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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.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Thursday, the lineup of presenters for 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards taking place on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.
The ceremony will stream live on the NATAS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@theemmys and watch.TheEmmys.tv.
Scheduled to present from the current soaps are: Katelyn MacMullen (Willow, General Hospital), Delon de Metz (Zende, The Bold and the Beautiful), James Preston (Nick, The Bay), Paul Telfer (Xander, Days of our Lives), Tamara Tunie (Anita, Beyond the Gates) and Susan Walters (Diane, The Young and the Restless).
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In addition soap alums, Crystal Chappell, Lesli Kay, Joe Lando, Eva LaRue, who is also a nominee this year, A Martinez, Juliet Mills, and Alicia Leigh Willis, will also be on hand to present.
The ceremony which celebrates nominated lifestyle programs and dramas will also include presenters: Eva zu Beck (Superskilled with Eva zu Beck), Danielle Chang (Lucky Chow), Sunny Hostin (The View), Derek Hough (Extra), Pati Jinich (Pati’s Mexican Table), Star Jones (Divorce Court), Michael Jr. (Stand Up and Do Something), Judge Greg Mathis (Mathis Court with Judge Mathis), Keke Palmer (Glam Through the Ages), Nischelle Turner (Entertainment Tonight), and Andrew Zimmern (Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen).
The 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards will bring together an exciting mix of presenters representing the full spectrum of daytime television,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO of NATAS. “From familiar faces in daytime drama to the personalities and creative voices behind talk shows and lifestyle programming, this year’s lineup reflects the breadth of talent that makes daytime so special. We look forward to celebrating the people who continue to shape the genre.”
Matthew Hoffman (Love Island USA, Cheap A$$ Beach Houses) will serve as the ceremony’s Voice of God, bringing his signature comedic narration to the evening’s celebrations. As previously announced, Lifetime Achievement honoree Genie Francis (Laura, General Hospital) will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by her husband, Jonathan Frakes.
So, what do you think about the list of presenters for the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards? Let us know who you are looking forward to seeing via the comment section below.
General Hospital fans took to social media following the airing of the Wednesday, October 21 episode of the ABC daytime drama series. In story, Molly (Kristen Vaganos) reveals to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) that she has received an offer to join the top law firm in Chicago that practices civil law. She says it’s her dream job.
The problem Molly says is relocating from Port Charles and uprooting her life and being away from her mother, Scout and boyfriend Cody Bell (Josh Kelly). Wistful that she may lose another daughter to a long-distance situation (Kristina left a few months back to go to medical school in California), Alexis urged Molly to get Cody to go with her.
Molly still seemed concerned and has trouble committing to the idea. Alexis tells her to talk it over with Cody. Meanwhile, Cody asked Tracy (Jane Elliot) is he can have Thanksgiving off because he and Molly planned to spend Thanksgiving together with their families. After initially balking, Tracy agrees.
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WILL MOLLY AND CODY HEAD TO CHI-TOWN?
Later, Cody shows up at Miller & Davis and the conversation turned to Thanksgiving dinner that Alexis is hosting. Molly and Cody asked her not to cook anything. Cody hugged Molly reassuring Alexis that he and Molly would take care of whatever was needed on Turkey Day.
So, this raises the question, why out of nowhere are we learning that Molly received an amazing law offer in Chicago, if the character was not being written out? If Molly leaves the canvas, would the character of Cody make his exit too?
Kristen Vaganos joined GH as a recast Molly Lansing-Davis back in September of 2023 and went on contract in August of 2024. Josh Kelly began playing Cody Bell back in June of 2022. Initial reports were that Kelly joined the show on contract and then as of June 2025 went on recurring status with the show per his choice.
Do you see a world where GH is writing out Molly and Cody? Would you be sad to see Kristen and Josh exit the soap opera? If this is not what is going on, is this just a plot point for some other story that is upcoming? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
It’s been over two-years since his last appearance on General Hospital, now fan favorite Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin) has taken to social media to share his thoughts on the casting of his grown-up TV daughter, Serena Baldwin now played by Kelly Kruger.
Kelly took over the role of Serena on-screen starting with the July 30, 2026 episode and has been ensconced in the storyline with her mother, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring), in trying to win back full creative control of Deception for her.
In fact on the Monday, October 19 episode of the ABC soap opera, Serena tried to dupe Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) into signing over Michael’s (Rory Gibson) shares of the company. Jason caught on and wondered why she was doing this. She claimed she just wanted to help her mom gain creative control from Tracy (Jane Elliot) rather than full ownership, and begged Jason to keep quiet about it, which he agreed to for now.
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WHERE IS SCOTT?
On Monday, Shriner also took to X and said, “I think Kelly Kruger is doing a great job on General Hospital, and she and Lynn Herring work well together.” That was followed by comments in his thread about the show needing to bring back Scott too.
In fact, back on August 25, Shriner also took to X with a reminder that Scott is still around and ready to come back to Port Charles, sharing, “Scotty Baldwin always fits in he just needs the right sport coat !!!!”
The last time Serena mentioned her father Scott was when Kruger made her debut and informed Lucy that her father was, “living his best life in Key West.” Meanwhile, Shriner posts on his X account continually and shared back on August 2, that it has been 49 years since he made his on-screen debut as then teenaged, Scotty Baldwin and thanked the fans for al the love and support.
So, now let us know, are you enjoying Kelly Kruger as Serena Baldwin? Do you want to see GH bring back Scott Baldwin into the story, so Serena has both her parents in Port Charles? Do you like the potential of Jason and Serena pairing? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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