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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Monica’s Sister, Ronnie, Faces off with Tracy
On the Monday, September 29 episode of General Hospital, Erika Slezak’s new role began to reveal itself, when she introduces herself to Tracy (Jane Elliot) as Monica’s younger sister. Tracy says Monica never mentioned her, but she knew about her from the time she investigated her background. Tracy wants to know why “Ronnie” is in the crypt, and in town, when she and Monica were estranged.
Ronnie tells Tracy that Monica wrote her a letter several weeks ago, which came as a surprise, and since then, she has been writing back and forth to her. Tracy insists on seeing the letters in Monica’s handwriting, as she is not believing anything coming out of Ronnie’s mouth.
Tracy believes Ronnie wants a handout, but Ronnie tells her she is only here to pay her respects to her sister. In fact, Ronnie wants to meet the rest of Monica’s family including Jason and Michael. Next, Ronnie launches into a seemingly emotional back-story of how she and Monica were separated as children when they were raised in the foster care system. Ronnie says that even though the two didn’t grow up as sisters, when they reconnected, there was no room for her in Monica’s life. Tracy qualifies that, letting her know there is also no room for Ronnie in her family now … or ever.
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Next, Tracy applauds Ronnie’s story, but says she doesn’t believe a word of it, adding “Monica Bard may have been your sister, but the little girl you remember grew up to be Dr. Monica Quartermaine. She was a skilled surgeon. She was a pillar of her community. Too busy helping others to bother to look back. So you hear me when I tell you, Ronnie… there is no room for you in her family’s future.”
Ronnie spews back that Monica had described Tracy pretty accurately, but left out how cold she is. Tracy demanded Ronnie get off the property. Before she goes, Ronnie stops at the crypt doors and warns: “You know, Tracy? Masks have a tendency to slip. And I suspect that you may not be entitled to everything you think you are. My sincere condolences on this very sad day.”
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Back at the hospital, Nina (Cynthia Watros) prepares Liesl (Kathleen Gati) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) for the shock of their lives! Nathan (Ryan Paevey) is alive and in the hospital. Liesl looks in disbelief. Britt looks as if she knows what’s really going on. Once in Nathan’s hospital room, he hugs his mom, and then he and Britt share a steely hug. What is going on between siblings, Britt and Nathan (if this is the true Nathan West)? It should be noted that Nathan says his last memory is being shot by Faison and he has no other memories of why he’s there, but he wants to meet his son.
Meanwhile, Spinelli (Bradford Anderson) and Felicia (Kristina Wagner) tell James (Gary James Fuller) his father, Nathan West is alive. James reaction is one of confusion as he thought his dad was in heaven. Spinelli tells James they can wait to go see his dad until he feels more comfortable to do so.
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In the basement of Alexis'(Nancy Lee Grahn) house, Ava (Maura West) is taunting a tied up Ric (Rick Hearst) and making him a swallow another sedative. Later, she walks upstairs and chats with Alexis about their plans for Ric. Back in the basement, it’s revealed that Ric has been faking swallowing the pills he has been given as he is able to extricate himself from the duct tape and go free. While Alexis is on her phone with her law office, Ric comes upstairs and is trying to sneak out the front door. Will he make it? Stay tuned.
So, what did you think of Ronnie Baird facing off with Tracy Quartermaine as played by the one and only Erika Slezak and Jane Elliot? What do you think Ronnie is plotting? And, what do you think is going on with Nathan West? Why was Britt’s reaction to Nathan the way it was? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
What a treat to see Erika Slezak back on screen. I couldn’t stop myself from smiling ear to ear. And to be paired up with Jane Elliott? Wow! 2 legends.
I hear her stay in Port Charles is brief, so I am cherishing her visit. This lady deserves all
Of her flowers!!! A class act all the way.
Ms. Slezak as Ronnie in plain down-to-earth clothes and no-frills hairstyle is certainly not Vicki but has shades of her alter Tommy. Wouldn’t it be a hoot down the pike, Robbin Strauser does a cameo as Ronnie’s romantic partner. Just a thought. Kudos to Slezak and Elliot.
