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‘General Hospital’s’ Adrian Anchondo Speaks Out on Marco’s Intentions Towards Lucas After Pivotal Scenes Air
As previously reported, the Monday, February 16 episode of General Hospital brought with it a major moment of truth and confrontation for boyfriends, Lucas Jones and Marco Rios. The scenes were emotionally fraught and played to perfection by Van Hansis and Adrian Anchondo.
Lucas finally gets Marco to admit what he is really up to by having them living together at Wyndemere, and how he is working with his nefarious father, Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota), in return for his father’s help in bringing down the man he blames for his mother’s death to his knees, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard).
Throughout their on-screen relationship, GH viewers have wondered if Marco’s feelings for Lucas are genuine, since Lucas has basically turned his back on anyone who warned him about Marco and living at Wyndemere including his sister, Carly (Laura Wright).
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Taking to his Instagram after the pivotal scenes aired and sharing most of the video of the scene with his followers, Anchondo captioned the video clips with the following comment, “Love hurts This was one of my favorite days on set with one of my favorite actors. For everyone that doubted Marco’s intentions and feelings for Lucas, here is your answer. Love is so complicated, especially when mixed with feelings of remorse, guilt and a lack of closure. Will Marco get the justice he seeks? Or will he give it all up for love?”
In the key dialog, a gutted Lucas tells Marco on not listening to the warning of his sister, Carly, “I turned my back on her and I never had to. I believed every lie you told me, no more.” Marco responded, “I never lied to you about my feelings. I love you Lucas. I want to build a life with you.”
Next, Lucas says, “We could have done that on the mainland. You have been manipulating me this whole time. I did not move to this Godforsaken Island because we were taking the next step. It was so that you could have easy access to your dad to carry out what is it that you’re extorting Britt to do for you.” However, an anguished Marco sees it differently and responds, “I brought you to Windermere because I wanted us to be together day in, day out. Don’t you see … I risked everything for you.”
The question posed by Anchondo in his post does have General Hospital viewers concerned for what come’s next. What is going to be the upshot from this turning point in the relationship of Lucas and Marco? Where do they go from here? Is Lucas just going to keep Marco’s secret … or find himself caught in a web of lies he cant get out of …. or is someone going to have to silence him for his knowledge of what is truly going on at Wyndemere? Stay tuned!
Check out the full scene again by clicking through Anchondo’s IG post below.
Now weigh-in: What do you think will be Lucas’ next move? Keeping everything quiet and still trying to believe in Marco’s love for him? Is Marco going to give up his thirst for revenge on Sonny for Lucas? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
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Adrian Anchondo and Van Hansis played exceptionally well off of each other in these scenes; however, the writing is on the wall for Marco, I do fear.
Marco
This was Hansis’ best material since joining the show. He communicates so much with body language.
Would be nice for Lucas to let Britt know he’s willing to help her.
One, two, or all three of these male characters won’t survive through the spring:
– Marco
– Chase
– Kai
I can’t wait for Chase to receive his comeuppance. He deserves a very hard fall after the way he has been setting up Micheal.
Loved the way Tracy called him out on Tuesday episode.
I suspect that Chase is about to find out what it feels like to be falsely accused. It’s no secret to anybody how desperate he has been to pin Drew’s shooting on Mikey.
So now that Nathan has shown up at the Q mansion, and Mikey willingly handed over his keys without incident, it should be obvious to anybody with two connected brain cells that Mikey had no idea that there was a key to Drew’s house on his keychain.
But Wiley saw Chase playing with Mikey’s keys in the Q kitchen. And he’s going to mention that to somebody. Probably to Mikey. Or possibly Tracy. And Chase is going to look really guilty of “planting evidence”. Even though he’s not the one who planted it.
So Willow… in her effort to frame Mikey has also framed Chase, accidentally. And should they even bother to attempt to charge Mikey based on this flimsy “evidence”, we all know Diane is going to have those charges dismissed immediately. Because she knows, for a fact, who shot Drew.
So if Chase is accused of planting evidence, will he get kicked off the PCPD for real, as opposed to being demoted to “beat cop”? Will BrookLynn dump him for trying to frame her cousin Mikey? Or will Chase finally put the pieces together, realize that Willow is just as crazy as her sister Psycho Nelle was, and get himself a needle full of the same stuff Drew got, when he goes to confront her about it?
I mean, let’s face it. Being a uniformed cop is nearly always a death sentence in Port Charles. Just ask most of Maxie’s former boyfriends. Or Rory & Dex, for that matter.
