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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Women in Peril

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The conclusion of the Monday, August 18th episode of General Hospital had three women’s lives about to be changed forever as they all teeter on the brink of disaster.

First, Maxie (Kirsten Storms) collapsed during a taping of Home & Heart, after applying the new face mask cream Deception was marketing; clearly there seems to be something in the chemical formulation that caused her to hit the floor. All the more proof that something is not up to snuff is when the Home & Heart assistant brought Maxie a specific jar of the cream as the demo for the show.

Maxie’s now medical emergency happened after lawyer Martin Grey (Michael E. Knight) was summoned by her to the set when she needed legal advice, because she was considering going against the wishes of her Deception partners in regards to Sonny’s (Maurice Benard) investment, and wondered if she could get kicked out of the company as a result. He explained she would be protected by whistleblower laws if she went to the police, but warned her if she did that, she might ruin her relationship with her colleagues forever.

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Meanwhile, Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) and Jason (Steve Burton) see each other face-to-face for the first time at the Five Poppies Resort. She winds up going to her room, and later, Jason shows up. Both are extremely emotional as Jason wants to know how Britt could be alive and well after supposedly dying at the hands of the “Hook” killer (later revealed to be Heather Webber)? It’s a tense moment with all the emotions in their eyes.

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Then, Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is traumatized after shooting Vaughn’s (Bryce Durfee) attacker. She flashes back to when she fired bullets into Cyrus Renault. Back in the present, Vaughan smothers the assailant with a pillow. Later, to cover their tracks they dispose of the body. When they return, Josslyn heads to the shower to wash the blood off of her.

However, Josslyn winds up sitting on the shower floor trying to come to terms with how she has now shot and killed two people. Vaughan comes upon the scene and gets in the shower with Jossl and sits and holds her as she leans on him as their messy business as WSB agents catches up with them.

So, what do you think has happened to Maxie? What did you think of the ending of the episode with Josslyn completely traumatized? And what on earth will Britt say to Jason? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

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Josslyn and Vaughn in the shower was an homage to Casino Royale. Nice touch.

Congrats to Joss on catching up with Alexis and Ava in the body count department. Got a while to go to tie Heather.

Seriously, other than the squinting, Eden did a great job in those scenes. Joss & Vaughn decompressing on the shower floor was a moving scene.

Hope Kirsten has a good break and comes back refreshed. Maxie deserves a front burner story in 2026.

Refreshing to see Burton in suits.

Recently, Steve Harvey’s Family Feud asked the question ” what do you do with one eye closed?” The top answer was “shoot a gun” !

So perhaps Josslyn’s squinting was more of her aiming?

While it was totally predictable, I am not happy that Josslyn and Vaughn did the horizontal mambo this early in their story. They should have remained agents butting heads while slowly getting to know and trust each other.

I was ok with Vaughn holding her in the shower. But when it led to the bedroom I thought it was ridiculous. As if everyone can conspire in murder, dumping the body, then hit the sheets. Yes, I know they’re wsb agents but I still thought it was ridiculous. And Vaughn knew she was shaken. Bad move.

Hoping in the sack seems to be Josslyn’s knee jerk reaction to deathly situations. She and Dex did it for the first time right after Britt saved her from the hook.

Meanwhile, Emma and Gio, who actually have chemistry, are close to playing naked footsie in the Metro Court Pool…in a couple of weeks. And Trina and Spencer took a couple of years to finally become intimate. What is up with the writers putting the brakes on sexual coupling with similar couples in that age range while they rush Joss off to bed any generic blonde guy with no background information who happens to come her way?

OMG . Enough time went by. The shower and love scenes were great. Hope they stay together.

OMG. Like calm down. Those were not love scenes. They were de-stressing-with-sex-scenes. There was no build up, no conflict and no story. It was gratuitous sex.

Love Joss and Vaughn together. The shower and love scene were delightful

Really?

Two attractive people are forced together in extremely emotional and sexual scenes and poof! Fizzle. I don’t think they have any chemistry, and I find myself fast forwarding through scenes with Joss playing superspy agent. I get that they’re trying to pass the WSB torch to the next generation but compared to Robert and Anna, these two are a Wonder Bread Mayo sandwich. Joss is just not convincing as a WSB agent and just looks ridiculous. The real character in distress is Nina. She’s just rigged to lose by a writers’ template that dictates she must lose. If Carly isn’t throwing her in the pool with a smirk, you have that hideous Willow telling her off for the umpteenth time. Just once I’d like Nina to tell that sullen little psycho to go F herself. Cynthia Watros is too gifted of an actress to be handed the mess the writers throw at her. They need to give her a story that is not predicated upon Carly triumphing over her or Willow emotionally abusing her.

