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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava Hits the Sheets with Austin
Friday’s General Hospital brought with it a new lover for Ava (Maura West)! Not someone exactly new, but if finally pushes La Jerome further towards Austin (Roger Howarth). For soap fans, that means they get to see the potential delicious pairing between Daytime Emmy-winning stars, Maura West and Roger Howarth.
On yesterday’s episode, after Ava and Austin get into a fight, passion ignites, when after he kisses her, she grabs him and kisses him back and they wind up having sex. Afterwards, Ava’s frantically trying to make the bed and wants Austin to scadaddle. When Austin isn’t so ready to get out of bed and make his exit, Ava tells him that they need to put this behind them and pretend it never happened. She is insisting that what they did was a mistake.
Ava then tells Austin if he ever pulls a stunt like he did with her daughter, Avery, the next body in the stables will be his. Eventually, Austin makes his exit, and after he leaves, Ava seems happy with herself and definitely into him.
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Now the problem becomes, we know that Nikolas is being kept alive somewhere by Mason and who ever he is working for. What would happen if Ava and Austin fall madly in love, decide to tie the knot, then on their wedding day, Nikolas shows up, busts up the nuptials, and accuses the duo of “murder” and a cover-up? Sounds like a soapy plot to us.
Check out some moments from the aftermath of Ava and Austin’s tryst.
Now, let us know, are you in favor of an Ava and Austin pairing on GH? Comment below.
For some reason this weird scene gave me flashbacks to the Sonny/Ava crypt sex.
For the love of all that’s unholy, let’s hope the end result isn’t the same. The last thing Ava needs is another kid, and the last thing any of us need is another excuse to keep FrAustin around.
It’s a wonderful change of pace for GH to put together two actors who actually have chemistry and can play off each other so perfectly. This tryst has the ingredients to create a power couple. They’re sexy and sassy and can play drama or humor. Bring on #Jolt!
JOLT!
I like it
Maura & Roger are soap gold. I think Ava & Austin aka Jolt are going to be a really entertaining duo.
These two are so hilarious! I wasn’t sure if they would bring the heat, but they delivered for sure! I hope there’s more fun and sexy banter to come for Jolt!
I think he’s honestly concerned about her and did the least devastating thing to help Ava get Pilar fired. Ava pretty much gave him no other option. She shot everything he suggested down! For Austin thinking on his toes, knowing what none of us know about how ruthless Mason is, it was brilliance. He could have told her about taking Avery, but then in his eyes she couldn’t have sold that she was actually concerned. He didn’t know how Ava would react, so he was thinking on his toes, As he goes on his daily jog he sees Avery and Pilar, hangs around and sees Avery walking off. Yeah, what he did was shady and underhanded, but hey, it’s a soap. We want drama, right? And maybe, just MAYBE Avery did just go chasing after balloons…we don’t know, it was OFFSCREEN!!!!
P.S. Roger and Maura are fire onscreen. We needed a #jolt of lightning and of course our favs did NOT disappoint!!!
LONG LIVE JOLT!
This scene was so HOT!!! I love Roger and Maura, and have been disappointed lately with the movement of this storyline. Finally, the writers threw us a bone. (Pun intended) 😉
I absolutely adore Roger think he’s an amazing actor. I’ve loved him since One Life to live ,he and Maura wonderful together.
Yes they are! I can’t wait to see what else is on the way. I hope the writers keep this going.
I love both of these actors but for some reason they aren’t clicking romantically yet for me. I liked them better as thorns in each others’ sides back on ATWT. I was hoping some spark would ignite; I liked Ava with Marcus Coloma’s Nikolas. But they are wonderful performers so I’m not FFing their scenes as I do with Darly and Fin/Elizabeth. Those couplings are unbearable!
It was refreshing when the writers gave us a line that echoed the thoughts of many viewers (when Ava mentioned Austin’s failed stories with the Qs and Maxie.) in one line, they effectively reset his character.
Not really projecting much romance between A&A, but I do see them to continue to canoodle in attempting to control each other.
After a year, it’s now time for “Cuz” Mason to actually be shown doing something evil/criminalish than just chatter.
I can’t wait to see who is pulling Mason,’s strings, hope it will be worth all this crap he’s been throwing at Austin and Ava.
It’s time GH put Howarth out to pasture. None of his characters click the way they should and this character of Austin has been thrown into the Q’s and others without jiving. Putting him with Ava is not the right use of a great actress like Maura West!
I believe Ava should have more power and strength and be the vixen we know Maura West can play! Right now she’s like the bullied victim cheering on the new bullied victim of Nina by Carly. Both women have been fiercely bullied by that character and each slink into the background when she approaches.
Ava should not fear her custody arrangement with Sonny all the time because she chooses to go toe to toe with Carly. But that’s the case. Alexis doesn’t have that fear so why do we make Ava?
