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With rumors swirling of a possible Jason & Sam reunion, I've been asked whether or not I would support them reuniting. As much as I'd like to say yes, I can't.

The relationship between Jason and Sam was one of my favorites. I showed my love for them by sporting Jason and Sam avatars and banners, calling into GH's comment line and writing into the magazines for them. The idea that Jason finally had an equal, a "ride or die" chick was really cool to me. Unlike past relationships where Jason's loves couldn't accept the danger or didn't feel like they were truly in on his life, this wasn't the case with Sam. Though they didn't like each other initially, they bonded and Jason trusted Sam with his life and vice versa.  Were they propped? Sure they were. All GH couples are at one point or another, but I didn't care. I loved them.

All of that changed in 2006 after the summer of sleaze. Sam slept with Ric (which Alexis and Jason witnessed); Liz walked in on Lucky with Maxie. Jason was pissy (even though he had broken up with Sam "for her own good" and pushing her away decided he wanted her back), Lizzie was angry. Liz climbed 15 flights of stairs in a blackout to seek comfort from Jason.  Did she intend to sleep with Jason? Probably not, but things happen. Even with all of this foolishness (and as pissed as a fan of all the couples involved), I was willing to accept a reunion of Liz/Lucky and Jason/Sam at the time. Things were strained but weren't beyond repair.

This is where my problem begins. As far as Sam was concerned, things were getting back to normal between her and Jason. They were working on putting the past behind them and focusing on their future. All wasn't what it seemed. Jason began an ongoing emotional affair with Elizabeth after reconciling with Sam. If that wasn't enough, he suspected he was the father of Elizabeth's then unborn child and proposed to her on many occasion! When he did find out he was the father of her baby, he didn't tell Sam. Instead he kept it secret, willing to allow Lucky to be the father of the child because Elizabeth asked him to. Fast forward a few months, Sam finds out the truth and is distraught. Instead of confronting Jason for lying to her, the girl went bat shit crazy. Oh, and Sam's added backstory of marrying men for their money and scamming them caused Jason to doubt whether or not Sam really loved him.

Sam began manipulating situations with Jason, allowing his and Elizabeth's child to get kidnapped and refusing to let them use her show to appeal to the kidnappers, later declaring her actions as "a moment of weakness." Oh and let's not forget hiring goons to scare Elizabeth and her children in the park. The icing on the cake? Jason threatening to kill Sam if she went near his child or Elizabeth again.

This sweeps we were treated to Jason and Sam working together against Jerry and the Russians. Sam promised to lay her life down to protect Elizabeth and the children, apologizing for the horrible things she did during her "lapses of judgment." Acknowledging her wrongdoing and understanding how it feels to be worried about a missing child. Of course Sam will get to save the day by bringing home the little innocent one. It's not like Sam hasn't apologized for her actions before, this just reeks of an attempt to purify Sam by having her play hero. Why I ask? Her relationship with Jake's public daddy (Lucky) is great, Elizabeth allows Sam to be around her children and Jason well…he blinks a lot. What are the true motives for having Sam continue to apologize? To have Sam get a taste of working with Jason again, to play hero. I suspect for what may be on the horizon. Jake's three parents may have moved past what happened in the summer of 2007, but now all can be forgiven.

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understand why you feel the way you do about jasam

I have to say that you truily wrote what a fan like me felt after hearing that Jason and Sam were getting back together. I started watching the show again in 2003 after finding out KM was going from Port Charles to GH. I loved the character of Sam with Jax, it showed that she was a young woman with a lot of baggage but still a tough little survivor. With Sonny, Sam became just another mob whore who was not good enough to carry the Corinthos name. I hated what the writers did to Sam. I fastforward through their scenes, then Jason came into the picture. Though I did not get the whole facination with the mob focus I could see the potential of these two. I was clued to my television set for the next three years, rewinding every scene they were in just to get my jasam fix. I believe the writers did not know what to do with these two powerhouses during the writers strike so KABOOM they set out to destroy the very nature of their relationship. It happens in the soap world, but like you Jason and Sam were destroyed for me. Fast forward two years later and Jasam are the IT couple again, because Guza realized it was probably the only way to keep the talent actors on the show. I love them together again but that love is not without a big RED caution up on what could happen in an instant. I want Jason to show his caring and fun side. And most of all I do not want Sam to turn back into all the other women on the show, waiting for the men in their lives to validate who they are. She strong and self-sufficient without Jason and the hopefully equally those things with Jason again.

Shaton , December 04, 2009

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Got Screwed over for a SUPERFLOP!

