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Brighton Hertford, Formerly BJ Jones, Returns to General Hospital In New Role For Bobbie’s Memorial Episodes

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One actress who came back for Bobbie’s memorial episodes on General Hospital, was someone who hasn’t been on the soap since she was very young.

In a surprise twist, Brighton Hertford who played Tony Jones (Brad Maule) and Bobbie’s adopted daughter BJ, returned in a nice touch playing a reporter for the Associated Press.

Anyone who knows GH, and the history of soaps is aware, the character of BJ died in a school bus accident and her heart went to save Maxie’s life. That storyline was almost 30 years ago, and to this remains one of the most heartbreaking of all-time.

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Now, on the January 10th episode, the unexpected visitor that had been teased turned out to be the character of Angela Brighton as played by Hertford. In story, Angela is stationed in Amsterdam, and was helping Bobbie on a story on women who had fallen into sex-trafficking.

The story point works on two levels. It pays tribute to Bobbie’s beloved daughter, BJ, and how Bobbie was trying to save women from the ‘life” that she also wound up in at a young age and trying to survive.

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Since GH, Brighton has continued to act and has appeared on TV shows including: Everwood, NYPD Blue, and 7th Heaven and several motion pictures.

What do you think about Brighton Hertford returning to GH, so many years later as part of Bobbie’s memorial episodes? Share your thoughts in the Comment below.

 

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I am so excited she is returning for memorial service.

I love it!! I knew right away it was her! I’m balling my eyes out watching right now!!!!

WOW I didn’t realize it until I read that she played BJ❣️ This is the best show❣️

Omg, I didn’t realize that she was the actress who played B.J. as a child. That is so beautiful that she came back for the memorial. Even if it was a different character.

Didn’t even know it was her!

I felt there is a slight resemble in her eyes to Jacklyn Zemans.

Wow. That’s exactly what I thought!

I wondered if she was related to Jacklyn. (Like they did when John Reilly died.) This is double special though.

I really enjoyed the two day memorial service for the Late Jacklyn Zerman! I cried both days.I was in total shock when Jacklyn Zerman passed in May I have been watching General hospital for over 40 years! Keep up the great work.My hat goes off to the writers.

She is an actress not Bobby/Jacklyns real daughter.

True. But do you not see a resemblence in her eyes.

I did. And many people on line were saying the same thing!

Yes! I see the resemblance… I was thinking the same thing. But I realize she is an actress. I am so impressed with the way GH is honoring Bobbi/Jacklyn on the show. It makes me cry. I can tell the actors have been emotional during this time. “Real emotion” missing their friend. ❤️

she wasn’t Bobbie’s daughter, she was Tony & Tania’s daughter, Tania died in a hit & run accident.

Wrong

Suzy is correct. Despite the red hair, BJ was not Bobbie’s biological child. Tony’s first wife Tania was. Ironically, Tania also died from injuries caused by a hit & run driver.

Carly was Bobbie’s only biological child Though both BJ & Lucas were very young when they were adopted, so they wouldn’t remember any other mother.

And as for the twist… who would have thought the “reporter” would turn out to be somebody from my old neighborhood??

Suzy is correct. Bobbie was BJs adoptive mother. Tania was her birth mother that died in a car accident.

So agree, thought it was her real love daughter. Didn’t think about them having BJ come back! Very cool! Bawling my eyes out while typing this! Way to go writers!

Interesting

I like that they cast her for this part. Regarding the episode: I’m glad they are talking about Bobbie’s youth. I feel they nailed it when they admitted what Bobbie went through was truly human trafficking. What they didn’t address yet (maybe they can’t or maybe they will) is the person who actually trafficked her was GH fan-favorite Aunt Ruby. Will they even go there or will they leave it alone? I noticed today they said Luke should have called the cops. They didn’t really say it would have meant Aunt Ruby would have been the one getting arrested. I’m glad they acknowledged things were different back then. It is totally true. Back then Bobbie was just always referred to as a former prostitute with no real mention of her actually having been a child prostitute. Another example is Laura (during the David Hamilton storyline) was painted as a teenage Lolita in the Port Charles media. It was totally unfair yet that was the norm back then. Anyway, I’m glad they addressed what they could today. It was a good episode.

This show honors history like no other, thank you to the writers and to Frank who has to be the best EP in soap history.

They did make one little mistake in the Wednesday episode though. Scotty was recalling the “good old days” when he would hang out with Laura, Bobbie, Richard Simmons and…. “the Aztec Princess”??

