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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Emma Wants to Save Anna, Isaiah’s Career is All But Destroyed, Joe Makes an Arrest

The Monday, May 18 episode of General Hospital brought with it a startling discovery, a new reality for one surgeon, a new cop on the scene, and a granddaughter determined to protect her grandmother.
First, Laura (Genie Francis) tells Mac (John J. York) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) that Anna (Finola Hughes) is in worse trouble than she was previously after she had Kevin to check on her while he was in Europe. They head out to update Emma (Braedyn Bruner) and Felicia (Kristina Wagner).
Meanwhile, Emma gets upset over Anna during a discussion with Felicia and breaks Anna’s favorite coffee cup. Emma is overcome with sadness and cries, trying to figure out how she is supposed to be so happy with Gio (Giovanni Mazza), while Anna is locked away somewhere against her own will.

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BAD NEWS FOR EMMA
Laura and Mac arrive to talk with Emma and Felicia, and reveal how Anna escaped and made it to the border, but she was now in the custody of the French authorities and they are transferring her to a long term mental illness facility, which freaks out Emma just as Gio arrives. Emma runs into his arms. Laura says at this point, Anna needs a strong advocate and she will make a call on her behalf. (But to who?)
At the Metro Court pool, Curtis (Donnell Turner) is arrested by Detective Joe Fitzpatrick (Jonathan Bennett) after throwing a punch at Isaiah (Sawandi Wilson). Joe takes Curtis to the station where Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) tells Fitzgerald to remove Curtis’ handcuffs. Now inside the interrogation room, Curtis explains that he believes Isaiah left he and Jordan (Tanisha Harper) dead at the side of the road the night of the accident and provoked him.
BROKEN HAND, BROKEN MAN
Curtis just wants to put it all behind him and says he will pay for Isaiah’s medical bills, but Dante informs him, he is trouble and he needs to call a lawyer. So, he calls Jordan. Meanwhile, Isaiah gets looked at while at General Hospital, and his hand is messed up. He comes to learn he will need multiple surgeries not only for broken bones but two tendons were severed in the process. Isaiah realizes his surgical days are numbered possibility forever, if not for a very long time.
JOSSLYN FINDS ANNA’S MESSAGE
While being held hostage, Josslyn (Eden McCoy) tries again to convince Cassius (Ryan Paevey) to set her free. That leads into the two playing cards and Cassius asking Josslyn how she got into the WSB. Josslyn admits her boyfriend was murdered and she killed the person who was the culprit for retribution. She says she put together all the pieces that he did the crime, and now this line of work gives her purpose.
In the shocking final moments, after Cassius leaves for the night, Josslyn heads to the cot in the other part of the holding room and sees a hand-carved message on the wall from Anna that she was there and help captive on October 31, 2025. We fade to black.
So what did you think of the concern Emma showed for Anna, and the performance of Braedyn Bruner? What are your very initial impressions of Jonathan Bennett as Joe Fitzgerald? Which character is annoying you more in the story … Curtis, Jordan, Portia or Isaiah? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Braedyn Bruner was fantastic. My heart broke for Emma. I just hope that dhe can get Anna back home safely and soon.
I don’t like what they’ve done to Curtis’ character this year. The writers will have their work cut out for them if they try to write a redemption arc for Curtis. I know Isaiah shouldn’t have said what he said, but it doesn’t excuse what Curtis did. Curtis is unhinged.
When it comes to gh copying yr with Isaiah not being able to possibly be a surgeon even with gh having Nigel Campbell as a black writer on the show I felt a career change was coming for Isaiah before Portia had the baby Currently because the writers also wanted to have courthouse drama with Isaiah and Curtis characters currently
Braedyn continues to shine when given good material. Emma should be the lead female of the early 20s group.
Sawandi has a wide range and shows emotion in subtle, but noticeable ways. I care about Isaiah, who’s been in town less than two years, than I do about Curtis, who’s been in PC for 11.
As for Bennett’s performance, my initial reaction isn’t that great. Maybe it was first day jitters. Let’s check back in a few weeks before a casting a final decision.
She’s so good that she managed to make viewers realize how much they have missed Anna so a lot of cried along with her ( not me, of course!) Oh but that broken mug with the British flag on it that little Emma made for Grandma Anna got to me. I agree about Sawandi as Isaiah. He has an intensity and range that Donell just lacks. I think Bennett is just trying to find his sea legs. I haven’t counted him out yet. I learned my lesson after being too critical of Giovanni( Gio) who has turned out to be an amazing actor.
