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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Cates is on Everyone’s Bad Side; Will He Be Eliminated?
This week on General Hospital, Agent John “Jagger” Cates (Adam J. Harrington) is in hot pursuant to nab Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard), Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) and more. The just released promo for the action in Port Charles for the week of July 22-26th shows him putting the screws to several people, and they, in turn, are ready to fight back!
Jason (Steve Burton), who finally turned in the evidence last week to Cates, proving Valentin’s involvement with Pikeman, in order to free him from Cates’ blackmail, is in for a major surprise. Cates tells Jason, “Your days as my informant are far from over.” Jason is fuming mad. He spent two and a half years away from his family while trying to protect Carly (Laura Wright) from RICO violations. Now, what does Cates want him to do?
Meanwhile, Carly is no longer going to sit by and watch Jason’s life be derailed. She confronts Cates saying, “Come and get me.” However, Carly knows John is in possession of an incriminating tape tying her to a mob meeting of the five families.

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Then, it looks like Ava (Maura West) and John are commiserating over their shared hatred of Sonny. Will they hit the sheets? Is Ava using John? Does she also want him out of the way, or will she by the time he double-crosses her … or will they try to take down Sonny together?
In addition, John visits Anna (Finola) wanting to know the whereabouts of Valentin and if she is the reason he got away? Will she continue to shield the man she is in love with from being caught by the Feds? Stay tuned.
Here are this week’s official teasers from GH:
MONDAY, JULY 22
Laura seeks out Anna. Jason’s plans go awry. Ava and Scott strategize. Sonny makes a request of Michael. Diane issues a warning.
UESDAY, JULY 23
Jason updates Anna. John puts pressure on Ava. Ned supports Tracy. Carly meets with Sonny. Kristina and Michael discuss family matters.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24
Willow and Nina brainstorm. Kristina and Blaze meet the press. Anna faces off with John. Carly weighs her options. Jason reaches out to Danny.
THURSDAY, JULY 25
John makes a bold move. Anna pursues a hunch. Willow wrestles with her guilt. TJ and Molly make a big decision.
FRIDAY, JULY 26
Jason receives a proposition. Nina drives a hard bargain. Diane seeks out Anna. Sonny is enraged. Kristina is caught off-guard.
Watch Cates at the epicenter of the “All Out War” General Hospital promo below. Now weigh-in: do you think Cates might get murdered and there will be several people who wanted him dead, or do you think he will bring Sonny, Jason and Valentin down? Share your theory via the comment section.
I would like to see Cates stay but I’m not a fan of the Ava pairing. I know there’s a good person in him. He was thoughtful regarding Leo’s autism and when speaking to Olivia. I would like to see more story development for him.
Well, despite having a contract and being part of the last photo shoot, Harrington was not added to the opening credit mix. Pretty much a sign the character isn’t long for Port Charles.
I think it’d be pretty harsh for Sonny or Jason to kill Stone’s brother. As for the character Jagger is today, we’re not really getting to “know” him or care about him. He’s only in scenes where he’s trying to get info on Pikeman or Sonny, or strong arm Jason. There are no Jagger/Scotty scenes where we could get more a personal side to Jagger, there’s no scenes between him and Lois except for when she ran into him & they briefly spoke. I think a pairing between Jagger & Lois could be interesting and fun if they spark up his personality. But I’m not convinced that the show will keep him on; they received too much backlash that Antonio Sabato wasn’t cast, and/or that he was so different in looks from him. The actor isn’t being given a chance for the viewers to like him as Jagger.
Really?!? They received backlash over the washed up AS not being asked back?!? I wouldn’t think anyone would care. I certainly didn’t. This Jagger is so much better! I want him to stick around.
Same viewers who were upset Ingo wasn’t asked back or that Steve was let go for a while.
