General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Did Dante’s Outburst at Gio Seem Out of Left Field, Just to Make Father/Son Angst for Reveal Down the Line?
On the Wednesday, May 7 episode of General Hospital, Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) went off half cocked on an innocent Gio (Giovanni Mazza), after his son Rocco (Finn Carr) is rushed to the hospital with alcohol poisoning. Rocco and Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) had snuck into the PCU beach party and Rocco ended up on his own drinking too much. Gio actually found Rocco passed out and tried to get him to safety.
However, while at the hospital, Dante throws down all over Gio with a tirade saying while in front of Lois (Rena Sofer), he knows who Gio really is. Of course, that has double meaning here, as everyone has been shielding Dante from learning the truth – that Gio is his biological son with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton). Lois just looks on in anger and horror.
Dante continues to yell at Gio, that he has watched him grown up since he was a baby and wants to know how he could be so careless as to give Rocco booze that almost cost him his life? Gio swears up and down he had no idea that Danny and Rocco were even at the party.

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Next, Dante goes in on Lois, saying that she and Gloria coddled Gio his whole life and this is the result. Gio swears he doesn’t know who is responsible for the plight Rocco finds himself in. Dante threatens Gio that if he finds out that he gave booze to Rocco he will face police charges. Lois fires back at Dante that if he’s going to play Mr. Detective, maybe find out the facts first.
Lulu (Alexa Havins), who is conveniently eavesdropping on the conversation, comes forward to intervene and tells Dante to stop, and that Rocco will be okay. An emotional Dante yells, “My ONLY son could have died tonight.” That’s when Lois yells at Dante that he’s way out of line.
Out of nowhere, Gio takes responsibility for the situation and says, “No, Dante’s right. This is on me.” Next, Gio runs off. Dante tells Lois to chase after him and make it better for him, just like she has for his entire life. Lois yells back at Dante and says at least Gio was there trying to help Rocco, as opposed to Dante who was nowhere to be found when his son needed him. Lois tells Dante his anger is misplaced and he should be thankful that Gio was there. Most college kids would have left a drunk kid on the beach to sleep it off, but not Gio.

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Lois tries to explain to an unknowing Dante, that Gio has a good heart just like him, and shame on Dante for not recognizing it as she storms off. Lulu thinks Dante is way out of line, especially when he keeps saying how irresponsible Gio is, but Lulu points out Gio is a classically-trained violist, which takes extreme discipline.
Eventually, Rocco and Lulu go into Rocco’s hospital room to be by his side, after he was just visited by his grandmother, Laura (Genie Francis). Rocco’s parents, while angry at him, love him and are just so glad he is alive and OK. When Lulu exits the room, an emotional Dante tells Rocco, he promises to never turn his back on him. Outside in the hallway, Lulu makes a voice memo to herself to look into where Lois was when Gio was born.

