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Constance Towers Returning to General Hospital
On the heels of GH starting to air their Nurses’ Ball episodes this week, comes word that Constance Towers (Helena Cassadine) is making another return to the ABC daytime drama series during its 60th anniversary celebration. However, it looks like she won’t be on-screen till next month.
According to a post from her official Facebook page, Towers has taped some scenes for inclusion in upcoming episodes of the show. Currently the airdates are May 5th and May 8th in time for May sweeps.
As for Towers, GH fans last saw her back in January 2022 when a video message from Helena, relishing Luke’s supposed death during his memorial, was played on the video monitors that shocked all the guests.
Following Helena’s death in 2015, Towers returned several other times in story whether it be in flashbacks or someone’s worst nightmare, and more.
Just how will Helena’s brief appearances shake up the story and the canvas on GH? Stay tuned.
What do you think of Constance Towers taping some new scenes as Helena? Will this be part of the resolution of the Luke mystery now that Tracy will be back on the canvas by that time, too? Share your thoughts and theories below.
Either another ghostly visit or flashback scenes for a potential end to the Victor Cassadine storyline?
I suspect this is going to be the full “director’s cut” version of the video we didn’t see a couple of years ago when Laura pulled the plug before it could finish playing.
What I can say for a fact, is that Helena is still in Hell, so she’s not going to be visiting Port Charles in the present tense.
I like the actress, she played Helena wonderfully but let the dead be dead. It just happens too much.
so good at being evil, glad she’s back
Constance turns 90 later in May. GH viewers are so fortunate to have this treasure appear from time to time. The diamond may be the ice princess, but Helena is the Ice Queen. Cool, calm and always elegant.
OG Steve, excellent points and prose. Bravo!
Yes they are.. she been awesome sence she took over for the later Tylor
Agree! I’ve adored her since day one. Always wished they put her on contract and made her more 3 dimensional while keeping her edge. I always loved her twisted relationships w her family, Laura, Luke, Lesley etc and wish they’d explored it all deeper. Wish they’d never killed her off. Especially now w Laura and so many Cassadines on right now, there’d be so much for her to be involved in.
PS to me, the Cassadines were at their best in the 90s to 2001. Helena, Stefan, Alexis, Nik & Starvos. Just wish TPTB had made Helena & Stavros more viable, 3D, longterm characters bc the actors were so good! Like Stavros being written a bit more like Stefan who was awesome! That was my favorite era of Spencer/ Cassadine feud too bc of so many different angles at play. And Alexis was at her absolute best in Cassadine stories, her pairing w Ned & as a fearless attorney.
My dream would be for Tyler Christopher to return as Nik, Helena back alive, and GH & Days sharing Stephen Nichols so he could play Stefan again. With Laura back, Victor, Spencer & Valentin now on and Alexis & her girls getting roped into Cassadine stories, the possibilities would be endless.
But right now it’s hard to be excited about a Spencer/ Cassadine feud w no Spencers. So many key players are missing like Luke, Helena, Stavros, Stefan, Nik, Lucky, Lulu, Lesley. With all of them on the feud would be epic!
Please let Luke be alive. Or if not let Helena be the one who stops Victor for good.
Can’t wait for May and for this storyline to hit our screens
Sorry, but I wish she’d stay gone. The character has just played itself out
I so agree!! Personally I can’t stand her on the show!! So over it!!
I agree with you. She needs to stay dead
i totally agree. let the dead stay dead. to me it takes away from the show bringing back ones that die time and time again. bring in a new cast member rather than all these ones back from the dead. she has been killed off way to many times.
No way.
I know this is all part of GH’s DNA but despite the top talents involved, I am rather weary of the endless Cassadine madness. What was an escapist adventure 40 years ago has sort of just stopped being interesting to me. Again, top talents and well presented. GH is great but still…
I think just the opposite. I love all the legacy families and GH has succeeded in wiping them out. The Quarteraines have no original members left except for Ned; there was no reason to send Dillon and Skye away, kill AJ off, and of course Alan Q was killed which was absurd. Same with the Cassadines; the show killed off Helena (supposedly), Stefan, Mikos, Stavros…so I personally welcome Helena back whether as a ghost, her final warning via video, etc. and hope they don’t kill off Victor. I’d like to have these legacy families remain; otherwise just rename the show to suit its cast of all-new-unrelated-to-anything or anyone of GH’s origins, characters.
I think she is the female boss that Mason keeps referring to when he’s talking to Austin.