Poor Isaiah! I hope his hand is ok!
Joe is so cuddly!
Oy vey.
This sounds like the end of Isaiah’s surgical career. That is very said news since he is an international trauma surgeon. Which character annoys me most in this story? First and foremost Portia. Her bad judgement and lies set this freight train in motion. Curtis is next. He has absolutely no evidence linking Isaiah, a trauma surgeon, to leaving the scene of the accident. Curtis is just pissed that Portia did the horizontal mambo with Isaiah while she was still married to him. Get over it.
Detective Fitzgerald looks interesting. He looks like a no nonsense cop who doesn’t appreciate people who expect special treatment, ie Curtis.
How in Hell’s name does somebody break their hand in 11 places from a 20 second fight? These writers are really stretching with this one. As well as with Curtis’s over the top jealousy.
Curtis WAS one of the very few creations of the Valentini regime that was worth keeping around. But not so much lately. Seems like the current writers are going out of their way to throw him under the bus.
I agree that Curtis was once written well but he’s never been played well. DT has never managed to met the good writing afforded to his character and if he can’t meet good writing half way, how is he supposed to rise above bad writing? Since day one, Turner has been wooden, one note and marches around with his hands on his hips striking a pose. He has the good looks of a leading man but not the talent to make it work.
yeah Jonathan Bennett as Detective Joe Fitzpatrick didn’t make the cut in my book. His voice sounded manufactured and not authentic. If the character is gay, I hope he’s not paired up with Lucas. And, if the character is indeed gay, gosh, I wish we could have kept Adrian on as Marco. I’m not impressed with the Jonathan first episode. I rarely ever have such a gut feeling with a newbie like this. Maybe, the character is short-term, then okay, maybe… but I hope he’s not on contract, he bugs me the way in which the actor who paid Nathan now Cassius, and how his acting bugs them. Yeah, he’s wooden and his voice sounds off, too. Jonathan came across very wooden and dull, and the manufactured voice was weird.
Agreed
I agree that newbie cop did not make a good first impression. Seems like a carbon copy of all the things that makes Chase a bad cop.
Now get your own name, for Hell’s sake.
I mean, it just seems so unnecessary.
I’m an atheist, but I prefer the original Satan.
It will be Robin, I hope. Would be great to see Kimberly again.
I didn’t think I would like the pairing of Cassius with Josslyn, but they have chemistry. I know there’s a big age difference between the two characters, Paevey is like twice McCoy’s age…..but I like their interactions…as much as Kelly Thiebaud’s scenes with Finn Carr. I enjoy things I didn’t expect I would like, when they play out like this.
They’re both good actors, so I’m not surprised by the chemistry. However, I liked Joss with Vaughn and I would like to see him return. Perhaps it’s wishful thinking on my part. I would hope the writers have seen the fans’ comments about Vaughn resembling young Frisco. It would be nice if they wrote something in that direction.
Well, I’d like go see Joss with Dex, and would like to see him return .
I wholeheartedly agree! Those two had like magnetic chemistry….you could almost feel it yourself. One of the worst decisions the writers made was killing Dex off!
100% agree. Those two had magnetic chemistry…you saw it and you could almost feel it off screen. The writers decision to kill him off was one of the biggest mistakes that they made.
If we gave out superlatives at mid-year, the Curtis/Portia/Jordan/Isaiah storyline would hands-down be the worst. The audience could see Jordan took her eyes off the road to kiss Curtis. How are we supposed to be invested in a storyline with unhinged Curtis being obsessed with blaming Isaiah. I can’t wait to see him eat crow when he discovers it might have been BLQ or Charlotte. Please make this storyline go away and let’s pretend it never happened.
Emma had me crying right along with her, We both want Anna back and Braedyn Briner is a true talented fine. Jonathan Bennett I don’t know yet, to soon, I wasn’t impress but I’ll wait and see. as for which character is the most annoying, theres no competition here, its totally Curtis, how ridiculous went he yelled across the restaurant for Isaiah to his hand off his child, It was creepy and cringy,
Braedyn Bruner was fantastic in her scenes. Joe Fitzpatrick wasn’t written or performed very well, but we shall see if that improves. I wish this car crash ended as quickly as the murder mystery of Austin Gatlin Holt.
I can’t stand Jordan or Curtis, those two have it out for Portia and Isaiah like for real , they’ve turned Curtis into a thug and Jordan a damsel in distress.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Finn Carr Weighs-In on Potential Rocco and Scout Teen Romance

