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

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

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’

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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