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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Holly is Sasha’s Mother; Sam tells Dante She’s the Donor Match for Lulu
It looks like there have been some long-held secrets going on in Port Charles that were revealed on the Wednesday, October 16 episode of General Hospital. It starts, that while having drinks with Felicia (Kristina Wagner), Holly (Emma Samms) sees photos of Sasha (Sofia Mattson) and Cody (Josh Kelly) and she is very oft-kilter about it when looking at Sasha and inquiring about her to Felicia.
Meanwhile, after asking Michael (Chad Duell) to invest in Cody’s business venture and him turning her down, Sasha realizes she was overheard by Tracy (Jane Elliot). It’s at that point Tracy lowers the boom; that if she ever catches Sasha asking the family for money again, she will fire her as the cook for the Q clan.
Later, when Sasha opens the door at the Quartermaines, she looks not too pleased to see Holly Sutton there. It’s then that Sasha says, “What are you doing here, mother?” Holly looks at her. Now the question becomes, what is Holly up to? Is she contacting her daughter to keep hidden from the wrath of Sidwell (Carlo Rota)? Is Sasha not on the up and up either? Apparently, she knew Holly was her mom! Stay tuned.
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Elsewhere, after the crisis with Lulu is aborted; due to a ventilator malfunction and Isaiah (Sawandi Wilson) and Liz’s (Rebecca Herbst) quick timing, it concerns everyone even more to make sure they find a donor match quickly for Lulu. At the same time, Terry (Cassandra James) is filling Sam (Kelly Monaco) in that she is match to save Lulu, but she would need to first undergo a secondary screening to confirm there are no complications for the liver recipient. Sam thinks about it and says she will agree to the testing with one condition; that Terry does not tell Dante until she is sure that she can be Lulu’s liver donor. Terry agrees.
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When Elizabeth and Dante talk about both being involved with the Spencer kids, Lucky and Lulu, it bonds them as Dante is overwrought with the thought of losing Lulu. Elizabeth gets a text message that the secondary screening is complete. Next, while Dante is at Lulu’s bedside, Sam bursts into tell him that she is a match for Lulu. Dante looks confused and stunned, and we fade to black.
So, what do you think about Holly Sutton being Sasha Corbin’s mother? What do you think the backstory of their relationship is and who is Sasha’s bio-dad then? And, what do you think now that we know that Sam can be Lulu’s liver donor without question and that the hospital staff wants to move fast to get the transplant done as quickly as possible? Share your thoughts and reactions below.
Is this another history retcon that this writing team is famous for. I thought Sasha never knew who her parents were? I hate when soaps do this.
Sasha switched Codys hair for hers in the DNA testing, so if she was Roberts daughter something should have showed up then. We didnt FORGET the DNA test.. GH ignoring this..
Long freaking con!
Well I’m fairly certain nobody had Sasha is Holly’s daughter on their bingo card. What’s more shocking is the fact that Sasha could be a Scorpio.
Love it or hate it, one thing is certain…
Sasha just became alot more interesting.
That wouldn’t take much.
Well this is going to be 666% ridiculous and cringey no matter how they spin it. If Holly is Sasha’s mother, then that means either Robert is her father, which means Sasha is currently banging her cousin Cody. Or Luke is her father, which would mean Sasha was previously banging her cousin Michael. Also, if that’s the case, it might have been nice if she would have known this earlier so she could be tested as a liver donor for Lulu, who would then be her half sister.
Not really a good outcome either way. So why bother?
Sasha and Cody have not had sex. In fact, most fans have complained that not much was happening with them or they were moving the couple along too slowly. The writers always had someone interrupt them before anything happened. Now I see why. I assume Sasha has no idea she is Robert’s daughter, so that will put an end to Cody and Sasha.
I like this twist. Sasha became boring. The only thing interesting about Cody is James. It seemed like the writers had no idea what to do with Sasha. Prior to this, the best they could do is make her the Q’s cook. It makes Sasha instantly more interesting. Is she a con artist like her mother and brother, Ethan? Does she oppose her mother’s criminal behavior?
Also, ending Cody and Sasha could open the door to a Sasha and Michael reunion if Drew and Willow secret is revealed.
If they say she’s Robert’s daughter – how does that explain the DNA test Felicia did where Sasha switched her hair for one of Cody’s? Wouldn’t that indicate a familial match (not siblings but cousins)?
You would think so. Which leads me to suspect that they’re going to make her Luke’s kid and say that she and Ethan were fraternal twins maybe. Since it would be really ridiculous to say that Luke and Holly hooked up and made babies at two different times while Luke & Laura were on the run from Frank Smith’s mob.
