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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Is Sonny About to Be Framed for Natalia’s Murder?
If the final moment of Friday’s June 27th episode of General Hospital are any indication, things are looking very bleak for Natalia Rogers-Ramirez (Eva LaRue), who has become even more of one of t most disdainful characters on the canvas of late.
Natalia has demonstrated her bigotry towards her gay son, Marco (Adrian Anchondo) and her gay daughter, Alison aka Blaze, and she was secretly formerly married to a very bad man in Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota). Recently, she basically blackmailed Sonny (Maurice Benard) about ADA Turner (Nazneen Contractor) wanting her to tattle on the mobster, and we know see she’s a drinker, who has two DUI’s on her record. All this, is not boding well for the character sticking around.
In recent scenes, Sidwell would not lift a finger to help his ex-wife after her argument with their son, Marco, and viewers know he wants to bring Sonny down! What better way than to have her killed and put the blame on Sonny! To that point on Friday’s episode, while Natalia was throwing back drinks, Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) shows up at her hotel room at the Metro Court.
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Natalia warns her that Deception is in danger. Natalia says she tracked down a clerical error in Sonny’s funds, and how one of his investments doesn’t look clean and above board. She gives advice to Brook Lynn, that if she can get Sonny to divest his interest in the company, it might not ever come out. At that moment, Brook Lynn realizes something is off with Natalia.
Meanwhile, ADA Turner shows up to Sonny’s with a box as a gift that has a baseball glove in it. She thinks he sent to her and she can’t accept bribes. They trade barbs. Later, while at the church for Daisy’s christening, Sonny tells Jason (Steve Burton) about his visit from Turner, and so he is changing plans. He is sending Paul to pick up Natalia.
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At her room, Natalia is looking at photos of Belize when there is a knock at the door and it’s Paul. He tells her there has been a change of plans, and she is leaving for Belize now, not tonight. She says she wants to wait for Sonny, and if he needs to take a red-eye, she can do that. Paul lowers the boom and says Sonny isn’t joining her. She’s going alone because Sonny is at his granddaughter’s christening.
Natalia is blindsided as she thought Sonny was coming with her, but Paul admits that was never the plan. Natalia tells Paul she needs an hour to pack, so he says he’ll be back for her. Now by herself, Natalia breaks down as she realizes she is cornered. Sonny isn’t coming with her, and she has no future of a new life. She calls Sonny a bastard for abandoning her and wanting her gone.
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Acting swiftly, Natalia grabs her purse and goes to the door to make sure Paul isn’t there and she makes an exit. Back at the christening, Brook Lynn tells Chase (Josh Swickard) that Natalia just told her that Sonny’s second investment in Deception wasn’t clean. Chase stops her, because he cannot talk about this due to his conflict of interest with the PCPD.
At Anna’s (Finola Hughes) office, Turner is called in immediately, because Anna is on to the fact that Turner has been running an investigation through her office without her knowledge. Turner says the reason is, because when it comes to Sonny, Anna cannot be objective. Anna tells her to take her issues to the Internal Affairs division.
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As the episode comes to a conclusion, and just as Daisy’s christening is about to start, Natalia shows up and plants herself in the back pew of the church. Sonny glares at her. Taking this one step further, GH spoilers for next week indicate that on the Tuesday, July 1st episode share, Anna and Chase rush to the scene of a crime. Will it be Natalia’s dead body?
So, what do you think will go down? Will Jenz Sidwell murder his ex-wife Natalia and frame Sonny for it? How do you think Eva LaRue might make an exit? Disappear, be killed, or neither? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
For Natalia, as the old saying goes – don’t go away mad, just go away.
Would serve Sonny right to face prison time for a murder he didn’t commit, while he never paid the consequences for Jagger’s cold-blooded killing.
If Jenz does kill Natalia – let’s see it on screen to show he’s not just a mustache twirling villain.
I got the impression Natalia was playing everyone against each other.. She appeared to “claim” loyalty to Sonny, Sidwell, the DA, and Marco. Then how she told Brooklyn that Sonny’s investment was dirty money.. so I now hope we do see Natalia’s demise.. much like John Cates.. shot dead and gone and not a soul cares.
If I didn’t know better, I’d think that Jill Farren Phelps was writing the send off for Natalia. It has her certain, ahem, flair.
Jill never hired women over 39 so Eva wouldn’t have been cast. She kept Jane around because she needed someone to play off of TG.