Uh, Richard Simmons was long gone from GH by the time Frisco & Felicia showed up. In fact, my Fuzzy Devil Memory tells me that Scotty himself was on one of his extended absences then… probably when he literally went to Texas (not just the state, but the short lived soap of the same name).

Other than that… and a few missing people who really should have been there (Luke, Lulu, Lucky, and Robert come to mind) I think they did a great job.

Scotty commented on Bobbie’s assortment of friends- not that they all hung out together

Maybe I heard it wrong? I thought he was saying they were all friends in the late 1970s.

Wow. I always think of her as a little girl. That was such a sad story.

A very nice touch! And she is beautiful today!

I think it’s beautiful and a nice arc for the Bobbie memorial story ❤️

Brilliant!

I think it’s AWESOME

I think is awesome when that episode air air was the same day I was burying my niece so that day holds heavy to me. So I’m so happy to see the actress that played her so many years ago.

The reporter is Bj angel

Absolutely so heart warming thank you for an Amazing show General Hospital!

This was a wonderful surprise and I cried too

I would love for her to stay

Me too. I thought she looked like a young Robin Christopher (Sky).

It was an outstanding performance. She came back in the form of angel. Hebrews 13:2 Don’t forget to be kind to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!

They should bring back Robin Christopher as Skye and cast this actress as a grown up Lila Rae. She’d be excellent in the role, and resembles Robin so well!

It was so frustrating delaying Jacklyn / Bobbie’s memorial for months. It was well worth the wait. Having Brighton Hertferd return as BJ made it perfection. Thank uou GH for giving us not only what we needed, but what Jacklyn deserved ❤️

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Drew and Willow Have Their Long-Awaited Showdown; Only She Gains the Upperhand and the End of Their Marriage

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Drew and Willow

Finally, Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) can walk and talk and chew gum all at the same time as he shows up at the front door of his house, much to the dismay of his wife, Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen). 

Drew just survived a murder attempt by Willow’s mother, Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros), only an unknowing Gio (Giovanni Mazza) jumped into the lake to bring Drew to safety, after Nina tried to rid the world of him by pushing the former congressman in his wheelchair into the water to hopefully drown, but it all backfired.

Now at the Cain residence, Drew taunts Willow, that he could not wait to see his “loving wife!” Willow, who shot Drew and got off on an attempted murder charge, who then turned to a paralytic drug and Sidwell (Carlo Rota) to keep Drew out of her life, was quickly shushed when she started to explain herself while in fear for her own life.

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AN ENRAGED DREW THREATENS WILLOW WITH INTENTIONS TO MAKE HER LIFE A LIVING HELL

Drew stated, “I have listened to you for so long, and all I could do was just sit there and blink like a desperate idiot. Now it’s my turn. Go ahead, blink all you want while you still can.” Next, Drew actually tells Willow he can almost understand her reasoning for shooting him after she snapped, but he helped the jury get her off of the charges and she still drugged him and kept him a “prisoner in his own body” for months.

However, Willow’s fears of being killed on the spot get a reprieve when an angered Drew tells her, ”I’m Not Going to Kill You, But You’re Going to Wish I Did.” With rage and a smug smile, Drew informs Willow that he will tell her kids, Wiley and Amelia, what a psychopath she truly is, and then flaunts how Michael (Rory Gibson) will get full custody of her their children because she will be serving a life prison sentence.

Suddenly, Nina and Jack (Chris McKenna) burst in the front door as Jack holds a gun on Drew. Nina wants Jack to shoot Drew. Jack then reveals he doesn’t have to because he has the evidence right in his pocket on how Drew misappropriated federal funds designated for the McConkey Esplanade to instead fund his congressional campaign.

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SAVED BY THE EVIDENCE

Telling Drew the first deed is a federal crime, Jack had more goodies on Drew. He informs Drew that there is evidence that he blackmailed the receptionist at the burn clinic in Germany to prevent Willow from speaking with Michael about custody of their children. Jack also claimed to have evidence that Drew bribed Judge Heran, who eventually wound up dead in the pier.

An angered and enraged Drew threatened to bring all three of them down, but Jack reminded Drew that his crimes held a minimum sentence of 20 years each.

Willow then played her own game with Drew warning if he went to prison for decades, he would lose his daughter Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) forever who will then be raised with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), and Nina sniped that Tracy (Jane Elliot) and Michael would have a field day over Drew being locked up for most of his life.

FREEDOM

Next, Willow tells Drew nothing needs to change, and all he needs to do is agree to a divorce. Nina piled on that he cannot run for congress again or take back Willow’s seat, while Jack toyed with him that he could release the evidence that he has against him at any point in time.

