An In Depth Look At… Sonny & Brenda’s Reunion!

For weeks, GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Brenda has been wandering around Rome while thinking about Sonny, who’s been caught up in his own memories of the beautiful brunette. This week, at long last, one of the greatest couples in Port Charles history finally reunites!

“It wouldn’t be GH if there wasn’t some danger surrounding the big moment,” says Soaps In Depth executive editor Richard M. Simms. “As we all know, there’s this mysterious Balkan dude who has targeted Brenda. And at the very moment that our former lovers finally come together, the bad guys try and kidnap her!” 


Sonny — who’s dodged those pesky attempted-murder charges and gone to Rome in search of Brenda — rides to the rescue, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the reunion will go the way he hopes. “Is Brenda glad to see Sonny? Of course she is,” says the editor. “But they have a lot of issues between them, and he has things to deal with back home.” At the same time, more than a few other residents of Port Charles find themselves talking about Brenda. “She’s got the potential to stir up trouble for Jax and Carly as well as Jason and Sam, and both of those couples find themselves having… well, let’s just say ‘interesting’ conversations about the supermodel!”

Elsewhere in the issue, look for an exclusive interview with uber-popular ALL MY CHILDREN heroine Alicia Minshew (Kendall), who talks about the challenges of combining acting with raising a baby… not to mention what the future holds for Zendall! There’s also an unusually frank interview with GH’s Jason Thompson (Patrick) and Kimberly McCullough (Robin). “They’re extremely candid about the whole ‘Fatal Attraction’ story and how it impacts their characters,” admits Simms. “It’s a must-read for Scrubs fans.” And with Kim Zimmer — who became a daytime superstar with her stint as the self-proclaimed slut of GUIDING LIGHT’s Springfield — set to bring her ONE LIFE TO LIVE alter ego, Echo, back to the canvas, the mag jogs your memory on how Clint’s ex-lover impacted the canvas.

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  • Dawn9476

    It’s a huge miss. Sonny is an awful character and an abuser. Brenda deserves better than to be drag back into his mess.

  • Dawn9476

    It’s a huge miss. Sonny is an awful character and an abuser. Brenda deserves better than to be drag back into his mess.

  • Dinahleigh07

    A Miss big time!!

  • visitor

    If their reunion is anything like Brenda’s story has been so far…..snorrrrrrrrrrre!

    And if, when they do reunite, we get 17 weeks of Sonny saying the same thing he’s been saying for the past 17 weeks…snorrrrrrrrre!

  • Twingirls8

    I am enjoying the story. The way they are unfolding the story is wonderful. I love the flash backs. Looking forward to both of them in a scene together. Well done !

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BI6HYZXQIFIBBCXWDPLESVP2SI Mary F

    ok been there done that with SONNY AND BRENDA… this is my favorite soap but i am wondering if they are out of new ideas for the show… SONNY AND BRENDA on the run … NOW THERE AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT .. NOT

  • Minh

    Miss. All the constant flashbacks don't make long for the couple if anything just the opposite. Brenda is better off without that idiot in her life.

  • anonymous

    Fail Fail Fail bye bye brenda see ya don't let the dooor hit ya in th ebutt when you exit pc.

  • Joanie

    Coma inducing. A big old miss!

  • Jen

    Miss. IA with Dawn. He's a controlling, abusive jerk. Brenda can and has done better!

  • Dinahleigh07

    Its would be better if Sonny with Kate not Brenda!!!

  • Eva

    Sonny & Brenda reunited will be EPIC. My favorite soap couple. Maurice and Vanessa still have IT!

  • Givememore112

    3rd week in a row with Sonny and the Boring Brunette on the cover of Sony in Depth. HUGE HUGE MISS! Sonny should be in prison, and I don't care about Brenda and the Balkan, Brenda and the actor, or any of the rest of her new entourage.

    BORE-RING BORE-RING BORE-RING.

    Miss to GH, Miss to Sonny in Depth.

  • Cindy

    Miss.

  • Rhenderson20

    ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Who Cares?

  • Kimmie

    SONNY AND KATE Reunited!! That would be a great story! Sonny's true first love before alll of these ridiculous rewrites that make me cringe.. I like Brenda but not with Sonny ever again..
    big time zzzzzzzzz!!

  • slh

    Huge MISS! Why GH thinks everyone loves S&B is a mystery to me. Why should I tune in to see not even a fleeting thought given to the Jax & Brenda relationship? How about GH writing characters with depth & full lives not relating to the mob.

  • Ajuji

    wack as hell…do better GH!!!

  • lulu

    It's a miss for many reasons. The 2 most obvious are b/c Brenda is still not in PC and there are other ppl that are equally important in her life – the obvious choices are Jax and Robin!!!! Hello GH – anyone home???

  • Csd17

    Brenda's return is a huge miss. Brenda is a bore and has lost her charisma. I'm not the least bit interested in her story, nor do I think VMG and MB have chemistry any longer.

    The flashbacks have only made it worseby ighlighting the dysfunctional relationship they had and also now much older the actors are. Age looks great on Maurice; on VMG, not so much!

    There's no chemistry, not charisma, no interesting story and yet the entire show will revolve around this character. I used to love GH. Sorry to see it go down like this.

  • betsy

    Huge, expensive, sleep-inducing miss. I love Sonny, but I'd rather see him with back with Kate. New head-writer, please.

  • jds

    Miss!

    Let me get this straight! Sonny is no longer with Kate because he loves her and believes she deserves better. Sonny left his children because he believes they will be better off without him. Sonny is now going to Rome, to a woman he loved and had a dysfunctional relationship with years ago and let go of because he felt she would be better off without him, to drop his current mess at her doorstep while hoping she would drop her career and her work for exploited children to run away with him.

    Can the writers make Sonny look any more ridiculous?!

    EPIC FAIL!

  • jds

    Miss!

    Let me get this straight! Sonny is not with Kate because he loves her and thinks she deserves better. Sonny left his children behind because he thinks they will be better off without him. Now he has gone to Rome to find Brenda, a woman he loved and had a dysfunctional relationship with years ago and let go because he thought she would be better off without him, to drop his current mess on her doorstep with the hope that she will drop her career and her work for exploited children to run away with him?

    Can the writers make Sonny look any more ridiculous?

    EPIC FAIL!

  • Jacklyn Salomon

    A total HIT love them…but Brenda needs to be in PC..Rome storyline is kinda boring

  • Brigette

    I ADORE Sonny and Brenda!!!! Sonny is why I watch General Hospital and now that the love of his life has returned I couldn't be more excited to tune in everyday.

    Those final 3 minutes of today's show made the month long torturous wait to see them together worth it. Vanessa and Mo just sparkle together. I want MORE, MORE, MORE!

  • simrin

    This is the only thing on GH that's good right now. GH has brought this old school viewer back. Sonny&Brenda is a lovestory for the ages

  • cml

    LOVED the Sonny & Brenda reunion in Rome. Keep SnB coming…

  • cml

    Loved the Sonny & Brenda reunion in Rome!! Just great.

  • Robin_whitfield

    The long wait was worth it for this SnB fan! I literally felt the connection and the love when they saw each other. I can't wait to see more of SnB on my screen!

  • bird12

    I love Sonny and Brenda. I have loved everything about this complex mesmerizing couple since they began in 94' Thank you GH for reuniting one of the best couples in the history of daytime! S&B are love!!

  • Celine

    Absolute HIT! SnB have it all in the eyes!

  • bird12

    If anything Sonny and Kate were a re-write. Have you not been watching the character of Sonny since 1993? Obviously not.

  • bird12

    OMG! Are you kidding me?!! Please tell me you are!!

  • Cath

    Haters to the left! Sonny & Brenda are one of the last great soap supercouples. Vanessa & Maurice still have a one of a kind chemistry after all these years and this week, they merely set eyes on each other! Although the writing is dragging out too long Brenda's return to Port Charles, reuniting Sonny & Brenda is about the only thing left that can ever begin redeeming Sonny's character.

  • Brianne

    Miss. Brenda deserves better. Sonny just can die!

