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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

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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.

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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 ?

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny Tells Dante, “I Don’t Want a Son Like You,” While Michael Tells Brook Lynn to Bide Her Time Till Chase and Willow Have an Affair

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On the Thursday, October 1 episode of General Hospital, both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had some things to say and what they had to say didn’t go over well with whom they were talking to!

Sonny had a confrontation with his son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Michael leveled with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) over Chase (Josh Swickard).

GH is setting up a scenario where everyone is going to make it look like Sonny was responsible for having Sidwell (Carlo Rota) beat up in Pentonville; while viewers already know Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) were behind it.

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A VISIT WITH DAD

Now, Dante comes to Sonny’s house. He wants to know straight up from his dad if he ordered the attack at Pentonville. Sonny flatly denies any culpability or responsibility, but Dante refuses to believe him.

Dante informs Sonny he has video footage of Sully and Vito at the prison. Sonny explains to Dante he doesn’t know why Sully beat up both Curtis and Dante. Things escalated when Sonny was deeply hurt that Dante refused to believe him. Dante says he was disappointed that his father didn’t respect him enough to be truthful with him!

Sonny asks Dante to consider that he was being set up. He says all he did was to tell Vito to instruct Sully to keep a watchful eye on Sidwell, not to harm him. No matter what Sonny said, Dante continued hammering him with how he knew deep down, even though he said he left the mob, he had to finish off Sidwell for himself.

Next, Sonny explains everything he has ever done was to provide for and to protect his family. Dante fired back that he doesn’t want to deal anymore with Sonny’s half-baked truths. As the two men argue, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) shows up at Sonny’s front door and overhears Sonny losing his temper and shouting at Dante, “Get out of my house! I don’t want a son like you!”  The scenes featured an excellent performance by Maurice Benard.

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MICHAEL THE MANIPULATOR

While this is going down, outside the Quartermaine boathouse, Brook Lynn opens up to Michael about living at the Q’s with Chase being there, since he only came back due to legal advice from his lawyer, Monet Mitchell (Blythe Howard).

Brook Lynn questioned whether they should get legally separate. Michael insisted that would be a big mistake. When she asks why, Michael tells Brook Lynn to bide her time until Chase and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) have an affair; then she’d have full custody of Phoebe.

An angered Brook Lynn pushed Michael into the water and accuses him of moving Willow back into the gatehouse with intent on putting Chase and Willow in closer proximity and sacrificing Brook Lynn’s family in the process.  As the two cousins bicker, Chase shows up asking Brook Lynn if she is OK. Michael punctuates their talk with “You know, I’m right.”

CURTIS FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SLAMMER

At GH, Willow visits Curtis (Donnell Turner) in his hospital room. Curtis wants Willow to get him pardoned and keep him out of jail, and in return, he will help her nail Sonny.

Next, Willow tells Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) she wants Curtis held for observation for three more days. He agrees to do so under one condition, that she understands that he may need to call in a favor from a congresswoman.

So, what did you think of how Dante accused his father and refused to believe Sonny’s answers? Is this the end of their father and son relationship for good? Is Michael the most manipulative person of all, except for Willow? Do the two deserve each other? Do you want Chase and Willow to have an affair? And what of Curtis? Does he have many redeeming qualities left? Share your thoughts via the comment section,  but first check out the talk Michael had with Brook Lynn.

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GH Alum Tajh Bellow and Y&R Alum Loren Lott Star in New Tiktok and Microdrama ‘Love Island’ Spoof

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Two soap opera alums very familiar to fans of General Hospital and The Young and the Restless are paired together in a new short-form digital series from none other than Issa Rae’s production entity HOORAE Digital.

Look for Tajh Bellow (ex-TJ Ashford, GH)) and Loren Lott (ex-Ana Hamilton, Y&R) as part of the cast of  The Compatibility Experiment, premiering on October 14, 2026, exclusively on TikTok and its companion microdrama platform, PineDrama.

