General Hospital: Calling Denise Alexander!
Nikolas has his heart set on funding and opening a Free Clinic in Emily's name. The idea is not bad, it simply is not original, either. The original Free Clinic was first opened by Dr. Lesley Williams-Faulkner. This was Laura Webber's mothers name when she was married to millionaire Cameron Faulkner who became obsessed with her, she was forced to kill Cameron protecting herself from him and she found out that he had bankrupted himself stalking her and all she had left was the Free Clinic he built her on the docks.
Lesley, as always portrayed by superb daytime veteran performer Denise Alexander, is Nikolas' grandmother... follow me for a minute....
The prudent use of show history would suggest that Lesley Webber might be a good choice as some one to participate in this storyline. She has experience in obtaining all of those licenses and permissions to open and run the clinic that Mayor Floyd was breaking wind about this week. and that's just one of the reasons that it makes perfect sense for the good doctor; Mrs. Rick Webber to be in on this one!
The Free Clinic that she opened was featured heavily in storylines throughout the 1970's and 1980's. Tony Jones earned his medical license back after he kidnapped Micheal Morgan and Robin Scorpio when he went to his dark place after his daughter BJ's death and subsequent seduction and annihilation by Carly. Using the legacy of that Free Clinic now would make Nikolas' working to get it open and rededicating it to Emily so much more relevant to the long term fans.
Denise Alexander, Jackie Zeman, Leslie Charleson, all the hospital staff could be incorporated into this story. The fans would love it. The history of the show would be honored, the veterans still in the cast would be given some interesting work to do and it might get them interacting with each other in a way that would satisfy the viewers. Veteran characters such John J. York's Mac Scorpio could be used in this storyline as well and perhaps the viewers would embrace it even more.
Just a thought.
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8 May 2008
1 week 5 days
That would be a great idea, but the tiic is not even acknowledging history and GH doesn't want to go down that pike even if it is history and would help the show's ratings and are sick of the mob bs that is on ever d":m time.
siomonstuart2003
31 March 2008
2 years 47 weeks
That's a great thought. Now, who in the higher up can you pitcht that to that might really think about taking you seriously?
18 January 2008
31 weeks 5 days
Belinda, this is a wonderful idea. It would incorporate so much history into the story, allow several characters to interact including a lot of veterans, and put the Hospital back front and center. And besides, it would be nice to see Nikolas talk about Emily and his grief over her passing with someone actually related to him, besides his self-absored sister who's too busy trying to figure out what she can get out of the conversation.
Which, of course, is precisely why it will never happen, since the current regime doesn't believe in any of those concepts. Apparently, from what I read, the clinic will be up and running next week! That's one heck of a a turnaround! And apparently, the clinic will be used to dump Logan's body when he is killed. Good to know that it will be used for such noble purposes.
12 February 2008
2 hours 27 min
This is such a beautiful idea, and it pisses me off because Guza would never do it. Why hasn't Frons cut him off at the knees, again? I truly believe that once the Emmys are over, heads will start to roll.
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27 January 2008
2 years 12 weeks
Well, it would make perfect sense that Nikolas uses the experience of Lesley to build the clinic and also to have Monica consult. Monica is, afterall, Emily's mother. It makes no sense that he chose Nadine to be the consultant and left out his grandmother and the mother of his fiance... both doctors.
But as everybody has already noted...using the vast history of GH to propel a current storyline is just not what Guza and Frons (I believe this edict is from the top down) have in mind. I'm not even sure if they remember there was a clinic.
Just curious...weren't there two clinics? There was one in the hospital that Lesley and Alan worked in and there was the waterfront clinic that Rick worked hard to keep even in the face of the mob. I wasn't aware that the clinic that Tony worked in (and later Alan when he was getting his act together after the drugs) was the same clinic.