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Jonathan Jackson On His GH Return This Week: "It Was Really Exciting To Get To Do Those Scenes With Tony. It Was Really Special For Me."
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This week, five-time Daytime Emmy winner Jonathan Jackson (Lucky) returns to General Hospital for his whirlwind guest stint, as the story picks up with Luke and Laura at the mercy of their old adversary Frank Smith!
Jackson, who is currently on tour this summer with his band Enation, and will start shooting season four of the primetime ABC series Nashville this month, discussed his brief, but emotional return to the soap that got him his start.
While Jonathan would not give away any story points in his interview with TV Line, he says he was so excited to work one last time with Anthony Geary (Luke), and being able to fit his short arc into his busy summer schedule.
Jonathan commented: “I did what was probably a week’s worth of work in two days. It was a whirlwind. But it was so fun to see everyone. It was really exciting to get to do those scenes with Tony. It was really special for me.” As to Lucky being in peril, Jackson hinted: “Yeah. But we were able to find some moments to have some more heartfelt scenes which was something that (I was really) looking forward to. I was excited about that.”
And as for also being reunited with his TV mother Genie Francis (Laura), Jackson didn’t even know she was going to be part of the storyline until just before he arrived to GH: “I hadn’t been following the show, so I didn’t know Genie was going to be there until maybe a week or so before I flew to L.A. I was so excited to see Genie and to get to work with her again.”
So, will you be tuning in this week to see Jonathan, Tony, and Genie together? Will Lucky save Luke and Laura? What kind of heartfelt scenes are about to be served up: Jackson and Geary always made their scenes top notch!
Wish i could feel as excited but with GHs convulted mess im not so LUCKY…lol
GH does its version of Dynastys Moldavian shooting(ok, scaled back version) and Luke and Laura get Lucky(in a small room and with FS goons close with guns) and survive without even breaking a nail or one hair out of place…Bravo GH—you are number1 with cartoony camp!!!
Laura a gun packing Gun Moll ahh-haa! hadda laff ..(so lame lol
Truly campy comedy ..
Anytime I can have a good laugh, that is good thing 🙂
Suoo, your hatred of Laura is baffling to just about everyone.
Aww. Sweet. Everyone loves Genie. I’m really looking forward to these scenes. JJ, Genie and Tony played the quintessential little family back in the day. It’s been a real pleasure watching him grow up.
The first few seconds of the aforementioned threes’ reunion was powerful.
The way Lucky exchanged looks with Laura, then Luke conveyed such an intense emotional punch which was accented by these three actors’ long history.
It really felt like parents were reuniting with their grown son.
The Spencers really are special.
I just wish the writing were up to par but Genie, Tony and JJ are rising above it making it work.
I also was touched by how genuine & emotional those first few
moments were between Lucky, Laura & Luke it felt like days of
yore. I can only hope there’s more to come….
“Everyone loves Genie”……except, of course, for su!!!!!
@Shay..What’s not to Love!
Jonathan is top notch, him and Tony were pure magic together and I cannot wait to see them on screen again! It was cool for Johnathan to appear on GH now since he has so many other irons in the fire. Just goes to show you he is grateful where he came from and how much respect he has for Anthony Geary.
Jonathan is beautiful…love the hair…looks good on him, not on Carlos.
In a round-about-way, I sort of guessed that Lucky was in on this scheme; but, only as a hoax. Frank Smith has had Jake all this time? ….guess so! Smith must have blackmailed Lucky , in that, unless Lucky brought Luke, Laura and Holly to him, then, no Jake….bartering.
I can feel the vibe between Luke and Lucky, Timmm….now, I get it!!!! You are soooo right…I see, I see…LOL.
Come into the light!
Couldn’t agree with you more Timm… Jonathan is a breath of fresh air.
Unexpected twist in the storyline today, involving little Jake..
Could he really be alive???? Where’s Helena, she has to be
party to this.
And thats why people shouldnt write off the Luke, “Goodbye” story as a bust, YET! Give them some time people.
Yeah, Fanny. Shay and I were just discussing that very fact, on the other “Lucky” site. No Cassadines? None? I would have thought Helena’ would have her dream come true, no? The opportunity to obliterate the Spencers!!
