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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Will Cyrus Be Successful in Ending the Life of Michael Corinthos?
It has been difficult to watch the scenes featuring a badly burned Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell) for several reasons all weeklong on General Hospital,
First, for those who watched the show for at least 14-plus years, they have become familiar and accustomed to Daytime Emmy-winner, Chad Duell, in the role of Michael and must be feeling a rollercoaster of emotions. After Friday’s January 10th episode, fans are left pondering is GH actually killing-off the character, or sending him away to a longterm burn facility to facilitate Duell’s exit?
In addition to the on-screen drama, viewer discretion was advised by the ABC soap opera. The timing of the fire and burn storyline landed right in the middle of Los Angeles County battling the worst wildfires in its history, which has caused lives, homes and displacement of so many people, with two of its most deadly fires nowhere near 100% contained.
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With that said, Friday’s GH ended with a harrowing moment. As Michael fights for his life, while heavily sedated due to the pain from burns on 40 percent of his body, Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober) has SOMEHOW ONCE AGAIN snuck into another hospital room in surgical scrubs. This time Michael’s.
He takes off his surgical mask, and with tears in his eyes says to Michael, “I know you’re in terrible pain, Michael, but your suffering will soon be over. You will soon be at peace. God will call you home.” As he prepares to inject Michael’s IV with digitalis (the same drug that he killed Sam and Dex with), Cyrus says, “May your soul be surrounded by divine light.”
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Now the question becomes, What is Cyrus’ motives? Does he think he is truly doing the lord’s work as a “mercy” killer? Is he just seeking revenge on everyone? We understood why he would kill Dex, as he could have implicated him in Sam’s death, but why this?
Earlier in the episode, Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) learns of Michael’s condition and runs to GH. Jason (Steve Burton) finds her weeping outside Michael’s hospital room. Sasha says she and Michael never had a proper break-up, and her love for him has always been there. She says Michael has stood by her numerous times, and he’s such a good man. He doesn’t deserve this. Jason agrees and says Michael is “the best.” Eventually, Jason offers to take Sasha home.
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Are we soon going to get Sasha admitting to Jason she is pregnant with Michael’s child, setting up Jason pretending to be the baby daddy? Will Michael survive Cyrus and somehow communicate to Jason to take care of Sasha and his baby, if he is taken to a longterm care burn facility? Stay tuned.
As for Willow (Katelyn MacMullen), looks like she is going full villain-mode or is she? After Drew (Cameron Mathison) fills her in on how she legally has Michael’s medical proxy, he suggest this is the way she can fight Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Carly (Laura Wright) over taking the kids from her by denying them access to their son. Drew says it’s Sonny and Carly she’s up against now, not Michael, and this could be her only leverage.
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Later in the episode, as Carly and Sonny discuss with Portia (Brook Kerr) longterm burn treatment centers for Michael, Willow shows up and interrupts saying she will be in charge of all medical decisions for Michael going forward as Drew and Nina (Cynthia Watros) look on.
Jack Brennan (Charles Mesure) is leaving bread crumbs for Josslyn (Eden McCoy) to lead her to Cyrus being the one who stabbed Dex in the back at Rice Plaza. He forwarded her a witness list. Jack suggests she talk to the witnesses and piece together what happened and Joss starts with Felicia (Kristina Wagner). As Felicia tries to recall that night, an elevator dings at the hospital. Felicia says,” The bell, that’s it!” She remembers the bell Cyrus was ringing in his hand stopped when Dex was stabbed.
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Elswhere, Lucy (Lynn Herring) is making small talk with Sidwell (Carlo Rota) at Bobbie’s after his purchase of Wyndemere. She keeps mentioning the Spencer family, which piques Sidwell’s interest. Is he the person who set the explosion in Sonny’s penthouse, or if not, whodunit?
Now weigh-in: Will Cyrus get caught trying to kill Michael thus ending his reign of terror? If Michael is saved, will he be sent away by Willow to a longterm medical care facility so she can have full custody of Wiley and Amelia? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
Going to write out a great character and actor with a lame storyline, this is the new GH.
The actor wants to be written off. Cyrus isn’t killing him. He’ll go offscreen to heal. And eventually CD will return or the character will have plastic surgery and a new actor will take over. I agree there are plenty of lame storylines, but I don’t see why this one is.
I mean Jeff Kober/Cyrus
It’s Not Lame, Just Don’t Kill Michael’s Character Off…Even If You Change Actors, He’s Got Lots Of Story Lines….
When All My Children started killing a lot of characters the story ended. I cried so much I hope this doesn’t happen with General Hospital
A Devil’s prediction:
Cyrus will be here in Hell very soon. And Joss will be the one who sends him here, with that .38 revolver she found in Dex’s apartment.
