General Hospital
GH's Farewell To Tracy Quartermaine Promo: Countdown To Jane Elliot's Last Episode!
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She is in a class all by herself, and now GH and daytime fans are preparing themselves to say farewell to the the character of Tracy Quartermaine and her portrayer Jane Elliot.
Tomorrow on the Thursday May 4th episode of the ABC daytime drama series, Tracy will exit the canvas. Look for a guest appearance by Tony Geary as Luke Spencer, too!
To acknowledge their longtime castmate, several GH stars participated in this newly release promo for the episode including: Dominc Zamprogna, Chad Duell, Maurice Benard, Emme Rylan, Laura Wright and Finola Hughes.
Watch the “Farewell to Tracy” promo after the jump! Then let us know what one word you think best describes Jane Elliot’s performances as Tracy Quartermaine in the comment section below!
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FORMIDABLE!!!!!!!!
“Thats what she is. Formidable, though near or far. Like a song of love that clings to her. How the thought of her does things to me. Never before has she been Formidable.”
“Sir Timmm King Cole!” Who knew you had such musical talent??? First you rescue damsels in distress—-then serenade them, too!
Born too late, I was….or you too soon, my Knight, Sir Timmmbo!!
Bravo to ABC for giving a proper send off to a great employee for 40 years plus. Thank you for sharing your talent, Ms Elliott! God Speed!
I’m going to miss her terribly. I love a Tracy… I hope she returns even if For visits.
EPIC
Hate to see her leave but instead of gettung her own storyline she had to be part of Finn and Hayden’s who are a snooze and this final exit storyline is forgettable….anyway, Leslie C. as Monica should get more screen time now but i doubt it!!!
I agree, Jimh. I am not a fan of Finn or Hayden, at all. Way too much airtime is spent on trying to prop up Rebecca Budig. She just doesn’t fit in Port Charles, in my opinion.
“Thank You” JimH and @dmr. i’m not saying SOD is the bible… just saying that “respected’ reviews resonate. the very word that is spoken… “Isolated” pairing isolated… what’s the point in building Finn and Hayden when they do not interact with anyone on the canvass. case in point.. what an insult to Jane Elliott.. when she is propped to feature characters who are not resonating… Finn and Hayden are DOA. dead on arrival… what’s the point in featuring this pair? JE did this with Sabrina… I admit that. JE did this with nuLULU. JE even did this with, Luke. I… Read more »
Great post Haskel!
I do hope this gives more airtime to the beloved Leslie Charleston. Who apparently is the last man standing. (From the 70s.). I wish her luck but I don’t know that she has the stamina for s front burner story line.
Laura, Scotty and Bobbie all joined around the same time that LC took over the role of Monica.
I stand corrected.
PHENOMENAL !!!!!!!!!!!!
Micheal. Saw your name in the credits as a producer.
Thank you so very much for doing this for us.
Yes, thank you!
Will miss her a lot! Watched her on GH with my mom so many years ago. Wish her the best!
PERFECTION! theres your one word.
Superior!
The word I think of to describe Jane Elliot is Integrity.
Like many of the people here, I was a child when Jane came onto the GH canvas. I used to watch the show after school with my mom back in those days. It was such a fun time. The show was making history and setting records. My mother passed away a long time ago but her date of birth was May 4th. This episode is going to be bitter sweet for me for a few different reasons. I thank Jane and GH for the memories.
Awwwww, Michelle. I’m sure your Mom is still watching; pleased with Jane’s memorable sendoff. God Bless
I have a million memories of watching soaps with my mom who is also gone. Yes – bittersweet!
Same here…i started with my mom…back in the late 60s we watched around 12 soaps at the same time…i was constantly switching channels if one show was opposite the other…and i had to do it by hand…no remote or vcr!!!
It’s another ending…and when it’s tied up to such a profound loss it’s that much more. Understand….
Thank you for posting this. I feel so strongly that we ‘of a certain age” were brought up by stay at home moms who shared their “stories” with us were very much influenced by this story telling.
My sister put it best , whenever I watch GH I think of sitting on the floor in front of my mother as we’re watched and she combed my hair. These soaps are a connection to those memories . I like many of you was missing my mom who has passed but loved Tracy!
God bless you all !
So sorry to hear about the loss of your Mother. Mine too passed away at way to young of an age (My mom was 49 years old when she passed away). It was her, too, that first introduced me to General Hospital, back when I was about probably twelve (12) years old, or so (I happen to be about 4 months away from turning 25 years old — as we here speak). My very first episode I saw with her was a pretty epic one. It was back when the character of Carly Corinthos (THEN played / portrayed by actress… Read more »
I first saw Jane on an ABC soap called “Flame in the Wind.” Since then, I’ve seen all roles on all the shows she has graced. This is without a doubt an actress who stands alone in exceptionall-ism. To say she will be sorely missed is an understatement. To Jane, to Tracy: “Have the best of everything in your life so far.”