Hi, CeeCee & Shay…This is so up her alley, she’s probably
salivating over the eventual face-off with Luke…
A Cassadine/Spencer Grand Finale is just what the DR.
ordered..
@Fanny and CeeCee……Oh, there’s definitely a Cassadine or two to be had in the end mix….but which mad miscreants(s) will they be???? Helena seems a most obvious choice, but what if Nik is a part of this dubious and dastardly doing? Or, perhaps there is yet another “resurrection” of presumed dead family members to be announced???? I’m still waiting for something big, REALLY big! As for your query above, Fanny….”What’s not to love about Laura????” Beats me….you’d have to consult with su on that one, as she seems to be the solitary voice of dissent on the subject of fandom for Luke’s “Angel!” LOL.
@Shay & CeeCee… Definitely several delusional, demented, Cassadine’s
will livin the end game. Nik must be privy to some part of the goings on, it
would explain the about face… I’m also waiting for this Exemplary storyline
to WOW me…and waiting..and waiting…..
Last but certainly not least Laura is…. Lovely, Loyal, Sincere, Kind…. I
guess she’s an acquired taste….
It looks like he’ll also be sharing scenes with Rebecca Herbts, that will be great, it got me thinking though for the the most part the women on this show have been shown the short end of the stick when it comes to respect or recognition, especially genie Francis and Rebecca Herbst. I mentioned both of them because in both their cases their long time screen partners have been rewarded over and over agian, and I found it interesting that genie only has 1emmy to tony 8 and Rebecca only has 1 nomination to Jonathan’s 5 Emmy wins .. Isn’t that interesting ? How come the guys were recognize and rewarded over and over agian yet their equally talented female counterparts have barely anything to show.? Just wondering!!
Good point about the Emmys, Aria! My feeling is that the Emmys are, for the most part, a popularity contest. Talent is only sometimes rewarded. You are correct: the actresses you mention are just as talented as their much-heralded male counterparts.
Mostly because other women from other shows are more deserving. Also, there have not been a lot of strong women on GH. Anna only came to mind.
Sooooooo excited to see Lucky/Tony/Genie. OH! Can’t wait!
I couldn’t wait either, Rose. But I blinked and it appears to be over.
Frank Smith uttered about five words and was shot about 100 times.
What was that?
I was surprised that the next two episodes took us back to Port Charles, but it can’t be over already, can it? I am holding out hope that there is more with Lucky. I feel like his last scene was a tag, so they have to go back. (I HOPE!)
Plus I can see lots of possibilities for Lucky to tie into an exit. So hopefully we just broke away to explore the Lulu/Dante stuff and then we will be back to Tony/Genie/Lucky. Fingers Crossed!!!!!
The exit story has been moving really fast since Laura and Holly and Lucky and what’s his name entered the story cus there was no time left to go into a longer story. The exit story has only 15 more days to go.(that is if it is on every day)
And-
Luke still needs to get back to Tracy, I am really looking forward to the last Tracy and Tony moments , that’s when the heartache will begin 🙁
I found the shootings (particularly Luke shooting Frank Smith multiple times) rather disturbing.
Shot Frank like a dog but I guess Smith pushed his buttons all these years and Luke was pissed!
Goodness…all this whining about the writing….I could open my own winery! If it’s truly such a chore to sit through….move on. What kind of life is it to be so miserable. Little Jake being ‘killed off’ was like 100 Duke Lavery’s in terms of outrage. You should all be so happy. Instead of being so thankful Tony, Genie, & Jonathan are together one last time….you go about the writing….again. If you Dickens…GH ain’t it..sorry! Everyone seems to raving about Brad Bell being the Third Coming….watch that…and Darla’s floating head. No outrage about that. I love GH. I enjoy GH. I watch GH.
Part of the fun of watching soaps is critiquing it. What’s not cool or original or interesting is whining about other posters posts.
Hi, Margie,
You go, Girl…!!!!
Exactly the point for these sites.
Hello Robbyrob !
I think I love you…………. lol
I’m a GH fan !! I Love GH !!
Long Live GH !!
It is the #1 soap for me !!
Ok, Su…LOL.
F rom here-on-in, any negative remark you make about Y&R and/or Sharon, I will call you on it. How about that? Double LOL.
hey CeeCee ,
There is huge difference when people use a sentence or two voice ”dislike/irration” of whatever or whomever..
