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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Laura and Others Continue to Be in the Way of Drew Q; Sonny Confronts Marco
This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, Laura (Genie Francis) is on the hot seat, literally during a public hearing in the video teaser for the ABC daytime drama series. This, after she and Jordan (Tanisha Harper) make a move to publicly split in their opinion over Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) to show discord, so that Jordan can go work undercover to bring down Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota).
Things take a turn during the proceedings, when congressman Ezra Boyle (Daniel Cosgrove) pushes back on the mayor stating, “Your allegiance should be to the people of Port Charles, not to the local crime boss!” Meanwhile, Drew Quartermaine (Cameron Mathison) is there looking quite full of himself and happy with what Ezra is stating as he continues to want revenge on anyone he thinks wronged him and for his thirst for power.
Also, Portia (Brook Kerr) tells Trina (Tabyana Ali) that the experimental surgery that Kai (Jens Austin Astrup) wants to have to return him to his football playing days is very concerning to her, and she can’t in all good conscience recommend it, medically. This puts Trina at a crossroads of how to support Kai in his decision.

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Then, after learning that Natalia (Eva LaRue) is Jenz Sidwell’s ex-wife, Sonny now also knows that Marco (Adrian Anchondo) is their son, and he confronts the guy right in front of Diane (Carolyn Hennesy). What will Marco have to say about it all? Stay tuned.
Now below, take a look at the official GH spoilers for the week of April 14-18th:
MONDAY, APRIL 14
Trina confides in Portia. Willow makes a big decision. Brennan reassures Carly. Laura’s news rattles Sonny. Ava tries to soothe Ric’s worries.
TUESDAY, APRIL 15
Elizabeth gets a warm homecoming. Alexis wrestles with her conscience. Trina seeks out Ava. Chase and Lois have a heart-to-heart. Brook Lynn lays out her plan.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
Lucky makes a commitment. Tracy is intrigued. Lucas walks in on a tense moment. Drew hatches a new scheme. Curtis is suspicious of Jordan.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
Sonny hosts Dante’s birthday party. Brook Lynn and Chase plan their future. Felicia makes a request of Carly. Cody offers assistance to Molly. Marco gives Alexis food for thought.
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
Sonny confides in Carly. Jason confronts Sasha. Anna and Felicia catch up. Jordan gets a tempting offer. Maxie is taken aback.
So, what do you think of the entire Jenz Sidwell story thus far? Will Laura and Jordan’s plan work to bring him down and to actually save Sonny’s territory? What are your thoughts on congressman Boyle and Quatermaine? Let us know in the comment section. But first, check out this week’s GH promo below.
I like the Jenz Sidwell storyline. Every soap needs a bad guy/villian . Carlos Roto is perfect for this role. Not sure of the Natalia/Marco additions to the storyline. But we’ll see where it goes. I do think Sonny cut her off prematurely when she finally owned up to the truth.
I really dislike the whole Ezra Boyle/Laura Collins/Drew Cain story. Where is this going? Ezra is just annoying.
Joss as a WSB agent? I think this is an intriguing idea. It’s always been Anna and Robert so good to get the younger actors involved in the WSB.
It’s all stupid. Come on now joss an agent. And I wish Drew and Ezra would be taken down already But most of all Willow needs to see DREW AND NINA TOGETHER want too see her face bitch
It’s stupid. Joss and Kristina are alike. One killed someone. One tried to and BOTH got away with it. Joss as aWSB agent. So stupid! Who writes this crap?!?!!!!!
The situations are totally different. Joss did not premeditate Cyrus’ death. She was defending herself (although she shouldn’t have been in his cabin.)
Kristina purposely cut the brake lines intending to kill Ava. Her punishment (likely forced commitment) is yet to play out.
I totally agree, Joss?. Who came up with that. I guess they had to do something with her. She’s boring.
There are a lot of characters who get/got away with murder. If they didn’t they’d be off the show. How many have Sonny and Jason killed? Alexis killed Alcazar and Kiefer. Ava was about to kill her own brother, thought she killed Nikolas and barely shed a tear, and was responsible for AJ’s death by incriminating AJ in the murder she committed on Connie Falconeri.
As for Joss? She killed a serial killer. Why care? He was demented and dangerous and was coming at her with an ax.
