New Sam MediaNet Pictures: August 3, 2009

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Interesting shift

So, I was pretty happy with GH on Tuesday and Wednesday. I got some great JaSam, and some Sam with her family. I love it. I think we've finally caught up to KeMo as far as filming schedule goes, so, other than her Africa thing, I think we're good to go on that front. So I was pretty happy through mid-week.

And then came Thursday. And I was a very unhappy camper. It probably was partially to do with me being super tired, slightly hung over, and already a little pissy. (I'd had about a million travel fiascos on my way back to the burbs from the city.) But I was not interested in a single thing that was going on. Every story line was boring me to the point of anger. I turned the whole thing off ten minutes early and deleted it.

On Friday, I was poised to delete without watching unless someone told me Sam was on. She was, and I think that's fortunate. I still am completely uninterested in every story line, but I made a discovery. I'm not hating on the characters so much right now. With the exception of Sonny, who is just a scum bag, I'm pretty ok with them. I don't love them all, but no one is making me want to light myself on fire. Just the writers are doing that.

Michael is actually not letting everyone around him coddle and spoil and justify for him (though Mac is an idiot, they had literally nothing to arrest him on), so for now, I'm ok with him. I'm still wary, cause my hate for that one was strong. Claudia, I'm feeling sympathy for (good job, SJB), so, while I don't expect a sudden change right now, I don't hate her. Kristina is doing the wrong thing, but I can understand her, and I loved her stuff with Sam yesterday. The only person I really hate is the Mayor's wife, and I'm supposed to.

It's not all sunshine and bunnies, obviously. I'm sure when Spixie comes back, they'll continue to annoy me. Same for Rebecca and Ethan. I wish Jason would have told Sonny where to go when he told him to go "break up" with Olivia. And Olivia's insistance on destroying the hotness that is Jolivia for whatever she's feeling about Sonny is obnoxious. (Not to mention Sonny himself.) But that's all pretty minor considering I usually hate just about everyone. Of course, I hate the plots, and the writing sucks, but, you know, one small step. And I'll cross my fingers that the writers will take a few more.

Random love? Johnny was adorable with Morgan.

Also...

I forgot this in my last post, but it made me laugh. The following is a conversation with my brother while we were watching the last JaSam segment today.

Brother: Are they gonna do it?
Me: *sighs* Probably not.
Brother: Why not?

You're preaching to the choir, Brother.

-BT

We've all been waiting and waiting.

So, there's lots I could say about GH right now, but I think I'm going to focus on the good. Because, I'm all smiley about it, and I don't want to ruin that by getting all ranty.

So... JaSam. Love. I was so disappointed that we didn't get the start of it on Friday. So much so that I cursed Michael Jackson a little bit, and I don't care how inappropriate that is. Although maybe it was better that we didn't get that tiny taste of it on Friday and have to wait all weekend with our appetites teased.

So, let's talk about why it was so amazing. Even that first day where it was just a minute there was some good stuff. Jason saying she was taller was my favorite. Because it meant he notices her. And it's not like her normal shoes are flats. She is the queen of inappropriate foot wear. I also loved how coy Sam was. It was so, "Oh, yeah, I have to take off my jacket to find my phone..." *wink* Adorable.

But today was a piece of JaSam art. Today was definitely the very best of the new scenes. Just the fact that the theme of today was love made me all smiles for the JaSam. But then they were fun and flirty and there was eyesex all over that pent house. Jason hasn't smiled and laughed like that in years because no one else can bring that out in Stone Cold. Love. Also, he was checking her out like whoa, but trying so hard to hide it.

And then there was the anvil... I don't like Spixie. At all. But I love that they lead to Sam's anvilicious line of the week. She's been waiting and waiting, Jason's been waiting and waiting, and so have we. And the payoff is going to be big. (Hopefully in the form of a real deal sex scene.)

So, yeah, love the JaSam. The other thing I've been consistently loving lately is Johnny and Jolivia. Which is odd, since I used to be maximum bored with Johnny, and I hated Olivia. But he's been less obsessed with Claudia lately, so that improved him a lot, and he's also been the only honest character about Sonny and all the mob stuff. I don't know, he's just been great lately. I've loved his stuff with Jason. Olivia, I mostly only like with Johnny, though I have liked her dynamic with Dantenic, even if he does look old enough to be her twin brother. I like that she told Sonny to get the fuck out today, but I am under no illusions that it's going to last. Sonny is a woman ruiner.

I think that's all for today. Except that Sarah Brown is amazing and, therefore, I can no longer wish Claudia dead. Instead I will wish for some sort of character over-haul that will make me not want to vomit when I watch her. Wish me luch on that one.

-Bryan Toph

blah, damn you.

why oh why is this show so boring lately?