It is the constant habitual complainers, whiners, suffering from soap burnout that write 5 pages of hate this and hate all of that ranting crap..
that is crazy stuff!
and- just for you 🙂
Sharon is a worse irritation than a bad ass rash <- simply said ah-ha! 🙂
Summer is a whine machine with a squished up face that looks like constipation and nothing's moving ah-ha! <– simply said..
Nieter comment needed paragraphs of ranting 🙂
The double Jacks is stupid story and it makes me laugh, and that is good thing lol
Luv Pratt, I like what he's done with Y&R .. looking good!
I like looking at Joe 😉
ooohhhh!! Dylan is a wimpy boy – I keep recalling SB as strong Stone Cold Jason –
It's like ''what in hell happened to you, Jason!!!'' lol I get a kick outta that ..
Even what I do not care for I have fun with it, fun watching..
like– just how bad can this get before I get a headache LOL
Soaps are not a do or die serious thing with me ..
Y&R, is much better..
General Hospital is my joy !! luvs it !!
Keep your eye on Robbyrob… I'm putting him on my Christmas gift list .
)a meeting of minds thing going on lol).
Robbyrob… Do I get a little cheese with my Wine….
Robby–Suoo sees her kindred spirit in you.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Dear Harry,,
have no doubts, you will always be my #1 banter buddy 🙂
and-
IF I were to make a comment about your love the renaissance gun moll Laura, I will try to remember to give you fair warning 🙂
rave on !!
Thank Goodness for the smile icons.
Otherwise, Su00’s comments might be offensive to some of us.
Yes, it was nice to see the Spencers together. When you add Tony Geary, Genie Francis and Jonathan Jackson with Julie Marie Berman, they really did a great job of casting the original Spencer family. They all looked and felt like a real family. GH needs to replace them somehow on the canvas. As for raising a dead character after 20 years, only to kill him off 3 days later, once again shows the fantastically short-sighted writing. It cheapens any death that happens on screen. Imagine all those gut-wrenching scenes with Tony, Felicia, Bobby and Frisco when little BJ died and Maxie got her heart. At this rate, I’m half expecting BJ’s return. Somehow the little girl had a spare heart!
downtownla, since you live nearby, why don’t you march over to the Prospect studios and give the GH braintrust your feedback in person! I totally agree with you!
GH has brought countless characters back from the dead, including many who are currently on screen. Bringing back Frank Smith was ridiculous (again, with a different actor, and killing off the character in 3 days), similar to a new Jennifer Smith (on for 2 or 3 days).
Most regard the B.J. storyline you mentioned as the creative peak of GH. Indeed, quite moving. Will the viewer ever see such heights again? …
Frank Smith should have been brought back months ago before he was killed off! Lazy and inpatient.
I posted this comment in another thread, but it’s like all these revived characters are an apt metaphor for the show – Ron is trying to raise the dead. Problem is – whether it’s AJ, Duke or Frank Smith, Ron has no idea what to do with them when they’re alive. It’s like he can go for the spectacular moment, but he can’t sustain it.
downtownla: You’re right on point about any “death” on GH – there’s no longer any impact. When a character “disappears” off camera and is declared dead then there is the possibility that they are not dead and can reappear down the line in a believable storyline. GH writers have bad a mockery of our intelligence. Nowadays characters get shot in the heart, flat-line on the operating table, blow up in explosions – are declared dead at the scene – and then they all appear alive and well years later with some crazy revenge plan. I am not a novice soap fan, I’ve been watching since I was a kid and I know we must allow a certain amount of reality-stretching for dramatic purposes, but come on now. And I appreciate your BJ reference – that was a magnificent storyline told beautifully. Now Jake may be alive? It’s times like this that I wish I weren’t a soap fan…
Yes, it’s all about balance. I can go for crazy, wild and fun. I just need to have development and emotional, too. I don’t want to come off as someone living in the past (Youtube makes it far too easy!), but I would like it to guide the future. I want to watch stories that have heart and emotion, while still challenging me. I want to feel for the characters and their struggles. That’s what will bring me back as a full-time viewer.
hmmm
General Hospital is not for everybody..
I suggest you quickly tune out and find a soap that is for you..