I guess what I’m talking about is JFP’s propensity to send actresses she didn’t care for packing with a side order of humiliation. For example, shortly after JFK arrived as EP of Y&R, the character Genie Francis was playing, Genevieve, suddenly was confronted with one humiliation after another and then she was just written off with no fan fare. I mean, it was wince inducing to watch for us Genie Francis fans. Anyway, while I’m just kidding, kind of, that same pattern of humiliating the character/ actress before killing them off seems to be replicating itself with Eva La Rue’s Natalia. Suddenly she is Alex from Fatal Attraction saying,” I’m not going to be ignored, Sonny?”
Ah, I get what you’re going for. JFP did that a few times on GH as well – notably to Genie again – with the horrid retcon of Rick Webber followed by Laura’s catatonic years.
Exactly. JFP tended to escort out the actresses she didn’t favor with gross indignities. I forgot Genie Francis’s 2 characters under JFP suffered a less than graceful exit two times! Natalia, suddenly suffering from grand illusions in thinking Sonny was going to run away with her and live happily ever in paradise, was completely delusional especially considering they haven’t exchanged so much as a kiss or romantic murmurings. And now it looks like her death is the result of suicide, not homicide as predicted leaving both Sonny and Marco to wallow in guilt.
Do you think they’ll pitch it as a suicide or was it an accidental overdose? Yes, she was depressed, but she was still (slowly) packing. Either way, it’s a sad ending that we haven’t really seen in soaps in a long time.
If she had just taken one dose of pills and washed them down with booze, it could have been an accident. But she went back to that pill bottle two or three times after that. Hard to interpret that as anything other than intentional.
They kill her off, but leave Drew??
Yeah, when I told Frank Valentini I would be willing to send Britt back up as long as I got a soul in return, Natalia was NOT who I was expecting to come down right away.
I mean everybody in Port Charles would really rather see Hallmark Drew headed this direction, am I right??
You are so right!!
Right with you Lew S. Natalia is a useless, whining annoyance who needs to go to prison for her repeated DUI episodes. Drew is a destructive, poisonous snake that spews his venom all over town. It would be a lot more beneficial to immediately rid the world of the poisonous snake. And, I nominate Willow to do the honors since she is the most contaminated by him.
Personally, I’d like to see Wiley be the one to pull the trigger on “Uncle” Drew! What do you think, Satan?
While it might be amusing to see, I really wouldn’t want to put all that on a kid. I mean Joss is in her early 20s, and I think it’s 666% unrealistic that she’s NOT having serious mental “side effects” from taking out Cyrus the Virus, even though she was completely justified in doing so.
Definitely wouldn’t want to see Wiley traumatized for life because he sent “Uncle Drew” to Hell.
I agree that we don’t need to see Wiley traumatized, but attempting to off his not-so-great uncle would be following in his dad’s footsteps – when young Michael was shown attempting to suffocate AJ with a pillow. Luckily they realized it’s not a good look for a soap to have children kill.
Oh, I am right with you! The only problem would be Nina taking the fall for Willow, because she has to protect her daughter! Give me a break!
Oh I would love Nina to take the fall for Willow in a Mildred Pierce kind of move. Not only would it absolve her in Willow’s eyes for sleeping with Drew, it would deliver a terrific character driven, classic, soapy storyline. Let’s serve up Nina with a side of fried chicken and waffles( now if you have not seen Mildred Pierce starring Joan Crawford, you will have no idea what I’m talking about).
I know exactly what your talking about and it would be a hoot! M Mildred Pierce is a classic!
All you “let’s kill Drew” are sooooo short sided. Not every “annoying” person should be murdered. These characters create drama on these shows referred to as daytime, oh what is the word? Oh yeah, dramas.
Yes. I pretty much agree. I love hating Drew and his cheery, Pat Boone demeanor makes his villainous behavior kind of enjoyable.
Drew is more than just annoying. He has been turned into a villain. Annoying is Amy, Lucy and sometimes Cody. They have moments where the can drive you over the edge. Annoying isn’t someone purposely saying something that could hurt a child (Wiley). That is pure mean-spirited and evil.
Neither. I want Eva to stay
WHY?
Eva LaRue did what she could with an unsympathetic, worthless character, but it’s time to say goodbye. Drew will get what’s coming to him, but not yet.
Why would Sonny be guilty for Natalia’s death? He didn’t kill her. Anna even said, that it looked like an accidental suicide (or intentional suicide?)
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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