The whole s/l reeks...also for the way it's been handled, so far. 'So far' because I am always hopeful that things will get better. It's not looking good.

The fact that Sonny didn't go and Brenda ( whom I love) actually said I'm not going because I just annoy Jason really ticked me off...who cares if you and Jason bicker , you know he is always there for you but you can't go to the one event that he realllyyyy needs friends, when everyone is supporting Lucky and Liz and he needs people and Sonny ...you are an [censored]...Jason put himself in prison to protect your kid and you can't go to a memorial service ...and one more shout out...hey Sam, way to bring out the girls for the service!...I mean really???? did we have to see so much boob for such a serious event but I guess since Sonny and Brenda and Luke didn't show up you needed some other boobs to stick out !And I really wanted to see the scene were Carly and Luke walk into the service but GH you were chickens and didn't even go there...that would have been gold to have everyone stop dead when they came in arm and arm...Carly supporting her Uncle ( who is more like what her father should have been like) and then Bobbie would have gotten up and walked to them...oh wait...now I am just being stupid...oh and does anyone know if Monica knows that her grandson is dead?

I kind of expected them not to show it. Jake's injuries were bad so they would have had a closed casket. Also - wonder if they won't bring back Jake someday and claim that Franco or Balkan switched him like they did with Brenda.

No on camera memorial did not surprise me. After all, how would they explain all the characters who wouldn't be there? Would a woman like Laura, Bobbie or Monica not be there to support Liz, Lucky & Jason? There's no way in hell Paris is more important to Laura than her baby boy mourning his son. All 3 women know what it's like to bury their child & would want to help Liz, Lucky & Jason through it. As for Bobbie, they haven't even mentioned her onscreen through any of it. Not Joss' illness, Jake's death or the transplant, let alone us actually SEE her with her daughter or granddaughter.As for Brenda, I think it's alittle more complicated. It always is with her. I think part of it is what she said. She doesn't really know Liz or Lucky. Also, since Jason is always this strong, stoic guy in her eyes, I think she's afraid to see him in such pain. But, mostly, I think she was thinking about her own child & the memorial would bring up her own pain. But, what she said to Sonny about Carly using that as an opportunity to snark at her was a cheap shot considering Carly's still too terrified Joss will suddenly reject the kidney & too upset over Jake dying to even give a crap about Brenda.As for Sonny, I thought his idea of "comforting" Jason was bullsh*t anyway. What did he say that was comforting? "Accidents happen," "I told you that you shouldn't have given Jake up" & when Jason told him that Jake's death was no accident & Luke was drunk, Sonny had the nerve to defend Luke, insisting he was sober. The fact that Sonny hadn't seen Luke all day & had no idea what was going on with him was irrelevant, I guess. Then, he went to the Haunted Star to see Luke. He had more sympathy for Luke than the parents of that child. I guess it's because Sonny drinks every bit as much as Luke. Sonny not going to the memorial was the right thing for a less emotional reason. Jake may biologically be a mobster's son, but he was raised as a cop's son. Regardless of Luke's longstanding friendship with Sonny, the most respectful thing Sonny could've done was stay home. He doesn't belong at that funeral & Lucky shouldn't have to deal with the taint of associating with him, even at a funeral.