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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Someone is Trying to Drive Sasha Batty with Baby Daisy; Marco and Natalia Have Irreparable Falling Out
As Daisy’s christening is just around the horizon, whoever is secretly watching the little bundle of joy in her nursery is ramping up their plan on Daisy’s mother, Sasha Corbin (Sofia Mattsson), on the Thursday, June 26, episode of General Hospital.
In story, Sasha puts Daisy down in the nursery wearing a yellow onesie, when she exits, a shadowy figure is seen in the room and an upset close-up of Daisy. Downstairs in the kitchen, Sasha meets with Felicia (Kristina Wagner) and asks her to be Daisy’s godmother. Felicia says she would be honored. The talk turns to Sasha’s absent parents, Holly Sutton and Robert Scorpio, and how they are staying in touch with her. Robert does a video chat with her every morning, Holly doesn’t, but sent a gift and has been texting.
Suddenly, Sasha hears Daisy over the baby monitor so she goes to attend to her. When she arrives back in the nursery, Sasha panics when she finds her daughter facing the opposite direction in which she placed her and wearing a red-colored onesie. In addition, it should be noted in Sasha’s conversation with Felicia, she found milk in the cupboard instead of the refrigerator blaming it on new mom, “brain freeze,” but GH viewers know better.
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The smart bet is that Willow (in perhaps another alter or in a fugue state) is visiting Daisy and re-arranging things to drive Sasha crazy and make her look like a bad mother, so that perhaps, she loses custody of her baby, like she lost custody of her children.
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Meanwhile, at th law office of Miller & Davis, Marco (Adrian Anchondo) is paid a visit from his mother, Natalia (Eva LaRue), where he gets her to admit she’s leaving the country. Upset, Marco figures out that Sonny (Maurice Benard) orchestrated this “arrangement” with her and he fears that Sonny will actually kill her. Natalia seems confident that Sonny will come with her for awhile and get her all set up. Marco calls her delusional. Natalia insists Sonny is giving her a new life, which he will be part of because he’s promised to provide for her. At that moment, Marco goes into panic mode over negotiating a deal with ADA Turner, now that he realizes his shady mother never intended to honor it. Marco tells his mother he could go to prison.
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Lucas (Van Hansis) arrives as a furious Natalia goes off on Marco. In turn, Marco warns his mother, that if she walks out now, she is no longer his client or his mother. She will be nothing to him. Natalia angrily fires back, “I already am,” and makes her exit.
Marco starts to call the police, but Lucas stops him. Lucas wants Marco to fill him in. Marco explains Natalia gave Sonny the evidence she was supposed to give to ADA Turner in the deal they worked out. He explains to Lucas that if she doesn’t show up Monday with the evidence, he’ll be locked up. Lucas says no matter what, he cannot be the reason his mother goes to prison. Lucas reassures Marco that his defense is saying that he negotiated in good faith. He also clarifies it is not on Marco if Natalia makes a run for it. Marco makes Lucas promise that he won’t say a word to anyone on this, and Lucas promises.
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Later, Natalia visits Sidwell (Carlo Rota) at Wyndemere and informs him of her fight with Marco. Noting she is leaving the country, she wants Jenz to promise to keep Marco out of his “disgusting business” and not ‘doom” their son to the same fate. In the final moments of the episode, after Natalia leaves, Sidwell looks at a photo of Sonny, and then goes to the parapet and looks as evil as all get out.
So, do you think it’s Willow is moving baby Daisy around and changing her onesies, etc? What do you think about Felicia becoming Daisy’s Godmother? What did you think of the showdown scene between Marco and Natalia? Are you hoping Natalia packs her bags asap and flees Port Charles? Share your thoughts via the comment section below, but first check out the showdown scenes between Marco and Natalia from today’s GH.
I’m beginning to think that Natalia is indeed moving to a warmer climate in the near future, but it’s not going to be Belize.
Sidwell obviously doesn’t have a lot of love for his ex wife, and I wouldn’t put it past him to kill her and attempt to frame Sonny for it.
