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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Has Lucky Spencer’s Return Been Lackluster Thus Far? How Many People Does It Take to Rescue Him?
Jonathan Jackson (Lucky Spencer) is one of, if not thee, all-time greatest actor to perform on the soaps right alongside his TV father, the retired Anthony Geary (ex-Luke Spencer).
When General Hospital announced that the five-time Daytime Emmy winner was returning to his old stomping grounds, there have been high expectations that his story would kickstart things into high gear, but at this point, viewers want to personally pick him up, literally, and lift him out of captivity in Africa and plop him into Port Charles so the story can finally take shape.
Meanwhile, his mother Laura (Genie Francis) and her husband Kevin (Jon Lindstrom) took off from Port Charles to Africa so she can find her son, but we haven’t see them on the canvas. Then, Anna (Finola Hughes) and Jason (Steve Burton) have showed up to try and find Lucky as everyone is on borrowed time, hoping they can locate him to save his sister Lulu’s life. She needs a liver transplant to stay alive (even though she had been in a coma for four years). All that is soon to change now that GH has found their Lulu in Alexa Havins (ex-Babe, All My Children).
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But, is Lucky even a viable donor? Hold tight! Dr. Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson), who is a world-renowned transplant doctor (and Lucky’s friend from Africa) told Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Lucky could be a perfect match for his sister, there must be consideration of the condition of Lucky’s liver since he has been known to drink, plus fans recall his prescription drug addiction.
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Now on the Friday, September 20th episode of GH, after Lucky is beaten by the guards and thrown in his cell, he dreams of Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) coming to his aid. Talking to imaginary Liz, who is acting like his conscience, he claims to think of her and their family every day. He says helping people in need was his way to atone for what he did. Imaginary Liz tells him to come home and have the guts to admit he messed up and to be there for his son, Aiden and company.
So, what have you thought of Lucky Spencer’s return thus far? When will Lucky be reunited with his mother, Laura? Are you hoping when he does return to Port Charles that Liz and Lucky will finally get back together? Share your thoughts in the comment section. But first, check out the Lucky and Liz scenes from Friday’s episode below.
Correction ok great child actor big difference when you become an adult happens all the time . Tons of examples he just looks like a kid trying to be a grown up
Ditto Adele. He did a fine job in the role as a child. But, the character has grown and matured. First with Jacob Young as the older teen and then with Greg Vaughan as the adult, married man, police officer, recovering addict. They should have brought back Jacob Young since Greg Vaughan is not available. If Young was not interested, they should recast.
I disagree. Jackson was outstanding when he last returned to GH. There were numerous scenes with Tony Geary, Rebecca Herbst, Tyler Christopher, Julie Marie Burman, and Steve Burton where he gave amazing performances. I have no doubt he will again. I agree the story is slow, but I blame the writers. I think part of the reason Lucky’s return has been slow is so the writers trying to kill time to find the new Lulu. I could have done without all the unnecessary scenes on Thursday and Friday. I am ready for Lucky to be home and for the real stories to begin.
Amen! This is dragging on way to long! BORING!
Jacob Young? The actor who shouted his lines no matter what the scene calked for?No thank you. Jackson is a very talented actor. It’s just Lucky’s great return has been ruined by dreary, depressing, anticlimactic writing. How to ruin a come back of a great actor by bad writing.
Larry Brygmann, Douglass Watson, Jerry Ver Dorn ,David Canary, Roger Howarth, just 5 of the actors that quickly come to mind that impress me more than Jonathan Jackson
i think they are trying to hard they should just get on with it
Far from one of the all-time great soap actors. Very far.
There is one reason this story is dragging – not sure what TPTB was thinking when they scheduled Jackson’s return right during Genie Francis’s annual leave.
She usually comes back in mid-October. That’s when this whole story will conclude – not before.
That’s what I was thinking, too.
I believe he has been back four weeks and the most excitement we have seen is a card game and a fantasy about Elizabeth. I wish GH would have a long-term story arc written out with all the twists and move things along faster. The Pikeman storyline, Austin’s murder and who sent Ava the messages were never given a satisfying conclusion.
Love it; love having him back and I’m fine with the pace. I love how the writers have kept Anna and Jason in each other’s paths; it’s fun to see the show mix it up a bit. Steve Burton finally has a different scene partner to play with instead of Laura Wright and Maurice, and I love how this is turning into a similar type story like back in the day when many of the gang would wind up in a casino to save the day. Jonathan Jackson hasn’t skipped a beat; he’s as ‘lucky” as ever.
Yes, Lucky’s return has been lackluster so far. Very lackluster, I’m sorry to say.