In the video teaser, it appears that Bellow and Lott play a couple, Kelvin and Camila, set in a Love Island reality show-esque environment trying to win the one million dollar cash prize, only what could go wrong?

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The Compatibility Experiment loglines share that it brings a fast-paced, relationship-focused reality check—much like Love Island with a twist. The show takes a participant’s current relationship, introduces them to a potentially more compatible partner, and forces them to navigate the differences with life-changing money on the line.

The new series is part of a groundbreaking content deal between HOORAE Digital and TikTok to develop premium short-form storytelling. The ensemble cast also features; Ayona, Reggie Luck, JaNa Craig, Tosin Morohunfola, Jessica Jacoby, Georgia Warner, and Nick Cassidy.

General Hospital fans know Tajh Bellow for his performances as TJ Ashford, and who earned two Daytime Emmy nominations along the way during his run. Bellow took over the role in 2018 and last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series in December of 2024.

Loren Lott first appeared as Devon’s (Bryton James) sister Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless from 2018 to 2019; making a brief return in 2024. She has continued to perform on the stage and screen with recent credits including: Bel-Air, Cherish the Day, and All American: Homecoming.

Check out the trailer for The Compatibility Experiment below and let us know what you think of its concept and if you are glad to see Tajh and Loren again? Hoping they might return to daytime in their GH and Y&R roles at some point in the future? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava and Drew Revealed to be Behind Framing Sonny for Sidwell’s Prison Beatdown

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If you thought that the person responsible for the Pentonville brawl that saw Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) taken to General Hospital was Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) or even Sidwell himself, you were dead wrong! On the Wednesday, September 30 episode of GH, it turned out that the culprits were actually Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison).

In story, Drew apparently bankrolled the attack on Sidwell and framing Sonny. He told Ava their planned worked (she came up with it!) but was horrified when Drew informed her that Curtis got caught in the crosshairs. Ava is visibly upset because of her longtime friendship with Curtis’ daughter, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). Drew tried to make Ava see the bright side. Curtis was witness to it and his presence will cast doubt on Sonny’s claims to that he had gotten out of the mob and gone legit.

Later, Vito shows up at Drew’s. They informed him that his guy on the inside of the slammer made a big mistake by hurting their friend and ordered him to leave town.

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BOATHOUSE BRAWL

In other major developments, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr) have a blow out fight as Danny blames his “brother” for the reason Charlotte was sent off to boarding school.

Rocco told off Danny for Charlotte’s (Bluesy Burke) reckless behavior and he explains he had to protect his sister. He went in on Danny saying that his mother Lulu (Alexa Havins) has been right to send Charlotte to boarding school and far away from Danny.

However, Rocco went a bit too far when he shouted, “And if your mom was alive, she would send you away too!” Next, Danny punched out Rocco, leading to a terrible brawl. An angered Danny yells at Rocco to, “Stay away from me and everyone in my family. And don’t you ever mention my mom again!” Danny storms off.

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Now alone outside the boathouse, Rocco flashes back to his first kiss with Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarksi), hoping that his fight with Danny will not escalate and ruin their budding romance. Meanwhile, a bloodied-mouth Danny heads over to Sonny’s and Jason (Steve Burton) is there at the same time. He then admits that he has a bad fight with Rocco and they are both beaten up.

WILL SCOUT WISE UP?

At the end of the episode, Scout, who had a fight with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) over Drew, and who keeps telling everyone how good a man her dad truly is, comes upon a suspicious scene.

Scout hides behind the wall outside Drew’s. She sees her dad, Ava and Vito talking. Next, Scout seems to overhear Vito assuring Drew and Ava that their business dealings are done, and he’ll be leaving Port Charles for good.

So, what did you think of the reveal that Ava and Drew were behind framing Sonny for the prison beatdown of Sidwell (and Curtis)? Do you think Danny and Rocco’s relationship can be repaired, or do you think the teenagers will continue to be at each other’s throats? Finally, do you hope Scout gets a clue and stops thinking her dad walks on air? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out how Ava and Drew conspired below.

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