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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Kristina Wants to Make Ava Pay: What Do You Think of the Character Shift?
It was harrowing week for General Hospital’s Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi). After a confrontation with Ava (Maura West), she winds up crashing through a window and lands in the Metro Court Pool. Then, once rushed to GH, she loses the baby she has been carrying to term that she has come to love, and is still battling the potential of ever being able to carry a child of her own again.
Meanwhile, there is a the promise and heartbreak for her sister, Molly (Kristen Vaganos). In theory, Kristina was the surrogate for Molly and TJ’s (Tajh Bellow) baby and the original plan was for her to give the baby to the couple for them to raise. As the months progressed, Kristina became deeply attached to the child.
With evidence mounting, Ava is behind bars for ‘pushing’ Kristina out the window or causing her fall, even though viewers saw the confrontation and how Kristina tripped over Cates’ (Adam J. Harrington) duffel bag and somehow flung through a window. On Friday’s August 9th episode of the soap opera, Kristina tells her father, Sonny (Maurice Benard), she wants Ava to pay for what she did to her and her baby. Sonny is concerned about Kristina’s vengeful side emerging.
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Now, viewers are wondering in her grief and despair, how far will Kristina take her revenge? Will we see an ultimate character shift, where the once good girl, becomes so dark that she could ultimately become a mobster in Sonny’s nefarious ‘business’ affairs? Sonny and Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) shared their concerns for their daughter, as Alexis asks Sonny to not take Ava out, in lieu of their daughter’s request.
Kate Mansi, who as usual, has been delivering stellar performances one after the other, spoke to Soap Opera Digest on what to expect from Kristina moving forward after what was a character-defining moment in the loss of her baby.
The actress revealed, “In the scenes and episodes that follow immediately after, there are so many moments where you will start to see Kristina’s whole personality shift in a way that’s like, ‘Oh, this was sort of a loss of innocence and a fall from grace.’ I don’t now if she’s ever going to be the same, and even the scenes she has with her dad, with Sonny, there’s a moment where it’s like, ‘Whoa, is she going to suddenly justify going after people? You see her trying to almost bargain with her loss by seeking revenge and by all these different avenues that feel a bit out of character. Mansi also shared that she is, “loving Kristina’s journey right now.”
As previously announced, the end of this week brought with it the first scripts/stories from the new GH co-head writing team of Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte, along with associate head writer, Cathy LePard. How will they frame Kristina moving forward? Stay tuned.
So, are you looking forward to seeing this darker side of Kristina? Do you hope its only temporary in her grief over the loss of her child? Comment below. But first, check out some key scenes from yesterday’s GH.
Change is good. Kristina is rightfully angry – she is doing everything I might do – questioning “What if I hadn’t gone to see Ava or walked out that door.” She is doing the healthy thing – not bottling it up. I might want Ava dead too. I’m not saying that is what should happen.
The Character is forever changed by the violent turn in her circumstances and the loss of her baby. This change in character direction will provide the new version of Kristina with more of an edge and will lead to better storylines in the future.
That wasn’t just her baby despite her shrieking that possessive pronoun over and over. That was Molly’s, TJ’s and yes, Kristina’s baby. And it was a lousy idea for a pregnant woman in her last trimester to aggressively confront Ava. Ava is guilty of a lot of things but she did not push Kristina out the window.
It’s Kristina’s baby Harry. Technicalities don’t matter. Yes; she was supposedly going to give the baby to Molly but the trajectory of the story up until that point was that she might not have been able to go through with it; she’d obviously developed very maternal feelings and it wasn’t going to be as easy as she thought to just hand her child over to her sister. While Molly grieves again: first finding out she couldn’t have children of her own, then devastated that the first surrogate miscarried (which I still don’t believe. I think that baby will pop up at some point) and now for a third time a baby doesn’t make it to term, Molly’s heart is shattered, too. And yes, that was to be her child and in her heart and mind she was. Still, as Kristina said, it’s her biological child, she carried her child for almost nine months and that bond has got to be stronger than Molly’s. Molly’s is crushing disappointment and despair. Kristina is the one with the biological feelings; one minute her child is in her belly, the next she’s empty. And she carries the weight of guilt and regret in its place.
Ava’s no innocent. She should never have asked Kristina to testify against Sonny; she already caused Kristina harm with giving that recording to gossip man. She knows that Sonny and Kristina are close and the stress that would put Kristina under, and when Kristina came to her room, instead of changing her mind when she saw how upset Kristina was, she antagonized her more by insulting Alexis, and then she put her hand on her. So though she didn’t push her, it was Ava’s fault; from forcing Kristina to testify to antagonizing her further even as their argument escalated.
Disagree. Emotionally speaking, yes, that baby was all three of theirs. Discounting TJ’s and Molly’s loss is a mistake. They had a fully furnished nursery, stuffed animals, baby clothes, etc. It was not just Kristina’s baby to grieve. Ava has done sone horrible things but she did not push Kristina out that window. On another note, Kate’s Kristina is just not resonating. Lexi would have hit it out of the ballpark. I ave no idea they had to replace her.
I didn’t discount Molly & TJ’s anguish. My reply was in reference to Harry saying, “it wasn’t just her baby despite her shrieking that possessive pronoun over and over…” It is KRISTINA who was pregnant, who carried that child inside of her (not to mention it was her child) and with that baby’s death, she was FINALLY able to say out loud that her baby was dead. Until that time, she had to keep hearing that the baby wasn’t hers and she was doing to for her sister which though true, doesn’t negate the fact that it was her baby growing inside of her and she felt the biological loss; she felt the loss of the child that was no longer inside of her being kept safe. She felt the loss that a woman feels when they carry their baby. So those scenes were realistic. She said them out loud to her mom; not to Molly, because she understood that Molly wouldn’t understand and would be hurt by those thoughts.
If you reread my comment to Harry you’ll see I didn’t negate Molly’s loss; her cumulative loss. But I understand why, in the anguishing moments of the baby’s death, she cried about the loss of “her” baby.
I’m loving Kate Mansi as Kristina; I thought she knocked the scenes out of the park. And though I loved Lexi and didn’t think I’d get used to Kate in the role, she’s won me over. Couldn’t stand Haley Pullos on any level so I was thrilled when she was recast. I’m loving Kristen Vaganos as Molly.
I have been surprised there have not been any scenes with Blaze and Kristina since she was taken to the hospital. I’m not sure this helps with getting the audience to be invested in them as a couple.
Completely agree. Really poorly written. I can’t see being invested anymore in them.
It was painful to see Kristina and Blaze part ways but it’s what needed to be done and as far as I’m concerned, I’d like to see mama go right along with her. Seeing as how Blaze fired her, I guess she’ll be staying, along with Sonny’s encouragement to get herself into someone else’s business.
She left me cold. There was nary a tear nor did her face convey emotional angst. When Courtney Hope’s Sally lost her baby on Y& R, I found myself tearing up as she put her heart and soul into that performance. Kristina screamed,” Boo hoo!” while shrieking,” That was MY baby!” felt forced and unnatural. Now, TJ, on the other hand emoted painfully while crying real tears. I loved his scene with Aunt Stella who told him, “ Grief is love with no place to go.”
That WAS a great line from Stella to TJ!
In the “my baby” scenes, I saw Kristina finally free to claim the bond she had for 8 months – the intimacy no one else could know – that she had tried to fight for the sake of Molly and the pledge made to her. I felt her mix of grief, regret, resentment, love, and anger over the loss. I think she would have made good on her promise, once hormones and sisterly love returned to normal after birth.
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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
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
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
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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