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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Are You For or Against Kristina Being the Surrogate for TJ & Molly’s Baby Knowing the Storyline Implications Down the Road?
As many GH viewers have predicted, things have swung back around to Kristina (Kate Mansi) seemingly being the most viable option in Molly’s (Kristen Vaganos) mind to carry her and TJ’s (Tajh Bellow) baby as their surrogate.
If you recall, Kristina offered a few months back and was shut down by Molly, and then TJ, as the couple then went looking through agencies to find a surrogate to carry their baby to term. The surrogate they found, Andrea, told TJ she lost the baby in a miscarriage, which was confirmed by a doctor at Mercy Hospital, and she won’t go through trying to have a baby again. Leaving the couple devastated. But, is her story suspicious?
Last week on General Hospital, Molly was overwhelmed when having to look through a file to start the process of finding a surrogate and identifying the right candidate all over again and it brought her to tears. Kristina found her in the park, and that led the two to have a heart-to-heart conversation. While the two sisters have come to an agreement, now it comes to convincing TJ that this is the right move.
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However, fans of the show can see how complex this will be for everyone down the line. If Kristina’s relationship with Blaze (Jacqueline Grace Lopez) moves further down the line, will she be so willing to give her sister the baby? Could there be an ugly court battle for the little one between two moms vs. TJ and Molly? Will Kristina having their child, bring TJ and Kristina actually closer together, and cause rifts in Molly’s relationship with her man and her sister? What does the long-running soap opera have in store in the storyline by making Kristina the ultimate surrogate? Or, could Kristina lose the baby, only to find out that Andrea, the original surrogate has TJ and Molly’s child? So many possibilities.
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Soap Opera Digest spoke to Kristen Vaganos on where Molly’s head is at with the situation. Vaganos shared, “I think there’s a little bit of desperation there, wanting to take a route that might be more trustworthy. (Surrogacy is) such a hard process to put trust and hope into because anything can happen. And Molly is a control freak! She wants to control as much as she can, so having a relative involved is, I think, comforting in a way.”
In terms of how Molly will re-approach TJ with Kristina being the prospective surrogate, Vaganos added, “Molly knows that it’s going to be an uphill battle, convincing him. Kristina’s track record with TJ is what it is. But it’s another leap of faith that Molly wants to take, and she just wants TJ to be on board with her. Plus, I think that TJ will really trust Molly’s opinion because Molly knows her better than anybody, and Molly would be the first person to doubt Kristina, to make sure to double-check her work. So if Molly says that she really feels strongly about this and thinks it’s the right decision, I think that’ll go a long way. I think TJ will take that to heart. But unless he’s on board with it, too, it’s a nonstarter.”
So, how do you see this playing out and what do you want to see? Are you in favor of Kristina being the surrogate for Molly and TJ’s baby? Are you for or against it, and what it could mean for long-term story implications? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
BAD idea!!!!!! They don’t get along now! How will it be when Kristina constantly puts her two cents in and may want parental rights? Can you say Devon from Y&R, when he was the donor for Abby & Chance and Mariah who formed an attachment to the baby.
Bad. New Kristina is growing on me, and newest Molly is ok… but I do skip over this storyline. No part of it holds my interest.
So, everyone knew this is where they were going months before the writers’ strike and now, we’re here. We all know TJ and Molly will have Kristina as their surrogate. The questions are how things pan out as the child grows up. How picky will Kristina be with Molly & TJ’s choices? Will she interfere with them raising the child? We all know there will be contention. Not sure I’m invested in such a story. But there may be others out there who can relate. We’ll have to see.
Since this family is in each other’s pockets, mom and Sam included, you know Kristina will have her nose in Molly and T.Js ways of raising that baby. Also Blaze will have some in-put also since she assuredly will be a part of Kristina’s life going forward.
The main idea of will Kristina want a voice in raising this kid? Of course, or she wouldn’t be Kristina who gets her nose in everything now, can you imagine knowing she’s the “real” mother?
don’t care for new Molly or this storyline
I don’t like her either.
The story may be lacking but Kristen Vaganos as Molly was a case of third time’s the charm in recasting. She’s believable as Kristina’s sister and more mature to play the courtroom scenes as ADA.
Kristina is a good choice for the story line but what about finding out that the original one never miscarried too? Wouldn’t that spice it up in two different directions? All at the same time!
I agree the first surrogate probably didn’t miscarry. That’s why she said she went to Mercy Hospital.
Well… unless the surrogate’s husband happens to be a black man, that would be all too obvious when the baby was born, and looked like TJ.
So for that reason, I doubt they’re going with the story angle. My thinking is that Kristina was going to be the real surrogate all along, but when the writers strike happened, the scab writers were told to put the story “on hold” and not proceed with it until the real writers could do the story. So rather than back burner the storyline entirely, they came up with the other surrogate to fill time.
Of course the 40 year old fake Molly recast who was on screen at the time made the whole thing more ridiculous anyway. This latest recast is better than her, at least. Though I’d be lying if I said I didn’t hope Haley came back, once her legal & substance issues are resolved.
It is very refreshing to read you do have a bit of compassion and forgiveness in your heart Satan for Haley’s legal and substance issues.
Well, in my line of work you meet all kinds of (former) mortals who have made all kinds of mistakes. And there’s a whole lot of folks down here who really didn’t have to be, if maybe some of their fellow mortals hadn’t kicked them while they were down. In Haley’s case, she’s certainly young enough to turn her life around.
