General Hospital May Ruin Most Promising Character With Icky and Overused Storyline
Fans are ready to beg the writers to not turn fresh and interesting characters into carbon copies of the old ones.
There is no doubt that General Hospital 's writers' room is further removed from its own audience than it has ever been.
Although there are a few good stories and some interesting characters here and there, the public's overall verdict on the show is not pleasant at all: General Hospital has been called a soap that doesn't soap.
And while some would take that with a grain of salt and try to make some changes, the head writers don't seem to care too much.
In fact, they carry on just as before, turning a longest-running soap opera, with every story so breathtaking that it borders on the absurd, into yet another pointless medical drama.
No offense to Grey's Anatomy fans, but they know better than anyone else that the show stays good while it's still new and exciting.
Just as we have lost all compassion for almost every dying character because that twist has been so overused on screen for 20 years, General Hospital has its own flawed moments.
Tear-jerking announcements of a terminal illness that will reduce the character's chances of survival and mess up their love stories are good, but not for the tenth time in a row.
Now the audience rallies to protect another character from this turn of events as they predict a similar fate for Spencer Cassadine, portrayed by Nicholas Chavez.
Since he is relatively new to the series, fans are still having a lot of fun with him and are not ready to give it up in favor of the same old memory loss story.
It may not have been done as often on the show as other diseases, but it's not that common in real life either. The fact that this could happen three times says more about the absolute lack of ideas the showrunners have.
After Esme Prince and Drew Cain, the only way anyone would accept Spencer's amnesia would be if it only lasted a few days (preferably hours) and led to the sweet couple moments with Trina Robertson.
To say that the show is already in danger of losing half of its quality due to the writers' strike, or being shut down altogether, would be an understatement.
As a daily soap that requires non-stop writing and filming, General Hospital is particularly vulnerable to such changes. So, worsening their position with an unpopular storyline could be fatal for the show.
If you're interested in seeing where Spencer's character is headed, tune in to General Hospital on ABC every day, Monday through Friday, to make sure you don't miss another episode.