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Clearly, this episode was written to establish conflict between unknowing father and son, Dante and Gio. So, when the reveal happens things are not good between the two of them, or Dante will feel so guilty and awful for the things he said, he will eat crow too. Then we have Lulu, who clearly has put two and two together. Now the question becomes, if Lois gets on to her, will she manipulate any past paper trail or evidence tying Gio’s birth to her? Stay tuned.
So, were you annoyed by the scenes where Dante unloaded on an innocent Gio and brought up what an irresponsible kid he had been all his life; when clearly that is not the Gio in front of us? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
Yeah.. two things came out of this:
First one was the standard soap cliche writing that always comes with the “long lost kid” storylines. Gotta make up some reason for the parent and the kid to hate each other before the truth comes out. Long time GH viewers will remember how much Alexis & Sam hated each other, just before they found out they were related, and then stem cells from Sam’s dead baby were used to save baby Kristina’s life.
The other thing was Lois’s outburst in the hospital where she’s yelling at Dante “You don’t know who he really is!!” Lulu saw that, and she’s putting 6+6+6 together and adding it all up.
So to continue with the standard soap cliche writing, I’m expecting Gio to find himself in a medical emergency soon, where blood transfusions are required. And either Lois will blurt out “Dante, he’s your son!!” (as she came very close to doing yesterday) or Lulu will insist that Dante get tested, probably with BrookLynn giving her some kind of “death stare” as she says it.
I was super annoyed that Dante went off on Gio. So out of character for him. And Gio did get him home. How is a young college guy supposed to know if someone has alcohol poisoning? And I am really tired of Miss holier than thou Lulu butting her nose into this situation. It has nothing to do with her and others have repeatedly told her to keep it to herself. She just keeps on meddling.
I wanted to shake Dante. Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. Every time we thought he’d gotten it out of system, he’d hunt Gio down to lay into him some more. Gio is so sweet. I was glad Cody defended him but I’d like to see Cody lay into Dante a little for being so hard on Gio. I understand Dante was terrified and upset but he went rogue on Gio and he got personal and came short of calling him a worthless, fatherless bastard. He definitely insinuated he was a pampered, sheltered charity case. It was cold and harsh. He owes a major apology to Gio. Yes, Gio is guilty of not calling 911 nor calling Dante or Lulu, but he still got him off the beach where he otherwise might have died right there.
Well said. Dante was a total jerk! Gio is the best… I can’t wait til it all comes out.
It was over the top the way Dante reacted to Gio. That kid has been nothing but perfection since he came to town. So polite, helpful, loving, intelligent. I am dying for this secret to come out. Tracy needs to beat it out of Lois! Gio is Sonny’s grandson! Sonny will have a cow!
Tracy is gonna have a cow too when she learns she shares a grandson with Sonny. Lol. Maybe she’ll learn about it first, and maybe she’ll just tell Lois she’ll keep the secret. As much as Tracy hates Lois, she would go along with Lois’ deceit rather than let Sonny know the truth. I look forward to when Tracy learns it’s Gio. She already loves him.
At least neither Gio nor Danny had unprotected sex and knocked somebody up as a teen, Dante
Well… not that we know of. But considering teenage Sonny fathered Dante (and didn’t find out about it until decades later) and now we find out that teenage Dante did the same thing, then that establishes a pattern, and there’s probably a toddler somewhere in Bensonhurst who has an unusual ability to play his little Fisher-Price toy violin.
Of course we won’t really find out about that until about 2050. If GH is still on the air, that is.
Oh my God. HILARIOUS!!!!!
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Elizabeth Thinks of Dante While With Ric; Will She Leave Her Ex in the Dust?

Clearly, head nurse Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) is trying to deny her feelings for Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) on General Hospital, when she is trying to make up for missed opportunities and dates with her former husband, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst).
On the Friday, November 6 episode, Elizabeth arrived at the Metro Court for her date with Ric. She made sure she thanked the legal eagle for taking care of her house on Halloween when she was called into work.
However, while telling Ric this, Elizabeth is struck by a flashback of her and Dante baking in her kitchen, where a very close encounter almost led Dante and Elizabeth to kiss. After shaking that image off in her head, she goes back to her date with Ric, who is being very sweet to her.

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ELIZABETH HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT RIC
Their date gets interrupted when Lulu (Alexa Havins) shows up at their table asking Elizabeth to convince Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) to drop the libel case against her.
Later, when Liz talked with Willow, and Willow shared she appreciated the head nurse looking out for her, she asks her friend if Ric is the kind of man she wants her life?
Willow is pointing out, as she had in her relationship with Drew (Cameron Mathison), does Ric really love Elizabeth … or is he using her to get what he wants? That comment puts more doubt in Elizabeth’s mind over reconnecting with Ric, and giving her more credence to follow her feelings for Dante.
So, where is this leading? Will Elizabeth cut things off with Ric? If so, will he snap? Is Ric using Elizabeth? And what about Dante? Are you enjoying the growing closeness between Elizabeth and Dante, or do you prefer Elizabeth with Ric? Let us know in the comment section, But first, check what went down on Ric and Elizabeth’s dinner date which lead to more questions than answers below.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Tracy Leaves Port Charles to Help Dillon; Paving the Way for Jane Elliot’s Temporary Exit

General Hospital viewers became concerned when on the Thursday, November 5 episode, Tracy (Jane Elliot) was preparing to leave Port Charles to go help her son, Dillon Quartermaine, who got arrested while trying to film in Thailand.
Tracy informed Jason (Steve Burton), that she had to leave and was counting on him to look after things while she was away. That included: making sure Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and baby Phoebe were safe from the likes of Jude Jax (Wil Traval) as well as the Quartermaine businesses since Ned (Wally Kurth) still can’t overexert himself since his heart attack.
In Tracy’s final scenes, for now, she tells Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and Emma (Braedyn Bruner) to be there for Brook Lynn while she is going through her ordeal after divorcing Chase (Josh Swickard) and Jude trying to claim baby Phoebe.

