themtogether wrote:
I agree TT, and the hospital, of course, gets short shrift.  Guza has
cut a lot of ties between the hospital and the mob.  Jasons's family
were doctors.  Emily & Alan are now dead, and Monica is rarely on. 
Sonny, I believe was a board member at the hospital, but that is never
mentioned, and he is rarely there.  As a matter of fact, I think several
prominent residents were board members and would show up at the
hospital (Jax comes to mind also).  The Q's were definitely very
involved at the hospital, but there are very few Q's left.  The most
obvious example of Guza's lack of interest in the hospital was the Toxic
Ball Bomb.  Very few actual hospital employees were involved in the
story!  I also think Guza likes to keep most scenes between only a very
few characters.  We used to see scenes at the hospital overlapping. 
People would be in and out, and characters would run into and
acknowledge each other.  Same thing with Kelly's Diner, The Outback,
Luke's Club.  Seems any scene with more than 2-4 actors now involves a
huge event.  A new viewer would hardly know who knows who in Port
Charles. 
You have to wonder if this is a defect/weakness/oversight/inability/intentional  on Guza's part -- but it is obvious that all he cares about are the Fab Four and the Mob. I guess if it were up to him -- he would write the hospital out.

I haven't watched in forever -- but I keep hanging around hoping that Guza will be fired -- but for some reason, they stick with him.I guess because GH gets nominated for all those Emmys.

*shrugs*






So true
There is no overlapping of "stories"
the last big one was MC Crisis and B and W Ball and LOOK how many viewers that drew
Guza doesn't have the mind to "overlap" and combine stories
seems he keeps CHARACTERS isolated in a "bubble" and lets them out when he needs to

seems like everyone on the canvas is "disconnected" unless it is for a plot point

You know they go out of their way to MAKE SURE Jason and Liz never bump into each other

Since they write for PETS and plot points that is they way it is...

The last time they did anything to "attempt" to involve the whole canvas was the "carnival"
and I called the comment line and told them to SUCK ON IT ...and I refused to watch
new it was a bait and tease and would serve NO purpose and it didn't
serioulsy was their a point to the carnival?

same with Franco's s/l...
all about a select few

gh is all about the mob and everyone else is "there"
and in Samho's case "never there"