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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Rocco is Framed and Must Stand Trial
Sometimes when you least expect it on a soap opera, you get served up an episode with heart-tugging emotional moments combined with a shocking ending, hence was the case on the Friday, November 14 cliffhanger episode of General Hospital, which also showcased Finn Carr as the ultimately wrongly-accused Rocco Falconeri.
First, Sonny (Maurice Benard) hires his brother, Ric (which is shocking in itself) to help Rocco in court during his hearing for the charge of breaking and entering Professor Dalton’s (Daniel Goddard) lab with a fob key.
At the PCPD, Ric (Rick Hearst) meets up with ADA Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor) in the interrogation room. Ric says Rocco is a minor with no prior offenses but she brought up how he drank to much over the summer and wound up in the hospital. In turn, Justine offers one year of community services. Ric wants two months, so Justine counters with six months.
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Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) talks to Nathan (Ryan Paevey) at the PCPD about Rocco. Nathan assures her that Rocco will only be charged a misdemeanor offense and will likely get community service. As they head out to the courthouse, Britt notices Dalton showing up urgently, asking to meet with ADA Turner. Once Dalton meets up with Turner in the interrogation room, he tells her to listen to what he has to say.
At Sonny’s, as Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and Rocco step out to the patio, Sonny tells Lulu (Alexa Havins) that he hired his brother for Ric to prove himself, and that it’s a good thing the charges against Rocco aren’t that serious. Meanwhile, Rocco tells Gio to not come forward. They don’t need their dad to be angry at Gio again, and if Danny gets in trouble, it will give Drew more ammo against his other brother.
When it’s time, Sonny tells Rocco they need to head to court and they don’t want to be late. They leave with Lulu in tow, but Gio stays behind. Later, Emma (Braedyn Bruner) arrives to see Gio, He doesn’t know if he can live with himself if Rocco goes down because of him. Emma blames herself. She admits she was wrong about Dalton. Gio says she wasn’t, as he’s clearly a bad guy.
Now at the courthouse, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) tells Laura (Genie Francis) she shouldn’t be here for the arraignment, as this could look bad to the voters. Laura stands firm and says she loves her job, but family comes first. With the possibility of losing the mayoral re-election looming, Laura refuses to not be with Rocco in court and to support him. As Ric arrives, he tells Rocco, Sonny and Lulu that he cut a deal with ADA Turner. Next, Ric tells Rocco to follow his lead and things should all go smoothly.
Inside the courtroom, Rocco is happy to see Britt there who tells him not to worry and that things will work out. However, Rocco is overcome seeing his grandmother, Laura, and tells her how happy he is that she came. Laura says she wouldn’t be anywhere else and they hug. The judge appears as court is now in order. Rocco is asked to stand to hear the reading of the charges against him.
Suddenly, ADA Turner stands to announce that the charges in this case have changed because of new evidence and the previous plea deal is no longer on the table. Turner states that the new evidence demonstrates the destruction of lab materials, intellectual property, and the presence of hazardous chemicals in the lab which could have posed a risk to the university.
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Quickly, Ric approaches the bench with Turner. He asks for a recess in light of the new evidence, Turner explains that Dalton provided her with photos and more. Laura tells Sonny that Rocco is being framed; Dalton never mentioned his lab was trashed to her. Ric tells Rocco things aren’t going as planned. The judge orders Rocco to stand trial, and until then, he’s to be taken into custody. A bail hearing will be set in two days, but bail is not guaranteed.
Rocco is so scared and worried and panicked. Dante tells his son they will figure this out. Nathan will take Rocco into custody so the young man has a familiar face with him to go through the process, (But, we don’t even know if this is really Nathan, do we?). As Rocco is being taken away in handcuffs, he screams that he didn’t do this!
Once outside the courtroom, Marco (Adrian Anchondo) calls his father, Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and says, “It’s over and worse than we feared.” Inside the court, Sonny has a stare down with ADA Turner, when the two seemed as if they were getting closer. Laura reminds Sonny that someone is framing Rocco.
So, what do you think will happen now? How long will Rocco be in jail? Is this all part of the plot to make Laura lose the mayoral election to Ezra Boyle? What will Sidwell do with the update he received from Marco, of what went down in court? Did you enjoy the emotional moments and the twist on today’s GH? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
I’m expecting the Nutty Professor’s arrival in Hell shortly. Sidwell will be the one who sends him down, but don’t be surprised if he tries to frame Sonny for it.
