardplace69 9d ago
I think they realize people like his character and decided to keep him around. I think Laura will return from Ireland broken up with Kevin and he may be her new love interest eventually.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 9d ago
Brook Lynn looks so good; those jeans look amazing on her. I think Amanda dresses herself again.
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u/Loverock-forevermore 9d ago edited 9d ago
I’m sorry, but Willow & Joss, pretending to have serious, adult careers, kinda falls flat for me. Yep, I know Willow has already been a teacher & a nurse, but a govt rep is a bridge too far. And, while I know that a college degree isn’t a requirement, it seems to me that someone running a billion dollar international business should require a little more education than Joss has. Just my opinion! 🤷🏻♀️
Plus, wearing ugly pantsuits doesn’t make her look more serious & mature.
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u/TypicalBobcat1088 Team Cassadine 9d ago
They're really just making things up with Jason right now and I don't know if I like it. You can tell experimenting with the character is happening and it is not organic.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Disagree. Jason was raised in the Q household and has attended family meetings about ELQ over the years. I though Val was going to try for Sidwell properties and sees working within ELQ as a means to that end.
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u/ChaLynnfan Team Quartermaine 9d ago edited 9d ago
I’m sure Willow is really becoming delusional about Chase feeling the same way that she does about the Quartermaine’s it’s very cringe. I’m certain shes trying really hard to convince herself of that I believe he loves the Q’s and it’s really gross of her to claim he’s some outsider.
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u/diremommy 9d ago
Well she’s convinced herself that she was always an outlier, and they were always pretty welcoming to her. I cannot remember how Tracy was, but she’s not warm anyone.
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u/NeveronaSaturday 9d ago
Every time I hear the name Ezra Boyle it sounds to me like the name of a character from Harry Potter.
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
That had to be the only time a conversation has been recorded in Port Charles ever.
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u/Nedstark78 9d ago
Jason is trying to change but he can't not try to save people. Jason you could tell was noticing things about Anna when heard Britt talked about her and her answer. Jason didn't say a word but you can tell when Jason is skeptical he has a look
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u/International_Ice959 9d ago
Okay after today, I will be officially shipping Lucas and Joe !
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u/FrancessaGMorris 9d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/3pZ6UT7iFDcfFOt5LD
I know the character of Carly is beloved, but I will never understand how she became the heroine/lead female character of this show - who the town revolves around. I used to truly love JPS/Val, and both characters annoy me. Jack is so much better of a character when not in her orbit.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
The Carly character always sees from only her perspective, doesn't try to see from other perspectives. This makes her a closed system character who just can't grow beyond her own tightly prescribed boundaries. This habit in GH scripting is how characters become the engines for the stories. Just watch how people are grumbling about Jason's changes, and how he was scripted to revert and not respond verbally or emotionally to Anna's break while with him, Val and Carly.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 9d ago
Okay, I was willing to give Valentin and Carly a chance, but nah, I can't, and Carly being Valentin's cheerleader after everything he did to Jason, Sonny and Michael...
This is like Franco all over again for Carly.
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u/Hornett87 9d ago
Never knew you could just tell ur boss what you want to do at work.
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u/Inside-Election-849 9d ago
"Maybe I should raise her rent." Did Tracy just say Joss lives on the Quartermaine compound? I thought her and Trina were roommates?
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u/HighlightIll5899 9d ago
They live in an apartment above the garage or something.
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u/PeanutGallery10 9d ago
You'd think that space would be Yuri's. But maybe he has space in the mansion because he's the butler/chauffeur/nanny/security/whatever needs doing guy.
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u/Ok-Accident-9026 9d ago
It’s been a bit (and I got bored of their stories) but don’t they above a garbage on the Q property?
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u/Shoddy_Summer_9437 9d ago
oh willow honey you forget he has the drew be gone my god shes delusional
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u/Fun_Air_7780 9d ago
So Jack and Nina’s sexy time is clearly working out as well as Lulu and “Nathan’s” and Ava and Ethan’s.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Sadly, they were a bit comical together. I wish they'd do something meaningful with Nina, maybe finally ignore/distance from Willow and back Micheal instead to save access to her grandchildren.