Willow follows Jack and Nina out the front door, but before she exits removes her wedding rings and drops them on the floor, saying “freedom.” However, now alone in his house, Drew snipes, “Enjoy it while it lasts, you treacherous bitch!” We fade to black.

So, what did you think of the upshot of the highly-anticipated scenes where Drew and Willow would have it out? Were you pissed off that Drew didn’t try to murder Willow, or do something to her and Nina for what they did to him?

Glad that Willow and Drew ended their marriage and it seems like everyone is going to keep silent about everything? Does that feel like payback? Or, will Drew as he threatened, plan something heinous to pay back Willow, Nina and Jack? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first take another look at some of the confrontation scenes from today’s GH below.

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‘General Hospital’s Kayden Brenna Tokarski Featured in Cast of Biopic ‘Bruton’

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Kayden Brenna Tokarski, who thus far has been impressive as the aged-up Scout Cain on General Hospital, has also been busy over the last few year working in Indie films and more.

Now comes word that Kayden is part of the ensemble cast of the new biopic Bruton based on the life of Bryan Bruton, who was sentenced to a decade in a Florida prison for an unintended crime and briefly escaped. The film is set to bow in August at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.

According to the loglines per Deadline, Bruton follows a “charismatic hustler whose life is upended after one devastating mistake lands him in a Florida prison. Behind bars, he transforms incarceration into an economy all its own, building businesses, navigating impossible circumstances, and discovering the cost of a life spent chasing the next score. Blending humor, heart, and high-stakes drama, the film offers a fresh take on one of America’s most unforgiving systems.”

WHO IS IN THE CAST OF ‘BRUTON’ ALONGSIDE KAYDEN BRENNA TOKARSKI?

Tokarski is part of the cast which also features: Theo Rossi in the lead role plus  Aya Cash, Tammy Blanchard (ex-Guiding Light), Tony Hale, Ronnie Gene Blevins, and Aaron Quick Nelson.

Taking to X when seeing the news on her upcoming film performance made public, Kayden expressed, “Couldn’t be more grateful to be part of this movie and for the world to see it!”

Bruton is produced by Demetrius Stear of A Mind’s Eye and Ryan J Francis of EverBright Pictures, with Colin Bates, Kris Dorrance, Vincent Grashaw, and Nicholas Carmona rounding out the production team.

Tokarski made her GH debut just over a week ago on the July 20th episode as the daughter of Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and the late Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco).

So, intrigued to see more of Kayden’s work in different roles too, now that you have seen her for a bit as General Hospital’s Scout Cain? Let us know via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Drew Emerges from Nina’s Murder Attempt Ready to Confront Willow

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At the conclusion of the Monday, July 27 episode of General Hospital, Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) showed up at the front door of his house much to the shock and dismay of his wife, Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen). 

The major turn of events, where for the first time in months, Drew is no longer in a locked-in state thanks to the paralytic drug that Willow and her mother Nina (Cynthia Watros) have been serving him, could mean the end for Willow, but will it?

Viewers learned that as Nina was in freak-mode with Jack (Chris McKenna) after pushing Drew in his wheelchair into the lake surrounding the Quartermaine boathouse, that Gio (Giovanni Mazza) found him in the water and saved him. Nina is mortified.

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Meanwhile, Willow has just returned from the PCPD where she was brought in for questioning by Chase (Josh Swickard), about her dealings with Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota), just as she was trying to sneak out of town with Amelia and Wiley in tow.

As Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) and Molly (Kristen Vaganos) question Willow on her involvement with Sidwell, Willow gets mighty defensive and offended, while putting on her game face. After she walks out on the interrogation, she heads back to her home, so she can gather her belongings and flee the country.

Little does Willow know, Jack made a deal with Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), and recovered the missing black box which contains the dossier on Drew so he, Nina and Willow, all have leverage to hold over Drew.

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Back at the Cain residence, Willow is gathering things off the living room floor when she sees muddy footprints. Suddenly, the front door opens and shuts. Willow turns around and see a soaking wet Drew with rage all over his face! We fade to black.

Today in the official GH preview of the Tuesday, July 28 episode (see below), Drew says to Willow, “I am so excited about what comes next.” Plus, look for Jason (Steve Burton) and Carly (Laura Wright) to finally see each other after Jason’s captivity by the WSB for months.

So, what else will Drew say to Willow? Do you think he has been affected by the long term use of the paralytic drug? Does he have amnesia? Does he know full-well everything Willow and Nina did to him, and will tell Willow how he is going to destroy her life? What do you hope goes down? Let us know you thoughts via the comment section below.

 

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