WORD! BEST TERMINOLOGY FOR LIASON I've EVER seen! Jasam fans LOVE Sam & Jason together!! They ROCK as a couple and have more going for them to be a SUPERCOUPLE imo. I got reeled into GH when Sam came on canvas and was IMMEDIATELY drawn to her! Kelly Monaco is AWESOME as an actress and SB with her? DYNOMITE!! I gave up Guiding Light which I had watched since the Bauers and Roger Thorpe were front and center for GH. I have stayed with GH. I like that GH is NOT like the other soaps and that is what attracts me to it. I LOVE the action! IF you are mad about Jasam, blame it on the actors for being THAT good and selling the Jasam fans!
Sorry, RHs' Liz is wrote to be ONE dimensional and BORING imo. Liason was a snoozefest, and guess what? I SUFFERED thru it and DIDN'T tune out because I was pissed. I have watched soaps since Secret Storm & Edge of Night. IF you want to tune out and be a part of KILLING the Soaps genre, that is on you, I choose not to. I choose to SUPPORT my favorite daytime shows, and not have them replaced with all day news or talk shows, or reality shows...SOAPS are MY escape from real life. I LOVE GENERAL HOSPITAL!! Next to it, B&B is my 2nd favorite TV Show. Ridge & Brooke have always been my favorite couple and I tuned out once.
Jasam are the epitome of what a SUPER couple is imo. Look around at ALL of the other shows and see who the supercouples are? THEY weren't boring and tied up in a neat little package. Sorry Liason are feeling so shammed, but, to me, Liason is as boring as Tridge ever were!
I also think, the best thing that can be done, is sever the Jake tie to Jason. I still question if he is Jasons', but, that's just me. Anyone like Z or someone else could have changed the paternity.
Liason fans can TRY, but, CAN'T discount the depth of feeling and love Jason had for Sam, and, if I were guessing? Probably never lost it.
Liason fans diss and slam Sam, but, Sam WITNESSED baby Jake being napped and didn't say anything, SHE didn't steal that child. She hired ACTORS to scare Liz, but, DIDN'T endanger them.

Lying LIZ in sane mind and body CHOSE to endanger her childrens' lives by
moaning and bitching and begging and whining to Jason every chance she got.
GREAT love?? VERY debatable.
I also went back and watched all the "Liason" youtubes..I didn't see any
great love, I saw a girl lying to Lucky, hiding Jason, flirting with and totally CRUSHING on him. When I saw that, it confirmed what Carly has always said about Saint Liz. I didn't think Liz got a fair shake from her, till I saw that. Liz is NO better than Sam. They are women who takes love however they find it. ONE thing, SAM didn't chase Jason. There is more to Jasam than there will EVER be to Liason. Liason has a son ( for now), that's it. I didn't see at all, with Lusam, what I saw in Jasam. I didn't see at all with Liason, the passion that LL2 used to share.

These are my thoughts. Thanks for reading them.
VIVA LA JASAM!! JASAM is where it's at!

lucyntn , February 03, 2009

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j*z Fans Keep Trying to Ruin GH

I think these kind of ridiculous articles and tactics are why GH is failing so horribly. Jiz fans campaigning forever and making up their own GH history is what got us to this point in the first place. Jasam was and will always be a beautiful couple no matter what happened in the past. The writing for their s/l was beautiful, there was never a dull moment but then some fans wanted a jiz love fest so they wrote and campaigned and decided they wanted the show written to please them and look how well that worked out. GH went from being an exciting program to watch into a very dull one. The Jiz s/l was horrible but instead of realizing that and dealing with it you turn around and say the writers are horrible. Well I have to disagree because I watched 2 or 3 years of one of the most beautifully written love stories on daytime, Jasam. I never had a complaint about the writers until they let the storyline be dictated by one specific fan base.

Jasam Fan , January 17, 2009

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liason should be toggether

I love the mob and jaason, and he and liz can sitll be together, and raise jake and cam, I will never stop watching Gh because of the mob mess. i love them. Liason should be together right now.

carly , January 17, 2009

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liason and lusam they should be together

I been watching Gh since 91 and liason is my favorite couple. and they should just put. Lusam and liason back toegther. I liason is a great couple and they need to be left alone. and sam and lucky can go off and do there one think. Liason is it for me. I will never ever give up Gh or liason.

carly , January 17, 2009

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No Jasam Reunion

First of all, I have been watching this show for about 40 yrs and I have never been more disappointed. I can't believe some of the comments I saw in here, such as Liz told Jason she wanted to sleep with him, and that's why she climbed those stairs. If that was said it was recently and a rewrite. She did say she realized she had loved Jason for a long time, even while married to Lucky she realized it. Sam came to Port Charles because of Jasper Jax, she met up with him while he was on a trip. She was a manipulative, lying woman who was always getting her claws into rich men, marrying them & robbing them blind. She sought out Jax for her next victim, but either realized he wasn't one to be taken, or met Sonny & decided she wanted time with him as well. She got pregnant and after having a paternity test because she didn't even know which one was the father, Sonny was the father, he went back to Carly and persuaded Jason to let her move in with him and raise Sonny's child as Jason's. This was fine with Sam seeing is how she would be taken care of. She's never been anything but a lying, cheating, woman who used men for what she could get from them. She seems all nice when things go her way, but if anything happens and she feels she's been wronged, then people need to look out. She doesn't deserve Jason, especially after how she did him. Lucky is too trusting and caring for his own good, but the way he's treated Elizabeth and cheated on her, I say let them have each other, Lusam deserves one another.

Liason has great chemistry and I hate like everything what the writers have done to their characters and how they are evidentally rewriting history. We all know how things happened, and how much chemistry there has always been between Jason & Liz. Even Courtney told Sam not to worry about Carly it was Elizabeth that she needed to worry about.