  • Jane

    Miss! Brenda is beautiful, fun, charismatic girl and she's being wasted on Sonny!

  • Tina

    Huge epic fail. You can't always go back. The characters have change and Sonny hasn't for the better. Brenda doesn't need him.

  • Betsey

    A huge miss. Sonny is the worst thing to ever happen to Brenda and she deserves better!

  • Bvgv

    Sonny is a pig. Why would Brenda have anything to do with him? Didn't she say this week she hates violence? Super model goes back to mob boss? Ridiculous. Dragging Jason into her story, when he should be with Sam, is nonsense. And Sam allowing Jason to live with his ex? Sam better develop some balls real quick.

  • Ghskate1

    I agree with Dihanleigh. Sonny and Brenda is a miss. Kate is better for him.

  • Lady L.

    MISS….
    The flashbacks are a reminder of their dysfunctional relationship. Sonny is better off without Brenda. They can't bring back the same love story and attraction, that's done and gone. I don't think even Brenda and Jax is going to work like before, her character is just not going to be the same. Let both men be with the women they truly love and deserve, Kate and Carly.

  • Lucy

    I FF through all the Brenda scenes, all the shootouts, all the mob crap; basically I just watch a few minutes of the show! MISS

  • S&BLover

    I have always loved Sonny and Brenda and still do. It's about time they were reunited after the shoddy way their story ended the first time. My hope is that they write this with character history in mind so that the plot respects this couple's awesome connection. I probably wouldn't be watching GH at all if Sonny and Brenda weren't on, because I find the show extremely boring without them.

  • Tami

    The whole show has been a miss with me for a long time, The writers have lost it. I Was never a Brenda fan, But I use to like jason and Sonny, now I can’t stand either one.

  • Livvie

    Sonny and Brenda are THE LAST supercouple in daytime. If you dispute that then you don’t know jack. I’m sorry but who the hell is Kate? People that are saying that Sonny and Brenda are a rewrite of Kate are only proving how new they are to GH. If we’re going to follow that wack logic then it would be Olivia that’s his first love….NOT! I know what I’ve been watching since 1993 and that’s the EPIC chemistry of Maurice and Vanessa. You cannot rewrite history like that! S&B are pure magic and I completely felt the love in those 3 seconds that we saw them together yesterday.

  • guest

    Brenda should be with Jax! NOT Sonny!

  • guest

    Brenda should be with Jax! NOT Sonny!

  • Lola

    SID you are stupid if you base any public majority on the few comments in this thread.

  • Uwsdoc

    Well to me I think the writers have gone back to layered, slow buildup, old-fashioned soap writing when it comes to S&B. The S&B story is an example of why romance worked and lured millions of people to tune into soaps. You have 2 characters with an incredible amount of history that you cannot make up (like with Olivia and Kate) and there’s plenty of video evidence of this love story on Youtube. Their story is one that always captivated, no matter the situation. Case in point – when Brenda returned the first time and she was speaking to “someone” through a vent. The sparks they had between a wall and a vent is more spark than any couple on GH has had in the last decade. I BELIEVE when Sonny says Brenda is his true love because the writers and the actors have been showing me this since 1994. With all the violence and “insta-romances” that soaps have been stuffing down our throats it is incredibly refreshing to see a BONAFIDE POWERHOUSE SUPERCOUPLE such as S&B get such a simple, yet beautiful reunion. We already had the grand EPIC seeing-each-other-for-the-first-time scenes when she returned in 2002 so I do not feel slighted in the least. I cannot wait to see this EPIC couple SET THE WORLD ON FIRE again :-) It’s definitely the only reason I am back to watching GH!

  • James

    I am enjoying the story!! I love all of the flashbacks, and even though Sonny and Brenda both have different lives now.. the fact that they are soulmates is undeniable. Lets hope we get the reunion that we’ve all been waiting for!

  • Ness

    HIT!!! I have been waiting for this moment for 13 years. When their eyes locked, my heart melted little by little. Maurice and Vanessa have a one-of-a-kind chemistry. I can’t wait to see their story take off!

  • Ness

    HIT!!! I have been waiting for this moment for 13 years. When their eyes locked, my heart melted little by little. Maurice and Vanessa have a one-of-a-kind chemistry. I can’t wait to see their story take off!

  • Lola

    HIT

    I finally tuned in on Friday to see what we’ve all been waiting for, for the past 7 years. Sonny and Brenda. Together again. And let me tell you, it was worth the wait. Loved the montage. Loved how they locked eyes and even after all this time they still have that magnetic spark. THIS is the episode GH should have aired on the first day Vanessa hit GH again. We didn’t need Rome for a month. We need this. Her interacting with all of her friends again. It was such a great moment and I will be tuning in religiously yet again as long as Vanessa is here.

  • shargem69

    Definitely a miss! I loved Brenda back in the day…and I even was a Sonny and Brenda fan…but I preferred her with Jax and I can’t stand the mob or Sonny anymore.

    They did a terrible job writing her return. It was very anti-climatic and they are making her look like a fool pining away for Sonny. I miss smart, vivacious and STRONG Brenda. She would never make a good mob wife…and that’s something to be proud of!

  • Clarissa

    Sonny and Brenda are a hit! They are far from being a miss! Reunite S&B, they belong together!

  • Kartha29

    As I posted on my own Twitter page, I mean to feel the beating heart that holds a love so strong that one look into the other’s eyes & thousands of people can still feel it’s strength, that is soul mates.

  • Kartha29

    As I posted on my own Twitter page, I mean to feel the beating heart that holds a love so strong that one look into the other’s eyes & thousands of people can still feel it’s strength, that is soul mates.

  • April

    HIT! HIT! HIT! When S&B’s eyes met, I got that tingly feeling I got the first time they met on the docks! It looks like instead of rushing home from school to catch GH, I’ll be rushing home from work! GH is pulling me back in again. This is the type of slowburn romance that’s been missing!

  • melliecad

    i’m so excited for sonny and brenda to FINALLY interact together. the writer’s definitely messed up big time making us wait this long. but sonny and brenda together at anytime is ALWAYS a hit! S&B FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • JC

    OMG! Friday was fireworks! I can’t wait for more Sonny and Brenda!

  • Venus

    I can’t wait to pick up this issue of SID! Anything with S&B on the cover and I’m sold! I may just have to get to the market now. Damn, they’re SO beautiful!

  • Cms8777

    You’re forgetting that Sonny and Brenda met in 1993. Before any of the Kate stuff happened. Kate and Sonny were a rewrite, not Sonny and Brenda.

  • Kimmie

    well they are by far Sonny’s past as a child written and the story ended badly.. the writing sucked.. I hope they revisit SKATE again! Their story is Not over!! AND I have watched Sonny for all of his years and I loved Sonny with Kate!

  • Kimmie

    well they are by far Sonny’s past as a child written and the story ended badly.. the writing sucked.. I hope they revisit SKATE again! Their story is Not over!! AND I have watched Sonny for all of his years and I loved Sonny with Kate!

  • Joniworld

    I absolutely love how they are doing the Sonny & Brenda storyline. It is the biggest HIT for GH in a long time. I would not miss a second. Sonny & Brenda the best couple in daytime history as far as I am concerned.

  • Joniworld

    I absolutely love how they are doing the Sonny & Brenda storyline. It is the biggest HIT for GH in a long time. I would not miss a second. Sonny & Brenda the best couple in daytime history as far as I am concerned.

  • James

    I’m in love with S&B! They’re chemistry is off the charts. They are the only couple I know where all they have to do is look at each other, and the passion melts the screen. Hard to believe they are married to other people!

  • Wgale

    I love them. I have for years. I would rather Claire Labine write for them than Guza because she knows them and created them. But I won’t let bad writing stand in the way of watching Maurice’s and Vanessa’s chemistry which speaks for itself. I mean, Guza has her in Rome for almost 2 months, it’s like intentional sabotage or something.

  • Nasha

    No way is Carly jax’s true love. The girl cheated, lied, manipulated him on a daily basis and never apologizes for it. He deserves far better.