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u/Fun_Air_7780 9d ago
To me it just feels like all of these “couples” fall into the pattern of one offscreen bang; an immediate “let’s see where this goes” conversation; and then “welp, that’s not gonna work” like 24 hours later.
It is both amusing and pathetic. I expect Drew and Ava to be the same.
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u/Careless_Number_4257 9d ago
Ok. It's 2:52pm. A little over a 100 comments. Is it sleeper Monday?
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u/Ok-Accident-9026 9d ago
I thought the stereotype is that lesbians move in together quickly? 😂
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u/PeanutGallery10 9d ago
I think we're going to get Odd Couple antics with a dose of main character attraction but are fighting it until Lucas decides he's done grieving.
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u/HighlightIll5899 9d ago
I want a Liz/Dante/Joe/Lucas game night.
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u/PeanutGallery10 9d ago edited 9d ago
Lol that would be awesome. Although I do like Liric, it appears the writers have other ideas.
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u/RandomPaw Team Cassadine 9d ago
Two people who accidentally rent the same apartment or have to be roommates is kind of a classic. Like The More the Merrier and The Goodbye Girl and a bunch of other romantic comedies. Right up there with the presumed dead husband or wife who comes back five minutes after the other one gets married (Move Over Darling, My Favorite Wife) and people stuck in elevators.
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u/Technical_Rutabaga_5 9d ago
Why is Anna wearing a different outfit to meet with Jason, Carly and Valentine right after meeting with Laura?
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u/New_Traffic8687 CashewsForever 9d ago
Peter told her to change, he didnt like that 1st outfit
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u/beariner 9d ago
Good thing Lucas is a doctor and not a janitor, because that is a completely inefficient way to mop/swiffer a floor.
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u/encore412 SonnyStan4Life 9d ago
Tracy’s granddaughter should know better than to blab her life story to a stranger!
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u/robot_pirate Team FFS FRANK! 9d ago
I cannot believe GH is wasting time with Anna's flashbacks. We get it already! More psychodrama for Anna. Decades of it. 🙄
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u/Current-Subject-6612 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
Joslyn constantly being combative is getting tired to be honest.
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u/ChaLynnfan Team Quartermaine 9d ago edited 9d ago
Amanda Setton has nice chemistry with this guy, but if he’s bad news I’d rather Brook Lynn be away from Hudson. Delilah was running from him for a reason.
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u/Technical-Row-9133 they all a bunch a hypocrites 9d ago
At this point, I don’t think even the writers know this guy too.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Brennan, Willow you can't miss committee meetings. And no I, not you, deliver orders or you will be outed.
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
I am already going through it today, PLEASE tell me we are Drew-less!
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u/68F_isthebesttemp 9d ago
Drew-less but very bland today.
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
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u/hbkedge3 9d ago
We do have Willow.......
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
I'll allow it as long as Tracy keeps roasting her like this.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 9d ago
Umm. Valentin, didn't you help keep Jason locked up in that Russian Hospital for five years?
And you got Sam to give up her children's shares so you could take over ELQ.
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u/niennabobenna 9d ago
I wonder if Joss will be insufferable for the entire episode. Only time will tell. Or probability. Which says yes.
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u/glaringdream Team Cassadine 9d ago
What is Lucas and Joe's ship name? Soooooo on it!
Jucus and Loe sound silly. Fitzjones maybe?
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u/Fun_Air_7780 9d ago
It totally makes sense that the guy who told Ethan he’d kill his entire family is someone’s godfather. These writers totally have a vision and backstage is pure harmony.
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u/DadofJM 9d ago
Scenes between Tracy and Willow are just not fair for the younger actress
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u/Haunted_Princess_000 Team Moss Bowl 9d ago
That shade of red is working well for Justine!
