Or was it? Today was Garin Wolf's official first day as Head Writer for GH. We have all read a lot about this and heard the actors are excited about this new direction. I too, for the most part, am very excited about a change for GH. This has been viewed as a possible solution to keep GH from being sucked off the air along with its fellow daytime dramas of AMC and OLTL. GH is ABC's daytime drama flagship so I hope this plan works. Today's show wasn't without a lot of hype which I think set a lot of our expectations a bit higher then they should have been. Just remember Rome wasn't built in a day, folks. Brick by brick my child, brick by brick. Even though there is a new Head Writer, there are a lot of story lines and characters that need tweaking and that might take a long while to tweak. I will admit my expectations were extremely high after reading the Garin Wolf interview out on abc.com before the show and the whole "It's a brand new day" slogans all over the place for today's show. In some areas I could feel the positive shift in the wind but in others I felt some of it fell short. But remember this is only day 1. The road is long and we are only on mile marker 1, there are a lot of repairs and improvement projects along this road. So take a deep breath, sit back and enjoy the drive. I have a feeling this will be the ride of GH's life.
Some areas I felt the positive improvement was with Scrubs today. Oh wow, they were so cute today. I don't think Guza knew what to do with married couples on GH. He wasn't very good at keeping folks married. But I love that Garin Wolf is showing married folks are fun too. They can be hot, sexy and absolutely in sync with each other like Patrick and Robin were today. Marriage isn't boring for all. It is not a reason to get in screaming matches 24x7 like Sonny & Brenda thought it was all about. Robin and Patrick show us marriage is fun and sexy. Not to mention they are showing that they have over come the worst and are stronger then ever. I am loving it!!!!
I like the tidbit about the possible mystery coming to the Davis girls. I love that style of a hint of a mysterious storyline approaching. So if Krissy is feeling odd when will Sam or Molly start to feel odd? I am excited about this new story, I just hope it also involves Sam.
We were promised to see JaSam after we have not seen them since the epic proposal. There is no way their scenes today could have lived up to the last time we saw them. I was hoping they would be in bed still celebrating but to my disappointment no. But it was cute how Sam and Jason had at least a couple of seconds to be happy before the interruptions started again. It was so darling to watch Jason and Sam on the balcony talking about the story of how Maxie lost Sam's engagement ring. Sam describe her current lug-nut hardware ring as unconventional and that is a wonderful way to describe Jason and Sam. They are unconventional but madly in love. Maybe that was Garin Wolf's point when he wrote so many interruptions for our super couple today. Most couples only get on occasional interruption like Epiphany barging into a hospital room where a couple is getting busy, but oh no Jason and Sam can't just have an occasional interruption. Oh no, no, no, that is far too few, they must have an entire clown car of interruptions unleashed at their door apparently. I know it is classic JaSam to be interrupted very 2 seconds but I hope this stops very soon. I was hoping Jason and Sam would at least get 1 kiss or one hug in before the frenzy started at their door but no such luck.
I know Monica is upset and rightfully so but this is not all Jason's fault. Jason wanted to tell Monica about Jake years ago but Elizabeth begged him not to. So he respected her wishes. He went along with her because she convinced him it was best. Jason knows now he was so absolutely wrong to go along with Elizabeth's plan. He knows now all the lies and secrets only cost him a chance to know his child and for his family to know that child. She didn't do him any favors by lying to everyone and saying the child was Lucky's because that didn't save child but only denied him a relationship with is father.
Just as Monica left and Jason was given a picture of his childhood that he has no memory of, who should come barging through their door but Elizabeth. She ran straight into Jason's arms like it was the 2006 blackout. Sweetheart Elizabeth, it ain't 2006 anymore where everyone thinks you are a delicate little flower and could never cheat on your husband, sleep with another woman's man, lie, manipulate, betray, concoct evil conniving schemes to decease all about all your children's paternity, sleep with your best friend's husband and fiance's brother, screw up in the OR almost killing someone and push someone off a roof (oh wait that happens later this week). :-) Elizabeth is no saint anymore and everyone knows it. But her loss of her child was real. She is haunted by it and is clearly needing some help dealing with it. But running to all her children's fathers for support probably isn't the best method to help her become strong again. Siobhan is annoying and can be kind of mean but she in the past she has been good at calling Liz out on her crap. However, I think Siobhan has gone a little too far now with telling Liz she is the reason Jake is dead. Siobhan has gone from preaching the truth to being down right evil herself. She clearly has never suffered a loss of any proportion like Liz has because otherwise she would never say those evil things. Every parent blames themselves in some way when a child is lost even if it is a little. Siobhan is far from the spicy girl Lucky picked up in a the bar now. But I think Elizabeth needs to hear those harsh words from Siobhan so she realizes how others see her now. She isn't this little delicate flower anymore that needs everyone to take care of her. She needs to learn to stand on her own two feet and build herself back up. I think Elizabeth will struggle with this for a long time which is only expected but she does at least realize she needs to do this for her.
Elizabeth needed to hear that Jason and Sam are engaged to clearly show her she can't just keep running to her children's fathers all the time for support. Sam was so kind to Elizabeth. Sam is so understanding of the connection Liz and Jason share. The connection isn't that there is some hidden old romantic feelings and it never was between Liz and Jason. The connection they shared was a child and even with the child gone they still are connected for that reason and only that reason. Sam reminded Elizabeth she respects their connection and is the bigger person. Sam is so kind and mature and offered Elizabeth words of wisdom and advice. Sam reminded Jason yet another reason why he loves her so much and wants to spend the rest of his life with her when he watched Sam talk to Elizabeth.
There is no other woman for Jason. He is all about Sam. Sam reminded Jason she accepts everything and everyone in his life including the clown car of crazy interruptions that come knocking on their door every single day. She loves him completely and he loves her. She knows just what to say to let him know how much she loves him. She cheered him up and talked him into going for a ride where they could be away from the interruptions and just be together.
Don't write GH and Garin Wolf's new approach to the show off yet. It's just the first day. Keep patient, keep watching and remember there is a bright new future ahead, let's watch it together. I am still hopeful and optimistic of what is coming. Keep the faith everyone! Call the comment line with positive comments. Fight to keep GH on the air.
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