  • roz

    I LOVE IT SONNY AND BRENDA STILL ARE SMOKING HOT

  • roz

    I LOVE IT SONNY AND BRENDA STILL ARE SMOKING HOT

  • Nasha

    I think given who Brenda has become and grown to be, sonny and her should just be friends. And their first meet was anti-climatic. Definitely a miss!

  • Veronica

    I haven’t watched GH in years, since they tried to dog Sonny and Brenda for Sonny and Carly. I came back this week because i heard they would finally see each other! No words needed, these two like always explode when they are around each other! Can’t wait for next week! Its starting to get REALLY good again! Hope this isn’t a false alarm but i watched the ENTIRE show which i haven’t wanted to do in atleast 5 years! Longtime viewer here absolutely thrilled about Brenda and Sonny!

  • Roz

    I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT AND CAN’T WAIT TO SEE MORE SONNY AND BRENDA STILL ARE SMOKING HOT TOGETHER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!!!!!!!!!

  • Danni

    I LOVE them & have waited 13 years for this reunion.

  • Dawn9476

    How can Brenda redeem Sonny when he did nothing but treat her like garbage? Sonny’s long line of emotionally abusing women he said he “loved” started with Brenda.

  • Dawn9476

    Like Brenda, Kate deserves better than that loser.

  • Dawn9476

    Like Brenda, Kate deserves better than that loser.

  • JR

    Watching the old episodes recently played made me realize how much I used to love GH, how great the show used to be. Brenda being back doesn’t change how crappy GH as a whole has gotten. Unless the writing and stories improve, this will just be another huge MISS.

  • JR

    Watching the old episodes recently played made me realize how much I used to love GH, how great the show used to be. Brenda being back doesn’t change how crappy GH as a whole has gotten. Unless the writing and stories improve, this will just be another huge MISS.

  • Janice

    Miss. Sonny’s a horrible character and Brenda should not be use to “redeem” him. If you want to fix Sonny get better writing for him. Don’t use Brenda to make us forget all the stuff he has done over the years.

  • Janice

    Miss. Sonny’s a horrible character and Brenda should not be use to “redeem” him. If you want to fix Sonny get better writing for him. Don’t use Brenda to make us forget all the stuff he has done over the years.

  • Violet

    Miss. Brenda has grown and mature as a character and to reunite her with Sonny would be a huge mistake. She shouldn’t have to be with a man who is controlling, violent, and kills people for a living. This isn’t the life she wanted. A life with fear, looking over your shoulder, bodyguards 24/7 etc.

  • Ro

    sonny and brenda are magic— always have been and always will. they don’t even need words, just their eyes. they are a huge hit!

  • Ro

    sonny and brenda are magic— always have been and always will. they don’t even need words, just their eyes. they are a huge hit!

  • Stingerette1975

    I absolutely loved the reunion! I watched it at least 10 times and each time just sent my breath away…I loved the way they looked at each other and the chemistry just melted off my screen with just their look..you can tell the love and passion is still there after all these years! I love S&B!!!!

  • Stingerette1975

    I absolutely loved the reunion! I watched it at least 10 times and each time just sent my breath away…I loved the way they looked at each other and the chemistry just melted off my screen with just their look..you can tell the love and passion is still there after all these years! I love S&B!!!!

  • Ro

    brenda is sonny’s home and heart. no one is perfect in this, not brenda, not sonny but the best they ever were was when they were together. carly was the beginning of the downfall of sonny… she’s the trash that needs to be taken out.

  • Ro

    brenda is sonny’s home and heart. no one is perfect in this, not brenda, not sonny but the best they ever were was when they were together. carly was the beginning of the downfall of sonny… she’s the trash that needs to be taken out.

  • Stingerette1975

    that was beautiful Sara…I could not have said it better myself…you have a true way with words right now!

  • Stingerette1975

    that was beautiful Sara…I could not have said it better myself…you have a true way with words right now!

  • Cms8777

    Sara, that was a very beautiful post! This is exactly the way I feel. Sonny and Brenda are the best couple ever!

  • Vivian

    Miss. I love Brenda and would hate to see her back together with a man who has done nothing but cause her pain/misery the majority of the time they were together.

  • Ingrid

    Miss. Brenda should not be suck back into a guy/relationship that was the worst thing happen to her. She deserves better!

  • Elle

    HIT!!!!!! Sonny and Brenda still have IT. That montage was just right and the look on their faces when their eyes met? Pure love. It’s like their souls were sleeping and their eyes connected, and they woke up. The flashbacks are a nice touch, a nod to the history and a reminder that really, despite everything, S&B can’t let go of each other, no matter how much they try.

    And you know, while, technically they should have, (and they did take different paths and have different loves), they will always love each other, and I totally buy that they’re both longing for a love long ago that was intense, passionate, all-consuming and filled them with a joy neither has right now.

    I can’t wait for this new chapter in their story. S&B all the way, baby!!!! If GH put these two in their own orbit for the next year, I’d be happy. S&B = LOVE. This is a hit and any scene with MB and VM will continue to be a hit. :) ))))))

  • Jackie

    It’s a huge miss. I want to see her with someone who really loves her, supports her, respects her etc and that’s never been Sonny.

  • Nancy

    It’s been horrible. I want something a new storyline for Brenda besides Sonny who has never been good enough for her.

  • Holly

    Miss. Every time they are on I fall sleep.

  • Paula

    A big miss. Sonny + Brenda = A cure for insomnia

  • Sally J

    S&B = HIT = always!!!!! Viva la S&B. They’re the best thing about GH.

  • Paula

    A big miss. Sonny + Brenda = A cure for insomnia

  • Eve3281

    Brenda should stay away from Sonny. She has grown up and matured since departing PC and has found something good with Murphy (a stable, trusting relationship). Sonny is an abuser, he’s dangerous, unstable, an egomaniac, criminal, and doesn’t take responsibility for his actions. Why would any sane woman want to go back to that never ending cycle.

  • Sally J

    Jax needs stay with Carly. J&B were so boring, I’d FF through all their scenes and I love B.

  • Jana

    Miss!Sorry, by stopping the storylines of other actors to bring this story forward has just been wrong all the way around!They need to use the talent they have on canvas,they already have best!Please realize bringing people back will not save the show!

  • Melanie

    Miss. Brenda deserves a man who can give her love, support, understanding, trust and that’s not Sonny. She also should be with someone who she doesn’t have to sacrifice what she believes in just so she can be with him.

  • Lady l.

    Actually I watched them in 90s and liked them very much but I don’t want them back together and have the same dysfunctional relationship again. So far Brenda is acting the same,just like what Jason described. Sonny has changed and is more mature now. Brenda seems to be still a self center acting like 18 years old. Kate story was not a re-write, she was a new character who finally connected us to Sonny’s past and childhood. She showed us different side of Sonny. I don’t have anything against Brenda but I don’t think she should be coming back just for Sonny, bring her back to work with other characters and to give her own story and stay friend with Jax and Sonny and Robin.

  • Lady l.

    Actually I watched them in 90s and liked them very much but I don’t want them back together and have the same dysfunctional relationship again. So far Brenda is acting the same,just like what Jason described. Sonny has changed and is more mature now. Brenda seems to be still a self center acting like 18 years old. Kate story was not a re-write, she was a new character who finally connected us to Sonny’s past and childhood. She showed us different side of Sonny. I don’t have anything against Brenda but I don’t think she should be coming back just for Sonny, bring her back to work with other characters and to give her own story and stay friend with Jax and Sonny and Robin.

  • Rachel

    Miss. Please get Brenda the heck away from Sonny. He will suck the life out of her.

  • Rachel

    Miss. Please get Brenda the heck away from Sonny. He will suck the life out of her.

  • ghskate

    Who ever comes after Brenda to be with Sonny is not a re-write. They are new stories. Reese, Alexis, Emily… whether they worked or not…Re write is if they try to repeat what Sonny and Brenda had back in1993 which is not going to be the same.

  • Juliette

    I think the Brenda return is a total MISS! I was a S&B fan in the early 90′s when their story began, but as it went on and they became darker and more dysfunctional, I began to dislike the pairing and their story. I came to really love Brenda and Jax and would like to see how their chemistry is now.

