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GENERAL HOSPITAL Spoilers: Maxie’s Recovery Throws a Wrench into Lulu and Nathan Lives; Luke Spencer is Remembered
It’s about to go down this week on General Hospital! In episode set to air February 16-20, now that Maxie (Kirsten Storms) awakened from her coma and learns that her beloved late husband, Nathan West (Ryan Paevey), is actually alive and well, not only is she shocked, but Maxie’s recovery also leaves multiple other lives in the balance.
In the just released ABC promo for the action in Port Charles, Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) is seen overjoyed when she learns Maxie is alive, and she runs to her son, Nathan and gleefully shares, “Maxie’s Awake!” Then she adds, “You and Maxie are meant to be together. And nothing can get in the way of that.” Of course, Nathan’s reaction is one of trepidation, because he has fallen for Maxie’s best friend, Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins Bruening).
Lulu looks worried and conflicted, knowing her bff is now among the living, how will she handle it when she actually comes face to face with her for the first time in months, but now that she has developed feelings for Nathan? Then, Spinelli (Bradford Anderson) is shown concerned about his ‘Maximista,” while admitting to someone, “I could lose Maxie … and my family.”
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In the final moments of the video teaser, Nathan visits his own gravesite, when someone is walking up behind him. Is someone coming to comfort him, or is something nefarious going on? Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, by the end of the week, General Hospital officially pays tribute to the late Anthony Geary in an episode where the citizen of Port Charles remember Luke Spencer. In story, Luke died back in 2022 in a cable-car incident in Austria, and the soap opera promises plenty of flashbacks on the life and times of the iconic character played by the record-setting eight-time Daytime Emmy winner, who passed away at 78 back on December 14, 2025.
As previously reported General Hospital’s executive producer Frank Valentini shared, “For decades, Tony Geary brought daytime television’s ultimate antihero, Luke Spencer, to life. We wanted to honor Tony and his extraordinary legacy in the most meaningful way possible, and this special episode of General Hospital gives viewers the opportunity to revisit some of Luke’s most iconic adventures and unforgettable moments, along with a few rarely seen ones. And who better to share those memories than the people of Port Charles who knew and loved him?”
Take a look below at the official GH spoilers for the week of February 16-20.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Maxie is stunned. Nathan is blindsided. Ric takes Elizabeth on a date. Carly and Jason catch up. Britt takes a big risk.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Laura surprises Alexis. Tracy has words for Sidwell. Ric questions Sonny. Lucas is adamant. Dante makes an admission to Michael.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Willow makes a revelation to Nina. Brook Lynn counsels Spinelli. Lulu opens up to Laura. Nathan confides in Dante. Kristina encourages Cody.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Maxie’s loved ones welcome her home. Ric makes a stunning claim. Willow delivers news to Drew. Michael is in the hot seat. Alexis makes an observation.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
The citizens of Port Charles remember the late Luke Spencer.
Below, check out this week’s General Hospital promo entitled “Hearts Will Break.”
Then weigh-in: What do you think will happen when Maxie and Nathan finally see each other? Does Nathan admit something at his gravesite? Are you rooting for Spinelli and Maxie, or Nathan and Maxie, even though he clearly right now had feelings for her best friend, Lulu? And, looking forward to the special episode in tribute to the legacy of the character of Luke Spencer? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
On Monday’s episode we learnt that Anna did have Nathan’s grave exhumed out and the casket was empty. Haven’t we all questioned why this wasn’t first done when Nathan came back?
Me thinks the writers read our comments 🙂
Hi OG Steve. Did you catch a major inconsistencie on Thursday’s episode?
Why if Anna had Nathan’s grave exhumed, and it was found to be empty due to Nathan not being dead… why would there still be a headstone for him?!
Regardless of how common returns from the dead are in soap land, it seems like they usually forget to remove the tombstones. Not only did you see Nathan visiting his own grave today, but if you’re a Days of Our Lives viewer, you might have seen Chad visit his wife Abigail’s grave on his way out of town. Of course her grave was dug up and shown to be empty several months ago, but they left the tombstone there for some reason. And even when she inevitably returns, it will probably still be there.
Who knows? Jason might have TWO empty slots in the Quartermaine crypt by now?
They tested Nathan’s DNA, his fingerprints, and noted that he had scars on his chest from where he took the bullets from his dear old dad Faison.
Now a previously unheard of “evil twin” would have shared Nathan’s DNA, but not his fingerprints. And a plastic surgeon making fake scar tissue in the exact location of gun shot wounds would have been a bit much. So even without the empty grave, there’s no question that Nathan is actually Nathan.
The only questions are: 1) Where was he for 7 years? 2) Why does he have zero memory of that time? and 3) What exactly was he doing when he wrecked his pickup truck? And of course the only credible (by Port Charles standards, at least) explanation for that is that he has some sort of chip in his head which had him programmed to live an entirely different life for those 7 years. And then one of two things happened:
Either the chip got knocked loose when he was in the accident. Which means another head injury might actually reacitivate it. OR the chip somehow short circuited just before the wreck. And one assumes if your brain totally reboots while you’re driving, it’s going to be hard to stay on the road.
If such a chip exists, odds are pretty good that there’s a remote control app for the chip on somebody’s phone. Most likely that would be the “evil” WSB director & CEO of the Legion of Dumb, “Agent” Cullum.
Obviously they have to answer the questions of where Nathan was for those 7 years eventually, so you can bet your soul that this chip will either be reactivated, or at least discovered in his head during a routine medical checkup at some point.
Regarding the fingerprint issue, they could explain someone hacked the system to change Nathan’s original prints in the PCPD/FBI database.
Well I seem to remember Helena doing something liike that when she tried to pass Drew off as “Jason”. So one would hope the PCPD learned to secure their database a little better after that embarrasment.
I thought the scenes Monday with Lucas and Marco were great! Lucas’s eyes were opened, and Marco had to put all the cards on the table. I was sort of hoping at the end Lucas would NOT have taken Marco’s hand, but he did. I think Lucas’s fate is sealed…I hope I’m wrong.
Don’t care for Marco. He needs to go and so does the creepy wsb director. Keep Pascal and hook him up with Tracey for laughs, after this silly science project is over…sooner than later, please.
Choose Spinelli!!
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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