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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Everything Willow Said to Drew; How His Machinations and Her Motivations Drove Her to Extremes
The Friday, February 6 episode of General Hospital gave viewers all the motivations behind Willow’s (Katelyn MacMullen) scheme, when all the hated, betrayal, anguish she feels towards her husband, Drew (Cameron Mathison) came spewing out as she happily told Drew, who is unable to speak or move and is trapped in a bed, that she shot him and how she learned to fire a gun while in the cult Dawn of Day. Willow went on to say, that she was driven to shoot Drew, because, “It was my only way to ever really be free of you!”
What follows below is Willow’s entire explanation to Drew, which hit all the notes in the story thus far, complete with flashbacks, as Drew, who is finally shut up, has no choice but to listen to Willow’s venom as the GH writers brought us full -ircle to how Willow was driven to this point. First, Willow how finding out about Drew’s affair with her mother, Nina, affected her.
Willow begins, “It was a major shock and a huge betrayal, but I really thought that it was something I could recover from, but I needed to do it alone without you hovering. And honestly, I needed to take a step back, breathe, and concentrate on getting my children. I was living with Elizabeth. I was working, I was doing everything possible to show the court that I’m a stable, loving mother who deserved my children. But I just had one problem that would not go away. And yes, Drew, I know you would’ve helped me with it, but you see, you were the problem.”
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OVER THE EDGE
“I begged you to leave me alone, and you just wouldn’t listen. And if I couldn’t get you to leave me alone, I knew I was never going to have a chance of getting my children back. And you knew that! You knew what Michael’s terms were and you just wouldn’t back off. Something had to change. I was desperate. I didn’t know what else to do. So I went to the Quartermaines and I got the gun from Edward’s study. I didn’t even know if I could bring myself to use it. I just knew that I needed to have something, some way to get free. I really scared myself that day. I had already lost myself. I was going to lose my kids maybe forever, but I would’ve done anything not to cross that line. But then Judge Heran was murdered.”
“You saw me talking to Chase, doing that thing you always do when you get threatened by something. He had talked to Judge Heran for me, and she told him that in her courtroom I was the key to getting my kids back. If I showed that I was stable and working, I could get them back without your money, your power, or your congressional influence. Because, I was enough without you. I hadn’t been told that I was enough for anything in so long, and then Judge Heran was dead. The woman gave me a lifeline to my kids without you and she was gone. Did you kill her …. or did you have someone else do it!? You are capable of killing Judge Heran. You are capable of anything. So long as it keeps me dependent on you, because that’s what this whole thing has been about, right? Manipulating me, using my children in any way, you need it to keep me needing you tied to you. Well, all of that ends now!”
“I probably could have detached myself enough to keep things from escalating to this point. But it wasn’t. You used my kids to hold onto me and you hurt them in the process. You twisted Wiley up more than once and had him in tears. I’m his mother! Did you think I just forget that, or did you think that I would see things the same way you did? My child has collateral damage a means to an end. When I flew to Germany to see Michael, you said you supported me, but you sabotaged me!”
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“You paid off the receptionist and made her say that Michael didn’t want to see me, didn’t you? You then set up Wiley, my sweet little boy, to hear that his father didn’t want him anymore. You knew that would make Michael furious and you knew that I would defend you because I could never, ever have imagined that you would do something right. You never loved me, you never loved my kids. You just wanted to have me so that you could get back at Michael and the Quartermaines for pushing you out of their family. So you systematically destroyed every part of my life so that I would be isolated and have nothing but you and that is why I shot you. My only regret is that you didn’t die!”
WRONG-WAY CHASE
Later, Chase (Josh Swickard) showed up at Drew’s testing the key on Michael’s (Rory Gibson) key ring that opens the front door at Drew’s. Willow and Chase talk and she plays him, too. Chase tells Willow not to trust Michael. When Chase returns to the Quartermaines, he plants Michael’s key chain on the floor near the counter as Wiley (Viron Weaver) sees what Chase is up to.
At the end of the episode, Willow informed Drew that he hadn’t had a stroke. Taking out a syringe she revealed that she’d drugged him, and will continue to do so to keep him in current state. She explained that she plans to use his money and influence to forge a new life for herself with her kids, so she needed him to stay on this medication as she injects the meds into Drew’s IV while he looks on bewildered, stuck, shocked, and unable to communicate except by blinking his eyes.
Katelyn MacMullen turned in one of her best performances to date, as the writers finally did a deep-dive explanation on why Willow was motivated to do what she did, and that she had put two and two together for a very long time. This was a woman driven to the extreme after watching any of her power eaten alive by this arrogant controlling and devious man. Now the question becomes, how far will she get with her plan? Stay tuned.
So, what did you think about Willow’s monologue on why she shot Drew and has put him in Locked-In syndrome-like state? Were you happy that she had connected the dots and got payback on Drew? Since Willow is now revealed as very calculated, and knows what she is doing, will she eventually be sent to prison or a sanitarium? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
I agree this was her finest performances. I was thinking how many pages of dialogue she must have had for that one episode. I loved that it made me feel like I was watching Kathy Bates in “Misery.” I was hoping Chase would overhear everything she said to Drew. I am afraid this is the beginning of the end of Chase and BLQ.
I’d love to see Katelyn submit these scenes to the Emmy Awards.
This story is over the top even for me. Up until now I thought Heather Webber had been “GH’s” greatest pyscho. The GH wrirters are really going very far with this story!
She’s his number one fan! And yes, Katelyn is really a damn good actress. It’s funny, just as I liked Drew better as a villain, I also like Willow better as a villain.
Agreed. If 2025 was Cameron’s time to shine, 2026 is turning out to be Katey’s.
Willow’s explanation of why she shot Drew almost made sense. She doesn’t know that Drew DIDN’T kill the judge, and given the timing, he was as good of a suspect as anybody. Of course she’s completely clueless to the fact that the judge was in Sidwell’s pocket all along.
But the big plot hole in the story obviously, is she brags about her gun knowledge, having learned how to shoot in Shiloh’s “Dawn of the Dead” cult (or whatever it was called). And her medical training as a nurse would certainly inform her as to where to shoot somebody to kill them… major organs, arteries where they could bleed out quickly, etc.
But with all that knowledge, Willow shot him twice from behind at point blank range, and did only relatively minor damage? She claims she was shooting to kill, so it wasn’t intended as a “warning shot”, hoping he would get his dragonshit together, or whatever.
I’m all for Willow tormenting Drew for a while. Just enough with trying to frame Mikey for it. Willow’s the one who ended their marriage. Mikey didn’t do anything wrong there… only had his drunken one night stand with Sasha AFTER finiding out about WIllow & Drew.
The last part especially. Michael was utterly soul and heart crushed upon seeing the video of Willow and Drew on the floor of the nursery having sex. Viewers have never really gotten to see Michael process his grief or Willow apologize. We got the moms ( Carly&Nina) and Drew acting as middleman translators but those two didn’t get any time alone together to just talk. Then the fire happened. And so Willow setting Michael up, the injured party, isn’t really bringing viewers satisfaction.
Willow is nutter than a fruit cake, she to be locked in a phsyc ward
This was great television great soap opera I loved it
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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