    I do have to admit that after seeing Sonny and Kate together, I came to expect more of pairings. I loved the chemistry between Maurice and Megan and the mature, sexy, flirty believable relationship between Sonny and Kate. There was no throwing things, no whining, not temper tantrums. That is what I look for in a relationship for Sonny–maturity, passion and a, respect, friendship and depth to their love . And most importantly, Sonny showed more of his llighter side which I find very charming and endearing Kate made him smile, made him think better of himself. As Maurice said in a magazine interview–Kate makes Sonny a better man and Megan makes me a better actor. I want to see Sonny reunited with Kate! and their story continued.

    I think Brenda would be a good character if she is written well. I would rather see her with Jax and I would like to see her working for Kate at Crimson as the Face of Crimson and continuing her charity work.

  • simrin

    Loved it! This is what a real couple looks like. Not this contrived stuff GH has written in the last 10 years or so. Old-time soap viewers enjoy this ride!!!!!!!!!!

  • Squiggle

    These couple of weeks with Sonny and Brenda have been the first time in a very, very long time that I’ve actually enjoyed GH on any level. While it can be frustrating I like how they’re not rushing into it for once and I’m loving all the flashbacks.

  • Joanne77

    How can you say if it is a hit or miss when all they have done is smile at eachother! Give it time people! As a long time viewer (20+years) I feel like the flashbacks and history are a reward for being a loyal fan. So far I’m still excited! The smile alone got my blood pumping and VM has been great this week. I think it took a little to warm up but she is definately back now!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NJA5U6PSDZDKBRR4JSVDCR57LE Taylor

    The reunion was AMAZING.

    I haven't been that captivated by a scene on General Hospital in 8 years since the Amazing Grace montage. Did you see Sonny's eyes when he saw her standing there? She took his breath away. And he approached, unsure of what reaction he would get when she turned around… Sonny never even got to say her name, because Brenda already knew he was there. It was written all over her face and then… BOOM. Vanessa and Maurice=MAGIC. Then she smiled, and you saw relief on his face. She was happy to see him too. And all of the emotions they've been fighting came to surface… And it was beautiful.

    Sonny and Brenda never ended up hurting each other so badly because they were mismatched. Sonny & Carly were mismatched. Sonny and Brenda are soulmates…To each other they were exactly what they didn't know they always needed.

    Before they fell in love, this power over another person was unknown to them. Power in general isn't that complicated– it's always misused when it's new to someone. Whether in the context of love or not, that's just how it works. Loving someone THAT much was scary for both of them…so sometimes they misused it. If you're biggest fear is losing someone, wouldn't you rather be the one that is lost first? The difference Sonny and Brenda experienced with each other vs when they were with anyone else is a lot like the difference between when you smile because you can't help it and when you smile just because it's appropriate.

    Now, after 7 years, they know what it feels like to be without that love. And as scary as it was, living their lives without having those highs & lows has left them both empty. Yes, the lows were definitely low. But as human beings we feel more alive when we are in pain than when we feel nothing. But no matter how alive you feel after the pain, at some point we all do try to avoid what has hurt us the most.

    Which leads to one question: How much pain are you really saving yourself from when you spend your life unfulfilled? This is the story of Sonny Corinthos and Brenda Barrett. There is intense passion inside of them each individually, not just them together. That's one of the things that's so amazing about Sonny and Brenda. They didn't become totally different people when they were with one another. They were the same people magnified. Their mutual love lit up our screens and their differences defined angst. Watching them made ME feel alive.

    But wait… It's “poison.” Just tell me this: why, after seven years, would this be happening? The memories, the longing, the almost-contact? And finally… a reunion?

    Sonny and Brenda are both at that point in their lives where they feel like they should at least try to be grounded. Sonny, for his kids… Brenda, for ASEC and for the sake of trying to pretend her way into oblivion with Murphy….

    There is something in the way, though. They just aren't where they expected to be by this point. Sonny tried to save Brenda's life but she's in danger anyway… They can't forget the dreams they formed during the best time in both of their lives. You know, when they actually felt alive.

    “I don't want you to save me. I want you to be with me.”

    Brenda said this to Sonny long before he left her on their wedding day. The day he ended up breaking his own heart and Brenda's because he wanted to give her “love, and a life without fear.”

    And now she has neither.

    As much as Brenda drove him crazy, he was determined to keep her the way she was, even if she didn't realize it. He didn't want their marriage (had it happened) and life on the run to “destroy everything” he “loved about her.” Sometimes you don't realize it when you're misusing power, and the reason for that is fear. You don't realize that even the most intense love and need to protect someone doesn't give you the right to choose the ending you think is best, no matter how selfless your intentions are.

    Fate is fate.

    Sonny even told Brenda they were “inevitable.” As long as they were alive, it was going to happen between them.

    Fate doesn't only exist in hindsight.

    Out of sight obviously doesn't always mean out of mind.

    The connection they share runs much deeper than even they understand, and you can only ignore something like that for so long. Since it's something they could never control, they call it “poisonous” and “toxic.” Not only is it beyond understanding, but their connection runs deeper than any drug… right into their souls.

    Which comes full circle to one fact: they're soulmates. ?

    –Sara

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7RYGGULTQPW46XSRNKQTZ4KVYE Sara

    The reunion was AMAZING.

    I haven't been that captivated by a scene on General Hospital in 8 years since the Amazing Grace montage. Did you see Sonny's eyes when he saw her standing there? She took his breath away. And he approached, unsure of what reaction he would get when she turned around… Sonny never even got to say her name, because Brenda already knew he was there. It was written all over her face and then… BOOM. Vanessa and Maurice=MAGIC. Then she smiled, and you saw relief on his face. She was happy to see him too. And all of the emotions they've been fighting came to surface… And it was beautiful.

    Sonny and Brenda never ended up hurting each other so badly because they were mismatched. Sonny & Carly were mismatched. Sonny and Brenda are soulmates…To each other they were exactly what they didn't know they always needed.

    Before they fell in love, this power over another person was unknown to them. Power in general isn't that complicated– it's always misused when it's new to someone. Whether in the context of love or not, that's just how it works. Loving someone THAT much was scary for both of them…so sometimes they misused it. If you're biggest fear is losing someone, wouldn't you rather be the one that is lost first? The difference Sonny and Brenda experienced with each other vs when they were with anyone else is a lot like the difference between when you smile because you can't help it and when you smile just because it's appropriate.

    Now, after 7 years, they know what it feels like to be without that love. And as scary as it was, living their lives without having those highs & lows has left them both empty. Yes, the lows were definitely low. But as human beings we feel more alive when we are in pain than when we feel nothing. But no matter how alive you feel after the pain, at some point we all do try to avoid what has hurt us the most.

    Which leads to one question: How much pain are you really saving yourself from when you spend your life unfulfilled? This is the story of Sonny Corinthos and Brenda Barrett. There is intense passion inside of them each individually, not just them together. That's one of the things that's so amazing about Sonny and Brenda. They didn't become totally different people when they were with one another. They were the same people magnified. Their mutual love lit up our screens and their differences defined angst. Watching them made ME feel alive.

    But wait… It's “poison.” Just tell me this: why, after seven years, would this be happening? The memories, the longing, the almost-contact? And finally… a reunion?

    Sonny and Brenda are both at that point in their lives where they feel like they should at least try to be grounded. Sonny, for his kids… Brenda, for ASEC and for the sake of trying to pretend her way into oblivion with Murphy….

    There is something in the way, though. They just aren't where they expected to be by this point. Sonny tried to save Brenda's life but she's in danger anyway… They can't forget the dreams they formed during the best time in both of their lives. You know, when they actually felt alive.

    “I don't want you to save me. I want you to be with me.”

    Brenda said this to Sonny long before he left her on their wedding day. The day he ended up breaking his own heart and Brenda's because he wanted to give her “love, and a life without fear.”

    And now she has neither.