Which of course begs the question… Sasha knows who her mother is. Does she know who her father is, and if it’s Luke, then why didn’t she step up and offer to help her sister, Lulu? She could have been tested without mentioning that fact. Nobody’s going to think Sam was Luke’s kid even though she was somehow a match. Though Sam did start out as a con woman who loved gambling, so ironically enough, she would fit as a Luke & Holly kid, if she were younger.
Well, the (illogical) timeframe given by Holly for her pregnancy with Sasha would indicate Robert cheated on Anna during their second marriage. This means both of Holly’s kids were born while she hooked up with her exes while they were happily married to other women.
The other ridiculous thing about the timing is that Holly was on screen for a few years after Robert “died” (dating Bill while living with Mac and Robin). The audience let that similar fact slide for Dominique’s retcon Cody pregnancy. Similar to Peter, this is a retcon that won’t go over well. Give it a while and Sasha will be re-retconned to a dalliance between Paloma and Bill.
Would you or someone explain the big love affair that Tracy keeps bringing up , between her and Luke. I’ve watched for many years, never seeing their relationship.
Miniature sashas mom?I thought
Didn’t Van Etten learn anything from the Peter debacle? Stop messing with the Scorpio family tree. Nobody was asking for this – which came out of the blue in just one episode.
Sasha’s been in Port Charles for 6 years stating all along that she was raised by her grandmother.
It was bad enough when Guza altered show history by having Luke cheat on Laura with a previously assumed to be infertile Holly to produce Ethan. Now this ridiculous retcon? Can’t they come up with anything original?
I used to never miss a day. For the last month or so I’m good watching about once a week if that. Bad story line all around.
100%
There’s literally no way that Sasha could be Robert & Holly’s kid. Sasha used to be with Michael Corinthos, and they are approximately the same age.
Michael was born in the late 1990s. At that time, both Robert and Holly were presumed dead. Neither of them were down here, and probably neither one actually died, but where ever they were, they weren’t together.
Now… going way back when, Holly WAS pregnant with Robert’s child when she supposedly died in a plane crash in 1987. That’s where I always believed Ethan came from, and never bought that he was Luke’s kid. This cannot be where Sasha came from, as it would make her more than a decade older than Michael. But after 1987, it would literally be decades before Robert and Holly were both in Port Charles at the same time. (Ethan would have fit that time table perfectly, and it would have made far more sense than a ridiculous retcon of Luke and Holly secretly hooking up Hell knows where while he and Laura were on the run from Frank Smith.)
And if this wasn’t ridiculous enough, there was some sort of OLTL references in Holly’s little monologue as well. Didn’t they give up on weighing down GH with the boat anchor of that dead show when they let Easton & Howarth go, after multiple characters for each of them?
I want to know who her father is, hopefully it in neither Luke nor Robert.
GH really needs new writers. Holly, Sasha’s mom? So does that make Robert her father and Cody her cousin? Ewwww The writing is really terrible.
Well consider mind blown Holly being Sashas mum. Why didn’t Holly drop by the last time she was in town. Whats the secret. And now we know how our veloved Sam will die. On the operating table saving Lulu. What a waste of talent & a storyline getting rid of kelly. Tgey could’ve put her in a long term coma, talk about iroiny.
And it makes Holly appear to be quite the awful mother. Sasha loses her baby, loses her husband and suffers terribly from addiction, all without a word, let alone moral support from her mother
GH writers love the concept of deadbeat parents. That was a major complaint of Tristan Rogers’ when they brought Robert back from the dead during the monkey virus storyline. I’m betting that neither Robert nor Luke is the baby daddy. Holly certainly got around. What I’m wondering is, does this revelation mean that Emma Samms is sticking around for a bit? That wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing.
And it makes Holly appear to be quite the awful mother. Sasha lost her baby, her husband and suffered addiction, all without a word, let alone moral support from her mother.
My thoughts are what the world, out of all lulu relatives, no match , now Sam?? Now they taking Sam off , haven’t her family been through enough. Who’s writing this stuff , just recast the role or keep Sam on there. Isn’t it supposed to be what the fans want. Get a clue , you’re going to lose some more faithful fans.if you ask the fans what they think , then lis to them .
What are these writers doing to this once great show? Where is Frank and how is he letting this happen? The Drew/Willow thing is disgusting and now throwing this in out of the blue, come on guys.
1000% They have turned Drew into a disgusting character. The way he won’t respect Willow request to leave her alone and going after his nephews woman. If GH allows an incestuous relationship between Sasha and Cody to happen…I am done. That is unacceptable and disgusting to promote sex with your cousin.
I stopped watching Gangsters Headcase or GH since they let Kelly Monaco go and refuse to watch her death and contributing to the ratings for her death….i have wondered how she will die and i figured they would discover her a match while on life support not a match that would ultimately cause her death….but figured it would have dome connectin to Lulu. Now i pretty much now and hope Kelly moves to another soap as I will follow her.
