After the purging I did in my last column, I thought I’d have a hard time coming up with anything so soon.  Foolish me.  As long as JFP is still beating this dead horse we lovingly refer to as General Hospital, they’ll be plenty out there to fuel my sarcasm.  And so to work.

• I think the latest Luke and Laura adventure with Jennifer Smith was a great combination of humor and romance -- something that GH USED to be known for (is someone else writing this stuff?)  Sally Struthers was perfect in the role.  She walked the line between the hysterical and the yuck factor when she would clack her teeth together or nibble on Luke’s ear.  She’s been a breath of fresh air during this stagnant period of GH history.
  
  
• I’m SO glad that Felicia has affected a Texas accent while in Texas.  Otherwise how could we, the audience, relate to her disguise...
  
  
• Where did AJ shop for Courtney?  Whores ‘R Us?  And the “Pretty Woman” dress looked MUCH better on Julia.
  
  
• If Carly is so hot to not be considered Sonny’s property she MIGHT consider taking off the rock and her wedding ring.
  
  
• I must be one of the few people that like Jax and Skye together.  I don’t think the problem is the actors or a supposed lack of chemistry.  The problem is clearly (and get ready for a shock here) the writing.  I’m beginning to harp on this theme but I think it’s true:  whoever makes the decisions at GH must be a man with a really bad self image because yet another strong female character is being ripped to shreds.  Skye is a GREAT character.  Watch her interact with AJ, Edward and Ned -- all men that she has no possibility of a romantic entanglement with (which, in a twisted way, is too bad in the cases of AJ and Ned but let’s not go there) -- she’s not someone to take lightly.  HOWEVER, put her in a room with Jax or even Sonny and she becomes a self-conscious wimp.  It makes no sense to me.
  
  
• How come Helena rates the orange prison jumpsuit (with the ever stylish turned up collar) but Melissa gets stuck in the drab gray ones?  Jensen Buchanan really must have pissed off someone terribly.  Maybe her line from last week is telling:  “I really wish I could say that this has been fun but it hasn’t.”  Hmmm.
  
  
• Doesn’t the PCPD have a back door to exit from when transporting prisoners?  And why was the window in the police car open as Melissa was in it?  No wonder they all run around like the Keystone Cops (showing my age here.)
  
  
• So it’s okay for Gia to rip the guy in the body shop a new one for losing her car but Nik can’t talk to his employees with any degree of authority?  And how DARE she tell Alexis to leave Wyndemere!  The GH hairstylist must have braided her hair a TAD too tight.  Further evidence of insanity:  Gia’s actually going to let Sarah live in the same mansion much less in the same hemisphere as Nik?  Please.
  
  
• Now if Gia would have admitted her guilt in the car accident what would have been the worst thing that would have happened?  She’d have to pay for damages to Courtney/Mike’s car.  She may pay for Liz’s surgery.  I think the new red BMW cost more than both combined.  Dumb storyline.  End it quickly please.
  
  
• God help me, Lucky and Nik have a point about Sarah’s sudden interest in Liz’s well-being.  Where was Sarah when Liz was supposedly dead?  Just like OJ looking for his Nicole’s killer on the golf courses of Florida, was Sarah mourning her sister’s death in Europe?
  
  
• I’m glad to see Janine’s hair has come down a few inches.  Now if we can just get her to stop pimping her daughter...
  
  
• Since when does Max get to tell Zander “This isn’t a good time” to see Sonny?  If ANYONE is going to say that it should be JOHNNY!!!!!  Arrgghh.
  
  
• FINALLY, Sonny got an office chair befitting a mob boss who runs his business out of a coffee warehouse.
  
  
• I actually found something I like about Kristina.  I have to find out where she got that red plaid scarf.
  
  
• Would anyone else liked to have seen the conversation between Alexis and Kristina when Kristina told Alexis that she was going away for the weekend with Ned?  Another story development opportunity missed.
  

And did anyone else notice:

• That Skye’s “bar” in her suite includes alcohol?
  
  
• Scott’s obsession with Sing Sing and buying women a big fat steak dinner?  I’m not complaining. 
   Hell, I’m just thrilled to see Scott period.

Thanks again for reading.  I’d love your feedback.

Chris