Hope she knows about that 55 gallon drum of acid that Jason keeps in the coffee warehouse when it’s time to ditch the gun
Good idea Satan, but I’d rather see Cyrus taking a bath in that acid, maybe it’d wash away some of his evil scum.
A good swim in the Lake of Fire will take care of that.
Thanks, also been wondering where and how the sick S.O.B gets his never ending digitalis supply, must be pretty expensive. Sure hope it isn’t someone at GH.
He is rich, can afford to pay for it.
Well, Cyrus claims that he followed my old friend JC’s advice to sell all of his possessions and give the money to the poor.
But that was probably about as real as his other “religious” claims. And all of his drug money is stashed in a Cayman Islands account or something similar.
I don’t think so; I think it’ll be caught in enough time, but it’ll cause a long-term coma, which will result in Michael returning to the Manhattan facility he was in when he got shot in 2008.
what the hell is wrong with the writer of general hospital they keep making mistakes first they got rid of sam now they are turning one of the best actor to com along in a long time its makes me sick jeff kober is a gem i just dont understand please get rid of writers and get new ones
Maybe you should apply for the job and see how easy it is.
I tried but I couldn’t find it on Indeed.com.
No, Michael will be saved by Isaiah and Lucas when they guess Michael was given digitalis. They will give him something to counteract the drug, but Michael will still head off to a burn clinic for long term care. Cyrus will not be caught this time. He will still try to kill again before he’s stopped.
I wonder if Sidwell is working with Valentin to take down Sonny since the bomb used was designed by the WSB. Also, could Sidwell be related to the Cassadines? I assume his interest in the Spencers is related to Lucky, but it could also be related to the Spencer and Cassadine history.
My theory is that Sidwell was written tn as a substitute for Lorenzo Alcazar. Clearly all of that “Pikeman” stuff from a few months ago was leading up to an Alcazar return, but for whatever reasons, they couldn’t make an agreement with Ted King to close to deal.
At one point, this Devil even said that Alcazar would be the one buying Wyndemere, because a literal castle on its own island would be the perfect home for an international fugitive felon who was paranoid about his own security. And now, Sidwell shows up, buys Wyndemere, and seems the most likely suspect to have bombed Sonny’s penthouse, even though he’s had no “business dealings” with Sonny… as far as we know.
It all adds up to somebody taking some scripts they had stored in a file on their laptop and doing a search and replace with “Sidwell” instead of “Alcazar”.
I really wish your theory could have come to its fruition. The return of Alcazar would have been riveting. Oh well, at least we got Ric back.
Ric…the man I love to hate…I wonder if he and Ava will get together?
I could sure see him and Victor in cahoots!
I hope Michael changed the proxy,Willow don’t deserve Nothing. How can a woman take her child with her to have sex in the next room? I hope Michael changed his will & proxy leaving Willow with nothing. She isnt a real wife. She will continue her Cult ways, sleeping with different men.
I am disappointed that we are still seeing this Cyrus Renault.He is totally disgusting. Killing off cast members. Do not kill Michael at all.
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I love Michael. I hope they don’t kill him all but Willow is turning into a real witch listening to Drew. He’s a real jerk.
Drew is showing his true colors!!! I could never see the original Drew doing these things!!! And I Willow she had EVERYTHING and she doesn’t even act as if she even cares about Michael!
Willow needs to find out her mother slept with Drew.
I think Willow is a b . She needs to know that her no good mother slept with Drew. So she can stop her relationship with both of them
Is there any hospital in this country where someone can just walk in off the street without checking in at a visitor desk?
Yes, this show stretches reality a lot, but how does Cyrus get in unnoticed?
Was worried about Felicia for a bit, but it looks like she won’t be in Cy’s crosshairs after recounting her story to Joss.
The way I understood this thing with Cyrus was that he had easy access because of his praying and visiting the patients, come and go as he wanted to than all of a sudden, Portia gives him his walking papers, adios, do not come back, not welcomed, etc. What I had a hard job understanding was how could any convicted killer be let in to administer to patients in the first place, I sure wouldn’t want or let him in to my room. The whole thing with Cyrus is just a farce, will be glad to see the end of him, no matter hiw good an actor he is. The same with C.M/Drew. I feel sorry for his plight but can’t stand seeing him on screen anymore. I KNOW it’s not fair or reasonable but I just cant help it. They play their parts too well!
