Paula's Soapbox

Remember last week when the only victims of the GH storylines were the viewers? Well, all of that changed as of this afternoon when soapoperadigest.com announced that fan favorite Rebecca Herbst (Liz) had been "let go." Apparently her exit, like so many, is storyline dictated. This makes me wonder what possible storyline could be worth firing Rebecca Herbst over? I'll admit that I am not a huge Liz fan. I don't necessarily dislike the character, she just sometimes has a tendency to get on my nerves. However I still consider her to be an essential part of the show. In fact given many of the characters who are currently in front burner storylines I would say Liz is the last character who should exit the screen. To get rid of a character like Liz (I'm all but certain this is not a recast situation) in the presence of so many new and annoying characters is tragic. This not only eliminates the possibility of a future Liason reunion, but of a Liz/Lucky reunion as well. ...

The moment that JaSam fans have been waiting for, and Liason fans have been dreading, finally arrived on Monday's GH. Of course I am talking about the kiss that was shared between Jason and Sam at the end of the episode. I have to say that I was somewhat surprised by the way the kiss happened. Even though everyone knew for weeks this was coming, it still seemed to come out of nowhere. I think that GH could have used another day or two of awkward JaSam moments before the kiss finally happened, at the very least that would have given Jason more time to heal. This storyline portrayed him as being far too injured for him to heal that fast and I thought his speedy recovery took away some of the realism of the scenes. Perhaps that is the reason why the JaSam kiss felt a little too rushed. I was prepared for a longer build up than what was presented. Having said that, the JaSam reunion itself was long overdue, especially given the fact that the Liason saga failed to deliver any real story...

On Monday's GH viewers finally learned what happened to Sam last week when Jerry handcuffed her to a chair and sold her to another man. Apparently she was not another one of Jason's hallucinations. She had instead found her way to him after she was able to escape her buyer by charming him into taking her handcuffs off, hitting him over the head with a lamp, and stealing his car. Once she found Jason she took him back to the room where she had previously been held and attempted to clean up his bullet wounds and keep his fever down. This is all leading up to the moment that JaSam fans, like myself, have been waiting months for. This week's episodes should finally provide a resolution to all the speculation about a Jason and Sam reunion. I really hope that GH lets them reunite without pulling the rug out from under the fans like they did when everyone thought he and Elizabeth were going to start a family. There were a lot of disappointed Liason fans when that happened and I fo...