General Hospital
‘General Hospital’ and ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Stars Deliver ‘Power Performances of the Week’

It was a plethora of memorable performances on your favorite daytime soaps for the week of June 29-July 3, so much so that Michael Fairman TV’s Power Performance of the Week honors is being spread out amongst several performers on two shows which we felt were the standouts.
Let’s take a look and who was on our honor roll. First, from General Hospital, where the drama on the July 2 episode will go down in 2027 as an overall show the soap opera should strongly consider for Emmy contention.
Three performances the entire week made the culmination of this Cullum/Sidwell reign of terror story work. First, Ryan Paevey, delivered a heart-tugging goodbye when Cassius, who’s cover was his twin “Nathan” was blown, needed to get out of dodge fast, especially when he, at first, was trying to take James with him. Cody got wind of what’s going on and with unspoken words, was able to stop Cassius from taking James. Then, with tears in his eyes, Cassius had to break James heart when he told the little boy he had to go away and could not take him with him.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL SHOWDOWN
Next, there was the outstanding work of Andrew Hawkes, who as WSB Director Ross Cullum took treachery, venom and villainy to new heights as Cullum’s entire plan unspools before him. But, now before he almost kills Brennan, admits he gave Cassius vials of medication for Britt that were laced with poison as she never had Huntington’s disease, and then he shoots the guy. Cullum’s life comes to an end when Josslyn shoots him dead.
Speaking of Josslyn, the hero of the story was played by Eden McCoy, who has shown the strength and determination to solidify her place as a major WSB agent. How nice it was to see a woman outsmart the bad buys! Nicely-played!

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL MOTHERLY DRAMA
Over at The Bold and the Beautiful, the Logan women have been turning it out! First, Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan Forrester) had a week of episodes where Brooke feels the weight (as she sees it) of the ultimate betrayal by her own daughter and sister, as Hope secretly joined Logan and the fallout continued.
Then, Annika Noelle as Hope, showed us a woman who put herself first, knowing it would come with a cost – her relationship with her mother and her former co-workers. In the end, and thank Goodness, Hope stood her ground, but not before completely passing out!
In addition, there is six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Heather Tom who continued to go toe to toe with her sister Brooke over the acquisition of her daughter, Hope which continued to open old wounds between them. All three actresses gave us worthy scenes worth noting.
So, congrats to all! Now, drop a comment below on who you think delivered MFTV’s Power Performance of the Week?
In my opinion, Michael F…the ones you mentioned, They all did…IMO GH & BB ROCK
It was a week to remember. Soap opera at it’s best!
Having tuned into #Bold for the 1st time since the show fired Krista Allen as Taylor several years ago, I had to see how Annika and Heather who turned it out as Hope and Katie did and not they did not disappoint! I don’t watch GH, so I can’t comment on their episodes.
Both shows were fantastic!
Carly’s World is on fire! She literally makes the show! I’m glad they are finally putting my Queen front and center where she belongs. She is beautiful, graceful, sexy, brilliant and proud.
They need to change Carly’s wardrobe and cut her hair! And do something with Willow and Chase I’m getting sick of them too!
Well I watched today and man Brad has just destroyed the character of Will to make RJ look good which he is not thank heaven Dylan did not sleep with him he is a punk and Electra is oh my gosh a well idiot
Good scenes on B&B.
I think the best of the week was GH. & the worse was BB & YR. They made RJ look good when he’s not he’s a little brat and they made Diane look like she was crazy and that it wasn’t and I don’t like our new little cop that they got on Young and Restless a 2 year old could have wrote both of those strips, that was so dumb!! Sick of Brooke and Electra whining and crying all the time. They did all this just to put RJ with Electra his cousin LOL. Come on SOAP writers you got to do better
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Elizabeth Thinks of Dante While With Ric; Will She Leave Her Ex in the Dust?

Clearly, head nurse Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) is trying to deny her feelings for Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) on General Hospital, when she is trying to make up for missed opportunities and dates with her former husband, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst).
On the Friday, November 6 episode, Elizabeth arrived at the Metro Court for her date with Ric. She made sure she thanked the legal eagle for taking care of her house on Halloween when she was called into work.
However, while telling Ric this, Elizabeth is struck by a flashback of her and Dante baking in her kitchen, where a very close encounter almost led Dante and Elizabeth to kiss. After shaking that image off in her head, she goes back to her date with Ric, who is being very sweet to her.

