General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly’s Showdown with Z, a Mystery Patient, and Anna Comes Home

This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, Carly (Laura Wright) has a showdown with Z (John Oliver) over Josslyn (Eden McCoy), Anna (Finola Hughes) returns to Port Charles and things aren’t what they seem!
In the just released video teaser for the week entitled, “Name of Duty,” Z is seen entering a high security facility and we see a “patient” strapped in and handcuffed to a bed. Is it Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) or Jason (Steve Burton)? After all, Z struck a deal with Josslyn that he would free the two men from captivity in exchange for her cover story that it was Cassius behind the cold fusion project gone awry and not the deceased Cullum.
Meanwhile, the upshot of the Friday cliffhanger is played out when Carly visits Z at the WSB Port Charles Bureau demanding he let her daughter Josslyn, out of the WSB once and for all. Carly says, “My daughter has risked her life in the name of duty for the last time.”

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JOHN OLIVER GETS SOAP SLAP
Next, Carly slaps Z across the face, which if you recall, was one of the soap tropes on John Oliver’s wish list for when he appears on a daytime drama. He can now cross that off his list!
Then, Anna walks through the door of her condo with Felicia (Kristina Wagner) and is finally home from France. She is greeted by her loved ones including: Mac (John J. York), Emma (Braedyn Bruner) and Gio (Giovanni Mazza), and acting police commissioner Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zampogna).
ANNA GETS A VISITOR
Suddenly, Anna gets an uninvited guest, her former nemesis, Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) shows up at her front door. Obrecht says to Anna, “I’m here to ask for your help,” Anna looks puzzled. What could Obrecht want? And let’s not forget, no one knows thus far that Anna is being “visited” by Peter August (Wes Ramsey) and soon viewers should learn who Anna is targeting as Peter manipulates her mind.
Here’s a look at the official GH spoilers for the week of July 6-10 below.
MONDAY, JULY 6
Carly clashes with Z. Josslyn gets a surprise. Britt pleads with Dante. Nina is gutted. Lulu is stunned.
TUESDAY, JULY 7
Carly is on the warpath. Danny makes a revelation. Michael has second thoughts. Tracy and Willow face off. Gio and Emma savor some alone time.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
Sonny cautions Carly. Trina runs into Portia. Ric takes on a new client. Molly faces a difficult choice. Lucas vents to Elizabeth.
THURSDAY, JULY 9
Liz is suspicious. Willow suffers a setback. Jordan makes a confession. Brook Lynn gets called out. Curtis ponders his legal strategy.
FRIDAY, JULY 10
Old lovers reunite. Lulu demands answers. Ava questions Ethan. Chase is aghast. Britt gets big news.
Check out the latest General Hospital promo, “Name of Duty” below.
Now weigh-in: Who do you think is in the bed tied up that Z is visiting? Do you think Carly will be successful or unsuccessful getting Josslyn out of the WSB? Who is Anna going to be after with her altered state of mind now that she is back in Port Charles? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
Fake Nathan is the prisoner, he will be taken away by Z, everyone will think he is dead but someday he could return
Good guess
I could see that
Yeah, they didn’t leave that a mystery for very long did they?
Now the question is, does “Z” want Cassius to testify against Sidwell, or is this just a rewrite of the scenario where NuJagger held Jason hostage and forced him to work for the FBI.
Cassius has done a convincing imitation of his brother. And obviously he has at least some “inside knowledge” of how the Legion of Dumb has been operating. Though obviously he wasn’t in on all of the decisions, for example, he had no idea that his sister’s “Huntington’s Disease” was entirely fake, and they were using her fake medication to keep her on board with their agenda.
Would Cassius be useful as an actual spy to an international agency? Does he actually have that skill set, especially now that he won’t be pretending to be his brother anymore?
I suppose the good news here is that if Cassius leaves town with “Z” it leaves the door open for BOTH of them to return. If John Oliver wants to make “Z” a long term recurring character, I think the majority of GH fans would be on board with that.
He goes to work for the WSB
This is a little off topic, but I’ve found it kind of disturbing…Van Hansis’ name has been missing from the Friday Credits roll for 3 weeks in a row. I slowly go thru them just to catch the names of the new non-contract actors, who they save for the last page….and his name has been missing for 3 weeks. One time is an oops, three times….I hope he’s not leaving GH.
They only have space for 7 non-contract performers on the last page of the Friday credits. Usually, they post the 7 who appeared in the most episodes that week. Last week, they included John Oliver, who may appear in this week’s credits as well to further the case for a Guest Performer Emmy nod.
As these past few weeks have been the culmination of the long running Sidwell storyline, those performers, Rota, Hawkes, Contractor were on almost every day. The three teens were as also heavily shown. Gati, was left off Friday’s list, despite having a key role that week.
Don’t think you need to worry, Hansis (recurring by his choice) won’t be departing soon. They’re setting Lucas up for his next story (with Newbie Joe).
Well, Britt found out today (Monday) that she never had Huntington’s Disease, so we know that won’t be the “big news” she hears on Friday.
So what IS the big news? Will she be told that Jason is coming home, as he will be seen the following Monday?
OR…..
Will we finally get the explanation for why she passed out when she and Rocco were hiding out in the Virgin Islands. She dismissed it as “food poisioning”. I was thinking it might be a different sort of abdominal condition. The kind that resolves itself in 9 months or so.
Will Jason come home to the news that he’s going to be a daddy again?
I figured were Cassius was shot was not a fatal shot and I was thinking he was either gonna go to jail for a while and eventually come back or I actually thought he was a actually double agent working for the WSB. I thought that too and I think Joss will stay in the WSB. When Valentina stepped up a car, I was thinking it was Jason except when I saw the shoes I didn’t think it was him ha ha
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Elizabeth Thinks of Dante While With Ric; Will She Leave Her Ex in the Dust?