I know the old saying goes “To err is human, to forgive divine”. I pretty much gave up the dvinity thing a long time ago, but forgiveness can be unholy too, at least in this part of Hell.
I predicted that Kristina was going to be the surrogate months ago..
Cannot stand either Molly or Kristina characters! I don’t blame the actresses, but I’ve been fast forwarding whenever they are on screen which has been way too much.
Gee, I thought I was the only one doing that.I liked Kate Mansi in DOOL but not as Kristina particularly and this Molly is utterly boring, making poor TJ boring as well.Might as well add Blaze while we’re at it, zzzźz, she completes the snooze fest.
This whole SL has got to be the worst and most boring of anything. First of all, baby or not and who’s having it, who cares? Looks like Kristina is getting cold feet now especially knowing Blaze is waiting for her in the possible throes of romance, yuk! Hate the whole idea and waste of time that could be spent on some of the possibilities, etc.
dont appreciate blaze or any two females together hate to stop watching but it is sickning have a real story sony and carly in bed caught by nina
So, adultery isn’t sickening? But two characters with real feelings for each other is. OK, then. Would organized crime make you stop watching? Is that too sickening? What about torture? Is murder sickening? So sickening you would stop watching? I know what I find sickening right now, and it has nothing to do with what’s onscreen on the show.
Hopefully you can FF as I do, or just leave the room for a few minutes. I could care less what their association is but Im sure as hell not watching it!
Maybe you should switch to The Bold & Beautiful, which despite focusing on fashion in LA has no gay characters. Or, you can just stick with Fox News or old reruns of Ozzie & Harriet.
Diversity and inclusion is a wonderful thing.
we all can’t stand Kristina and Molly. they can’t act at all. the worst storyline in GH.
and the worst is lesbians storyline. i fast
forward when kristina and Blaze come on.
please delete Molly and especially Kristina
she can’t act at all. it’s a awful.
Speak for yourself. Both actresses are seasoned actors. Kate Mansi, who plays Kristina, used to be on Days and has done a lot of other work. Kristen Vaganos who plays Molly has also been in other things as well. I liked, and still like, Lexi Ainsworth and never thought I’d be okay with another actress in the role of Kristina. I was wrong; Kate has made it her own. Haley Pullos comes off as entitled in real life and came off entitled as Molly. I was thrilled “Molly” hadn’t been on in a long time and then thrilled again when I found out shed’ been recast. I finally like the character again.
Nonsense. Kate Mansi (who now plays Kristina) won a daytime Emmy while on Days of our Lives. Kristen Vaganos as Molly has rejuvenated that character. They are totally believable as sisters.
FF the same sex stuff if you choose but know they’re not going away.
General Hospital
Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)
It was just over 13 years ago on General Hospital when Ava Jerome (Maura West) shot and killed Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan) in an effort to keep her quiet from revealing that Derek Wells was actually Ava’s back-from-the-dead brother, Julian Jerome (William deVry). It’s a crime that somehow Ava never has quite paid for either.
The episode back aired on August 13, 2013 and viewers had to say goodbye to Kelly Sullivan who played Kate and her alter, Connie. In the story, just before she died, Kate/Connie scrawled the letters AJ in her own blood, initially making the PCPD and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) think that it was AJ Quatermaine (Sean Kanan) who did the deed.
Now, Sullivan recalled sharing scenes with the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning West, during a live conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel. Kelly was the special guest talking about her recent return to the soaps in her new role as The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darcy Dylan.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MAURA WEST
Speaking of her final GH scenes and working with Maura West, Sullivan gave her then GH co-star major props. “If you’re going to be shot by somebody (on the soaps), you want to be shot by Maura West, c’mon!”
Maura West debuted back in May 2013 as Ava, and Sullivan remembered when the As the World Turns favorite began on GH. “I remember when Maura West first arrived at GH. She walked in with this cute little bob (hairdo) and she’s just delicious,” shared Sullivan.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Kelly revealed more about Maura, adding “I think she’s amazing! I remember right before I left the show, someone suggested, and I would still love to do this with her, if she ever want to, but someone suggested that they wanted to direct the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire with Maura and I, where I would play Stella and she would play Blanche! Wouldn’t that be great?”
Speaking of the Ava/Connie showdown scenes, Sullivan expressed, “On television and on General Hospital specifically, Maura West is able to play a character who does the most horrendous things and you still care about her and that’s the mark of a really great actor. In other words, you’re able to be liked in the midst of the most horrendous things, and as a performer not shying away from that, and to just have the courage to do what’s on the page (in the script).”
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KELLY SULLIVAN PARTING THOUGHTS AS SHE LEFT GENERAL HOSPITAL
Kelly also shared her sentiments when she walked off the set of General Hospital after her run back in August of 2013. “I really was honored. Every day I would go to work and I would say a little prayer, which is I want to do justice for my character, explained Kelly. “It’s between me and my character. I get to walk this path with her and to leave the show on that note, which is, I left every out there. I just gave it my all and again what an honor it was to play Kate/Connie.”
You can catch the full conversation with Kelly where she talks about her time on General Hospital, The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner and now The Bold and the Beautiful below.
So, do you remember the Ava and Connie scenes where Ava shot and killed her? What did you think of Kelly Sullivan’s sentiments about Maura West? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, watch the reveal where Ava recalls murdering Connie below!
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.
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