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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Portia Confesses Her Affair with Isaiah, Chase is Suspended, Alexis Gets an Anonymous Tip
Just when you think Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) has lost all hope of casting doubt on anyone else who could have motive to shoot Drew (Cameron Mathison) during Willow’s (Katelyn MacMullen) trial, by the end of the Tuesday, December 23 episode of General Hospital she received a very welcome letter.
But before all that, let’s take a look at how both Portia (Brook Kerr) and Chase’s (Josh Swickard) lives have been upended by their confessions on the witness stand earlier. Chase is called to the stand, and Alexis asks him about his previous and current relationship with Willow. He goes to say that when he voiced his concerns about Willow becoming the prime suspect, the PCPD did nothing.
So at that point, he began his own investigation as a private citizen. Chase believes the lack of evidence against Willow, and that there are seven other suspects, is a miscarriage of justice. During cross-examination, ADA Turner (Nazneen Contractor) got Chase to admit that his private investigation didn’t uncover any evidence to exonerate Willow, either. Once he stepped down from the witness stand, Dante ordered him to the station.
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Now back at the PCPD interrogation room, Dante and Chase have a major confrontation. Dante claimed that Chase undermined the entire department and told him that he was not worthy of his police badge. Next, Chase fired back that Dante doesn’t deserve to wear one as the acting commissioner either, because he was clearly trying to sway the investigation away from his brother, Michael. He added, “I think that you screwed up Michael’s (Rory Gibson) life once before and got him sent to prison. Now, consciously or not, I think this is your way of making sure that that doesn’t happen again.”
CHASE PAYS THE PRICE
Dante told Chase he is way out of line. Chase apologized, and said Dante should have paused the trial. Dante came back with that they had the footage of Willow outside Drew’s house, and not where she said she was at the time the congressman was shot, which was damning evidence. Now, Dante questions Chase, if he is the person that tampered with the video evidence that somehow disappeared at the start of Willow’s trial. Dante also on Internal Affairs would be questioning him. Finally, Dante suspends Chase from the police force and asks him for his badge. Chase puts it on the table and walks out.
Back at the trial, Portia takes the stand, with Curtis (Donnell Turner), Kai (Jens Austin Astrup) and Trina (Tabyana Ali) in the courtroom. Alexis questions her if she ever tampered with medical records. Portia admits she changed the test results of Heather Webber to send her back to prison, so she would not harm her daughter Trina. She also revealed Drew found out about it and blackmailed her to get Curtis and Aurora Media to say positive things about his election campaign. Quickly, Alexis was able to establish a motive and later that Portia may have had access to Edward’s gun when she visited the late Monica Quartermaine twice a month for medical advice since she is the Chief of Staff of General Hospital.
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However, Alexis’ case against Portia blows up in her face and Portia’s, when Alexis asks where she was during the time Drew was shot. Portia begs Alexis not to do this as tears begin to well up in her eyes. Under oath, Portia admits she was at the Metro Court Hotel in a room with Dr. Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson). With her affair coming to light, Trina walks out of the courtroom and Curtis is angered.
NOTHING LEFT TO HIDE
Outside the courtroom, Portia attempted to apologize to Trina, but Curtis intervened and asked Kai to take his daughter home. Now alone with Portia, he lit into her for all of her continued lies, but all he wants to know is if the baby she is carrying is his or Isaiah’s? She admits she doesn’t know. Curtis is fed up with Portia and walks away from her, leaving her sobbing outside the courtroom sitting next to Ava (Maura West) who tries to console her.
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Meanwhile, back inside the courtroom, Drew is furious with Alexis and since she blew the case and now he could be charged with extortion after Portia’s testimony. In turn, Drew forbids her to spend any time with her granddaughter Scout over the holidays. Later, after Willow and Drew face reporters and leave (the court is in recess till after New Year’s), Alexis receives a letter via a messenger and it’s typed out. It does its job of pointing the finger at Michael Corinthos and Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot), where Michael had been at Drew’s house the night he was shot and Tracy saw him there.
Now let us know, does anyone think that letter could be from Martin Grey (Michael E. Knight), who was already pissed at Tracy for her remarks to him at the Metro Court, and having to offer her an apology for forging Monica’s will? Who else would have tipped off Alexis?
Meanwhile, what did you think of Portia’s courtroom confession, and Chase putting his job jeopardy yet again? Is this the end of the line for him as a cop, or will new evidence against Michael and Tracy coming to light, be the end of Dante as the temporary commissioner? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section, but first check out the moment when Chase took to the stand.
And just as a Devil predicted, Portia had an alibi for the night that Drew was shot, but it had a heavy price tag. And now Trina knows she’s been accusing the wrong parent of cheating. It’s too bad Trina probably won’t be speaking to her mother for a while, because at least she could let her know that she doesn’t have to worry about Dragon Chow Drew blackmailing her anymore.
Of course there’s a reason this trial just got a two week postponement, and I doubt it was just because of the Hellidays. I suspect somebody’s going to find out that Trina & Kai were in Drew’s house when he got shot. Not that they actually saw anything, but they’re probably going to spend some time getting grilled by the police anyway.
Well, I think pretty much everyone predicted that Portia would have to confess her affair in order to secure an alibi. You don’t have to be a devil to have predicted that.
They are ruining the character of Dante. He is being an asshat to everyone. I knew his Sonny side would win out. He is the one who should be losing his badge, not Chase!
I beg to differ. Chase has been behaving completely unprofessionally. However, I do agree Dante’s behavior toward Gio has been abysmal and illogical.
I totally agree Addy. Chase’s crusade for Weeping Willow is totally unprofessional, ridiculous and a slap in the face to his wife. I’m glad Dante disciplined him. I also agree Dante’s treatment of Gio is completely over the top and unwarranted. Gio’s maturity is shown by his desire to try to keep the peace with Dante in order to have a relationship with Rocco.
Actually, when Chase was accusing Dante of cutting Michael some slack, because of his guilt over previously helping send Mikey to prison for his completely justified axe-handling of Claudia Zucchini, Dante’s reply to him should have been something like this:
“Yeah, and you’re making excuses for Willow, just like you did for her psychotic twin sister Nelle”
Excellent point, Satan! Chase certainly is a little nut magnet.
Great episode. Brook Kerr really shone.
I think the letter writer is Willow’s alter! I think she doesn’t remember moving Daisy around nor shooting Drew. I think her other personality will come out on the witness stand! She can then get away with it due to mental illness! (: (I just hope they don’t have a dumb ending to this storyline – I only wish whoever shot Drew hadn’t missed and killed him off!!!!!)
I agree Freeman. The shooter was some Willow alter. It’s a good thing that Kevin Collins is back because she is definitely in need of a nice long stay in the psychiatric hospital. But, too bad Willow wasn’t a better shot. That snake Drew has got to go.
Hope you’re right! Love that idea.
The letter was written by whomever it was sneaking around the Q mansion and eavesdropping on Tracy & Michael’s conversation last week. The two most likely suspects there are probably Chase – who lives at the mansion, and is desperate to frame Michael. Or Martin, who was seen at the mansion that same day and might have hung around longer than anybody realized. He would be doing it out of “self preservation” to keep Dragon Chow Drew off his back. And maybe a little bit of spite towards Tracy thrown in.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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