Loved the “wonder bread mayo sandwich” analogy!

I don’t mind the WSB storyline, but it’s not one of my favorites. But, can Joss be a real agent, or is this something more reminiscent of Scarecrow and Mrs. King? The eye squinting was a bit too much.

As for Nina, Cynthia is really turning s**t into sugar with scraps she’s been given. Nina needs a new romance. Problem is there’s nobody on the canvas right now that could be paired with her.

Yes, she is. You just know Nina saying,” How ya doing” to the hotel staff after she was thrown into the pool was an unscripted
line. I get that the writers try and make Nina an unlikeable and unsympathetic character in their infinite efforts to Carly-prop, but Watros’s natural charm and talent overrides their efforts. I wonder if she’d make a good pairing with Martin Gray?

She’d have to forgive Martin for throwing her under the bus when Michael pestered him for details on who turned Carly and Drew into the SEC.

They could try again with Ric – as there’s no long term future with Elizabeth and him.

I love the WSB story line since the WSB has always been part of GH story lines,it is nice to see the younger generation brought in..

I also love Joss and Vaughn together. I think that they are both doing a great job and am so happy that Joss is there fighting evil.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny Tells Dante, “I Don’t Want a Son Like You,” While Michael Tells Brook Lynn to Bide Her Time Till Chase and Willow Have an Affair

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On the Thursday, October 1 episode of General Hospital, both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had some things to say and what they had to say didn’t go over well with whom they were talking to!

Sonny had a confrontation with his son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Michael leveled with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) over Chase (Josh Swickard).

GH is setting up a scenario where everyone is going to make it look like Sonny was responsible for having Sidwell (Carlo Rota) beat up in Pentonville; while viewers already know Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) were behind it.

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A VISIT WITH DAD

Now, Dante comes to Sonny’s house. He wants to know straight up from his dad if he ordered the attack at Pentonville. Sonny flatly denies any culpability or responsibility, but Dante refuses to believe him.

Dante informs Sonny he has video footage of Sully and Vito at the prison. Sonny explains to Dante he doesn’t know why Sully beat up both Curtis and Dante. Things escalated when Sonny was deeply hurt that Dante refused to believe him. Dante says he was disappointed that his father didn’t respect him enough to be truthful with him!

Sonny asks Dante to consider that he was being set up. He says all he did was to tell Vito to instruct Sully to keep a watchful eye on Sidwell, not to harm him. No matter what Sonny said, Dante continued hammering him with how he knew deep down, even though he said he left the mob, he had to finish off Sidwell for himself.

Next, Sonny explains everything he has ever done was to provide for and to protect his family. Dante fired back that he doesn’t want to deal anymore with Sonny’s half-baked truths. As the two men argue, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) shows up at Sonny’s front door and overhears Sonny losing his temper and shouting at Dante, “Get out of my house! I don’t want a son like you!”  The scenes featured an excellent performance by Maurice Benard.

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MICHAEL THE MANIPULATOR

While this is going down, outside the Quartermaine boathouse, Brook Lynn opens up to Michael about living at the Q’s with Chase being there, since he only came back due to legal advice from his lawyer, Monet Mitchell (Blythe Howard).

Brook Lynn questioned whether they should get legally separate. Michael insisted that would be a big mistake. When she asks why, Michael tells Brook Lynn to bide her time until Chase and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) have an affair; then she’d have full custody of Phoebe.

An angered Brook Lynn pushed Michael into the water and accuses him of moving Willow back into the gatehouse with intent on putting Chase and Willow in closer proximity and sacrificing Brook Lynn’s family in the process.  As the two cousins bicker, Chase shows up asking Brook Lynn if she is OK. Michael punctuates their talk with “You know, I’m right.”

CURTIS FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SLAMMER

At GH, Willow visits Curtis (Donnell Turner) in his hospital room. Curtis wants Willow to get him pardoned and keep him out of jail, and in return, he will help her nail Sonny.

Next, Willow tells Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) she wants Curtis held for observation for three more days. He agrees to do so under one condition, that she understands that he may need to call in a favor from a congresswoman.

So, what did you think of how Dante accused his father and refused to believe Sonny’s answers? Is this the end of their father and son relationship for good? Is Michael the most manipulative person of all, except for Willow? Do the two deserve each other? Do you want Chase and Willow to have an affair? And what of Curtis? Does he have many redeeming qualities left? Share your thoughts via the comment section,  but first check out the talk Michael had with Brook Lynn.

