Jasam: Baby or no baby...That is the question

I’m going to be honest right off the bat. I like Sam more than I like Jason. 

My opinion of Jason and Sam together is lukewarm. I’m neither enthusiastic nor horribly turned off. I would prefer Sam with another kind of character but with GH more or less on its last legs and the writer’s complete inability to do any new relationship justice without it overshadowed by men; this is what it is until the end. I have enjoyed their scenes here and there. Sometimes due to the acting or the dialogue or the scenes nature. But overall, I’d rate their reunion since the ugly of 2006/2007 with one word:

Eh.

The show has decided to revisit the idea of Jason and Sam having a baby. As soon as it was brought up in January, I had flashbacks of their never-ending discussions years ago of whether they should procreate. My eyes immediately glazed over.  Baby stories already have that dreck factor by nature. Some can be “exciting” in some ways but they are all pretty textbook where soaps are concerned. So I can’t say I jumped for joy when it was brought up again. But I like Sam.  And I actually want her to be a mom. She isn’t your cookie cutter mom material type and seeing as it’s a soap, those make the best kinds of mothers. Why would I want to see a Suzie Homemaker type character have a child? Seems pretty straightforward she would be good at it with little effort, no? In any case, kids are usually shoved off camera and brought out as stage props or holiday scenes so it doesn't really matter at the end of the day. Sam’s fertility is also a key factor in this story. Or is it? This is the part that initially peaked my interest. They have now made me want to stab my eyes out and drink gasoline. Here is why.

           Lag time

I didn’t need Sam to make the decision as soon as she heard of the procedure to fix her oven. Thinking it over on her part is natural especially since she accepted her childless fate and created a life that didn’t really accommodate children.  But 4 months until she actually does the procedure? 4?! Come on. Way to waste time, idiot writers.

         Avoidance

Which also plays into the lag time. They had her hiding the procedure from Jason initially. She voiced her disinterest to her doctor but still researched it and went out of her way for Jason to not know. Then did a lame job of doing so by bringing that pamphlet to his damn house. Why the hell did she hide it, again? It’s her body. If she wants to tattoo a big ass smurf on her forehead, there ain’t shit to hide from anyone. And if they wanted to push the whole fear thing from her end, she would have let it go completely. Then she had the preggo scare where she was all "no no. Babies? icky poo. not for me." when it was pretty clear how she really felt. I'm not a fan of characters trying to convince themselves to not want something in such an obvious way. It reeks of laziness on the writer's part. Sam has always seemed like a straightforward character in that sense. She wants things, she says so. But with Jason, they seem to have her want what he does more often than not. So she'll avoid it until Jason is ready to come aboard.

 

        Procedure=Automatic baby

I understand why for some it might seem stupid to undergo a corrective procedure to have a baby when you don’t want a baby at the moment. At least, that is what the show is saying. I find it interesting that they didn’t just have Sam want to fix herself for her and tell Jason to wear a bag if they didn’t want a kid. Yeah, Jason did the whole song and dance “Oh Sam. You should do it for yourself. Don’t let me stop you from it, I don’t want to be the reason you give up something you want”. Can I tell you how much I HATE that shit? Cuz you know they never write Sam to say, “You right, dawg. I’ma do me”. So what the fuck is the point of Jason’s selfless speeches? To annoy me? 

  

       Sam not having the procedure for herself

I hear it all the time: ‘why would she have the procedure for herself? She wants a child with the man she loves, if he doesn’t want a child then she won’t have one with another man.  Jasam is love.’ I say Jasam is dysfunctional. This ties in with my third point. A procedure doesn’t mean a baby is coming the next day. The reason I think Sam should have had the procedure for herself is because tomorrow isn’t promised especially WITH Jason.  I’m not talking about Jason being a mob enforcer who gets shot every year. I’m talking about him being an every day asshole who could abandon her at any given moment. She has lived it but for some reason, the show wants to ignore that. They planned how many times to procreate a few years back and he dumped her in the hospital. Her life with him, her hopes and dreams to have a family with him went out the window because of his choice. Who is to say years down the road, for whatever reason he does the same thing, and she is older and therefore has less options to fix her uterus should she want to? I'm well aware the show doesn't have years, but that is besides the point. Sam has become too idealistic for her own good. There is no need to constantly fear the worst, but all scenarios should be entertained especially with past experience. How many times has he been willing to leave her this go around? His reasons are ‘noble’ yet Sam is rarely if ever on the receiving end of this. 

 

Their relationship is a footnote at best where she rarely factors into his life altering decisions that usually result in him leaving or putting someone’s needs ahead of their relationship. Some found it romantic that Sam was willing to wait for this fucker while he was in jail. Even when she was told he could be in longer for killing Michael’s rapist, she nodded and said she’d wait forever. I find that extremely sad. Making a life altering decision about your body, based on a relationship you won’t even know will be there tomorrow is damn sad. I wanted her to look at what has been going on with the way they have been living for the past 2 years and even if she doesn’t want a baby now, things could change and hanging her decision on ANYTHING Jason does or feels is not the way to go. Her feelings rarely factor into his choices, I have no clue why one about her own body would.

            Last but not least, Jason’s pain

It’s epic. It’s all encompassing. IT’S NEVER-ENDING!!!! Jesus Christ, who died for the sins of the world sins didn’t have this much pain. Jasus CrispyCream who is dying for Micheal, Carly and Sonny’s sins can’t seem to fucking move on. It takes a talented fuckwad of a writer to turn a woman’s infertility about a man’s pain. Carly asking a woman to fix her uterus to cheer up her BFF over the loss of his estranged son who he held all of 8 times was a special kind of wonderful. Luke is right; glorified sperm donor he is. That is what motivates Sam to consider the procedure? I’m sorry, that and Jason giving another self centered speech about his regrets over not claiming his estranged son.  When Jason isn’t bemoaning his estranged son, he is moping about his other son who wants to be like him. The far off stares are a little more than I can handle. Here is some advice, asshole. You don’t want Michael to be like you? STOP BEING LIKE YOU.  Do something, bitch. Instead of reacting to Michael's fuck-ups, prevent them by changing your ways. And if spawning is not something you want to do ever again, don’t give your girlfriend self involved speeches to convince her to fix her uterus, then cry about being a shitty person when she comes home with positive news about her possible prognosis so she can cheer you up. 

If you haven’t figured it out yet, this baby story is shaping up to suck the big one. I don’t care about Jason, his estranged son, Michael’s latest drama or Carly’s quest to perk up her bestie.  If they want to sell Sam having a baby with the man she loves, that’s fine. But I think it’s really stupid to do it this way. If they didn’t want a stereotypical miracle baby, the procedure could have been done months ago, if not last year. The motivations behind Sam’s choice to do it could have focused more on her fears, where her relationship with Jason COULD end up due to past experience and not wanting to limit her options if her and Jason’s future is always in the air depending on Michael, Sonny or Carly's lives. That is angst, especially if Jason isn't on board yet for his OWN reasons. Jason and Sam are separate characters, writers. Just because that is the way Jason lives, it shouldn’t always define how Sam chooses to live.

Just my two cents.