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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Who Shot Austin?
As we head into a new week on General Hospital, last Friday’s cliffhanger had a shocking ending. Someone fired two shots at Dr. Austin Gatlin-Holt (Roger Howarth), and at the end of the episode, he was lying on the floor bleeding out.
It all went down after Austin went to the PCPD to talk to Dante (Dominic Zamprogna). He tells Dante he will give him evidence on who was his and Mason’s (Nathanyael Grey) boss – the person who is mastermind behind all the terrible things he did, in exchange for leniency.
Dante informs Austin that he is really in no position to make a deal. Austin responds, “I don’t think you really understand the risk I took coming here. If my boss finds out that I’m here before you get a chance to bring him into custody, I’m a dead man.”
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Austin promises to give up the name of his boss (Cyrus) if there is a guarantee he will have immunity. Dante says he needs evidence that they can use and Austin agrees to give it to him. At the end of the day, a conflicted Austin, wants to clear his name. He tells Dante he’s not a bad guy, and he is really trying to do the right thing.
Later at the PCPD, Dante tells Robert (Tristan Rogers) that Austin will give up his boss for his immunity. Robert is OK with the deal as long as they have the evidence.
Later, Austin comes home and walks inside. He recognizes someone who is there and says, “What are you doing here?” We see what looks like a man’s pair of shoes walking. The next thing you know, Austin is shot twice, and the final moment of the episode shows Austin in dire straits.
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Now the question becomes, who shot Austin? Is it Mason, who isn’t somehow in Pentonville? Is it Cyrus (Jeff Kober), who is one step ahead of Austin? Could it be Nikolas (Adam Huss), who originally was holed up at the house where Austin was secretly keeping him … or, could it somehow be Ava (Maura West) who wants revenge?
Share your theories and picks in the comment section below on who pulled the trigger on Austin and what you think will happen next!
At this point, does anybody care about this character?
Not me, Shari. This character has long overstayed his non-welcome. I still have no idea who or what he is and am past caring.
I know. Right, Soaphound? Such a stale character—Glad Cyrus is staying for however long. He’s one of those baddies whom I appreciate—Drew should go next. I cringe.
Aside—these writers need to get their facts straight. All three countries allow dual /multiple citizenship. I have family in those countries—it’s allowed. Happy Thanksgiving❤️
LOL, my thought upon seeing the title of the article was: wrong question; better question: “Will he die (and stay dead)?” (please, please, oh pretty please)
I like the suggestion from somebody farther down in the comments: If they’re going to keep Howarth around, can they please have him play Todd Manning again? Of all the characters I’ve seen him play, that’s the one that I found most watchable: actor and character really seemed to click. (Of course, maybe that’s the writing; almost certainly that was the biggest problem with Franco, who never should have been turned into a romantic lead.)
Todd Manning! Ewww! Roger is a good actor, but he needs a better character to portray. Austin doesn’t have a lot of substance.
I care what happens to Austin? I think he’s a good actor and it’s just a self opera, and it needs to not drag on for things need to put Cyrus away. I think it was Cyrus he’s evil.
I agree
I happen to love Roger Howarth and I also hate Cyrus and after Sonny gave him that warning last week, I bet I know who his next victim will be. He can’t let Sonny get away with what he threatened him with and not retaliate in sone way. Sonny should not have opened his mouth.
Roger Howarth does lying near dead in a pool of blood quite well I guess. ♂️
Yup. I agree
Why are they always kill off Rodger
Hopefully he will pass and Franco will return.
I Rather see Todd Manning, he played him well. But hope they do something because a good actor thats been around for yrars should have great storylines. Not boring BS
I’m with you, Denise!!! I have wanted that for years now!!
Todd Manning will never return.
He played all his roles amazing I love that actor
Absolutely. Then he can get back with Blair !
I agree! Howarth is one of my favorite actors and I would love for him to get a storyline he can sink his teeth into. Still, I’d rather see him as Austin than not see him at all!
Nah. It’s time for Roger Howarth to exit. Cast needs to be trimmed and role repeaters should be the FIRST to go.
Maybe it is Dex on Sunny’s orders
Doubt it. We have already seen on several occasions how useless Dex is with a gun. Yeah, he’s a “military combat veteran”, like I’m the first chair harp player in Heaven’s symphony orchestra.
No one takes a hit like Dex. So far the only one he’s been able to beat is Spencer. LOL
I think it’s Cyrus. He’s more of killing kind more than Nicolas
Nope I don’t think it’s Cyrus
Definitely not Cyrus himself. He was meeting with Laura at the time, and she’s a solid alibi. Nobody in Port Charles would doubt her at all.
