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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Everyone Dumps on Lois Except Sonny; Nina Gets The Ammo She Needs to Blow Michael’s Custody Case for His Kids Sky High
The Wednesday, May 28 episode of General Hospital continued the fallout from the Nurses’ Ball with excellent performances by the cast in abundance led by Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn), Rena Sofer (Lois) and Giovanni Mazza (Gio).
At the Quartermaine’s, Gio walks out on Brook Lynn and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) after learning he is their biological son. As he leaves, Brook Lynn tells Gio not to blame Dante, because he had no idea she was pregnant with his child. Brook Lynn explains she gave him up at birth. That confirms in Gio’s mind that she didn’t want him and she forgot all about him.
Brook Lynn says she didn’t forget about him, but she felt if she came looking for him, it would tears his life apart. Gio storms out with Emma (Braedyn Bruner) in tow. Next, Dante and Brook Lynn have it out. Dante doesn’t understand why Brook Lynn didn’t tell him years ago and carried this secret and has been lying to his face for over 22 years. Brook Lynn said the only choice she had was to keep it buried and when pressed by Dante, she says it is likely she would never have told him truth.
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Next, when Chase (Josh Swickard) enters the room, Dante realizes he knew about the baby as well, but Chase explained he only found out a few months ago, and had no idea the baby was Gio. Dante is trying to piece this together that if no one else knew about Gio’s true parentage, how he learned the truth? (Wait till he finds out Lulu’s major part in all of this!)
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Emma (Braedyn Bruner) takes Gio to the bridge where her mother, Robin and Jason used to meet. He explains how he overheard Lois and Lulu talking about Brook Lynn and Dante being his parents. Next, Emma asks why he smashed his violin to pieces?
Back at the Metro Court, Lois is sitting by herself gutted over Brook Lynn and Gio learning the truth, plus that her daughter wants nothing more to do with her, when Ned (Wally Kurth) shows up. He lays into Lois that he is Brook Lynn’s father, why wasn’t he owed the truth? Lois explains that Brook Lynn felt shame over her pregnancy. Things take a turn when Lois tells Ned she didn’t want the Quartermaines trying to own the child! Lois says she thought she was doing right thing, but Ned says it wasn’t fair.
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At that moment, Olivia (Lisa LoCicero) shows up and the two best friends have it out. Olivia chastises Lois for doing what was best for her, not Brook Lynn. Next, Lois throws it back in Olivia’s face reminding her she didn’t tell Sonny he was Dante’s father and look what happened there! Olivia says she was protecting Dante from Sonny’s enemies. Lois tries to explain that Gio grew up in the neighborhood and had a mother, Camilla, who loved him. Olivia gets more pissed off and tells Lois that she let Gio believe he was an orphan when his parents were right in front of him.
When Lois tells Olivia she didn’t want Brook Lynn to end up like Olivia was: alone, a single mother who had to make all kinds of sacrifices. Olivia says she didn’t make sacrifices, she loved her baby, and no longer wants to be friends with her. Lois is devastated that she is now the town pariah until Sonny (Maurice Benard) walks up to her.
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Lois tells Sonny that Gio and Camilla had a special connection, and she didn’t want to mess with that. She says she kept the secret originally to protect Brook Lynn and later Gio. Sonny realizes when she asked him to pay for Gio’s education, it was a way for him to be a part of his grandson’s life without knowing it. Sonny says he appreciates what she tried to do. Lois is in tears realizing she lost Brook Lynn and now Olivia.
Carly (Laura Wright) comes home to see Michael (Rory Gibson). Jason (Steve Burton) is there and so is Josslyn (Eden McCoy). Michael explains that Diane told him about the custody hearing for Amelia and Wiley and he decided even though he wasn’t completely healed, it was time to return to Port Charles. Michael asks about the hearing, and Carly apologizes for overstepping, as she hopes he is not mad at her. Michael says she did the right thing. Later, Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) shows up at Carly’s and begs Michael not to take her kids from her.