Clearly, head nurse Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) is trying to deny her feelings for Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) on General Hospital, when she is trying to make up for missed opportunities and dates with her former husband, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst).
On the Friday, November 6 episode, Elizabeth arrived at the Metro Court for her date with Ric. She made sure she thanked the legal eagle for taking care of her house on Halloween when she was called into work.
However, while telling Ric this, Elizabeth is struck by a flashback of her and Dante baking in her kitchen, where a very close encounter almost led Dante and Elizabeth to kiss. After shaking that image off in her head, she goes back to her date with Ric, who is being very sweet to her.

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ELIZABETH HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT RIC
Their date gets interrupted when Lulu (Alexa Havins) shows up at their table asking Elizabeth to convince Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) to drop the libel case against her.
Later, when Liz talked with Willow, and Willow shared she appreciated the head nurse looking out for her, she asks her friend if Ric is the kind of man she wants her life?
Willow is pointing out, as she had in her relationship with Drew (Cameron Mathison), does Ric really love Elizabeth … or is he using her to get what he wants? That comment puts more doubt in Elizabeth’s mind over reconnecting with Ric, and giving her more credence to follow her feelings for Dante.
So, where is this leading? Will Elizabeth cut things off with Ric? If so, will he snap? Is Ric using Elizabeth? And what about Dante? Are you enjoying the growing closeness between Elizabeth and Dante, or do you prefer Elizabeth with Ric? Let us know in the comment section, But first, check what went down on Ric and Elizabeth’s dinner date which lead to more questions than answers below.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Tracy Leaves Port Charles to Help Dillon; Paving the Way for Jane Elliot’s Temporary Exit

General Hospital viewers became concerned when on the Thursday, November 5 episode, Tracy (Jane Elliot) was preparing to leave Port Charles to go help her son, Dillon Quartermaine, who got arrested while trying to film in Thailand.
Tracy informed Jason (Steve Burton), that she had to leave and was counting on him to look after things while she was away. That included: making sure Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and baby Phoebe were safe from the likes of Jude Jax (Wil Traval) as well as the Quartermaine businesses since Ned (Wally Kurth) still can’t overexert himself since his heart attack.
In Tracy’s final scenes, for now, she tells Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and Emma (Braedyn Bruner) to be there for Brook Lynn while she is going through her ordeal after divorcing Chase (Josh Swickard) and Jude trying to claim baby Phoebe.

