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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Dante Rips Into Britt and Lulu with Good Reason
On General Hospital, Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) has had it with the lies, and being shut out of his son Rocco’s (Finn Carr) life after the traumatic events that unfolded when Rocco shot Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) on the pier to protect Jason and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud). Now, Cullum has figured out Rocco was the one who pulled the trigger. Lulu (Alexa Havins) wants to hightail it out of Port Charles with new identifies for her and Rocco to keep him safe.
Thanks to her brother, Ethan (Nathan Dean), Lulu has the passports, only things go awry on the Thursday, May 21 episode when Dante is on the warpath. He first confronts Britt who he blames for the entire situation. After all, Britt came back from the dead, revealed to Rocco she gave birth to him and has formed a close bond with him when Lulu and Dante originally told her to stay away.
Since Dante recently learned his son shot Cullum and no one told him and kept him in the dark, he goes to Britt’s office at GH and says, “You could’ve come to me and told me that my son was carrying this trauma around. He’s a kid. It was your place. This is on you, Britt. Rocco was at the pier because of you. Cullum knows my son’s name because of you. Every lie you’ve told about your fake death since you came back to Port Charles has put us where we are right now. Smack dab in the middle of your mess with my son with a target on his back, and now his mother and me have to get him out of it.”
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DANTE WANTS BRITT BROUGHT TO JUSTICE
When Britt asks Dante if this conversation is “finished,” he responds, “Yeah, if there’s any justice, you will be.” Quite the stinger and zinger from police commissioner Falconeri, as he has put Britt on notice for her responsibility in all that has befallen his teenaged son.
Later, Dante gets into another argument when he visits Lulu’s, and especially when he comes up on the fact that she has bags back to take Rocco on the run if need be. “What makes you think I will let you leave town with my son? You’re packed and ready to go”, snaps back Dante. “What is all this ‘we’ talking, there’s no ‘we’ here. It’s just you. My God. I mean, you’ve stabbed me in the back this entire time. You realize that right now you’re going to kidnap my son and just take him away. Were you going to tell me?”
A livid Dante then really lays into his ex-wife, “It’s like the most Spencer thing ever. That’s what you guys do, right? You were brought up with tales of Luke and Laura against the world, and it was handed down to you like it was some gift. Now, your brother is hopping around the world chasing his own tail instead of being here, raising his son.” In an ominous tone, Dante tells Lulu, “I need you to hear me when I say this … you will make my son a fugitive over my dead body!”
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RUNAWAY SON?
In the pick-up of the scene later in the episode, Rocco is outside again on the porch hearing his parents argue. Dante says to Lulu, “He’s alone out in the world unprotected, and unsupported. You are making him think that I am untrustworthy and cannot be relied upon. This is about you missing four years of Rocco’s life. It’s about you trying so desperately to get that back so desperately to be a mom again.”
When Lulu won’t budge from her stance of going on the run with Rocco, Dante ends with, ‘l’ll assign officers 24/7 and if you so much as cross the street I will know about it.” At the end of the episode, Britt called Rocco to meet her at her office. When Rocco came in from outside and was alone, he comes upon the fake passport. Will Rocco go on the run with Britt? Stay tuned.
Now let us know, were you glad to see Dante stand up for himself and point out how he was left in the dark? Do you think he has every right to lower the boom on both Britt and Lulu? Weigh-in via the comment section.
I’m team Dante all the way, Lulu thinks she’s like her parents and is so delusional thinking she inherited their Witt and street smart but she’s actually one of the dumbest character on the show, Rocco loosing it is understandable after all he’s just a teenager but Rocco little obsession over Brit is wearing thin here, the way he dismisses his dad is unfortunate. And yes Michael, Dante totally every right to lower the boom on Brit and Lulu, because these two all they do is make things worse.
Dante is totally right. All of this starts with Britt. She is totally a self-obsessed character and yes, Rocco ‘s obsession with her is wearing thin. Please bring this storyline to an end.
I can’t stand Britt and tired of her recycled lines. If I have to hear her say one more tone,” I don’t want you to watch me die,” I’m going to scream.
Oh, hell yeah. Dante has the right to be angry. His best line to Lulu was about her brother being a dead beat father living the life of a fugitive. Lucky is a terrible father but no one ever talks about that. I also liked when he told Lulu she’s trying to live up to the myth of Luke and Laura being on the run. The only one who told Dante the truth as soon as she realized it was Elizabeth.
I now envision Pascal getting knocked off next, which will get Joe involved in that murder, that will end up introducing him with Lucas. I will say after a few days, not impressed with Jonathan Bennett’s acting. And I’m hoping I’m wrong, but we spent a whole episode with Pascal and Lucas….there has to be some payout for that.
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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