Before I watched her in GH.I thought she was awesome on Guiding Light..I hadn’t seen her on G H then .Being a guiding Light fan, G H was not the show I watched. Jane is great. I was looking forward to coming back to watch her exit, now Tony Geary returning. I don’t know if I will bother. I have np respect for that guy the way he stuck it to his fans and Genie. Maybe I will dvr it so I can FF his face and voice. best to Jane. She seems to be a class act, even being… Read more »
Hope you didn’t fast forward the Geary cameo. You would have missed the HAIR. No words, just hair.
@Steve….There are no words for that hair!!!!
So, exactly WHO was that comically-coiffed cafe’ customer???? Luke, Fluke, yet another Spencer-inspired doppelganger or was this mystery man merely a figment of Tracy’s fertile imagination after one too many of those “space cakes???” Holy Cliffhanger!!!!
Steve I went back today, because the news took over the show. I decided to see what was on, and it was nice to see young Ned, tracy and Monica ,not snipping. mutual respect. I saw the hair. What exactly does Tony do in Amsterdam? that is the worst Geary hair so far. It was a nice send off for Jane. She is one hell of an actress.
Couldn’t believe the news Tracy will be no more. We grow up with the character, it’s easy to forget the real person has a life outside the show. God Bless you Jane, thank you for many years of many emotions watching you!!!
That goes to show how really great actors and actresses we are lucky to have grace our television screns and or computer screens and or just general device screens … over these years
Incomparable
real
One word: Icon! They don’t make characters like Tracy Quartermaine anymore. Jane Elliot has always been the consummate professional, bringing her best to whatever she does, whether she was in a featured storyline or in the background. It’s amazing to me that she only has one Emmy win to her credit. But if there’s a reason, it’s because she hasn’t submitted her name many years, because she’s a classy lady that doesn’t believe in competition among peers. Unquestionably, one of the all-time greats in soap opera history. It’s sad to see another stalwart from GH’s glorious, rich history going away.… Read more »
Bravo on a beautiful post!
It’s a shame because we have lost so many vets in the last few years. This one is particularly sad to me because I would love to see Tracy Quartermaine on the screen forever. She should be in that mansion playing with her great-grandchildren years from now! But Jane Elliot deserves to live her life. I wish her well!
UNIQUE. I have to use that word because there is absolutely nobody on daytime like Tracy. God, I’m going to miss her terribly and I will miss Jane playing her too. Thank you so much, Jane, for your always wonderful scenes as Tracy with her razor-sharp tongue. There will never be anyone like you on our soaps again. I love you!!!
GREATNESS
OK so they brought ABC back to my network satellite I use last week so yes I got sucked in and tapering her last performances and surprise Thursday’s episode in the info does not say one word about Tracy oh no it’s all about Sonny and Carly blah blah blah! FV you and Jelly are really the worse just how much money did you slide under the table for that Emmy! Jane you deserved better!
So many things to say…
1) Do you think they control the episode description for the day?
2) Do you really think they bribed to win the Emmy?
3) If you’re so upset, why do you watch?
4) Check for grammar & spelling before you post.
AJ -you are a riot! Lol
Too funny, AJ. I am one of the culprits who does not check before posting, albeit I try.
I usually post in the speed of light….in a hurry. LOL. Forgive me??
With the speed of light, not in….oops. LOL.
Who sucked you in? Are you being held captive? Do you need help?
Let’s call the police and get her out of GH PRISON ! Funny funny post
The word that comes to mind when I think of Jane Elliot is excellence. For almost 40 years there have been very few in the business to do it better. She has been part of the heart and soul of General Hospital for so long, it’s hard to imagine the show without her. But the wheel will keep on turning, just like it always has and always will. Thank you Jane for all the years of entertainment, you will be sorely missed!
phenomenal
Jane, thank you for a wonderful ride! You are a class act! There have been so many actors on GH throughout the years that are forgettable. You my dear are NOT one of them. You will always be in my top ten. Godspeed.
It doesn’t get better than Jane Elliott. She is in the upper tier of her profession. I will miss seeing her on my TV screen as Tracy Wuatermaine. Decidedly, this last storyline was not the best, but I loved that it brought the Quartermaine’s to the fore with Monica, Ned, Dillon and even Laura. Jane and Genie paired nicely. I don’t care to see Luke again, but I am sure BFF Jane and Tony agreed to this last parting. Good luck to you Ms. Elliott.
