General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Court is Now In Session; Who Will Win in the Case of Ava vs. Kristina?
Order in the court! The action for the week of November 25th on General Hospital will feature the highly-anticipated legal battle between Ava Jerome (Maura West) and Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi), with Molly’s (Kristen Vaganos) father, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) as Ava’s attorney. In the just released ABC promo for this week, Ric is taken a bit off-guard when his half-brother, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) shows up in the courtroom in support of his daughter, Kristina.
Once on the witness stand, Kristina says, “I’m ready to talk about what Ava did to me.” As viewers know, Kristina blames Ava for the death of her baby following the confrontation in Ava’s hotel room at the Metro Court Hotel, when Kristina crashed through the hotel window and landed in the pool. For months, Kristina has wanted revenge on Ava. Will she finally get it, or will she be in for a rude-awakening with the very clever, Ric Lansing, ready to take her testimony down?
In the video teaser, Ric comes at Kristina on the stand and says, “Why are you lying?” That moment stuns Kristina while Ava looks on. Elsewhere in Port Charles, Lulu (Alexa Havins) is MIA! After waking up from a coma for the last four years and trying to stay one step ahead of Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober), no one can locate her. Might James (Gary James Fuller) come upon Lulu on the grounds of the Quartermaines? Meanwhile, Michael (Chad Duell) hears damning evidence against Drew (Cameron Mathison)! What will he do with the information?
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Take a look at the official GH spoilers below. Please note that General Hospital will not air new episodes on Thanksgiving Day or Black Friday. Instead, Thursday will be an encore episode and on Friday the show will be preempted for ABC sports programming.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25
Ava’s trial begins. Kristina takes the stand. Michael makes a move against Drew. Lulu takes a risk. Curtis opens up to Jordan.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
Lucky is eager to help Elizabeth. Dante testifies at Ava’s trial. Ric has a trick up his sleeve. Cody assists a stranger. Sasha confides in Maxie.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Lucky confronts Cyrus. Ric calls Molly to the stand. Maxie and Spinelli are in for a shock. Brook Lynn and Chase have a heart-to-heart. Lulu sees a familiar face.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28
ENCORE EPISODE (original airdate 7/19/24)
Carly and Jason continue to celebrate Jason’s newfound freedom on the footbridge. Josslyn hands Trina something that fell out during the move to their new apartment – the turtle dove Spencer gave her. When the reminder of her lost love brings tears to Trina’s eyes, she grows frustrated with her inability to move on from Spencer. Cody frets about being shut out from Mac’s life, but Sasha urges Cody to hold on hope that the situation can be salvage. Laura and Dante cross while they both pay a visit to a still-comatose Lulu.
Take a look at the latest GH promo below. Now weigh-in, who do you think will win the court battle, Ava, Kristina or neither? Let us know your theories via the comment section.
Ava will win. Ric will destroy Kristina on the stand. And it will be delicious.
So glad I am not the only one waiting for this!
Yet I wouldn’t want it if it was still Lexi playing the role.. I had more sympathy for her version of Kristina.
I hope so, Scott!
With all due respect, I hope Lulu’s homecoming is more exciting than Lucky’s. For weeks, we had to watch a poker game and now that he is back, we get endless scenes about him wanting to leave Port Charles. It’s time to grow up and realize you are a man with children who need you and stop trying to find the next big thrill.
I am still waiting for Jagger’s killer storyline to have some closure (or is it already finished). I’d love to know who sent Ava messages MONTHS ago and who bought Windemere. The soap is in bad need of some fun love stories. It has been sadness and grief for months. Let’s have a love story for Ava, Alexis, Anna and TRACY!!!!
Well, now that Lulu has woken up maybe Lucky can wake up. He’s as dull as dishwasher and as somnolent as Perry Como on tranquilizers. All he’s done since returning to PC is cry, throw a toddler tantrum and whine on and on about wanting to leave. He’s a selfish bastard. And I used to love JJ’s Lucky. What a disappointment his return has been.