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GH Alum Tajh Bellow and Y&R Alum Loren Lott Star in New Tiktok and Microdrama ‘Love Island’ Spoof

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Two soap opera alums very familiar to fans of General Hospital and The Young and the Restless are paired together in a new short-form digital series from none other than Issa Rae’s production entity HOORAE Digital.

Look for Tajh Bellow (ex-TJ Ashford, GH)) and Loren Lott (ex-Ana Hamilton, Y&R) as part of the cast of  The Compatibility Experiment, premiering on October 14, 2026, exclusively on TikTok and its companion microdrama platform, PineDrama.

In the video teaser, it appears that Bellow and Lott play a couple, Kelvin and Camila, set in a Love Island reality show-esque environment trying to win the one million dollar cash prize, only what could go wrong?

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The Compatibility Experiment loglines share that it brings a fast-paced, relationship-focused reality check—much like Love Island with a twist. The show takes a participant’s current relationship, introduces them to a potentially more compatible partner, and forces them to navigate the differences with life-changing money on the line.

The new series is part of a groundbreaking content deal between HOORAE Digital and TikTok to develop premium short-form storytelling. The ensemble cast also features; Ayona, Reggie Luck, JaNa Craig, Tosin Morohunfola, Jessica Jacoby, Georgia Warner, and Nick Cassidy.

General Hospital fans know Tajh Bellow for his performances as TJ Ashford, and who earned two Daytime Emmy nominations along the way during his run. Bellow took over the role in 2018 and last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series in December of 2024.

Loren Lott first appeared as Devon’s (Bryton James) sister Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless from 2018 to 2019; making a brief return in 2024. She has continued to perform on the stage and screen with recent credits including: Bel-Air, Cherish the Day, and All American: Homecoming.

Check out the trailer for The Compatibility Experiment below and let us know what you think of its concept and if you are glad to see Tajh and Loren again? Hoping they might return to daytime in their GH and Y&R roles at some point in the future? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava and Drew Revealed to be Behind Framing Sonny for Sidwell’s Prison Beatdown

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If you thought that the person responsible for the Pentonville brawl that saw Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) taken to General Hospital was Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) or even Sidwell himself, you were dead wrong! On the Wednesday, September 30 episode of GH, it turned out that the culprits were actually Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison).

In story, Drew apparently bankrolled the attack on Sidwell and framing Sonny. He told Ava their planned worked (she came up with it!) but was horrified when Drew informed her that Curtis got caught in the crosshairs. Ava is visibly upset because of her longtime friendship with Curtis’ daughter, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). Drew tried to make Ava see the bright side. Curtis was witness to it and his presence will cast doubt on Sonny’s claims to that he had gotten out of the mob and gone legit.

Later, Vito shows up at Drew’s. They informed him that his guy on the inside of the slammer made a big mistake by hurting their friend and ordered him to leave town.

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BOATHOUSE BRAWL

In other major developments, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr) have a blow out fight as Danny blames his “brother” for the reason Charlotte was sent off to boarding school.

Rocco told off Danny for Charlotte’s (Bluesy Burke) reckless behavior and he explains he had to protect his sister. He went in on Danny saying that his mother Lulu (Alexa Havins) has been right to send Charlotte to boarding school and far away from Danny.

However, Rocco went a bit too far when he shouted, “And if your mom was alive, she would send you away too!” Next, Danny punched out Rocco, leading to a terrible brawl. An angered Danny yells at Rocco to, “Stay away from me and everyone in my family. And don’t you ever mention my mom again!” Danny storms off.

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Now alone outside the boathouse, Rocco flashes back to his first kiss with Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarksi), hoping that his fight with Danny will not escalate and ruin their budding romance. Meanwhile, a bloodied-mouth Danny heads over to Sonny’s and Jason (Steve Burton) is there at the same time. He then admits that he has a bad fight with Rocco and they are both beaten up.

WILL SCOUT WISE UP?

At the end of the episode, Scout, who had a fight with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) over Drew, and who keeps telling everyone how good a man her dad truly is, comes upon a suspicious scene.

Scout hides behind the wall outside Drew’s. She sees her dad, Ava and Vito talking. Next, Scout seems to overhear Vito assuring Drew and Ava that their business dealings are done, and he’ll be leaving Port Charles for good.

So, what did you think of the reveal that Ava and Drew were behind framing Sonny for the prison beatdown of Sidwell (and Curtis)? Do you think Danny and Rocco’s relationship can be repaired, or do you think the teenagers will continue to be at each other’s throats? Finally, do you hope Scout gets a clue and stops thinking her dad walks on air? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out how Ava and Drew conspired below.

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