Dear readers, if you are here and reading this General Hospital commentary, thank you for finding me! I have many fine qualities, but patience isn’t one of them. I was over the moon when I heard that Jonathan Jackson was back on GH, and I have been jonesing to see his real reunion with Liz — and not just a reunion in a fever dream. But it’s taking so long! While I always love and appreciate any General Hospital action adventure, this one has come at a snail’s pace for me, especially since many of the in-between scenes have been Deception office meetings, Sasha making quiche, and Molly and Kristina screaming at each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I posted this rant on Twitter, and I will post it again here for those of you who deleted your accounts (which I fully understand and respect). Why are soaps so bad at follow-through? They hype something wildly. “Steve Burton is returning to General Hospital!” “Jonathan Jackson is coming back to GH!” “Emma Samms is coming back to GH!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hooray! They get us all excited with anticipation! We tune in with glee and delight! And then, in this case, we watch Molly and Kristina screaming at each other for weeks and get an occasional glimpse of Lucky chained to a table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You had our attention! Viewers who you lost in the past finally tuned back in! And then you blew it! The rollouts are too slow, and the payoffs are rarely what we anticipate. I am so happy these three actors are back on General Hospital, but we need fewer scenes with Natalia, Molly, and Kristina and more with Lucky, Jason, and Holly.
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Don’t bring back your most beloved actors and hide them from us! What is the logic in that? In the old days of soaps, maybe you could draw out a storyline for months, and viewers had no choice but to wait around for the payoff because that’s all there was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n