Isn't blood supposed to be thicker than water?

Once again Lesley Lu has turned from sweet good-hearted Lulu to well, Shrewlu.

I get that she's in love with Dante, and I'm actually a Lante supporter, but this is not the first time Lulu has sided with someone other than her family.

Lulu knew that Jake was actually Jason's son and not Lucky's but she not only lied to Lucky for months, she also served as a go between for her former sister-in-law and the mob enforcer. Yeah that's what I call family loyalty.

Granted Lulu just found out that Ethan is her brother less than a year ago, but nonetheless he is her brother and the way she was screaming at Luke about Dante was simply wrong. Luke may not be father of the year material, but he is still her father and he is worried about Ethan and the way he was treated while he was in lock-up. Shrewlu needs to take a step back and realize that when all is said and done, family is what gets you through your darkest hours, not your latest fling.

Speaking of Ethan, the poor guy was wrongfully accused, not once but twice, for being the one who attacked Kristina only to be arrested for running down Kiefer when in fact it was Alexis who killed her daughter's attacker. Then Ethan while in lock-up basically ends up with the same bruises as Kristina for a crime he didn't commit.


When Kristina confronted Ethan in the hospital, it made me realize just how small she really is. She looked not only like a little kid, but every ounce of the fragile she should be at this time. And poor Ethan is getting screamed at by Kristina for something he didn't do. I for one reacted the same way he did when he questioned why she would keep accusing him of things he didn't do.

I don't know what's worse, the fact that Kristina accused Ethan of killing Kiefer or that she is still defending Kiefer after he hit her on more than one occasion. What message is General Hospital trying to send? I get that many abused women protect their attackers, but Kristina thinking that she deserved to be hit and Kiefer dying is her fault is going a little bit over the top for my taste.

I'm not even going to comment on Liz's scenes today because to me they are a waste of air-time. I'm sorry but I refuse to believe that Liz went crazy because she was cheating on Lucky. And now they are dragging out the "oh whoa is me" routine with her in the hopes of redeeming her. Well she won't and can't be redeemed in my eyes, at least not this way.

What do you think of Lulu's conversation with Luke? Was she out of line? Is Kristina's emotions and feelings a true portrayal of what abuse victims go through? What are your thoughts on Liz, redeemable or not?

Love and Hate

I thought I'd change it up a bit and simply do lists of what I'm loving and hating about General Hospital lately.

LOVE:

1. The Kristina/Kiefer story. Unfortunately, in this day and age the story of a young teenage girl being physically abused by her boyfriend happens more often than not. I applaud GH for telling the story and how it's affecting so much of the cast. From the two main players Kristina and Kiefer to their parents, Kristina's siblings, the Spencers and everyone in between, all are nailing every single one of their scenes and are doing a great job telling this heartbreaking story. I'm looking forward to watching Kristina deal with all of her emotions. TIIC have done a great job so far, I just hope they don't drop the ball.


2. Alexis Davis and Sonny Corinthos. Both mother and father are absolutely heartbroken and grief stricken over what has been happening to their daughter. From Sonny putting a gun to the back of Ethan's head and his confrontations with Luke, Sonny is acting every bit the mob father that he is. Alexis on the other hand when she told Luke she would go "Cassadine" on him was priceless! Both Alexis and Sonny in my book are acting exactly how they should in terms of the characters themselves.

3. Sonny's trial for killing Claudia. Even though I know that Sonny is never going to be convicted, especially since he didn't even commit this crime, I am truly enjoying how the trial is playing out thus far. From Coleman being caught with Kate at the hotel to Maxie and Diane putting Claire in her place, the trial is actually pretty exciting compared to any trial Jason has ever been on.



4. JaSam. I never thought I could ever get behind the pairing again after the total dismantling of them a few years ago, but there is something very different about them this time around - Jason actually treats Sam as an equal and seems to respect her more this time around. I love the sweet moments between the two and even enjoy when they disagree sometimes. Not that I ever want to see them really fight, it was nice to see them in disagreement over the Kristina situation because it shows them as real and not just all fluff. Can't wait to see where they go from here.



5. Ducky. I don't even know if they have a real name yet, but I love Dante and Lucky being partners on the PCPD. They seem to gel really well and they do a great good cop/bad cop routine. I like how they feed off each other and hope they continue to build a friendship. I would love to see what happens if Dante ever accepts Sonny as his father and starts to be a corrupt cop.

6. The fact the Quartemaines are starting to get more airtime, the return of Skye and the introduction of Maya Ward - enough said.