    As much as Brenda drove him crazy, he was determined to keep her the way she was, even if she didn't realize it. He didn't want their marriage (had it happened) and life on the run to “destroy everything” he “loved about her.” Sometimes you don't realize it when you're misusing power, and the reason for that is fear. You don't realize that even the most intense love and need to protect someone doesn't give you the right to choose the ending you think is best, no matter how selfless your intentions are.

    Fate is fate.

    Sonny even told Brenda they were “inevitable.” As long as they were alive, it was going to happen between them.

    Fate doesn't only exist in hindsight.

    Out of sight obviously doesn't always mean out of mind.

    The connection they share runs much deeper than even they understand, and you can only ignore something like that for so long. Since it's something they could never control, they call it “poisonous” and “toxic.” Not only is it beyond understanding, but their connection runs deeper than any drug… right into their souls.

    Which comes full circle to one fact: they're soulmates. ?

    –Sara

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7RYGGULTQPW46XSRNKQTZ4KVYE Sara

    The reunion was AMAZING.

    I haven't been that captivated by a scene on General Hospital in 8 years since the Amazing Grace montage. Did you see Sonny's eyes when he saw her standing there? She took his breath away. And he approached, unsure of what reaction he would get when she turned around… Sonny never even got to say her name, because Brenda already knew he was there. It was written all over her face and then… BOOM. Vanessa and Maurice=MAGIC. Then she smiled, and you saw relief on his face. She was happy to see him too. And all of the emotions they've been fighting came to surface… And it was beautiful.

    Sonny and Brenda never ended up hurting each other so badly because they were mismatched. Sonny & Carly were mismatched. Sonny and Brenda are soulmates…To each other they were exactly what they didn't know they always needed.

    Before they fell in love, this power over another person was unknown to them. Power in general isn't that complicated– it's always misused when it's new to someone. Whether in the context of love or not, that's just how it works. Loving someone THAT much was scary for both of them…so sometimes they misused it. If you're biggest fear is losing someone, wouldn't you rather be the one that is lost first? The difference Sonny and Brenda experienced with each other vs when they were with anyone else is a lot like the difference between when you smile because you can't help it and when you smile just because it's appropriate.

    Now, after 7 years, they know what it feels like to be without that love. And as scary as it was, living their lives without having those highs & lows has left them both empty. Yes, the lows were definitely low. But as human beings we feel more alive when we are in pain than when we feel nothing. But no matter how alive you feel after the pain, at some point we all do try to avoid what has hurt us the most.

    Which leads to one question: How much pain are you really saving yourself from when you spend your life unfulfilled? This is the story of Sonny Corinthos and Brenda Barrett. There is intense passion inside of them each individually, not just them together. That's one of the things that's so amazing about Sonny and Brenda. They didn't become totally different people when they were with one another. They were the same people magnified. Their mutual love lit up our screens and their differences defined angst. Watching them made ME feel alive.

    But wait… It's “poison.” Just tell me this: why, after seven years, would this be happening? The memories, the longing, the almost-contact? And finally… a reunion?

    Sonny and Brenda are both at that point in their lives where they feel like they should at least try to be grounded. Sonny, for his kids… Brenda, for ASEC and for the sake of trying to pretend her way into oblivion with Murphy….

    There is something in the way, though. They just aren't where they expected to be by this point. Sonny tried to save Brenda's life but she's in danger anyway… They can't forget the dreams they formed during the best time in both of their lives. You know, when they actually felt alive.

    “I don't want you to save me. I want you to be with me.”

    Brenda said this to Sonny long before he left her on their wedding day. The day he ended up breaking his own heart and Brenda's because he wanted to give her “love, and a life without fear.”

    And now she has neither.

    As much as Brenda drove him crazy, he was determined to keep her the way she was, even if she didn't realize it. He didn't want their marriage (had it happened) and life on the run to “destroy everything” he “loved about her.” Sometimes you don't realize it when you're misusing power, and the reason for that is fear. You don't realize that even the most intense love and need to protect someone doesn't give you the right to choose the ending you think is best, no matter how selfless your intentions are.

    Fate is fate.

    Sonny even told Brenda they were “inevitable.” As long as they were alive, it was going to happen between them.

    Fate doesn't only exist in hindsight.

    Out of sight obviously doesn't always mean out of mind.

    The connection they share runs much deeper than even they understand, and you can only ignore something like that for so long. Since it's something they could never control, they call it “poisonous” and “toxic.” Not only is it beyond understanding, but their connection runs deeper than any drug… right into their souls.

    Which comes full circle to one fact: they're soulmates. ?

    –Sara

  • Krypton46

    There is no doubt that MB/Sonny and VM/Brenda still have that amazing chemistry and connection after all these years and their “reunion” scenes proved that. They don't even have to say a word to each other, you can see the love and passion they have for one another anytime they lock eyes! If GH knows what's good for them, they'll reunite S&B for real this time.

  • Twinfouch

    When Sonny and Brenda saw each other for the first time in seven years it was beautiful. They have so much chemistry, a true supercouple.

  • Krypton46

    There was never any doubt that MB/Sonny and VM/Brenda still had that amazing chemistry and connection after all these years and their “reunion” scenes proved that. They don't even have to say a word, you can see the love and passion they have for one another anytime they lock eyes! If GH knows what's good for them, they'll reunite S&B for real this time.

  • http://www.sonnyandbrenda.com Erikabl3

    i am so happy sonny and brenda have finally come in contact with each other. it's been 7 long years for this SnBer and i thought their meeting was wonderful! for anyone to pan their reunion, which hasn't even happened yet, is very short sighted on their part. they also were most likely not around during SnB's first go around, they don't have a clue what SnB is about. Sonny and Brenda are amazing together, their chemistry is spot on and they complete each other. i say their reunion is a hit, it just took a little time to get here is all. SnB Always :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brooke-Doris/1810770333 Brooke Doris

    I think the build up was well done, and I loved the look exchanged between Brenda and Sonny on Friday. Anticipation is a wonderful thing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brooke-Doris/1810770333 Brooke Doris

    Richard, either you are not reading the comments here or your tweet was deliberately misleading. Looks like everyone is happy with the Sonny/Brenda reunion. The complainers were just impatient during the wait for it!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brooke-Doris/1810770333 Brooke Doris

    Kate is the biggest SNOOZE of all time. Glad she is leaving.

  • Nancy

    I see this as one more big-time miss, because Claudia & Franco weren’t big enough. So far, it’s been nothing but borrrrring. I don’t know Brenda and I don’t care about Brenda, “Maude’s” daughter (whatever her name is), the fiancé, the Vulcan, or fruit for that matter (at least on a soap opera). Instead of spending all that money on VM, all the extraneous characters to bring Brenda back on, and the advertising, they could’ve invested in a new writer and used the characters they already have, but aren’t using (the Q’s, Kate, Alexis, Diane, Mac, et al). I am a Sonny fan and would like nothing more than to see the lighter, smarter, more mature side of him back…like when he was with Kate. Jumping bail and running off to Rome to see HER…just more character regression as I see it. And I don’t like it.

  • Lila A

    I agree, they should only be friends. There was no reason for dragging it too long until they meet. I believe most of our excitement is to finally see them face to face how this is going to play out. I am not excited to see them reunited at all.
    It's not going to work, let it go.

  • JJ

    Total HIT! S&B are my reason to watch GH!

  • Lady L.

    Jax accepted Brenda knowing how she feels for Sonny. Jax again accepted Carly with all her faults. He had his share of dishonesty with Carly as well.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    Its so obvious that the negative comments on here are from people who either hate the characters of Sonny and Brenda or are Skate or Carson fans. To say SnB are a complete rewrite proves those viewers didn't watch in the 90's because if any of the women at all were re-writes it would be Kate and Olivia. So get your facts straight. Regardless of the haters, SnB were and still are considered a supercouple. You can't change it no matter how much you hate it.