Great episode! I was so moved by the events over at the Q’s and in some cases it felt like Wally, Leslie, and Genie were saying goodbye to Jane (vice versa) cause there were watery eyes in all four of them even before Tracy told everyone she was leaving. Very special moment! Wow! What an emotional powerful cliffhanger! Tracy telling everyone in the room that “she loves them and will hold all of them in her heart” and then revealing that she is leaving was the ultimate bittersweet moment. I was so happy for Tracy when she firmly said to… Read more »
Another great post, Jay Trotter. If it’s any consolation, she said in the complete Michael Logan interview that she could possibly visit down the road…no promises and waaaaay down the road it would seem if she did. Maybe she’ll surprise us. Leaving the door open always feels better!
YES! Ned is changing his last name to Quartermaine! What a incredible unexcepted surprise and what a heartwarming tearjerker moment! Ned’s speech was just so beautiful in explaining his own reasons and the legacy of carrying on the family name! I honestly thought that the opening scene would be about him adopting Leo, but this was so much better with him making a uplifting tribute to his Q legacy with a salute to Tracy and Edward. I was fighting back the waterworks and got choked up when Ned said to Tracy “that’s okay with you?” and she said back that… Read more »
Again, I agree. Got misty, too. I’m just hoping this means Wally Kurth is in it for the long haul and it wasn’t just some symbolic, poetic moment for the viewers. Love Ned.
Oh Mr. T another great post that I hope comes true. Soaps are best when they are centered on a family and drama that surrounds them. You can’t build a multigenerational story about a gangster!
Wow, Patricio….never thought about it that way. How true that is!!!! Sooo illuminating. Kudos.
Wasn’t Tracy (a Quartermaine) a part of the mob (that has to do with gangsters) back in the day?
@Patricio….No you cannot, yet that is what GH has been attempting to do for at least the last decade, if not longer. Epic fail!
We will miss Jane Elliot as Tracy Quartermaine on #GH. Super tribute to a gifted actress..
strength and vulnerability. powerful combination.
A class act, not just a Tracy Quartermaine but as a person all on her own. A legendary and wonderful person on and off the screen! Goodbye Jane, We will miss you!
Class act
I LOVE Jane Elliott and Tracy Quardermain. She MADE this show. There’s NO ONE who could take her place. I for one will so miss her.
Unquantifiable to give quantity to (something regarded as having only quality). I’m certain all superlatives will be used. I marvel at her energies. I marvel at how effortless her delivery with the most natural it seems my word choice is “marvel” there’s no way to “quantify” what makes Jane Elliott. every facet of her being has graced our screen in one form or another “Thank You” Ms. Elliot. heartfelt sincerity from your audience. it seems like the last real story… Tracy had… was when that “Plague” or whatever it was… was affecting all of Port Charles…. ( if you look… Read more »
“At least Samira is making Sabrina look good….” LOL….Who’d have ever thunk it???? (Okay, not really, but that sense of dreaded, dismal Disney damsel deja vu did kick in for a few terrifying seconds!!!!…..)
heartfelt – thank you – for the pick me up along w/ Celia, JimH, davlestev1, jamesj75. took a 2 month plus leave of absence , I want to say sabbatical.. from this genre. I truly got so caught up in the political arena… I thought.. what am I doing ? keeping up with two shows plus this “lovely” blog… and I mean that.. just a lovely sentiment to a decades plus forever heart tug.. that .. ??? has a mind of it’s own however strong posts will… so be it.. I oft think… push the envelop… all readers are in… Read more »
I have wondered about Bergen Williams (Alice) for a while. I hope Bergen is doing okay.
They stopped mentioning Alice by name a few months ago. Occasionally, they’ll mention a housekeeper without a name, but nobody shouts for Alice anymore.
Stella, Jennings, Reginald and Alice — a memorable household staff!
@Patrick….Just for you!
Her hair is raven black….
Her lips spouting lies….
The ICE is on her back…
She’s got strange Samira eyes…
She’ll take the painting from you….
She won’t have to think twice…
She’s fake as Edward’s spawn…
She’s got strange Samira eyes….
@Samira, is startling
I can’t help but watch to see how her eyes fit in
it escapes me
and i’ll bid adieu
OK.. I miss Sabrina… that few seconds of chill… did me
Thak you, Patrick. I truly missed you. Between Jimh and me we kept asking, back and forth, what the heck happend to you, LOL.
I’ve already told you how glad I am to see you back, my friend. Missed your writing. Always enlightening…I follow your poetic heart!!
I hope now that Ned took the Q name that means Wally is going to be on contract!
When is the last time you have seen that many people in the Q living room?
Kiki looked way out of place there!
And what pisses me off more than anything, Finn is sober for a moment, he is with Hayden AND Kiki is starring right at Finn and she doesnt say OMG, ITS SILAS!!! What a bunch of lazy writing! Just so stupid. Its about Jane, can we get it right just ONCE!