Yes here in Illinois. You don’t have to know anyone and can walk right in. Terrible medical here in Illinois
Michael/Chad Duell is leaving regardless of what the means are. Why does that pig, Cyrus have to be the one behind it? I’m so sick of him, so many good people leaving and he still remains, killing off whomever he feels like.
Cyrus and his constant bible thumping are really tiresome.
As a pastor myself, I completely agree. Even when his character was being portrayed as a “real believer”, it was shallow and cliche. I believe people can change and be converted in real life, and there’s a real difference. But, beyond being on a tv show, his portrayal always felt like there was some ulterior motive behind it.
I’ve been waiting for Cyrus to go away again. Interested to see what happens…
Please have somebody take Cyrus away. Tired of him.
The fact that three people have died at the hospital under suspicious circumstances, and they wouldn’t have extra security or police on duty, allowing people like Cyrus to roam the halls and wander in and out of patient room as he pleases, really stretches the bounds of reality and common sense.
Jeff Kober has had a good run on the show since 2020. He’s lasted a lot longer than I’m sure he or the show originally planned. It’s just a shame he’s gonna end up going out like many of the other great villains in GH history, and with a poorly written story that has plot holes you can drive an 18 wheeler through.
I do like the hints of Sidwell and Lucy, reminds me of Lucy with Damian Smith many moons ago. She’s always had a habit of being attracted to the bad boys. Always glad to see Lynn Herring back on screen, and I would imagine she’s grateful for having work to help take her mind off the recent loss of her husband.
I believe the wrong bag was injected. When the Willow moves him to offsite treatment, this actually saves Michael unknowingly.
I think Jason is going to take Michael’s death and move him to a private burn unit and only Carly will know.
I THINK GH FINALLY HAS SOME GRATE ACTION GOING ON. ITS A SOAP SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT JUICY AND THE WRITERS ARE DOING GREAT. THAT’S WHAT KEEPS ME WATCHING IT. NO I DONT LIKE DREW AND WILLOW TOGETHER EITHER. HE IS OLD ENOUGH TO BE HER DAD. HOWEVER WHEN SHE FINDS OUT THAT NINA AND DREW HAVE BEEN SLEEPING TOGETHER, SHE WILL HATE HERSELF FOR THROWING HER MARRIAGE AWAY. WE WILL HALF TO SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENS TO HER AND MICHAEL REMEMBER THEY HAVEN’T EVEN TALKED TO ONE OTHER BECAUSE YOU HAVE NINA RUNNING WILLOW LIFE. ALSO WILLOW WAS IN A CULT WITH DAWN OF DAY SO, SHE CAN BE MANIPULATED VERY EASY.
First-off, it’s “great” not “grate”.
Secondly, DO YOU HAVE TO SHOUT IN YOUR RESPONSE?!
Jesus, shut up.
Yes, it does GREAT on one’s nerves.
I really wish somebody from GH would exsplain all this mess that they are making of GH so many fans r upset with our great actors leaving us Sam Dex now Michael at this rate soon none of our good ones will be lefts why GH ♀️
Michael Should Go To The Burn Unit And COME BACK!!! For His Children From Willow, She’s Really Got Issues… Easily Sleeps Around And Parenting….Take Your Child To Your Lovers Hotel In Another State!!Willows Decisions Now, Especially If She Keeps His Parents From Their SON AND GRANDCHILDREN…. SHE Is Just What Josselyn Said…A Cheater With No Morals…Chase Was Her Rescuer From Dawn Of Day….But Slept With Michael, Falling for Him When He Realized Her Baby Died And Was Switched With His Son…That She Gave Away For Adoption,. Then The Ultimate Slept With Her Husbands Uncle….Drama (Lots Of Story Lines) Michael’s Character MUST COME BACK…. THEY GOTTA LOT…AND FIND OUT WHO’S TRYING TO KILL His Father!! SONNY
Marilyn, how does Willow manage to sleep around but still walk the holy ground like a smug church lady clutching her pearls? She’s quite the little multitasker, that gal!
Michael shouldn’t die and this way he can come back. Cyrus should get caught and Willow should find out about Nina sleeping with Drew, so she will quit siding with Drew as a Great Guy
I used to like Willow and Drew, but I don’t like him. She’s a real bitch where she’s treating Michael. She’s the one who slept with Drew before Michael did anything wrong.
And Michael was literally the perfect husband for her. She freaking had it made all she had to do was appreciate what she had!!! Who sleeps with their husbands uncle?? Oh Willow!
Willow do you care about Michael he didn’t see his kids at Christmas drew did are she going to have drew act as daddy to his kid she will send Michael away to be with drew
Someone should lock Cyrus and Drew in a room together so they can ruin each other instead.
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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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
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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