I am very far behind on GH right now, Robin hasn't even had her child yet. So when I get through all of that and see how things are and what is going on in January, after 40 yrs I will stop watching if any of these things come to past. I already don't like what I see with the way they are doing Liz, she is the best female actress on that show and she deserves alot better, and could do alot better. They need to fix what they have msssed up this past year, get Liason and their family together and let Lucky & Sam do whatever they want to, preferrably leave town together, that would be wonderful.

sickandtired , January 07, 2009

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jasam are boring to tother

jasam are dead to me, what happen with them, i could never get in to them. sam should have a s/l with her mothr and sisters. jasam are boring, and suck.

laura , January 07, 2009 | url

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Ha!

I have been a viewer of GH for over 20 years and although I have always loved my show I never became emotionally invested in a pairing until Jason and Elizabeth...The NOP scenes were some of the best that I have ever seen on ANY soap and I have watched A LOT! The chemistry was off the chart and Stecky never fail to deliver even when the writing is bottom of the barrel SHIOT! They were never given a chance to allow anything to develop and yet they still rake in the fans and are constant poll winners. Pretty good for a couple who get scant air time and sub par writing, with the danger speech over and over! Then come November sweeps EVERYONE knows that Jason is with Elizabeth and St. Sam needs her whitewash so she hijacks a story that should have featured Liz/Jason and Lucky and it turns into the "McCall redemption hour". Whatever! I probably could have stomached that if the instant rewrites of Liason history wouldn't have coincided with all of this. As soon as I saw where TIIC were going with this I turned off my tv and have no intention of coming back until GH can figure out how to change their canvas without insulting fans, rewriting couples history and recycling old, played out stories. The bottom line is, I don't know why Sam fans would want her back with Jason. She will always be nothing more than second best....Jason loves Elizabeth, he has stated it over and over again. The way they ended didn't snuff out the love, if anything it just grew larger than life. There never was a defining moment where they fell out of love with each other, they just mutually agreed that is was too dangerous to be together. Elizabeth will always hold the key to Jason's heart. Jason's life isn't any safer now than it has been so what does that say about any one he brings into his life from this point on.....The danger is still there, but hey, you're an acceptable risk. Plus, if the next person happens to be Sam there is the little issue of the fact that the character of Jason Morgan would never be romantically involved with someone who he knew threatened HIS child! He may be grateful to her, as he should be, but they will have to rewrite the character of Jason and his code to accommodate this being played out. Oh wait, never mind, GH LOVES rewriting things and I'm sure they will figure out a way to do this making Jason look like just a small douche bag instead of the larger than life one that he really will be.

allikat , January 07, 2009

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Why can't Sam have her own story?

I have never been able to understand why GH can't give Sam her own storyline where she is the desired one and have two men fighting over her? Show her as the strong independent woman she really is.

The way Sonny and Jax competed for Brenda. Why do they feel that she needs to be saddled with either Jason or Lucky?

To be with Jason she loses who she is, her love for Jason caused her to make bad decisions in order to keep him and he offers her nothing but a criminal lifestyle.

No matter how good her and Lucky seem to be together, he does not love her unconditionally. He doesn't have her back.

This is a smart woman who can pilot ships, deep sea dive,shoot, host a TV show, she doesn't need to play mob moll just to have Jason or to change who she is inside to hang on to Lucky.

She will only be the woman Jason and Lucky can be with cause they can't be with Elizabeth. Can the writers be anymore condescending than that?

Maybe if Jason had never asked Elizabeth to marry him twice while he was with Sam, had never treated Sam so dreadfully after he found out Elizabeth truly was carrying his child my opinion would be different. Jason coming out of that elevator after Liz told him he was the daddy and telling Sam the truth would have made all the difference in the world.
They were able to overcome her making the bad, bad choice of sleeping with Ric, Jason's worse enemy, they certainly could have overcome Liz having Jason's baby together.
Now that all the drama has happened between them I don't see how Sam could ever trust Jason again. She may forgive him, but how can she trust him?
After the way Lucky ran off and left Sam to fend for herself after Jerry set her up proved that Lucky doesn't have Sam's back. Sam has stroked Lucky's ego and been there for him and as soon as it is his chance to be there for her he doesn't support her or believe her when she is telling the truth and just plain leaves her hanging.

My dream story for Sam, is for her to not go back to either one. To find a job she is happy with and get with a doctor or someone who has no past relationship ties with Elizabeth.
A man that will look at Sam and want her on first sight because she completes him.

Samfanfirst , January 01, 2009

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hummm

Sounds like the Jiz fans are now feeling what the JaSam fans have felt. FIRST, Sam was written out of character by not doing anything about the first kidnapping (this was done to pimp jiz, gh had to totally tear down Sam and Lucky to get jiz off the ground). SECOND, both jason and his ONS were LYING to everyone. Jason who was ENGAGED to Sam refused to even tell her about his child, while SAM was going to share hers with him. THIRD, LL2 have more chemistry than Jiz ever did, and JASAM have more than both combined.

Water under the bridge folks.
The thing is ALL soap couples cycle !!

MANY JaSam fans who had TURNED off the tv's are now excited and watching again. And i highly doubt ppl who are THREATENING to do that now will !!

