The Brendamania

Well today it finally happened, Brenda took over daytime TV for 3 solid hours. It was actually kind of fun watching old episodes of GH.  It was almost comical to see how the characters have changed so much, aged like the rest of us.  Sometimes we forget, just as we age so do these characters even though we sometimes perserve them in our memories classic in their youth.

The first classic scenes of Jax and Brenda's wedding was especially nostalgic for me  but not because I was a giant Jax/Brenda fan.  It was because I remember Grandmother was still alive during that time.  I actually remember watching that episode and the few to proceed and follow it from the nursing home that Grandmother spent her final days in.  I still remember how loud we had to turn up the TV for her to hear and how several rooms around her were watching the same show at the same volume.  Grandmother never approved of Sonny for Brenda.  I remember when Sonny and Brenda began to date she kept saying he was going to get her killed. It was no surprise to Grandmother that Lily was the one who died for being with Sonny.  Grandmother was more of a Jax/Brenda fan.  She felt he was better suited for her.  I still can hear her talking about them.  Isn't it sweet how sometimes you hear a song or see a show that takes you back nearly two decades to a totally different time in your life and memories of someone you haven't seen for many years who had such a profound impact on your life. Her insight on GH was not the profound impact on my life but nevertheless, it's always nice to see something that reminds me of her.

Something else that was entertaining was how crisp the writing used to be for GH.  GH had very classic crisp writing during the 90's and early this century.  Also the comedy of the Jason and Brenda wedding was so brilliantly done.  Some days I wonder if the writing now is going to give us whip lash as it jerks us around scenes and though some times jagged story lines with loose ends all around.  I know some of the reason for bringing back Brenda was to try to bring back some classic GH fans but I just hope the writers now are up for the challenge to tighten up plot lines and stop recycling old story lines (who's the daddy of Liz's 15 children).

Only time will tell if anything will change now that Brenda is back.  However, Brenda or no Brenda, Sam needs her own story line .  Keep calling the comment lines  and keep faith.  According to the medianet pics there will be lots of JaSam in the coming weeks.  I am already anticipating the great scenes that will be in store.