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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Cody and Ava Kiss; Will Kristina’s Plan Ultimately Backfire and the Two Will Fall for Each Other Hurting Molly?

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On the Thursday August 7th episode of General Hospital, situations, hurt feelings and coincidences align so that Ava (Maura West), who is feeling vulnerable and lonely, and Cody (Josh Kelly), who is the right place at the right time, make Kristina’s (Kate Mansi) plan to have Cody seduce her nemesis (she is paying him), come to fruition. However, will it wind up the way she hopes in the end?

Earlier, Ava came upon Ric (Rick Hearst) and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) in close moments at the hospital, and she recognizes how Ric cannot get the head nurse and his former wife out of his system, and how Elizabeth (who is Lucky-less) seems to enjoy his company. When she confronts Ric about how she and him aren’t spending much time together of late, she asks Ric to join her at the pool.

Ric explains he is busy working on Willow’s case, and can’t, but as he goes into kiss Ava, Elizabeth breaks it up, by telling Ric she has another character witness to help Willow. Next thing you know, Ava walks away from the nurses hub and pings Cody. So, she heads to the pool.

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In the meantime, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) is having lunch at the Metro Court with Kristina explaining the plan for her to give Ava one last payment in return for the location of the car and the security footage that would prove Kristina cut the brakes to Ava’s car that caused the accident that injured Ric and Elizabeth. Later, Molly shows up and Kristina and her decide to head to the pool.

Meanwhile at the bar, Ric is meeting with Martin (Michael E. Knight), who he has hired as his personal legal counsel to effectively end his partnership with Ava. Back at the pool, Ava and Cody are getting hot and bothered in the heat, with Ava rubbing ice cubes on herself to cool down, while Cody watches, and then Ava going into seductress mode and rubbing the ice cubes on Cody’s chest.

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Just as the two have a sexually-charged moment, Kristina walks in on it and makes a quick exit, and then intercepts Molly and tells her there are so many kids at the pool, they should go to the lake instead, and they head out. Back at the pool, Ava and Cody kiss.

Now, will Cody and Ava actually develop feelings for each other, which in turn would hurt Kristina’s sister, Molly, who clearly has feelings for Cody as he does for her? Will what started out as a ruse to make money turn into more? What will happen when she finds out Kristina paid Cody to seduce her? And, it looks like Ric and Elizabeth are getting closer. Would you be all for a romantic reunion for the exes? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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I think GH is the show with the most miserable characters. I can’t think of another show that comes close!

I can’t stand Kristina’s constant meddling. She gets in her own way time after time. You’d think losing a baby would cause her to stop and take stock.. but no, she meddles away.

Hope Molly slaps her hard, soon.

I agree. It’s a vile plan and underscores the unhealthy codependent dynamic between mother and daughter as seen with Alexis cheerleading Kristina’s subterfuge. Everything Kristina goes to the MC pool she brings up her traumatic experience of falling from the balcony that led to her miscarriage. She even had the audacity to talk about her haunting emotional pain to Molly without acknowledging her sister’s own loss. It’s all about Kristina, the whiny narcissistic slacker who has no purpose in life.

Oops. If there is an editing button here, I clearly don’t know how to use it. That should read,”Every time,” not “Everything.” But since I came back to correct myself, I want to add that I once liked Kristina- she was vulnerable, lovable and the preverbal underdog for whom we rooted. But with the new direction of character writing commingling with the new actress’s approach, I find her to be arrogant, selfish and entitled.

Ha ! Love the typographical error correction letter. I see those all the time working in legal

Is Josh Kelly still taking a break? Cause Kristina is certainly destroying Cody with this Eva luring plan.

Yeah, I like the actress. But I don’t like this version of Kristina. And I’m sick of Alexis too. Alexis had prison time. And then there’s everything Diane went through to help Alexis become a lawyer again. And Diane gave Alexis a great opportunity at her law firm. Here she is jeopardizing it all once again for this troubled daughter who needs professional help beyond whatever “counseling” she claims she’s getting. Alexis does Kristina and herself zero favors. Are we to believe she’s really this stupid? She already narrowly escaped a heap of trouble last year regarding Kristina and Sonny’s gun. For a lawyer, she’s quite stupid. Her whole “mother’s love” motive to constantly protect Kristina only goes so far with me. Once I can understand. Not several times per year. Can’t they come up with something different for Alexis? And please let it be something other than an alcohol relapse.

I’m not a fan of this pairing.

Maura West has chemistry with almost every screen partner – except Josh Kelly (and I like him as an actor).

Ric & Ava were fun to watch.

Why are we supposed to route for Cody when he never learns. Mac got a dud in the son department.

Right. I keep hoping Cody will allow the Angel on the right shoulder to clobber the Devil on his left shoulder and say,” Sorry, Kristina. I can’t do this. It’s not right.”In giving into Kristina’s bribe he’s basically confessing that he’s not worthy of Molly.

The one person she did not have chemistry with, at no fault to her, was Marcus Coloma. However, this also feels like punishment for those who wanted the Ava/Ric pairing.

I’m for any plot that puts that sexy ass man Josh Kelly on screen

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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!

In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?

Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!

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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS

The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!

Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?

Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.

MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.

Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.

Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric

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With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).

On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..

In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”

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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!

FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD

As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and  and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”

Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.

So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’

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In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.

The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.

Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”

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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL

Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.

The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.

In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”

So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.

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