I used to run home from the bus stop and get in the door with 5 minutes to go before Gh started. Afternoon snack in hand and see what my gh family was up to .
People have asked me over the years , " Why the hell do you like this show so much, there's too much mob shit it it, what's the facination you have?" Simply put because the characters have become more like a family to me than any other show I've watched over the years.
I've seen more weddings, funerals, births of kids, who by the way started out younger than me lol, and miraculously got speed aged progressed to be the same age as me. Jason Morgan got Speed aged by 12 years , I remember when he was born and I was 12 for goodness sake at the time of his birth.
Port Charles has seen their share of crazies inhabit their town, Helena and Faison have terrorized the residents for so long that they too have become like the naughty great aunt and uncle that you just laugh at cause they're so nuts you can't help but go here we go again.
We've seen the arrival of Robin , Carly, Elizabeth and Sam , four strong women who by the way just happen to be related to Legacy Characters who are as bad ass as their daughters who don't take shit from anyone. Robin was just a young kid , age 7 and she was sassy as hell, and every bit her mothers daughter.
Giving her dad Robert a run for his money with the stern looks she gave him from time to time and make the adults feel like chastised children if they did anything to upset her.
In the 90's our girl was diagnosed HIV positive, has watched her boyfriend Stone die from Aids, and helped create the nurses ball.
She is thriving , a research doctor who does lab research, is happily married and has a 14 year old daughter.
Carly's arrival was anything but smooth sailing, but still I love that girl with every fiber of my being.
Yes she's a nasty piece of work most of the time, but people need to come to terms with the fact that Carly is gonna do what she's gonna do and ain't nobody not Bobbie, Not Jason, Not Sam and Not Sonny is going to stop her from going up against the likes of Heather Webber or Manny Ruiz without second thoughts in her head.
Then there is Michael Corinthos, that boy has seen more heartache than a teenager in love. He was born with a heart defect, been kidnapped, been shot in the head, lost the love of his life, and he also killed Claudia Zacchara when she tried to kidnap baby Joss. Frisco and Felicia , although I loved them in the 80's with their adventures along with Luke and Laura , have a lot to answer for when it comes to Maxie and Lulu.
Like our beautiful Robin , Maxie and Lulu know only too well what its like when your parent suddenly disappears then comes back and they want them to embrace them and go Oh dad, oh mom I missed you.
Hell to the no baby , my girls got pissed told them off , and they got the adventure gene so they too have a taste and lust for danger. I revel in the kick ass action courtesy of Jason and Sonny , Sam is a dab hand of kicking some serious ass too, and then we got the hospital that is supposed to be the forefront of this whole show, occasionally we see some hospital drama when someone has a brain injury or has fallen victim to the frosty winter waters in the Port Charles Harbour.
Jason and Sonny have had so many gun shot wounds they should have first refusal at getting seen to by the hospital staff. We've seen our fair share of Mob women breeze into Port Charles along with their husbands and fathers and brother. Olivia and Ava Jerome. Sorel, Frank Smith, Faith Roscoe, and Lily Rivera Corinthos Sonny's first wife who was killed by her own father during a click click boom episode which showed Lily being blown up in Sonny's car.
Back in the 90's Ryan Chamberlain preyed on the women of Port Charles leaving victims in our wake, now 25 years later he's managed to spring himself out of Ferncliff and killed again. I wouldn't bank on this mother effer to survive once Ava finds out he killed her daughter Kiki, if there's one thing I know , Ava may not be the most endearing character, but it would definitely be a treat to see her do an eye for an eye thing and kill the bastard dead where he stands.
Oh yea and I was equally as angered when the show killed off Georgie, and Emily who I adored. their deaths at the hands of Diego the son of mobster Lorenzo Alcazar just infuriated the hell out of me.
Elizabeth Webber was horrified in the early 2000's when Lucky supposedly perished in a fire , but then returned from the supposed dead having his death faked by Faison and Helena.
Faison managed to Fake Robin's death and Jason's but what we wound up with lol, was Drew Cain who had some identity confusion about who the hell he was then the idea was put in his head he was Jason Morgan.
A fact that I as a long time fan predicted that would happen. When GH first introduced Nelle Benson , and she started messing with Carly , she became another woman who joined the line of bitches who tried and failed to take down my girl.
And in all honesty , thank god for Carly's little girl Joss , because she single handed took Nelle down herself , when Michael and Carly failed to do so.
When my girls Sam and Carly were both shot on separate occasions I was left horrified, Sonny shot Carly by accident trying to kill Alcazar, but as for Sam she was shot in the back by Manny Ruiz.
A horrifying event that lead her to believe she couldn't have kids but now she has two beautiful kids of her own.
Robin as well fell victim to a gun shot wound after Jerry Jacks shot her as a reminder to people at the metrocourt while he held them hostage that he had a gun and wasn't afraid to use it. She was the example but our Jasam and Carson didn't let him win that battle.
I just knew there was something familiar about him , he reminded me of Jax lol, there is a reason behind people behaving as they do and he just didn't do it out of a whim. In 2017 Jason crashed through the skylight at the metrocourt after being held captive for five years, that very night Elizabeth was shot as well.
I just knew the night Jason was shot and dropped kicked into that water he would return 5 years later with someone else namely Drew believing he was Jason and he actually turned out to be his twin brother. Call it a gift , a curse , an inclination if you will but after all this stuff I've seen , you'd think I'd have soured against GH by now , but hell no , not me.
My love for this show has grown stronger, its made me laugh its made me cry, its made me angry at times but I have to say after 3 decades of drama and for the love of all things GH I remain a loyal viewer who keeps coming back for more.
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