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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sam’s Killer is Revealed! But What Was the Motive?

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Since the airing of yesterday’s Monday, December 9th episode of General Hospital, online chatter, speculation and theories have been bandied about, now that it was revealed who actually was behind the death of Sam McCall, which provided the on-screen exit  story for longtime fan favorite, Kelly Monaco, agains protest from her fans.

But, what is the rationale? What was the motive? As viewers learned, Dex (Evan Hofer) ran into Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober) while shopping for a Christmas tree at Rice Plaza with Gio (Giovanni Mazza), Josslyn (Eden McCoy) and Trina (Tabyana Ali). When he went to get a coffee, he saw a donations box for a charity, and ran into Cyrus.

Dex reminds Cyrus to stay away from Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins) as he has restraining order against him, especially since previously, he ignored his sister, Laura’s (Genie Francis) wishes on the matter, given what went down at Turning Woods. The young cop (unfortunately) spills that he has already spotted Cyrus at the hospital on Halloween on Lulu’s floor while she was recovering from her surgery. However, Cyrus tells Dex he firmly was not at the hospital on Halloween to see Lulu.

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Then, Cyrus flashes back to sneaking into Sam’s hospital room dressed as a doctor, complete with a vial of, you guessed it, Digitalis. He injects her IV bag with the drug, and next removes a portion of his surgical mask. The next shot confirms it’s none other than (as has been predicted and rumored for months) Cyrus. Next, he puts his hand on her head as Sam sleeps and slinks out of her room.

The episode also featured some moments between Dex and Josslyn were they end up hitting the sheets. From the looks of it, Dex is next! Next to go that is, now that Cyrus knows he can place him at Sam and Lulu’s hospital floor on the night Sam died. Could it be that Josslyn will wind up pregnant, and Dex will wind up dead? The GH weekly promo would indicate, Dex is about to get stabbed with something.

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Meanwhile, the bigger questions looms. Why did Cyrus Renault want Sam McCall dead? The person that could connect him to the Floating Rib bombing over four years ago would be Lulu. That is why it has appeared that he has been constantly monitoring her progress, sitting by her bedside, trying to seize control of her care, all in an effort to keep her quiet in the long run and hoping she would never wake up.

In story, Cyrus gave orders to Julian Jerome to plant the bomb at the Floating Rib while it was full of customers, which included Lulu. The bomb explosion caused the deaths of Dev Cerci and Dustin Phillips (who had proposed to Lulu that night) and eventually landed Lulu in a coma for four years.

So, what is Cyrus Renault’s motive in killing Sam McCall? What do you think is going on here? Is Sam truly dead after all of this or is she somehow alive? And is Dex next? Share your theories via the comment section below.

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but everyone knew Cyrus was responsible for the explosion,was looking forward to getting Dex backstory in the future, waste of another good character and actor. Where the heck is GH heading?

He did it to reunite Lulu and Dante

Well I guess this finally lays to rest that idea that Cyrus actually “found” my Former Employer, right??

I think Gloria is requesting your help with Cyrus! See her comment below.

Oh I’m sure we will be seeing Cyrus down here before too long. My dragons could use another Xmas present, though they just got a Redneck Clyde from Salem.

I think Ric Lansing is Gio’s biological father. Brooklyn or Lois may have given away her biological baby a long time ago.

That would be a good twist. It looks like they’re leaning towards Brook Lynn and Dante being Gio’s parents, but I’m hoping that’s a red herring. Anybody else is better than that. Lois and Ric would actually be a good story, since Ric and Sonny hate each other. It’s bad enough they’ve shoehorned in a fling between Brook Lynn and Dante when they were kids, considering they’ve always said nothing ever happened between them.

Dante has enough on his plate between Sam’s death and Lulu waking up. He doesn’t need a secret child to deal with on top of it. Neither do Chase and Brook Lynn, who just got married six months ago, haven’t even gone on their honeymoon yet and are trying to have a baby of their own. Why are we manufacturing drama between them already, and what’s the point of manufacturing drama between Chase and Dante?

That makes absolutely no sense. Might have well just picked Audrey Hardy and Casey the Alien as his parents.

This was the most hilarious comment ever!!! LOL. Awesome!!

GH does have a habit of killing people off with no reason or punishment for their killers…

But like everyone else…I keep watching.

