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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Lucas Overhears a Duplicitous Marco; Portia Opens the Paternity Results
It’s never usually a good thing to do when you eavesdrop on someone’s conversation, because you just never know what they may say that could come back to bite you!
Such was the case for the upstanding, high morality, Dr. Lucas Jones (Van Hansis), when on the February 11 episode of General Hospital, Lucas finally learned that his boyfriend, Marco (Adrian Anchondo), who he just professed to Carly (Laura Wright) is the best thing that happened to him, has some very nefarious things he’s been up to with his father, Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota).
It all unspools when Carly gets to Wyndemere under the guise to make peace with her brother, Lucas, in an effort to get access to the wine cellar to help Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) with their mutual vendetta against Jack Brennan. At first, Lucas is not accepting of Carly’s niceties, even though she apologizes to her brother for not being fair over his relationship with Marco.
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LYING EYES
Lucas says that Carly needs to do more than just accept Marco, she needs to make an effort to get to know him. Lucas tells her that he sees his future with Marco. Next, Marco and Sidwell come back to the living room and Carly apologizes to Marco for judging him so unfairly. Carly continues that it’s clear that Marco makes her brother happy, and she promises to support their relationship. An overjoyed Marco accepts her apology and promises never to hurt Lucas. Carly looks on skeptical.
Suddenly, Lucas gets a page from the hospital that he is needed, so Carly decides to leave with her brother so they can catch up on the ferry ride back to town. That left Marco and Sidwell to have a chat. However, Lucas came back having forgotten his phone on the way out and was standing in the foyer with the doors cracked open slightly to the living room.
Lucas overhears Marco tell his father that if Carly spends more time at Wyndemere it could be problematic if she saw Britt coming in and out of the catacombs. A stunned Lucas then overhears Sidwell tell Marco that since they are now keeping Britt’s medication at Wyndemere, if the doctor wants to stay alive, she has to complete their project. Lucas is aghast as he scurries away from the door in horror. What he does not know is Pascal (Marc Forget) was behind him catching the entire thing, and we know Pascal already has great disdain for Lucas!
BABY, BABY
At GH, Portia (Brook Kerr) asks Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) to run her paternity test. She has decided to find out if the baby she is carrying is Isaiah’s (Sawandi Wilson) or Curtis’ (Donnell Turner) child. Later, Portia is seated holding hands with her beau, Dr. Isaiah Gannon, when her estranged husband, Curtis walks off the elevator. Portia told him she would call him when the results came in, but Curtis didn’t want to wait and thought it best to join her at the hospital as well as their daughter, Trina (Tabyana Ali), who is there.
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As the episode came to its conclusion, Trina is hugging her dad, Curtis, while Portia is sitting on the other waiting area couch with Isaiah. Finally, Britt arrives with the paternity test results. She hands the envelope to Portia, who opens it, and her look does not give away what she seems partially anguished about. Then, Trina asks, “Who’s the baby’s father?” We fade to black.
So, are you glad that Lucas finally had the rude awakening about Marco he had coming? Will Pascal lock up Lucas at Wyndemere and make Marco think his boyfriend left him? Who will turn about to be the father of Portia’s baby? You betting it turned out to be Curtis, Isaiah, or the results were tampered with? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
Poor Lucas. He really thought he was “trading up” when he went from Brad to Marco.
Doesn’t seem to be the case. I mean Brad had his duplicitous moments, but he wasn’t threatening to kill any members of Lucas’ family, for Hell’s sake!
And what exactly’s going on with Marco & Pascal anyway? It’s more than obvious that Pascal wants Marco for himself. I’m just not sure whether or not there might be some history there before either one of them moved to Port Charles. Marco came from Miami and Pascal was in Croatia, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they didn’t know each other.
I am terrified for Lucas. Sidwell and Marco are both very bad news; but, Pascal seems worse because he is such a sneaky, duplicitous creep. Pascal hate Lucas already. What’s he going to do now that he knows Lucas over heard some of the secret nefarious business?
I hope we’ll finally have the “Who’s the baby’s father?” question answered so we can move on. Personally, I hope Gannon is the father. Nothing in the world against Curtis. I want Curtis and Jordan to be happy together and put lying Portia behind them. Let Portia be Gannon’s problem. Hopefully, he can do something with her.
Nice to see things moving along. Great facial expression on Van when Lucas discovers what’s going on. Don’t think he’ll be able to cover with Pascal.
Once in a while, the writers let us know that Lucy isn’t as naive or flighty as she usually comes across. She has a good idea why Jenz has been using Deception. Maybe she’ll be the one to figure out he is responsible for Maxie’s coma.
Don’t really care who the father is. Isaiah is a dud of a character. Shame, as he has charisma and started with so much potential. Writers appear to be minimizing the challenges of a geriatric pregnancy.
Do viewers really want a kissing cousins storyline?
As a longtime viewer of the show the only adult pairing on this show that is enjoyable currently is Isaiah and Portia as a couple Sawandi and Brook have incredible chemistry together and it is also predictable that the writers will have Curtis as a Dad again just like Nick got to be with Faith and I can’t stand Curtis he is a insufferable man and doesn’t deserve to be a Dad again
Mark my words. It will be MONTHS before we find out the true father of Portia’s baby. There will be some kind of “altered records” scandal that will prove the current results as shady. Yawn.
That scene with Lucas was so good. I dread to think what Pascal will try to do to him. Great story line
Also, this baby daddy stuff isn’t something that I would care much about, but this one has me on the edge of my seat because I can’t tell how the writers are leaning. There’s a lot of story to be milked out of either senario.
I like Trina that’s about it
They need an actor who can act to play Marco. Van Hansis is so cute.
Adrian Anchondo is perfect as Marco.
Lucas is forced to marry into the mob Like real house wife of PC
Live with all that entails and a cheating spouse
I thought the ending of the episode was great! None other than Pascal in the backround seeing Lucas eavesdrop on the conversation between his boyfriend and Jenz. Great writing!! At least there is drama on this show, and it’s pretty good. The writing is so much better on GH!!!
What if Pacal was Marco’s Bio Father? He had an affair with Jenz’s wife
What?!?! I must have missed that episode n if that’s the case it makes PASCAL’S always hanging out much more understandable…
Don’t think Pascal butters his bread that way.
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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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
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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