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Meanwhile, Nina (Cynthia Watros) meets with Maxie (Kirsten Storms) for a drink and the two discuss Willow’s chance to get custody of her children, but in order for her to have any chance of ever seeing her kids, she needs to get rid of Drew (Cameron Mathison). Nina worries if she tells Willow about her dalliance with Drew (Cameron Mathison), that her daughter will never speak to her again. When the discussion turns to Sasha and Jason, and how even though she is presumably pregnant with his child, they aren’t really together, Nina’s wheels begin to turn. She asks Maxie when she thought Sasha got knocked up.. Maxie says it happened the night before Halloween.
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Next, Nina pays off the bartender to get some intel about that night and shows him a picture of Sasha. Turns out he is infatuated with Ms. Corbin. The bartender remembers Sasha with a guy, but not Jason. Nina shows him a photo of Michael. The bartender says that he was the guy, and that he and Sasha were very drunk, all over each other, and left the bar together. BINGO ! Nina has her leverage against Michael!
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So, what did you think of the performances of the cast of GH throughout the episode? What moment was your favorite? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first check out key scenes between Dante and Brook Lynn below.
As GREAT as the acting has been, this retcon storyline still has many holes – mainly the timeline as it relates to Sonny.
BLQ refers to him as “Uncle” implying he was around while she grew up in Bensonhurst. BLQ knew Olivia and Dante. And everyone, including Sonny knew Gio (and Camilla). How then, did Sonny not know Dante when he posed as an undercover cop when he first came to PC?
Wednesday, Olivia called Lois the closest thing she had to a sister. Connie was probably rolling over in her grave on that one.
How soon until Gio starts referring to his new relatives as Aunt Donna, Aunt Avery, and Uncle Leo?
It’s still riveting to watch – despite the convoluted premise.
And shout out to Nina for being the smartest person of the day.
The Connie oversight gave me pause also. I didn’t even think about the absurdity of Sonny not being familiar with Dante since they’re all from the same neighborhood. Good point!
All outstanding performances! I am back eagerly awaiting the next episode.
First of all, Rory Gibson is killing it as Michael so far. He’s slipped into the role seamlessly, and already has chemistry with everyone he’s interacted with. This recast is a win!
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Secondly, why should it matter to the custody case that Michael is Sasha’s babydaddy? It’s not a crime to get drunk and hook up with someone, and they have a romantic history. If anything, Michael’s own past crime and his family’s history should be enough. I just don’t see why a judge would think Michael is an unfit parent if he’s having a baby with Sasha, who it seems like the writers are going to pair together anyway.
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Finally, WHY on earth hasn’t Nina told Willow about her affair with Drew!? The second Willow told Nina about their kiss on the fourth of July last year, Nina should have told her. If Nina really wants Willow away from Drew, which would be best for everyone (including the kids), she’s had a million chances to make that happen. It makes zero sense that she’s kept quiet about this.
Nina is terrified of doing ANYTHING that might alienate herself from Willow, and confessing to her daughter that she’s slept with Drew would most assuredly do that.
Yes it would. But damn it, I realize Nina has permanent scarring from her mother stealing her newborns over 25 years ago but isn’t it time she realize that Willow ain’t worth it? Why is it all the neurotics from Port Charles refuse to get the psychotherapy they so desperately need? GH used to have Dr Gail Baldwin, Dr Kevin Collins and long ago, Dr Katz who so brilliantly treated Heather Weber. Port Charles has turned into a giant fruit cake but no one is tending to the nuts.
It still gets me that the non-important character of Silas Clay got 3 biological children. What’s funny is that of those 3 (Kiki, Nellie and Willow), Kiki was the sanest.
Performances were noteworthy. Still concerned that all soaps were down in viewers during May sweeps including GH at 1.85M. All were under 3M. Casting changes are taking their toll on GH. The Michael replacement is the only bright spot.
Which casting changes are “taking their toll”? The Lulu, Lucas, and even Emma recasts are doing quite well.
Must be Drew. The new Emma is outstanding.
The new Emma is fantastic and she looks a lot like Anna, her grandmother. I love seeing the two of them next to each other:)
And the new Molly is also fantastic!