Kristina is obviously not well; she lost her baby and her sister. She’s emotionally fragile. Still, she has a right to her rage against Ava; Ava’s evil and did inadvertently cause the baby’s death due to her and Scotty’s decision to have Kristina testify against her own father and possibly put him in jail for life. They knew how agonizing that would be for her, and did it anyway. If they hadn’t done that, she never would have gone to Ava’s to argue and that chain of events wouldn’t have occurred. And it didn’t take long for Kristina to realize what she’d done and try to warn Ava away from the car. She’s not some pathological killer…
I agree with you one hundred percent regarding Carlos Rota; he’s perfect for the role! So many viewers instantly hate the “villains” and want them off the show. It seems they don’t get that fiction, just as in life, there is good vs evil, hero vs villain, etc. And soaps have had some great villains. “Sidwell” brings an air of villainous sophistication; his accent, his demeanor, his subtle sarcasm, and yet he can erupt into a fiery explosion of anger, or blow someone away without a moment’s hesitation and get back to his conversation. I love his scenes… (as an fyi, and you and others probably know this, the actor’s married in real life to Nazneen Contractor, the actress who plays District Attorney Turner.
As for Ezra; I like him. I find him rather enjoyable. He’s silly rather than imposing, so I’m getting a kick out of him.
I don’t see Joss as an agent. She’s not Anna (Anna in her younger WSB days). Maybe it’s just my perspective; when you remember the WSB from back in the day, when we who watched were younger and the actors were younger, and the show had more money to really do up the WSB stories, there was an excitement to those stories. Anna, Frisco, Sean Donely, Scorpio…and their enemies. Great GH days. I can’t see anything like that with Joss. I could see her as a Private Investigator…
I could actually see new Emma in the WSB, she’s got that edge to her, but she’s going the animal activist, social warrior route….
I want us to just follow Tracy’s lead and refer to him as Drew Cain.
That said, it goes against my original thought of referring to BM’s character as a likeable Drew Cain and CM’s character as a sleazy Drew Quartermaine.
Intrigued as to what Brad might find in the medical records to indicate the switch in Drew’s persona.
Drew has a history of documented head injuries. He was run over by Ava in a stolen SUV when he first arrived in Port Charles. Presumably he would have had other injuries in the plane crash where he was “presumed dead” (when Billy Miller left the show) and most recently, the prison beat down courtesy of Cyrus’s hired goons.
Of course he also has history of brainwashing and mind control courtesy of the Cassadines, and that whole thing where his own brain was wiped clean and overwritten with his twin brother’s memories. But are those things documented as part of his medical history, since they aren’t exactly considered “medical” conditions?
I’m not sure what Portia’s trying to accomplish here, unless she thinks Drew’s documented history of brain injuries could raise legal questions about his eligibility to serve in Congress. If that were a valid way of removing mortals from Congress, I could make a long list of many who could use a similar evaluation.
Now if they can explain how Drew doesn’t seem to have Jason’s memories anymore- that would be an area that hasn’t been addressed.
You are certainly right. Wouldn’t he know everything Jason remembers up to this point, including any secret anyone has shared with him lately, or am I not understanding this memory thing, which is entirely possible.
The memories of Jason that were “grafted” into Drew’s brain would have been from the moment Jason woke up in 1996 (after AJ slammed his brain into a tree) up until the point Faison shot him in the back and kicked him into the harbor in 2012.
He didn’t get any of the pre-crash memories of Jason Quartermaine wearing the dorky Xmas sweaters, and of course wouldn’t have any connections to anything Jason experienced after 2012.
I don’t think the current writers understand Drew’s history at all, as they have made repeated references to his history as a Navy SEAL. Which Drew technically was, but he has no memory of that, since that part of his life was completely overwritten by Jason’s memories. So he’s as disconnected from that life every bit as much as Jason is disconnected from the sweaters, or anything else he did as a teenager. Logically, the two brothers should be able to “bond” over their common experiences, which seemed to be the direction they were headed when Billy Miller was still around, especially when Drew’s son Oscar was sick & dying. But ever since the Hallmark guy took over the role, they have him hating Jason for no good reason.. even though Jason rescued him from the Cassadine dungeons and (as far as anybody knew at the time) sacrificed his own life in the process.
Thanks a lot. Your details explained a lot
Satan, please evaluate for me how an adult man hasn’t got a clue on how to close an umbrella?
I’ll be eternally damned if I know! I don’t pretend to be an umbrella expert myself, but at least I have an excuse – It never rains down here, so I don’t own an umbrella!
Maybe it just happens in Wash.D.C to a certain bumbling idiot!
It’s just bad àcting on.CM’s part to me. He.is a horrible actor with the crazy facial expressions, the wild eyes, and the maniacal hand gestures. Billy Miller, may he RIP, was one of daytime’s VERY best and brightest stars. He should not have been replaced.