HATE:
1. The whole Liz/Nik/Lucky storyline. I was enjoying the storyline in the beginning when Lucky told Liz all the things I've been screaming at my TV about her for years, but now it's just a snoozefest. Liz loves Lucky (or so she says), Nik loves Liz and Lucky wants nothing to do with either of them. Oh and having Liz have yet another WTD s/l is just B-O-R-I-N-G!



2. Lisa Niles and Scrubs. Scrubs is having plenty of angst on their own over Robin's support of Sonny, they don't need Lisa involved at all. Let Lisa hook up with Steve or hey, here's a suggestion - how about Matt?!?!?!? When was the last time we actually saw Matt? Why would TPTB put Matt on the opening credits when he's never on screen?

3. SpiXie. I am so over them. I've been over them since their non-wedding. Well actually, I let go of them once Maxie slept with Franco. Not that I want to hear the name Franco spoken on GH anytime soon, but seeing just that ounce of chemistry between Maxie and Franco made me long for the old Maxie - the Maxie that should be paired with Johnny. I just want my JoMax!!!!

4. Claire Walsh. I really could do without her. No other explanation. I just loathe her.

5. Jax. When he's on screen I just want to scream "HYPOCRITE."


That's pretty much my list of love and hate. What's yours?

When will the healing truly begin?

Ironically, the person she's know for the least amount is the one person Kristina finally felt comfortable enough to admit the truth to - Dante.

I get that she feels comfortable with him, she did even before she knew he was her brother, but I really thought Kristina would open up to Sam before anyone else. Sam has been the one person Kristina has opened up to in the past. Regardless of who the person was, I'm just really glad that Kristina finally cleared Ethan and admitted that it's been Kiefer all along.

Another thing I'm absolutely thrilled about is that Kristina told Molly the truth about what's been going on even telling her the excuses she's made for Ethan in the past. Maybe the two young girls will bond a real sisterly-friendship and support each other through the rest of this. You may ask why I think Molly needs support, well, the young girl is absolutely a romantic and looked up to Kiefer and his relationship with Kristina. She has defended him almost as much as Kristina.


As Kristina spelled out all the ugly details of her attacks, Alexis and Sonny listened with fallen hearts and tears falling from their eyes. What would you do if you were a parent and you were listening to your teenage daughter explain how her boyfriend hit her on more than one occasion? I was pleasantly surprised that Sonny didn't start screaming the minute he realized that it was Kiefer abusing his daughter and when he was talking with Jason how he was thankful he didn't have his oldest friend's son killed.

I really wanted to hit the pompous Mr. Bauer in the mouth for the way he manhandled Lucky in the cubicle where Kiefer was pretty much flat-lining. if the jackass had at least waited five more seconds he would of heard that Lucky was trying to find out who ran his son down in the middle of the road and not questioning him about what happened with Kristina. The worst part is there are more of the Bauers in real life, you know the ones that feel entitled because of their money or last name, than there are Sonnys or Jasons- mobsters.

This is the reason that I defend Sonny and Jason. They fight to protect what is theirs and those they love, yet they are ridiculed on a daily basis because of their professions. I know they kill people but they are mobsters, they aren't supposed to be innocent.

You just know that when the Bauers realize that it was Alexis that hit Kiefer they are going to try and say Kristina lied about Kiefer hitting her because she's trying to save her mother from manslaughter or some other charge the Bauers will come up with. Granted it really wasn't an accident when Alexis hit Kiefer with her car, but it wasn't premeditated. What's going to be worse for Kristina at this point - dealing with the physical and emotional abuse she's been dealing with for months at the hands of Kiefer, watching her father stand trial for a murder he didn't commit or seeing her mother brought up on charges for accidentally killing her abusive teenage boyfriend? Either way the girl is going to literally be scarred for life.

I hope I wasn't the only one cheering when Steven Webber pronounced Kiefer dead. I was thrilled! Literally, utterly and most definitely thrilled. I have to admit that Christian Alexander did a phenomenal job as Kiefer since the minute he showed up on GH. Kiefer was a character that I absolutely loved to hate. To me there is a difference in hating a character and loving to hate a character. Hating a character to me means that the character offers nothing to the story or the show. Claire Walsh and Lisa Niles are prime examples of characters that I simply hate.

On the other hand; Faith, Kiefer and even Claudia are/were characters that I loved to hate. Their characters actually added to the show and the actresses/actors that played them were phenomenal in the roles. Now Dahlia Salem or whatever her name is, is a good actress, but to me Claire is just someone I want to slap on a daily basis.

