Shark Bytes

Very simply: the never ending mob stories, excessive violence and the domination of Sonny, Carly, Jason and now Lulu.

People associate soaps with being about love and romance. There is none of the that on GH. In recent years its become a very dark show. They killed off great characters like Tony, AJ, Alan and Georgie. They glamorize murderers and make the good guys seem wrong and/or dumb. The way they painted AJ to be the bad guy to prop up Sonny, Carly and Jason was the turning point for me.

I have friends who really DO deal with REAL bipolar disorders EVERY day. They all believe that it is a terrible disservice to people who really DO deal with bipolar disorders for ABC, Disney, General Hospital and Soap Net - to use the General Hospital character of Sonny Corinthos as the 'poster child' for bipolar disorders! TIIC show Sonny either threatening to murder someone MANY times per day or show Sonny AND Jason BOTH actually planning and carrying out multiple murders! In March of 2005, for example, Sonny and Jason plotted and CARRIED OUT the daylight massacre of NINE members of a rival gang in the restaurant of the Metro Court! Sonny's original orders were that NOT ONLY the members of the rival gang were to be murdered - BUT ALSO that ALL INNOCENT BYSTANDERS who might be able to give an eye-witness description of the massacre to the police were ALSO supposed to be murdered! This would have included restaurant employees, such as waiters, waitresses, cooks, dishwashers and cashiers - OTHER restaurant or hotel patrons who might happen to wander pass the scene - as well as any other members of the hotel staff who might happen to pass by the scene of the massacre. Although Jason rushed to the restaurant after he learned that SONNY'S SISTER -- COURTNEY - would be one of the innocent bystanders scheduled to DIE - Jason arrived TOO LATE - and, not only had the shooting ALREADY begun by the time that Jason arrived - but Courtney was covered with blood! Although it was later revealed that Courtney was covered with the blood of ANOTHER innocent bystander who had also been shot during the carnage - still - the fact remains - Sonny and Jason BOTH KNEW that innocent people WOULD become victims of Sonny and Jason's murderous rampage on that day!

What ABC, Disney, General Hospital and Soap Net all seem to be unanimously TEACHING here is that even AFTER someone is considered to be SUCCESSFULLY treating bipolar disorders with medication and occasional visits to psychotherapists - it is STILL OKAY for the patient to spew out a multitude of murder threats EVERY day - and ALSO to actually plot and carry out various murders!

People who DO deal with bipolar disorders must ALREADY deal with a public which mistrusts them as potential threats who COULD be set off on a Virginia Tech or Columbine style shooting rampage at any given moment!

By showing Sonny Corinthos CONTINUING to threaten to murder other people and to actually CARRY OUT murder plots at the same time that ABC, Disney, GH and Soap Net are claiming that Sonny Corinthos has been 'cured' of his bipolar disorder ONLY reinforces the public fear which many people DO have - that people who suffer from bipolar disorders are ALWAYS one step away from perpetrating a Virginia Tech or Columbine style bloodbath!

IF General Hospital TRULY wanted to do a RESPONSIBLE story about bipolar disorders - then General Hospital's writers SHOULD have chosen a character who NEVER has and never WILL commit murder!

Sonny Corinthos preaching the importance of getting help for bipolar disorders one day - then going out on a writer-justified shooting rampage on another day - is just too ludicrous for words!

Sincerely, Marguerite Brown

UP TO THE TEXT MESSAGE KILLER STORY LINE- I WAS A HUGE FAN BUT NOW , I FEEL THE SHOW HAS LOST ITS WAYAND HERE'S WHY;

1- KILLING OFF GEORGIE, EMILY , AND STAN AND MAKING DIEGO THE TEXT MESSAGE KILLER.

2-BREAKING UP SAM AND JASON , AND TURNING SAM INTO A SELFISH BITCH
[HOWEVER , SEEMS SAM IS TURNING NICE AGAIN
YAY!!!!!]
3- MICHAEL BEING IN A PERMANENT COMA

4- SONNY LEAVING THE MOB [ YEAH LIKE THAT COULD REALLY HAPPEN]

5- SONNY BEING SO DUM AS TO ACT AS MOB ADVISOR FOR THE RUSSIAN MOB

6- 2 WORDS- KATE HOWARD

7- ALL DOOM ALL GLOOM EVERY EPISODE

8- LOSING TAMARA BRAUN AS CARLY - NOTE TO GH - WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT ACTRESS YOU PAY HER ANYTHING TO STAY,

9- ALCAZAR BEING KILLED OF AND BEING REPLACED WITH THE ZACARRAH FAMILY

Watched consistently from 1987 until 1998....I think it got ridiculous around '98 when Jason Quartermaine lost his memory and "became" Jason Morgan...it seemed like the writers wanted to capitalize on the actor and make the character so bad-boy that they had to sever him from the Q clan. Also, wanted to pay homage to Shell Kepler who passed away not too long ago. She played Amy Vining, Laura's sister. She never had much of a storyline, but she was a mainstay for quite some time. Does anyone remember the character of Autumn Clayton?

I can't bear to watch the show at all anymore. I think it jumped the shark when they broke up sam and jas. Lulu and Liz are the worst characters on the show, I won't watch again until they leave the show. The only one I like on the show is Claudia and Johnny, but even they can't save that mess. How sad.

