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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Lucky Leaves Port Charles as Jonathan Jackson Wraps On-Screen Run

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The Lucky Spencer (Jonathan Jackson) farewell tour was short and sweet. So, on today’s Wednesday, June 11th episode of General Hospital, after saying his final goodbyes to his mother, Laura (Genie Francis), and one last glimmer of hope for a reconciliation with Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst), Lucky boards a plane with son Aiden (Colin Cassidy) in tow headed towards Amsterdam.

The moments signified the last scenes taped by five-time Daytime Emmy-winner, Jonathan Jackson, who returned to GH back in August of 2024, but cut his time with the soap short after nine months; citing logistical issues between his home in Tennessee and being there for his family, and flying to Los Angeles to tape scenes as Lucky as the main culprit.

In story, before he heads out of town, Lucky stops by to see his mother, Laura. The two have a heart-to-heart, where this time she feels that Lucky isn’t running from something, but truly wants to go and explore the world, or potentially save it. After all, Lucky is like his mother and father, Luke and Laura, who lived most of their lives on the run. Understanding her son, and asking him to please check with his ‘mom’ more often, Lucky and Laura share an emotional hug.

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Meanwhile at GH, Isaiah (Sawandi Wilson) is talking with Elizabeth and wants to make sure her decision to not accept Lucky’s marriage proposal is really what she wants. Liz says it’s what’s best, because in the end it would not work out. Sensing an uneasiness from Liz, Isaiah tells her if there is anything she wants to tell Lucky, she should say it to him before he leaves Port Charles.

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Now at the airport, Lucky talks with Aiden about their plans for the summer, and where they are headed. All of sudden, Lucky receives a text from Liz that says “Wait for me.” As Aiden has boarded the plane, the flight attendant tells Lucky that they are taking off in 1 minute. Lucky asks for just a minute or so more, as Elizabeth shows up!

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Lucky asks where her luggage is (thinking she decided to come with) but instead, Liz tells Lucky she just wants him to know how much she truly loves him. They share a kiss. Clearly, leaving the door open for Lucky and Liz to possibly have a future down the line. Lucky looks back at Liz, who is in tears as he makes his exit onto the plane.

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Elsewhere, in her office, Laura takes out a photo of a young Lucky from her wallet, which is revealed that she carries with her all of the time. The photo was of an 11-year-old Jonathan Jackson, when he first appeared on General Hospital back in 1993.

So, what did you think of how Lucky Spencer made his exit from GH thus signifying the end of Jonathan Jackson’s nine-month return to the ABC soap opera? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

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It was an appropriate goodbye for the character. Let it also be the last we see of Cassidy. Although he can act, he’s way too old to be playing Aiden (similar to the last Molly prior to Kristen Vaganos).

For the first time in 20 years, Elizabeth is on her own. Perhaps she’ll get a visit from Cameron or Jake.

I don’t know why they replaced the actor who played Aiden as he was perfectly cast. You’re right. This guy looks like he’s in his 30s.

Where is Jake?

Art school in Spain.

I think he is a great actor and will be misses. The writers never bothered to develop a real storyline for him. Thats said, I dont entirely believe his reason for leaving is to spend more time with his family. In the same story where he talked about the problematic commute from Tennessee, he also talked about going on a world wide tour. Doesn‘T seem to add up,but I wish him well.

I think they knew in March that he would stay much longer and changed the original storyline. If he had other commitments, like the concert tour, music career, then I think Frank should have recast the role of Lucky.

I thought the reason why they decided against a recast was to leave the door open for JJ to return, but now I see it’s because they added the lady from OLTL and are bringing back Kelly T. I would prefer the recast instead the return of Kelly or addition of Erika.

It took that snapshot of Lucky as a boy to make me finally feel something. Otherwise, both his return and exit were anticlimactic and emotionally toneless. I think JJ’s theme song as Lucky should be,” Hello I Must be Going.”

Yeah it was a waste of time.

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Time to recast Lucky for real.

Jonathan Jackson is a fantastic actor and I love him as Lucky, but I think they made a mistake sending Lucky off canvas. I wish they had written this as Lucky and Aiden summer adventure but both return after summer. That would give them time to recast Lucky so the character would return and give the fans a true Liz and Lucky reunion. It seemed like the writers intended to reunite Liz and Lucky at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately they were forced to change the story when JJ chose to leave. I would have preferred they recast Lucky instead of writing him off and give the fans the LNL2 love story we’ve wanted. Im sure they would have found a great fit if they made the effort to look. Sometimes the story should be the priority.

They immediately recast Brennan, a trivial character, when the original actor left,8 but they won’t recast a legacy character like Lucky. Ridiculous!

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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!

In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?

Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!

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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS

The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!

Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?

Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.

MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.

Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.

Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric

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With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).

On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..

In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”

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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!

FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD

As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and  and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”

Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.

So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’

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In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.

The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.

Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”

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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL

Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.

The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.

In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”

So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.

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