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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Danny and Jason Have a Heart-Tugging Goodbye as Carly Turns Herself in and is Arrested by Cates
Excellent performances from Asher Antonyzyn (Danny), Steve Burton (Jason), and Laura Wright (Carly) were the order of the day on Thursday’s July 25th episode of General Hospital.
In story, Jason is ready to leave Port Charles for Alexandria and his next mission under the thumb of Agent Cates, when Danny shows up. Danny hopes his dad is not mad. He wants to know how long Jason will be gone this time. Jason says he can’t say, but wishes he could tell him.
Jason goes on to explain that he doesn’t want Danny anywhere involved in this part of his life. He admits he’s still in trouble due to the choices he made years ago before Danny was even born. Danny asks if he regrets the choices he made. Jason answers both yes and no, saying that what he regrets the most is how all the time went by that kept him away from his son.
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As Danny is getting emotional, Jason says at least they get to say goodbye this time, and he’ll know he’s out there alive. Danny wants to know who he should be mad at for taking Jason away from him. Jason just wants Danny to be a kid, and not be mad at anyone about this. As they call for the departure of the bus to Alexandria, Danny hugs Jason. He wants his dad to promise they will see each other again, which Jason promises.
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Meanwhile, Carly has had it with Cates (Adam J. Harrington) and what this has cost Jason. She demagnetizes the key card of Cates’ hotel room at the Metro Court. He comes to the front desk to get a new one, when Carly interrupts his request telling him he is no longer welcome at this hotel.
Cates says thought they were friends. Carly firmly tells him, they are not friends and that she hates him. Arrogantly, Cates suggests she call her buddy Jason, as he’ll tell her to let him stay at the hotel. Carly says he has no leverage over Jason and screams out, “You think you can charge me with RICO violations, prove I’m a big bad mob boss? Well, come and get me!”
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Joss (Eden McCoy), Gio (Giovanni Mazza), Diane (Carolyn Hennesy) and Sonny (Maurice Benard) are all in the hotel lobby watching the showdown. Carly screams that she is no monster, and that she has nothing to do with the mob. She will be happy to prove that in court. Cates tells Carly to stand down, and she finally calls him out as a “vindictive bastard with an axe to grind.” Next, Cates places Carly under arrest, as she defiantly stands there with her hands outstretched waiting to be cuffed.
Carly tells Joss to go find Jason at the bus station and tell him what is happening. At the end of the episode, just as Jason is about to board the bus, Joss stops him and tells him her mom was just arrested. We fade to black.
You can check out the scenes featuring Steve Burton and Asher Antonyzyn below.
Now let us know, what did you think of Jason and Danny’s goodbye, and Carly standing up to Cates? Comment below.
These “RICO charges” are 666% a steaming pile of dragonshit. Carly attended ONE meeting with the “Five Families”, just to let them know that Corinthos Coffee LLC was in good hands (hers) and that all was proceeding normally within the business. No specific “illegal activities” were discussed during that meeting, and I’m not even sure Carly herself would know the specifics of what to discuss, as Sonny never involved her in the business during any of their multiple marriages.
If merely being in a meeting with alleged criminals is worthy of RICO charges, then I guess I should expect a visit from the FBI, as most criminals have to meet me eventually.
The Jason & Danny scenes were well done, but we all know Jason’s not going anywhere. Certainly not now that Carly got herself in handcuffs.
Hope your guest is Agent John Cates, AKA Jagger. Can’t be too soon for me, and give him appropriate accommodations, so he won’t be evicted like he just was by Carly.
Laura Wright is the BEST part of GH.
She makes Carly so bad a** and fun to watch whenever she is on screen.
GH sure has taken a beloved character – Jagger Cates – and literally killed his character for all time. Poor Jagger was doomed from the moment he uttered “Call Me John” – they’ve given him a new name “Agent John Cates” – and didn’t even have the decency to make sure his name was secure from duplication less than 2 weeks prior to his first on screen date. Brennan – was only known as “Brennan” until right before the local Pikeman crew were nabbed by Anna and Dante.
Cannot remember whether Agent Cates is expendable or not. If he is supposed to exist after Carly gets the charges wiped from her record or prevails in court – well it’s going to be a hard sell.
The questions we should all be asking ourselves: Who was the person on Cates phone call he was so terrified of disobeying and Where is Jagger Cates Autistic 21 ish year old son Stone Jr (an adult on the spectrum still makes a horrifying victim). Since Jagger walked into Bobbie’s, there has been no direct connection with his son – no phone calls and he is very rarely mentioned – although GH made a point of Cates running into Leo that first day.
Cates is also over the top out of control gunning for Sonny. Not sure that their 30+ year past really stands up to the irate volatile anger Jagger is showing us on screen.
There are two ways this can go: The first is to redeem Agent Cates but that is becoming harder with each episode in his present embodiment of Jagger as the nasty FBI Agent who is bullying our hunky GH hero Jason graces our screens.
#2 – Agent John Cates – would make a great “who killed FBI Agent John Cates” storyline. And it has been ages since GH has attempted a who done it story. Agent John Cates is a prime murder victim, while the beloved ‘Jagger Cates” might not be so hated. The list of perps quickly lining up (Carly/Jason/Sam/Spinelli with Sonny at the top of the list) To even a surprise suspect – Danny who wants his father home or an unknown Pikeman entity. (whoever wiped Brennan out of existence, Brennan himself or Valentine). If it’s Sonny it will make things oh so much more problematic if Sonny gets a bipolar meds pass with old friends like Robin and Lois who love the Jagger they once knew.
And don’t forget we have the sexually charged bipolar medicine blackmailer Ava slithering in and out of the picture. This whole scenario might save the uber slow burning Pikeman arc and make it watchable.
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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