    I have been waiting for this reunion for 13 years! I stopped watching GH because SnB were no longer on the show. They are the only reason I was glued to my TV screen Friday and they will continue to be the only reason I loyally tune in. I have been waiting 13 years for the best supercouple in TV history to reunite and finally figure out how to be together. I hope GH figures this out. They struck gold with Mo and Vanessa and they would be foolish to let these acting soulmates go. No other two actors on TV have ever drawn me in like Mo and Vanessa do. I can't take my eyes off of them. Pure magic.

  • stosh

    Definitely a miss. I like both characters and actors, but GH is trying to capture lightning in a bottle for the second time and it's not going to work. It failed with Sarah Joy Brown and will fail with Vanessa. If GH really wants to save the ratings, bring back the balance between light and darkness when the world didn't revolve around Sonny.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    Megan Wards off contract and out the door as of October so I guess Skate are over. You might have loved them but it was such a ridiculous re-write that the majority of teh GH audience didn't buy it at all and it was a total fail. I agree the writing was sucky but Skate had absolutely zero romantic chemistry IMO. Sonny needs a romantic lead that does both, lights his fire and makes him smile like a school boy in love and Kate ain't it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    GH doesn't think everyone loves SnB but a majority do love them. Thats why they are the last true soap supercouple. Obviously you're a J&B fan but they were no supercouple. J&B had some good moments but most centered around a storyline Sonny was involoved in in some way. The way Jax treated Brenda in '03 leads me to think that is why Brenda isn't thinking about him at all. She always love Sonny more. Even when she was angry at him and thought she hated him she couldn't because her love for him was too strong. Jax and Brenda never had that kind of love.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    Sonny truly loves Brenda. He has since 1993. Sonny loved Kate since what? 2008. LOL.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    I didn't mean to 'like' your comment, I just meant to reply to it but oh well. Yes, I agree GH is definately to mob centric and slowly TPTB have killed the popularity of the character of Sonny with the direction and the writing on the show, but Mo and SJB are definately no Mo and Vanessa. Mo and Vanessa were epic. Their pairing was more popular than both characters individually. Part of that had to do with the writing for SnB but the other part was their magic on screen. Carson version 1 had chemistry but it was a different kind. He could never reach the romantic levels of SnB. SJB came back as another character as well. That is not happening here. Vanessa is plyaing her original role and its still Mo and Vanessa playing SnB. So the two really can't be compared. Carly version 1 and Claudia were never written as a love story for Sonny. SnB were created by one of the greatest soap writers of all time, Claire Labine and they were meant to be and written to be a love story. One of the greatest ever told.

  • KJ

    MISS
    I wasn't a viewer for S&B part 1, but am not feeling Sonny & Brenda round 2. With all the publicity I had really high expectations – so maybe my dislike is more to do with over promise, under deliver.

  • Epjay

    A definite hit! I haven't watched GH in seven years (when Brenda left again). I vowed never to return because of the way the writers were trying to make it seem like Carly was Sonny's true love…ICK!! Now, I'm back and thought Friday's close was awesome. There is only one Sonny and Brenda…no one else compares. Guza, PLEASE don't ruin their reunion again with horrible writing.

  • AR

    HIT!!! Sonny and Brenda are the real deal all the women after her are substitutes imitations and bit off of Brenda's storyline, she is the truth and Sonny's true love and first love, Carly, Kate, Olivia, and Claire are all Brenda wannabes and pail in comparison. S&B's first meeting was magical and only MB and VMG could pull it off, I couldn't even imagine Sonny doing that scene with any of those other women and making it so magical Brenda is the ONE. I'm not even a Sonny fan but when he's with Brenda they shine together.

  • Jackie

    I LOVE, LOVE Sonny and Brenda together. I haven't watched the show since Vanessa left the first time around. I couldn't stand the thought of Sonny with anyone but Brenda. Maurice and Vanessa made me insanely obsessed with GH because no other couple was close to capturing the chemistry. Were they dysfunctional? Yes but was it hot to watch HELL YEAH. They play off each other so well and I can't wait to see what's in store for them this time around. So GH succeeded in bringing back a former viewer by bringing Vanessa back, hopefully they don't screw it up. And those of you complaining about regurgitated storylines…..hello, it's a soap opera, they all do it. Get over it.

  • DMK

    Sadly it is a huge miss. I myself was a huge J&B fan and Brenda fan. I loved Brenda since the first day she came on the show. I didn't want J&B this time and was fine with at least a friendship. But since Brenda has come back I just can't get into her. VM isn't playing the Brenda that I once adored. She is with two horrid dayplayers that I don't give an ish about. She is depressing and drinking and only thinking about Sonny and apparently always has. WTH??

  • Farah White

    I am just excited to have Maurice and Vanessa interact after almost 13 years. They barely interacted during her last return. I am not counting on the writing. Although the writers have a certain understanding of SnB, it's unclear that they truly understand the dynamic of that relationship. SnB don't need Claire, Murphy or Jason to be interesting. Neither do they need a two-month long momentum killing storyline where Brenda is in Rome isolated from the people she loves. None of the hijinks or plot points are even necessary. They need simplicity, they need Brenda actually in Port Charles interacting with everyone she loves, and they need Sonny and Brenda face to face. That's all. SnB were always their own angst. To say they were in love with one another is almost to trivialize the power of their connection. And that's what makes it compelling for the fans because Maurice's and Vanessa's chemistry was/is stunning. Thanks, Farah White (New York/LA)

  • Celeste

    A big miss. Brenda doesn't deserve to be wasted on Sonny.

  • jds

    From what I see here, not everyone was happy with the Sonny and Brenda reunion. It is appropriate, of course, for you to speak for yourself, but you should not speak for others when they are saying things to the contrary.

    I will respect your right to express your Sonny and Brenda love. After having watched GH for 30 years, I think I have the right to express my opinion as well, even if it is different than yours. I hope you can respect that as well.

  • Nicole

    It's a hit!!!! Yes, they've been building the story slowly but Sonny/Brenda are one of the best couples this show has ever had. Can't wait to see what happens with them!

  • Cms8777

    There is a difference here. when Sarah Joy Brown returned, it was as another character. Vanessa and Maurice are playing the same characters they have always played, Sonny and Brenda. They still have chemistry, and it shows!

  • Cms8777

    Brenda is bored to tears in her relationship with Murphy. She doesn't love him, so why should she stay with him? She loves Sonny. She belongs with Sonny. They are soulmates.

  • Cms8777

    Sonny and Brenda have never been boring. You have to be kidding.

  • Cms8777

    Actually Sonny left Brenda at the altar to save her, because he loved her so much. Jax on the other hand, left her out of spite. He actually let her come to the altar before he dumped her. That was cruel! To me what Jax did to Brenda is a hundred times worse!

  • Cms8777

    Sonny is good for Brenda. She is bored to tears in Rome right now. Sonny loves Brenda and he will protect her from danger. He has always been very protective of her, even when they weren't together.

  • deb

    miss

  • Cms8777

    Well I didn't mean to hit like on this post. I completely disagree. Sonny and Brenda don't put me to sleep. They have heat and passion and love. They are soul-mates!

  • Cms8777

    Brenda doesn't belong with somebody that left her at the altar out of meanness. And I'm not talking about Sonny here. Sonny left Brenda at the altar because he loved her and he wanted to save her. Jax let her walk down the aisle and then he dumped her. Brenda doesn't belong with him.

  • Cms8777

    Sonny loves Brenda…He left her at the altar because he loved her so much. Sonny and Brenda belong together.

  • Cms8777

    Brenda loves Sonny. She isn't just pining for him, she loves him and vice versa.

  • Cms8777

    GH doesn't believe everyone loves S&B, but a lot of fans love them! They are true soul-mates. They are a supercouple. Jax and Brenda were always centered around Sonny from the very beginning. Jax left Brenda at the altar because Brenda loved Sonny. He actually let her walk down the aisle and then he dumped her. That was cruel of him. That is why Brenda is thinking about Sonny. Sonny was selfless in what he did, but Jax…not so much. Even VM said that Sonny was selfless when he left Brenda at the altar to protect her…because he loved her. He still loves her and vice versa!

  • Cms8777

    Sonny isn't the worst thing that happened to Brenda. He is one of the best things that ever happened to her. He loved her and protected her.

