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Is ‘General Hospital”s Marco Rios Becoming the Biggest Turncoat of Them All?
- On Monday’s January 26 episode of General Hospital, Marco summoned Cullum to Wyndemere wanting Sonny Corinthos eliminated and later put the screws to Dr. Britt Westbourne.
- Marco seems to be working his own agenda behind the back of his father, Jenz Sidwell.
- Did the GH writers switch-up Adrian Anchondo’s character of Marco, making him more dangerous than originally planned for his love story with Lucas Jones?
While everyone in Port Charles (or those in the know) are worried about Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota), WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes), and Pascal (Marc Forget), there is one person who may turn out to be worse then them all … Marco Rios (Adrian Anchondo), Sidwell’s son and boyfriend to good guy doctor, Lucas Jones (Van Hansis).
If the Monday, January 26 episode of General Hospital was any indication, the writers seemed to have ramped up Marco’s agenda, who not only wants revenge on Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard), who he blames for his mother Natalia’s (formerly played by Eva LaRue) overdose and death back in the summer, but now he wants the mobster completely wiped off the face of the earth.
Yesterday’s airshow had Marco putting the screws to Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) on the cold fusion project and then having an ominous conversation with the new villain in town WSB Director Ross Cullum at Wyndemere. In fact, Marco is becoming the weasel of Wyndemere and seems to be working against his father, but instead of for the greater good … it looks like he’s working for the greater bad.

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In story, while alone at Wyndemere, Marco called Cullum to Spoon Island to discuss the problem of Sonny Corinthos. Marco explained that his father had leverage over Sonny and has been using it to achieve his own goals, but he felt it was too risky to leave the loveable monster walking around scot-free. When Cullum asked if Marco’s attitude had anything to do with avenging his mother’s death, Marco gloated that he’d enjoy seeing Sonny suffer for what he had done, but the threat to their business was greater. Once Marco said that, Cullum became all ears!
Marco says Sonny still has a stranglehold of the ports, even though he sold his father the piers. Marco believes that his father’s complacency to end Sonny once and for all, could have a direct impact on their project; since they are located directly across the harbor from the guy who could take them all out. Believing that blackmail is not enough to neutralize Sonny; Marco advocates for Cullum to take Sonny out permanently.
And that was not all! Next, Marco called Britt to Wyndemere. When she said she was seeing patients at the hospital, he threatened to tell Cullum, she was being difficult if she didn’t show up on Spoon Island, pronto! Once Britt arrived at Wyndemere, Marco showed her the new lab. However, Britt voiced her concerns for its safety precautions. A dangerous Marco accused her of stalling, when Lucas arrived and wondered what the two were talking about.
By definition, a turncoat is, “a person who switches allegiance to an opposing side, party, or faction, often regarded as a traitor or renegade.” So, did Marco’s character get a switch-up, or was this the plan all along from the writers, and it’s now fully revealing itself? We can’t imagine if Sidwell found out just how much his son is working overtime behind his back, things would end up well for Marco! Now, share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
In case you missed it a few months ago, Adrian Anchondo chatted with us on his run as Marco via the Michael Fairman Channel. You can check that out below.
What started out with great potential Lucas & Marco) took a side turn and fizzled along the way.
Things are not going to end well for Marco – probably joining his mother in the great beyond this spring.
As for Lucas, although he’ll be drawn to Brad, hopefully somebody new on the canvas (perhaps a brother for Justine) comes along.
I want Isiah to not be the father, realize he’s bi and start dating Lucas. Is that too much to ask?
Probably wouldn’t be a good chance of Isaiah living too long if that happened. Sidwell already has a grudge against him for whatever happened in Africa. He would probably really object if Isaiah stole Marco’s boyfriend.
I’d support that. It would make Isiah interesting again. Currently, he puts band aids on patients and holds Portia’s purse.
Sadly, they could give him the TJ/Taggert treatment and live off the screen.
The fact that Adrian Anchondo is still not in the opening credits on any day on GH tells me he may not be on the show that long. They just added some of the teen actors to the rotation, I don’t get why he’s not there.
Exactly. That was the sign all the way back in September when the shoot occurred.
Sadly, I decided months ago that Marco would bring heartache to Lucas. We’ve learned that Marco is very much involved in his father’s illegal operations. I was horrified when Lucas agreed to move into Wyndemere. I hope Lucas can see the light and call it quits with Marco before he, Lucas, gets hurt physically. However they end, I do NOT want Lucas to go back to toxic Brad.
For such an allegedly smart guy, Marco’s turned into a gullible idiot. He’s still blaming Sonny for his mother’s suicide, even though Marco himself has admitted that she had a history of mixing booze & pills. Not to mention the woman hated her own children for being gay and couldn’t get over it.
For a while Marco seemed to have potential as a character, because he seemed to be following his own path as a lawyer, and didn’t want any part of his father’s crimes or his mama’s bigotry.
Now mama’s dead, and he seems to be a full partner in this whole “Legion of Dumb” agenda with Sidwell & the darksider WSB dude. And seems to know full well what’s going on down in the basement, given his reaction when Lucas & Joss were talking about “exploring the catacombs” the other day.
So given all of that, I suspect poor Lucas will have his heart broken again soon, and Marco will relocate to a much warmer location where so many of his fellow lawyers already are. And I don’t mean Miami!
I had high hope for Marco and Lucus. I now have grown to quite dislike Marco…. sadly.
I suspect Marco’s own wayward agenda will result in his untimely demise.
Wow! This is amazingly perceptive and frightening. What will these writers come up with next?
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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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