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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Valentin Gets Help From Anna and Flees Port Charles with Charlotte; Is James Patrick Stuart Exiting?

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Wednesday’s July 19th episode of General Hospital featured Finola Hughes at her best, as Anna comes to warn Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) that she turne evidence that he is running Pikeman, and that soon Agent Cates (Adam J. Harrington) will be coming for him. She alerts him that she wants him to flee Port Charles with Charlotte (Scarlett Hernandez) right away.

While Valentin admits to his crimes and his involvement with Pikeman, he asks Anna to go on the run with him.  She can’t risk it, but he thinks she already put her life on the line to help him. She claims she did this for Charlotte, and if not for her, she’d let Cates have at him.

Anna refuses to go on the run with him and live a life like that. She regrets leaving her daughter, Robin alone once, and won’t  sacrifice her time with her grandchildren, Noah and Emma, for any reason. Valentin tells her when the FBI arrives, he’ll be gone, and they will figure out her involvement.

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“Don’t throw your life away, come with me,” Valentin pleads.” Anna stands firm and says, “I’m sorry. I love you, but I can’t go with you.” Anna can’t understand why he risked his life for Pikeman. Valentin says it was about Anna. He begins to unravel how he got involved with Pikeman. Valentin admits he almost told her before he was planning to take over but didn’t want to put her in a position where she’d have to arrest him.  A tearful Anna says, “And here we are again.” Valentin says that anything good in him is because of her. She says that’s not true, and that he has a good heart. Valentin knows she can’t go with him, but at least she wants Anna to tell him she wants to, even if it’s not true. Anna shares that if she could go with him, she’d do it in a heartbeat. Valentin asks, if it’s true? Anna says, “You’ll never know.” Charlotte arrives looking very concerned.

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Meanwhile, Cates comes to see Jason (Steve Burton) demanding information about Sonny (Maurice Benard) and for Jason to admit that Sonny almost killed him a month ago. Cates says the mobster destroyed his life. Jason shouts, “Sonny didn’t destroy my life, you did!” Cates talks about Ava (Maura West) and helping her keep Sonny away from Avery. Looking at the clock, Jason gives up Valentin’s phone, which proves Valentin is running Pikeman. Cates calls for back-up to head to Valentin’s.

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Jason comes to the Metro Court pool to tell Carly (Laura Wright) that they will both be free, as he gave the evidence to Cates on who is running Pikeman. And the end of the episode, Cates and the FBI break in to Valentin’s and he is long gone. The final moments show Anna outside in her car. She drives away looking like she knows she put one over on Cates.

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Now the question on every GH’s fans mind is, does this mean that James Patrick Stuart is exiting GH as Valentin? Will he just get away and not pay for his crimes? What about his involvement in attempting to send Sonny over the edge, by knowingly paying off the pharmacist to tamper with the dosage in his bipolar meds?

Let us know your thoughts in the comment section, and about the the performance of Finola Hughes, but first check out some of the tense and emotional ‘Vanna’ moments below.

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GH is firing or not renewing contracts for all my favorite actors first Howarth then Easton and now JPS. I’m just not happy

It’s beginning to look like Maura West wil be joining that group of ‘A’ listers leaving the show. Very sad.

was this it? its so anticlimactic, feel like there’s still so much missing, and if this what it then I’m thinking the writers decided to just abort the storyline, its off somehow, the explanation for his involvement with Pikeman just doesn’t make sense.

There is no better actor on television than Finola f’ing Hughes. She elevates every scene & takes yer adoring audience on an epic emotional journey with her nuanced performances. She deserves every award. I like the term Mighty Hughes bc she’s just that…a gorgeous, brilliantly talented powerhouse of a performer! We are so lucky.

GIVE FINOLA THAT EMMY! NOW!

I hope this isn’t a final exit for James Patrick Stuart. If it is, I hope we find out if it was his decision or the show’s. If it’s the powers-that-be, I’d be angry and disgusted. The string of characters let go is wrong, yet they continue to bring on new characters with no connection to GH history. The legacy characters and/or legacy families are being diminished…the Quartermaines barely have an original member left, with Valentin’s exit the Cassadines will be done (Alexis hasn’t been a Cassadine for a long time). Laura hasn’t had any of her kids for years (not to mention Kevin is barely on and when he is it’s only minutes) until the announcement that Jonathan Jackson is coming back (for how long is the question. They got rid of fan favorites, Roger Howarth, Michael Easton, just neglected William deVry’s Julian until they blindsided the actor and gave him the boot, too.

If it’s James Patrick Stuart’s decision to leave, then I’d still be hugely disappointed if we’re losing him; I like him. But instead of letting go of the character they could have recast and not boxed “Valentin” into a corner.

Gutting the cast of so many talented stars to pay for Steve “one note” Burton. What a shame. If they write off Ava too (which seems inevitable) I won’t be able to watch anymore after 40 years. There’ll be almost no one left!

I think they are gutting the cast so they can pay for sniveling Lucky Spencer to return.

Man, that’s even worse. Lucky gives me the picks. What on earth is the appeal?

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Will Ava Tie the Knot With Drew?

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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’

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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

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Stacy Keach and Cynthia Watros

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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