A Critic’s Review of General Hospital: A Breath Of Fresh Air & A Miss

When it comes to General Hospital, every fan has their own opinion – and Soap Hub is no different. For five days, we sat and watched the good, the bad, and everything in between, and now we offer you a handy review, and a cheeky critique, of the GH week that was.

General Hospital: A Critic’s Week In Review

Far too often I’m accused of being too harsh, too critical when it comes to General Hospital, so I’m going to begin with this column on a positive note – Josh Kelly is a breath of fresh air that I didn’t know I needed, and he is a most welcome addition to the GH cast; he made quite the splash (literally and figuratively), and I’m quite excited to see the direction in which The Powers That Be will take his character.

It was a wise move to affix Cody Bell to Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna), a much-loved and established General Hospital fixture who’s not been given much to do as of late except moon over Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco), arrest the odd wrong’un, and/or play referee between Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell); in fact, it’s a play right out of Douglas Marland’s playbook; the mysterious, scandal tinged past is just icing on the cake. Now, get him in more scenes with other fan favorites – the more tenured the better.

Not for nothing, but I’d certainly be down for a Cody/Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) coupling… and a Cody/Britt/Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) triangle would be even more appreciated.

Further GH Musings

* After bearing witness to Nikolas Cassadine (Marcus Coloma) and Esme Prince (Avery Kristen Pohl) rutting like dogs in heat, and then sitting through Nikolas gaslighting Ava Jerome Cassadine (Maura West), I find myself no longer able to root for ‘Nava‘ and it’s a crying shame; they were one of my most loved twosomes.

* I could probably stomach Willow Tait’s (Katelyn MacMullen) high and mighty attitude far more easily if she weren’t so damned hypocritical. To hear her tell it, Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) should have just sat back and forgone retaliation while she and Michael gleefully dredged up Nina’s past misdeeds both in print and during Diane Miller’s (Carolyn Hennesy) questioning of her on the stand.

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