I remember watching this when it first aired on years ago and coming back on GH 60th Anniversary I'm going to say it again this is the most heartwarming storyline ever written.. I'm still bawled up 😢 in tears 💔 watching Stone & Robin Sonny & Brenda my Beautiful Dimples all together.. GH should bring Michael Sutton on as a different character he's a great actor.. 2023 bring it back on
25th anniversary of Stone's death was just a couple months ago... I spent hours watching old episodes and crying as much as I did when I was 21 . Amazing writing. GH has never been as good as it was during those years!! Classic GH💕
This scene is everything, it broke my heart. There is nothing sadder than a dying Stone, nothing sexier than a loyal Sonny, nothing more beautiful than a devoted Robin and nothing more perfect than the three of them together
Amen. It's times like these when you look passed the cops and mobsters, the "business" stuff, and you see things that grab you by the heart and hold on. I sincerely wish I had made the time to know GH in this time and watched it. It may be too late now but this, to me, was the golden age for my generation of soap fans.
she explains that she will never give up stones place in her heart but when she fell for jason her heart grew and there was room for him too.. same with patrick, she loves all three of them
@@TownieGirl1974 Jason became a close FRIEND while Stone was the brother he always wanted. Sonny opened up the possablities for Stone never wanted him in the mob. Sonny was at his very best with Stone as was Robin
The tears are running like a faucet now. It's just so sad. I remember crying like this when I saw this in high school. I feel like I grew up with Robin.
Wow I am crying . When stone said " I'm not going to be sick just to stay sick " I lost it. U dont know what u are going to do if you are in this situation urself but I totally get him not wanting to go through chemo & radiation to have best case 9 months left. He wants to live out what time he has left not throwing up or sitting in a hospital bed but living life til it's the end. So sad.
I was a freshmen in college when this storyline was playing out, we would record the episodes and race home after class to watch. Imagine a room full of macho college age guys trying not to burst into tears. Such a powerful narrative that still resonates today.
I remember watching Stone’s death with a friend when I was in College and we both bawled our eyes out. It was such a sad moment. And we still had to go to class. So we had to clean ourselves up as best we could and go. It was like we had lost family we had cried so much.
BJ and Stone both dying this year in 94 was way too much and I cried for days with both s/l and I never cried so much and miss the writing so badly. It is a shame.
I said it once and ill say it again - this story line was everything. It showed three sides of the same experience. It shattered stereotypes and forced you to see the people underneath. The pain, the courage, the open discussion and honestly. I haven't seen a lot of shows even talk about HIV/AIDs. GH still touches on it now and again but honestly, this story line with Stone, Robin, and Sonny was everything.
Oh God if only GH were this good again. When the whole cast interacted, when differences were put aside when something really mattered. Now it just sucks and the only time anyone comes together is when they need something from someone else. Robin and Luke don't interact, Robin and Sonny are pretty much strangers...GH back then is what all soaps should be. I just wish that the writers cared enough to put a whole story together instead of changing it halfway through. :/
Over a decade later and this story is still so painful to watch. This is why I will never forgive Sonny for turning his back on Robin. It is unforgivable. After how much she loved him and the promise he made to Stone to take care of her.
@@maureenmeagher6415 She did betray Jason , Sonny was not happy with her but she moved so he could hardly be blamed for that Love dose not mean you agree with every choice a person makes. Sonny told Robin he believed she was wrong but he did love her
always plots killings i wish Sonny would change you think after Stone s Death he would but he will never change but i still love his character for some strange reason.
The scene where Robin checks on Sonny i think is the starting point of their long and wonderful friendship. I think it's the part when Robin saw a different side to Sonny, the vulnerable emotional part that is connected to Stone. That was the turning point for them.
And they actually did butcher a storyline that involved Robin's HIV, even if she didn't develop AIDS. The moment they had Robin chase after the crazy Lisa lady with a syringe filled with her blood, I felt ashamed for GH. That was pretty freaking low.