It’s not the casting changes. It’s the long, drawn-out storylines that are causing the waning interest. I stopped watching Y&R for the same reason. We seriously need to pick up the pace on this stuff … and stop dropping storylines (Austin’s murder, Scotty’s disappearance, Jagger’s murder, etc.) without resolution. I’m fine with the recasts, and I think that the new faces on Michael, Emma and especially Lulu are spot-on.
I’ll actually pay a compliment to the writers about something: I liked how not everyone dumped on Lois. I liked how they allowed at least one character be an exception (in this case Sonny.)
The ironic thing here is that Sonny has been down this road twice before, and he’s taking the news far better than Olivia or Ned are. But it was Olivia and Ned who lied to Sonny previously.
Ned pretended to be Kristina’s father when she was a baby. Until she got sick. And then Sonny had to know, due to the old cliche of medical testing… which also resulted in Sam finding out Alexis was her mother.
And then of course Olivia never told Sonny about Dante. And watched as her son infiltrated Corinthos Coffee, LLC as an undercover cop, somehow not realizing how that was going to end really badly. Which of course it did. Though thankfully Dante survived, and eventually formed a decent relationship with his father, despite the occasional conflict due to their respective occupations.
Maybe Sonny’s just trying not to react to things too quickly, given his recent heart issues, but it’s almost like he’s taking this news TOO well.
Good point about both Ned and Olivia lying to Sonny in the past.
From a storyline purpose, Sonny has some other things going on, so to have him be at odds with Lois could take away time from those. Whereas this is Ned and Olivia’s only story currently.
Also, it gives Lois an excuse to go live with him for a while since she’s probably as welcomed in the mansion as Drew is right now.
I didn’t even know about Ned pretending to be Kristina’s father. Yikes! Yeah, it would have made more sense if Ned and Olivia had been the ones who were softer on Lois since they are guilty of paternity lies themselves.
everyone has been great but i could help but feel sorry for louis, she really messed up but it wasnt’ out of malice, i hope she doesn’t leave town, Lulu really is one busybody, hope brooklyn smacks her silly. NuMichael and Willow look hot together, I see her falling for michael again, and yes she’s made a huge mistake with hooking up and her affair with Drew but I can’t bring myself to hate her. Drew on the other hand is a sleazball Cameron Mathinson is doing a great job playing Drew as a asshole villian. I can’t wait for Drew and Michael to have a Ab off , whose got the six pack ?
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Thursday, the lineup of presenters for 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards taking place on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.
The ceremony will stream live on the NATAS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@theemmys and watch.TheEmmys.tv.
Scheduled to present from the current soaps are: Katelyn MacMullen (Willow, General Hospital), Delon de Metz (Zende, The Bold and the Beautiful), James Preston (Nick, The Bay), Paul Telfer (Xander, Days of our Lives), Tamara Tunie (Anita, Beyond the Gates) and Susan Walters (Diane, The Young and the Restless).
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In addition soap alums, Crystal Chappell, Lesli Kay, Joe Lando, Eva LaRue, who is also a nominee this year, A Martinez, Juliet Mills, and Alicia Leigh Willis, will also be on hand to present.
The ceremony which celebrates nominated lifestyle programs and dramas will also include presenters: Eva zu Beck (Superskilled with Eva zu Beck), Danielle Chang (Lucky Chow), Sunny Hostin (The View), Derek Hough (Extra), Pati Jinich (Pati’s Mexican Table), Star Jones (Divorce Court), Michael Jr. (Stand Up and Do Something), Judge Greg Mathis (Mathis Court with Judge Mathis), Keke Palmer (Glam Through the Ages), Nischelle Turner (Entertainment Tonight), and Andrew Zimmern (Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen).
The 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards will bring together an exciting mix of presenters representing the full spectrum of daytime television,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO of NATAS. “From familiar faces in daytime drama to the personalities and creative voices behind talk shows and lifestyle programming, this year’s lineup reflects the breadth of talent that makes daytime so special. We look forward to celebrating the people who continue to shape the genre.”
