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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Will Ava Withhold Sonny’s Heart Medication in a Throwback to Classic Tracy and Edward Scene of 1980?
This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, a timeless classic may get an updated 2025 version, when according to the latest ABC promo for the soap, Ava (Maura West) has Sonny (Maurice Benard) right where she wants him … laying on the floor writhing in pain, possibly in the throes of a heart attack and needing his heart medication which is on the ground and a few feet away from him.
Ava stands there and is hesitating to save Sonny and give him the medication. The moment immediately harkens back to the classic 1980 scene where Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) refused to help her father, Edward Quartermaine (the late David Lewis), who was having a heart attack and needed his medication. She wouldn’t give him the medication until he agreed to change his will in favor of her. However, it was later revealed that Edward was faking the heart attack to test Tracy’s loyalty. That scene, made Jane Elliot a household name, and garnered her a Daytime Emmy in 1981 in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series.
Now to present day GH! Ava needs money, and Ava wants full-custody of their daughter, Avery. What will be her bargaining chip to help Sonny? Meanwhile, Ava’s nemesis and Sonny’s daughter, Kristina (Kate Mansi), is hell-bent on taking Ava out and making her pay for the loss of her baby even though the court ruled it was an accident, Kristina can’t let it go.
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In the promo, Kristina says, “Ava has to be stopped, and I have to stop her!” Meanwhile, Kristina looks to be inside a garage holding tools that could cut wires under the hood of a car. Lucky’s (Jonathan Jackson) voice is heard saying “What did you do? Kristina!” At that moment, viewers see what looks to be headlights at night of a car or two, and a female voice screaming.
Ava also has some words for Portia (Brook Kerr) and Nina (Cynthia Watros) that they should ban together to take down congressman Drew Quartermaine (Cameron Mathison). Will they take her advice?
Take a look at the official GH spoilers for the week of March 24-28 below:
MONDAY, MARCH 24
Jason issues an ultimatum. Valentin makes a request of Alexis. Portia and Nina connect. Lucas confides in Elizabeth. Drew reassures Willow.
TUESDAY, MARCH 25
Carly and Brennan discuss their future. Ava gets the upper hand. Liz seeks information from Ric. Tracy grills Brook Lynn. Ned reveals his plan.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
Lulu makes an admission. Kristina is on the warpath. Ava briefs Ric. Jordan questions Curtis. Laura and Ezra clash.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27
Lucky surprises Elizabeth. Jason is wary. Felicia puts Sasha on the spot. Jordan opens up to Isaiah. Alexis summons Ric to her office.
FRIDAY, MARCH 28
Anna reflects on her past. Liz and Tracy discuss Drew. Emma takes drastic action. Ava issues a threat. Kristina regrets her decision.
Check out the latest General Hospital promo “Full of Danger” below, followed by a walk down memory lane with the scenes from Tracy and Edward’s clash from 1980.
Now let us know, what do you think Ava will demand of Sonny in order to get her to save his life? What is Kristina trying to do exactly? Cut the wires to Ava’s car, but is someone she loves in the car instead? Perhaps Ava trying to get Sonny to the hospital? Share your theories via the comment section below.
Kristina is barking up the wrong tree, as is Sonny. Ava Jerome is not one to be messed with, and they’d FA’d, so they’re about to FO.
The nerve of Kristina to say that when we all clearly saw her remember exactly what happened. She’s a horrible person.
She’s an enabled trouble.
With a punchable face!!
Who’s face? Oh right.. you guys did just let Andrew Tate move there…
Where did you go? Andrew Tate? Really? Honestly, it should be we should never hit anybody but I was making a joke predicated upon the fact that I’ve said a few times before that Kristina is the female Ted Cruz of daytime, and you know what is said about him. If you don’t, look it up. And in the meantime, please work on cultivating your humor senses.
No Ava is the horrible person! EVIL and vile!
Love her or hate her, Ava is a masterpiece while Kristina is a defective RoboVac who can’t stop manically chewing on the fringe of the bathroom rug.
Lol neither is SONNY
I would never in my life be scared of the poor man’s Don Corleone/Tony Soprano. He isn’t a gangster. At all. Talks a bit talk, and shuffles the most pathetic walk.
Sonny is awesome! Ava is a puke!
Awesome? He murdered an FBI agent in cold blood and was responsible for AJ’s death as well.
As Ava mentioned in Tuesday’s episode, both of them have some answering to do when they get to the pearly gates.
FA’d and FO ? What?
F**ed around and found out.
Ava has done SOOOOO much damage to Sonny and his family!!! She needs to be gone. Let Kristina finally rid PortCharles & GH of Ava, she’s just another worthless character & EVIL person! Take out sleeze Ric with her!