Forgive the typos: if Robin Strasser…
Monday’s episode was GH at its peak. The scenes between Jane Elliot and Erika Slezak were phenomenal. Erika hasn’t lost a step; she commanded the role from the jump and held her own against Tracy. I just wish she were permanently joining the show because Tracy needs an equal to be her new sparring partner.
As for “Nathan”, his scenes with Leisl and Britt made two things clear to me: Britt is in on whatever is going on with his return, and this is not the real Nathan West. I think it’s either someone pretending to be Nathan (like Peter), or a twin whose memories were swapped with Nathan’s up until the shooting.
Britt knows Nathan is a fake
How do we know Britt isn’t a fake too ?
I know she’s really Britt, because I signed her parole documents that let her out of Hell!
If she is, the snark is spot on. Still waiting for the details on how she actually faked her death. Her mother, a brilliant doctor, sat with a “dead” body for quite a while.
Slezak and Elliot were mesmerizing to watch. Not necessarily for the dialogue, but just to see them in the same scene.
Going to nitpick a bit about the ramifications of soras-ing on timelines. While Tracy was correct in saying she knew 45 years, that would mean AJ (if alive) would only be 44 years old and Jason (the lighting is not THAT good) 42. Throws off the Michael & Wiley timelines as well.
As suspected, it’s not really Nathan. Liesl is too smart to really believe her two dead children came back to life days apart.
Did Felicia, Spinelli, and James even know that Britt was alive when they ran into her at the hospital?
The Michael timeline is already way off. Michael is in his early 30s now, but Carly wasn’t even in Port Charles in 1995, so that shouldn’t technically be possible. And at this point in 1995, Jason was still the preppie kid who wore sweaters.
As for Nathan. he’s the real Nathan, because he’s got the scars on his chest exactly where they should be. As to where he’s been the last 7 years, and why he doesn’t seem to remember any of that, that’s going to be the “big mystery”. I suspect it’s some sort of brainwashing, just like the kind that Drew had preset in his mind (courtesy of Faison & Helena) when he first arrived in Port Charles a decade ago, which was somehow separate from the brain-mapping that made him think he was Jason.
Hopefully Jason still has that Tarot card in the pocket of his leather jacket that he used to “turn off” Drew’s programming back in the day. He might need it, if Nathan’s brain glitches back to whatever mode it was in before he crashed his truck.
Wow, Erika Slezak and Jane Elliot on screen together!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an absolute treat. I watched their scenes 4 times and savored every syllable and gesture. I can’t wait to see where the story goes.
I LOVED seeing Erika back on Daytime tv!
I loved the scenes between Jane and Erika. Both are amazingly talented. Depending on where this story goes, I would like to see Erika back again.
Rather disappointed. I didn’t feel any dynamic between these two soap icons watching the scene. I’ve seen Erika on a show or two since OLTL so I didn’t feel like, “Wow! After all these years…” However she does look wonderful; hard to believe last we saw her as “Vicki” she was only in her late 60s, and now close to 80. But I felt the scene lacking, and Erika flat. Maybe I’ll feel differently as her role in this story arc continues. I’m wondering if her character inherits the house; that would leave the door open to future appearances…It’s unfortunate Erika wasnt offered a role on GH (as far as I know) when she was younger and might have been interested in staying on longer…
As for “Nathan?” I don’t think it’s really him, but whoever he is I think he was involved in the drug research Britt’s been doing. He might even be her “boss” and followed her there since her escape. Britt was definitely not thrilled to see him and seemed concerned that lil James was about to meet him.
On the Friday, November 13 episode of General Hospital, Drew (Cameron Mathison) convinces Ava (Maura West) they need to get married, to each other! Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) hopes to get the DNA results on Jude (Will Traval) she has waited for, and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) secretly co-conspire to find out who in Port Charles had the infamous tick!
Here’s what went down: Drew explained to Ava that they needed to get hitched ASAP, that way, they couldn’t be forced to testify against each other in the Jack Brennan case. After initially being kind of sick of the thought of marrying Drew, he made her change her mind, by throwing out the fact that if she lands in jail Sonny (Maurice Benard) will have Avery (Ayla Bullington) all to himself.