I totally agree!! If only the writers listen to the fans. They probably would have better ratings!! As well as having better storylines.
I think that Sasha’s dad is going to be Robert and Cody’s dad will be Mac.
At least now Sasha has a more interesting storyline other than being the Quartermaine’s cook who knows all their business.
Well, well, well…so Sasha is Robert’s daughter!
Maybe they should reconsider and let Sam stay on to general hospital.It’s kind of crappy that they’re pulling.One of the good actors is off again.This is ridiculous
I feel that since kelly Monaco has left GH, she will save Lulu’ s life and die on the table due to complications from the surgery.
Why would GH writers pair Robert and Holly.
Why not? This is nothing new, they’ve been pairing them for years.
Ok who slipped Brad Bell in the writers room over there? This is stuff he does
That would be sick if Robert was Sasha’s dad and Mack was Cody’s that means they were cousins having sex I doubt if general hospital would air that
1000% If GH allows an incestuous relationship between Sasha and Cody to happen…I am done. That is unacceptable and disgusting to promote sex with your cousin.
Sasha and Cody will end up being cousins and that’s gonna be overwhelming for them both because Matt is Cody’s father and ROBERT will be Sasha’s father. What a twist and with the Lulu and Sam story Sam will give Lulu life wow Sam will die on the operating table what a twist for Dante.
I don’t believe, even thought Holly told Sasha that Robert is her father, that he really is. But if it is the case, I’m fine with Sasha and Cody together. First cousins are legal, they didn’t grow up together. I love them together.
I still want them together. They are my favorite couple!! It is not icky becuase they didn’t know each other growing up and neither knew who their father was.
So is Sam going to die due to complications from donating her liver to Lulu?
Probably.
Cousins is still better than siblings. Aka when Nathan and Britt almost hooked up.
This the GH writers trying to bring story lines that will shock the fans after they are been screwing up the soap to a point that many fans have stopped watching. Holly has been to PC many times and not once did she tried to see “her daughter” not even when she lost her child, husband, during her addiction or mental institution. I hate it when writers think that I am stupid this story line is too far fetched and Scorpio is her father come on. I would fire them if I could. Sasha became boring bcz the writers made her boring. It’s like Trina’s biological father is not even mention not even by Trina is like he never existed. And Drew’s BS with Willow. I’m done with PC.
Who is writing these stories. Sasha is Holly daughter so stupid. Killing off Kelly Monaco worst mistakes in a long time. But they keep willow and drew and porches I don’t watch it much anymore because to much stupidity honestly. I’m waiting to see where Kelly goes and I will follow her gh has a lot of damage control to do and they certainly won’t replace Kelly Monaco with the likes of lucky or lulu and definitely not Holly id just as soon watch cartoons please someone see if frank and whoever is writing this crap is drunk or just crazy FIRE them and keep Kelly Monaco
Agreed! Absolutely ridiculous to fire Kelly! Three kids on that show just lost a great mom. Not the memorable storyline your fans were hoping for to save Lulu.
Shame on the writers for this awful exit for Kelly who played her character so well for 21 years.
EXACTLY!
wow this is really out of left field, I mean really? I like Sasha and Holly a lot but still I feel the show is just trying way to hard to shock us and what’s the saying love it or hate it as long as their talking about us its all good? isn’t Elisabeth Korte a long time writer with the show? is she now changing everything to how she wanted it to be and damn if it makes no sense or has the audience hating it? maybe I’m over thinking this instead of trying to enjoy it but ever since the show fired Kelly Monaco I’ve not been able to enjoy the show. its like one strike after another, from cringy storylines like Drew and Willow, to Jason kissing Anna,now Cody and Sasha being cousins,To Sonny outright killing Jagger, Why is my favorite show sucking so much? somebody save GH from its current regime because they’ve got me wanting to tune out (I won’t I’m just venting) but I really do think somebody needs to step in because I do feel its getting bad.
I don’t buy that Sasha is a Scorpio, remember the hair she took for the DNA test, it would have been a match, it wasn’t
The writers need to be fired. The story lines of late are so off putting.. starting with the Willow and Drew/Willow’s mother Nina. Jason and Anna kissing.. seriously. Sasha’s mother is Holly and Robert her father.. come on, so ridiculous. Sam more than likely will die saving Lulu. Don’t get me going about the long drawn out Sonny off his meds.. enough already. Time to shut this soap down or find better writers..
Perhaps sex doesn’t sell anymore? I agree the Willow and Drew is very off putting. Perhaps a solid storyline not based on sex might be good for a change?
I don’t want Holly to be Sasha’s Mom. What a messed up storyline.
Surprised that Sasha knew her mother.
Why wasn’t lulus son tested to be her donor?
Is Hollys previous surrogate going to show up with a live baby? Hollys sister needs a slap to wake up to reality.
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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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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