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ELIZABETH HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT RIC
Their date gets interrupted when Lulu (Alexa Havins) shows up at their table asking Elizabeth to convince Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) to drop the libel case against her.
Later, when Liz talked with Willow, and Willow shared she appreciated the head nurse looking out for her, she asks her friend if Ric is the kind of man she wants her life?
Willow is pointing out, as she had in her relationship with Drew (Cameron Mathison), does Ric really love Elizabeth … or is he using her to get what he wants? That comment puts more doubt in Elizabeth’s mind over reconnecting with Ric, and giving her more credence to follow her feelings for Dante.
So, where is this leading? Will Elizabeth cut things off with Ric? If so, will he snap? Is Ric using Elizabeth? And what about Dante? Are you enjoying the growing closeness between Elizabeth and Dante, or do you prefer Elizabeth with Ric? Let us know in the comment section, But first, check what went down on Ric and Elizabeth’s dinner date which lead to more questions than answers below.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Tracy Leaves Port Charles to Help Dillon; Paving the Way for Jane Elliot’s Temporary Exit

General Hospital viewers became concerned when on the Thursday, November 5 episode, Tracy (Jane Elliot) was preparing to leave Port Charles to go help her son, Dillon Quartermaine, who got arrested while trying to film in Thailand.
Tracy informed Jason (Steve Burton), that she had to leave and was counting on him to look after things while she was away. That included: making sure Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and baby Phoebe were safe from the likes of Jude Jax (Wil Traval) as well as the Quartermaine businesses since Ned (Wally Kurth) still can’t overexert himself since his heart attack.
In Tracy’s final scenes, for now, she tells Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and Emma (Braedyn Bruner) to be there for Brook Lynn while she is going through her ordeal after divorcing Chase (Josh Swickard) and Jude trying to claim baby Phoebe.

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HOW LONG WILL JANE ELLIOT BE GONE FROM GENERAL HOSPITAL?
However, GH fans! Have no fear. Tracy’s exit was written into the show to facilitate Jane Elliot’s annual vacation. Same time last year, Elliot exited the canvas around this time after the entire Ronnie Bard/Martin Grey debacle; where they conspired to make it look like Monica left the Quartermaine mansion to her sister, Ronnie (Erika Slezak) instead of Tracy. In that storyline, Tracy took off for a spa in France for some much-needed R&R.
Now, according to Soap Opera Digest, while viewers are just seeing the beginnings of Jane Elliot’s temporary leave, the soap opera confirmed that the long-running star is already back taping new episodes. GH roughly runs about six weeks ahead of air in its production schedule.

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ALL ABOUT JANE
Jane Elliot started her GH journey back in 1978, and has come and gone a few times including an announced retirement back in 2017, only to eventually come out of retirement a few tines, and rejoin the show full-time in 2023.
Along the way, Elliot has won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress back in 1981, and in 2025 was honored for her 50 years of excellence in daytime television becoming a Gold Circle honoree from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Michael Fairman TV spoke to Jane at that time, immediately after receiving her honor on-stage. You can check out that interview here.
Now below, watch scenes from Thursday’s GH where Tracy informs Jason she has to leave the country and go help her son.
Then let us know, with the mention of Dillon Quartermaine on today’s GH, will the soap opera FINALLY recast the role? Will you miss Jane while she is off-screen? Glad to know she is already back taping all-new episodes of the ABC daytime drama series? Let us know in the comment section.
General Hospital
GH’s Finola Hughes and Laura Wright Tease Anna/Valentin/Carly, “It’s Not Your Typical Triangle, We’ll Say That”

On General Hospital, Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) are now dealing with the fallout of their discovery, the dead body of Jack Brennan. While Carly became a suspect, now the two need to figure out just who was responsible for the former WSB Port Charles Bureau chief’s sudden ending.
Meanwhile, Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) is trying to put her shattered life back together, after almost killing Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), hallucinating she was seeing a dead Peter August (Wes Ramsey) and trying to shake off years of trauma at the hands of Cesar Faison (Anders Hove).
While it has become apparent that Valentin and Carly love each other, the same holds true for Valentin and Anna, but is it differently, now that the former lovers are apart? However, it appears when Anna is in trouble, Valentin shows up to save her. That is not lost on Carly, who up until now has tried to be adult about the whole situation, but how long will that last?

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Michael Fairman TV caught up with both Daytime Emmy-winning Lead Actresses on the red carpet at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards and asked them to weigh-in on what viewers can expect, and what’s it has been like working with leading man, James Patrick Stuart.
Laura Wright explained, “James is hilarious. I would say most of our dress rehearsals are laughing it out because we’ve got to show up for taping, but he’s very funny.” Finola Hughes echoed that with, “He’s a very funny person, always,” adding, “I couldn’t be in a scene with him and Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn, GH). It was him, me, and Amanda one time. We couldn’t get through the scene!”

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The discussion turned to if GH viewers will see Anna and Carly fighting over the love of Valentin. Laura Wright shared, “Not in the way you would think. It’s not your typical triangle. We’ll say that.” Finola Hughes concurred, “It’s not your typical triangle!”
Watch our chat from the red carpet with Finola and Laura below, and make sure to check out all the moments from Michael Fairman TV at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards here.
So, do you think Valentin will be caught in an actual love triangle between Anna and Carly, or will he be fully in his relationship with Carly, only to find himself constantly coming to the rescue of Anna Devane, causing an ultimate riff in his relationship with Carly? Who would you like to see Valentin with … Anna or Carly? Let us know via the comment section below.
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