Matthew Hoffman (Love Island USA, Cheap A$$ Beach Houses) will serve as the ceremony’s Voice of God, bringing his signature comedic narration to the evening’s celebrations. As previously announced, Lifetime Achievement honoree Genie Francis (Laura, General Hospital) will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by her husband, Jonathan Frakes.
So, what do you think about the list of presenters for the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards? Let us know who you are looking forward to seeing via the comment section below.
General Hospital fans took to social media following the airing of the Wednesday, October 21 episode of the ABC daytime drama series. In story, Molly (Kristen Vaganos) reveals to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) that she has received an offer to join the top law firm in Chicago that practices civil law. She says it’s her dream job.
The problem Molly says is relocating from Port Charles and uprooting her life and being away from her mother, Scout and boyfriend Cody Bell (Josh Kelly). Wistful that she may lose another daughter to a long-distance situation (Kristina left a few months back to go to medical school in California), Alexis urged Molly to get Cody to go with her.
Molly still seemed concerned and has trouble committing to the idea. Alexis tells her to talk it over with Cody. Meanwhile, Cody asked Tracy (Jane Elliot) is he can have Thanksgiving off because he and Molly planned to spend Thanksgiving together with their families. After initially balking, Tracy agrees.
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WILL MOLLY AND CODY HEAD TO CHI-TOWN?
Later, Cody shows up at Miller & Davis and the conversation turned to Thanksgiving dinner that Alexis is hosting. Molly and Cody asked her not to cook anything. Cody hugged Molly reassuring Alexis that he and Molly would take care of whatever was needed on Turkey Day.
So, this raises the question, why out of nowhere are we learning that Molly received an amazing law offer in Chicago, if the character was not being written out? If Molly leaves the canvas, would the character of Cody make his exit too?
Kristen Vaganos joined GH as a recast Molly Lansing-Davis back in September of 2023 and went on contract in August of 2024. Josh Kelly began playing Cody Bell back in June of 2022. Initial reports were that Kelly joined the show on contract and then as of June 2025 went on recurring status with the show per his choice.
Do you see a world where GH is writing out Molly and Cody? Would you be sad to see Kristen and Josh exit the soap opera? If this is not what is going on, is this just a plot point for some other story that is upcoming? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
It’s been over two-years since his last appearance on General Hospital, now fan favorite Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin) has taken to social media to share his thoughts on the casting of his grown-up TV daughter, Serena Baldwin now played by Kelly Kruger.
Kelly took over the role of Serena on-screen starting with the July 30, 2026 episode and has been ensconced in the storyline with her mother, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring), in trying to win back full creative control of Deception for her.
In fact on the Monday, October 19 episode of the ABC soap opera, Serena tried to dupe Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) into signing over Michael’s (Rory Gibson) shares of the company. Jason caught on and wondered why she was doing this. She claimed she just wanted to help her mom gain creative control from Tracy (Jane Elliot) rather than full ownership, and begged Jason to keep quiet about it, which he agreed to for now.
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WHERE IS SCOTT?
On Monday, Shriner also took to X and said, “I think Kelly Kruger is doing a great job on General Hospital, and she and Lynn Herring work well together.” That was followed by comments in his thread about the show needing to bring back Scott too.
In fact, back on August 25, Shriner also took to X with a reminder that Scott is still around and ready to come back to Port Charles, sharing, “Scotty Baldwin always fits in he just needs the right sport coat !!!!”
The last time Serena mentioned her father Scott was when Kruger made her debut and informed Lucy that her father was, “living his best life in Key West.” Meanwhile, Shriner posts on his X account continually and shared back on August 2, that it has been 49 years since he made his on-screen debut as then teenaged, Scotty Baldwin and thanked the fans for al the love and support.
So, now let us know, are you enjoying Kelly Kruger as Serena Baldwin? Do you want to see GH bring back Scott Baldwin into the story, so Serena has both her parents in Port Charles? Do you like the potential of Jason and Serena pairing? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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