I agree with you
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Think youve got something there!,
Mason Jar-head has repeatedly said that his unseen boss was “family”. I doubt they would make Austin both a Quartermaine AND a Cassadine. Not to mention the Cassadines have never failed to be aware of the existence of other branches of the family, even if they don’t interact with them. Seems unlikely that Victor, Val, Nikolas, and Alexis would all be 666% unaware of this branch of the family tree, should it exist.
And besides – as I said – Helena is still down here in Hell! She’s not giving orders to anybody up there at the moment.
See I think that woman is Olivia Jerome.
I agree I think she has Nicholsas
I always enjoyed her exchanges with Luke. I don’t think she will become a permanent cast member.
She was a cast member for years.
I think it will be fun to see her again. I want my Luke back! I miss him sooo much!
Thrilled that Constance is coming back! Her Helena is a real Cassadine just like Tyler Christopher’s Nikolas and Stephen Nichols Stefan. The current Victor is a joke – he doesn’t have that Cassadine swagger or sophistication. He’s pathetic. The new Spencer isn’t a bad actor but he’s not a true Cassadine either. FV keeps changing GH and it’s ruining the show!
Is Frank perfect? No, but it’s quite a stretch to say he’s “ruining the show”. Ratings are up. Vets have been embedded in front burner storylines. The mob isn’t dominating screen time. Have there been some duds in casting, sure, but many of the newer cast (especially Spencer) are really good actors.
Even Gloria Monty and Wendy Riche kept the show fresh with new characters and storylines. Did they all work, heck no (Monty disastrously introduced the Eckerdt family).
Are the Cassadines as fearful as the 80s/90s version – no. Heck, the Quartermaines are a shadow of their former self, but both families are still part of the canvas 40+ years after they were introduced.
The current Quartermaines are a joke. The only original left is Ned who’s barely seen, and Brook Lynn, though not the original actress. They should never have killed AJ off, they should bring back Dillon and Skye (along with her daughter Lila Rae). Olivia, nuDrew, Michael CORINTHOS, Willow, and now, nauseatingly so, Carly in almost every “Quartermaine” scene is a soap travesty. I cringe every time someone mentions “the Quartermaines” and then we get that group in the scene. The least they could do is have a parlour game called, “Where’s Monica” and then maybe if someone finds her we’d get a scene or two.
Agreed that Dillon (a new recast) needs a to return. Josh Kelly would’ve been great, but instead we get Cody (a newly found Scorpio).
Monica’s screen absence has nothing to with Frank or the writers. Frank brought Leslie Charleson back from the exile created by JFP. If LC was comfortable appearing on camera, we would have seen her over the past year. It was a welcome surprise to hear her voice on the Epiphany tribute episode last week.
If LC is comfortable continuing to do voiceovers, the writers could come up with some creative way to work that in. Long time viewers remember the number of years David Lewis’ Edward was presumed dead and we only had his “ghostly voice” speaking to Lila.
Current Ned is not the ‘original’ either…just fyi. Although far better and more memorable
Rebecca1,
I rather think this poor woman is unwell, incapacitated, hence the phone call only, to Liz at the Epifany’s service. She may be bed- ridden and they just can’t bear to say a final goodbye with explanations, etc. I just read OG Steves’s post after writing this and totally agree, she could barely walk last time she was on screen. If she’s willing to contribute this way, I see nothing wrong with it.
Well said. I agree completely. I’d love to see Tyler and Stephen Nichols come back. Stefan and Nikolas had a great relationship and Stefan and Laura as well. I remember that he was the only Cassadine that helped her while she was held captive by Stavros on Cassadine island.
I think she is great and so many don’t make it to 90. That in itself is worth celebrating.
Her story is getting old. She does not need to come back.
A lot more oldies need to come back they r the ones who made this show what it is today been watching her sence the original cast was Elizabeth Tylor..
I wish her gorgeous late husband John Gavin was coming with her he was so hot!
If anybody can rein in Victor, it’s Hells. Love her to pieces.
What ever it is it will be Good it always fun when Helena returns yes!!!!
How about Helena having a twin sister that was taken away at birth by the mother for protection from the Cassadines
OMG,,isn’t one enough?
please do not bring helena back fulltime…I do not like this cradle robbing woman
June,
Me either! The way she used to fawn all over Luke made me sick. Isn’t her lousy, wicked brother enough?
Violet – I assume you mean Victor, her brother-in-law (not brother). Val was not result of incest.
She’s only back for 2 days, in either new fake-flashbacks, as a ghost or maybe even a hologram (like what Anna & Felicia used on Eileen).
Cassadines never really die. How many time a Cassadine has died and they have the potion to bring them back from the dead.