NO! Sonny needs to GO!
Ava’s already tampered with Sonny’s bipolar meds and got away with it. If I didn’t know better, I might think ReRon was writing GH again, because these writers can’t seem to come up with anything original.
She’s not the one who tampered with Sonny’s medications, though; the answer to that we never got. It’s a dropped storyline. She did swap Morgan’s out with placebos, which no one ever lets her forget, unfortunately.
Val the Bastard was the first one who tampered with Sonny’s meds. He had the pharmacist reduce them to 25% of the prescribed dosage. When Ava noticed the change in Sonny’s behavior, she had the meds tested and found out the truth.
Not only did she NOT tell Sonny what was up at that point, she escalated it by blackmailing the crooked pharmacist and ordering him to change the prescription again to complete placebos, meaning that Sonny was getting NONE of his prescribed medication. And by that point Val was already on the run, so she couldn’t use him as an excuse not to come clean about it.
Instead she used an irrational unmedicated Sonny (through no fault of his own) as an excuse to attempt to steal custody of Avery from him, which is what led to the whole scene of Krissy taking the swan dive out the window into the swimming pool and losing her baby.
And nobody should forget what she did to Morgan, since that was the major cause of his alleged “death” (we all know he ain’t really dead, of course)
Morgan is dead and isn’t coming back, thankfully. That little “ghostly” appearance was more than enough proof we did not need him to come back, and be Sonny’s moral compass.
Morgan’s not dead. Believe me, I would be the first to know if he were!
Morgan may not be “dead dead” but he won’t be brought back to the living world in Port Charles unless the show gets a cancellation notice.
Hey, you never know. Poor Bryan gets his prime time gigs, like “Good Trouble” or whatever that show was about the hotel in Miami, but then they get cancelled within a year or so. Maybe he will get sick of that and want a more “stable” gig. Which GH still appears to be, despite the 666 different directions in the writing over the last year or so.
I’m pretty confident on that assessment. Michael will eventually be back (regardless of who plays him). That gives Sonny 3 adult children, one adult grandson (Gio) and an older teen grandson (Rocco). Looks like they won’t SORAS Avery as they seem to be fixated on a non-ending custody battle. Taking all into account – and for a somewhat balanced show – no more Corinthos are needed.
You have a mighty high opinion of yourself! YOU would know. Hilarious
It’s literally my job to know such things. Most former residents of Port Charles end up down here, ya know?
Not very many of them make it “upstairs”.
This is one of the few times I hope you are wrong.Didnt like the little arrogant S.O.B
I’m with you on that, Violet.
God, I hated Morgan. He can stay in the better- off-dead category inhabited by Courtney, Sabrina and Peter.
It was NOT dropped! YES we got the answer. Valentin was lowering his dose a little at a time as not to become noticable. But Ava, witch that she is!, found the pharmacist Valentin used and threatened him with Sonny if he didn’t replace them with PLACEBOS!! AVA absolutely positively tampered with Sonny’s meds in the same exact way she had Morgan’s!!!
I totally agree! I love Maura West, but no one owes Ava anything. Didn’t Sonny agree to joint custody? She can’t have a lavish penthouse – scale down her extravagant lifestyle and there ain’t a snowball chance in hell, that Alexis will fund her the money from the Cassadine estate! I think she will cozy up to Sidwell.
I’m wondering how Ava is so broke anyway. I seem to remember her having a big chunk of Jerome mob money. Maybe her crazy sister Olivia managed to steal that before she ended up down here in Hell?
Wouldn’t be a bit surprised, she’ll do anything for a buck! She’s sure paying off Ric s bill.
The writers need to reunite Liason Lucky and Elizabeth don’t sizzle they fizzle
I feel Miss Punchable Face ( Kristina) is going to get in the way of Lucky reuniting with Lizzy.
I am awaiting the reveal with Gio and his parents, Brooklyn and Dante, more than anything
I think he will resent the holy hell out of all of them. They are all having a field day about who feels the worst, including Brook Lynn. Yes she feels guilty and bad about the whole thing, but not bad enough to take Geo and Dante aside and tell them the truth before blaɓbermouth, Lulu does.
Oh agree. I really like the Lulu when she first returned… but lately.. not so much, and she seems so concerned about everyone’s business but fails to see her own doings and faults..
I see Chase and Gio forming a bond out of all this.
I agree
I must admit I haven’t enjoyed Lulu either. Haven’t really cared much for Lucky either. Elizabeth (and many of the other moms) are unfazed by the absentee fathers and welcome them back into their hearts and beds with no issue. When she mentions needing to work shifts at GH to support her 3 boys I cringe. She has 2 living baby daddies that we know of who can help pay. I know this is make believe but I would love to see some of the writers actually take some of these fathers to task. Or at least give some of the moms some snarky dialog to say to the dads. I wish Mac could have more screen time. He’s a good father and it’s always nice when that can be showcased.