And I’m sure that Scuzzball Boyle probably plotted the frameup along with the Nutty Professor, so he could use it for his own political advantage against Laura.
I’m sure Dalton is about to meet his maker via Sidwell
I like how that storyline involving Rocco is encompassing so many characters in different ways.
I’m loving all the drama, and yeah that professor Dalton days are numbered, but on another note, where the hell is Anna? is Finola Hughes on vacation? why are they prolonging revealing where she’s at? and question on how Nathan and Britt got their jobs back so quickly, no mention of the fact that they were both declared dead, how did they get pronounce undead so quickly? isn’t there a process? even by soap standards, and all the cases at the police department being investigated by detectives with conflict of interest. The two lead detectives were both living with one of the suspects. and poor ned, what’s happening with him?
Actually okay with giving Anna a little break. If it goes on more than 2-3 weeks, we can revisit. Similarly, with all the heavy lifting she’s done recently, Jane Elliot earned a respite.
As for Nathan, why has nobody mentioned exhuming his grave to see who’s buried in it? It was made clear that Britt was cremated so a body wasn’t issue. Nathan was actually seen in the casket.
Plus shouldn’t Nathan have gone under a psychological exam first before Dante rehired him?
Supposedly he did, and passed with flying colors. Though it was off camera of course. Not sure where they found a shrink, since Kevin Collins has been AWOL for months now.
Nathan appears to be completely functional in the psychological sense, aside from the obvious gap in his memory where he doesn’t remember anything from the time his daddy shot him in the chest, to when he woke up in the hospital after wrecking his pickup truck.
Sticking with the theory that he’s got some sort of a brain chip that had him living some alternate reality during those 7 years, and it got knocked loose in the accident. If that’s the case, Nathan should be fine…. until the next time he bumps his head. Then Hell only knows what might happen.
If Anna Devane’s (Finola Hughes) new therapist on General Hospital looks familiar to you, it’s because actress Kearran Giovanni, who plays Dr. Nichols, previously played a doctor on One Life to Live!.
Viewers tuning-in to the Thursday, September 10 episode of GH got their first look at Dr. Nichols who has been brought in to help Anna recover from her PTSD and trauma following the reveal that she has been suffering from a break in reality since before being put in mental health facility in France, after being gaslighted by Cullum and company earlier in the year.
One Life to Live fans will recall that Kearran Giovanni played Dr. Vivian Wright in 2009, and it was then she first worked with current General Hospital EP, Frank Valentini, who at the time was at the helm in Llanview.
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WHERE ELSE HAVE YOU SEEN KEARRAN GIOVANNI?
Giovanni appeared on OLTL in the recurring role through 2012 and in the final ABC episode of the beloved series was the the ob/gyn who delivered Destiny Evans (Shenell Edmonds) and Matthew Buchanan’s (Eddie Alderson) baby into the world, whom they named Drew Buchanan II after Bo Buchanan’s (Robert S, Woods) late son. In addition, Vivian has been dating Shaun Evans (Sean Ringgold).
In addition to One Life to Love, Giovanni has very impressive credits having appeared in numerous TV series and motion pictures including starring in the TNT drama Major Crimes from 2012-18, ABC’s Designated Survivor 2017-19, the CW’s Black Lightning from 2019-20. Most recently, Giovanni appeared on the Fox series, The Resident and has a recurring role on the CW’s crime series, Walker from 202-2024.
HEALING ANNA
On today’s General Hospital, after Anna’s harrowing meltdown where she almost shot and killed Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) after seeing visions of “Peter August” (Wes Ramsey), Jason (Steve Burton) saved the day and talked Anna down from committing murder. Now, Dr. Nichols was introduced as a valuable staff member at the hospital. Although, this marked the first time in the history of the show we have heard of her character.
So, do you remember seeing Kearran Giovanni on One Life to Live? Happy to see that Anna may have a qualified therapist in charge of her healing, unless the doctor turns out to be not on the up and up? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Anna Breaks Down in Front of Jason and Britt After Shots Are Fired
The Wednesday, September 9 episode of General Hospital featured top-notch performances by Finola Hughes and Steve Burton, as Anna holds Jason and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) at gunpoint on Mount Emerson.
