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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: 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

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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

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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

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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.

Rocco

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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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