Frankly.. I’d take Ingo over this version of Jagger any day. I do agree nu-Jagger is not interesting at all and have grown very tired of him…
Ingo’s a no for me. I don’t like him as a human being; I’ve read too many of his social media rants.
As for nuJagger, it’s a shame. He’s a really “strapping” guy. I don’t think I’ve ever used that expression before, lol, but for some reason that came to mind. He’s tall and classically good-looking but his character falls flat. It’s hard to gage his acting chops because he doesn’t have much material to work with.
Sadly, no one has great storylines of late… let’s hope things get going soon
It was Ingo’s own fault that he was not asked back…He burnt bridges by using Disney..End of story….
You’re preaching to the choir. He couldn’t be a bigger jerk if he tried. Totally unhinged. He’s on social media bashing the “libs.” I think that’s they term he used. There’s an emotional immaturity there and a seething anger & resentment. I think the only jobs that’ll come his way will be on right wing media, or if he lucks out and someone like-minded has a project for him. He’s a big risk to take. Way too many actors out there who won’t jump to lawsuits and badmouthing their employees.
Rebecca…I totally agree with what you’re saying. I was never a fan of that Ingo Rademacher dude. To me, he’s not that much of an actor to begin with. Example: A few years ago, I remember how HORRIBLE he was as Thorne Forrester on Bold And Beautiful. To me, he was the WORST Thorne that B&B ever had!!!!! Yikes. I’m not a fan…PERIOD!!!!!
I don’t like this character. I’m sure, inside there is a decent, caring human being, but that part is not being shown, so I in turn hate the way he has been to Carly, Jason, Anna and anyone who can help him get Sonny, which is all he seems interested in, no matter the cost to anyone else. His hatred makes him act like a wild animal, after his prey, and to me , he’s a disgusting and dangerous person, not caring who he hurts, or who gets in his way, as long as gets Sonny. Hopefully, Sonny gets his stuff together in time to put this creature back under the rock he crawled out from. Yes, I’m a Sonny fan, and anyone who feels otherwise, shouldn’t be watching GH, instead of constantly complaining what a terrible person he is, find something without the criminal element. There has always been soaps with unsavory people , as far back as I can remember, some you liked and some you didnt.. I just don’t understand why people keep watching something that they constantly complain about, I don’t think you are being forced or payed to do so.
Write Cates off. So tiresome and bring JPS Valentin back now
YES! THIS!!!
NuJagger’s obsession over the imaginary wrongs he imagines Sonny doing to Karen or Stone are a bit much. It’s one thing for an FBI agent to investigate actual crimes, but that’s not what he’s doing. The made up “RICO charges” against Carly – for attending ONE meeting with alleged crime figures, during which no crimes were actually discussed – are even more of a joke.
J. Edgar Hoover can’t believe how dirty this guy is, and he INVENTED dirty FBI agents!
He didn’t imagine the wrongs Sonny did to Karen. Sonny used Karen; he knew she was an aspiring doctor; he convinced her to be a stripper at his club, got her hooked on drugs, slept with her, kept feeding her pills, and when she wanted to leave he tried to draw her back in with more pills.
Yeah, Sonny did some sleazy things with Karen. But that was early on when Sonny was being written as a 13 week disposable character who didn’t even have a last name yet. Once the producers realized what they had with Maurice Benard they quickly changed the character. After that he wasn’t handing out speed to Karen, but helping her get on a different kind of pill… one that would halp with her psychological issues. Most of which had to do with her mother’s pedo boyfriend who had been assaulting her for years.
And this is some 30 years ago, so my Fuzzy Devil Memory isn’t recalling the details, but I seem to remember Jagger and the pre-brain scrambling, dorky sweater wearing Jason teaming up to send the pedo down here to Hell, where my dragons took care of him.
So while they didn’t start on the best note, ultimately Sonny actually saved Karen’s life and helped her get on the healing path that led her to become a doctor. When she died it was because she got hit by a car. A random accident which had absolutely nothing to do with Sonny, who hadn’t been involved in her life at all for many years. And yet Scotty’s been trying to blame Sonny for years, and now NuJagger is doing it.
