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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Valentin’s Passport Goes By the Name ‘Will Cortlandt’; Do You Appreciate the Wink-Wink to ‘All My Children’ or Not So Much?

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Since the rights to All My Children and One Life to Live reverted back to ABC several years ago (following the dispute with Prospect Park), General Hospital has often taken liberties and incorporated the canceled and beloved soaps in naming conventions of new characters, or several nods to the audience within a particular story, or mentions of towns that the Port Charles characters need to go visit (Llanview, Pine Valley, even Loving’s Corinth).

For instance, many viewers know that Michael E. Knight’s GH character of Martin Grey, was named after the fact that Knight is most soap-famous for his run as Tad Martin on All My Children. In addition, we have seen the likes of Llanviews’s Nora Buchanan from One Life to Live come to Port Charles on a legal case as played by Hillary B. Smith.

Now, on yesterday’s March 17th episode of GH, as Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) went to his old house now inhabited by Sonny (Maurice Benard), he started to look for important documents (in the chimney) including his passport, and came upon it using the name, “Will Cortlandt.”

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Longtime ABC daytime viewers know that James Patrick Stuart first soap role was that of bad guy Will Cortlandt who was the brother to Dixie Cooney (Cady McClain) on All My Children. James played the role from 1989-1992 and then again in 1994. Eventually, Will met his maker at the hands of Janet “from another planet” Greene (Kate Collins) when she hit him over the head with a crowbar.

On Monday’s GH, the writers seem to have some fun with the inside joke and “wink-wink” to its faithful audience who would get the inference in Valentin’s fake passport. In fact, not only did Valentin have a different name on the passport, so too, of course did his daughter, Charlotte (Scarlett Fernandez), who had the name “Melanie Cortlandt” on hers. If you know your AMC lore, Melanie or “Lanie” was played by Paige Turco and was the sister of Will and Dixie. She eventually was written off the canvas when she headed to France.

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At the end of yesterday’s GH, Sonny comes upon Valentin and pulls out a gun and asks, “Forget something?” How will Valentin get out of the situation he finds himself in now? Stay tuned!

Meanwhile, as savvy soap fans; do you enjoy when GH (the only remaining ABC soap opera) injects some AMC or OLTL into its story with little Easter eggs or nuggets that are brought in as a nudge-nudge to you, or do you think they should not to it at all as it breaks the “reality” of the current story and wish they didn’t do such things? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

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Not so much.

Just hearing the name and the reference to All My Children makes me wish for its return to television. Please……

Exactly!. The women still fear Erica Kane in business!

It would be great for Erica to make a guest appearance…that would be a great cat fight between her Lucy and Tracy

Okay, suspend reality for a moment here. What if Will Cortlandt is not dead and that was an old alias of Valentin’s for his early WSB days. So not so much of a “tongue in cheek” nod to the old soap but literally him on both soaps!!! LOL!!! *mind explodes*

You should be writing for GH

That was my first thought as well. Talk about making it interesting and opening the door for other characters to make their appearance in PC.

It can happen, just like the person who plays Ned is was on another Soap Opera at the same time

I like it!

They already did that with Tomas Delgado (OLTL)/ and Lorenzo Alcazar

I wouldn’t like that because Will Courtlandt raped Nurse Gloria. Valentin has some redeeming qualities, however, if he is a rapist, he’s irredeemable.

Luke rape Laura on GH

I do like the nods to both AMC & OLTL… it helps keep my dream of seeing OLTL return to our screen.

Oh how I wish OLTL would return! Miss that soap so much!❤️

Me too

GH fan: From your lips to God’s ear. I wish for the return of One Life to Live every day. I realize many of the actors have passed on or retired. So, I’m fine with combining with All My Children to become All My Life to Live.

Why not bring them both back in half hour installments with smaller casts?

In order for this to become plausible, in my wild imagination I created a scenario where major flooding of the Llantano River destroyed the cities of Pine Valley and Llanview, and several residents would have moved to Center City (conveniently located between the two towns, along with the now-abandoned Corinth!) and have All My Live To Live (like your title!) become to the smaller still living cast members. We’ve sadly lost so many in this near-fifteen year absence

I love it!

Thanks, and I agree fully with your thoughts.. ABC could re-draw the map and make Pine Valley and Landview closer together… then make a combination show as you suggest.

I love that idea!

…ir- All my Childrens Lives to Live

Let’s not forget GH has a huge Ryans Hope connection too because Ava Jeromes mother is Delia Ryan who they once had on the show she came to Port Charles and even told Sonny that his father Mike she seen his photo on the desk, (then played by Ron Hale) looked just like her main love Roger Coolidge (also played by Ron Hale) that was funny.

