Once again - where were Anna and Robert when Robin was being forced to pretend that she didn't love Patrick anymore, she was in love with Nicholas, and she had to live at Wyndemere while Mr. Craig/Mr. Brosnan/Jerry Jacks was poisoning the dear boy? No normal hospital lab has the equipment to analyze toxins at ALL, much less come up with a counter-agent to cure it. I imagine Hobby was really popular at work during that time period, doing nothing to help his fellow lab techs with all of the regular work that he was getting paid to do, and instead focusing all of his time and energy on a secret, NOT ordered therefore NOT being billed or paid for, project for Dr. Robin which had him monopolizing extremely expensive equipment and reagents. If Dr. Ford is so concerned about the hospital's finances that he's sending uninsured patients away as soon as they are stable, he needs to look in to the lab and - I hate to say - cut some of THEIR funding!! Normal hospital labs don't do half the stuff soap labs do - DNA testing? ha! Not any of the hospitals I've worked at, that goes to a reference lab, and most of the hospitals haven't even done the collection since it's such a sensitive subject - but the toxin thing was just too much. They seriously need a lab tech, or at least someone who understands what actually goes on in a hospital - especially where the lab is concerned - on staff as a consultant.
Another example - once again, Liz got all concerned about "what if something happened" when the baby was born and the baby might need Jason's blood. AAARRGGGHHH. She actually said that they needed to "think like responsible parents," and that Jason needed to be ready to come forward if something did happen.
Do they have no idea how that could have made all of those single mothers out there feel? That they weren't "responsible" because the father hadn't been with them when the baby was born? What about all the women who used sperm donors? That certainly doesn't make them irresponsible! The fact is the father does NOT need to be there to donate blood if anything happens. PERIOD. Between not knowing if he's the right type, not knowing if he's CMV negative, the processing time, and just the fact that if there's an emergency the kid is going to need it NOW, it's just ridiculous to think that he WOULD need to be there and donate right then. But still they perpetuate the myth and do their best to make women feel bad. Grrrrrr.
On the other hand, GH does an incredible job of writing Spinelli. I actually got a letter about him posted in Soap Opera Weekly. :-) Just saying that I adore Spinelli and Lulu together. Which I do. Sigh. I did love Lulu's Three Suitors, though. They were hilarious. I'm going to miss Scott Clifton. I hope he does well in the future, of course, and maybe this bodes well for Spinelli, but still... at least I have theose episodes saved on DVDs!!