Then ya’ll will be happy campers 🙂
I came back to see the Spencers. They did very well on screen. JJ , Genie and even Tony showed up The real Luke not the idiot that had been there. I like Emme so that was fine with me. Julie wanted to leave so get over it ! Oh goodness I even like Nathan Parsons’s Ethan. Good actor and He was fine also . As for Frank S at least they killed him. How original on GH the good guys won and the bad guys lost ??? The two young Actors came back to a show that gave them a start, good for them.I want Genie to stay .She does deserve as much as Tony. Who would have even rooted for the rapist if it wasn’t for Laura.Yopu know me, I never have anything nice to say about the show any more but except for the Dante garbage I enjoyed it. Had to FF a LOT between the Spencer scenes.
I’m very happy to see Lucky, Eathan and Laura back on the show. I’m puzzled as to how little Jake could be alive. If he is alive whose kidney did Josscelyn get? The only Jake in the story is Jake Doe. Could this be the Jake Frank Smith was referring to?
Tony Geary just lights up when he is in scenes with Jonathan Jackson.
It’s like watching poetry come to life.
Those two are just magic together.
It’s been such a gift watching them through the years because that history enriches and enhances their performances. I can remember watching them and thinking how they shared something really special.
Just two genuine and gifted actors feeding and learning off one another.
Agreed, 100%. Those two must have so much respect for each other. Their scenes feel completely honest, always. Like these two actors really love each other. It’s always incredible work.
I always got teary eyed when Luke called Lucky “Cowboy”.
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Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)
It was just over 13 years ago on General Hospital when Ava Jerome (Maura West) shot and killed Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan) in an effort to keep her quiet from revealing that Derek Wells was actually Ava’s back-from-the-dead brother, Julian Jerome (William deVry). It’s a crime that somehow Ava never has quite paid for either.
The episode back aired on August 13, 2013 and viewers had to say goodbye to Kelly Sullivan who played Kate and her alter, Connie. In the story, just before she died, Kate/Connie scrawled the letters AJ in her own blood, initially making the PCPD and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) think that it was AJ Quatermaine (Sean Kanan) who did the deed.
Now, Sullivan recalled sharing scenes with the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning West, during a live conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel. Kelly was the special guest talking about her recent return to the soaps in her new role as The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darcy Dylan.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MAURA WEST
Speaking of her final GH scenes and working with Maura West, Sullivan gave her then GH co-star major props. “If you’re going to be shot by somebody (on the soaps), you want to be shot by Maura West, c’mon!”
Maura West debuted back in May 2013 as Ava, and Sullivan remembered when the As the World Turns favorite began on GH. “I remember when Maura West first arrived at GH. She walked in with this cute little bob (hairdo) and she’s just delicious,” shared Sullivan.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Kelly revealed more about Maura, adding “I think she’s amazing! I remember right before I left the show, someone suggested, and I would still love to do this with her, if she ever want to, but someone suggested that they wanted to direct the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire with Maura and I, where I would play Stella and she would play Blanche! Wouldn’t that be great?”
Speaking of the Ava/Connie showdown scenes, Sullivan expressed, “On television and on General Hospital specifically, Maura West is able to play a character who does the most horrendous things and you still care about her and that’s the mark of a really great actor. In other words, you’re able to be liked in the midst of the most horrendous things, and as a performer not shying away from that, and to just have the courage to do what’s on the page (in the script).”
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KELLY SULLIVAN PARTING THOUGHTS AS SHE LEFT GENERAL HOSPITAL
Kelly also shared her sentiments when she walked off the set of General Hospital after her run back in August of 2013. “I really was honored. Every day I would go to work and I would say a little prayer, which is I want to do justice for my character, explained Kelly. “It’s between me and my character. I get to walk this path with her and to leave the show on that note, which is, I left every out there. I just gave it my all and again what an honor it was to play Kate/Connie.”
You can catch the full conversation with Kelly where she talks about her time on General Hospital, The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner and now The Bold and the Beautiful below.
So, do you remember the Ava and Connie scenes where Ava shot and killed her? What did you think of Kelly Sullivan’s sentiments about Maura West? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, watch the reveal where Ava recalls murdering Connie below!
The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.
TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.
That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.
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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES
GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.
Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).
Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.
GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS
Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.
Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.
Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.
So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?
On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.
Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.
However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.
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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON
Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.
He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.
Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”
General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”
So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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