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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Laura Stands Up to Sidwell, “I Have Faced Others Like You, In Fact, I’ve Faced Worse Than You”
From Frank Smith to Mikkos Cassasdine to Helena Cassadine and everyone one in between, and since then, Laura Collins (Genie Francis) has faced formidable foes throughout her life and times. So, when Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) showed up at her door on the December 4 episode of General Hospital, her plan was not to back down from his threats.
Armed with photographic “evidence,” Sidwell taunts Laura with a photo of her looking into the trunk of her car and at Dalton’s dead and bloody body. Laura claims the photo is fake, but Sidwell counters that the police will try to authenticate it, and when they do, they’ll find it to be true.
It’s at the point that she stands up to Sidwell and says, “I have faced others like you. In fact, I’ve faced worse than you. None of them are around anymore, but I am!” Undeterred, Sidwell shows Laura a second photo with Sonny (Maurice Benard) and her at the trunk of her car with a dead Dalton inside. It’s at that moment, Laura knows she has been had. Sidwell says at this point, in order to stay out of jail for murder, the mayor will now to everything he has asked her to do.

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Just then, there is a knock at the door and none other than her political opponent, the crooked Ezra Boyle (Daniel Cosgrove) shows up. It’s clear to Laura that she will now be under Boyle and Sidwell’s thumbs and her time in office will be absolutely miserable. In fact, Sidwell tells her that Boyle will be giving her orders as his go-between.
Sidwell explains he needs Laura to be the fine upstanding mayor in position so he can maneuver her as he pleases. When Ace cries on the child walkie-talkie, Sidwell threatened’s Laura’s grandson and everyone she loves, if she does not comply with him and to keep her in line, before he and Bo

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Elsewhere, and at the Savoy, Curtis (Donnell Turner) admits to Jordan (Tanisha Harper) he met with Selina Wu (Lydia Look) to hire her to kill Drew (Cameron Mathison). Now that she knows, Jordan accuses him of making her an accomplice after the fact! Curtis says Drew came after Portia (Brook Kerr) and Stella (Vernee Watson) but in the end, he couldn’t do it.
Curtis claims he never paid Selina the money because he didn’t want Drew’s murder on his hands. However, when Jordan goes into kiss and hug him, the camera shows a steely-eyed Curtis. Is he lying to Jordan? Could he have ultimately gone on to shoot Drew, all by himself?
So, what did you think of Sidwell’s blackmail of Mayor Collins? How will Laura get out from under his thumb? Could Curtis have been the culprit that shot Drew? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
When Sidwell first appeared in the Lucky return storyline, I thought that Carlo Rota would be a decent “villain” character for GH, as he had done decent villain roles on other shows like “24”.
Sadly, since then he’s become cartoonish and is looking like Teddy Balkan 2.0 right about now. And that’s not even counting the sudden emergence of the “Legion of Dumb” where he’s suddenly involved with whatever “project” the long dead and literally brainless Faison somehow left behind, including one child who has been paroled from Hell, and another whose apparent survival of being shot point blank in the chest and being buried in his police dress blues has yet to be explained.
Enough of Sidwell, the even more cartoonish Ezra, and of course Dragon Chow Drew. They all need to go. And I know that means I get stuck with them, but as long as the dragons get fed, I can deal with it.
Carlo Rota when he played in 24 he was not a villain his character’s name was Morris O’Brien he was a former British MI6 agent and he became a text analyst for the CTU also he was Chloe O’Brien’s Ex-Husband he helped Kiefer Sutherland’s character Jack Bauer on quite a few occasions before his character was killed off!!!
Curtis shot Drew and Michael is covering for him by framing Willow.
As for Curtis and his involvement in the botched hit on Drew…..
I knew this was a red herring all along, because obviously Selina Wu wouldn’t hire an incompetent shooter who couldn’t do the job. As for Curtis himself doing the shooting? Not likely. Curtis is an ex cop, ex Federal agent, and ex military. He certainly knows how to use a gun.
I believe the fact that we saw Curtis obsessing over a non event for three consecutive days is evidence of the fact that – not that Curtis is worried about himself being a suspect, but that he KNOWS he didn’t do it, but is worried about who DID do it.
And that means Curtis suspects somebody in his own family of doing it. Maybe his Aunt Stella, who has made no secret of the fact that she thinks Drew deserves it. His dad Marshall might have done it, since he seems to sneak in and out of town easily these days.
And there’s Portia, of course. Curtis knows she had a motive. Though Trina & Kai took care of the blackmail evidence that very night. What Curtis does NOT know is that Portia has an alibi. That’s the good news is. The bad news is that Isaiah is her alibi, so Curtis ain’t gonna like that, when he finds out about it.
I’ve already been dreading the possibility of Nathan working for Sidwell. Did Nathan take the photos? He was there moments after Laura opened the trunk.
An excellent thought Carrie. I don’t trust the back from the dead Nathan at all. I didn’t watch GH when Nathan was on before. Sidwell is creep enough to be pulling the strings behind his resurrection.
Laura offers viewers a lesson on what not to do should you happen to discover a corpse in the trunk of your car.
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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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