Jodie , December 21, 2008

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disappointed

Although I do not watch the show any longer, I periodically read the GH spoilers and latest news--I viewed the show for over 30 years, like many of you. I became a Jason and Elizabeth fan a long time ago and was disappointed when things did not work out for them. Many who write about the better chemistry between Jason and Sam probably never saw the early days of Jason and Elizabeth--they had more going on than just guns, the mob, and cheap tank tops. The character of Elizabeth has became almost nonexistent compared to Elizabeth of yesterday. Does any one remember her pulling a gun on Jason, threatening to kill him if he did not get out of her house?? Does any one else remember all the bullet mending she had done for Jason?? She was a great character to watch and now the writers have made her curl up in a ball and hide in a corner. At this point, I do not know why they just don't write her off the show? She, according to the spoilers, will end up with Lucky--no real story line there--a nurse, a cop living the American dream (sounds like my neighbors). Is it realistic for four people who have been intertwined to go back--Lucky knows Elizabeth loves Jason, Sam knows Jason will always love Elizabeth--how could Sam want to be with Jason knowing that??? That makes her character desperate and pathetic--the same holds true for Lucky. When it comes to these four people on the show--the writers lack imagination or they are lazy because they can go back and dust off old scripts of Lucky/Elizabeth and Jason/Sam. I agree with the comment "Dee" made about being a Steve Burton fan, but not a Jason Morgan fan--Steve Burton appears to be a stand up guy with his priorities straight when it comes to his personal life and real family. Jason Morgan is one big lie and he is not man enough to stand up to his biggest responsibility--a child. Financial support never replaces a dad. Jason Morgan puts EVERY one else first, his own child last. He believes he is doing just the opposite. Jason Morgan is a dead beat dad. Jason Morgan is about Jason Morgan and no one else. So, Jason Morgan-enjoy your Chinese carryout with Sam and let Elizabeth and whoever worry about raising your kid.

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Totally agree

After all the ugliness between Jason and Sam in the years post-split, even the possibility of a reunion is ridiculous. It's not like they just had a parting of the ways. She kidnapped his baby, he threatened to murder her. I'd say they're done.

I'm with Dee H, the past while on GH has been horrendous, and I am out. And the worst part is that even though I've been watching for 15 years, the show has reached such a sorry state that I won't really even miss it.

The entire kidnapping story was to whitewash Sam, and it happened at the expense of the credibility of all other characters. GH ought to give its fans a bit more credit - just because they throw a shitty storyline at us it doesn't mean we're going to swallow it.

Yup, I officially quit this show.

C , December 17, 2008

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Double Standards

i guess its okay for liz to commit adultry and lie, okay for
her to bully jason into whatever she wants at the current moment

lucky can never be good enough

Sam can never apologize nor is she allowed to atone for
the bad things she has done, pain she has caused

but jason and liz get a fairytale at the expensive of everyone?
they can have history re-written for them? everyone keeps saying they have 8 yrs of 'longing'? i've NEVER seen it (i've watched since 93). thru her 4 divorces and his other split ups, they never found each other? please!

gh demolished both lucky and sam to pimp jiz.

there are a ton of faithful JaSam fans that stopped watching because of the lousy writing and Liz always being made the saint,
well they are now returning to see the bigger better stronger version of JaSam

jizzers HATE Sam because they know SHE is Jason soulmate.

if gh can redeem liz and jason, who made lying and betrayl an artform into such blessed saints, they can surely do the same for
both Sam and Lucky.

it sucked that Sam and Lucky got screwed over for a superflop
no one expected them to take off and be so hot, but luckys heart
will always be liz's and i'm sad to say, Sam will get stomped on again...hopefully Jason and the writer will RIGHT the WRONG that
NEVER should have happened !!!

Day , December 12, 2008

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LUSAM all the way!!!!!!

If my LuSam breakup for JaSam, I will be DONE with GH. LuSam are the reason why I watch GH, so without them I have NO reason to watch. LuSam are great together and deserve a chance. Their chemistry is off the charts and they bring out the best in each other. Lucky is the man for Sam now.

Lucky's Lover , December 11, 2008

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LIASON ITS EVERYTHING THAT GH NEED NOW

I AM WRITTING THIS COMMENT ON BEHALF OF OTHER FANS LIKE MY MOM AND HER FRIENDS AND A LOT OF OTHER FANS THAT COULDN'T WRITE THEIR OPINION, BUT THE CAN ONLY TALKED ABOUT IT TO EACH OTHER AND MY SELF WHO LOVE GH BECAUSE OF LIASON. MY MON AND HER FRIENDS HAVE BEEN WATCHING GH FOR 35 AND OVER YEARS THEY SAID THAT HOW LIASON BRING BACK TO THEM THE ROMANCE AND THE LIGHT OF A GOOD SOAP FROM THE OLD TIME EVEN THOUGH LIASON DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME ON SCREEN THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERE AS BEST COUPLE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE.( LIKE LUKE AND LAURA, ANNA AND ROBERT, LILA AND EDWARD, SONNY AND BRENDA.)COUPLE LIKE THAT THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO DROP WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING SIT DOWN AND WATCH GH. THAT WHAT LIASON BRING BACK TO US. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE WRITER AND THE PRESIDENT OF ABC WILL MESS UP THAT BEAUTIFUL COUPLE THAT FANS WANT JUST BECAUSE THEY LIKE SOMEONE ELSE AND YET THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY THE RATE IS DOWN. GIVE US MORE TIME OF LIASON INSTEAD OF 30 SECOND AIR TIME AND THEY WILL SEE HOW THE SHOW WILL GO ON. MY MOM, HER FRIENDS AND I WANT LIASON BACK GIVE US LIASON BACK PLEASE

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Its ironic to me

that in your eyes Sam cannot be redeemed and her and Jason are doomed. YET it seems to be ok with you that all parties included were trashed for something that never came to fruition. In all honesty you really aren't anyone that writing this column will change anything. And you do not seem to be at all unbiased.

