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GENERAL HOSPITAL Shocker: Sidwell Paid Off Judge Heran to Grant Michael Full Custody Of His Children
Just when you thought you knew the upshot of where Judge Heran’s (Tessa Auberjonois) decision to grant full custody of Amelia and Wiley to their father, Michael (Rory Gibson) Corinthos was headed, think again!
At the end of the Thursday, June 19th episode of General Hospital, Lucas (Van Hansis) and Marco (Adrian Anchondo) are chatting and Marco says he really appreciates his father, Jenz Sidwell’s (Carlo Rota) support, while his mother, Natalia Rogers-Ramirez (Eva LaRue) never fully accepted him.
Lucas shares that he is worried for Marco, that his closeness to his father could put him in danger one day, just like what happened to Michael being close to his dad, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard). When the discussion turned to the judge’s decision in Michael and Willow’s (Katelyn MacMullen) custody case, Marco shares that speaking from a legal point of view, it’s odd that a judge would rule in the father’s favor, and with no visitation rights granted to the mother. Lucas looks concerned, especially when Marco says that it rarely happens.
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Meanwhile on Spoon Island, after Sonny and Sidwell have an ominous conversation on how Jenz plans on taking control of Sonny’s territory, while threatening his family, Sonny stands firm. He tells Sidwell that he is going to protect Port Charles from anyone and that includes him. Sidwell tells Sonny he would be wise to reconsider. Sonny gets angry and says, “Why should I reconsider? Take your money and get out of my way!”
After Sonny leaves, Judge Heran shows up. She tells Sidwell she did exactly what he instructed and awarded Michael Corinthos full custody of his children. Sidwell is happy about it, and tells the judge the remainder of her money will be wired to her bank account, revealing that the judge can be bought and is corrupt as ever.
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This revelation paints a whole new picture of what is going on here. Now, the injustice is going to be stacked against Willow as she sinks to new lows as she is losing her grip on reality. She has had Drew lie to her face, time and time again and manipulate her countless times over, and now the court ruling was not on the up and up.
Elsewhere, after Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) puts little Daisy down to sleep in her nursery at the Quartermaines, someone is watching the baby after Sasha exits. Later, Sasha checks on her little one and hears music playing from the mobile over the nursery, which she did not turn on.
After the conclusion of the episode, it begs the question “Why?” Why did Jenz Sidwell want Michael to get full custody of his children? Is this from being in cahoots with Drew Cain? Does he plan on destroying Michael’s life and his kids as part of his plan to bring down Sonny? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
This writing for Sidwell is getting ridiculous. He’s starting to look like the Second Coming of Teddy Balkan – the cartoonish villain who was so over the top he would have fit right in on the 1960s Batman TV series.
And that storyline also ended Bob Guza’s otherwise stellar career as GH head writer. Maybe this one can get them to bring him back home instead of working for the “direct competition” at CBS.
Guza has already left BTG. He doesn’t seem the type to work with Frank – just look how long Mulcahey lasted.
As for “stellar”, that’s up for debate.
Bob Guza was the one who was bound and determined to make Sonny daytime’s Tony Soprano. Sonny, now in his early 60s, is facing an existential crisis, albeit a boring one. He has become a stagnant character with no clear sense of direction with the end result being that he’s become dull. The Sidwell vs Sonny scene was meant to be riveting but I was bored and barely paid it any attention. While I’m not a fan of his writing, I do wonder how Guza would write for Senior Sonny.
Excellent analysis Harry.
The current ADA Turner plot seems rather Guza-esque. Another younger woman thinking she can bring in the mob king. Guza would likely have Turner fall for Sonny and hide evidence for him.
The gray or salt & pepper hair looks nice on Mo. He’s quoted as saying the show won’t let him keep it. The black dye does have Sonny more as a stereotypical NY mobster.
As for Guza, some of his non-mob stuff was pretty good. The whole “scrubs” relationship with Robin and Patrick worked. But then you balance it out with the abomination that was Courtney.
I do wonder how much blame Guza gets for decisions that were dictated by JFP. Killing the Qs and Georgie for example.
Thank you, Steve. It seems they want to keep Sonny in the 90s, what with the insistence he dye his hair black and pairing him with yet another Brenda prototype. Problem is it’s 30 years later, he’s 30 years older but this DA appears to be in her 30s. I may be in the minority but the reason I liked Mike and Nina in Nixon Falls is it underscored character maturation and growth and Sonny was able to escape that stagnation. Now he’s back in it. I understand why Maurice Benard has felt imprisoned as Sonny.
Harry, I’m with you on Nixon Falls as it brought out the best in Benard – something fresh to play. I liked where Mulcahey was going with Sonny in his short tenure, and RC’s treatment of Sonny was one of the better parts of his writing period.
Although doppelgänger storylines are a bit of a trope, I still want to see AMC’s Nico Kelly come to PC and be mistaken for Sonny. Mo would likely be totally into it.
While the actress that plays ADA Turner is good, the storyline is stale from the start.
She is good. I’d like to see her with Dante maybe. It be nice to see our veteran characters break old patterns.(as I’m sure you’re aware, the actress is married to Carlo Roto, who plays Sidwell).
I’d say Guza’s time as head writer was a mixed bag overall. I liked his 1997-2000 tenure a lot more than the later years. He wrote some great stuff, he also did some god awful stuff, especially at the end. Although personally, I’d take Guza any day over the show we’re getting currently from Korte and Van Etten.
This is getting way to twisted and drawn out leave Sasha and her baby alone .let willow be pregnant by drew and for Gods sake tell her drew and nina slept together. Move on let sidwell have a heart attack and die drop item C on ballot move on . Let Ava Alexis Kristina and Rick go to prison slap the crap out of Brooklyn move on let Gio and Emma be the new Allen and Monica let their love blossom and build on this . When is Monica dying?