KMc hated that too. She couldn't believe the writers would take an important story and use it the way they did by having Lisa try to inject Patrick and having Robin chase Lisa with it. That was very low of Guza to write something like that.
why couldn't they give Maurice this kind of material when Micheal was shot? He was able to give so much more here than he did in the scenes with Micheal.
@coleypinkful Ur right I hate when ppl say that Robin and Sonny hurt each other but never turned their back cuz they always cared, he was hurt wat she did like her in 2000 for when she saw him with Carly
@kashiera1234 I know. I hate when they dog on them too. Robin knew what Carly was after she knew the kind of person she was and was afraid that Sonny and jason would get hurt by her devious ways. Carly was always jealous of Robin she still is. She knows that she could never measure up to what Sonny feels for her or to what Jason still feels for her. She may be important to both men but she never will get the type of feelings from them that Robin can. Patrick won't be able to either unfortunatley
@@tiffanywaldon4875 The '80s was revolutionary and GH changed the face and trajectory of soaps, made them more fun and exciting but the stories could be silly (a Ray or laser that freezes the world....REALLY?). The storytelling, writing and acting in this '90s era hasn't been touched, before or since.
@@shawnuel So true! While the 80s had great adventures and some iconic romances, the 90s is really it for me! Karen and Jagger, Sonny and Brenda, the Puerto Rico storyline, and Stone’s AIDS storyline…made the 90s! 😃
@@tiffanywaldon4875 Don’t forget BJ’s death and Tony giving her heart to Maxie. I still cry just thinking of Tony putting his head on Maxie’s chest in order to hear BJ’s heart beating.
@@shawnuel YEEEESSSS!!! See, and not I forget, but there’s just not enough room here to talk about all the great storylines of the 90s! BJ’s death and Maxie’s heart transplant was such a heartbreaking storyline. And Brad Maule’s acting was superb! What he did with Tony during that time was beautiful! Jackie Zeman as well! They all did well. One thing GH actors do well is grief, especially in the 90s!
I remember being in high school then and I was in a co-op program and I would watch this storyline before wk and eyes would be red and swollen from bawling my eyes out. Sonny broke me down!!
This is why I am so afraid of them doing an AIDS story for Robin right now. I don't think current writers are capable of this kind of writing such dignity so real so true If they blow it it could kill GH. Thanks for posting this
This storyline broke my heart . I even bought the book (journal) they made from this . But I must say the writing was so much better then. now..... It kinda sucks. Sometimes I even go weeks w/o watching. I’ve watched gh all my life(as long as I can remember, early 80s), but the past few years , well decade or so, it’s not the same. I love having the same families but... kids grow and it really should be shifting more to them. I mean it kind is but well, u get my point
@clase406marcela1 He is too jealous not understanding, I get that Patrick is jealous of the way she talks of Jason and the way she holds on 2 Stone but THEY SHAPED HER INTO THE WOMAN SHE IS.I dont like Scrubs but I will always like Robin. The same with Sonny, he needs 2 accept that he is not leaving her life ever
GH was written by Claire Labine and Wendy Riche during this period. Now we have men writing that do not honor history, they rewite it, continuity is non- existent and arcs are so long you lose interest. Lately GH has been about Peter, Peter oh and did I say Peter? Villains and mobsters. I dare say when GH was helmed by women, whether writers or producers, it was much better.
@SimoneAAA - not too mention she stood by him through EVERYTHING. Including him ditching her best friend at the altar and causing her to have a breakdown. I hate sonny for his treatment of Robin. But, Labine's Sonny wouldn't have done that. Guza just loves trashing the veteran women that everyone adored.
I have to say as well I love this sonny. Not the sonny that had hate sex with carly. The trio of robin stone & sonny got replaced with jason carly & sonny & mob crap.
