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General Hospital Update for Monday, 7-Oct-2002

GH has really been a treat lately –I used to make fun of the absurdity of the situations and blandness of the dialog because it seemed that the writers were determined to make a lot of the characters … well, dumb. Certainly soaps aren’t a true reflection of what real life is all about, how real people talk, act and relate – and if they were, they would show Felicia online at 9:30 at night trying to get homework help for Maxie! Nevertheless, there’s been a certain “real speak” with a bit of tongue in cheek humor that’s been cropping up in Port Charles of late. I give you:

Carly and Brenda come face to face in the PCPD squad room while Sonny and Jason watch from inside an interrogation room.
Carly: (Sarcastically while gripping Brenda by the arm) “We can’t thank you enough for bringing Alcazar into our lives.” “Brenda Barrett? Or is it Brenda Alcazar now?”
Brenda: “You need to let go of my arm…I’m going to the hospital to see Jax (yanks free and starts to walk away) …idiot.”
Carly: (Shrieking to Brenda’s back ) “Well, you’d better hurry because Jax is married too!”

Sonny: “At least Carly didn’t lose it.”
Jason: “Yet,”
Sonny: “You know she’s going to go postal and then what are we going to do?”

Even Taggert gets in the act by remarking to Sonny, “So, the devil wouldn’t have you – huh?” and later when he finds out that the undead Brenda Barrett is the lone witness to Sonny’s claim of self-defense in the Alcazar shooting – “Yeah right, who else saw this – Elvis?”

As Martha Stewart would say - “it’s a good thing.”

Can Someone Please Shut Her Up?
At Club 101 Alexis is the belle of the ball flitting between various check-holding supporters. Everything is going according to plan – then whammo! Scott makes one crack too many about Alexis’ unwillingness to debate him. Suddenly Gia the ex-model is Alexis’ Press Liaison and announces that Alexis will demolish Scott on the issues in a debate to take place in a week. As she hogs the camera and runs off at the mouth, Ned, Lucky, Alexis and Nikolas stand by watching this car accident. No one knows how to muzzle the chick, but Nikolas gives it the old college try.

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
At GH, Skye and Edward are circling each other. Skye laments all the time she wasted plotting with Edward when she could have been loving Jax. She threatens to take the old man down should Jax die. She says the woman she was before isn’t dead and if he thought she was bad before, watch out! She tells Edward that he should go and pray that Jax doesn’t die - if he thinks God will even listen to him. Edward rather candidly admits that he has already been praying.

She Was Hoping for a Fast Song
Ned and Alexis are cutting a rug before heading home when “Peanut” kicks Nedly. Ned’s stunned and can’t quite believe how wonderful it all is. Suddenly this warm snuggly moment is interrupted by a camera being shoved into Alexis’ face and a hand attached to a microphone that shouts “ Sonny Corinthos is Alive!!! Any thoughts?” Wearing her deer in the headlights look, Alexis assures everyone out in TV Land that she had no knowledge of Sonny’s resurrection. Obviously reports of his death were greatly exaggerated, but it just shows to go you that the Acting D.A. isn’t exactly Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to the organized crime situation in P.C. – Nice save Alexis.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Carly, Sonny and Jason are dogging Taggert. He wants to know who was buried in Sonny’s grave and commends Carly on her superior acting skills. He starts to lose it and Sonny interrupts by remarking, “ how about them Giants Jase? – they’re doing pretty well.” Sonny tells Marcus to cut to the chase and tell him exactly what he’s being charged with. “Getting on my nerves” yells the follically challenged detective. Carly smirks that maybe, just maybe he should check into the PCPD’s anger management program to learn to control his rage. Mac interrupts and sends Jason out of the room. Taggert asks Carly if she was in on the plan. Mrs. Corinthos walks behind her hubby, places her hands on his shoulders and digs her claws in while uttering “I obviously don’t know ANYTHING that’s been going on in my husband’s life” – Sonny grimaces at Carly’s overt display of wifely concern.

Would I Lie To You?
Jason’s cuffed to a desk when Courtney rushes into the PCPD. She asks what Jason is doing there and before he can tell her that her brother is alive, she turns and sees him herself. She rips Jason a new one demanding to know how he could let her and her father grieve for someone who wasn’t dead. How could he let Mike sink so low in his depression without saying a word? In his inimitable minimalist way, Jason merely states that he did what he had to do to protect Sonny. Sonny steps forward and gives his little sis a hug and asks that they start over. What’s a girl supposed to do?

I Wish Someone Would Leave!
At the hospital, Skye is sitting beside Jax’s bed talking to him and willing him to open his eyes without much success. The doctor pokes his head in the room and asks her to step into his office so they might discuss treatment options. After Skye exits the room, Brenda slips in and right into the seat the current Mrs. Jax was occupying. She begins talking to Jax and asks if he would please wake up for her – Surprise!!! Jax and Brenda gaze at each other and whisper “nobody leaves” for the hundreth time. Skye walks back into the room in time to ask “Who’re you? What’re you doing with my husband?” Welcome to your worst nightmare Skye.