Okay, enough of my rant. What did you think of today's show? Kiefer's death? How do you think Kristina will react to the news that it was her own mother that killed Kiefer?

The Ultimate Price

Kristina had been lying for weeks covering up the fact that her boyfriend Kiefer had beaten her up and put her in the hospital. Not only had Kristina covered for Kiefer, she also named Ethan as her attacker nearly spouting family wars in the process.


Alexis went at Luke telling him she would go "Cassadine" on him if he tried to pressure Kristina again, Sam and Jason have been arguing about Sam's history and Kristina's story and then of course there's Sonny and Luke, old-time friends, basically threatening each other because of their kids.

Finally, after too much time had passed and one too many people had accused Ethan, Kristina had no choice but to tell the truth when Alexis arrived home after Kiefer had beaten Kristina, again. Alexis arrived just in time to see Kiefer running out of the Lake House and Kristina laying on the floor unconscious.
Frantically, Alexis tried to wake up her daughter and ironically saw Kiefer again as she was driving Kristina to the hospital. This is the part where I was nearly cheering and screaming at the TV. I literally wanted Alexis to back up and driver over the SOB as he lay lifeless on the side of the road.


The punk got exactly what he deserved. Alexis hitting him with her car as she drove a bloodied Kristina to the hospital was exactly the way it should have happened. If Sonny or Jason had put a bullet between Kiefer's eyes viewers would be screaming about the mob. With Alexis mowing him down like a wild animal in the middle of the street, it's about a grief-stricken mother trying to protect her daughter and seeing how emotional Alexis was throughout this whole s/l really made me love NLG even more.

Once again, each and every single character involved in this story arc was phenomenal! The actors were at the top of their games and many of them deserve Emmies for their performances!

Can't wait to see how this all plays out. At least now everyone will know that Ethan never hit Kristina.

On a side note, sorry I've been MIA lately. But I'm back and planning on blogging a lot more often. Hope you enjoy and keep coming back!

The protection continues, but not everyone's buying it

Kristina is sticking to her story that it was Ethan that attacked her, but does everyone really believe her?

Ethan is adamantly telling anyone who will listen that yes he grabbed her arm and yes she scratched his face but he is not the one who put her in the hospital.

I really enjoy the scenes with Kristina and Sam and how Sam keeps reinforcing the fact that Kristina is not to blame for what happened and that Kristina can not protect her attacker. Sam feels responsible for what happened to Kristina because she left her alone at the Lake House to confront Ethan; a point that Jason picked up on right away.

I couldn't believe the nerve the punk Kiefer had to actually enter Kristina's room after Sam had left. Maybe if Kiefer went in when Sam was there, Sam might actually be able to see how frightened Kristina is of him. Ironically, Kristina didn't seem frightened near Ethan when she was first brought into the hospital.

Kiefer tried to say that it didn't feel like it was him that attacked Kristina and that he just lost control. All he kept saying was "I swear to God." Unfortunately, Kristina forgave Kiefer the first time he hit her, so for some reason she thinks it's her fault. She actually apologized to him for lying to him. That was a WTF moment for me because no matter what Kristina did, she didn't deserve to have Kiefer raise his fists and hit her the way he did! Kristina knows that her father is out for revenge and told Kiefer she didn't want him to die. Again, I get that she's scared, but why does she insist on protecting him? And if she doesn't want Kiefer, the boy who beat her up, to die; why would she want Ethan, the boy who rejected her, to die? Does she feel getting rejected is worse than getting beat up?

Again their whole scene made me want to jump through my TV screen and strangle Kiefer. And as much as I hate Kiefer; I still have to admit that Christian is doing a phenomenal job in the acting department, along with Lexi. Definite kudos to the youngsters.

I don't know what was worse, listening to Kiefer telling Kristina they can get past it and forget it ever happened, Kristina telling Alexis that it never would have happened if she hadn't lied or actually seeing Kiefer's pompous parents on screen.

The way Mr. and Mrs. Bauer spoke about Kristina and her "unfortunate" family made me want to bitch slap them almost as much as Kiefer. No wonder the punk feels entitled to do whatever he wants to whomever he wants. Watching Kiefer sitting there, acting all innocent made me want to smack the smug look off his face. I certainly hope that Lucky is able to put together the proper timeline and save his half-brother from the lies.

