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GENERAL HOSPITAL: The Motivation Behind the Cyrus Renault Killings Revealed
Viewers finally got some firm answers as to why General Hospital’s Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober) killed Sam (Kelly Monaco), Dex (Evan Hofer) and others in a major showdown with Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) in the pick-up from the Valentine’s Day episode.
Now on the Wednesday, February 19th episode, Cyrus and Elizabeth had a come-to-Jesus moment with severe consequences for Lucky Spencer (played by Guy Wilson who is subbing this week on-screen for Jonathan Jackson).
With Cyrus at Liz’s front door, he forces his way in and lets her know that he is aware of her and Lucky poking around trying to find answers about his time at Turning Woods, etc. A fearful Liz comes right out and asks why he tried to kill Lulu. Shockingly, Cyrus admits because there was no sign of improvement for four years. He continues he has seen people hooked up to machines with no chance at recovering.

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Cyrus cries out that Lulu (Alexa Havins) was entitled to the beauty of heaven, and her family was letting her stay in that coma and barely visited her. Liz asks, “So that’s why you turned off her ventilator?” He says no, that was much later.
Reeling by his response, Liz shares she has seen families have to make the heartbreaking choice to take a family member off life support, and in the end, it’s a gift. That moment is a realization for Liz as to why Cyrus thinks he had to ends people’s lives. However, Liz questions why he ended the other people’s lives who weren’t from his direct family, and Cyrus says it was his mission to release their souls.
Liz brings up why then did he kill Sam? Cyrus says Sam got in the way of carrying out the Lord’s work. He says Sam helped him see that digitalis was the answer to doing his work. He explains Sam’s liver donation got in the way of the Lord’s will, and there was no telling if it would work. Killing her was the consequence of her interfering in God’s plan.
The conversation turns to the murder of Dex Heller. An angry Cyrus tells Liz if she knew that Dex was ordered by Sonny (Maurice Benard) to kill him? Next, Cyrus confesses that Dex saw him near Sam’s room. Cyrus claims there there was no malice in his heart for Dex. However, we see a flashback of him cutting the ID tag off of Dex’s body in the morgue.

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Later, Cyrus cops to trying to “liberate” Michael (Chad Duell) from his third-degree burn injuries and pain, when he tried to end his life. Liz believes that his killings stem from the condition of his mother. Cyrus is upset that his brother Martin (Michael E. Knight) is keeping their mother alive and away from the light. Liz tries to not have the dangerous situation escalate, by telling him she understands his type of “healing.”
However, things take a turn, when after confessing to his “mercy killings”, he takes out a syringe of digitalis ready to inject Elizabeth with it, when Lucky suddenly appears at the doorway. A fight ensues between Cyrus and Lucky, and Lucky gets injected in the upper thigh with the needle filled with digitalis as Liz looks on in horror while calling 9-1-1. We fade to black.
So, are you satisfied with the how the GH writers spun the tale of the reason behind Cyrus killing, Sam, Dex, and his attempted murders of Lulu and Michael? Share your reactions and thoughts in the comment section below. But first, check out some key moments between the showdown between Elizabeth and Cyrus.
Although some of the plot points are questionable, the acting tour de force from both Becky and Jeff was riveting to watch.
Exactly! Jeff Kober is so brilliant at playing a nuanced villain. He’s damn scary with that intense stare but he manages to be emotionally compelling and vulnerable. I haven’t seen such a brilliantly fleshed out villain since Billy Clyde Tuggell ( Mathew Cowles) from AMC. And yes, lovely to see Becky get a chance to show off her finely tuned acting chops. She’s so good.
Frank Valentini needs to be replaced with a NEW Executive Producer. It’s him and Elizabeth Korte that need to go. There ruining gh, what’s wrong with ABC/Disney?
The entire cast and crew would walk off the job if that happened.
No. They really wouldn’t. They’re professionals who value their jobs.
Jeff Kober deserves better than this crap stoyline
So there’s a plot hole they didn’t address here….
Cyrus claims that he planned to “release” Lulu, but this was long before he shut the ventilator off. The clear implication there is that he CAUSED the liver damage that almost killed Lulu and required the transplant to save her life.
So how exactly do you cause liver damage in a comatose vegetable? If he was sneaking alcohol into her IV or feeding tube, wouldn’t that show up on a test or something??
He mentioned that he tried a different medication “to end her suffering” but it wound up causing liver damage (and not a painless death). Thus, he switched to digitalis.
Ok. I must have missed that part. Sometimes the stream down here gets glitchy.
They wrote off Sam for this storyline? GH needs a complete overhaul behind the scenes. Frank Valentini and Nate Varni are inept and are putting out a garbage product. Viewers want Kelly Monaco back, but it’s painfully clear they don’t care what the audience wants
Please in the name of breaking redundant patterns, do NOT have Jason go to prison for stupid Joss’s badly orchestrated crime.
I know. Boring.
Well, there’s a convenient way out of that…
The planted DNA “evidence” against Jason that showed up at the scene could just as easily belong to Hallmark Drew. Remember, they’re supposed to be identical twins (before Drew got runover by Ava Jerome in a stolen SUV and had to have a new face built for him)
So let Drew go down for killing Cyrus. That solves a lot of problems at once.
Wonderful idea, more than one way to kill a cat, right? It’s time that rotten Drew gets some payback and I don’t know why Jason didn’t record his conversation with Drew, knowing how sleezy he is.
Great actor. But a Creepy, disturbing character I hope to never see again. Long overdue. Best wishes to Mr. Kober though. I think it would be nice if someone took a chance on him and hired him in a comedic role. I would like to see what he would bring to that. He’s played enough creeps.
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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

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

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?

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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

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.

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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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