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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Spencer Professes his Undying Love to Trina, as Esme Looms To Destroy Their Happiness
Oh boy! Brace yourselves Sprina fans. If you caught the Tuesday, January 30th episode of General Hospital, then you know that Spencer (Nicholas Chavez) and Trina (Tabyana Ali) exchanged such tender and heartfelt words to each other, and that can only mean one thing, something is about to tear them apart and from all accounts that is going to be Esme Prince (Avery Pohl).
In story, Spencer arranges a private cruise on the Seine as a surprise to Trina. He blindfolds her as he gets her on the boat, then reveals their little trip. Trina is overwhelmed and tells Spencer how grateful she is for all the things he has done for her and how amazing it feels to be loved by him. She adds that Spencer is such an incredible person.
Returning the sentiments, Spencer opens his heart and says, that before Trina all he could see in front of him was pain. It was her that opened his eyes to this possibility of a whole new world. Spencer adds that every day with Trina gets better and that he will love her for the rest of his life. Next, the two share a passionate kiss.
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However, Esme who stowed away on the boat, is watching the two lovebirds. She mutters that that they can’t steal away from her that easy. Next, we see her open her backpack to reveal a syringe filled with ‘something’ and duct tape.
Meanwhile in Port Charles, everyone figures out that Esme in in Paris, which sends Laura (Genie Francis), Portia (Brook Kerr) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) to decide to meet Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) there immediately.
Realizing Sprina are in trouble, Laura tries to call Spencer, but the connection is bad, while Portia tries to call Trina, but Trina’s phone went to voice mail.
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Back on the deck of the boat, the captain catches Esme. She grabs a fire extinguisher and knocks him over the head with it, knocking him out and then she drags him off. She says to herself, she had to do it to help find her son.
Trina and Spencer head to their room. While they kiss, Trina yawns from the long trip to Paris. Eventually, they hit the sheets. Later, Spencer tells Trina that he’s starving and is going to run and grab a snack while she rests.
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Next, Spencer comes across a blood soaked deck and the extinguisher. Cut to – Trina putting her clothes on and when someone walks in the room, thinking its Spencer, she turns around only to find Esme.
So, what did you think of Spencer’s heartfelt words to Trina? In the soap world that can only mean … something will go down to keep them apart and on today”s Wednesday January 31st episode of GH, it marks the final airdate for Nick Chavez while he films “Monsters.” Will Trina finally take down Esme? Will Esme hurt Trina and then Spencer? Share your theories via the comment section below.
Sure, budgets are tight, but couldn’t Frank spend a little to make the ship look less like the Haunted Star with a French sign?
Couldn’t happen on the show, but IRL, if Laura had a son (an ex-cop) that lived in Europe, she would’ve called Lucky to check on his nephew before boarding a 7-hour flight to Paris. At least they wrote in that Ned lent her the ELQ plane.
Eagerly anticipating to see how they’ll write Spencer out. Assuming Chavez comes back for a short stint before his contract runs out.
Elsewhere, thank God for Tracy – the smartest character on the show. She wrapped up the dullest storyline line in two episodes. She & Gregory have chemistry and both of them make Finn more tolerable.
Ava & Sonny – it’s going there.
Brennan is the character we didn’t know that we needed. Mesure is darned good.
I really love the Actress playing Esme, all I’m hoping is that they’re not trying to make her too evil and then get rid of her. Avery Pohl is to talented and hope Esme can still be reformed. and just how long is Nicholas Chavez gonna be gone? the show knew he was gonna go do this show for Netflix obviously they let him, so why didn’t they film some extra scenes for them to stretch out so he would n’t be offscreen so long.?
Actors have guaranteed number of episodes in which they appear. Their salary is based on those episodes. GH may be pushing pause on Chavez’s contract to maximize his time once he returns from filming the miniseries.
Leave Trina in Paris forever. Keep Spencer and Esme.
Guess we should have known that any storyline on a ship ends with someone going over board.
And Esme has already shown she can survive a dive.. perhaps she will suffer a memory loss again..
And we also know that nobody ever dies from “drowning” on GH. Just ask Sonny. Or Jason. Or Esme, for that matter.
And while it’s true that Alex Devane & Psycho Nelle haven’t been seen lately, well… they ain’t down here in Hell, and there’s zero chance either would go the other direction, so you can bet your soul they will be back eventually. My unholy prediction? Spencer’s alleged drowning will be witnessed by his father Nikolas, who just by odd coincidence happened to be hiding out in Paris himself at the time. You probably won’t see him, but he and Spencer will return to Port Charles together, most likely in the summer.
Well, Julian Jerome was shot then fell
In the water. Going way back, Katherine Bell perished on her second fall from the parapet. Did she hit the rocks or the water?
Cassandra Pierce is probably out there, but was it an explosion or drowning?
We’re likely to see Nikolas a lot sooner than when Spencer returns. Huss has been hitting the publicity circuit, so I doubt he’s gone for long.
Esme’s kind of played out. Only interesting thing would be to incarcerate her with her mother.
Julian actually died from bullet wounds just before the bridge collapsed so he was already dead. I believe Katherine died from the fall itself, not drowning. And Cassandra got blown into little chunks of fish food, as far as I know.
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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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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