  • Cms8777

    We must not be watching the same thing. Sonny and Brenda are fun and entertaining and they have amazing chemistry!

  • Cms8777

    While I agree with you about Robin. I disagree about Jax. He treated her badly the last time she was in Port Charles. He allowed her to walk down the aisle and then he dumped her. That in my opinion does not speak well of Jax.

  • Cms8777

    Why can't they bring back the same love story. Days of Our Lives has several times with Bo and Hope, they reunite Shane and Kim after all these years. So why can't S&B have the same love story they had before. They can. Sonny has loved Brenda for a long time and vice versa. Kate is a rewrite in history. Before Brenda Sonny didn't love anybody.

  • Cms8777

    Sonny has done some bad things true, but he is not a pig. He loves Brenda, they belong together.

  • Cms8777

    Sonny and Kate were a re-write. Sonny and Brenda are the real thing. They are a supercouple. All the magazines say so. Sonny and Kate aren't a supercouple.

  • Stosh

    The point of my post was not to imply SJB/MB chemistry was anywhere close to VM/MB chemistry. Sonny and Brenda were great. I was just referring to fact that GH thinks bringing back big name people or people from other soaps will make ratings soar and save the show. That didn't work with SJB's return and I think it will fail with VM, even though she is playing her same character. The writing right now is just not good enough. I think they would be better off utilizing the amazing talent they arlready have. There are many strong women characters that are underutilized that could carry off great storylines and would not cost as much as bringing back Brenda.

  • Kimmie

    well if you really paid attention.. Sonny “sparked” with Kate even he said it himself and then their romance was Fire.. No need to bash who people love with other characters.. just because everyone doesn't want Sonny to be with Brenda.

  • JC

    A total Miss. Was no an S&B fan the first two times, am not one this third time.

  • Hillary

    I happen to be a huge Sonny fan, I just didn’t watch the show back when Brenda was on. So, from my perspective, this is a miss…totally boring. After all the hype, I have been completely underwhelmed. I’m not saying they weren’t good back then, but Guza is writing now and 13 years is a long time.

  • Cindy

    Another miss with Sonny! I truly miss the Sonny who I loved with Kate!

  • lila A.

    When the writers created Kate as Sonny's first love in their teenage years and we were supposed to believe it, then it's count they have longer and older history together. No clips only stories. Sonny is Brenda's first love since 2003.

  • Maya

    A total MISS! Why can't GH write for the characters they have like Kate, Alexis, Mac, the Q's? As for Sonny, the only love story I want to see is wit Kate!

  • lucinda

    Kate was not a re-write. she was a backstory. Sonny's love life in his teenage years in Bensonhurst was never addressed before. A re-write is when you take a past storyline and completetly change the facts or give one character the same storyline that was written for another character in months/years prior.

  • Laverne

    color me confused…. the amazing chemistry in the 10second reunion scene of S/B was so smoldering that Sonny goes back to Port Charles the following week and has sex with another woman??? huh????

  • Maria

    Missed by a Mile! I thought it was a mistake to bring Brenda back the first time the need and a bigger mistake this time. I'm a long time viewer and do not like the character.

  • Roxane

    HIT! I’m sorry the chemistry, passion and love between those two cannot be denied. That look at the end of the episode said it all.. Brenda sensing Sonny’s presence before he even said a word was so subtle yet spoke volumes to the connection these two share…I am so happy that I get to be a part of this love story again! GH you are so lucky to have this golden couple in your hands!

  • Cms8777

    He goes home and has sex with Claire to try and forget Brenda. He’s using her. He loves Brenda.

  • bird12

    Its called a love story. It’s not simple and its not immediate. Sad really that soap viewers now can’t appreaciate a story anymore in soaps. You obviously like another couple or hate these two characters because your saying there is no chemistry when you haven’t even seen Tuesday. Your comment is very transparent.

  • Cms8777

    Brenda is thinking about Sonny because she loves him.

  • bird12

    Well thats you because the majority of the audience would rather be put into a coma. Again MW is leaving so unless they recast Kate Skate is over and Mo has definately moved on.

  • Cms8777

    Brenda is Sonny’s first love since 1993, not 2003.

  • BrendaFanForever

    HIT!!!!!! I've been waiting 13 long years for this; there are no two other characters that belong and deserve to be together. It may have been a 10 second, if that, look…but that made up for all the crap that GH has thrown at us and expected us to believe. I haven't seen Sonny look like that since the 90's, it was wonderful. I miss him SO much and I finally have hope again. Brenda is Sonny's first love and soulmate – if anyone doesnt know it, then they obviously were not watchers in the 90's when the show was actually good. Hopefully, we'll have it again!!

  • betsy

    Carly and Kate are Brenda wannabes? Wow, that’s an “interesting” take. Olivia was handed Kate’s backstory on a silver platter and Claire, well…Sonny’s going to sleep with her next week after that magical first meeting, but I’ll give you that one, since it’s been one big WTH anyway. Actually, I’d guess that whatever was written for Claire was rewritten once Guza found out he was getting Brenda back.

  • goddess

    I tuned in after a seven year hiatus for this and it was fantastic! I will agree that it has been a slow build up but that's the genius of it..The first eye contact between these two was worth the wait – their chemistry is incomparable… I will follow this ride to the end!

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  • Aja

    Hit!!! Makes the show worth watching again!! Brenda and Sonny are incomparable. Their chemistry is off the charts! Keep up the great writing GH!

  • Mae

    HIT, HIT, HIT!!!! I returned to GH in July once I heard that Vanessa was returning..I have been waiting for this since 2003. Friday's episode with them locking eyes for the first time made me feel so many emotions at the same time:

    Sadness (just thinking of all the years that they've been apart),

    Happiness (that this true love found it's way back home. No matter what the future holds for them, they will always be in each other hearts)

    and Hopefulness (that my Sonny and Brenda will finally be allowed to have, even if it's brief, the beautiful romance that they after all these years deserve).

    Again this has been beautifully written – love love love it!!

  • Lisa

    Megqan, you are obviously a S&B fan and will love them regardless of whether they work or not, but there is no need to be disrespectful to others who feel differently.

    Is this what we are to expect from S&B fans the entire time Vanessa is on the show. I don’t think Vanessa or Maurice would approve or appreciate this kind of fan bashing from their fans.

    Everyone is entitled to express their opinion here without being attacked. Why not just focus on your S&B love and let others have their say? I mean, really. . .

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    Betsy Kate is a complete re-write and if you watched back in 93 on you would see what we long time viewers are talking about. Carly is a wannabe in the sense that she was basically plopped right in Brenda's spot circling around men that had already been in Brenda's orbit from the 90's. So yes that is definately due to the lack of imagination on Guza's part but no body was buying Kate's story. Thats why it failed. TPTB failed on that one bog time. Sorry.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    These newbie viewers with ADD can't appreciate a love story to save their lives. Its really sad actually. This is what soaps used to be about and this is the reason they're a dying genre. The haters can step. Get over it. I have had to endure your aweful excuse for chemistry couples being shoved down my throat for 13 years. So deal, I had to.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    Your making an assumption and judgement about what S&B are like now before you even see they're characters together in a story. Sonny and Brenda have had to do a lot of growing up in 13 years. Heck when they reunited briefly in 97 they weren'teven that couple you describe throwing things and yelling so why would they be now? Kate is out and Jax and Brenda were a snooze fest so TPTB would be silly to make them the story because most people would tune out. Again Kate is out the door.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    Really? Because if we're going to go there then TPTB should have started using their talented cast years ago before they killed off everyone and brought in all of these newbie characters with ridiculous backstories or no ties to the canvas at all and expected me to care.