Couldn’t agree with you more, Harry. Jonathan Jackson’s return has been a total bust so far. He looks bored and really like he’s just collecting a paycheck. It’s like they just wanted to get him back on the show to say “Look who’s back!” without bothering to take the time to write a decent story for his return. I was so happy when I heard that JJ was coming back. But it’s been nothing but a huge letdown, like a lot of the show these days, I’m sorry to say.
Interested in your take on ranking all the returning characters this year…
For me, by far the best has been Ric. He quickly reconnected with most of his contacts and was effectively integrated into story. It helps that Rick Hearst seems to be enjoying revisiting the role.
Second would be Lucas. I was skeptical of Van at first, but he was heavily played in his first few weeks on air reminding viewers the importance of this legacy character.
Somewhere in the middle are Holly, Brad and the brief return of Steven Lars.
Jason’s return was flat for the first few months but the writers finally seem to know how to use him.
Too soon to judge Lulu – but there’s hope after a few days.
By far the least effective return is Lucky. The endless poker games, unwashed appearance and constant wavering on leaving town make the character quite unlikable. He’s like Luke – without the charm.
Anyone can chime in…
Lucky’s return is dooooo boring! Yhe whining and disheveled look is so 60’s! Writers need a review of GH history! Lulu walking out after a 5 year coma???? Ridiculous!!!!
I’d rank the return of Lucas at #1. I knew Van Hansis was gonna do a great job and he hasn’t disappointed. To me, he slid into the role perfectly to where it almost seems like he’s been playing Lucas all along. They threw him into some meaty scenes right off the bat, and he’s fit right in.
I would have Emma Samms return as Holly at #2. I really enjoyed the story with Holly, Anna, and Jason thwarting Sidwell at the casino, and trying to bring Lucky home. It was kind of a throwback story to days gone by with the adventure, a little humor and camp, some good drama. The whole Sasha as Holly’s daughter twist, and then Robert and Holly skipping town the way they did after Robert just found out he had a daughter, I didn’t care for at all. But overall, I think they used Emma pretty well this time around. I particularly enjoyed her scenes with Maurice Benard.
Ric’s return has been pretty good so far. Always a fan of Rick Hearst. Ric and Ava together has some potential. I just can’t believe we really haven’t seen any Sonny/Ric scenes yet.
Steve Burton’s return was very lackluster for the first few months, but they’ve used him better recently.
I can take or leave Brad. It was nice to see Scott Reeves again, but Steven Lars was barely a blip on the screen. And the story they concocted to get Heather out of town was pretty hard to believe.
I’ve also enjoyed Rena Sofer’s return as Lois, forgot to mention her. Even though they haven’t had much for Lois to do, besides being a busy body at the Quartermaines.
Hey Steve. I totally concur with your summations of the recent returns. I had high expectations for Lucky’s return and was disappointed by his dreary and depressing return. I had no expectations for Ric’s and Lucas’s return,either positively or negatively, and was delightfully surprised by both of their returns. Ric seamlessly stepped in where he left off navigating between being a dutiful father and a rightfully vengeful sibling. He’s so good. And the Lucas recast has also been seamless incorporating all the familial emotion and history into his compelling performance. It’s as if he had been playing Lucas since the character’s inception.
I can see Kristina referring to the baby as Adela on the witness stand. Under cross examination, Ric produces documentation that the baby’s name was Irene – thus questioning Kristina’s ability to determine the truth.
Also,, any of her family can attest to the fact that it was her Grandmother’s name and that’s why she uses that name, rather than Irene, the baby’s father’s grandmother’s name, whom no one even knew
Steve and Violet, I predict Kristina will indeed call Irene” Adele” which will turn Molly into a hostile witness for the prosecution. She just can’t help herself.
That’s not the point Violet. The surrogate doesn’t get to name the baby. By calling her Adela, Kristina will have to reveal in court that she was planning to keep the baby which will turn the jury against her.
