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General Hospital’s Avery Pohl Talks on The Two Sides of Esme, and the Character Being In Love with Spencer

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If you caught Friday’s episode of General Hospital, it was a major turning point for the character of Esme Prince (Avery Pohl). Revisiting Wyndemere, she remembers her past, all of it, including: her misdeeds, machinations, and let’s not forget taping Joss (Eden McCoy) and Cameron (William Lipton) having sex, and setting up Trina (Tabyana Ali) as the perpetrator.

After recalling being held hostage by Nikolas, her escape, and nearly killing Liz (Rebecca Herbst), Esme falls to the ground in both remembrance, defiance and shock.  What will happen next?  Will Esme return to her old self scheming and lying? Will she be a combo of the malicious Esme, but have a heart of gold when it comes to baby Ace? And now that she recalls her past, how will Esme feel about Spencer (Nicholas Chavez)?

Michael Fairman TV caught up with Avery Pohl during last week’s Daytime Emmy celebrations, and while she couldn’t spoil the big reveal, she did clue us into a few key points.

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Pohl shared her thoughts on how GH kept Esme on the canvas, when it seemed like the character was painted into a corner. Eventually, the writers chose to have Esme have amnesia, although many along the way thought Esme was just playing everybody to escape being locked up in the slammer or put away at Ferncliff.

“I think it was a really fine line that we had to sort of dance around of what are we gonna do with her,” Pohl expressed. “It’s been really fun. I feel very lucky to get to play sort of two characters in one be cause she started out so difficult, shall we say. And then she had become quite ‘nice’, along the way. I don’t know where it all goes from here, but at least, she developed a bit of a moral conscience.”

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So, where is Esme’s head at in regards to her ex Spencer Cassadine? Is she wanting the guy back? “Of course! Poor girl is so in love with him,” Pohl answered.  “It sort of sucks for her. She has to watch Spencer and Trina right under her nose and in her own home, really just hanging out all the time. That’s gotta be hard for anybody to watch.”

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We can’t help but think a catfight or showdown is about to occur between Esme (with memory in tow) and Trina. Avery teased on working with Tabyana Ali as on-screen rivals: “Oh, we’re besties. It’s great. We just filmed some stuff  that I cannot wait for everybody to see. It’s going be so fun. I can’t tell you anything more, unfortunately.”

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From all accounts, Alley Mills is also on her way back on-air as Esme’s biological mother, the cray cray Heather Webber, Pohl shared on working with now Daytime Emmy winner: “I love Miss Alley, and everything I want to talk about I can’t. But I will say, anytime I get to work with her is amazing.”

So, what did you think of Esme remembering her past? Do you think there will be two genuine sides to Esme, the good and the bad that will be displayed … or do you think she will return 100% to her bad self? What about Trina/Spencer/Esme? Now that Esme remembers everything, will she set out to destroy ‘Sprina’? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Sorry to say … I don’t see the point of this character anymore. She is rarely on. She has become just a distraction and irritation rather than a valid story point. Great actress! Just a bit of sloppy writing making the character SO psychotic SO fast and now having to whitewash and back pedal.

Sloppy perhaps due to strike

She’s on all the time.

Who are you talking about ,Esme or Heather? Esme is on quite a lot, especially lately, a lot going on with her and new stuff coming up.

I agree. The writers wrote her into a corner and then threw motherhood and amnesia at her as some kind of lifesavers. Their first mistake was writing her as a one dimensional, sociopathic villain rather than a spoiled, poor little rich girl. She could have been a young Erica Kane or even a Kendall Hart as played by Sarah Michelle Gellar. Avery has the acting chops to pull off a highly flawed, multilayered character. Instead, they have her going from villain to heroine without any shades of transition to guide viewers through the abject and extreme transformation. With the bitter aftertaste of Esme’s heinous deeds lingering in viewers’ mouths, their palettes were spoiled for saccharine-sweet Esme. At this point going forward, the only way this character will work is if she plays a straight up villain. Failing that, she should be written off the show.

It sort of sucks for her. She has to watch Spencer and Trina right under her nose and in her own home, really just hanging out all the time. That’s gotta be hard for anybody to watch.”

That’s an odd view she has of her character, being that Esme was never in love with Spencer. She only saw him as a means to do her insane father’s bidding.

