TV Review: Making the Rounds at General Hospital – 3/13/06

Part of: Making the Rounds at General Hospital

For Friday being the usual cliff-hanger day, the past show and the resolution on Monday wasn't much to write home about. Storylines both days centered on Emily and Sonny, Dillon and Georgie, the Alexis and Sam adoption plot, and Skye and Lorenzo.

Emily and Sonny - Am I the only one who is totally bored by this whole Spanish run-away vacation thing? It was set up as a chance for the couple to be romantic and not be forced to hide their relationship from everyone who is against them at home. All that has actually happened is Sonny continually brooding and pouting and Emily constantly reassuring him. She doesn't care if he's a no good lousy mob boss who can't control his temper and lets his ex-wife and kids run his life, she loves him anyway. On Friday, she packed her bags to leave because he wouldn't open up to her, today he conceded and explained how (basically) he is just a mean moody man . . . all is forgiven.

Yawn!! I'm bored!

On Friday Dillon and Georgie were told by Tracy that they had to move out of the Quatermaine estate. She claimed to be doing it for the young couple's own good. In a scene set for pure comic relief, Luke and Tracy spin tales of what it would have been like had they met and wed as young lovers . . . but of course they didn't. Even though these two displayed actual emotion for each other during the monkey virus epidemic, they are back to exchanging bitter yet playful jabs.

Tracy, however, is set on destroying her son's new marriage, which she only agreed to because Dillion was not expected to survive the virus. Luke continues to remind Tracy that she promised God she would be a kinder person if He let her son survive, and Tracy's continued attempts to break up the marriage is the kindest thing she can do.

Pure comic relief is what Tracy and Luke offer, and it works. Their exchanges are fun and Tracy being conniving and evil is what has made the character last for years. She's been one I've loved to hate for as long as I can remember. Though with this particular evil plan, she has enough of a valid point that it's hard to totally hate her. Her son is too young to be married, as is Georgie. Yes, it's wrong for her to try and destroy it, but I can identify with this mother's concern. So, for the time being, she gets only partial scorn from me.

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