This is probably the greatest story every told by GH. And that is hard to admit because I personally think Sonny and Brenda's entire arc trumps everything. Michael Corinthos's shooting in 2008 is a close 2nd/3rd.
@clase406marcela1 NO he won't. He just can't accept her past life with Stone. He is jealous of it and he shouldn't be. He should be more jealous of her relationship with Jason, he is alive and still a big part of RObin's life, they go running to each other for comfort and support all the time. He has a hard time understanding that too i guess. And her relationship with Sonny. Many have tried to destroy that and all have failed. Robin and sonny are family...
I don't think he really turned his back on Robin, i think he was just hurt of how she hurt Jason. True they aren't as close as they once were but times change and so do people. She still trusts him, that's evident by letting him watch emma in a episode i saw recently. I'm positive that sonny would throw down his life for her if he had to. She's one of a few that he would give up everything for, jason too i think.
@coleypinkful Sobin is gonna b bro/sis no matter what or as Robin said like a father to her so that relationship is never gonna go anywhere. Robin is never gonna b dismissed like the ppl said she was by Jase&Sonny ever cuz she never was she hurt Jase&vice-versa so they were gone but Sonny was hurt by Robin actions but never dismissed nor turned on her. Carly hates Robin cuz Jase loved her&to me JnR&Sonny will always b a fam like they said they own 1 another all of them.JnR&Sobin*Sason 4ever
GH has fallen far from these days....wonder why they can't write like this anymore....And there isn't the depth for the characters that there used to be
I said it once and ill say it again - this story line was everything. It showed three sides of the same experience. It shattered stereotypes and forced you to see the people underneath. The pain, the courage, the open discussion and honestly. I haven't seen a lot of shows even talk about HIV/AIDs. GH still touches on it now and again but honestly, this story line with Stone, Robin, and Sonny was everything.
I remember watching this when it first aired on years ago and coming back on GH 60th Anniversary I'm going to say it again this is the most heartwarming storyline ever written.. I'm still bawled up 😢 in tears 💔 watching Stone & Robin Sonny & Brenda my Beautiful Dimples all together.. GH should bring Michael Sutton on as a different character he's a great actor.. 2023 bring it back on
This was when GH was sooo good. I remember this like it was yesterday. Still can’t stop crying.
25th anniversary of Stone's death was just a couple months ago... I spent hours watching old episodes and crying as much as I did when I was 21 . Amazing writing. GH has never been as good as it was during those years!! Classic GH💕
Wish i could see reruns of this era
This scene is everything, it broke my heart. There is nothing sadder than a dying Stone, nothing sexier than a loyal Sonny, nothing more beautiful than a devoted Robin and nothing more perfect than the three of them together
Amen. It's times like these when you look passed the cops and mobsters, the "business" stuff, and you see things that grab you by the heart and hold on. I sincerely wish I had made the time to know GH in this time and watched it. It may be too late now but this, to me, was the golden age for my generation of soap fans.
Right? I remember Sonny protecting Robin like a little sister!
she explains that she will never give up stones place in her heart but when she fell for jason her heart grew and there was room for him too.. same with patrick, she loves all three of them
This is a beautiful way to look at love....thanks for the post.
I sooo love this side of Sonny! This was by far the greatest storyline on any soap I have ever watched!!
no one deserves to go through the kind of pain stone endured
Stone is so sweet and loving. He just keeps comforting Robin. I know this part was important to the story line but oh goodness Stone I miss you.
And Sonny. He was always so worried about what would happen to Sonny. To me,. Stone will always be Sonny's # 1 Main Man rather than Jason.
so do i am sure Sonny Miss Stone every day
@@TownieGirl1974 Jason became a close FRIEND while Stone was the brother he always wanted. Sonny opened up the possablities for Stone never wanted him in the mob. Sonny was at his very best with Stone as was Robin
The tears are running like a faucet now. It's just so sad. I remember crying like this when I saw this in high school. I feel like I grew up with Robin.