Further proof was Esme having sex with Spencer’s father to further his sick agenda. The fact is Trina is everything that Esme wants to be. And instead of working towards being a better, human, she decided to target Trina and her best friends in order to destroy Trina and get her out of the way. all because Spencer was/is in love with her. We won’t go into the bigotry behind her actions.

As for the good side verses the bad side, that’s a laughable fallacy. Esme has no good sides. Just because she takes care of her child, has a job & isn’t framing people for crimes they didn’t commit does not make her a good person. Esme is evil through and through and I can’t wait for Trina and Spencer to take her down.

I know a matter of opinion but not so much Trina but her mother is just the worst hypocrite. She treats Trina like a 10 year old. Trina should have dumped Spencer long ago. Still think Ace will turn out being Spencer’s son. Esme setting boundaries I say good for her.

You said it all!

I agree with you and Cole.

Esme Prince almost puts me in the mind of Kay Bennett from Passions where she was crazy in love with Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald but he was too in love with Charity Standish to give HER the time of day. So, she did everything in her power to get rid of Charity by any means necessary (schemes, manipulations, murder, witchcraft etc.)

Esme is a woman in love with another woman man. Esme knowns how to manipulate Spencer feeling for Ace to separate Spencer and Trina. If she can’t have him, she will not allow them to be happy. The green eye monster will return.

Well I think she deserves a chance first if all she’s a wonderful actress and she’s no worse then what Liesel or Britt or Maxie for that matter let’s not forget she seduced Jason by giving him pain pills or Lucky can’t remember now lol and Ava let’s not forget is a stone cold murderer lol.but again I love her character too but Esme reminds me of Andrea Evans character Tina Lord Robert’s from One Life To Live so let’s give her and Avery Pohl a chance

Tina was sexy and sweet with her dirt…. this girl…just dark

I hope they leave her nice…Maybe hook her up with Jocelyn’s friend Matt….

Oh I like that idea

Don’t be ridiculous, Matt is a just a kid , looks and actions compared to Esme who is a woman.

Poor Matt is already struggling with his parents’ acceptance and it’s absolutely a bad idea to hook him up with Esme….He does not need a psycho drama pitch like Esme…..Hate her in good or bad roles.

Who the heck is Matt!? I think you folks mean Adam.

It be fun to see Esme play both sides of good and bad.

Didn’t want her ri remember its going to mess everthing up but i guess writers want to do that

Would like to see Esme and Spencer together and Spencer being Ace’s Dad.

You crazy. His dad is coming back

Yes, Spencer’s dad but he’s not Ace’s dad and if he murdered Austin like I think he did, he’ll be in Penton illegal.

Thank you!!! Also if everyone remembers even Spencer said from the beginning the baby wasn’t his, they hadn’t been together for quite some time. Nikolas definitely has a plan or 20 going on.

Spencer and Trina belong together. If Spencer wanted to be with Esme. He would have not. Gone to Trina’s dorm room. And spent the night outside her dorm room. That’s say how much. He is in love with Trina. Some people want him with Esme. Spencer wants to be with Trina. I believe Ace wants his brother with Trina also. And GH couldn’t even put Spencer and Esme back together. Because they already knew that it wouldn’t work out. Nooooooooooooooo do not let him be Ace’s dad. Let it be someone else. Spencer and Trina. (Yes yes yes. Spencer and Esme. No no no Lots of chemistry with Spencer and Trina. ❤️ these (2) so much. Beautiful couple.

So sick of you brainwashed WOKE grandmas, Spencer should be with Esme or a pretty girl not someone they threw on the show because she’s black. Put her with TJ .

Oh you said it. Trina does not look good with Spencer. He & Esme rock!!!!

Agree!! Put Spencer with Esme and Ace. A much better fit and let him be Ace’s Dad. Trina needs to move on, no chemistry with him.

yes

YES. I literally fast forward anything with Trina. Forced. She takes way too much airtime.

Talented actress for sure but she has little objectivity and lack of insight into her own character. Esme is incapable of love. When she was with Spencer, she was emotionally abusive and manipulative toward him. Then later she taped his two childhood friends having sex for the very first time and released it to the world. She drugged Trina and framed her for her crime. Yes, the poor writing did paint Esme into a corner and the convenient amnesia was a pathetic and lazy attempt to rectify it. Esme has never received her comeuppance and her victims never received justice. The amnesia storyline yielded zero viewer satisfaction.