Finn Carr, who delivered powerful performances on General Hospital, when Rocco shot WSB director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) and its aftermath, may be headed for his first on-screen love story on the ABC soap opera.
Ever since it was announced that the long-running daytime drama decided to age-up Scout Cain, and in a few recent scenes between Rocco and Scout, it’s clear these two share similar interests and like each other.
Scout is now played by Kayden Brenna Tokarski, who made her GH debut back on July 20 as the daughter of Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and the late Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco).

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In a newly-released virtual segment with ABC11 North Carolina’s GH virtual insider, Dearon Smith, both Finn Carr and Asher Antonyzyn talked about working on a soap opera, while finishing high school, and teasing what’s ahead for Danny and Rocco. While Finn and Asher couldn’t give too much away, Smith asked Finn Carr if there is something brewing between Scout and Rocco?
WHAT’S NEXT FOR ROCCO AND DANNY?
Carr responded, “That’s an interesting question. Kaden is great to work with, and I love working with her. There definitely is some great stuff coming up that people are going to want to watch. It’s good stuff and really fun.”
Apparently, Danny and Rocco will also find themselves once again in some trouble, but as Finn tells it looks like this time, Danny will take the brunt of it. “We get into a lot of trouble … well, Danny gets into a lot of trouble … but I do a lot though.” Very cryptic indeed!
You can check out the full conversation with Finn and Asher with ABC11 below.
Now, let us know, would you like to see Rocco have a girlfriend, and that it would be Scout? Do you think Finn and Kayden work well together on-screen? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
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Laura Wright Signs New Contract with ‘General Hospital’

While there have been plenty of on-screen newcomers in recent weeks on General Hospital, no need to worry about one of its mainstays, with the news from Daytime Emmy winner, Laura Wright, herself. Wright who plays Carly Spencer on the ABC soap opera has revealed on X, that she just re-signed a new deal with the soap opera to remain in Port Charles.
Wright is the fourth actress to play Carly, following in the footsteps of the OG Carly, Sarah Brown, Tamara Brown, and Jennifer Bransford. In fact, Laura left her major role on Guiding Light as Cassie Layne Winslow to take over the role of Bobbie Spencer’s (the late Jackie Zeman) complex daughter in November of 2005. Now almost 21 years later, Laura has made Carly her own and has delivered memorable performance after memorable performance throughout her run.
When a fans commented on X, “Can I just say if you ever leave General Hospital as Carly I will stop watching the show. I honestly have loved you and think that you are the best person to play Carly,” Laura Wright jumped in to the thread and assured her and other GH fans, that she has no plans to go anywhere else.