Oh man! I have been watching GH since I was 11 years old. My mom however, didn't approve of it after the rape of Laura. I secretly watched it after this.

I remember the summer Luke and Laura went on the run and tried to decode mobster, Frank's black book.

GH has been all mobster since I was a girl. But you know, at least way back then there were better actors, better stories, and believable couplings.

I don't mind the mob stories, but Guza needs to be kidnapped by a Cassidine and thrown into a time machine and sent 1000 years ahead of us so some else can take over. In fact, fire all the writers and replace them, before they destroy all of the legacy characters.
I don't want to watch Robert Scorpio on Nightshift!!! I could give a rat's butt about that show. Put him back on GH and send Sonny, Carly, and Jason to nightshift. Then Guza can continue to live out his dark and abusive fantasies through the three of them.

This show has gotten darker, in comparison to 10 - 15 years ago.

Someone said the show jumped the shark with the weather machine that was going to freeze Port Charles! LOL

I agree, that was one of the big ones.

I'm just tired of seeing legacy characters given horrible story lines and dialogue, or getting killed off.

I can't believe GH won best daytime emmy this year either. Guza will now continue to think he's the most awesome writer now!

GH jumped the shark when they gave Robin Scorpio HIV, paired her with lowlife thugs, like, Jason and Stone.

Then, the show totally jumped when it focused on Sonny, Jason, and Carly.

I'm a Alicia/Courtney fan, and I don't won't her to come back to GH! (IT pains me to say that) BUT Courtney was a plot point character. The writers didn't invest her. SURE they loved Alicia BUT IMO they did not love the character Courtney! I feel the same way about Kelly's character! I think the writers LOVE Kelly but I don't think, they are invested in her character. Not for one minute! It's sad, but true. Sam could be a GREAT character. I totally FEEL what the Sam fans are going threw... The writers once had Courtney going into a burning/flaming building to save a doggie name skippy! (BTW is her character's nickname online) WTF? I'll be honest... I loved the show, when it was LIRIC, S&C, Jason and Courtney. I had my light and dark! But, I can understand how some fans hated it. If I had my way? I would put Jason with Carly or Sam...Liz with Lucky... Alexis with Ric.. Emily with Jax...and Nikolas with Courtney... (I Adored them) Maxie with Johnny... LuLu with Logan(before the whole sex bet thing) and last but not least, Robin with Patrick! I no longer watch GH... I don't think anything make watch GH anymore. The show is boring! PERIOD! I hated to see anyone loose their job! But Either A) GH needs new writers! B) ABC needs to let all their soaps go to Soapnet. I predict GH ending in the next few years.

I think a lot of crappy things go on behind the scenes of general hospital
that fans don't really know about. I was watching some old scenes of gh from like 97 between luke and sonny and you could see that then, MB knew his place, now its like he just runs the show and over powers every scene he is in, its kind of the same with SB too. I think its a shame that the writers would sacrifice actors and balance of talent on the show, and ultimately ratings and emmy nods to appease these two and GUZA's delusions of soprano grandeur
Last year ric hearst w/o a major storyline was the only one to get an emmy nod ... was he rewarded with his own s/l no ... just backseat it until sonny needs a villain.
Also GH has recently begun 360 and trashing characters[sam and lucky] to prop others[jason and liz] and thats a tactic I would expect from DAYS but not them, they kill off interesting well liked characters: Georgie, Alan, Emily[to a lesser extent] and keep characters like the nightshift rejects Nicholas[who hasn't been interesting since the late 90's] Max aka Jay Leno gets love and a minor story but Georgie couldn't?

GH jumped the shark in late 2002-early 2003. Right when Robert Guza became the head writer. IMO.

Can we pleeeeeeeeeease get more Johnny Zacchara with his shirt off? Maybe in every scene? The background would be just fine. If you wanted him to have his pants off as well, I would NOT argue.

When Laura "drowned" and they tried pairing Luke up with other girls..the chemistry just wasnt there.Luke is still pretty sexy though,I must admit..Alease

GH jumped the shark when they gave Jason Morgan a son yet refused to let him be with the boy. That's beyond stupid. He can run all over town saving everybody else and their kids, but he cant be with his own son and the mother of his child. So instead of having Jason be about his kid, they have him walking out on his son so that he can continue to shoot people up.

GH needs Vet storylines. When was the last time we saw Monica have a story or even a patient? When was the last time Tracy had a story that did not centre around Luke. Or when was Luke used for something other than comedy. GH needs to stop the Sonny and Jason show though I like Jason he gets way too much airtime and need to be wrong for once. Also wha about the PCPD stop making them look idoits Mac is a smart honourable guy who is a much better person than the so called St. Sonny, but Guza never gives him a story. Even when Robert came back Mac got very little time with his brother. Guza needs to blance the show for starters Sonny and/or Jason need to go to jail for at least a year and they need to be busted by Mac. Oh and just wondering does anyone even like Sonny anymore?

GH jumped when the soap become a mob saga that constantly focused on the boring, Sonny, Jason, and Carly.

And also getting rid of wonderful, legacy characters like Felicia Jones, Alan Quartermaine, Bobbi Spencer, Laura Spencer, Audrey Hardy, Stefan Cassidine, Tony Jones, and other legendary vets.