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

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

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’

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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