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GENERAL HOSPITAL: After Saving Kristina, Marco Sees Natalia Dead; Michael Reveals He Takes Pain Pills as a Result of His Burns
In a dramatic and emotional episode of General Hospital that aired Tuesday, July 1st, several lives were in peril with Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) feud at the epicenter of it all.
At Charlie’s, the fire that was ignited by the gasoline poured inside around the bar worsened with Kristina (Kate Mansi) trapped inside. She grabs a fire extinguisher to start to try and squelch the flames, but they are about to get dangerously close to her. Meanwhile, Marco (Adrian Anchondo) who was headed to the Metro Court Hotel to see his mother, Natalia (Eva LaRue), sees the fire from his car and decides to go in and help.
Once he hears and sees Kristina, he grabs a blanket and is able to shield himself and Kristina enough from the flames to get them safely out the back. Now affected by smoke inhalation, the two get help from the firefighters and paramedics who arrive on the scene. Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) shows up and wants to know what happened.
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Meanwhile, after the christening, and at the Quartermaine’s after learning about the fire at Charlie’s, Michael’s (Rory Gibson) starts to descend the staircase and begins to flashback to being trapped in a fire at Sonny’s penthouse that burned him so badly. It marked the first time that we saw Michael’s PTSD over the incident.
Later, Michael opens up to Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) as he needed a drink to calm his nerves, as he was worried about Kristina, but he realizes, he can’t drink because he just took a pain pill. Sasha feels terrible as she never knew Michael was still in this much discomfort. Michael levels with her and says he has some residual nerve damage and hopes to soon be pain-free. He also explains it’s not as bad as the debridement (the process of removing all of his burned dead skin). Sasha and Michael connect over his trauma. He promises her that nothing like what happened to him, or Kristina, will happen to his children.
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At the Metro Court, Sonny’s security guard cannot get Natalia to open up the hotel room door. He leaves to get some help, but Anna (Finola Hughes) and Chase (Josh Swickard) arrive. Anna gets the key from the hotel and they open the door to find an unconscious Natalia. Chase and Anna also see the bottle of empty pills, the liquor bottle and glass, and Natalia’s clothes thrown all over the place, looking like she was trying to pack for her trip to Belize.
Next at GH, Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Dr. Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson) are on their shift, when Natalia is brought in by the paramedics. They are not able to revive her and she is declared dead. Elizabeth calls Lucas (Van Hansis). He thought Marco would have shown up at the Metro Court to see his mother by now. But, Elizabeth tells Lucas the news.
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Molly (Kristen Vaganos) arrives at the Quartermaines and then learns of the fire at Charlie’s and is becoming emotionally overwrought. Cody (Josh Kelly) drives her there. She is in tears and in a panic that she cannot lose another sister. Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) has been with Sidwell at Spoon Island going over legal documents, and gets the call about Kristina and she heads out. Alone, Sidwell makes a call and is furious at whoever he is talking to that they were not supposed to burn down Charlie’s with anybody in it.
Alexis makes it to outside Charlie’s and reams out Sonny. She tells him she will not lose another child because of him. At Carly’s (Laura Wright), Brennan (Chris McKenna) is there (after talking with Joss about WSB business), and Carly becomes emotionally distressed thinking back to Michael’s burns. Brennan says she must have PTSD from seeing her son in so much pain and suffering.
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At the end of the episode, after being urged to get checked out at GH, Marco runs into Lucas who tries to break the news to him about Natalia, but they get interrupted by Anna and Chase. They say that they need to speak to him about his mother.
“My mother? Why? Is she here? Is she OK?,” an emotional Marco’s asks before pushing past Lucas. Next, he runs to a hospital room and stands there in shock looking at his mother’s lifeless body in the bed as he breaks down in tears.
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So, what do you think about how the life of Natalia Roger-Ramirez came to an end? How do you feel about Kristina being saved by Marco in the fire; the daughter of one mobster, and the son of his rival? Do you think that Michael may become dependent on pain pills, or Drew will find out about the pills and do something to make Michael look like an unfit father? Share your thoughts in the comment section. But first, watch the moment that Marco rescues Kristina.
I really hope that Michael’s mention of the pain pills was meant as a PSA, since he stopped himself from having a drink, even though he wanted one after having “fire flashbacks” because of what happened at Charlie’s.
In that sense it would have been a relevant detail that Mikey is smart enough not to combine booze and pills, which of course is a lesson that Natalia had to learn the hard way.
But what I hope it does NOT lead to is a story of Michael becoming an addict, and Hallmark Drew & Willow using that as an excuse to steal his children from him.
Not that it wouldn’t be a “family tradition” for Michael. Alan, Monica, and AJ all famously had their addiction issues. Hell, at one point Monica even imagined an “alternative timeline” where Jason completed his medical training, became a famous doctor, but also a big time coke head!
So the genetics are there… I just don’t want these writers propping up Drew & Willow anymore at Mikey’s expense. Certainly not because he’s on drugs that he would have never been on if some terrorist (probably Sidwell) hadn’t attacked him
I missed that storyline when Monica dreams Jason was a cokehead. It must have been amusing.
It was during that odd period in 2011 after Bob Guza left as head writer and Garin Wolf took over at least until the Valentini/ReRon regime took over in February 2012. Most of his writing was atrocious, especially towards the Spencer family. But this piece was entertaining in a way. Even if it was an alternative timeline, triggered by Jason’s 666rh brain surgery and Monica wondering what his life might have been like if he were a doctor.
Wolf’s one saving grace was his respect for Monica. It was during a writers’ strike that Wolf wrote a newly alcoholic Monica hitting Sam with her car.
Then, during his short stint as head writer, Wolf brought Monica back from attending every single medical convention as Guza (instructed by JFP) stopped writing for Monica.