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Id like to see her with Spencer. Spring was fun at first. I thought they were great, but now she’s gotten to act too much like her mom and I’m all set with that, meaning Trina. Of course it would become boring if there wasn’t the chaos of all of this. And then who would watch the show?

Why would you want to put that sicko with Spencer? She emotionally abused him when they were together, tortured his friends, drugged the love of his life, and then framed her for revenge porn.

I can’t wait to see how esme seems to be.. I love ❤️ the nice side of her, and I’m glad she remembered what she did, maybe she’ll apologize to everyone

This is a soap opera in its truest sense. But there’s enough drama going on to encourage Overkill. For her sake and all the viewers she should end her existence, so we can focus on baby Ace and the continuing drama play out without what would be insignificant, as well as dull and annoying.

The writer’s have exhausted this. Put her to rest and focus on the more favorable characters. The young children like Ace and the other’s is the “FUTURE”

So you want to watch babies until they’re all grown up on General Hospital? I’ll stick with what they have going on now

I want Esme to continue on the path to redemption bur she should avoid Heather since she already revealed in their last encounter that she’s not Esmes mother I believe Steven Lars Webber is Esmes father which makes 70 yr old Heather her grandmother.

So Heather isn’t her mother? I must of missed something dang it

I don’t ever miss an episode of General Hospital & I never saw Heather reveal any such thing! Heather’s her mom, Ryan’s her dad!

Let the games begin , she is an amazing actor !

I think Esme remembering her past give give light to her exhibiting both the good and the bad sides of the character. Since this is a soap opera I’m all for seeing how this will evolve. And yes she is an excellent actress.

But what about all the slasher murders! That was never resolved.

Esme might apologize to everyone she did wrong and changed for her baby sake she loved her baby I mean when she was the nice person or she might keep being nice as the nice person and still be bad behind close door s well am just assuming such things because we don’t

I just assumed those things because the writers will do what they do but we just giving our veiew

No she won’t because Spencer and Trina love is to strong

Unless something happens to Trina, like what happened to Scott’s one true love Allison from hit show Teen Wolf!

Not true, especially with Trina’s pain in the butt mother, sticking her nose into everything and everyone’s business. The other day at their home when she was pawing and petting Trina like some damn pet made me sick. She’ll really have a stroke when her “baby girl” turns up pregnant.u

Thank you Thank you yes it is.

This is Kevin and Ryan except with split personality

Id like to see her with Spencer. Spring was fun at first. I thought they were great, but now she’s gotten to act too much like her mom and I’m all set with that, meaning Trina. Of course it would become boring if there wasn’t the chaos of all of this. And then who would watch the show?

I 100% agree.

I hope she stays nice

I think Ryan programmed her to play Nicholas and do bad act to Ava

Well, I guess if Ezme really is a changed person, Tuesday’s episode will probably show her going to the police station to confess her disgusting crimes and taking her punishment like the reformed character says she is. I mean that’s what a contrite, remorseful person would do, right? After months of passive-aggressive behavior toward her victims, she decides to apologize to Trina and promptly gets her memory back. How convenient! Can’t wait for this character to get away from Spencer & Trina fro good!

It’s definitely going to interesting and frustrating to watch, lol. First, she’s not going to let anyone know because Duh reasons… just leave Spencer and Trina alone with the exception of giving them an exciting storyline together, please!

I’m just excited to see how this storyline is going to finally play out! It’s been a long time coming!

I think she has wanted to be better then she was and I think it will turn out that Spencer really is aces father. She will still do a few underhanded things maybe not illegal but still wrong things to get Spencer back

Even if Esme remembers, she could stay good for her son and Spencer. I think they have some feelings there, they could make a nice little family.

No it wouldn’t work. If Spencer wanted to be with Esme. He would have not gone to Trina’s dorm room. And asked her for his forgiveness. We all know. When they were in NYC. She put that LOVE SPELL on him. Now he is hooked. He has confess that he has never Loved anyone liked that before he met Trina. So that mean Trina is the world to him. And when she for gave him for acting like a blank. We all know what happened next in her dorm room. Esme had Spencer didn’t work out. Now he is with Trina. Yes I’m Happy for them.