Oh, and why was I NOT surprised that Mayor Floyd pulled strings to help the Bauers from talking to the PCPD, therefore protecting Kiefer.
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For once, I actually wasn't upset with Jason interfering when he went to go see Kristina. He went to see her because his girlfriend, Sam, the woman he loves is beating herself up inside for not being able to protect her sister. Jason is actually showing Sam the support that she always gives him.

I also like how Jason pointed out to Kristina that Ethan couldn't possibly be in two places at once. I know that Jason not believing that it was Ethan who put Kristina in the hospital is going to cause a rift between JaSam, but Sam really isn't seeing all the signs because she feels responsible and she's hurting for Kristina. Usually, it's Sam that's the one that's clear and level headed helping Jason see things the right way; this time it's Jason. I don't think it's going to cause JaSam to break up or anything, and it's actually going to be nice to see JaSam actually disagree on something. It will show that they have a normal relationship and that not everything is perfect in their world.

I hope that Jason and/or Lucky will be able to prove that it wasn't Ethan and in fact it was Kiefer that put Kristina in the hospital. Maybe, just maybe, Sam will stop beating herself up for something that was out of her control and Alexis and Molly will stop treating Kiefer like he's a god of sorts.


**On another side note of the episode, it was great to see Lulu not forgiving Nikolas for what happened with Elizabeth so quickly and for Lulu sticking to her guns about Liz being a liar. Lulu used to be Liz's biggest supporter and for once, Lulu is seeing Liz for who she really is. I have to admit it was nice to see not being so snarky to Nikolas when he showed up to bring her to the hospital. Maybe she's finally realizing that Nik is not the only one to blame for their affair; she had a hand in it as well.

**Anyone else find it really random to have the episode pretty much revolve around Kristina's and Liz's story lines and out of the blue insert a scene with Clair, Carly, Livs and Jax? It was kind of like, ummm, where is this coming from? Yes, I know that Sonny's trial is coming up, but they could have saved that scene for another day or actually added more scenes to reinforce the Sonny trial story line, not just the one as if to say "Don't forget we have this going on too."

The Aftermath, Good and Bad

In the aftermath of Kristina getting beat up by her boyfriend Kiefer, the viewers were actually, well treated seems like the wrong word to use, but treated to some fantastic acting and wonderful scenes between family and friends, who are soon to be enemies.

Upon hearing the news that Ethan was the one who attacked Kristina, Sonny went full on mob mode. Not only did he go straight to the Haunted Star, but the mobster father figure put a gun to Ethan's back telling him he was a dead man. If not for Dante and Lucky showing up, Ethan might just have taken a bullet right then and there.

Before everyone gets up in arms about Sonny's reaction, I implore all to remember that Sonny is a father of one daughter and a mob boss. In character, Sonny did exactly what any mob boss would have done. As Kristina talked to Alexis in her hospital room about what she supposedly did wrong, Sonny was trying to make it right the only way he knows how - shoot first, ask questions later.

As Dante and Lucky begged Sonny to not pull the trigger, Sonny told his new found son to act like a brother instead of a cop and go see his sister. I was pleasantly surprised when Dante did just that. It was nice to see the conversation between the siblings, especially when Dante told Kristina she was still beautiful on the inside and what she looked like on the outside was just the ugly reminder of what had happened to her.

But one of the most heart wrenching moments was when Sonny returned to Kristina's room and talked about how much she looked like Adela. Say what you want about Sonny or even Maurice, the man brings it when it comes to the emotional stuff.

Listening to Sonny talk to Kristina and seeing Dante listening from the hall, brought tears to my eyes, literally. Sonny is a lot of things, but one thing is for sure, he loves his children, all of them, deeply and truly. Sonny is not perfect, but he tries his best to keep his kids safe and do right by them. He may not always make the best decisions, but Sonny tries to do the right thing.

As much as I love Sonny, I have to applaud Jason and the writers for bringing up Sonny and Luke's friendship in regards to Ethan. While Sonny usually always acts before he thinks, Jason is the one who actually thinks too much, sometimes he's right and sometimes he's wrong, but in this case; Jason was absolutely right in stopping Sonny from putting the hit on Ethan.

Ethan is actually innocent and Sonny has no idea. All his knows is that his daughter named Ethan as her attacker and Sonny is going to believe every word that comes out of his mouth because he has no reason to not believe her.

