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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.
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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