And from the ratings, they are UP! So i guess that given the soaps are about advertising dollars. You are probably going to be proven wrong on all counts.

Most Jason and Sam fans are not chomping at the bit for a romantic reunion right now. They are content with civility and eventual friendship. Most of them think Jason has a lot of making up to do. So no we don't think there is romance coming anytime soon for them, BUT apparently you know something we don't, since you are damning it before it starts.

Other couples on this soap have done far worse than Jason and Sam ever did to each other and they reunited. It just seems you are looking for any excuse to not like it. And frankly by the whitewashing of your Elizabeth. I can see why.

Why would you want Elizabeth with a murdering criminal when she has children. Sam is barren and that would not be a factor in their relationship. I do not and will NEVER get the hypocrisy of Sam cant be with Jason because of the evil they did to each other, BUT lets have little housewife Liz bring her two kids and spit in the face of danger.

i get you don't want a Jason and Sam reunion, but you could have hidden the fact you want a Liz and Jason pairing a little better.

Samismygirl , December 10, 2008

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Biased

This article is definitely biased. Early Jasam was great and Jason showed a far greater range of emotions with Sam then he has ever done with anyone else. It did get down and depressing but the first year or so was fabulous. That's the Jasam I want back and I don't care how they do it. They were a great couple and they were a good fit for GH storylines.

The kidnapper was forgiven, why not Sam? Sam had lost baby Lila, then baby Hope, and her brother Danny, the only family she had to love, and got shot and told she couldn't have children ever, then she finds out that the only person in the whole world she can trust betrayed her by keeping a secret with Liz. So she lost it.

And as others have pointed out other soap couples have done horrible things too and been forgiven. That's just the way soaps work.

Infosaturated , December 10, 2008

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This is a hoot!

It's really funny to see one of these fan war things from the outside looking in. I feel really bad for the Liason fans. They've been waiting years for Liz and Jason to finally get it together, and tptb give them their few moments. I hate this toying with fanbases that tptb insist on doing.

Now the Jasam fans think their dream is coming true. Look at what tptb have done to Liason. Do you really believe that Jasam is different? They're so much better and your fan base is so much stronger that tptb have finally seen the light? You're kidding yourselves.

Trudi , December 09, 2008

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I have been watching GH for 30 years and I have to say this is the first time I have ever comment on the show. I have rolled with the punches and watch them destroy characters and families. But when it comes to Jason I am a Jason fan first. From the time Steve Burton was Jason Q to he went to become Jason Morgan I was there rooting for him. Lately I have asked what the hell are you doing with my favorite person. They have changed him in last year and I am ready to ask if this is just a nightmare. When Sam came on I loved her but when she got involved with Sonny things change. It seems when you are in Sonny story they make the women act like whore who don't give a shit how your treat them. They change her to person who was independant to one who became needy. Then she turned up in Jason story and I was not happy. At the time a perffered for him to be on his own. Once Elizabeth showed up and was part of the story I did cheer them on I remember them in 90's and I thought well here is some history they can use and work off. I felt that they could give us something that they didn't back then. But they never took off. Leaving Jason and Liz with pushing and pulling. But with this past sweeps we got nothing but a big old What the #$%&*. Storylines not making sense. They went from Jason and Liz of nothing to everyone saying they where together. I don't want the mob 24/7 if I did I would watch the Godfather. I want affairs, I want love in the afternoon. I want intimate moments and in between that you can give me some of the mob. BUT GIVE ME SOME LOVING !! If Jason goes back with Sam I would have to say goodbye to character I have watch for over 15 years. Only because the Jason Morgan I know would never take someone back that threaten a child. I also find that I like Sam with Lucky she is reminding me of the old Sam that she first came on. I feel Lucky balance her out. I also Like Lucky with Sam he finally found someone who loves him faults and all. So why go back and blow up couples that havn't have a chance to grow. Stop bring on people who have no ties to the canvas and then giving them a story that a long time viewer could care less about. Bring back the families that made GH great. Stop changing history to go with the current story. Take your history and work from their. Dust off the the tapes from 80's and 90's and take a look why they where so great. WE had balance of family, romance and mob story. Wake up and give us back our General Hospital.

GH Fan asking where did the romance go ? , December 08, 2008

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I totally agree with this article. I want my Lusam not Jasam. I enjoyed Jasam in the past but now they just didn't fit to me. Too much has happened and they both just felt out of place to me. I liked the action in the beginning but now it's boring and I'm ready for Lusam to have a story.