Sidwell needs to keep Drew in Port Charles for his plans. If Willow got custody, she’d be easily manipulated to moving to DC.
I’d say Guza’s time as head writer was a mixed bag overall. I liked his 1997-2000 tenure a lot more than the later years. He wrote some great stuff, he also did some god awful stuff, especially at the end. Although personally, I’d take Guza any day over the show we’re getting currently from Korte and Van Etten.
Is Tessa related (daughter perhaps) to the late, great Rene Auberjonois?
Hating the Drew ” evil wins over good” storyline. Makes me feel like I need a shower after watching. Taking a break !!
Why? Makes no sense—but, when the explanation becomes known, it will still
make no sense. Idiotic, senseless plots!!
What are the chances Sidwell is playing games with Sasha and her baby?
On the Friday, November 13 episode of General Hospital, Drew (Cameron Mathison) convinces Ava (Maura West) they need to get married, to each other! Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) hopes to get the DNA results on Jude (Will Traval) she has waited for, and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) secretly co-conspire to find out who in Port Charles had the infamous tick!
Here’s what went down: Drew explained to Ava that they needed to get hitched ASAP, that way, they couldn’t be forced to testify against each other in the Jack Brennan case. After initially being kind of sick of the thought of marrying Drew, he made her change her mind, by throwing out the fact that if she lands in jail Sonny (Maurice Benard) will have Avery (Ayla Bullington) all to himself.
Next, Ava heads to GH to ask Lucas (Van Hansis) to be her witness in marrying Drew. Lucas has already figured out the reason Ava is marrying Drew because it has something to do with Brennan’s death. Explaining she hates the idea of getting married to Drew, she has run out of other options. Lucas agrees to help her, but firmly tells Ava nobody would believe it was a real marriage anyway.
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CAN MOLLY AND JOE STOP THE WEDDING?
At the same time, Drew asked Martin (Michael E. Knight) for a post-nuptial agreement. Martin was not happy to hear that Drew was going to marry Ava, warning that prison was a better option than tying himself to a woman like Ave Jerome.
Eventually Ava, Lucas, Drew, and Martin gathered at the city clerk’s office. Lucas comes up with a way to derail or stall the nuptials by saying that they need to wait for Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) and Avery to show up, as they should be a part of this, too.
Lucas may have saved the day, because Molly (Kristen Vaganos) and Joe (Jonathan Bennett) went to Drew’s office to serve him his warrant, but found the office door open. Next, Joe found a sticky note on Drew’s folder that revealed Drew had obtained a marriage license. A light bulb goes off in his head and he realized Ava and Drew are getting married, so he and Molly rush off to City Hall to try and stop it.
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IS JUDE THE TRUE BABY DADDY?
Elsewhere, after receiving a text message that the DNA results are in at the hospital, Brook Lynn ends her discussion over Jude and baby Phoebe with Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and runs out of the Quartermaines.
Once Brook Lynn gets off the elevator at GH, she sees Jude and Britt Kelly Thiebaud) looking might close. She quickly heads back towards the elevator sight unseen and was clearly shaken by what she saw. Earlier at the doctors and nurses hub, Elizabeth helped Dante by confirming by an ear gesture they had worked out; that the patient with the tick was Ava Jerome.
You can check out the scenes where Lucas gets a visit from Ava and he learns she wants him to be her witness in marrying Drew at City Hall.
Now weigh-in: do you think Ava and Drew will tie the knot before Joe and Molly make it to City Hall? What do you think the DNA results will show once Brook Lynn gets her hands on them? Have they been tampered with? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’
On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).
After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”
Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).
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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR
Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.
Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.
Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.
At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.
WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?
Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.
Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.
So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
General Hospital star Cynthia Watros, who can currently be seen in on the ABC soap opera in the role of Nina Reeves, has had a enduring career in television. That included her time on the 2000-2002 Fox sitcom, Titus.
In Titus, Watros starred along with Stacy Keach as Erin Fitzpatrick and Ken Titus, respectively. After the November 10th news that Keach had passed away at 85 while living in Poland, Cynthia took to her Instagram on Thursday, November 12 to pay tribute to the great actor.
Watros expressed, “My first prime time show was along side Stacy. I loved him instantly. What an amazing talent and man.❤️”
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In Titus, Stacy played stand up comedian Christopher Titus’ heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, five-times-divorced father who frequently pulled cruel pranks and tried to toughen his kids up. Cynthia played by Christopher’s level-headed, big-hearted girlfriend trying to build a normal life with him. In fact, Cynthia’s role on the sitcom was first series regular role after her Daytime Emmy run of Annie Dutton on Guiding Light which ran from 1994-1998.
STACY KEACH’S WIFE ON HIS PASSING
Keach’s wife, Malgosia shared the news of the actor’s death publicly in a statement with PEOPLE. Malgosia expressed, that Stacy had, “a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure.”
She added, “Stacy peacefully departed this world. He fought for so long, with extraordinary courage, determination and strength. He was a true warrior, facing his illness with the same remarkable spirit and resilience that defined his life.”
Małgosia continued, “Stacy was not only a legendary actor, admired and loved by audiences the world over, but also my beloved husband, my companion and the heart of our family. His passing leaves an immeasurable emptiness in our lives. But his extraordinary spirit, his unforgettable voice and the love he gave so generously will remain with us forever.”
Now, let us know do you remember when Cynthia made her sitcom debut in Titus? Share your thoughts via the comment section on Cynthia’s many TV roles and the passing of Stacy Keach in the comment section. But first, check out the very first episode of Titus with Cynthia Watros below!
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