Let her good sidecwin over evil, writers. I know Spencer has buried his feelings for Esme, but deep down, his love for her is still alive.
Please—nuTrina is too wishy-washy for sexy Spencer.

I hope Avery has a long career on GH. Her scenes with Genie Frances and Nancy Lee Grahn make give her character the redemption Esme needs

Esme should team up with wacked out, reborn Helena Cassidine, Charlotte. What a wonderfully wicked pair they could make.

I think this is about to be the Nell story all over again. Most of the time no one ever completely change for the best. But believe or not there are some people in the real world that do. I’m actually tired of the bad Esme. Let her make a real change.

I think she will try to destroy Soencer and Trina’s relationship.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny Tells Dante, “I Don’t Want a Son Like You,” While Michael Tells Brook Lynn to Bide Her Time Till Chase and Willow Have an Affair

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On the Thursday, October 1 episode of General Hospital, both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had some things to say and what they had to say didn’t go over well with whom they were talking to!

Sonny had a confrontation with his son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Michael leveled with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) over Chase (Josh Swickard).

GH is setting up a scenario where everyone is going to make it look like Sonny was responsible for having Sidwell (Carlo Rota) beat up in Pentonville; while viewers already know Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) were behind it.

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A VISIT WITH DAD

Now, Dante comes to Sonny’s house. He wants to know straight up from his dad if he ordered the attack at Pentonville. Sonny flatly denies any culpability or responsibility, but Dante refuses to believe him.

Dante informs Sonny he has video footage of Sully and Vito at the prison. Sonny explains to Dante he doesn’t know why Sully beat up both Curtis and Dante. Things escalated when Sonny was deeply hurt that Dante refused to believe him. Dante says he was disappointed that his father didn’t respect him enough to be truthful with him!

Sonny asks Dante to consider that he was being set up. He says all he did was to tell Vito to instruct Sully to keep a watchful eye on Sidwell, not to harm him. No matter what Sonny said, Dante continued hammering him with how he knew deep down, even though he said he left the mob, he had to finish off Sidwell for himself.

Next, Sonny explains everything he has ever done was to provide for and to protect his family. Dante fired back that he doesn’t want to deal anymore with Sonny’s half-baked truths. As the two men argue, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) shows up at Sonny’s front door and overhears Sonny losing his temper and shouting at Dante, “Get out of my house! I don’t want a son like you!”  The scenes featured an excellent performance by Maurice Benard.

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MICHAEL THE MANIPULATOR

While this is going down, outside the Quartermaine boathouse, Brook Lynn opens up to Michael about living at the Q’s with Chase being there, since he only came back due to legal advice from his lawyer, Monet Mitchell (Blythe Howard).

Brook Lynn questioned whether they should get legally separate. Michael insisted that would be a big mistake. When she asks why, Michael tells Brook Lynn to bide her time until Chase and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) have an affair; then she’d have full custody of Phoebe.

An angered Brook Lynn pushed Michael into the water and accuses him of moving Willow back into the gatehouse with intent on putting Chase and Willow in closer proximity and sacrificing Brook Lynn’s family in the process.  As the two cousins bicker, Chase shows up asking Brook Lynn if she is OK. Michael punctuates their talk with “You know, I’m right.”

CURTIS FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SLAMMER

At GH, Willow visits Curtis (Donnell Turner) in his hospital room. Curtis wants Willow to get him pardoned and keep him out of jail, and in return, he will help her nail Sonny.

Next, Willow tells Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) she wants Curtis held for observation for three more days. He agrees to do so under one condition, that she understands that he may need to call in a favor from a congresswoman.

So, what did you think of how Dante accused his father and refused to believe Sonny’s answers? Is this the end of their father and son relationship for good? Is Michael the most manipulative person of all, except for Willow? Do the two deserve each other? Do you want Chase and Willow to have an affair? And what of Curtis? Does he have many redeeming qualities left? Share your thoughts via the comment section,  but first check out the talk Michael had with Brook Lynn.

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GH Alum Tajh Bellow and Y&R Alum Loren Lott Star in New Tiktok and Microdrama ‘Love Island’ Spoof

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Two soap opera alums very familiar to fans of General Hospital and The Young and the Restless are paired together in a new short-form digital series from none other than Issa Rae’s production entity HOORAE Digital.

