General Hospital

That's right. Don't adjust your screen. General. Hospital.



So, I saw on Hulu that James Franco was guest starring on General Hospital. How do you not at least check it out after that?! So I watched a couple of episodes and that show is CRAZY! Absolute insanity. Nothing even makes sense! There is some god-awful acting (Maxie is unforgivable), some ridiculous plots, and some ridiculous dialogue.

However, I got totally sucked in. Here's a little bit of an explanation, if you need one. I watched General Hospital somewhat regularly when I was about 16. Maybe even younger. I was watching when Jonathan Jackson quit playing Lucky and I was watching when Nikolas Cassadine first showed up.

So, Jonathan Jackson just recently returned to the show as Lucky after probably ten or more years off the show. So, it kind of felt like I had never stopped watching. Obviously a lot has changed. Many, many people have died, cheated on their significant others, lied about whose child their baby was, etc. But there is a sense of continuity. It is exactly the same show it was when I watched it last.

Plus, they've got a Veronica Mars alum, and a Battlestar Galactica alum on the show now as well, which equals even more points for the show.

Like I said, I haven't been watching, but this might be kind of a little golden era for General Hospital. Despite a lot of bad actors, there are actually some good ones as well. Although James Franco is just creeping me out. His storyline is completely ridiculous and weird, and hard to believe. But I'm going to keep watching.

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Now THAT is how a show should start. None of this dilly-dallying. Get right into the meat of the show is an hour-long pilot. Well done. Keep reading for more.


I had serious concerns when they pulled the whole, "Where were you when JFK was shot? Where were you on 9/11?" crap at the beginning, but this was a stellar pilot. I don't know how I'm going to feel about the show going forward, but this was definitely the way to start off right.

This was only an hour long, but it felt like two. It was jam packed with information and action, and only minimal exposition and back-story. I especially liked that they not only set up the splinter group, who believes that the Visitors are reptilian aliens who have been hiding among us for years, but also firmly established that the splinter group is right. A lesser show *cough* Flash Forward *cough* would have dragged that out for weeks, until you were so annoyed that you didn't even care about the reveal. Also, I'm glad that they have told us upfront that not all Visitors are evil and that there are "traitors" out there who will help the humans.

Really nice performances, too. Gotta love Elizabeth Mitchell. Scott Wolf is perfectly cast as a half-smarmy, half-sincere broadcast journalist. Morena Baccarin is fantastic, and fantastically unsettling as Anna, leader of the Visitors. The only misstep, IMO, is Alan Tudyk. Dollhouse just pulled a similar switcheroo with him last season, so I saw it coming as soon as he appeared on the screen. The man is insanely talented, don't just use him to trick people.

I could care less about Elizabeth Mitchell's son and his hard-on for the blond alien chick. I hope that storyline either gets way better or falls into the background.

I'll definitely keep watching for awhile. Especially since Tuesday is useless otherwise. Read more!

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