It’s time that Ava discoveries Julian had a secret Swiss bank account. She is able to access it to discover she is now wealthy beyond belief and can stand tall above Carly.
Ava should be loved and hated but not bullied.,
Paul,
Never mind putting Howarth out to pasture, he’s right where he needs to be. He’s one of the best and most interesting characters on the show. He just needs the right partner to show his potential. It’s pretty hard to show your best when your partner just acts like a silly twit with no real emotion.
This was the hottest thing to happen on GH in a LONG time. Maura and Roger have crazy chemistry. I’ve wanted them to be paired for years. All the dialogue after the fact was fun and hot too–how he was mentioning the scratches and saying she would sleep pretty soundly. =D =D The way he said it kind of in a cocky way and then her smile afterward. So hot. #Jolt is the pairing I’ve been wanting all along. Kudos and many thanks to the writers who made this happen!!! One of my fav things that’s ever happened on GH.
For some reason this weird scene gave me flashbacks to the Sonny/Ava crypt sex.
I want to start of by saying that I’m a fan of Roger Howarth, so I don’t blame him, I blame the GH writers, and who ever decided to kill off Franco and then create Austin for Roger to play, big mistake, so much history thrown out the window with Franco and the connection he had with Scott and Elisabeth and her kids. It feels like the writers had no plan and just make up things up to see if it will stick. His “storyline” has drag on so long that it’s not interesting. This Mason character also is a snooze fest. It’s so off putting that I wish Austin would just leave town, he had awful chemistry w/ Maxie, he gave up on being a Quatermaine, wish is laughable because almost every other Quatermaine is either a bastard born out of wedlock or adopted, yet this one is not acceptable to them. and whose blackmailing him? why would they not force him to do everything in his power to be in with the Quatermaines? The writing is just a mess with this character and because of that I just feel like my time is wasted in this character.
I can’t make up my mind how I feel about this pair yet. I liked Ava’s friendship with Franco, they played well off each other. I would have liked Austin and Brett together, although a short time it was good. He and Maxi never worked, not even a spark. I just wish Austin played the part more like Franco with his humour and personality.
The actors have no romantic or sexual chemistry, so I have found those scenes awkward. They have always had a friend zone vibe. The character of Austin is a step down for Ava after the hot Prince Nik. Austin seems to try hard to be sexy while Marcus Coloma’s Nik WAS sexy. The story is a mess and her attraction to him after being with Nik isn’t believable.
The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.
TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.
That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.
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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES
GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.
Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).
Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.
GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS
Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.
Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.
Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.
So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?
On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.
Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.
However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.
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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON
Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.
He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.
Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”
General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”
So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.
If Anna Devane’s (Finola Hughes) new therapist on General Hospital looks familiar to you, it’s because actress Kearran Giovanni, who plays Dr. Nichols, previously played a doctor on One Life to Live!.
Viewers tuning-in to the Thursday, September 10 episode of GH got their first look at Dr. Nichols who has been brought in to help Anna recover from her PTSD and trauma following the reveal that she has been suffering from a break in reality since before being put in mental health facility in France, after being gaslighted by Cullum and company earlier in the year.
One Life to Live fans will recall that Kearran Giovanni played Dr. Vivian Wright in 2009, and it was then she first worked with current General Hospital EP, Frank Valentini, who at the time was at the helm in Llanview.
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WHERE ELSE HAVE YOU SEEN KEARRAN GIOVANNI?
Giovanni appeared on OLTL in the recurring role through 2012 and in the final ABC episode of the beloved series was the the ob/gyn who delivered Destiny Evans (Shenell Edmonds) and Matthew Buchanan’s (Eddie Alderson) baby into the world, whom they named Drew Buchanan II after Bo Buchanan’s (Robert S, Woods) late son. In addition, Vivian has been dating Shaun Evans (Sean Ringgold).
In addition to One Life to Love, Giovanni has very impressive credits having appeared in numerous TV series and motion pictures including starring in the TNT drama Major Crimes from 2012-18, ABC’s Designated Survivor 2017-19, the CW’s Black Lightning from 2019-20. Most recently, Giovanni appeared on the Fox series, The Resident and has a recurring role on the CW’s crime series, Walker from 202-2024.
HEALING ANNA
On today’s General Hospital, after Anna’s harrowing meltdown where she almost shot and killed Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) after seeing visions of “Peter August” (Wes Ramsey), Jason (Steve Burton) saved the day and talked Anna down from committing murder. Now, Dr. Nichols was introduced as a valuable staff member at the hospital. Although, this marked the first time in the history of the show we have heard of her character.
So, do you remember seeing Kearran Giovanni on One Life to Live? Happy to see that Anna may have a qualified therapist in charge of her healing, unless the doctor turns out to be not on the up and up? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below.
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