You might be confusing Cassadines with the DiMeras from Salem. They’re the ones who usually escape from Hell by the use of Dr Rolf’s zombie potion, while the Cassadines usually just freeze the body and thaw it out later.
On the other horn, now that the DiMeras have started using cryogenics, maybe the Cassadines will have to switch to potions after all?
It annoyed the Heaven out of me that they brought back Stavros about 10 years ago, just to kill him off again. RKK plays crazy oh so well. Nicholas Chavez does look like he could be related.
Stavros was a decent psycho villain during RKK’s first run in the early 2000s. His last return, not so much really. ReRon thawed him out, only to make him a complete cartoon.
And they never did explain where exactly Stavros went when he jumped into the “bottomless pit” through the trap door in Helena’s GH sub-basement laboratory…. yet ended up years later as a popsicle on Cassadine Island.
YAY! Constance Towers is incredible as Helena and I wish they’d never killed her off. But I get why some people got sick of her. Soaps have a bad habit of turning their villains into one-note, cartoon, supervillains. But CT & Robin Mattson could’ve made Helena & Heather so much more if the show gave them depth vs using them as nothing more than plot points. With them n other 1 note supervillains Jerry Jacks, Faison, Alex Devane etc half the time their motivations don’t even make sense. And without clear character motivations and motivating emotions, villains aren’t interesting.
I LOVED the Cassadines in the 90s bc of the complicated relationships Helena, Stefan, Alexis & Nik. And Robert Kelker-Kelly was amazing as Stavros but a huge missed opportunity because TPTB made him 1 note and ott too. I loved their feud w the Spencers but had Helena & Stavros were more grounded & had more depth, it would’ve been so much better. And with so many Cassadines on now and her history w Laura, I’d have loved to see Helena’s familial relationships, rivalries and background explored more from a character standpoint. Imagine if she had a major soft spot for great grandson Spencer & step granddaughter Molly. Maybe keeping them on the hook by agreeing to tell her life story for a book Molly’s writing telling the story of the Cassadine family history. They and fans would learn of her traumatic, violent, loveless upbringing and the emotions behind it that turned into who she became, the turning point being Luke & Laura killing Mikkos, the only person in the world to show her love. We’d also see just how deeply she was hurt by Mikkos’ affair w Alexis mother and how Alexis is a living reminder of the most painful, heartbreaking betrayal she ever experienced. And having Stefan & Nik constantly defend and embrace Alexis while rejecting Helena just twists the knife.
Laura, Lesley, Nik, and Alexis would hit the roof at her spending time with them and though Spencer & Molly initially despise her as much as everyone else and know shes dangerous and manipulative, a real genuine relationship forms when Helena sees much of her younger self in both of them, sees them as the hope for the future of the family and really begins to let her guard down. And they become the 1st ppl since Mikkos to understand why she is who she is and the pain motivating her, see her display genuine emotion & humanity. A frenemy,love/hate type of relationship between them & Helena would send shockwaves through the Cassadine & Spencer families. Especially if Helena conceded in certain instances to preserve her relationship w Spencer n Molly such as agreeing to no longer go after or harm Laura & Alexis. Nik, Laura, Alexis & Lesley would see it as a tactic for her to get her hooks into them deeper, going after her guns blazing, joined by Lucky & Lulu which puts Spencer & Molly in the middle and causing them to clash w their families.
That’d be way more interesting and exciting than having her pop up as a ghost to haunt/ threaten since a dead person is not that intimidating. Ghosts on soaps are usually so lame anyway. I’ll take Helena however I can get her but ghosts don’t ever add much and there’s nowhere for the story or character to go. I didn’t care for it w Alan or John Abbott on YR and if TPTB weren’t ready to let the character go, they shouldn’t have killed them to begin with. Soaps are so short-sighted for shows that are endless and ghostly appearances don’t do nearly as much to placate upset fans as TPTB think.
Interesting, but the true Helena wouldn’t see anything in Molly and would be apt to slash her throat just like she did to Natasha’s mother.
The character/actress link I would’ve liked was when Jennifer Bassey joined GH as Quinn (the publisher in the vapid Msn Flanders story). If they had brought her over as Marian Chandler and made her Helena’s sister, it would’ve been quite interesting as Bassey and Towers share a resemblance.
I hope this means Anthony Gary will make a special come back too!!!
Not crazy about her. Don’t care if she comes back.
Great ! She is fantastic !
Love it! Mow let’s get Luke!
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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom
This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!
In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?
Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!
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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS
The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!
Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?
Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.
MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.
Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric
With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).
On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..
In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”
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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!
FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD
As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”
Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.
So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’
In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.
The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.
Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”
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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL
Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.
The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.
In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”
So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.
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