Cyrus is disgusting. He makes me sick to my stomach and always has. I detest him. I wish he would go the hell away in the worst way possible. I actually had to look up his history the other day because I’d forgotten the dissention between him & Lulu. He is the worst of the worst & why he would kill Sam & then have the (I want to cuss so bad) nerve to touch her face. . . I hope he fries. There is no reason on earth for him to have killed Sam. And God, to think you can be that vulnerable in a hospital & have that thug come in & kill you while you sleep??????

I agree. I would like to see Cyrus brought to justice once and for all. He’s probably also the one who tampered with Lulu’s respirator, right? He’ll probably try to go after Felicia next. I hope Dex makes it out of surgery and recovery.

I agree. He is a despicable character and adds nothing to story except all soaps need a bad guy. I still believe that killing off Sam was a big mistake on the part of the GH writers.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny Tells Dante, “I Don’t Want a Son Like You,” While Michael Tells Brook Lynn to Bide Her Time Till Chase and Willow Have an Affair

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On the Thursday, October 1 episode of General Hospital, both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had some things to say and what they had to say didn’t go over well with whom they were talking to!

Sonny had a confrontation with his son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Michael leveled with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) over Chase (Josh Swickard).

GH is setting up a scenario where everyone is going to make it look like Sonny was responsible for having Sidwell (Carlo Rota) beat up in Pentonville; while viewers already know Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) were behind it.

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A VISIT WITH DAD

Now, Dante comes to Sonny’s house. He wants to know straight up from his dad if he ordered the attack at Pentonville. Sonny flatly denies any culpability or responsibility, but Dante refuses to believe him.

Dante informs Sonny he has video footage of Sully and Vito at the prison. Sonny explains to Dante he doesn’t know why Sully beat up both Curtis and Dante. Things escalated when Sonny was deeply hurt that Dante refused to believe him. Dante says he was disappointed that his father didn’t respect him enough to be truthful with him!

Sonny asks Dante to consider that he was being set up. He says all he did was to tell Vito to instruct Sully to keep a watchful eye on Sidwell, not to harm him. No matter what Sonny said, Dante continued hammering him with how he knew deep down, even though he said he left the mob, he had to finish off Sidwell for himself.

Next, Sonny explains everything he has ever done was to provide for and to protect his family. Dante fired back that he doesn’t want to deal anymore with Sonny’s half-baked truths. As the two men argue, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) shows up at Sonny’s front door and overhears Sonny losing his temper and shouting at Dante, “Get out of my house! I don’t want a son like you!”  The scenes featured an excellent performance by Maurice Benard.

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MICHAEL THE MANIPULATOR

While this is going down, outside the Quartermaine boathouse, Brook Lynn opens up to Michael about living at the Q’s with Chase being there, since he only came back due to legal advice from his lawyer, Monet Mitchell (Blythe Howard).

Brook Lynn questioned whether they should get legally separate. Michael insisted that would be a big mistake. When she asks why, Michael tells Brook Lynn to bide her time until Chase and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) have an affair; then she’d have full custody of Phoebe.

An angered Brook Lynn pushed Michael into the water and accuses him of moving Willow back into the gatehouse with intent on putting Chase and Willow in closer proximity and sacrificing Brook Lynn’s family in the process.  As the two cousins bicker, Chase shows up asking Brook Lynn if she is OK. Michael punctuates their talk with “You know, I’m right.”

CURTIS FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SLAMMER

At GH, Willow visits Curtis (Donnell Turner) in his hospital room. Curtis wants Willow to get him pardoned and keep him out of jail, and in return, he will help her nail Sonny.

Next, Willow tells Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) she wants Curtis held for observation for three more days. He agrees to do so under one condition, that she understands that he may need to call in a favor from a congresswoman.

So, what did you think of how Dante accused his father and refused to believe Sonny’s answers? Is this the end of their father and son relationship for good? Is Michael the most manipulative person of all, except for Willow? Do the two deserve each other? Do you want Chase and Willow to have an affair? And what of Curtis? Does he have many redeeming qualities left? Share your thoughts via the comment section,  but first check out the talk Michael had with Brook Lynn.

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GH Alum Tajh Bellow and Y&R Alum Loren Lott Star in New Tiktok and Microdrama ‘Love Island’ Spoof

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Two soap opera alums very familiar to fans of General Hospital and The Young and the Restless are paired together in a new short-form digital series from none other than Issa Rae’s production entity HOORAE Digital.

