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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ronnie Throws Tracy Out of Her House In Epic Showdown
Anyone waiting for the on-screen showdown between daytime television legends, Jane Elliot (Tracy) and Erika Slezak (Ronnie) were in for a treat on the Tuesday, October 21 episode of ABC’s General Hospital.
In the pick-up from Monday, after Ronnie’s erratic behavior and comments hurled at Tracy, she tells everyone at the tea party in her honor that she is not a drunk, as much as Tracy continued to point out that Monica’s sister is nothing but a sloppy one.
Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) checks out Ronnie who claims she did not have booze and to check her tea, which Felicia (Kristina Wagner) says does and says it does not smell like alcohol. Next, Ronnie accuses Tracy of slipping her a mickey. She knows from her years as a waitress the effects the drug can have which is how she says she feels.
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Tracy denies it and Ronnie lets loose on her for treating her like an interloper, when all she ever wanted to do was to find out more about Monica. Ronnie thanks Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) for organizing the get-together, but says Tracy tried to humiliated her and succeeded.
Brook Lynn questions Tracy. Olivia (Lisa LoCicero) reminds Tracy that she once got Alexis drunk and framed her for drunk driving. Tracy swears up and down she did not drug this phony baloney. At this point, Ronnie has had it with Tracy and says its now her turn to talk!
At this point, Ronnie says she tried to get along with Tracy, but from the moment they met in the Quartermaine crypt, Tracy has been a complete witch to her. In an emotional turn, Ronnie claims she was impressed with what Monica made of her life and wanted to see if for herself.
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However, now she truly pities Monica. Ronnie says she rather be dead broke and living in the streets than put up with Tracy’s tantrums. Ronnie adds Tracy planned to humiliate her. At that point, she calls Tracy cruel and spiteful and tells her to get of her house and to not come back.
Tracy tells Ronnie that she can’t throw her out. However, the rest of the guests and family do not defend Tracy. Olivia tells Tracy she’s been horrible to Ronnie since day one, and Brook Lynn tells her that she brought this on herself.
Defiant, Tracy says she’s been kicked out of the house before, but she always makes it back in, because she’s a Quartermaine. Tracy says it was cruel of Monica to leave the house to Ronnie and only give her a jar of relish, a woman she spent the last forty years with.
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Before she walks out, Tracy tells Ronnie, Monica was never cruel, and something is very wrong here. Tracy tells Ronnie this is not her house and it never will be. As she exits, she tells Ronnie that she’s taking every photo of her family and her most precious possessions with her. A fuming Tracy storms out.
It was quite extraordinary to see Erika Slezak and Jane Elliot going at in these pivotal scenes. You can check out some of them in the video below.
Now let us know, are you enjoying seeing Erika and Jane battle it out as Ronnie and Tracy? Do you still believe Martin drugged Ronnie? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
Wow! That’s damn good acting – I didn’t want the episode to end.
In addition to the amazing guest star, in the room you had women representing 5 decades of GH in the scene (Tracy/1970s, Felicia/80s, Elizabeth/90s), Olivia/2000s and Brook Lynn/10s).
BLQ should be able to tell when Tracy is telling the truth. Tracy will forgive BLQ, but Olivia should take her pizza oven with her back to Bensonhurst- not allowing Tracy to stay at the MC???
Tracy’s response about Monica’s lack of cruelty should’ve piqued the ears of PI Felicia to investigate further.
Ronnie may be an unwitting pawn in Martin (and maybe even Nina’s) revenge on Tracy.
End result, truth comes out that Will was forged, Ronnie departs PC with a pseudo-apology from Tracy and Martin departs for a while to save face.
I don’t know who drugged Ronnie, but Tracy was 666% correct when she said there’s no way that Monica really left the mansion to this interloper. And as a Devil said yesterday, I don’t buy for a minute that Marty was meeting Ronnie for the first time.
The excuse of “finding Lulu’s phone” (which wasn’t hers) was really a lame story. Unfortunately Lulu’s going to find herself in the middle of all this, since apparently Tracy is going to be crashing at her house while she’s exiled from the mansion.
Where ever he is (and he’s not down here!) I’m sure Luke would find all of this amusing. But then he would probably help “Spanky Buns” plan her revenge.
