Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Choices

On Thursday’s General Hospital:

Patrick and Robin can't find their way back to each other, as Luke gives in and agrees to open heart surgery.

When Alexis found Leyla in Jerry's bed, he swore to his attorney there was nothing going on, and begged her to stay and help counsel the still drunk and broken-hearted nurse. After whining and crying about how men are dogs and ambitious women are maligned for wanting to make a life for themselves, Leyla passed out and Jerry accused Alexis of being jealous.  He tried to prove his point by forcing a kiss on her. After slapping him, Alexis left the hotel room and called Patrick, informing him Leyla was with Jerry.

Patrick had been at Jake's and after receiving anger and belittlement from the ladies, tried once again to defend his position to Robin, who in turn rambled on and on about her desire to have a child. They had once again reached an impasse when Alexis' call came in, and Patrick dashed off to help the woman who not so long ago took a bullet for him.

I felt like I was watching some black and white sitcom like Leave it to Beaver the way the women were carrying on about needing men and children. I'd like to think every scene from Leyla dancing on the pool table to Robin's weeping were casualties of the writer's strike, but unfortunately they were laden with Guza's fingerprints. Need I remind him the majority of the daytime drama audience is female and we want to watch Leyla dancing on a pool table about as much as we want to watch Liz and Sam ripping each other's ball gowns?

Thinking Sonny had sent one of his goons over to scare her, Kate knocked the intruder in the head with a vase, rendering him unconscious. She then called Sonny over to collect his employee. Turns out, it wasn't one of Sonny's people, but the interior decorator she had hired, Renee. Deciding being hit in the head with vases and Sonny's talk of Kate's life being in danger from his enemies wasn't good for his health, Renee decided to quit, even after Sonny threatened to break his legs if he did.

Article Author: Connie Phillips

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. …

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