It truly is the end of an era and things will never be the same! But as they say, all good things must come to an end and everybody must one day retire, even those of the royal variety….I shall certainly miss the old boy….such a jolly grand gent with an uncanny capacity for cracking the quick quip!!! Sorry…..I thought this was the tribute page for The Duke of Edinburgh, aka, Prince Philip!!!! No matter….GH’s Tracy Quartermaine is Port Charles’ closest claim to its own dynastic ruler, and as such, her touching and unforgettable swansong to friends and family as… Read more »
I have a sneaky “feeling” that with Jane Elliot leaving her role, that this might lead to Leslie Charleson to decide to be the next one to retire her role of Monica.
If she is left with any role from which to retire, Ashland! In recent years, it’s been more like Monica left Leslie behind, and not vice versa!!!!
Well, when that sad day finally arrives, I hope Monica’s last frame will be one in which she is reunited with her son, AJ— you know, the only true Quartermaine heir—and we learn that he is alive and well after surviving a near-death experience and lengthy, deep coma that continued through these last two GH writing regimes!
So many words can be used to describe the incomparable Jane Elliot. Loved your portrayal of Tracy Quartermaine. The character of Tracy Angelica Quartermaine kind of reminds me of “The Dorian Lord” of Port Charles.
I completely agree, Ashland!
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Port Charles Learns a Bomb Caused the Explosion as Lives are Forever Changed
This week’s General Hospital has reminded us all of why we love daytime drama and why GH possesses some of the finest performers in the genre.
Wednesday’s episode featured several emotionally-charged and gut-wrenching moments as loved ones find out the fate of several people in crisis, or have to deliver terrible news in the wake of the bomb explosion at the Floating Rib, which already had taken the lives of Dev (Ashton Arbab) and Dustin (Mark Lawson).
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As we begin, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) has a passed-out Lulu (Emme Rylan) in his arms and brings her to Portia (Brook Kerr), who sends her for tests. And in true soap opera fashion, just as Lulu was presumably going to tell Dane she still loved him and wanted him back (following Dustin’s death) … he never heard what she had to say.
Laura (Genie Francis) fills in Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) that Dev did not make it, and then Liz decides to tell her son, Cameron (William Lipton) the heartbreaking news while he is recovering from his injuries. When she does, Cam is overcome and devastated as his mother holds him in her arms. Meanwhile, Carly (Laura Wright) is filling-in Trina (Sydney Mikayla) and Josslyn (Eden McCoy) about Dev’s untimely death.
Later, with Laura present, Portia tells Lulu’s loved ones that she has a cerebral contusion, and that there is a a traumatic brain injury which has caused swelling on the brain. Laura and Dante look on devastated. Portia then says they have already rushed Lulu to urgent surgery.
Julian (William deVry) is with Ava (Maura West) at Wyndemere. She is attempting to hide him there, while he figures out his next step after planting the bomb. However, Jason (Steve Burton) shows up looking for Julian now that Sonny found out that a bomb caused the explosion that ravaged the Floating Rib. From that point on calls are made to ensure Sonny’s family is protected as a mob war is about to go down. Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Jason believe all roads lead back to Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober).
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Jason leaves Wyndemere before spotting Julian; leaving a distraught Ava to come down hard on her brother … he has two choices… leave Port Charles, which she will help him do, or stay, and if he stays, she will not help him or be a part of his life. While they are discussing his next move, they learn Lulu is now in critical condition from the bomb. Ava tells Julian in no uncertain terms that everything he has done has come with a cost. Jason shows up at the Corinthos home where Sam (Kelly Monaco), who is not happy about any of this, finds out along with Carl,y that Jason believes he was the target at the Floating Rib.
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As Liz is struggling to hold it together with Franco (Roger Howath) having brain surgery, she speaks with Scott (Kin Shriner), who did not know of his son’s tumor. She shares with Franco’s dad that Franco is worried he will wake up a very different person. Liz is told Franco is out of surgery, and is in tears over his hospital bed. She prays he will be alright and Franco wakes up!
Portia tells Nikolas (Marcus Coloma), Laura, and Dante that Lulu is out of surgery but in a coma, which Kevin (Jon Lindstrom) points out is normal in these situations. Dante goes to sit by Lulu’s bedside and begs her to wake up.
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Then, in devastating news for Laura, Lucas (Matt Trudeau) gives her the real 411 on Lulu. He tells Laura that Lulu’s brain started swelling the minute she hit her head at the Floating Rib, and that her injury got worse the longer she was not checked out. Laura achingly realizes Lulu was so worried about Dustin that she never was immediately checked out for head trauma. Lucas lets Laura know that Lulu’s recovery could take a very long time, if she recovers at all.
Heart-tugging performances throughout the stellar episode were given by: Dominic Zamprogna, Genie Francis, William Lipton, Rebecca Herbst, and Maura West in very intense and dramatic scenes.
So, what have you thought of this week’s episodes of GH? The fate of Lulu? The performances from yesterday’s airshow? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
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