I’m totally fine with the hints to the departed shows. Heck, I’ve been asking for a case of mistaken identity for Sonny for years. Have someone approach him, asking if his name is Nico Kelly.

I agree. It’s a soap opera, which by definition means it’s filled with over the top situations. Why not some subtle humor occasionally?

Nico is Sonny’s cousin from Bensonhurst. He is also the grandson or nephew of Paddy Kelly, the origiñal owner of Kelly’s.

Being Paddy’s nephew would be an interesting twist, although the Kellys of Port Charles were definitely Irish.

Love it!

Me too! I like the reference to AMC, AND OLTL as long as things are not put on hold on GH

Is he related to Palmer Cortland?

Isn’t that awesome?

Yes, his nephew and Dixie’s sister. Palmer Cortland, aka Pete Cooney.

If I still watched GH, I would be thrilled that Valentin is back!

Well Betty…what are you waiting for ? Tune back in ! Every viewer counts!

Loved it!!

I caught it and wondered how many would get it. I think it is an homage to AMC

I saw it too, and it brought back great memories!!

I find it refreshing to acknowledge Pine Valley and characters from All My Children. I personally would love to see MORE characters from All My Children. I don’t find it distracting. I feel it makes GH stories MORE REALISTIC, when the writers do references and characters from AMC !!!! ☘️☘️

Me too! Love it.

he played will courtland on all my children

BRILLIANT. I didn’t notice that when it aired

Loved it and all the nods to former ABC Soaps! Keep them coming!

You know theres people out there that are fans of all three soaps and watch them, so for people like us its fun to see these little nuggets and i’m all game for more. I know a lot of fans want both shows AMC and OLTL to come back, I thinks the smart thing to do is to fuse both does show toghether and form one spin off of sorts, remember it wont be easy to bring back everyone from each show, so a hybrid seems more doable, but what do I really know, for now those little nuggest from GH seem better then nothing , in fact they should do more and have Jackson Montgomery and Noah Buchanan visit Port Charles again, i’m sure some one in that town needs a lawyer to go up against GH leagle eagles Alexis and Diane.

While the short stint appearances of Nora and Jackson were nice, there are already far too many lawyers on GH and not enough doctors.

I love the nostalgia. I started watching soap operas with my grandmother and am glad to have the references from the Soaps that she watched. I watched all my children from the time I was 16 and I’m now 67

I only watched GH with my grandma in the 60’s

I like it .. I watched AMC, OLTL since their inception and subscribed to soap net when that’s the only place you could watch. Even went to an AMC event @WDW when it was Hollywood studios and they sold various clothing, jewelry,etc. items in the commissary. Any chance of seeing either of those soaps again. There can only be so many talk shows!!

Would love to see Erica Kane show up for a sparring session with both Nina and Lucy,

I’d rather see her take down Tracy. That woman thinks she’s invincible or untouchable, do they mean the same thing, the old brain’s not working.

I loved Erica Kane but it’s Tracy who has the most family grit, she is an amazing leader of her family i admire her strength and fight. She also in her age is beautiful and, soft at times but more powerful in her love for family.

I enjoy the references a lot. Fun memories.

That used to be my daily routine; ” One Life to Live”, ” All My Children,” and General Hospital. Now it’s just GH, every day at 1:00.

Yes, me too!

Standing joke at my house. When a soap opera character goes to Paris or France, they’re goners. We figure there’s a whole colony of soap opera stars in Paris. Xref Mel.

It’s cool

Like the wink.

I LOVE it phone my niece to see if she noticed it

No not really

Yes, I loved it!

Love the reference

Oltl needs to return

Loved the nod. I miss all the ABC soaps 12 through 3 was my favorite time with my grandma and mom

Love it

What troubles me is when GH paints themselves into a corner by doing this, so to speak. For example, is Tomas Delgado the real character, and Alcazar a CIA-created pseudo identity? Or the other way around? And Blair Cramer now an ex-wife to Martin Gray? I do like seeing actors from the past shows but it’s imperative that there’s a level of continuity between the character between the prior show with GH. Nora Buchanan was seamless. If Will Cortlandt and Valentin Cassadine are one and the same, some heavy duty thought better be done before this would be revealed, lest another Tomas/Alcazar situation occur again

Will Cortlandt and Valentin Cassadine are not one and the same. It was just a nod to AMC because the actor, James Patrick Stuart, played Will on AMC but now plays Valentin on GH. One actor but 2 different characters on 2 different shows.

Not so much for me too.