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HOW LONG WILL JANE ELLIOT BE GONE FROM GENERAL HOSPITAL?
However, GH fans! Have no fear. Tracy’s exit was written into the show to facilitate Jane Elliot’s annual vacation. Same time last year, Elliot exited the canvas around this time after the entire Ronnie Bard/Martin Grey debacle; where they conspired to make it look like Monica left the Quartermaine mansion to her sister, Ronnie (Erika Slezak) instead of Tracy. In that storyline, Tracy took off for a spa in France for some much-needed R&R.
Now, according to Soap Opera Digest, while viewers are just seeing the beginnings of Jane Elliot’s temporary leave, the soap opera confirmed that the long-running star is already back taping new episodes. GH roughly runs about six weeks ahead of air in its production schedule.

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ALL ABOUT JANE
Jane Elliot started her GH journey back in 1978, and has come and gone a few times including an announced retirement back in 2017, only to eventually come out of retirement a few tines, and rejoin the show full-time in 2023.
Along the way, Elliot has won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress back in 1981, and in 2025 was honored for her 50 years of excellence in daytime television becoming a Gold Circle honoree from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Michael Fairman TV spoke to Jane at that time, immediately after receiving her honor on-stage. You can check out that interview here.
Now below, watch scenes from Thursday’s GH where Tracy informs Jason she has to leave the country and go help her son.
Then let us know, with the mention of Dillon Quartermaine on today’s GH, will the soap opera FINALLY recast the role? Will you miss Jane while she is off-screen? Glad to know she is already back taping all-new episodes of the ABC daytime drama series? Let us know in the comment section.
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GH’s Finola Hughes and Laura Wright Tease Anna/Valentin/Carly, “It’s Not Your Typical Triangle, We’ll Say That”

On General Hospital, Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) are now dealing with the fallout of their discovery, the dead body of Jack Brennan. While Carly became a suspect, now the two need to figure out just who was responsible for the former WSB Port Charles Bureau chief’s sudden ending.
Meanwhile, Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) is trying to put her shattered life back together, after almost killing Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), hallucinating she was seeing a dead Peter August (Wes Ramsey) and trying to shake off years of trauma at the hands of Cesar Faison (Anders Hove).
While it has become apparent that Valentin and Carly love each other, the same holds true for Valentin and Anna, but is it differently, now that the former lovers are apart? However, it appears when Anna is in trouble, Valentin shows up to save her. That is not lost on Carly, who up until now has tried to be adult about the whole situation, but how long will that last?

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Michael Fairman TV caught up with both Daytime Emmy-winning Lead Actresses on the red carpet at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards and asked them to weigh-in on what viewers can expect, and what’s it has been like working with leading man, James Patrick Stuart.
Laura Wright explained, “James is hilarious. I would say most of our dress rehearsals are laughing it out because we’ve got to show up for taping, but he’s very funny.” Finola Hughes echoed that with, “He’s a very funny person, always,” adding, “I couldn’t be in a scene with him and Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn, GH). It was him, me, and Amanda one time. We couldn’t get through the scene!”

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The discussion turned to if GH viewers will see Anna and Carly fighting over the love of Valentin. Laura Wright shared, “Not in the way you would think. It’s not your typical triangle. We’ll say that.” Finola Hughes concurred, “It’s not your typical triangle!”
Watch our chat from the red carpet with Finola and Laura below, and make sure to check out all the moments from Michael Fairman TV at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards here.
So, do you think Valentin will be caught in an actual love triangle between Anna and Carly, or will he be fully in his relationship with Carly, only to find himself constantly coming to the rescue of Anna Devane, causing an ultimate riff in his relationship with Carly? Who would you like to see Valentin with … Anna or Carly? Let us know via the comment section below.
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