It was funny that every time that fat, little toad Boyle referred to “Congressman QUARTERMAINE”, Laura clearly enunciated, Congressman Cain in response.
I really don’t care about Sidwell at this point. I want someone to take down sleazy Drew Cain Quartermaine. What a vile character. Yes, this is fiction, but his storyline with Willow is just gross.
And, Alexis had better fight for custody of Scout or for her to go back to the living arrangements she knows with Danny and Rocco. This version of Drew is hardly a “DAD.” He’s more like a slimy “CAD.”
There are times I won’t even watch him and Willow. I want their story done along with Kristina’s.
I think Willow is stupid she gets what she deserves when it comes to Drew any man can brain wash her she doesn’t have a mind of her own I be glad when Micheal gets well and comes home that paper she sign for drew to raise her kids will go in the garbage. now when it comes to Boyle he needs to be written off the general hospital he will loose when it comes to Jenz him and his son will be expose when they do I will love to see stupid Lucy face because she will do anything for a dollar that’s including Maxi I’m surprised Sasha doing this for Money Now when it comes to Kristen please Alexis lock your daughter up in a mental hospital she is dangerous or if you don’t you will go to jail again you will loose Molly for good
I don’t like the Jenz Sidwell storyline, and come on its ridiculous that him and Natasha have 2 kids that are gay. GH is starting to get too woke. If they start having Emma Drake doing protests for Palestine I’m done.
Can’t take much more of dumb Willow either. It’s gotten to wear I just mainly fastforward thru it. Hoping for it to get a little better.
I’d rather go through life being woke than asleep but that’s just me.
I actually LOVE Sidwell; I think he’s one of the best characters to come along in a long time. Excellently written and portrayed. I do agree, though, that it seems unusual for both siblings to be gay, but maybe it isn’t unusual in real life and I just don’t have enough info on the subject. I am TOTALLY with you on Emma; I was fearing they’d go there too. If they do, after decades with this show I’d be done too. Let’s hope they have the sense not to, but I’m not sure of anything anymore in this upside-down world.
I am tired of Drew’s garbage and disappointed I Willow’s stupidity. I wish the two of them were written out of the show but leave Michael’s children with Carly. I also wish Drew’s sexual encounters with Willow’s mother would come out.
It’s Nina’s turn to have her grandchildren. If those kids were to be removed from Willow’s home, Nina should have both Wiley and Amelia. It’s bad enough she lost over twenty years of her life and had both daughters taken from her at birth. It’s way past time for GH to right the wrongs they keep piling on Nina.
I can’t believe Natalia stood right there, like she was mesmerized and ran her mouth about Sonny’s heart surgery, clearing the way for Sidwell to get to him, when it’s time. She’s even stupider than I thought she was or is it payback for Sonny dumping her?
Time for Dillon to return. Hopefully, they are killing off Liam on B & B. Love to see Scott Clifton back. An amazing next generation Quartemaine group !!! Plus he won’t be wasted on GH !!!
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‘General Hospital’s’ Finola Hughes Delivers the ‘Power Performance of the Week’

There was never any doubt that in watching the riveting and emotional scenes on General Hospital which featured Finola Hughes as a PTSD-driven and mentally tortured Anna Devane, that when the climatic moments in Anna’s story aired, that we would not be singing the praises of Hughes. Once again, Finola showcased why she is one of the soap opera genres greatest assets and actresses.
In the key scenes, Anna has had a complete breakdown as she has lured and cornered Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) on Mount Emerson, and even thought through how she would kill her and cover it up, all thanks to hearing the voice and seeing a dead man, Peter August (Wes Ramsey). It’s visions of Peter that keeps egging Anna on to pull the trigger on Britt while in her delusional state.
Before Britt realizes that Anna trapped her in meeting her in Mount Emerson, she is very confused as to why she was all the way out in the boondocks to talk about what happened to her brother, Cassius Faison. However, Britt soon learned that what Anna was about to do is personal, and not professional, as she pulls the gun on her.

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ANNA FIRES HER GUN IN GAME-CHANGING MOMENT
When Jason (Steve Burton) shows up to save the say, he tries to talk Anna off the ledge, begging her to not shoot Britt and make one of the greatest mistakes of his life. When Jason figured out Anna felt she needed to kill anyone related to Cesar Faison, he made her think twice, because that would mean, she also would need to end the lives of two of Maxie’s children, James and Bailey Lu.
Anna can’t stop seeing hallucinations of Peter pushing her to shoot Britt. Suddenly and completely overcome, Anna fires bullets straight in the direction of where she sees Peter as she declares this all must end tonight.