Anna is not in her right mind as hallucinations of Peter (Wes Ramsey) overtake her, egging her on to shoot and kill Britt. Jason begs Anna to put down the gun, but it’s clear Anna is speaking to someone who is not there, but in a direction that is just past Britt.
Suddenly, Anna screams at Britt, “You’re just like your father!” Anna also tells Britt that she knew Britt was aware that she was locked up on Spoon Island and did nothing to save her. Britt turns to Jason and tells him she had no idea Anna was on the Island, “until Cullum showed up in Port Charles.” That declaration gave Jason pause.
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“PETER” TAKES A BULLET
Next, Anna is overcome with angst, filled with tears and screams out, “I won’t let you beat me!” She fires the gun where the imaginary Peter was standing, as Britt screams and Jason dove to cover her. Now completely shaken, Jason took the weapon from Anna and ordered Britt to leave the scene as Anna collapsed in Jason’s arms.
Jason was so concerned for Anna. She reveals she’s been seeing visions of Peter August since France. Jason shared his theory with Anna that she was manifesting her worst fears about Faison. However he knows deep down Anna would never have shot Britt. Jason promises to come back and clean up the area, but would take Anna home first.
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ANNA ADMITS TO EMMA SHE TRIED TO KILL BRITT
At Anna’s, Jason brings her in the front door as Emma is there. Jason tells Emma (Braedyn Bruner) he would like to return and spend the night. A confused and worried Emma get the full story from her grandmother.
Anna explains she tried to kill Britt and she is not as well as she was pretending to be in France. Cut to: Jason cleaning up the site of Anna’s plot against Britt on Mount Emerson. He moves over and finds bullet casings on the ground and examines one of them.
The story climax also signaled the end of the run for Wes Ramsey, who has been showing up on episodes over the last several months as Anna’s dark side conscience. Now that Anna was able to break the psychological hold visions of “Peter” had on her, it ends this latest return of Ramsey’s.
So, what did you think about the scenes between Anna and Jason? Do you think Jason and Britt’s relationship will come to an end now that seemingly Britt revealed she knew Anna was held captive after Cullum came to town? Glad to know Anna won’t be haunted by visions of Peter August anymore? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
The marriage of Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) and Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) may have come to an end by the conclusion of the Tuesday, September 8 episode of General Hospital.
In story, confronted by Trina (Tabyana Ali), and in front of a room full of Quartermaines, Brook Lynn copped to being the other driver involved in the crash that scarred Jordan’s (Tanisha Harper) face and ultimately sent Curtis (Donnell Turner) to prison.
Chase, who thinks at this point Brook Lynn was covering up her involvement by protecting someone else in the family is shocked to learn it’s Brook Lynn who actually was the driver. Brook Lynn explains she never saw any evidence of a crash when she ran into Jordan’s car, so she didn’t stop to check on anyone. Trina and Jordan are outraged as is Chase.
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CHASE PUTS BROOK LYNN ON BLAST
Soon, it comes out that Tracy (Jane Elliot) was involved in the cover-up, and tries to point out that Brook Lynn wasn’t responsible for causing the accident or Curtis punching Isaiah, but Trina says that Brook Lynn tore her family apart, and her father is in prison without the ability to see his newborn son. Trina storms out with Kai (Jen Austin Astrup).
Next, Chase goes on blast on Brook Lynn in front of her entire family. Chase starts to walk out the front door as Brook Lynn tries to stop him. At this point, Chase is all about being lied to, and he goes in on his wife, that they promised there would be no more secrets between them.
Brook Lynn digs a deeper hole for herself when she explained that she’d had a glass of wine before getting in the car to see Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and Trina perform at Charlie’s. She admits to being terrified that she’d lose any chance of adopting baby Phoebe, if she called the police.
TO THE GATEHOUSE HE GOES
Chase is furious that Brook Lynn framed Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) for what she caused and did. With that, Chase leaves Brook Lynn in the dust and heads straight to the gatehouse door to see Willow!
Cut to: Brook Lynn devastated on the staircase of the Q mansion and her dad, Ned Ashton (Wally Kurth) sitting with his daughter to try to comfort her when she decrees her marriage is over.
Now in the pick-up, take a look at the General Hospital teaser video for today’s Wednesday, September 9, episode below.
So, what did you think of how Brook Lynn’s life just blew up in front of her? Does she deserve to have Chase walk out on her for what she did? Do you want Brook Lynn and Chase to work things out, or are you betting by the end of this week Chase and Willow will have hit the sheets? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
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