This storyline always breaks my heart😭
Wow I am crying . When stone said " I'm not going to be sick just to stay sick " I lost it. U dont know what u are going to do if you are in this situation urself but I totally get him not wanting to go through chemo & radiation to have best case 9 months left. He wants to live out what time he has left not throwing up or sitting in a hospital bed but living life til it's the end. So sad.
I was a freshmen in college when this storyline was playing out, we would record the episodes and race home after class to watch. Imagine a room full of macho college age guys trying not to burst into tears. Such a powerful narrative that still resonates today.
Sonny did soo good in these scenes. He made sure Stone had everything he needed. It's still good all these years Stone & Robin s/l.
I think I balled for weeks with this segment. These shows back than were as real as it gets.
Wow i can never watch this without crying. Stone was a beautiful person. Did you see him comforting Robin while he's being told he's gonna die.
I remember watching Stone’s death with a friend when I was in College and we both bawled our eyes out. It was such a sad moment. And we still had to go to class. So we had to clean ourselves up as best we could and go. It was like we had lost family we had cried so much.
BJ and Stone both dying this year in 94 was way too much and I cried for days with both s/l and I never cried so much and miss the writing so badly. It is a shame.
Stone was 95
Nobody's done it better than this.
I said it once and ill say it again - this story line was everything. It showed three sides of the same experience. It shattered stereotypes and forced you to see the people underneath. The pain, the courage, the open discussion and honestly. I haven't seen a lot of shows even talk about HIV/AIDs. GH still touches on it now and again but honestly, this story line with Stone, Robin, and Sonny was everything.
Here after watching The Story of Soaps. General Hospital has always been my favorite but Stones storyline still breaks my heart 💔
Loved this show in that era
"the quality of my life"---Amen, writer, A-M-E-N....I want to spend the rest of my life loving the people that God brings to my life.....
My heart is all kinds of broken. 😔
Patrick will never understand
Oh God if only GH were this good again. When the whole cast interacted, when differences were put aside when something really mattered. Now it just sucks and the only time anyone comes together is when they need something from someone else. Robin and Luke don't interact, Robin and Sonny are pretty much strangers...GH back then is what all soaps should be. I just wish that the writers cared enough to put a whole story together instead of changing it halfway through. :/
Over a decade later and this story is still so painful to watch. This is why I will never forgive Sonny for turning his back on Robin. It is unforgivable. After how much she loved him and the promise he made to Stone to take care of her.
Wow, I must be blocking that out - lol! How did he turn his back on her?
@@aekelly when she told AJ that he was Michael's father he saw that as a betrayal and AJ, Jason and Sonny all turned on her
@@maureenmeagher6415 She did betray Jason , Sonny was not happy with her but she moved so he could hardly be blamed for that Love dose not mean you agree with every choice a person makes. Sonny told Robin he believed she was wrong but he did love her
still sooo hard to watch!!! tears and more tears
My first time watching these but they are great and so very sad.... This is prolly his best performance and he has had some good ones
Back when they actually had scenes, goods scenes at the hospital! They stopped showing the doctors actually working there! SMH
we need these moments back on daytime just alot of plots and killiings and who is the best evil person its getting old
im with you i cant stand the new gh it sucks
always plots killings i wish Sonny would change you think after Stone s Death he would but he will never change but i still love his character for some strange reason.
there no inspirational s/l anymore just alot of killing the women just fight each other no damn bff anymore
The scene where Robin checks on Sonny i think is the starting point of their long and wonderful friendship. I think it's the part when Robin saw a different side to Sonny, the vulnerable emotional part that is connected to Stone. That was the turning point for them.
its just heartbreaking watching the hospital scenes.
I so wish Wendy Riche & Claire Labine would come back to General Hospital so it could be this good again.
Everyone knows Lynn Phelps ruined GH, as I knew she would.
Sharon Hudson so did Guza to a point.
why did Claire leave?
