Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Abused and Confused
Published February 21, 2008
So we saw a new theme pop up in yesterday's episode of General Hospital. Both Marianna and Claudia are abused women.
Marianna was illegally brought into this country by her jerk of an ex-boyfriend who's been knocking her around ever since. Claudia, it would seem from her memory flashes, was molested by her psycho-pop. The realization sort of gives Anthony's ranting of "Get this whore out of my room," a whole new color, but really wasn't a huge surprise given the way she's been acting so slutty with Sonny and Jason. Something else I found interesting, and Claudia seemed to take note of too, was the shot the nurse ran in and gave the crazy man when he was screaming for his dead wife. Is Trevor orchestrating a drug regimen to keep Anthony "paralyzed?" Is that why he can occasionally move his foot? Is that when the drug begins to wear off?
At the hospital, Lulu was upset over hitting Logan with the wrench and still seemed to doubt he was the text-message killer, even though Maxie and Johnny continued to retell the evidence stacked against him. Meanwhile Mac questioned Spinelli on what the dynamic duo had discovered and then asked Spinelli to keep a close eye on Maxie.
Of course, the PCPD has it wrong and Lulu and her gut-instinct are on the right track. If you haven't seen the 411 preview of the killer unmasked that is floating around the net and just have to know who the TMK is, check out the spoiler below.
Luke checked himself into General to try and get some dirt on Monica. Though Tracy was upset by his tactics, intoxicating young, pretty janitorial staff with bourbon-laced chocolates; she was quite pleased with the results: the clothes Monica was wearing the night of the hit-and-run as well as her flask. It's not enough to convince me she ran down Sam, but it might be enough to get Tracy and Luke back into the Quartermaine mansion.
Wife, mother, aspiring novelist, and music editor at BC Magazine, Connie Phillips spends most of her time in a fantasy land of her own creating. In reality, she writes about music, television, and the process of writing, when she's not cheering on her kids at equestrian events. Contact: Phillips.connie@gmail.com
- Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Abused and Confused
- Published: February 21, 2008
- Type: Review
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Here is a link to the youtube video of the 411 promo that shows him take the mask off and reveal himself to Sam?
Why he would target Sam and Alexis are somewhat obvious. The rest of it doesn't fit and I don't care how hard they try to piece the puzzle together, I hate it!
Rumors started weeks ago that the actor was back on set and that Diego would be tied to the case. Many speculated that Danial was Diego with a new face courtesy of Dr. Devlin, and the actor was doing back-story scenes.
As you can see in the clip, that is not the case, though I do suspect Dr. Devlin is a part of it. At the end of today's episode we saw the TMK pop a prescription pill in his mouth - most likely the same one Cooper and Logan were taking.
I agree, it's a cop-out solution to a storyline that got way off track weeks ago!
This has to rank with the alien story when Robin was a kid as one of the silliest.
It's a deus ex machina of bad writing. Daniel, at least, could have been rationalized as a random killer, just as in real life. But, yet another resurrection? No one seems to stay dead.
And Diego was a good kid to start. Yes, they did that silly story where he tried to avenge Sage's death, although he never knew her, but c'mon: Grant Putnam was deranged after years of captivity, Ryan Chamberlain was batty from the get go, and Cesar Faison was a trained killer. Kevin O'Connor was a believable twist, and made sense. Even Joe Atkins was a cop killer known b4 he made an appearance.
Yes, he hates Sam for shooting him, and Alexis for killing his uncle. Georgie did reject him, but Georgie's last smiling shot, b4 death, from the killer's POV, is all wrong. She'd've been shocked that Diego was still alive, whereas she smiled only casually, which suggested Daniel. This had to be a desperation move. And why kill Emily? Leticia was just a nanny. And why and how could he overpower the bigger and stronger Cooper?
Cop out. Boo!
WOW Dan!
Long time fan! I remember the Robin/Alien story. I tease my daughter now, wondering if Robin will name her baby 'Casey' after said alien.
I'm very disappointed by Diego being the TMK for many of the reasons you stated. Don't get me wrong, the character and the actor are both great, and it's not even the back from the dead that bothers me. That device is so overused, it's trite if nothing else.
My main beef is we were given a mystery and there was suppose to be clues along the way. Sure you expect some red herrings and some twists, but there also should have been some small tidbits for the viewer that really pointed in the direction of the killer. The only one that has pointed to Diego is Kristina returning to a catatonic state last week.
The killer should have been someone we saw at the black and white ball. It wasn't. The ending was contrived just to bail them out of a story they lost control of.
Yeah, Kristina saw Diego die, and now he's a ghost to her, but at least Daniel as Diego w a new face wd have been believable.
But, if they can bring back Diego, I hope they bring AJ back from the dead.
This def smacks of being discombobulated by the writer's strike.
My first comment seems to have merged w comment 2. Is there a problem with the comment section?
Yes, we should have seen Diego, or at least had a hint that a long time viewer, at least, could have gone....maybe?
TMK aka Diego is in Sam's apartment with her at the end of Friday's show. This will kick into high gear next week and we will find out what hows and whys they are going to use to explain themselves.
But yes, I certainly think the story was a casualty of the writer's strike.
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