After the shots are fired, Anna realized what she had done and just sobbed and shook. It was a devastating and heartbreaking moment for longtime General Hospital fans to see the beloved Anna Devane, super spy, so lost. Anna explained to Jason, after he was able to disarm her, how she was being pushed to kill Britt by her visions of Peter.
EMMY-WORTHY SCENES FOR 2027
In another hankie-inducing moment, Anna just grabs Jason and breaks down in his arms. If these weren’t Emmy-worthy scenes, we don’t know what is, and it must be remembered by Hughes, General Hospital, and hopefully the voting body of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) when Emmy submissions and voting get underway in 2027 for the 54th annual Daytime Emmys.
From everything we noted above, to the sheer brilliance of her work, Michael Fairman TV names Finola Hughes, this week’s Power Performance of the Week.
Now let us know, do you agree with our pick of Finola? Were you moved to tears during the gut-wrenching scenes? Should Finola include these scenes in an Emmy submission in 2027, should she decide to compete for Lead Actress gold? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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RATINGS: ‘General Hospital’ Shows Most Gains in Total Viewers Week-Over-Week and Up in Key Demo

The ratings are out for the week of August 24-28 for your favorite broadcast television soaps, and it was ABC’s General Hospital which added the most total viewers and planted itself firmly in third place in its battle with Beyond the Gates in the key demos of women 18-49 and 25-54.
According to Soap Opera Network, all daytime dramas were up year-over-year, and General Hospital was joined by The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful with gains in their total audience viewership, while Beyond the Gates was only slightly off pace for the ratings week.
Let’s take a look at what had viewers tuning-in, starting with General Hospital, who added +79,000 viewers. While still under the 2 million viewers mark (which they can hopefully return in the coming weeks) their overall tally was an average of 1, 935,000 tuning-in, while still up year-to-year +136,000.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
In addition, GH while actually down from the previous week in the 18-49 ratings share, they still out performed Beyond the Gates for third place. However, GH was firmly in third place for the 25-54 ratings share.
The stories that were featured for the week included: Anna’s (Finola Hughes) PTSD and struggle with painful memories tied to Cesar Faison, and her concocting a plan to get rid of Britt (Kelly Thiebaud), Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) recording Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) threatening her, and later running into a severe threat from Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) regarding Kai (Jens Austin Astrup) and Drew’s (Cameron Mathison) shooting, and Drew enlisting Ava (Maura West) to gain leverage over Jack, which resulted in Ava drugging him, while Drew went snooping for the evidence Brennan had against him.

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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Y&R remained in the top spot amongst all the soaps once again with 3,062,000 tuning in, and up +35,000 for the week, while year-to-year still showing strong gains at +231,000 viewers. However, while Y&R remained #1 for the 25-54 ratings share, it fell to #2 in the 18-49 ratings share behind The Bold and the Beautiful.
In story for the week, Nick’s (Joshua Morrow) sobriety in rehab was a focus, as was Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) hitting the Jabot office couch and having sex for the first time, and Lily (Christel Khalil) and Billy (Jason Thompson) battling over control and ownership of Chancellor Industries.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
B&B is continuing to be inch closer to Y&R for the top spot, separated by a little more than 300,000 viewers. For the ratings week, the series posted a total audience of 2,719,000 adding +31,000 eyeballs overall, and like Y&R, is up year-to-year in its performance.
The CBS soap now , now in its 40th season is +217,000 from the same time last year. In the key demos, The Bold and the Beautiful was in the top spot for the women 18-49 ratings share and number two for women 25-54.
In story, the major threat to Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Finn (Tanner Novlan) and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) and Daphne’s (Murielle Hilaire) marriages continued as Steffy and Carter swore they would not tell their spouses that the two had a drunken hook-up. But as viewers know now, Steffy is pregnant!

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BEYOND THE GATES
Beyond the Gates tallied an average of 1,611,000 total viewers for the week, up +72.000 year-over-year and down slightly in tune-in for the week losing just -36,000 viewers. The CBS soap came in fourth place in the key demos for the week behind General Hospital, with whom they are often trading places for the third spot.
In story, after Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett) was released from the hospital, Hayley (Marquita Goings) stuck to her plan, doubling down on poisoning him and even getting caught in a major lie or meeting with Randy (Maurice P. Kerry), as Vernon (Clifton Davis) may be on to her machinations.
The ratings report is generated from Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) for the week of August 24-28, 2026
So, what did you think of the performance of General Hospital for the ratings period? Which daytime drama has you most likely to tune-in each day? Which has you tuning-out? Let us know what’s working, or not working for you in story, via the comment section below.
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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!
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