I'm very curious to see what Sonny's reaction is going to be when he finds out the truth. I personally have never been in an abusive relationship, but I really don't understand how Kristina can protect Kiefer. How can a young 16-year-old girl lay in her hospital bed and lie to all the people that love her to protect the boy that obviously doesn't love her.

I hope when all is said and done, Ethan gets the vindication that he deserves. Ethan, like Luke and Sonny, is not perfect, but he doesn't deserve to have the whole town thinking he beats women because Kristina is either to scared or delusional to admit it was her boyfriend that attacked her.


Speaking of Kiefer, first I really could have done without seeing the flashback Kristina had. It was hard enough seeing it the first time, but to have to see it again and again in slow motion was really painful. And what gave the punk, yes Kiefer, the right to think he could show up at the Lake House making up an excuse to see Kristina.

The way he was talking to Molly, I wanted to put my hands through my TV screen and strangle the punk. I keep calling him a punk, because, well I don't want to use the language I really want to use here on my blog. I just hope someone teaches Kiefer a lesson when all is said and done.

I also want to applaud Sam for coming clean with Alexis about what's been going on with Kristina in the past months. I may not agree with the timing of the conversation, but I'm glad that Sam opened up to Alexis even though Kristina obviously thought she couldn't.

Oh and on a side note, I absolutely love Helena! She's so blatantly devilish! I loved when she told the lab tech that she and Nikolas were going to raise the new Spencer baby to be as a Cassadine. I really didn't want the baby to be Lucky's because I don't want him to have even more ties to Liz, but I guess there's no changing it now. Ironically, I always wanted Jake to be Lucky's instead of Jason's and now I wish the baby to be would be Nik's instead of Lucky's. UGH, guess we have more LnL2 coming our way some where down the line.

Battered and Bruised Does Not Mean Love

Kristina started her night off excited about spending what she thought would be quality time with Ethan. She convinced her sister, Molly, to hack into Ethan's e-mail to prevent him from going on his date with Jennifer.


Kristina didn't get what she was hoping for though when she showed up at the Haunted Star. Not only did Ethan tell Kristina he wasn't interested in her; he also called her a spoiled brat and grabbed her arm to the point of bruising it.


That's not even the worst part, basically up until she got home with her sister Sam, Kristina's ego was the most bruised part of her body, well, until Kiefer showed up that is.


Kiefer claimed he was humiliated by Kristina's actions and thought she and Ethan were laughing at his expense. Kiefer didn't just scream though, he raised his fists and more than once.

Adding to the drama, the scenes were shown in slow motion.

Battered, bruised and frightened, Kristina lay curled up on her floor as Kiefer screamed it was her fault that he hit her in the first place; she made him so mad he hit her and it was her fault.






After getting a good talking to by Sam, Ethan actually felt bad about the way he had treated Kristina and went to the Lake House to apologize to the young girl. Ethan couldn't believe what he found when he arrived.

Kristina, thinking Kiefer came back to hurt her some more, lashed out at Ethan and literally clawed his face. Ethan looked genuinely scared for Kristina and carried her out of the house in his arms and brought her to the hospital. Ethan looked scared as he waited outside the curtains when Patrick asked him what happened. Obviously Ethan had no idea what had happened to Kristina but due to the nice gash on the side of his cheek, Ethan looked like the guilty party.



What I didn't understand about what transpired next was that Patrick called Sonny and not Alexis and it was Epiphany that called Alexis. Patrick should know Kristina and Sonny's relationship is rocky at best. I did however like how the writers tied in Sonny feeling that Dante was looking at him like Deke and remembering what his mother went through when Deke used to beat her.
Even if I hadn't read the spoilers, I wasn't surprised that Kristina named Ethan as her attacker instead of telling the truth. In most cases of domestic abuse, the woman more often than not blames herself for the beatings and protects the one that's actually hurting her.

Kristina is no different - she is protecting Kiefer; the boy who is actually hurting her.

When Lucky, Alexis and Sonny all asked her who did that to her, Kristina said "Ethan." This story line is only going to get better. What I think is the most important part about this story line is they are in fact using the teens on the show and not the adults. This story arc is something mothers and daughters should watch together. Even fathers and sons - it really is an important lesson to be learned. Women do not have to be afraid to tell the truth about who's hurting them and men do not have to raise their fists whenever they get angry.

There is help for both, but the first most important step is to realize it's not your fault and you can prevent it from happening again. One thing is for sure, Lexi and Christian did a phenomenal job with the scenes, I was just as scared as Kristina was as I watched it all unfold.


What do you think the most important part of this story is? Where would you like to see it go?