And it seems like Marco already thinks that’s what is going to happen anyway. Even Carly might fall for it, since Sonny told her that Natalia “wouldn’t be a problem anymore”. Which unfortunately is a statement that could be easily misinterpreted.
Frankly, I was hoping for a different arrival to take Britt’s place. It’s no secret who most of Port Charles would rather send down here right about now.
There had to be a reason they’ve kept Natalia around with this storyline other than the Belize plot. Otherwise, she just would’ve sauntered out of town once she was fired from Deception. Her character is more valuable dead than alive.
Eva LaRue is a good actress, but this character was doomed from the start. If Dr Maria Santos had come to the hospital instead, this would be a whole different conversation.
I think Willow is too obvious. Maybe Holly ?
I thought Holly as well, but Emma Samms typically announces when she’s making a return. A back-from-the-dead Nelle, but there’s really no space on the canvas right now for that. And luckily Heather is still out west with Steven Lars.
If Michael was able to catch Willow & Drew doing the nasty on the playroom floor, certainly a camera in the nursery isn’t a stretch.
Given all the recent security concerns on the Q estate, I’m really surprised Jason hasn’t hired Spinelli to install a state of the art security system yet. I’m sure Monica would “green light” such an initiative, since we’re supposed to pretend she’s still around and aware of what’s going on in her family.
They might want to get a few guard dogs too. Well trained, so they aren’t a danger to the children, of course.
I am pretty sure Tracy already had cameras installed all around the mansion when they kicked Drew out. Wasn’t that why he had to scale the wall to sleep with Willow that one time?
I justvunderstand why they’re never workking
I was thinking Holly—but why? So, probably not. If Willow is doing this , it is under Drew’s direction. I really think he’s drugging her—-or, it is Drew himself.
I do love Emma Samms but found her last visit with Jonathan Jackson’s return and the introduction of Sidwell lacking. Somewhat spy spy giggle giggle… and so much time wasted on the locked up card games… so I wouldn’t find her “spying” on her grandchildren out of her recent character.
Nelle? And if not Nelle herself coming back from the dead, perhaps Willow, Nelle’s twin sister, has developed a Nelle alter.
When Willow woke up and told Drew she was still exhausted, it occurred to me she might be sleepwalking. Yes, it’s crazy to think that she’s sleepwalk/drive all the way to the Qs, change Daisy’s clothes, and get back home but I’ve seen nuttier things on soaps.
And if you remember, Nelle was a gaslighter. She gaslight Carly with Morgan’s ghost. Someone is gaslighting Sasha.
I must have missed something. I don’t recall Sonny ever saying he was going with Natalia to live with her??? Sure that could happen. NOT. And I’ve never heard of going to PRISON for your 2nd DWI at least not around here (Louisiana). You probably should but you don’t. I wish Sasha would close those darn blinds in that baby’s room & sit Yuri at the door!
Sidwell is like a cartoon villain-hard to take seriously but I know we should. I hope Sonny brings him down hard.
And Sonny looked SO good when witch Turner showed up at his house. The last thing I would have been thinking of would be arresting him, ha.
No, Gloria, you did not miss anything. Sonny was clear in telling Natalia that she would be starting a new life in Belize alone. In their last scenes, those two acted like they were saying goodbye to each other. Natalia suddenly acting like the delusional, lovelorn scorned woman is clearly last minute, plot driven writing. Natalia is a highly flawed character-she is rigid, bigoted and judgemental. What she is not, however, is neurotic, naive and silly. Maybe Sonny should send her to Belize with a life sized cut out of himself. I’m sure it would fit in the carry on compartment.
The Sonny cutout idea is hilarious.
Harry, at this point, I’d think you’d agree we’d accept any reason to be rid of the Natalia character.
While Drew is despicable, he’s (an estranged) member of a core family and the show is writing him as someone you should hate. Natalia served little purpose as a living character. Good riddance.
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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