Ronnie storyline makes zero sense. The fact that they have to dump down the Q’s is weird. Q’s would never just be warm & inviting to a perfect stranger who says she’s Monica sister. Who they never heard of or meet. Everything they have experience for over a year with Drew, their guards would be completely up regarding Ronnie. Brooklyn & Olivia saying to Tracy she brought it on herself. She hasn’t been accommodating to Ronnie . She can’t stay at the MC . What that doesn’t even sound like the Q’s. My question is if Martin did all this will everyone know or just the audience then dropped like looking for Cyrus or the murder of Jagger . Ronnie storyline wasn’t necessary.
You can say that again.
Ronnie storyline makes zero sense. The fact that they have to dump down the Q’s is weird. Q’s would never just be warm & inviting to a perfect stranger who says she’s Monica sister. Who they never heard of or meet. Everything they have experience for over a year with Drew alone there guards would be completely up regarding Ronnie. Brooklyn & Olivia saying to Tracy she brought it on herself she hasn’t been accommodating to Ronnie , she can’t stay at the MC. That’s not how the Q’s operate. My question is if Martin did all this will everyone know or just the audience. Will they follow through with it or just drop it. Like looking for Cyrus or who killed Jagger. Ronnie storyline wasn’t necessarily.
I was being figurative.
Ha ha! I see what you did there.
GH is on fire. The scenes with Tracy and Ronnie were classic soap, much like Krystal/Alexis on “Dynasty” and Iris/Rachel on “Another World.” Erika and Jane need to submit these scenes next year for a Daytime Emmy. If there are any fans out there that no longer watch, now is the time to tune back into the show. Besides the fallout of this storyline, the Drew/Willow, Carly/Jack, Portia/Curtis/Isaiah/Jordan and any scene with Alexis make this show MUST watch.
No Ronnie storyline isn’t necessary. The quartermains would not just take the word of stranger who says she Monica sister. They definitely wouldn’t side with her . Brooklyn & Olivia are trash for believe a stranger over Tracy . I have been watching this show since 1976 . Writers do better
I love Erika Slezak and Jane Elliott always brings it, but I will be glad when this storyline is over. I do believe Martin is behind this.
Now that I’m getting hooked on GH, sad to know the Erika has already completed filming. I wish they could have written a part that lasted longer than the November sweeps. I miss seeing her act, and she seems to blend in really well with the established actors on GH. I always had hope that the producers of Blue Bloods would have kept her on as a love interest for Len Cariou.
Glad to hear you’re hooked. Perhaps they can lure Erika back for 3 weeks in 2026. Thanks to GH’s block shooting schedule, they made 3 weeks stretch out to over a month and a half.
Maybe next time we get a group of scenes with Erika and Genie?
Absolutely horrible storyline
I totally agree. Monica would never leave the house to a stranger. And any of them that believe Ronnie are fools. It’s just so stupid.
Watching Erika Slezak and Jane Elliot go toe to toe was wonderful. Brings back very happy memories of the many, many battles between Viki and Dorian (the amazing Robin Strasser) on One Life to Live. I loved every second of Ronnie calling out Tracy. It’s about time someone stood up to Tracy and her nasty entitlement.
Interesting analogy. The key difference- on OLTL, Dorian – the outsider – was never recognized as the nice one. Viki (who most would consider nice) was claimed to be sanctimonious by the brash outsider.
Is Tracy entitled? Certainly. But she is fiercely loyal to her family when the chips are down (i.e. protecting Michael from prosecution). I see BLQ not support her is kind of sad. Would Cassie, Blair or Kelly throw Dorian under the bus?
I always liked Erika on OLTL but I despise her on GH. The character she plays is so shady. Monica would have never done this to her family and this is a slap in Leslie’s face to do this to her character. And please send holier than thou Olivia to make pizzas somewhere where the sun never shines.
Wow, have I ever missed Erika Slezak’s acting! Legendary!
I love the both of them
Stay tuned for when Ronnie tears down the whole east song of the Quartermaine mansion and replaces it with a tacky ballroom!
Love it, Harry! We also see elsewhere that same temperament that Ronnie showed when she was under the influence…
Thank you James and Lewis. I think you know I mean wing, not song
HA! Good one!
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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