OMG I remember this,SonnyBrendaFan, You and Sonnybrendacorinthos rock!
I forgot how difficult this was to watch 😭😭😭
And they actually did butcher a storyline that involved Robin's HIV, even if she didn't develop AIDS.
The moment they had Robin chase after the crazy Lisa lady with a syringe filled with her blood, I felt ashamed for GH. That was pretty freaking low.
KMc hated that too. She couldn't believe the writers would take an important story and use it the way they did by having Lisa try to inject Patrick and having Robin chase Lisa with it. That was very low of Guza to write something like that.
Brings me back to my childhood
wow i love they way stone touches robin....he's so good w her.
This is so sad. I liked Stone.
Maurice Bernard and kim mac bring their a game here for sure
I need the fourth tissue. It is hard to watch Stone's demise. I am crying my eyes out.
This was GH at its best. Alan, Tony Sonny all together and why cause they all loved Robin and/or Stone. This was GH an not the mob crap
Exactly. Because once Stone dies Sonny reinvested his time completely in the Mob and Alan and Tony began to distant themselves from him.
why couldn't they give Maurice this kind of material when Micheal was shot? He was able to give so much more here than he did in the scenes with Micheal.
@coleypinkful Ur right I hate when ppl say that Robin and Sonny hurt each other but never turned their back cuz they always cared, he was hurt wat she did like her in 2000 for when she saw him with Carly
@kashiera1234 I know. I hate when they dog on them too. Robin knew what Carly was after she knew the kind of person she was and was afraid that Sonny and jason would get hurt by her devious ways. Carly was always jealous of Robin she still is. She knows that she could never measure up to what Sonny feels for her or to what Jason still feels for her. She may be important to both men but she never will get the type of feelings from them that Robin can. Patrick won't be able to either unfortunatley
@coleypinkful - he didn't seem to distraught when she was shot by Jerry Jax.
People think GH was at its best in the 80s, but I say 90s. Wonderful storylines. GH is crap now.
Totally agree! As much I loved GH in the 80s, the 90s couldn’t be touched!
@@tiffanywaldon4875 The '80s was revolutionary and GH changed the face and trajectory of soaps, made them more fun and exciting but the stories could be silly (a Ray or laser that freezes the world....REALLY?). The storytelling, writing and acting in this '90s era hasn't been touched, before or since.
@@shawnuel So true! While the 80s had great adventures and some iconic romances, the 90s is really it for me! Karen and Jagger, Sonny and Brenda, the Puerto Rico storyline, and Stone’s AIDS storyline…made the 90s! 😃
@@tiffanywaldon4875 Don’t forget BJ’s death and Tony giving her heart to Maxie. I still cry just thinking of Tony putting his head on Maxie’s chest in order to hear BJ’s heart beating.
@@shawnuel YEEEESSSS!!! See, and not I forget, but there’s just not enough room here to talk about all the great storylines of the 90s! BJ’s death and Maxie’s heart transplant was such a heartbreaking storyline. And Brad Maule’s acting was superb! What he did with Tony during that time was beautiful! Jackie Zeman as well! They all did well. One thing GH actors do well is grief, especially in the 90s!
BJ and Stone's dying is crazy!
Sam's baby's death killed me also
+Tad Strange Yeah, with Sarah McLachlan's song playing too. :(
I remember being in high school then and I was in a co-op program and I would watch this storyline before wk and eyes would be red and swollen from bawling my eyes out. Sonny broke me down!!
If Stone could have took the treatment would he lived
This is why I am so afraid of them doing an AIDS story for Robin right now. I don't think current writers are capable of this kind of writing such dignity so real so true If they blow it it could kill GH. Thanks for posting this
This storyline broke my heart . I even bought the book (journal) they made from this . But I must say the writing was so much better then. now..... It kinda sucks. Sometimes I even go weeks w/o watching. I’ve watched gh all my life(as long as I can remember, early 80s), but the past few years , well decade or so, it’s not the same. I love having the same families but... kids grow and it really should be shifting more to them. I mean it kind is but well, u get my point
I had the book too!