And I don’t even know why he’s blaming Sonny for his brother Stone’s death. Sonny took care of Stone during a time when most mortals were still afraid to be in the same room with a person who had AIDS. And Jagger abandoned his terminally ill brother and moved to California, so he’s projecting his own guilt there, apparently?
I still say this Jagger recast was about more than merely excluding Antonio Sabato for being a delusional MAGAtt. They didn’t go with a guy who looked like a younger version of Cyrus the Virus for no reason. At first I wasn’t sure if Jagger knew who his father was, but the way his obsession is escalating in recent weeks makes me wonder if he’s known all along and Cyrus (though we haven’t seen him in a while) is feeding these obsessions, since we all know he has his own obsession with Sonny.
How very interesting to hear more than one version of the ” terrible wrongs” Sonny has done to just about everyone in PC. I’ve only “known” Sonny for 14 years and discounting his racketeering, I’ve only seen his mistreatment of Dex , due to his reduced med intake.Granted,the beat -down of Cyrus, that, ” defenseless ,old man” wasn’t pretty, but deservedly so, considering everything he’s done to others, plus this theory you have about him and Jagger. I think Sonny has been given too much credit for his evil doings and never given a break for the good he does, when his brain is working on all cylinders. Even friends like Laura and Anna have deserted him, seems like some viewers aren’t the only one that hold him in disdain, the writers are right up there with them.
If Cates stays – something will have to come out – bad people holding or keeping tabs on Jagger’s son Stone are threatening the kid. Perhaps Stone Jr has been kidnapped (for years not likely). What brings me to this conclusion is that Phone call Cates took outside of Ava’s hotel room. The guy (or gal) on the other line was nasty – he was all Yes siring the guy. As if the other person on the phone was acting like Cates does with Jason. Nasty.
Either that or we will have a “who killed Jagger Cates” on our hands – Jason & Carly become the prime suspects with Sonny.
If Cates has really become this awful horrible incompet
You might be on to something here. It’s really strange that Jagger would spend several months in Port Charles with a teenage autistic son at home. Jagger hasn’t said anything about a wife, so who is taking care of the kid anyway? Kidnapping would answer that question and explain his desperation maybe. Though I doubt that could be his motivation all the way back to when he abducted Jason in November 2021.
I didn’t finish my sentence before the computer took over and this site does not allow editing – thanks for not gramerically policing me.
If Agent Cates has really become this horrible incompetent FBI nincompoop – then he deserves to the the next “Who killed ………” the show could use one of those.
Now with sexy “Jack” having literally become a ghost on paper at both the PCPD and Pentonville – just makes me wonder what he can do to wipe out an FBI audio stream. Hmmm might be better if our sexy “Jack” can mess with that audio enough and make it seem like an AI fake version to put green gooey slime all over Agent Cates face – his tie and his ill fitting suits.
First we need to see some Ava/Jagger action at the Metro Court. Enough kissing on this show. What we need to see: the pent up coupling of Ava and Cates going at it fast and furiously under the Metro-Court sheets. Thinking that a messy murder in Ava’s hotel bed (with blood all over the sheets) might make for good daytime TV. And who would not believe that Sonny shot both of them?
Now if GH is keeping Adam Harrington as Agent Cates – they need to work double-time to make the guy into a needy and sympathetic character. GH needs to quickly produce the guy behind the curtain – Cates boss – with at least a nasty loud sounding voice and equally horrific version of what they will do to his autistic kid.
If we’re lucky he will and put all of us fans out of our misery, I have never cared for this character and I think GH recasting Jagger who was initially Italian I believe with a blonde haired blue eyed Cates was just ridiculous casting. How can Sonny look at him with a straight face?
Please get Cates off our screen as soon as possible
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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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