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HOW LONG WILL JANE ELLIOT BE GONE FROM GENERAL HOSPITAL?
However, GH fans! Have no fear. Tracy’s exit was written into the show to facilitate Jane Elliot’s annual vacation. Same time last year, Elliot exited the canvas around this time after the entire Ronnie Bard/Martin Grey debacle; where they conspired to make it look like Monica left the Quartermaine mansion to her sister, Ronnie (Erika Slezak) instead of Tracy. In that storyline, Tracy took off for a spa in France for some much-needed R&R.
Now, according to Soap Opera Digest, while viewers are just seeing the beginnings of Jane Elliot’s temporary leave, the soap opera confirmed that the long-running star is already back taping new episodes. GH roughly runs about six weeks ahead of air in its production schedule.

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ALL ABOUT JANE
Jane Elliot started her GH journey back in 1978, and has come and gone a few times including an announced retirement back in 2017, only to eventually come out of retirement a few tines, and rejoin the show full-time in 2023.
Along the way, Elliot has won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress back in 1981, and in 2025 was honored for her 50 years of excellence in daytime television becoming a Gold Circle honoree from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Michael Fairman TV spoke to Jane at that time, immediately after receiving her honor on-stage. You can check out that interview here.
Now below, watch scenes from Thursday’s GH where Tracy informs Jason she has to leave the country and go help her son.
Then let us know, with the mention of Dillon Quartermaine on today’s GH, will the soap opera FINALLY recast the role? Will you miss Jane while she is off-screen? Glad to know she is already back taping all-new episodes of the ABC daytime drama series? Let us know in the comment section.
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GH’s Finola Hughes and Laura Wright Tease Anna/Valentin/Carly, “It’s Not Your Typical Triangle, We’ll Say That”

On General Hospital, Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) are now dealing with the fallout of their discovery, the dead body of Jack Brennan. While Carly became a suspect, now the two need to figure out just who was responsible for the former WSB Port Charles Bureau chief’s sudden ending.
Meanwhile, Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) is trying to put her shattered life back together, after almost killing Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), hallucinating she was seeing a dead Peter August (Wes Ramsey) and trying to shake off years of trauma at the hands of Cesar Faison (Anders Hove).
While it has become apparent that Valentin and Carly love each other, the same holds true for Valentin and Anna, but is it differently, now that the former lovers are apart? However, it appears when Anna is in trouble, Valentin shows up to save her. That is not lost on Carly, who up until now has tried to be adult about the whole situation, but how long will that last?

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Michael Fairman TV caught up with both Daytime Emmy-winning Lead Actresses on the red carpet at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards and asked them to weigh-in on what viewers can expect, and what’s it has been like working with leading man, James Patrick Stuart.
Laura Wright explained, “James is hilarious. I would say most of our dress rehearsals are laughing it out because we’ve got to show up for taping, but he’s very funny.” Finola Hughes echoed that with, “He’s a very funny person, always,” adding, “I couldn’t be in a scene with him and Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn, GH). It was him, me, and Amanda one time. We couldn’t get through the scene!”

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The discussion turned to if GH viewers will see Anna and Carly fighting over the love of Valentin. Laura Wright shared, “Not in the way you would think. It’s not your typical triangle. We’ll say that.” Finola Hughes concurred, “It’s not your typical triangle!”
Watch our chat from the red carpet with Finola and Laura below, and make sure to check out all the moments from Michael Fairman TV at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards here.
So, do you think Valentin will be caught in an actual love triangle between Anna and Carly, or will he be fully in his relationship with Carly, only to find himself constantly coming to the rescue of Anna Devane, causing an ultimate riff in his relationship with Carly? Who would you like to see Valentin with … Anna or Carly? Let us know via the comment section below.
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