I think it’s a fun idea. Also, you forgot to mention that Erica Kane and her magazine name has been thrown around lately too

I want Erika Slezak on GH or Y&R Vicki, Niki, Tommy & her daughter Jess, Tess! They did it with Ashley on Y&R & it was terrific, bought back those great storylines. I also hope that Sam & Finn from GH head over to B&B or Genoa City as Livvie & Caleb

I did notice “Cortland” and thought did I really see that? I loved him on AMC!

I LOVED it!!! It brought back so many memories of ABC’s great soap legacies. Please continue to include these little “Easter Eggs” for us to look for while watching our favorite soap!

I have been watching GH since I was 16 and now I am 79. Have enjoyed every moment of the show always can’t wait for the next episode. Keeps me in suspense sometimes I can solve the mystery before it airs. Thanks and keep up the good work

Love it!!!

Love love the wink wink to All My Children and love when they bring in more characters from Llanviee. Ache for those shows to come back. I’m disabled and can’t get out much and wud watch all day. As I used too

Tad and and Dixie were deeply in love too.

Love tidbits of past shows AMC and OLTL. Miss both so much and their amazing talents. Why cancel for cooking shows was ridiculous.

love it, keep going

I love the All my Children reference

Saw that immediately and giggled!!

Love it! Keep it up!

Love the nods.

Love it! I thought I recognized that name, now I know I’m not totally crazy! LOL

Has anyone else noticed isaiah GANNON and wondered if he will related to hank gannon or nora hanon-gannon-buchannon from OLTL?

It was an awesome nod

The passports buzzed by so quickly. I would’ve missed it at someone that posted to keep my eye out for it. I absolutely loved it! Please keep it up!

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Drew and Willow Have Their Long-Awaited Showdown; Only She Gains the Upperhand and the End of Their Marriage

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Drew and Willow

Finally, Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) can walk and talk and chew gum all at the same time as he shows up at the front door of his house, much to the dismay of his wife, Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen). 

Drew just survived a murder attempt by Willow’s mother, Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros), only an unknowing Gio (Giovanni Mazza) jumped into the lake to bring Drew to safety, after Nina tried to rid the world of him by pushing the former congressman in his wheelchair into the water to hopefully drown, but it all backfired.

Now at the Cain residence, Drew taunts Willow, that he could not wait to see his “loving wife!” Willow, who shot Drew and got off on an attempted murder charge, who then turned to a paralytic drug and Sidwell (Carlo Rota) to keep Drew out of her life, was quickly shushed when she started to explain herself while in fear for her own life.

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AN ENRAGED DREW THREATENS WILLOW WITH INTENTIONS TO MAKE HER LIFE A LIVING HELL

Drew stated, “I have listened to you for so long, and all I could do was just sit there and blink like a desperate idiot. Now it’s my turn. Go ahead, blink all you want while you still can.” Next, Drew actually tells Willow he can almost understand her reasoning for shooting him after she snapped, but he helped the jury get her off of the charges and she still drugged him and kept him a “prisoner in his own body” for months.

However, Willow’s fears of being killed on the spot get a reprieve when an angered Drew tells her, ”I’m Not Going to Kill You, But You’re Going to Wish I Did.” With rage and a smug smile, Drew informs Willow that he will tell her kids, Wiley and Amelia, what a psychopath she truly is, and then flaunts how Michael (Rory Gibson) will get full custody of her their children because she will be serving a life prison sentence.

Suddenly, Nina and Jack (Chris McKenna) burst in the front door as Jack holds a gun on Drew. Nina wants Jack to shoot Drew. Jack then reveals he doesn’t have to because he has the evidence right in his pocket on how Drew misappropriated federal funds designated for the McConkey Esplanade to instead fund his congressional campaign.

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SAVED BY THE EVIDENCE

Telling Drew the first deed is a federal crime, Jack had more goodies on Drew. He informs Drew that there is evidence that he blackmailed the receptionist at the burn clinic in Germany to prevent Willow from speaking with Michael about custody of their children. Jack also claimed to have evidence that Drew bribed Judge Heran, who eventually wound up dead in the pier.

An angered and enraged Drew threatened to bring all three of them down, but Jack reminded Drew that his crimes held a minimum sentence of 20 years each.

Willow then played her own game with Drew warning if he went to prison for decades, he would lose his daughter Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) forever who will then be raised with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), and Nina sniped that Tracy (Jane Elliot) and Michael would have a field day over Drew being locked up for most of his life.

FREEDOM

Next, Willow tells Drew nothing needs to change, and all he needs to do is agree to a divorce. Nina piled on that he cannot run for congress again or take back Willow’s seat, while Jack toyed with him that he could release the evidence that he has against him at any point in time.