They don’t know it’s Gio! Only Lois & Gloria know it’s Gio. And Martin but he found out after he wrote all the other stuff down on paper.
That 1980 scene between Tracy and Edward is a genuine CLASSIC, not just for GH but among all daytime dramas. I recall watching it as a 17-year-old and so glued to the set. I miss that kind of writing and acting, and I very much miss the pre-internet capacity for surprise in storylines.
I agree. I wasn’t there to watch it live but have seen numerous clips of it. It was so good it resembled a 1940s classic movie full of Freudian innuendos. Brilliantly written, directed and acted. Yes, as you say, a CLASSIC.
Can Kristina please be sent to Ferncliff for 10 years? I cannot tolerate her punchable face anymore. Has she ever thought about Molly’s pain? Molly had a name picked out for HER daughter and a nursery all ready to go. But Kristina insists on calling the baby Adele instead of Irene and continues to obsess about Ava rather than accept the fact that Irene would be alive and well had it not been for her surrogate’s reckless and thoughtless actions.
Kristina needs to be allowed to end Ava! Maybe run her over! Then she can spend a few weeks in therapy and tada all good. Just like Nina did after kidnapping Avery. And BTW- If Ava had kept her skanky damn hands off Kristina she wouldn’t have been pulling away, tripped, fallen and lost the baby! They should have gotten her for ASSAULT & MANSLAUGHTER. But they pressed this push shit. Ava didn’t push her but she was responsible!
Please, someone get that girl institutionalized and on some proper meds asap.
To continue the theme, still to come:
Trina & Kai spend a night in Wyndham’s dancing through the aisles.
Alexis places her ear next to a sleeping Lulu’s chest hoping to hear Sam’s liver.
Donna goes out to Sonny’s garage and meets a visitor from another planet.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’
On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).
After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”
Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).
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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR
Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.
Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.
Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.
At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.
WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?
Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.
Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.
So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
General Hospital star Cynthia Watros, who can currently be seen in on the ABC soap opera in the role of Nina Reeves, has had a enduring career in television. That included her time on the 2000-2002 Fox sitcom, Titus.
In Titus, Watros starred along with Stacy Keach as Erin Fitzpatrick and Ken Titus, respectively. After the November 10th news that Keach had passed away at 85 while living in Poland, Cynthia took to her Instagram on Thursday, November 12 to pay tribute to the great actor.
Watros expressed, “My first prime time show was along side Stacy. I loved him instantly. What an amazing talent and man.❤️”
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In Titus, Stacy played stand up comedian Christopher Titus’ heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, five-times-divorced father who frequently pulled cruel pranks and tried to toughen his kids up. Cynthia played by Christopher’s level-headed, big-hearted girlfriend trying to build a normal life with him. In fact, Cynthia’s role on the sitcom was first series regular role after her Daytime Emmy run of Annie Dutton on Guiding Light which ran from 1994-1998.
STACY KEACH’S WIFE ON HIS PASSING
Keach’s wife, Malgosia shared the news of the actor’s death publicly in a statement with PEOPLE. Malgosia expressed, that Stacy had, “a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure.”
She added, “Stacy peacefully departed this world. He fought for so long, with extraordinary courage, determination and strength. He was a true warrior, facing his illness with the same remarkable spirit and resilience that defined his life.”
Małgosia continued, “Stacy was not only a legendary actor, admired and loved by audiences the world over, but also my beloved husband, my companion and the heart of our family. His passing leaves an immeasurable emptiness in our lives. But his extraordinary spirit, his unforgettable voice and the love he gave so generously will remain with us forever.”
Now, let us know do you remember when Cynthia made her sitcom debut in Titus? Share your thoughts via the comment section on Cynthia’s many TV roles and the passing of Stacy Keach in the comment section. But first, check out the very first episode of Titus with Cynthia Watros below!
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’
‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
‘Beyond the Gates’ Emmy Winner Ambyr Michelle Wants to Compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’: ‘Pick Me’ (Exclusive)
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Katie Kicks Bill to the Curb … for Now
RATINGS: ‘Beyond the Gates’ Inches Closer to ‘General Hospital’ in Total Viewers
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‘General Hospital’ Casts Ayla Bullington as the New Avery Jerome-Corinthos
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‘Days of our Lives’ Celebrates 61st Anniversary: EP Ken Corday Teases New Character’s Arrival in Spring 2027
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Katie Kicks Bill to the Curb … for Now
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