  • Jackie

    Big hit! Sonny and Brenda are LOVE. The last true supercouple from GH. All they need is a look. S&B are connected at the souls and I know that their connection won’t let me down this time around. Team Sonny and Brenda forever!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    I think its too soon for anyone to know how Sonny and Brenda will act together is this story. Can we just wait and watch a little? Back before there was the internet, soap boards, email, ect. we had to wait stories out and watch characters grow. I'm sorry thats your interpretation because you obviously liked Sonny and Kate but my interpretation was it was a complete re-write and I thought they had zero romantic chemistry. Friendly chemistry yes. But Sonny never looked at Kate with adoring eyes and for me its all in Mo's eyes. Thats how he sells it to me. I am all for Sonny getting away from Carly's grip and I have no problem with them bringing in a new character but first Kate and then Olivia claim to be Sonny's first love please. I think the idea was a good one but TPTB had very poor execution with the idea.

    I don't want Brenda coming back just for Sonny either because she is a great character and if the writers do it right they will show us all about the new Brenda and not just make it about Sonny. But S&B have always been written as soulmates so I expected that to be the major part of introducing her back to the canvas. I am confident there will be more to her story so lets just sit back and let it unfold.

  • Cms8777

    It may be different from back then, but Sonny is still in love with Brenda and vice versa.

  • breann

    LOVED S&B's reunion!!!

  • jackie

    LMAO what a Crazy…Sonny and Brenda are awesome together…

  • Jachsa2000

    I Love the story Sonny and Brenda are awesome..I can’t wait for More

  • Jackie

    A Hit….S&B are great

  • bird12

    I agree 13 years is a long time! You would have had to have been a big fan of SnB back in the day to understand the level of excitement SnBers feel right now. I don't expect others to get it. Trust me the amount of effort and air time TPTB are putting into SnB's story is well deserved for their fan base. We have been treated like crap by TPTB at GH and I am savoring every second of this moment.

  • Randy1927

    I like VMG and happy to have her back, but it is a miss. The writing on GH continues to be substandard. I watched friday and the woman with the fake Italian accent was horrible.

  • Lisa

    BIG TIME MISS! I'm a Sonny fan and not committed to any one pairing. I'm just not feeling Brenda 3. Sorry.

  • Lee Trueblood

    A HUGE HIT! Sonny and Brenda are THE super couple who
    have kept their fans throughout their years apart! Like in reality Sonny has had other lovers as has Brenda but Never have they loved anyother as much as each other. I think given time the writer’s will give us another exciting romantic story between Sonny and Brenda. Their course will have some dips and twists in it but that makes it all the sweeter when they show their true hearts to one another again. Sonny and Brenda are LOVE!

  • Nina

    Miss. I want to see the strong, smart, confident Brenda again. Not the one who becomes weak, insecure and needy and that’s what will happen if she reunites with Sonny. He’s no good for her or any woman.

  • Betty

    Miss. S&B 1 & 2 were bad enough. This “reunion” is even worst if possible.

  • Denise

    It’s a big miss. Why waste a woman who is smart, beautiful and funny like Brenda on someone like Sonny? He’s not worth it.

  • Julia

    Big old miss! Brenda doesn’t need Sonny. She’s much better off without him. He should be alone & try to fix his relationship with his kids.

  • Maya

    Who says Megan is leaving—do you believe everything posted on dd? And just because I loved Sonny and Kate doesn’t mean you have the right to post a nasty comment.
    I get it…you love Brenda….but when did you get to know what the “majority” of viewers like? Seems to me there are some who disagree

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    Yeah so Brenda can slip into a deep dark coma, because thats all I feel like I'm doing when I watch J&B together.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    You said it. We WERE supposed to believe it but we didn't. So it failed. Majority of the audience never bought it and that was because SnB were laid out to be a major supercouple in the 90's and it stamped a place in soap history. No amount of Guza rewrites or newbie characters will ever change that. SnB were Sonny and Brenda's first major relationship on GH. Thats what was stamped into viewers memory not this first love backstory TPTB now want everyone to believe. I hope you meant 1994 not 2003 because if you didn't then you need to do more research on the character of Sonny Corinthos.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    No one's bashing you here, I'm just simply disagreeing as you are with me. This is a public place to post so that is what we are doing. I never saw the romantic sparkle with Skate. I would much rather watch two soulmates find their way back to oneanother with love, intensity, fire, lust, romance, and sparkle as you call it. I never saw that with Skate. Mo called SnB soulmates and first loves. Thats it. But yes you can like who you like and we'll agree to disagree. No hard feelings. :)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    Then why did Mo call Brenda Sonny's first love? Fine backstory or rewrite, whatever. My point was I never bought it. Its a difference in opinion and taste.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    How is it a nasty comment when I state that Kate is leaving? I have heard it from multiple sources. So maybe its not true, but maybe it is. I actually would like MW to stay and have the writers actually write for Kate. When I stated that Mo has moved on I meant that because he states that Brenda was his first love and soulmate. That statement is pretty bold if Mo hasn't moved on from Skate.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    I am not bashing fans at all. Soap boards and polls are out there to state opinions. If I was bashing other fan bases I would be calling them names. Others on here are bashing SnB just the same. When others call SnB boring I have to disagree. Just as other fanbases will when that comment is made about their couple. Its not bashing its stating an opinion and its fine that you don't agree with me. I have no nasty comments to make about Skate or Kate other than I thought they were boring and I don't think thats nasty. I do think newer soap viewers have no patience to watch a story unfold and with spoilers and the web now the soap audience has gotten even more inpatient. Its sad because I feel thats one of the reasons the soap genre is dying. I think MW is great and if she leaves its GH's loss. No hard feeling ok.

  • Maya

    It is nasty because you dismiss everyone who disagrees or happens to enjoy Sonny with another female. You spread the “same” dd post which has been posted everywhere–I don't see any official release about Megan leaving and until that happens, don't dismiss other fans wishes. Mo doing press for Sonny and Brenda–just as he did with Claudia–remember those wonderful interviews about how he and SJB still have it???? I remember and cringed because they did not have it and it was so sad to watch after the wonderful work he did with SKate and how the ratings and audience love that story! But I just happened to be at his event this summer a short 6 weeks ago. He talked very lovingly about SKate and working with Megan. In fact he was joking about Olivia, and other stories but got very serious when the subject was about MW. He would LOVE to work with her again. So who knows…stories happen in cycles…and VMG's return….has it brought in any ratings? Has it brought critical acclaim with viewers loving Brenda and her story? So far a big fat no! Another colossal error on the part of the GH bigwigs. There are a lot of Skate fans out there as well as Sonny and Brenda ones—if anything, I'd like to see a triangle between Sonny's teenage love (and most recent adult one–as it has been clearly shown Sonny has not loved Claudia, Olivia, or Claire) and his first adult love–that would finally give Maurice a story that he could be clearly proud of portraying. My opinion but I think it would be hugely popular!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P4GUGJE6TAUARCCVMEE4R2CTJA Megan

    I have no doubt that Mo would say that about Megan because he is a nice person and Megan is a great actress. We'll just have to agree to disagree on which character is better for Sonny. I am all for a pairing of Sonny's that puts a smile on his face and gets him out of the claws of Carly, but if I had to choose between Brenda or Kate there would be no competition in my book. I have no doubt there are Skate fans out there, and back when more people tuned into soaps Sonny and Brenda were legendary in popularity. My point with the majority statement is really based on soap standards when supercouples existed in the 80's and 90's. Supercouples were couples that 70% plus of the audience loved. SnB were that popular and that is why they are the last supercouple. Now supercouples don't exist and ratings have dropped 2 and 3 million. VM nor any other actor/actress can make ratings jump anymore because soaps are a dying genre and nothing can bring them back sadly. We'll just have to see what TPTB do from this point on. I was not trying to be nasty just stating an opinion.

  • April

    HIT!!! When their eyes connected and they discussed their relationship, it was just good old-fashioned romance. This is what I've been missing about GH and soaps in general.

  • Jewels

    It has been one ginormous, boring as hell MISS!!!

  • http://twitter.com/miriamwknc Mir.I.am

    Sonny and Brenda SUCK! She has to be dumbed down for him. This return and re-writing of history is a fail of EPIC proportions!

  • Taylor30

    S&B = SO BORING. Please lock up sonny and put Brenda back with Jax. rThe character of sonny is completely repulsive and he should be written off or locked up, actually locked up and then written off permanently.