Willow follows Jack and Nina out the front door, but before she exits removes her wedding rings and drops them on the floor, saying “freedom.” However, now alone in his house, Drew snipes, “Enjoy it while it lasts, you treacherous bitch!” We fade to black.

So, what did you think of the upshot of the highly-anticipated scenes where Drew and Willow would have it out? Were you pissed off that Drew didn’t try to murder Willow, or do something to her and Nina for what they did to him?

Glad that Willow and Drew ended their marriage and it seems like everyone is going to keep silent about everything? Does that feel like payback? Or, will Drew as he threatened, plan something heinous to pay back Willow, Nina and Jack? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first take another look at some of the confrontation scenes from today’s GH below.

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‘General Hospital’s Kayden Brenna Tokarski Featured in Cast of Biopic ‘Bruton’

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Kayden Brenna Tokarski, who thus far has been impressive as the aged-up Scout Cain on General Hospital, has also been busy over the last few year working in Indie films and more.

Now comes word that Kayden is part of the ensemble cast of the new biopic Bruton based on the life of Bryan Bruton, who was sentenced to a decade in a Florida prison for an unintended crime and briefly escaped. The film is set to bow in August at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.

According to the loglines per Deadline, Bruton follows a “charismatic hustler whose life is upended after one devastating mistake lands him in a Florida prison. Behind bars, he transforms incarceration into an economy all its own, building businesses, navigating impossible circumstances, and discovering the cost of a life spent chasing the next score. Blending humor, heart, and high-stakes drama, the film offers a fresh take on one of America’s most unforgiving systems.”

WHO IS IN THE CAST OF ‘BRUTON’ ALONGSIDE KAYDEN BRENNA TOKARSKI?

Tokarski is part of the cast which also features: Theo Rossi in the lead role plus  Aya Cash, Tammy Blanchard (ex-Guiding Light), Tony Hale, Ronnie Gene Blevins, and Aaron Quick Nelson.

Taking to X when seeing the news on her upcoming film performance made public, Kayden expressed, “Couldn’t be more grateful to be part of this movie and for the world to see it!”

Bruton is produced by Demetrius Stear of A Mind’s Eye and Ryan J Francis of EverBright Pictures, with Colin Bates, Kris Dorrance, Vincent Grashaw, and Nicholas Carmona rounding out the production team.

Tokarski made her GH debut just over a week ago on the July 20th episode as the daughter of Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and the late Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco).

So, intrigued to see more of Kayden’s work in different roles too, now that you have seen her for a bit as General Hospital’s Scout Cain? Let us know via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Drew Emerges from Nina’s Murder Attempt Ready to Confront Willow

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At the conclusion of the Monday, July 27 episode of General Hospital, Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) showed up at the front door of his house much to the shock and dismay of his wife, Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen). 

The major turn of events, where for the first time in months, Drew is no longer in a locked-in state thanks to the paralytic drug that Willow and her mother Nina (Cynthia Watros) have been serving him, could mean the end for Willow, but will it?

Viewers learned that as Nina was in freak-mode with Jack (Chris McKenna) after pushing Drew in his wheelchair into the lake surrounding the Quartermaine boathouse, that Gio (Giovanni Mazza) found him in the water and saved him. Nina is mortified.

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Meanwhile, Willow has just returned from the PCPD where she was brought in for questioning by Chase (Josh Swickard), about her dealings with Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota), just as she was trying to sneak out of town with Amelia and Wiley in tow.

As Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) and Molly (Kristen Vaganos) question Willow on her involvement with Sidwell, Willow gets mighty defensive and offended, while putting on her game face. After she walks out on the interrogation, she heads back to her home, so she can gather her belongings and flee the country.

Little does Willow know, Jack made a deal with Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), and recovered the missing black box which contains the dossier on Drew so he, Nina and Willow, all have leverage to hold over Drew.

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Back at the Cain residence, Willow is gathering things off the living room floor when she sees muddy footprints. Suddenly, the front door opens and shuts. Willow turns around and see a soaking wet Drew with rage all over his face! We fade to black.

Today in the official GH preview of the Tuesday, July 28 episode (see below), Drew says to Willow, “I am so excited about what comes next.” Plus, look for Jason (Steve Burton) and Carly (Laura Wright) to finally see each other after Jason’s captivity by the WSB for months.

So, what else will Drew say to Willow? Do you think he has been affected by the long term use of the paralytic drug? Does he have amnesia? Does he know full-well everything Willow and Nina did to him, and will tell Willow how he is going to destroy her life? What do you hope goes down? Let us know you thoughts via the comment section below.

 

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