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James Patrick Stuart Back Taping at General Hospital
Valentine Cassadine is in the house! News on Thursday from James Patrick Stuart himself is that he returned to General Hospital today to start taping all-new episodes of the ABC daytime drama series.
Stuart had taken a short break to film his new Disney+ series, Villains of ValleyView.
James shares his return on Twitter expressing: “After weeks of filming Disney’
s new “The Villains of Valley View,” blessed to be back on the “General Hospital” stage this week. LOVE that place. Amazing and gracious people who achieve the impossible all day long. @finolahughes @watroswatros @NancyLeeGrahn @valentinifrank”
So, glad to hear James is back at GH? What do you hope happens next in story for Valentin? Comment below.
He has been missed.
Very glad he is back !
0ooh good1 so- I won’t have him on my screen for uuumm 4 weeks?
I can hope now that Victor is back that Valentin will be the one
that Helena feared—
Valentin hasn’t even represented a true Cassadine-
He has been written as a cuddly teddy bear and not
as the most feared of them all.
Ahha! remember when Valentin 1st entered GH?
He was portrayed as a 1940’s villian-
dark black hair and mustache dressed in black
and evil menacing-looking-
but quickly turned into meek and mild teddy bear– lol
SuOOO
I remember first seeing Valentine on Cassadine Island. Gosh, he looked so violent, almost like a pirate.All the fighting with everyone, culminating with Valentine tossing Nicolas out the window, supposedly killing him. Those were fun times, huh?
Hi Violet 🙂
I know!!! I was excited to have an evil Cassadine back to
give me chills and thrills-
but that lasted about 30 days LOL
Writers did a 180 and turned Valentin into a wimpy Cassadine.
Now that Victor daddy is back- hopefully Valentin will
become the one Hellena feard or at least a true Cassadine–
(( stay well !)
Su000, I really didnt even notice Valentin’s absence! Victor IS a true, evil Cassidine! Valentin was supposed to be the worst of the worst Cassadines! I fear Epiphany more than I would ever fear Valentin. He is a bust! A wussy!
Hi Timmm-
It’s been a while 🙂
We were riped-off!
We were excited to have the most feared Cassidine on screen-
And were given a powderpuff pppfffttt!
I do hope that Victor and Valentin will give us some chills and thrills!
ooh shouldn’t Valentin be getting the Cassidine estate back?????
yes! Epiphany could take both Victor and Valentin down, no problem!!!
The writers need to wake up and give us some hardcore drama!
Take care be well 🙂
I’m glad he’s returning. There are several stories that could benefit from his superior sarcasm. And the battle with Victor Cassadine already needs resuscitation.
Soaphound
I never cared for he and Nina’s relationship, but like he and Anna together. Iam not crazy about the older Charlotte. She sure isn’t as bratty as the original.
Soaphound
Yes, no one can deliver such sarcasm as he does in such soft, sexy tones, and then be such a bastard. He’s really talented. No wonder Su likes him so much.
yes, he’s the man! I Remember not liking the character, all that changed I don’t Remember when, but he’s top dog in my book, love his pairing w/ Anna, glad he’s still a Cassadine, love his brotherly w/ Alexis, he’s just so cool, both a bad boy and good guy, take him any day over Sonny and Jason that’s for sure.
So do I , Aria! I agree with almost everything except: I liked him from the beginning , and I don’t like his pairing with Anna.
Agreed, Boop. Anna isn’t lucking out with anyone. I would love for Valentin to get back with Nina and kill this fascination with Sonny/Mike—-so sick of this continuous agony.
Looks like my guess that Willow is Nina’s ( possibly Nelle’s twin) may be true?
Willow fainted—so, she may have a blood disorder and is in need of blood ; asap—–a rare blood type, that is—-Enter Nina!!
Celia, my dear, you hit it right. I couldn’t figure out the point of Willow’s nose dive… figured it would expose Harmony. But Nina being the savior makes good sense. Oh this Sonny nonsense. Now he’s added “sudden screaming” to his acting repertoire, eh? Wow! Start engraving that Emmy. Can’t think of any other reason for this up and down silliness. Remember just a few years back when we could gaze upon Billy M.’s blue eyes, blonde hair, and deep seductive voice? Other than Chase, the only thing seducing me these days is the fast forward button.
Right there with you, Soaphound. Let’s get off the Sonny kick, for the love of Mike–LOL.—it is absolutely confounding to me—what compels the writers to put Sonny on such a pedestal. He is so passed his prime to be entangled in a “love triangle”—please!! Then, along comes the virago, Carly.
Nina is passive compared to that shrew—not that Nina is submissive, but going mano a mano or faccia a faccia with Carly is like “Jumping Into The Fire”— great Nilsson song, BTW. LOL
Billy, oh, my Billy—-Look who took his place. Makes me want to cry!!
Boop
OK, if you had a choice, who would you pick for Valentin? There aren’t many choices now. I can’t really see him romancing any of those GH ladies. Anyone care to chime in here?
wonderful news
Val the Bastard seems a little less like a bastard these days, but I’m guessing now that he’s back in town, he’s going to end up in the middle of whatever agenda his daddy Victor is up to. If they wanted to get all really soapy with the writing, they could always have him be the one who discovers who Esme’s parents are, which would of course lead to Val having a reconciliation of some sorts with his relatives Nikolas & Spencer.
Hell, maybe he’ll even take Nina back and keep her away from Sonny & his family. At least Nina functioned as a mostly rational human being when she was with Val.
the “prize” for – SEXUAL – frequency… senses whet , arousal ON
dag! Mr. James Patrick Stuart, is doing IT… keeps @General Hospital ALIVE
ARGH… just knowing that @Finola Hughes made it out of the stink on shit pairing w/Wes Ramsey and Michael Easton… WOW , now that the stench is clearing… Valentin is.
purr your kittens
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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

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

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

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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