As good as that was, there was no excuse for the lady in white or the character of Siobhan.
I hope the writers don’t turn Michael into a drug addict but with the recent horrible writing, they might mess this up also. I like the possible PSA announcement
but go no further with a drug storyline. Let Michael be happy and recover from everything he’s had to deal with – without drugs.
And end Drillow!!!!
Interesting connection with the Michael not drinking and Natalia. If they were to portray Natalia’s death as a true suicide, wouldn’t they have to put a special warning on the episode and the national hotline number?
Right now, I think they’re in the last steps of moving along some of the Q-adjacent stories to launch Monica’s goodbye and the who gets the house story to follow. The studio is dark for the next 4 weeks, so I wonder if that’s already bern shot.
Oh good catch paralleling Natalia mixing her prescribed drugs with alcohol with Michael’s reticence to do the same. I really hope nothing prolongs this endless custody battle. Even on a good day I despise child custody battles and this one is especially dreary. Moreover, I’m tired of Teflon Drew winning at the expense of others as it reminds me too much of someone who shall not be named. I really could use an injection of positivity into my escapism right about now and that’s not something I normally say.
Time flies Harry.. just keep remembering that.
But what we’ve irrevocably lost in such a short amount of time.
I cannot disagree. This Canadian guy will always love your General Hospital
Why the hell didn’t Kristina run out the back door she came in from? That was ridiculous. And why didn’t she turn on lights when she came in from the back? She had plenty of time to get out on her own. I wish Michael & Sasha would get together. And I love Cody & Molly together. Hurry up!
Interesting how cool Joss is. Never a bad dream about murdering Cyrus. No flashbacks. Like it never even happened!
Glad to see Natalia gone. They really trashed her character. She started out as a tough as nails “momager” of Blaze’s career. Yes, a homophobe but we got past that. She worked well with the girls at Deception. But suddenly she’s the ex of Sidwell! And oh the mother of Marco too who is also gay? And she is a drunk with a previous DWI conviction! I could have seen her & Sonny together if not for all that. She was very supportive of him when he was sick. They destroyed her character & could go nowhere else with it. Too bad.
They have to destroy any woman who dares to fall in love with Sonny whose name is not Carly. I swear, there’s a writer’s template that says so.
Eva La Rue, but her character was a homophonic bitch.
I was referring to the character, Natalia, not Eva LaRue the actress.
How ironic that Marco saved his sister’s former girlfriend from a Blaze.
So tired of EVERYTHING always being Sonny’s fault. These writers are ruining a good program. Bout ready to stop watching
But Sonny is planning to warn Sidwell by harming his son, Marco, who saved his daughter’s life. Not excusing Sidwell for starting the fire that burned down Charlie’s but he gave orders that Charlie’s had to be empty. He wasn’t trying to hurt Histrina. Now Sonny is willfully going to plan to hurt Marco, again, the man who saved Sonny’s daughter. Maybe Sonny is the propeller that keeps the vicious cycle going. And maybe Sonny is not only as bad as Sidwell but worse. I’m with Tracy on this. I’m weary of Sonny being portrayed as some cuddly, charismatic, town hero with dimples when really, he is a stone cold killer and criminal.
I’m as tired of Sonny as Maurice Benard is tired of Sonny. Time to retire both the character and the actor.
Maybe with Jonathan Jackson leaving.. they had to burn down Charle’s since the main reason for giving the bar a make-over with a stage and a bunch of neon and real guitars hanging on the walls, was gone.
Interesting connection with JJ, but they never really have to destroy a set unless it’s critical to story.
With Charlie’s and The Floating Rib gone, the only bar set is The Brown Dog – which is actually a smaller reworked Rib.
Frank & team have remodeled many sets over the last 5 plus years. Next on the list should be the main Metro Court dining room and we’re almost due for some tweaks to the hospital hub.
I had hoped for a few live / open mic performances from a few cast members when Lucky starting working there.
I really liked Natalia’s character and I thought Eva did an excellent job portraying her, No redemption needed. She was the realest character on there. General Hospital is getting too heavy. No humor or lighthearted moments that I see
It’s interesting that not long ago, Elizabeth told someone that she couldn’t give them any medical information on someone, due to HIPPA, but she turns around & calls Lucas, about Natalia? She’s NOT related to Lucas. Unless Natalia or Marco had listed Lucas as a contact, Elizabeth just broke the law. I used to work in the medical field, & they take HIPPA SERIOUSLY. Of course, this is a soap, & things are not necessarily done, by the book. Natalia ‘s death is sad. She really felt alone, & in a way, she was. Unfortunately, Marco now has no chance to apologize to her or vice versa. Lucas was pushing Marco to make good w/Natalia, before it was too late. NOW, IT’S TOO LATE..
Let Marco go after ADA for trying to use her to get to Sonny. L I bes to see if he is as ruthless as his dad
He should go ruthless ON his dad. It would be easy for Marco to convince himself that if he did not have to stop to rescue Kristina from the fire started by his daddy’s goons, that he might have made it to the Metro Court in time to save his mama’s life.
Probably not, since I’m pretty sure she was dead the moment she passed out on the couch, but at least the case could be made to make old Sidwell feel guilty about it, in his son’s eyes.
Whatever you writer decide to do please,please don’t have Micheal depending on pills and for god sake don’t let Drew find out bouth the pills so sick of him he needs to go please hurry up and get ridge of him and willow
Whenever anything is mentioned presumably in passing, it becomes a plot point. It wouldn’t be realistic to believe Michael still doesn’t have residual effects from almost being burned to death. It would seem the deck is stacked against him, either from family history of addiction or Drew finding out about the pills and using it against Michael for his nefarious reasons.
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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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