My best friend was born with hiv and died from the same thing that killed stone
This is when General Hospital had awesome writers
@clase406marcela1 He is too jealous not understanding, I get that Patrick is jealous of the way she talks of Jason and the way she holds on 2 Stone but THEY SHAPED HER INTO THE WOMAN SHE IS.I dont like Scrubs but I will always like Robin. The same with Sonny, he needs 2 accept that he is not leaving her life ever
GH was written by Claire Labine and Wendy Riche during this period. Now we have men writing that do not honor history, they rewite it, continuity is non- existent and arcs are so long you lose interest. Lately GH has been about Peter, Peter oh and did I say Peter? Villains and mobsters. I dare say when GH was helmed by women, whether writers or producers, it was much better.
@SimoneAAA - not too mention she stood by him through EVERYTHING. Including him ditching her best friend at the altar and causing her to have a breakdown. I hate sonny for his treatment of Robin. But, Labine's Sonny wouldn't have done that. Guza just loves trashing the veteran women that everyone adored.
I have to say as well I love this sonny. Not the sonny that had hate sex with carly. The trio of robin stone & sonny got replaced with jason carly & sonny & mob crap.
This is probably the greatest story every told by GH. And that is hard to admit because I personally think Sonny and Brenda's entire arc trumps everything. Michael Corinthos's shooting in 2008 is a close 2nd/3rd.
@clase406marcela1 NO he won't. He just can't accept her past life with Stone. He is jealous of it and he shouldn't be. He should be more jealous of her relationship with Jason, he is alive and still a big part of RObin's life, they go running to each other for comfort and support all the time. He has a hard time understanding that too i guess. And her relationship with Sonny. Many have tried to destroy that and all have failed.
Robin and sonny are family...
This is back when I liked Robin. Now not so much
I don't think he really turned his back on Robin, i think he was just hurt of how she hurt Jason. True they aren't as close as they once were but times change and so do people. She still trusts him, that's evident by letting him watch emma in a episode i saw recently. I'm positive that sonny would throw down his life for her if he had to. She's one of a few that he would give up everything for, jason too i think.
@SimoneAAA i agree
you have the story all wrong Mac her uncle ask Sonny to leave his niece alone so he follow mac s wishes that story you must had missed out on
@AliuIce0814 Sonny never loved anyone,including Jason like Stone; R&S mean the world to him still
im sio sad and crying my eyes our,,, gh sucks now,,,,,what a great story line
@coleypinkful Sobin is gonna b bro/sis no matter what or as Robin said like a father to her so that relationship is never gonna go anywhere. Robin is never gonna b dismissed like the ppl said she was by Jase&Sonny ever cuz she never was she hurt Jase&vice-versa so they were gone but Sonny was hurt by Robin actions but never dismissed nor turned on her. Carly hates Robin cuz Jase loved her&to me JnR&Sonny will always b a fam like they said they own 1 another all of them.JnR&Sobin*Sason 4ever
GH has fallen far from these days....wonder why they can't write like this anymore....And there isn't the depth for the characters that there used to be
@coleypinkful TRUE THAT!!
Pass me one too.
well simone you have it all wrong mac her uncle ask sonny to leave his neice alone so he follow mac s wishes that you miss it out on
I said it once and ill say it again - this story line was everything. It showed three sides of the same experience. It shattered stereotypes and forced you to see the people underneath. The pain, the courage, the open discussion and honestly. I haven't seen a lot of shows even talk about HIV/AIDs. GH still touches on it now and again but honestly, this story line with Stone, Robin, and Sonny was everything.
I wish I could find the Robin and Stone story with full episodes in order. All I can find is bits and pieces, all scrambled
I hate so badly that the writers destroyed Tony & Allen. 😢