Just a Simple Girl with a Dream

First of all, what is the purpose of Night Shift?  I imagine that they’re trying to lure new viewers to GH, but why create a standalone show? Why not just write the Night Shift storylines into the original program? Furthermore, and I know I’m not the only person saying this, but isn’t it kind of odd that you have to create a spinoff about the hospital that your original show is named after but hardly ever feature because said original show has devolved into Married to the Mob?  Okay, then. 

Secondly, why is Sam still kicking it at Jason’s? They’re broken up, right? I mean, I get it, it’s a penthouse.  But still, it’s your (ex?)boyfriend’s home.  You know, where he conceived The Second Coming with Elizabeth. Yet there’s Sam, allegedly working out in the living room.  I say allegedly, because we really don’t see her doing anything, but she’s rocking the Eva Longoria Bebe Sport Collection nonetheless.  At least she’s not in the multiple tank ensembles again.  And while we’re on the subject, Spinelli still lives there.  Again, I get it but I don’t.  I mean a brain damaged hitman cohabitating with a con-artist/TV hostess/faux-aerobics instructer and a college aged hacker isn’t right for a soap opera; it’s more of a setup for an Fox sitcom or at the very least, one of those VH1 celeb-reality shows.  Why, I would even call it Flava of Jason or My Fair Stonecold. (By the way, those titles are patent pending, in case anyone was wondering.)

Thirdly, Alexis and Jerry Jacks.  What the hell is this all about? You know what, I don’t even want to know.  Now I am the second to last person to talk to about falling for bad boys (the first being Carly of course), however, no one that I have ever dated (to my knowledge and Google’s) has ever a) held my daughter and nephew hostage in a hotel, b)dated Bobbi Spencer, c) injected my nephew with a deadly disease and/or d)had numerous plastic surgeries and changed nationalities/accents.  Therefore, I feel like I have a leg to stand on when going up against Alexis.  I sympathize with Alexis, because like myself, she’s an intelligent woman who falls for the wrong guy, especially if they have cute accents.  However, how is she going to continue to stay atop her moral high horse if she’s no better than Carly? I mean this potential pairing could have all sorts of repercussions.  Will she start wearing inappropriately revealing tops to the office and bursting into people’s homes unannounced? I mean, if that happens, there’s virtually no need for Lulu then.

 Speaking of Lulu, just go back and find/replace her name with Alexis in the last paragraph.  Again, I get the Logan thing.  I love a charming bad boy.  It’s my undoing everytime, however, does anyone think its weird that everyone in her family has to have a lover (oh yeah, they’re all lovers on daytime) whose name begins with an “L”? It’s just too cutesy for me.   Speaking of cute…

…Cooper.  I love him.  I don’t care if his character is marginalized, he should just walk back and forth across the set (every set) all the time.  When Sam’s pretending to exercise, Coop’s in the background, doing crunches.  When Jason’s lamenting over the tiny picture of Liz and Baby Jake, Coop’s his cell mate, doing curls.  When Robin and Patrick are doing whateverthehell they do because I don’t care about them, Coop’s running in place.  I’m telling you, if there is ever an opening on the GH writing staff, I’m your girl!