Next, Ava heads to GH to ask Lucas (Van Hansis) to be her witness in marrying Drew. Lucas has already figured out the reason Ava is marrying Drew because it has something to do with Brennan’s death. Explaining she hates the idea of getting married to Drew, she has run out of other options. Lucas agrees to help her, but firmly tells Ava nobody would believe it was a real marriage anyway.
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CAN MOLLY AND JOE STOP THE WEDDING?
At the same time, Drew asked Martin (Michael E. Knight) for a post-nuptial agreement. Martin was not happy to hear that Drew was going to marry Ava, warning that prison was a better option than tying himself to a woman like Ave Jerome.
Eventually Ava, Lucas, Drew, and Martin gathered at the city clerk’s office. Lucas comes up with a way to derail or stall the nuptials by saying that they need to wait for Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) and Avery to show up, as they should be a part of this, too.
Lucas may have saved the day, because Molly (Kristen Vaganos) and Joe (Jonathan Bennett) went to Drew’s office to serve him his warrant, but found the office door open. Next, Joe found a sticky note on Drew’s folder that revealed Drew had obtained a marriage license. A light bulb goes off in his head and he realized Ava and Drew are getting married, so he and Molly rush off to City Hall to try and stop it.
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IS JUDE THE TRUE BABY DADDY?
Elsewhere, after receiving a text message that the DNA results are in at the hospital, Brook Lynn ends her discussion over Jude and baby Phoebe with Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and runs out of the Quartermaines.
Once Brook Lynn gets off the elevator at GH, she sees Jude and Britt Kelly Thiebaud) looking might close. She quickly heads back towards the elevator sight unseen and was clearly shaken by what she saw. Earlier at the doctors and nurses hub, Elizabeth helped Dante by confirming by an ear gesture they had worked out; that the patient with the tick was Ava Jerome.
You can check out the scenes where Lucas gets a visit from Ava and he learns she wants him to be her witness in marrying Drew at City Hall.
Now weigh-in: do you think Ava and Drew will tie the knot before Joe and Molly make it to City Hall? What do you think the DNA results will show once Brook Lynn gets her hands on them? Have they been tampered with? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’
On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).
After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”
Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).
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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR
Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.
Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.
Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.
At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.
WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?
Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.
Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.
So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
General Hospital star Cynthia Watros, who can currently be seen in on the ABC soap opera in the role of Nina Reeves, has had a enduring career in television. That included her time on the 2000-2002 Fox sitcom, Titus.
In Titus, Watros starred along with Stacy Keach as Erin Fitzpatrick and Ken Titus, respectively. After the November 10th news that Keach had passed away at 85 while living in Poland, Cynthia took to her Instagram on Thursday, November 12 to pay tribute to the great actor.
Watros expressed, “My first prime time show was along side Stacy. I loved him instantly. What an amazing talent and man.❤️”
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In Titus, Stacy played stand up comedian Christopher Titus’ heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, five-times-divorced father who frequently pulled cruel pranks and tried to toughen his kids up. Cynthia played by Christopher’s level-headed, big-hearted girlfriend trying to build a normal life with him. In fact, Cynthia’s role on the sitcom was first series regular role after her Daytime Emmy run of Annie Dutton on Guiding Light which ran from 1994-1998.
STACY KEACH’S WIFE ON HIS PASSING
Keach’s wife, Malgosia shared the news of the actor’s death publicly in a statement with PEOPLE. Malgosia expressed, that Stacy had, “a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure.”
She added, “Stacy peacefully departed this world. He fought for so long, with extraordinary courage, determination and strength. He was a true warrior, facing his illness with the same remarkable spirit and resilience that defined his life.”
Małgosia continued, “Stacy was not only a legendary actor, admired and loved by audiences the world over, but also my beloved husband, my companion and the heart of our family. His passing leaves an immeasurable emptiness in our lives. But his extraordinary spirit, his unforgettable voice and the love he gave so generously will remain with us forever.”
Now, let us know do you remember when Cynthia made her sitcom debut in Titus? Share your thoughts via the comment section on Cynthia’s many TV roles and the passing of Stacy Keach in the comment section. But first, check out the very first episode of Titus with Cynthia Watros below!
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