Cyrus is il Capo—hr would never do such a menial task as killing someone. He has little mafiosi doing that for him.
Call me crazy but I like him . Sonny is not impressive. He ‘s lost his oomph…
Funny, everyone seems to be ignoring this fact of Cyrus being with Laura and are still chanting, it’s Cyrus, it’s Cyrus! I still think it’s Nicolas, especially when Austin saw the person and said ” what are YOU doing here”? At least we know it was someone he knew and not a” hit man”.
I agree.
Give Roger a better role. If they can not bring back Todd because of his rapist past create a role that lets him use his considerable talent
NO! He does NOT need a FOURTH role on this soap. Cut him loose.
So that would be Roger’s 4th character on GH ” create a role that let’s him use his considerable talent .”
I really love Roger Howarth, but Austin has been a bust from the get go, I perplex, the character is supposed to be a Quatermaine, yet he’s treated like shit by them, and just about every Quatermaine is a bastard by definition, yet this one is like a pariah, I really can’t figure out why Theydon’t care for him yet Drew is treated like his shit don’t stink, its confusing. regardless big mistake the show made by killing off Franco. How will they fix this? is the show planning of having Roger play different characters? I mean at this point who would care?
Despite how dull his current portrayer is, Drew is Alan’s biological son. And decedents of Alan or Tracy will always be more welcomed than the Holt or Ward offspring.
As good as Roger is, unless we get Todd back, now’s probably a good time for him to take a long break from the show. The only other character I can see him playing is Steven Lars Webber, but who would you pair him with romantically?
Certainly not that jailhouse looking mama the last guy was married to!
2023 has allowed posts to use profanity to make a point…where were you scholled?
I agree
I believe it’s Cyrus , if it were Ava , she would have shot him a long time ago when Sonny told her that she sleeping or slept with the enemy , and Sonny explain who Austin’s boss is . So it couldn’t be Ava , now it could be Nikolas, cuz Nikolas knows that Austin saved his life , his cousin Mason is in jail , so that leaves Cyrus , why I say it’s Cryus ? Cryus told Mason that he’s going to be taken care of in jail and he might come home sooner than he thinks , and Mason told Cryus what about Austin , Cyrus replied that he’s going to get his real soon . So now you think about it .
WSB, look closely and it’s the same guys that burned Anna’s house.
No it’s not none of them ,they want us to think this it’s someone else
I don’t care. I’d just like to say “thank you” to them.
If this is Roger’s swan song as Austin, I would love to see him come back as Todd Manning or even for us to find out that Franco didn’t really die. As we all know from watching them long enough, they can make anything happen in soaps if they really want to.
The Austin character was a bust from the word go. The whole “Is he really a Quartermaine?” story that went around and around, and ultimately ended up going nowhere, the failed pairing with Maxie, they might have had something with Austin and Britt, but then Kelly Thiebaud left the show.
They never really defined who the character was or why we should care about him. They never had much for him to do, other than in these past few months. I liked the potential of Ava and Austin together, Maura and Roger have great chemistry. But they ruined any chance of that. Poor writing and lack of character development. Roger is too talented, he deserves better.
As for who shot Austin, how about the long rumored to be returning Lorenzo Alcazar? Ted King pretty much confirmed that he had met with Frank Valentini a few months ago, so the timing would make sense. Alcazar could be the one above Cyrus that has been pulling the strings behind the scenes for all these months. He was a great villain on GH, I’d love to see it.
I have had the same hope. Alcazar. With good base writing, Roger Howarth and Ted King? Wow!
Why would Alcazar shoot Austin?
As of yet there’s no known connection between the “Pawtuck Mafia” and the shadowy mercenary contractor group known as “Pikeman”, which almost certainly is a front for Alcazar.
That’s why Cyrus the Virus ordered “Betty” the fake nanny to steal the Pikeman info from Sonny’s laptop, which she did – not knowing that info was completely false and planted there on purpose.
If Alcazar/Pikeman was already working with the “Pawtuck Mafia” such an operation would not have been necessary, as Cyrus would have already been in the loop. .
Now that said, I DO believe that Alcazar is either in… or very near Port Charles. He’s probably the guy who called Mikey from a Washington DC 202 area code, to tell him Nina was the SEC snitch. And I’m thinking he’s the “mystery buyer” who’s trying to acquire Wyndemere & Spoon Island. Because if you were a reclusive billionaire running a secret mercenary weapons smuggling business, and were supposed to be dead, wouldn’t YOU want to live in a castle on a private island??
Todd Manning
This character was poorly conceived and written from day one.
That is too ridiculous to think it would be Ava, shotting Nickolas that would be expected shooting Austin hes not the guy in charge theres no point. She has way to much to lose Sonny will handle all this for her.