VIVA LA LUSAM

Princess (Lusam Fan) , December 08, 2008

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No Jason & Sam for me EVER

What is absolutely infuriating to me is that just because jiz is breaking up everyone automatically assumes that Jason gets Sam back by default & Elizabeth gets Lucky back. Lucky & Sam are not ping pongs to be tossed back and forth according to someone's agenda.
So Sam has to go back to being Jason's sidekick, always begging for his attention, losing her self respect in the process & doing things completely out of character & always crying because she will never ever come first. The mob always will. And Lucky goes back to the woman who freely admits that she always loved Jason & Lucky was her second choice. It amazes me that people claim to love Sam and Lucky and then want them back in those horrible relationships. How can you go back to hamburger when you've had filet mignon? Lucky & Sam found out what real love is with each other. Those relationships are dead & should be buried once & for all. Jason & Liz do not deserve to have prizes like Lucky & Sam back. If anything this Jake story proves that Jason can't be with ANY woman, let alone Sam.Just because she's the one woman who can handle his lifestyle doesn't mean she belongs with HIM.Sam belongs with Lucky now.

kaceykat , December 08, 2008

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HAVE HIM AND THE SHOW

I AM A LIASON FAN THROUGH AND THROUGH BUT WITH THIS GARBAGE FOR WRITING I DONT GIVE A FLYING SHYT ABOUT IT ANYMORE!!!!! IF THEY WANT THAT GIRL BACK WITH JASON THEN GO FOR IT. BUT JUST TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THE COUPLE WON'T LAST AND NOT BECAUSE THIS IS A SOAP. NO BECAUSE THEY SUCK AND THAT IS WHY IT ENDED IN THE FIRST PLACE. YEAH THEY HAD A GOOD FAN BASE AND YEAH SHE WAS THE SUPPOSED BONNIE TO HIS CLYDE AND YADDA YADDA YADDA, IT SUCKED. SHE HAD NO LIFE OUTSIDE OF HIM AND IF THEY THINK THEY CAN PUT HER BACK WITH HIM AFTER ALL THE WRITING THEN GO AHEAD. ELIZABETH AND JASON HAD A REAL THING FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS HELL FOR THE PAST YEAR ALL THE WRITERS SEEM TO DO IS FU(K IT UP, SO I DONT CARE ANYMORE. HAVE FUN.

kaydimz , December 08, 2008 | url

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Liason all the wayyyyyyyyy

When Jason is with Sam he is a one dimensional character. She doesn't bring out any emotion in him. The walk around like they think they are these big bad a$$es. With Liz, you get to see a range of emotion from Jason. You actually get to see character growth, and change. To me he is much more interesting of a character because see more sides to him. I love to see the contrast between how gentle he is with her and the persona he needs to don when he has to go into work mode. It's about time we had less violence and more love and romannce. Liason was just voted the most romantic couple for last year. There is a reason for that. They are pure love, and are willing to make ultimate sacrifices for one another.

Cheryl , December 08, 2008

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LIASON BABY!!!!

I think that its time that Jason and Elizabeth got a chance.The writers are contradicting themselves. Jason should be given the opportunity to protect his family. They keep writing these lines about how Jason can not protect his family Yet we have no evidence of it, he hasn't tried. Every time his family has been in danger, he wasn't protecting them. We need to move forward. JaSam were together and we saw how bad it got.Sam slept with Ric, then let a stranger take Jake. Those are not things that people can just be forgiven in a year. Liason belong together, even Steve Burton knows it, its time everyone else did. so Writers just write the show properly already, and not just for Liason, for everyone on the show. The show need to pick up its slack as a whole.

MWN22 For Liason , December 08, 2008 | url

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Ryan,
Remember when Jason treatened to kill his own father for Michael. After Sam was shot, he told Sonny to go home and say goodbye to his family cause he was coming to kill him. Threatening to kill your own father tops threatening to kill your GF/Fiancee. Jason didn't kill Sonny and Alan died on his own where his son was not even there he was trying to kill Mr. Craig.

Jasam Fan and PROUD of it , December 07, 2008

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Jasam and LnL2 have ran its course its time to move on

I couldnt agree more. I think it's assenine and totally lazy for the writers to think they can subject us to two years worth of damaged couples, just to think they can easily go back to the status quo. All because the idiots in charge are two lazy to write anything outside of the box, these four have done things to eachother that I wouldnt even forgive my sister for, yet they expect people to be okay with them getting back together?

Chris , December 07, 2008

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LUSAM ONLY!

I for one don't need to see Sam with Jason anymore. She's a much happier person away from him. Love just isn't always a good thing and with Jason, it was more pain for Sam. I don't want all of that all over again.

With Lucky, Sam has been happier and more secure - secure enough to feel free to be herself again. I know it will be an issue for Lucky in the beginning but I also believe it will lead them to an even better relationship. I want my Lusam to grow together. Things have been looking so good for them and I hate the idea of them sacrficing a potentially wonderful story for Lusam just to bring back something that has been dead for two years.

Bianca , December 07, 2008

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we got it

Some fanbase threaten on the Internet and said they had the money to stop the reunion if it is planned.
Show me the money

shirly , December 07, 2008 | url

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This is Crap

This is not about Jasam it is all about wanting Sam away from Jason. I have to agree with some posters above about bitter jiz seeing how jiz isn't going the way jiz fans want. I can see it since you are a member of the canvas and very bias.