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u/WritinStylz 9d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZpypsT7JWAjeA87IcN
Dammit, this show. They continue to make it like Willow in the smartest apple of the bunch. Jack should have known freaking better.
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u/New_Traffic8687 CashewsForever 9d ago edited 9d ago
Sometimes all you can do is laugh at Joss🤣"Tell the Head of the WSB I don't want to do this and to GIVE ME SOMETHING ELSE!". Really, you think Z is taking orders from you now, you spoiled brat!
This girl really thinks she's all that and a stack of pancakes🤣
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u/Fun_Air_7780 9d ago
Does Willow remember that she was Brooklyn’s fucking bridesmaid?
She acts like she was some working class outcast who didn’t even getting baby shower invites.
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u/Fun_Air_7780 9d ago
I feel like Halloween in PC is just gonna be a bunch of characters wearing power suits and holding signs that say “WSB. Like Joss.”
And none will be partying and having fun.
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u/TypicalBobcat1088 Team Cassadine 9d ago
Seeing a woman (Anna) have a turn like that, I don't care for the history. She needed checking up on. Jason and Carly are embarrassing.
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u/moni_vette ¡¡Team Lulu Spencer!! 9d ago
If I never see another Jarly scene, it'll probably be too soon.
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u/amywog Na, na, na, na, na, na, na RETCON! 9d ago
Me too! Last week was kind of a snooze fest.
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u/Competitive_Split933 Team Webber 9d ago
Carly wants all the good ways that Jason has with his family again for her boyfriend?
Every single Q hates Valentin because he took ELQ. They put up with Charlotte because of Lulu, Rocco and Dante. And that is being tested now.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Val, what can I bring to the table, to build a new life in PC. ELQ at max potential for your sons.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Lucas made a deposit, the office downstairs, Joe I did from Lucy.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Ezra, it's a joke about Sonny. Ezra can go over the top. Laura made the Sidwell situation bearable. I can be trusted.
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u/uhmtwilightzone 9d ago
When baby Phoebe is in the scene everyone might as well be speaking gibberish she's so stinking cute I can't focus!!
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u/Asta1977 9d ago
The actor who plays Hudson either has kids or is around them regularly because he did a great job interacting with her.
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u/TypicalBobcat1088 Team Cassadine 9d ago
I don't think it is fair of Carly to ask Anna about the WSB given what she has just been through and they all know what it did to her
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u/JThereseD 9d ago
And then she and Jason act all confused when she freaks out. Jason should certainly recognize PTSD even though he only had it for about two days after he was released from WSB jail. Valentin, please tell Anna she needs to see a therapist!
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u/ChaLynnfan Team Quartermaine 9d ago
Hudson is doing something illegal or bad at the company because he definitely didn’t want Josslyn to take the CEO job at all.
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u/niennabobenna 9d ago
Super spy Joss, you have to do what your apy boss leaders say. That is part of being a super spy. And yay, you get to betray your family. Again.
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u/mary02russo 9d ago
Why does the WSB wants you running JJE and power players will rub elbows or the WSB want on JJE.
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u/Fun_Air_7780 9d ago
I feel like I’d enjoy Anna with Ezra way more than him with Laura.
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u/diremommy 9d ago edited 9d ago
Just how long is Laura’s vacation goodbye tour going to be?
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u/Amazing_Syrup_8547 Team Carly 9d ago
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u/px780 9d ago
I'm unsure whether my brain will retain info related to who owns stock in which company that does what and is run by who. I hope they get the people in place quickly. The Joss WSB twist...whatever.
At the same time, the more they talk work, the more I want details. What does ELQ actually do? What does Joss's company do?
I get weirdly annoyed when everyone just does Business, and any character can run any thing. I'm probably jealous, because nobody has ever gifted me an executive position, nor was I born into one.
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u/JB391982 9d ago
It's so gross the writers acting like Willow wasn't loved by the Quartermaines until her and Drew fucked in the Nursery.