Great summation, Satan. Thank you. And honestly, if Michael shot Drew, wouldn’t he hide the house key rather than put it on his key ring?
Oh Satan ! I would love to see Willow stick Chase with a needle in his neck, and see him lying there, as she confesses all her crimes to him.
Alexis knows Willow is a “murderer “. So, shouldn’t she know better than to allow Willow to care for Drew? Isn’t Alexis, herself” committing a crime?
No. Alexis is not committing a crime. An attorney only has a responsibility if they know their client is going to commit a crime – not a crime that was committed in the past.
She tried to kill Drew but that’s okay with Alexis
—not the point. I know how the law works. My parents are both attorneys. It has nothing to do with the law, but everything to do with what is right. Willow is dangerous. Who’s next? Michael? Anyone who she thinks suspects her? It’s a matter of conscience. This is a stupid plot and it has gone on waaay too long.
You asked if Alexis was committing a crime. It seems to me that your question was answered but you didn’t like the answer.
It is a soap, which often does not represent the real world. Since your parents are attorneys, have they read your comment? I would think they believe in the law regardless of what might be considered “right”.
Yes she is and deserves some payback for withholding evidence in an attempted murder trial.
Alexis was schooled by Diane about how her job was to defend her client to the best of her ability and that she could be disbarred if she revealed what she knew about Willow’s culpability. Strictly speaking, Alexis broke no law.
Let’s hope Marco shoots his father dead defending Lucus. Then Marco can be cleared of Sidwell’s murder and they can have a life together.
Sidwell solution is always just to kill anyone who is in his way, it would be only fitting for Marco to take Sidwell out.
That’s my hope. Some way to redeem Marco. I know many don’t like him, but I do and want him and Lucas to have an ongoing relationship.
There’s many who started out liking Marco but see the writing on the wall – there’s no future for the character. Even if he does in his father, that leaves him with no family on canvas.
Lucas is sticking around. Hansis is a good actor. There’s opportunity to bring in a new gay character that has some sore of connection on the canvas. (And by saying new – that does not include Brad).
From your lips! Please no Brad!
Maybe Dillon Q has realized he’s bi?
Agree, no more Brad
I’m trying to think of a “GH legacy” character they could bring back. Maybe it’s time they brought back the REAL “TJ” – Thomas Hardy Jr, the son of Tom & Simone Hardy.
Steve & Audrey would have another grandson represented on canvas. It would make total sense that he was a doctor, given who his parents and grandparents are. Elizabeth would have an actual relative in town. And he would be in approximately the same age group as Lucas give or take a few years.
I like that suggestion. Have him be one of the characters who gets called by their last name so to avoid confusion with TJ Ashford and (should he ever return) Tom, Sr.
Lucas and Marco are so dull together. I pray this mess of a storyline ends soon. Maybe if they try hard they can salvage something of Lucas’ character which has just become “raging moron” since meeting Marco.
Excuse me? Lucas and Marco are anything but boring. Both actors are bringing their A game to the table and the writing and direction are in lock step. Some might argue that they’re star crossed lovers given their family’s warring dynamics.
To each their own but me and everyone I know who watches the show all agree those 2 can cure insomnia.
You should get out more.
they going to have to kill lucas. he know too much
That’s what I’ve been thinking. But Carly will somehow save him
I think Lucas should have walked away just from the knowledge about Brett & the revenge against Sonny . However Lucas originally put that idea in Marcos head about Sonny. Carly knows he is in danger and Sidwell will try to kill Lucas. When Lucas confronted Marcos & Lucas took his hand . I was very upset. The guy is a liar and ruthless like his dad.
Does Carly even know about Marco’s revenge plot against Sonny, who is wrong. His Mom suicided herself.
On the subject of Chase. I hope Michael’s son tells that he saw Chase doing something to his dad’s keys . I also hope Drew somehow over comes Willows attempts to keep him drugged and gets his revenge on her. And Brooklynn ditches Chase. This entire story line is dragging out far too long. Time for Willlow to pay. Michael to be exonerated, and Chase to permanently lose his job through exposure.
Wiley will definitely share what he saw. No doubt. And Chase will get fired – for the act of Willow. As he promised (& broke), Chase should’ve just stayed out of it.
Right. Even though he didn’t plant the keys, he deserves to be fired for breaking the chain of evidence. And that might be the last we see of Chase. I’m old enough to remember good cop, Chase who was in a relationship with good school teacher, Willow. I liked them both in those days.
I’d love to see Lucas forced to marry Marcos and live in a mafia world with violence , intrigue and infidelity
I love Van Hansis because he can act the other one Adrian something just looks likes he’s acting.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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