Be There When Michael Wakes Up

Remember that promo?

I do, I was there when he woke up as were all of you. No one knew what to expect from newcomer Drew Garrett. He wasn’t the red headed little boy, who we knew and loved as Michael Corinthos III. Instead, he was a tall, blonde hair, blue eyed young man. Some of us fell in love with him right away, and for some of us it took time. I felt sympathy for Michael, yet I also wanted to smack him upside the head. You know what that’s called; Brilliant acting. That’s what it is and that’s what Drew did. I know a lot of people were upset because Drew had played Michael as an angry punk. Well he did what the writers wanted. Besides who wouldn’t be angry? He woke up out of a yearlong coma, not knowing what happened to him. He found out he had permanent brain damage. His mother is having a pregnancy that could kill her. He was made to feel incapable of taking care of him, due to his injury. His dad is a mob boss that’s always in danger. On top of being a teenager, then kills his stepmother.

Drew was challenged to bring all theses emotional issues within Michael to surface. Drew was able to do this while making US (the fans) FEEL in the process. That’s what a talented actor does. We all rooted for Michael from his wanting to do the right thing and confess, like throwing blows at Jax for destroying his family.

We love Michael and we love what Drew has brought to him. Drew has succeeded beyond our expectations in playing Michael. In fact, Drew has done so well in creating Michael that he has earned a Pre-Nomination for an Emmy. In our eyes he’s already won. He has amazing chemistry with the whole cast. One of my favorite scenes is when Michael hits Jason. Jason held onto him and gave Michael a brief kiss on the head. Such a touching scene from Steve Burton that we don’t see often, so why is Drew leaving, especially during the climax of a front burner story line?

I couldn’t wait to see Drew hit those court scenes; confess to his older brother he was the one guilty of killing Claudia. Now with this shocking recast, I’m afraid the story won’t mean much to a lot of us. Not without Drew. We have watched him grow into this role, he made it his own. It feels as soon as he started to take off they have taken him away. Michael is an important character of GH history and the future generation of GH . The fans firmly believe that Drew could carry this role and be true to it. We can also see him with many Emmy nominations down the road. You can just feel the energy when he is on screen. Many speculate that a recast was because he wasn’t dreamy enough. Since when should “dreamy” overpower pure acting talent? Besides, Drew is a young hottie that you know will get better looking even as he ages.

TV now days has become so reality based that it makes a lot of people not want to even watch TV, I know I don’t. But I watch GH. I appreciate good acting. We are all heartbroken that Drew is being replaced. I have watched GH since 1996 in my junior year of high school. My love for the soap kicked into high gear when I saw the dimples of a certain mobster. But even those dimples can’t stop me from being “turned off” to turn on the TV. We all let Drew into our homes 5 days a week and then to suddenly lose him within a year, makes my stomach turn.

Please ABC we’re not ready to let go of Drew as Michael. He isn’t someone we feel is replaceable, we have connected with him. Be it that he reminds of the son we no longer have, or the brain damaged little brother we want to protect. Please ABC, really look at the efforts to keep Drew on GH. We aren’t going to stop. I have spent almost the last two weeks reading endless comments from the fans and all the soap talk personalities. No one can figure out why, why ABC would let go of Drew Garrett when clearly we the fans, won‘t let go of him?