Sunday, December 24, 2017

General Hospital – 2006 Chapter Relection (And Connection)

While the current landscape of the show has me captivated, I have been spending my time reliving the past with a glance back to 2006. A quick search on YouTube will lead you to a playlist titled Jasam 2006, with all of Jason and Samanta’s clips from then.

Recall, this year saw some twists and changes that ultimately helped shape the future.

Jason took over the business from Sonny in an effort to protect his sister Emily, who was dating Sonny at the time. Really, the turmoil that #Sason went through together honestly gives a whole new meaning to their brotherhood, and how they always have each other's back no matter what.
Now recall that in the midst of that, Sam and Jason both got shot, which saw Jason try to push Sam away in order to protect her – which then saw her drunken state sleep with Ric Lancing, which he saw and slept with Elizabeth. We all know that led to Jake.

Do I blame Jason for hurting Sam? Nope, he was trying to protect her and fear blinded to confusion. Do I blame Sam for sleeping with Ric? While not the best choice in men – she could’ve chose someone else, I don’t blame her out of the pain that she was feeling. And then do I blame Jason for sleeping with Elizabeth? He could’ve waited and approached Sam first, but emotions high at the time – combined with a past with her, and you can easily see that happening.

But I digress since we saw how Sam and Jason eventually came back together, stronger than ever. Truthfully, maybe they both needed this to understand each other more, and truly realize how much their love is worth. Her words then telling Jason to fight for their love, fight to be together, notice how much they care and how "they'll always love each other." Gives me faith that we'll see them fight and find their way together now, too. #jasam #stelly #GH

In some ways, there are things back here that really could relate to today – if say you’re in real life, you reflect back to previous lessons and this would be where Jason could look back. Carly's lecture for Jason in August 2006 matches so many things happening now. The fact that when it comes to fear, he runs because he can't battle it. He's afraid of never reconnecting with Sam now so he's remaining quiet. Carly needs to crack his shell again #jasam #stelly #GH. One of the most telling quotes from this time between Carly and Jason had to be when she said, “I can look at your face & see what's going on. Everybody looks at you & sees this unreadable block of cemenet. But I can look at your eyes, Jason, and see that you're in pain."

This time also saw the Manny chapter finally come to a conclude, too – but nobody wants to talk about sick freaks. Well, except Franco but that’s only due to him being constantly shoved down our throats.

Despite the chaos, there were some fun scenes – and a whole new respect gained for Max. Personally, I love Max’s character and how he is, and his relationship as referenced to Diane. There was the time that he had me in laughs, too. "I even tried to go into therapy, but I can't stop thinking about it. The kangaroo, the yacht, the money." And then Sonny’s reaction when he entered about Max drinking? Completely priceless. Truthfully, @GeneralHospital needs to give him more fun stuff like this. And where did the random kangaroo note come from?

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