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GENERAL HOSPITAL: A Drugged Drew Makes a Scene as Nina and Portia Hope Their Plan Takes Him Down For Good
On the Tuesday, April 29th episode of General Hospital, did anyone have flashbacks to the classic “Libidozone” storyline on All My Children? That story also featured Cameron Mathison as Ryan Lavery who drinks too much of a spiked punch on his yacht and acts completely out of character.
Now on GH, Mathison as dirty and smarmy congressman Drew Cain, is about to be taken down several notches as Nina (Nina Reeves) and Portia (Brooke Kerr) initiate their plan to have the guy who has been threatening their lives in different ways. Portia gets the Ketamine to Nina. Next, Nina gives the vial over to the sex worker, Jacinda (Paige Herschell) to somehow get Drew in a comprising position with it.
After learning the Drew is at the Port Charles Grill with Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot), she heads to the bar, and puts the vial of Ketamine into the drink Drew ordered. When Tracy leaves after their conversation about taking down Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard), Jacinda approached Drew’s table. He says that “drink was strong.” Jacinda says she would like to get to know Drew better and suggests they get out of the grill and go to somewhere less stuffy and more fun.
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Next, Drew and Jacinda end up at The Savoy, where everyone is at for a night out on the town. Perhaps, the most entertaining part of the episode was the hilarious reaction shots of the cast as their characters are stunned as to what they are seeing going down with Drew’s public display.
Over at the bar, a drugged and drunk Drew calls out for shots. Jordan (Tanisha Harper), who is standing with Curtis (Donnell Turner) and Portia, says she has to stop this since she works for Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and he would be very disapproving of what is happening to Drew, so she tries to pry Drew away from Jacinda. However, that fails.
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Now, Drew has loosened his shirt and tie as he hikes Jacinda up to the bar to drink body shots off of her while everyone looks on in distaste including: Lucas (Van Hansis) and Marco (Adrian Anchondo) who headed to The Savoy for some dancing. Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is also at the club spying and trying to get in the good graces of Professor Hank Dalton (Daniel Goddard), and Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Cody (Josh Kelly) are sitting at a table talking.
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When the commotion begins Lulu, who now has a job as a reporter, takes out her iPhone and begins to film Drew licking shots off of Jacinda on top of the bar. Portia and Curtis look on hoping this moment will go viral and get Drew out of everyone’s hair. If you recall, Nina is expecting Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) to be back tomorrow from Germany, but something tells us from this week’s promo, she will walk in on this and see exactly how Drew is acting … or will she?
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So, what do you think the upshot of Nina and Portia’s plan to incriminate Drew will ultimately be? Will it produce the results they had hoped for or still backfire somehow when he accuses someone of drugging him intentionally and perhaps takes them to court? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Great… now Hallmark Drew is going to get invites to all of Elon’s Ketamine parties.
Mathison looked like he was having fun filming those scenes. It was nice to have a large part of the cast there to witness it as well.
Also on this episode, I reflected on how much I’ve come to appreciate Gio (and his portrayer). Mazza is growing as an actor in this role – very similar to how Haley Erin grew in her time as Kiki. He and Bradyn (Emma) have great chemistry and he’s quite comfortable in scenes with vets like Burton and Eliot.
As much as I despise Drew and want him to be gone, I think this will backfire because the writers just won’t end this long, drawn out storyline. And Willow is so stupid and living in never never land, she won’t believe Drew would do this to her and will forgive him. Therefore, this storyline will drag on and on and on…….
Writers, please end this . I’m sick of it
This was the medicine we needed. Drew suddenly acting all belligerent and sloppy drunk and then proceeding to start slurping shots off that young lady’s stomach was hilarious. Adding to the hilarity was the collective looks of askance washing over the bar’s patrons. And a special shout out to Lucas whose expression of calm amusement injected more comedy into this scene. Well played by all!
Harry…AGREED!!!!! I could not stop laughing. LOL
I hope this is the beginning of Drew’s downfall. But this being a soap, who knows what lame excuse they’ll have for getting him out of this one. I hope not. I would love to see the fallout played.
Oh Drew… it is not good to be so high in public ! But I did enjoy watching you with all your Inhibitions gone with that shot of “Special K”
What a stupid plan. Trusting a femme de nuit? It would have been much simpler for Nina to come clean and divulge her dirty trysts with yucky Drew. Ewww. This will blow in their faces—-I don’t care about Portia. Can’t stand her holier-than-thou attitude. Poor Nina.
I agree! But still, it appealed to my warped sense of humor. I even laughed when a shocked Twitto came upon Drew and the prostitute.
These scenes of Drew “loosening up” were great and made me laugh out loud. I truly do hope this is the beginning of his downfall . Or at least his humbling.
I don’t care about Drew’s (so-called) humbling. I’ll happily settle for his downfall. LOL Tick Tock Tick Tock…
Hey, Jay—You and I both—-Drew is revolting—It looks like Tracy is getting the blame for drugging him. Willow is a fool —grow up.
Aside—Rocco drank himself into a stupor. As I said on another site, he will need a transfusion. Finally, the truth about Giò will be known.
Sorry, but these scenes really sat wrong with me; surely, a shot glass could have been available instead of doing the shot DIRECTLY off of the under-five’s body, no?
Drew did call out “Let’s do body shots”. If you google “body shots” the term is defined as ” pouring alcohol in a person exogenous zones and licking / sucking it up”.
Ha ha ha ha ha! You learn something new everyday!
I am so naive. I always thought body shots was when you just placed the shot glass on the person’s stomach. I didn’t know there was no glass involved. That must have been awkward for Cameron and the actress. Yikes.
I guess I’m a cheap date (or I just really need some levity) because I thought it was ridiculously funny. Between Drew’s buggy eyes while acting like an out of control game show host, and Lucas’s bemused expression, I was roaring with ribald laughter.
Lol. “Out of control game show host”.
I absolutely lived it!
I was laughing and cheering. It was great.
s/b loved
Yeah—I would find it funny, too, if it were anyone else but Drew/Cameron. I want to see him fall dooown low!! And take Willow with him.
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.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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