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LAURA WRIGHT STAYING PUT AT GENERAL HOSPITAL AND FANS ARE HAPPY SHE’S STICKING AROUND
Laura expressed, “I’m not going anywhere, just signed a new contract!!!” Since she made her public statement, many GH fans were thrilled with the news with comments such as: “I would’ve been devastated if you weren’t sticking around. You’ve truly made Carly your own after so many years, ” and “Happy to hear this, I always enjoy #GH more when Carly is on,” plus “So glad you’re sticking around as Carly. Love Carly and can’t wait for more #Caradine and #Jarly”
One fans hopes Laura will be on for years to come a la Jane Elliot’s tenure as Tracy Quartermaine saying, “Awesome. It’s so fun getting to see the full life of a character. Hope you stick around for many more years. I think Carly will be a hoot in her Tracy Quartermaine era.”
Laura Wright’s road to General Hospital started back on ABC’s Loving when she first played Allison “Ally” Rescott on Loving (1991 to 1995) and then its spinoff The City (1995 to 1997). She later joined Guiding Light as Cassie, who was revealed to be the sister of Reva Shayne played by Kim Zimmer. She played the part from 1997-2005. From then on its been all GH scoring a Lead Actress Daytime Emmy win in 2011, along with eight total nominations throughout her daytime career.
Currently, Carly is involved in a romance with Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), but it’s on shaky ground with Anna Devane back in the picture not so happy to see the two canoodling, and Carly having been warned by Sonny that Valentin is not trustworthy.
However, after seeing Laura’s post that she has signed on to stay at GH, James Patrick Stuart commented on X reacted by stating, “Phew!”
So, happy to hear Laura has re-signed with General Hospital and will continue her role as Carly Spencer? Let us know via the comment section below.
I’m not going anywhere ❤️❤️ just signed a new contract !!! ✨✨ https://t.co/GfTSt53xFQ
— Laura Wright (@lldubs) August 8, 2026
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Willow Feels The Effects of Jacinda’s Drugs; Josslyn Find Out She’s CEO of Jasper Jacks Enterprises

On the Friday, August 7, episode of General Hospital, Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) unknowingly has put her children Amelia and Wiley in danger, Drew (Cameron Mathison) and Ava (Maura West) appear to be in collusion against Sonny, and Josslyn (Eden McCoy) and Hudson (Troy Lennon Appel) get off to a rocky start (which as you know in soaps could be a love match down the line!).
Here’s what went down as most of the action took place at the Metro Court pool area: First, Josslyn meets with Hudson, who reveals himself to be none other than the VP of Operations for JJE (Jasper Jacks Enterprises). Hudson tells Josslyn he was sent to Port Charles from Australia, while her dad was sailing around the world as he had named her the new CEO of his company.
Josslyn immediately puts her foot down and tells Hudson she is not accepting the position. He asks, why? She informs him that she works as a WSB agent. Hudson seems stunned and his interest is piqued.

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HUDSON DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF JOSSLYN
In turn, they get into a tiff, where Hudson is annoyed that he flew all the way around the world and wasted his time. Meanwhile, Josslyn is annoyed that her father didn’t even bother to ask her if she wanted to run the company. In the end, Josslyn tells Hudson to get her a list of qualified candidates, one of which she can sign the company over to. She then storms off.
However, Hudson spots Ava Jerome, whom he knows was speaking with Ethan in Norway, and who knows about Ethan’s involvement with baby Phoebe. Ava is busy talking with Drew on how they mutual disdain of Sonny, and it should be the driving force for them to work together to take him down. Ava wants no more threats over her head of having Avery taken away from her by her father. Drew is all ears!
Michael (Rory Gibson) meets up at the pool with Jacinda. She shows him the restraining order that Willow got from the courts against her to stay away from the children. Michael promises to get his lawyers to fight it.
However, Michael knows something is up when Jacinda said, “Willow is about to make a public mistake,” hoping that pills she put in Willow’s iced coffee have begun to spin the congresswoman out of control. Michael demanded to know what Jacinda had done to Willow.

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WILLOW’S ABOUT TO GO FOR A DANGEROUS DRIVE
Elsewhere at Nina’s, Willow got a surprise when Amelia and Wiley showed up. Now, she will have them for the afternoon and decides they are going to have fun day. After a slight scare when Wiley picked up her iced coffee, Willow told her son to put down the drink because it has caffeine in it. However, then Willow began to drink it herself unaware that Jacinda spiked it with drugs.
In the final moments of the episode, Willow’s behavior changes as she is now over-excited about taking the kids to the arcade. A drugged Willow grabs her car keys, and she and Amelia and Wiley head out to the car. We fade to black.
So, did you feel on-screen chemistry between Hudson and Josslyn? Do you like Drew and Ava teaming up? Do you think Willow gets into a car accident with Amelia and Wiley in the car, which in turn, will kick Jacinda to the curb with Michael? Share your thoughts on what happens next and more in the comment section below. But first for some clues, take a look at the General Hospital preview that aired for Monday’s August 10th episode during the closing of today’s GH.
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