Volume I, Issue v

January 1999

Letters to the Editor

To: GHR
From: Name Withheld
Date: January 5, 1999
Subject: Letter to the Editor

Greetings. This may seem out of place, but I just finished writing a message in the General Response Section. However, I felt obliged to write to you, personally. First, this entire business about Jax and Jerry attempting to take over Cassadine holdings is not relevant to the Cassadine storyline. It should remain a battle between Stefan and Helena. Second, Helena should eliminate Alexis on the basis that Alexis has now become a potential threat to the Family Empire. Let's consider that Helena is totally devoted to the memory of Stavros and Mikkos. Would it be like Helena Cassadine, of all villainous vipers in Port Charles, to allow Alexis to destroy the legacy of her son, Stavros and husband Mikkos. It would be more interesting if finally Helena diabolically established her power in the Cassadine Empire through her evil cunning and cruelty. This idea would certainly make the show more intriguing, due to the fact if someone as wicked as Helena achieved this quantity of power then Port Charles is likely to suffer from it. Maybe, the Helena-Katherine alliance should be taken to the extreme wherein both orchestrate their revenge on Alexis, Luke, and Stefan, and Helena's ascendancy as Head of the Cassadine Empire with Katherine by her side. Please, consider this suggestion for the Cassadine-Spencer storyline. Thank you.

[Editor's Note: Two things: 1) anything you send on the feedback form, regardless of which selection you make (poll, letter, general) goes to the same place--my inbox. 2) We're not affiliated with the show in any way, and though we're interested in hearing your recommendations, you should send them to the show directly if you'd like to let them know what you think.]

Dear General Hospital Review,

I was very interested to read your comments on the return of Bob Guza to the show. I agree with all your comments, but I think you missed a very important one. Since Laura returned at the end of May, she has had little to no interaction with her sister Amy. Where has Amy been through all her problems with Luke and Lucky and bringing up the rape. For that matter where is Leslie? The powers that be made a big point of bringing Leslie back from the dead and she's been seen once since Genie Francis returned. What about what happened to Leslie? Don't the Cassadines have to pay for that particularly Helena? Also does Rick Webber not know that his "wife" is still alive? What does that mean for him, Ginny and Rick Jr.? The best scene in recent months was the Bachelor auction but where were Justus and Dara? That's a storyline that stands on its own. Justus has barely interacted with anyone since Monti Sharp took over the role. What is being done with this character?

Finally, a retraction of sorts. One reader wrote in, in response to a piece on the Spencer house we ran in a recent issue, and noted that Laura has indeed had flashbacks about Stefan inside the house. She's absolutely right. None of us remembered it because we were thinking about more recent scenes. The best example, as the reader pointed out, comes from Fall 1996, when Laura sat in a chair in her bedroom and remembered being with Stefan, then returned to Luke in bed and remembered kissing Stefan even there. She further reminded us that Stefan had just threatened to reveal their affair if she didn't leave Port Charles, and she was preparing to tell Luke. I don't know how I forgot, because I believe that scene also contains one of my favorite Luke lines: "You'll make an early riser out of me yet." Crack me up. Anyway, thanks to our reader for reminding us of that great scene.