Enough is Enough. 11 years. 3 characters. Move on from Roger Howarth for the love of god. This isn’t OLTL. That isn’t Todd. Use the money freed up from his exit to recast for Lucky and Lulu. Austin isn’t needed.
The shoes are the clue, they are the same as the arsonist who destroyed Anna’s home. Willing to bet they belong to Nickalas trying to frame Ava
My thoughts exactly!!
That’s my guess. That will eventually illiminate Nicholas also when they catch himl
The biggest error they made with Austin was not making him Franco’s actual twin – the one he believed was Jason (who was really Drew), but turned out not to be. It would have made far more sense for other characters to recognize that Austin looks identical to Franco, and it would have thrown Roger back into Elizabeth’s orbit, where he shined brightest.
It also would have made Franco an actual Quartermaine, like he believed he always was, by being Jimmy Lee’s son. The story could have been that Jimmy Lee and Heather Webber had an affair, one twin was given to Jimmy and Charity to raise and the other was given to Betsy Frank. That way, both Franco and Austin could have been tied to the Q’s, and maybe we could have avoided this whole “cousin Mason” story, which was a total flop.
Also, off topic, but can we please get a new Drew? Or, take him off the canvas? I’ve really tried with Cameron Matheson but he just doesn’t fit the role the same way Billy Miller (RIP) did. Same with both Marcus Coloma and Adam Huss as Nikolas. If they are serious about bringing core characters back, they need to hire actors who can fully embody the role. Makes me nervous about the eventual Lulu recast…
Interesting hypothesis, but they spent a lot of time making Franco a Baldwin and Howarth and Shriner play off each other extremely well. Twins would’ve been fine, but Scott would’ve had to be the dad. In second thought, after the fact, on Heather’s front, it would’ve been awkward for her to have 3 kids the audience never knew about (Franco, Esme – and in your theory Austin).
My guess is Nicolas
I think it is Nicholas who shot him. I believe he seen Austin at Ava’s and decided Austin has lied to much and taking him out!
I hope Austin doesn’t die. I am tired of killing off Roger’s character and bringing him back as another one, but I don’t want to lose him. He’s way too talented and Austin was at his best when he was with Ava.
Seeing those black sneakers, I thought it might be Nikolas. but then I figured he really didn’t have any reason to shoot Austin. He already let his mother know he was alive. And then I thought it might be Betty doing Cyrus’ dirty work. Mason should already be at Pentonville and Cyrus would want to keep his hands “clean” by having his minion do his dirty work.
IDK. It’s as good a guess as saying Blair did it.
Wow ,no spoiler alerts showed or predicted Austin being shot.
It’s Nickolas.
What channel do general Hospital come on now in Palm Beach County?
I want to believe…because he is a good actor, he was wearing a vest and the blood was fake to make the shooter think he did his job. Austin will tell the truth.
No, Roger’s contract was not renewed.It is in the news now.
I say Nicholas
I would automatically say that Cyrus killed Austin but wasn’t he with Laura at the time?
Yeah. Laura’s about the best alibi you could have in Port Charles. Of course that doesn’t mean Cyrus couldn’t have hired somebody else to do it. Probably would have been Mason, except he’s back in prison & still recovering from bullet wounds.
With any luck it was Todd Manning who shot Austin. I’ve been a fan of Roger since he debut on OLTL back in 93.But since he been in Port Charles his characters that he had to play has been questionable. He started off strong as Todd and I thought he was going to take over P.C. for a second but then he left and returned as Franco! Ugh! And then hooks up with Elizabeth…. What a bore!
Why would Todd shoot Austin? For stealing his face??
Too bad you didn’t enjoy and understand this family dynamic. It was far from boring . Too bad you couldn’t appreciate what it was all about.
I think it was Cyrus because before he went to the PCPS he had a confrontation with Cyrus. So I think it was Cyrus
So he gets shot last Friday and nothing about it on Monday s show and Tuesday previews mention nothing. Perfect symbolism to a character no one cares about. Best wishes Roger Howarth. You’ve deserved better .
I’m not sure who it is but, I think it’s the same person that took the shot at the pool, and I think the same person that burned down Anna’s house. They have the same shoes.
I noticed those brown boots/shoes too, they were not worn by a 15 yr. Old girl.
More importantly who çares? Can some kill off the awful Drewfus too?
I wouldn’t worry too much probably in six months Frank will bring him back as another character!
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This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!
In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?
Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!
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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS
The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!
Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?
Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.
MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.
Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
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With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).
On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..
In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”
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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!
FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD
As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”
Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.
So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.
The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.
Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”
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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL
Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.
The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.
In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”
So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.
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