As fully one of my loyal readers has noticed, I have taken a bit of a mental-health holiday from General Hospital recently.
It started innocently enough - - a colleague on maternity leave thus doubling my work-load, the busy family holiday season, and before I realized what was happening, I was five weeks behind once more. And frankly, the idea of having to watch SO much concentrated badness (Lucky's BSC departure, Robin's viral load, Sam's rape fall-out, Sonny's sonny-ness) in one fell swoop just seemed like an insurmountable task. The next thing I knew, fueled by righteous indignation at the pitiful state of General Hospital and Arbor Mist, I was frenetically deleting unwatched episodes from my DVR whilst humming a jaunty tune.
That was nearly seven weeks ago, and I haven't looked back since.
Except . . . .
. . . I think Carly and Johnny could be super-steamy together.
Damn, I am a sucker for Brandon Barash and the way he plays Johnny when he's reeling from shocking and disturbing (but predictable, didn't the fans call this one more than two years ago?) news and really feeling the need to drown himself in self-destructive tendencies. It's bratty and self-indulgent when Sonny does it, but somehow Johnny makes me want to say "poor bunny" while stroking his hair (amongst other things). Also, loving the scruff on him, why was I not alerted that the sexy stubble was taking place?
Plus, I've been patiently waiting for Carly and Johnny to hit the sheets since their first meeting more than four years ago - - very spark-y, it was.
Drat, it looks like General Hospital might be sucking me back in. How long until Carlivati's material starts airing? My mental-health may hang in the balance!
Holy hell - I love Johnny - especially when he's all grubby looking. I could do without the Shrew - keep your hands off you blond boob! This is probably the one and only story I could watch and fast forward through the rest....
By the way, WELCOME BACK - WE'VE MISSED YOU!!! :D
Posted by: Shannon | January 25, 2012 at 03:31 PM
Oh, you've been missed, but I was afraid of begging for your return via the web.
I'm really enjoying the Johnny stuff. His version of Betrayed! is way sexy and, somehow, more justified than any version of Betrayed! Sonnny has put across in over a decade.
Posted by: Chessy | January 27, 2012 at 08:26 AM
OK - after watching today's episode (Jan 27), I have to say (grudgingly) that Carly and Johnny together have potential hotness. I'm loving the bad boy who has nothing to lose.
Posted by: Shannon | January 27, 2012 at 06:57 PM
Welcome back! I'm with you on Johnnie and Carly. Hot!
Posted by: rae | January 27, 2012 at 08:18 PM
Welcome back! I did notice your absence, but didn't wanna be a stalker, since I rarely commented when you did post, seemed weird to comment when you didn't...
While all the stuff you mentioned did happen on the many epis you deleted, you did miss a beautiful xmas wedding.... That was pretty much the only happy thing in 2 months or more...
Posted by: flutterby | January 27, 2012 at 11:08 PM
Ugh! I'm so sick of Johnny not hooking up with Kristen Storms' Maxie! What a lost opportunity!
Posted by: Tivo | February 01, 2012 at 10:22 AM
So glad you've inched back in to posting. Carlivati's full-on scripts are taping now and begin to air near the end of Feb Sweeps.
He's been tweaking the existing GW stuff since December though. I'll bet the big reveal regarding Johnny's current angst was RC all the way. (If not, a belated hat-tip to Shelley Altman and Garin Wolf, because whomever did it this is classic, twisted old-school soap, and I love it.
I love watching Johnny, but I just hate Carly so much that I can't root for them hooking up.
Posted by: imfunnytoo | February 01, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Oops that should read "next week" not this week for the taping of RC stuff
Posted by: imfunnytoo | February 01, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Welcome back! Luv Johnny too, but not with Carly, maybe with the female cop. Carly is just too snarky, plus isn't she the one who asked Luke to get some dirt on Johnny? Can't remember, the plots on GH are so interesting that I forget them half the time.
Posted by: Sandy | February 02, 2012 at 08:31 AM