Not to mention Adele is Molly’s grandmother
Who is the actress representing the prosecution on today’s episode
Who is the actress playing the prosecutor on today’s episode?
I think it is Nazneen Contractor but cannot find anywhere posting who the actress is. Side note Nazneen’s real life husband is Carlo Rita (Sidwell in GH.)
Correction. The actor playing Sidwell who is married to Nazneen Contractor is Carlo Rota (auto correct very frustrating). However I still cannot find any confirmation who is playing the prosecutor in the Ava vs Kristina trial; but my gut is certain she is Nazneen Contractor.
I imagine Ava will win, God Forbid they put her-hignass in jail. We know she didn’t push Krissy but she’s sure done enough other things, including messing with Sonny’s meds and why hasn’t he done anything about that?
Looks like Cody helps Lulu, how interesting is that?
I already love Lulu and the fact that she has the guts to do whatever it takes to get away from Cyrus , bodes well with me. She’s still the smart cookie, she’s always been and not just laying in that bed, waiting for God knows what but where the hell is Laura?
Kristina is lying. She’s an insufferable little twit who should never have gone to Ava’s room to begin with. On another note, why is creepy Uncle Cyrus at Lulu’s bedside 24/7 while Laura seems to have vanished? I suspect Cody is going to be the one who picks Lulu up.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Tabyana Ali on a Potential Kai/Trina/Gio/Emma Quadrangle, ‘I Don’t Think That’s Impossible, But That Would Be Messy’
On recent episodes of General Hospital, music executive Simon Craft (Grady Eldridge) has been pushing and demanding that Trina (Tabyana Ali) and Gio (Giovanni Mazza) play up a faux relationship when they are onstage, or in front of the camera, to add to their allure as new recording artists to his label.
Simon knows full well that Gio is dating Emma (Braedyn Bruner), and Trina is with Kai (Jens Austin Astrup). It was apparent from the start, that Kai seemed a bit more comfortable with the “arrangement” understanding this was for business, and not pleasure, while Emma initially didn’t like the idea.
Now with Trina’s stalker story in full gear, and as fans eventually find out who is completely obsessed with the budding young singer, while initially seeming to be Simon that would seem to be too easy of a choice. But is GH toying with the idea that somehow Gio and Trina get stuck in a situation and one thing leads to another and they develop feelings one another, too?
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SIMON’S MANUEVERS
In addition, after Curtis (Donnell Turner) and Sidwell’s (Carlo Rota) beatdown at Pentonville, where everyone is accusing Sonny (Maurice Benard) of ordering the deed, will this find Gio and Trina on the same side, believing it’s Sonny, or will Gio end up sticking by his grandfather when by week’s end he was also questioning if he was telling the truth?
During a new conversation on the Michael Fairman Channel, Tabyana Ali shared her thoughts that if Gio and Trina were pushed closer together, what that would mean for their relationships with Emma and Kai, respectively.
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MUSICAL CHAIRS?
Pondering the soap staple, Tabyana exclaimed, “Oh, my goodness. Who knows? I mean, quite honestly, I don’t think it’s it’s impossible, but, oh, wow! That would be messy!” Ali added that its something that could be quite intriguing to play. “There’s a part of me that wants it to happen just to see, how does it play out? Right? Then, there’s another part of me that’s like, “You can’t do that to Emma and Kai.” That’s so wrong,” believed Ali.
However, Tabyana did admit a complicated love story wasn’t far from her mind. “Originally, I wanted something like a quadrangle. I really wanted that to happen. And if this is a moment where it could happen, I think that would be fun too.”
When asked to tease what’s coming up for Trina in the next several weeks, she offered up three words. Things for her will “(get) Suspicious, (be ) spontaneous, (and) very dangerous.”
So, do you think the GH writing team is teeing up a situation where Trina and Gio become more than friends and musical artists together? Would you be down for it, or be against it? do you like Emma with Gio and Kai with Trina? Share your thoughts via the comment section, nd in case you missed it, check our chat with Tabyana below.
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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
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
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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