Proud Jasam Fan , December 07, 2008

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Jasam All The Way

I think this column is BS written by a pissed jizzard fan. I just love how some make everything Sam fault but what about what Jason did or lizzard did?? Lizzard isn't a saint and she has no room to talk with some of the things that she has done. I love the fact that Sam is helping find and save Jake. If lizzard had put her kids FIRST instead of running after Jason like a bit** in heat than Jake would be safe at home. Lizzard needs to take some of the blame on this one, Jason told her over and over again to stay away Lucky told her, did she listen NO she put her wanting to get laid before the needs and safety of her kids. I do not feel sorry for lizzard at all she did this to herself so she needs to quit whinny and trying to blame everyone else for what she did.
As far as Jasam they rock together their chemistry is amazing, I think Jason will forgive Sam. I look forward to see them work things out and get back what they had together. Jasam is one of the greatest love stories since Luke and Laura.

Proud Jasam Fan , December 07, 2008

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NO JASAM FOR ME Either ONLY LUSAM or NO GH , Low-rated comment [Show]

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The only agenda is in your head. We must be reading two different columns.

wtf , December 07, 2008

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thank you!

thank you ryan. this sam fan agrees with what you said. jason was just as responsible for the breakup as sam and liz. i moved on to lusam.

sam fan , December 07, 2008

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Someone needs glasses

and it isn't the author of this article.

Anon , December 07, 2008

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I love Jason and all I can say is...

Better Sam than Liz

Jason Fan , December 07, 2008

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How long have you watched Soaps

Is this the Scarlett Letter, Little House on the Praire or a Soap Opera?

Dissapointed in Ryan , December 07, 2008

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Let's see

Nik cheated on his raped wife
Luke raped Laura
Alan tried to kill Monica

And thats just for starters.

I am reading this and all I see is someone that desparately does not want Sam to save a baby. Someone claiming to be a fan but does not want her to make up for her sins. This seems more like someone that liked Sam being trashed and wants her to stay that way.

I smell so much agenda, this column stinks with it. This isnt about Jasam. This is about wanting Jason for Liz, who according to your column is little miss innocent. Because uh-oh if Sam is redeemed, that is ripping out the nails they drove in Sam and Jasam to prop the unproppable.

Soap Fan , December 07, 2008

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I really believed when I saw the article about you writing a column on JaSam and Liason that you were going to be impartial. I guess I was expecting to much. All I wanted to say is that after watching Sam and Jason and Liz and Lucky this is nothing compared to what I have seen happen on every soap I have watched from AMC, OLTL, GH, Y&R, DOOL and AW and others since 1977. This is a bump in the road so to speak and anyone on a Soap can get past anything. Yes fans have their couples and if not couples then their characters that they "love" but stories get stale/repetitive and so we need something new for another year or so. That is what soaps are. They are fantasies and nothing is for real or made to last. Just sad that there is so much hate for these "couples" because people can hide behind their computers and spew all the hate and there is no respect and yet we feed on it. We all seem to be under the impression these are real couples, real stories and we can't just enjoy the shows for what they are and what they are suppose to be, entertainment. I am sorry but your bias and feelings do not help. I sure hope you take the time and do a Liz and Jason "item" and try to tell the truth about that. Please do include all the lies that have been told, the hurts and heartaches to create the pairing of Liz and Jason and lets not stop there lets compare other couples and who got trashed to make a pairing.
Signed:
A disappointed reader

Disappointed Reader , December 06, 2008

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So much agenda. Where to begin.

Not only biased, but factually flawed. Liz told Jason flat out that she climbed 15 flights of stairs to get laid. Worse than that she said she always wanted to lay him - even while married to Lucky. What does that say about all the times she hid in his PH from her husband before he cheated and before she knew about the drugs? She was looking for an affair.

The only character I am seeing whitewashed in this column is Elizabeth Weber.

Spin Spin Spin , December 06, 2008

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Well I don't think you have given logical reasons as to why you don't want Jasam. First of all every character does horrendous crap on the soaps but for some reason Sam can never be forgiven and as you said she has apologized numerous times. Yes she watched the kidnapping, yes she hired the goons. Guess what, as a Sam fan I hated it but I got it. She had just found out she would never be able to have a child and she's behind the bushes listening to Lizzard gloat over the fact that Jason doesn't want kids. Oh how symnpathetic of Liz. Wonderful human being. As for the goons, the kids were not in danger and Sam was making a point. I feel that all the crap Liz has pulled in the last 2+ years was just as bad as Sam's deeds. But no one seems to have called Liz on her crap. Instead everyone including Lucky's family has constantly given her a free pass. Thank gawd Emily is dead because her a** kissing of Liz was out of control. Talk about whitewash. No I don't want Jasam to get together right now if ever but I would like to see all of the crap put on Sam to make it okay for Jiz to be cleared up. I would like the whole town to see Liz for the lying, cheating, manipulative, sorry a** mother, disloyal wife that she is. Jason needs to pay also but if he just grovels at Sam's feet I will be satisfied, Oh yeah Sam can play hero if she wants to. At least that is in character for Sam and yes Jasam can be forgiven and excused for all their wrong doings. Guess what all the writers have to do is write it. That's what they do for supercouples. And no you don't have to want Jasam. Different strokes for different folks. But you do sound like a bitter Liason fan.