Look for Tajh Bellow (ex-TJ Ashford, GH)) and Loren Lott (ex-Ana Hamilton, Y&R) as part of the cast of  The Compatibility Experiment, premiering on October 14, 2026, exclusively on TikTok and its companion microdrama platform, PineDrama.

In the video teaser, it appears that Bellow and Lott play a couple, Kelvin and Camila, set in a Love Island reality show-esque environment trying to win the one million dollar cash prize, only what could go wrong?

The Compatibility Experiment

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The Compatibility Experiment loglines share that it brings a fast-paced, relationship-focused reality check—much like Love Island with a twist. The show takes a participant’s current relationship, introduces them to a potentially more compatible partner, and forces them to navigate the differences with life-changing money on the line.

The new series is part of a groundbreaking content deal between HOORAE Digital and TikTok to develop premium short-form storytelling. The ensemble cast also features; Ayona, Reggie Luck, JaNa Craig, Tosin Morohunfola, Jessica Jacoby, Georgia Warner, and Nick Cassidy.

General Hospital fans know Tajh Bellow for his performances as TJ Ashford, and who earned two Daytime Emmy nominations along the way during his run. Bellow took over the role in 2018 and last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series in December of 2024.

Loren Lott first appeared as Devon’s (Bryton James) sister Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless from 2018 to 2019; making a brief return in 2024. She has continued to perform on the stage and screen with recent credits including: Bel-Air, Cherish the Day, and All American: Homecoming.

Check out the trailer for The Compatibility Experiment below and let us know what you think of its concept and if you are glad to see Tajh and Loren again? Hoping they might return to daytime in their GH and Y&R roles at some point in the future? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava and Drew Revealed to be Behind Framing Sonny for Sidwell’s Prison Beatdown

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If you thought that the person responsible for the Pentonville brawl that saw Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) taken to General Hospital was Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) or even Sidwell himself, you were dead wrong! On the Wednesday, September 30 episode of GH, it turned out that the culprits were actually Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison).

In story, Drew apparently bankrolled the attack on Sidwell and framing Sonny. He told Ava their planned worked (she came up with it!) but was horrified when Drew informed her that Curtis got caught in the crosshairs. Ava is visibly upset because of her longtime friendship with Curtis’ daughter, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). Drew tried to make Ava see the bright side. Curtis was witness to it and his presence will cast doubt on Sonny’s claims to that he had gotten out of the mob and gone legit.

Later, Vito shows up at Drew’s. They informed him that his guy on the inside of the slammer made a big mistake by hurting their friend and ordered him to leave town.

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BOATHOUSE BRAWL

In other major developments, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr) have a blow out fight as Danny blames his “brother” for the reason Charlotte was sent off to boarding school.

Rocco told off Danny for Charlotte’s (Bluesy Burke) reckless behavior and he explains he had to protect his sister. He went in on Danny saying that his mother Lulu (Alexa Havins) has been right to send Charlotte to boarding school and far away from Danny.

However, Rocco went a bit too far when he shouted, “And if your mom was alive, she would send you away too!” Next, Danny punched out Rocco, leading to a terrible brawl. An angered Danny yells at Rocco to, “Stay away from me and everyone in my family. And don’t you ever mention my mom again!” Danny storms off.

Rocco

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Now alone outside the boathouse, Rocco flashes back to his first kiss with Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarksi), hoping that his fight with Danny will not escalate and ruin their budding romance. Meanwhile, a bloodied-mouth Danny heads over to Sonny’s and Jason (Steve Burton) is there at the same time. He then admits that he has a bad fight with Rocco and they are both beaten up.

WILL SCOUT WISE UP?

At the end of the episode, Scout, who had a fight with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) over Drew, and who keeps telling everyone how good a man her dad truly is, comes upon a suspicious scene.

Scout hides behind the wall outside Drew’s. She sees her dad, Ava and Vito talking. Next, Scout seems to overhear Vito assuring Drew and Ava that their business dealings are done, and he’ll be leaving Port Charles for good.

So, what did you think of the reveal that Ava and Drew were behind framing Sonny for the prison beatdown of Sidwell (and Curtis)? Do you think Danny and Rocco’s relationship can be repaired, or do you think the teenagers will continue to be at each other’s throats? Finally, do you hope Scout gets a clue and stops thinking her dad walks on air? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out how Ava and Drew conspired below.

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