I was so happy when I heard Jonathan Jackson was coming back. He’s one of my all-time favorites. I was looking forward to the story they had planned for his return. But they’re dragging their feet just like they’ve done with many storylines. They did the same thing when Steve Burton returned earlier this year.
The story is all over the place and just a mess, which is unfortunately the state of GH as a whole these days. The never ending card game, this guy Sidwell that is basically a Dollar Store villain that we have no connection to whatsoever. I like Emma Samms, but I still have no idea why she’s involved. Laura and Kevin leave to go look for Lucky and have seemingly fallen off the face of the earth, so they can shoe horn this Anna/Jason pairing they’re clearly pushing where it doesn’t need to be. Laura should be the one to find her son. Maybe she still will be.
I’m holding out hope that they have some better things planned for Lucky once they get this tedious Africa story arc over with.
Ric’s return over Lucky’s BIG TIME!
Mr. Hearst hit the ground running, interacting with literally the entire canvas while peaking interest to existing storylines.
We know Alexa is going to BRING IT when Lulu returns so this studio adventure with Lucky needs to wrap up like yesterday because so far all we got is Lucky saying a few lines here and there whole looking completely deshelved.
Lucky’s lackluster return is also do to poor scheduling. JJ returned to filming while Genie was on her summer break. They might’ve considered delaying his return by 6 weeks or so to permit mother/son scenes to be shot.
Storyline wise – it’s not hitting the mark. That said, Isiah seems like a character with lots of long term potential.
I love Jonathan Jackson, but don’t care for how long they’re dragging this storyline out, honestly. How many days did we need to see him playing poker for his life against Sidwell? Or begging Holly to get a message or for help, only for her to put her own interests first? I was too young for whatever her history was, but every time I’ve seen her on canvas in recent years, she’s been running a con, which okay, but they mention a history with legacy characters that those characters seem to think she’ll commiserate with, but she’s always self first. Just an overall unlikable character.
Back to Lucky, all of his scenes after rescuing Isaiah, have been sitting in a room playing poker for his life, with idle, meaningless chitchat. We’ve had more meaningful conversations about where he’s been all these years from Isaiah, who admits he doesn’t know everything than we’ve had fun the character we were looking forward to having back on screen.
Laura and Kevin went to rescue him how long ago? Anna and Jason made it in a day, right to their gambling den? Of course, now things are heating up, but why did we need to waste so much of the time that we’ve had? Why not have him and Isaiah get out together? Or Holly do the right thing for once? Just a coordinates SOS text to Anna or Laura? Sidwell wouldn’t have known it was her, and Lucky would’ve been back in PC weeks ago.
Just seems like the writers like to drag some storylines out for no good reason right now, change some characters out of the blue, and just don’t seem to know what they’re doing with other characters.
This return has brought the show down to boring. It didn’t take long for Lucky to start the tears again. Seeing him go right back to crying through his scenes and an empty bed for Lulu for weeks is really bad writing.
Its been lame! I see why they have half of PC looking for him; Lulu needs a liver! He came back a month too early. Him and Liz could rekindle their romance? Lucky is like Luke, you just cannot domesticate them. So what do you do, put him on the PCPD payroll to? Too many cops. And most arrests are dismissed anyway. Like Michael, those two boy-men just don’t age so it’s a struggle to write for them unless they are in danger? Ric Lansing, god bless, what a return! [A little less grey please.]
Lucky and Jason’s return has been VERY lack luster. What is happening with the new writers? Don’t like it very much! Been watching this show since the 1980’s!!!!!!
I will be glad when Lucky is finally rescued and back home in PC. It seems part of the problem with JJ’s return is timing. I assume the delay is Lucky’s rescue is Genie Frances is on vacation and the show had to cast the new Lulu. Now that Lulu has been recast, I hope they dont continue to drag this out and Lucky is rescued soon.
I look forward to seeing scenes between Jackson, Genie Frances, Rebecca Herbst, and Steve Burton.
Omg, this comeback was of to a bad start from the get go.
1st Laura and Kevin go MIA (yes I know ms. Francis is on vaca) bad timing.(shouldn’t somebody send someone to rescue them?)
2nd so then of course it becomes about Carly saving the day because of course she’s the one with WSB connection.
3rd so she sends the towns unofficial antihero Jason who clearly got PTO from Sonny, to go save the day ( because we all know Jasons main job is to cover sonny crimes.)
4th then we gotta wait for NuLulu to wake up, when she does will she think she’s in pine valley?
5th. I love Holly and Anna, but I’m not really enjoying this story arc their in right now.
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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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