Here's hoping , December 06, 2008

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Dayum! I have to write this mess again? , Low-rated comment [Show]

I don't really care about Liz, Jason, Ric, Sam, Lucky . . . GH?

But I loved your column and thought it was well written and even though I don't watch GH, I get what you were saying. Sometimes you just have to let it go. JaSam fans would be wise to learn that lesson sooner rather than later. You're not going to be pleased with the payoff. I promise.

Trudi , December 06, 2008

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Jumping the gun a bit?

You don't even know what the story is going to be and you're already declaring it a failure. I'm excited to see how Jason and Sam are going to reconnect. The past is the past and these characters are not moral upstanding citizens anyway. They both hurt each other deeply but there's a dozen ways to bring them back together in a realistic way. I love them and they have been apart for far too long already. Bring on JaSam!

kirstenfan , December 06, 2008

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"Utterly Predictable"

Well seems to me this is all about Sam FINALLY getting redemption for witnessing the kidnapping and you not liking THAT. At least Sam apologized for her crap over and over again,while others(Jiz)blame everyone but themselves,until recently.

Couples reunite all the time that have been through worse than Jasam. Todd/Blair,Luke/Laura,Sonny/Brenda etc. That's what sets them apart from 'couples' who are together for contrived reasons such as a ONS kid.

BTW-Liz admitted to Jason recently she climbed his 15 flights to get laid. NO DOUBTS ABOUT THAT ANYMORE.

Sucky suck.

Jasam , December 06, 2008

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Can we go forward in the new year and not backwards?

Great article Ryan. I was never a huge Jason and Sam fan (their story lacked the emotional connection I want in my soap couples), but they were okay. So while I haven't thought about their breakup as much as you have, I agree that too much has transpired between them to believe they've gotten past it already.

I know a lot of viewers wanted Jason/Liz/Lucky/Sam to be on friendly terms, but not me. Long standing feuds are a soap staple. Not everyone has to be chummy chummy. Sam and Jason hurt each other so much over the course of their relationship and I'm not ready to sweep it under the rug like it never happened.

GH has spent the last three years deconstructing the relationships of Jason/Sam and Liz/Lucky and for what? The couples that emerged from the spilt - Liason and LuSam - haven't even had a chance to get off the ground.

I think the powers that be at GH are lazy and uninspired if this is the best they can do. They can't figure out how to go forward, so they reverse the stories and go backwards. I'm not hanging around for another three years because all this back and forth is making me nauseous.

Just like Dee, I'm done with General Hospital. It's not worth it anymore to invest in stories that the writers can't (or won't) invest in themselves.

Not Watching GH , December 06, 2008

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just wonder

Don't think that I can't read the agenda behind this column.

juliet , December 06, 2008 | url

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Im €all for a Jason and Sam reunion.

Luke raped Luara, thats all I have to say.

Nikki , December 06, 2008

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Ryan, Can you tell me exactly what Liz did in this Jiz relationship. What did Princess Halo Liz do wrong? Should Jiz get back together with Liz having 2 kids?

Jasam Fan and PROUD of it , December 06, 2008

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I'm O.U.T. for Good...

I saw the writing on the wall when the white-washing first began long ago; but I never thought they would treat this long loving bond between Elizabeth and Jason with such overt destruction. I would have rathered not watch this so at the end of my viewership I can say that I wish they never got back together at all then their rich history would be in tact.

...What I am "most" annoyed about is the promos for fall I was expecting romance not characters torn apart (w/the exception of Robin). I didn't get romance but another villan. No Jason and Elizabeth storyline movement "forward, stuck, then backstroking to right where I was "two years" ago. Moreover, he hasn't claimed his son he's treated him like trash. I never bought the "safety rationale." It never made any sense.

While he's running around taking on the mob for others and their children, taking care of everyone else. He, a mob lord, left his son "unprotected." My thing is Jason and Jake. I foolishly thought he would at least do right by his son. So I, as a Jason fan, since day one, never thought he would treat his son so shabbily to come last on his list of priorities. But now I'm suppose to buy his grand standing heroics? No, I don't.

Unfortunately General Hospital has ruined Jason Morgan for me like they have other characters I've care about and the list is too long to return. I'll remain a Steve Burton fan but as for his Jason Morgan? I'm done.

I'll catch Scrubs on clips but I'm not watching the destruction of a show that I've watched for nearly two decades with their preferential storylines for their preferred actors. I no longer watch General Hospital and it feels more wonderful than their surprise.

I hope things turn around for the show and they learn that pleasing the audience some of the time is not a bad thing. Good luck.

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I do think you are a bitter bitter Liason fan Ryan. You are a member of the canvas and you are good friends with Brooke. If I am not mistaken you are probably going to the Liason event if they even have one. You will do anything to try to get Sam away from Jason. It can redeemable. Liz had a BIG part in this-She planned it from the beginning. You wait until it all comes out. Ryan you know exactly what is coming up and you know it isn't good for the Liason fans. If you thought Jasam's breakup was bad, wait until everything comes out.

Jasam Fan and PROUD of it , December 06, 2008

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