Look for Tajh Bellow (ex-TJ Ashford, GH)) and Loren Lott (ex-Ana Hamilton, Y&R) as part of the cast of  The Compatibility Experiment, premiering on October 14, 2026, exclusively on TikTok and its companion microdrama platform, PineDrama.

In the video teaser, it appears that Bellow and Lott play a couple, Kelvin and Camila, set in a Love Island reality show-esque environment trying to win the one million dollar cash prize, only what could go wrong?

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The Compatibility Experiment loglines share that it brings a fast-paced, relationship-focused reality check—much like Love Island with a twist. The show takes a participant’s current relationship, introduces them to a potentially more compatible partner, and forces them to navigate the differences with life-changing money on the line.

The new series is part of a groundbreaking content deal between HOORAE Digital and TikTok to develop premium short-form storytelling. The ensemble cast also features; Ayona, Reggie Luck, JaNa Craig, Tosin Morohunfola, Jessica Jacoby, Georgia Warner, and Nick Cassidy.

General Hospital fans know Tajh Bellow for his performances as TJ Ashford, and who earned two Daytime Emmy nominations along the way during his run. Bellow took over the role in 2018 and last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series in December of 2024.

Loren Lott first appeared as Devon’s (Bryton James) sister Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless from 2018 to 2019; making a brief return in 2024. She has continued to perform on the stage and screen with recent credits including: Bel-Air, Cherish the Day, and All American: Homecoming.

Check out the trailer for The Compatibility Experiment below and let us know what you think of its concept and if you are glad to see Tajh and Loren again? Hoping they might return to daytime in their GH and Y&R roles at some point in the future? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava and Drew Revealed to be Behind Framing Sonny for Sidwell’s Prison Beatdown

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If you thought that the person responsible for the Pentonville brawl that saw Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) taken to General Hospital was Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) or even Sidwell himself, you were dead wrong! On the Wednesday, September 30 episode of GH, it turned out that the culprits were actually Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison).

In story, Drew apparently bankrolled the attack on Sidwell and framing Sonny. He told Ava their planned worked (she came up with it!) but was horrified when Drew informed her that Curtis got caught in the crosshairs. Ava is visibly upset because of her longtime friendship with Curtis’ daughter, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). Drew tried to make Ava see the bright side. Curtis was witness to it and his presence will cast doubt on Sonny’s claims to that he had gotten out of the mob and gone legit.

Later, Vito shows up at Drew’s. They informed him that his guy on the inside of the slammer made a big mistake by hurting their friend and ordered him to leave town.

Maura West

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BOATHOUSE BRAWL

In other major developments, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr) have a blow out fight as Danny blames his “brother” for the reason Charlotte was sent off to boarding school.

Rocco told off Danny for Charlotte’s (Bluesy Burke) reckless behavior and he explains he had to protect his sister. He went in on Danny saying that his mother Lulu (Alexa Havins) has been right to send Charlotte to boarding school and far away from Danny.

However, Rocco went a bit too far when he shouted, “And if your mom was alive, she would send you away too!” Next, Danny punched out Rocco, leading to a terrible brawl. An angered Danny yells at Rocco to, “Stay away from me and everyone in my family. And don’t you ever mention my mom again!” Danny storms off.

Rocco

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Now alone outside the boathouse, Rocco flashes back to his first kiss with Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarksi), hoping that his fight with Danny will not escalate and ruin their budding romance. Meanwhile, a bloodied-mouth Danny heads over to Sonny’s and Jason (Steve Burton) is there at the same time. He then admits that he has a bad fight with Rocco and they are both beaten up.

WILL SCOUT WISE UP?

At the end of the episode, Scout, who had a fight with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) over Drew, and who keeps telling everyone how good a man her dad truly is, comes upon a suspicious scene.

Scout hides behind the wall outside Drew’s. She sees her dad, Ava and Vito talking. Next, Scout seems to overhear Vito assuring Drew and Ava that their business dealings are done, and he’ll be leaving Port Charles for good.

So, what did you think of the reveal that Ava and Drew were behind framing Sonny for the prison beatdown of Sidwell (and Curtis)? Do you think Danny and Rocco’s relationship can be repaired, or do you think the teenagers will continue to be at each other’s throats? Finally, do you hope Scout gets a clue and stops thinking her dad walks on air? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out how Ava and Drew conspired below.

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