I am not one of those people who gets excited about the newest gadget or latest technology. I am a creature of habit, I resent having to change the way that I do things simply because some techno-geek thought of a "better" product (I am still slightly bitter about having to give-up my VCR). You will never find me sleeping in line outside the Apple store for the privilege of being the first person charged a thousand bucks for a cell phone. Will never happen.
I must admit however, I did squeal when I saw the following commercial - -
Look at former General Hospital heartthrob Jason Gerhardt (who played Cooper Barrett) doing his best Ethan Hunt impression! It goes without saying that if he came with the phone I would be singing a different tune.
I love it when local boys make good, especially the ones who seemed to be genuinely nice fellas and got treated so badly by TPTB. National Verizon commercial? Bet he's laughing all the way to the bank now.
And that ladies and gentleman, was the best General Hospital-related thing to happen ALL week. I think I may slit my wrists . . .
. My revulsion aside, I thought Kelly Monaco and Steve Burton were excellent in today's scenes, and the scenes themselves were uncharacteristically tasteful. Alas, as an audience member, I am not entirely sympathetic to JaSam and their plight because a.) they knew Franco was lurking and elected to stay in Hawaii rather than have home-court advantage by returning to PC with Shawn and Carly and b.) (and far more grevious an offense) their actions have proved Carly to be RIGHT about Franco's threat, and 
. And also, what kind of forty-something woman doesn't know how to prevent pregnancy, 
) Steve is nursing his impending fatherhood panic with a beer. Coleman accurately deduces that he could use something stronger, and also that it's a woman problem. I would like to go on record now as guessing that the creepy clown terrorizing everyone on Halloween was Steven's Memphis ex and not Dr. Lisa Niles. I would also like to go on record as being in-favor of Steve getting his own actual storyline, but being confused as to why he would practically bully some woman into taking this job at GH when he appears to be scared to see her again. Matt arrives to drown his sorrows as well, his trial-patient died before Matt's experimental protocol could cure him. Some people really have no manners. 
Ronnie and Padilla investigate, and by that I mean that Ronnie grills Shawn and Carly mercilessly, as if they are suspects. I am in favor of incoveniencing Carly whenever possible, I just hate that Ronnie's overzealous behavior makes Carly look like the victim here. Shawn decides that he and Carly should pretend they were on a romantic stroll through the warehouse district to throw the police off their true agenda which was arguing about why they're not currently enjoying romantic strolls. 
I wouldn't object to a potential Carly/Shawn pairing down the line, that's clearly the direction we're headed. I'm even more strongly in favor of a Shawn/lacking a shirt pairing, however - - could he go undercover as a longshoreman for some reason?
They are just so winning, I don't know how the actors manage to make a conversation about crosswords and neighborly feuds over newspapers so entertaining, but they do. Somehow, their adorable conversation devolves into a tickle fight during which Robin pops a stitch and has to run back to GH to have it re-sutured.
. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the wrench he uses for fixing cars with him, only the one he uses for cracking skulls. Dude, why are they trying to make him so creepy lately? Sonny and Olivia arrive shortly thereafter. Olivia teases Johnny that he's good with his hands, but she's better. They still sizzle *sigh*. Olivia has another dizzy spell, so Johnny Hollywood's her home. All together now, awwww 
no effing kidding Sherlock!!)