General Hospital’s Carly (Laura Wright) and Jason’s (Steve Burton) bond will never been broken, and they reaffirmed that on the Friday, August 14 episode of the ABC soap opera.

For the first time since making his decision to leave the mob and work for Sonny (Maurice Benard), Jason sits down with Carly in her kitchen and breaks the news to her. She is shocked.

Jason explains that his time in Jakarta imprisoned by the WSB gave him time to think, and that he came to the realization his priorities are mixed up and he needs to put his son, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) first. When Carly asked how Sonny took the news, a tearful Jason explains that Sonny understood. Carly defends Jason’s decision as the right one.

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The two share a heartfelt moment from across the kitchen table when Carly takes Jason’s hand and acknowledged how difficult it must be for him, considering his loyalty to Sonny all these years. That prompted Jason to apologize to Carly for the all times that his loyalty to Sonny had to come first over his loyalty to her. Carly says she married Sonny five different times and had his children. She understands it’s difficult to walk away and about loyalty, through her tears.

LIFE AFTER SONNY

When Carly asks Jason what is he going to do now, Jason tells his bff he hasn’t figured that out yet. Carly can’t believe she’s going to say this, but the Quartermaines could use his help. She believes Jason has a perspective that could help Ned (Wally Kurth) and Michael (Rory Gibson) at ELQ and Tracy (Jane Elliot) would love to have Jason at the company. Jason says he has to think about, and that it can’t interfere in his relationship with his son.

At the end of the discussion, Jason and Carly love lives are brought up. Let’s not forget, they previously married each other in September of 2021. This is when Sonny was presumed dead, only to show up before the final paperwork was signed, which nullified the best friend’s marriage to each other, and they suddenly went back to being friends.

NO QUESTIONS ON THEIR CURRENT LOVE LIVES

Now in 2026, Carly wonders if Jason told Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) he has left the mob, to which he informs her he hasn’t told her yet, while Carly tells Jason she will keep her relationship with Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) out of their friendship.

They both know the other is not too happy with their current romantic partners. But, whether Jason and Britt can actually get back on sound footing, and pick up where they left off before Jason was taken by the WSB, is still left to be seen.

In the end, any scenes that showcase the ongoing bond between Jason and Carly in the hands of Steve Burton and Laura Wright, is always moving and played to perfection by these two long-running staples of the General Hospital brand.

So this all begs a few questions: Should Jason go work for the Quartermaines? Do you think it would be interesting to see him in business, or do you think he would hate it and be bored? Do you think of all the friendships on the current landscape of soap operas still on the air that Carly and Jason’s is one of the best? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

The August 14 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful left Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) facing a new reality without their spouses, but not before both have separately gone on alcohol-fueled benders.

In Monaco, Finn (Tanner Novlan) is frantic to find Steffy, who has already hightailed it on a plane back to Los Angeles after breaking up with him on the beach and giving him back her wedding ring. All this, thanks to Sheila (Kimberlin Brown). Steffy lost it when she realized Finn’s birth mother had come to Monaco on the plane with him.  When Finn tried to broker peace between Sheila and Steffy, his wife pulled away in anguish.

Now on an airplane, Steffy is completely drunk. She continues to pour and down drink after drink. And let’s remember, Steffy is an addict. She previously was addicted to painkillers. Is this the tipping point where she loses her battles with her demons once again?

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BREAKUPS

While flying back to LA, Steffy flashes back to the entire Sheila saga, from Finn introducing her as his birth mother, to Sheila shooting her husband and her almost to death. Steffy is mortified reliving it in her mind.

Meanwhile, back on the ground in Los Angeles at Forrester Creations, Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) and Carter try to talk out their marriage and the devastating turn that Daphne cannot conceive a child. Carter tries to reason with her that their other ways to have children, but Daphne is to gut-wrenched to listen to anything he has to say.

In fact, after previously saying she is heading back to Paris to be with her family, Daphne doubles down on it. She tells her husband nothing has changed. He pleads with Daphne to stop blaming herself. She can’t, and tells Carter that coming to Los Angeles and falling in love was a terrible mistake.

Daphne tells Carter, she needs some distance. Carter says, “You’re not walking away from me?” Daphne confirms that she is. She takes off her wedding ring and when Carter refuses to take it, she throws in on the desk, says goodbye, and heads out the door.

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DRUNKEN LOVE

Carter is rocked to the core. He always seems to be a loser in love. Next thing you know, he’s drowning his sorrows in Forrester whiskey and getting completely schnockered. He gets up and leaves the office looking for presumably more booze, and that’s when Steffy enters the office, stumbling around half out of it.

She sits down on the couch and flashes back to breaking up with Finn and cries as Carter stumbles back into the office and sees her there complete with a fresh bottle of whiskey in his hands. Carter asks her why she isn’t still in Monaco? Steffy cries Sheila showed up, and how apparently Finn and his birth mother flew together to Monaco. She explained to Finn, his birth mother cannot be in their lives for all she has done in the past and how she scares the hell out of her.

Breaking down further, Steffy tells Carter that she is tired of always being the strongest person in the relationship. She announces, “Finn and I are done.” Carter reaches over and touches her shoulder. We fade to black.

So, what do you think will be the pick-up on Monday? Will Carter and Sheila have sex on the couch or the floor at Forrester Creations and she gets pregnant with his child? Does nothing happen between them, but just talking and consoling each other? If so, what was the point of putting them together at the same time, drunk? Will Steffy end up back in the throes of her addiction? What did you think of the story turn throwing Carter and Steffy together in this manner? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

‘Last Week Tonight’ host, John Oliver wrapped his three-episode run on Days of Our Lives on the Friday, August 14 episode of the Peacock streaming soap opera, where viewers learned the fate of his character, the Salem chief water inspector, Devlin St. John.

Oliver got all of wishes granted and got to revel in some soap tropes on Friday’s episode which included: a slapping fest, a mind-erasing drug and case of amnesia, and exiting through a Days of our Lives staple … the cryogenic chamber! This leaves the door open for Devlin St. John return down the line, since many characters come back to life from years on end in the said chamber.

Here’s what went down! In the pick-up from Oliver’s cliffhanger earlier in the week, Devlin St. John was drugged by EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) and Rita Lesley (Maggie Carney). Now Rita prepared a syringe filled with CRS-17 to wipe out the last 24 hours of his memory, so the water inspector would get out of EJ’s way. However, there was a twist!

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DEVLIN ST. JOHN MUST BE DEALT WITH

Before the drug took its full effect, a dazed Devlin woke up very disoriented, believing he had been ‘compromised.’ Next, we get (as previewed), the showdown between Devlin and EJ, where Devlin stands up to EJ telling him he will not allow him to “gut” his brain, and calling him a “budget Bond villain!” In return, EJ calls Devlin a “sanctimonious little parasite,” which leads to St.John slapping EJ and vice-versa.

From there, things take an even more over-the-top soap turn. After his 24-hour amnesia took effect, Devlin managed still hear incriminating intel within the DiMera mansion. Rita realizes she must get rid of St. John for good, but she has developed feelings for him in short order. Rita admits she has developed a crush on the chief water inspector, so she cannot bring himself to kill him.

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JOHN OLIVER TO ADDRESS DAYS AND GH ROLES ON SUNDAY’S LAST WEEK TONIGHT?

However, next Rita has Devlin in a wheelchair and brings him into EJ’s underground cryogenic chamber. Once he is physically in the chamber, she kisses him on the lips, before she shoves him into the chamber with her parting words, “All you need is faith that you’ll return one day.”

Thus ends the soap opera journey of John Oliver from his three-day guest stint in July on General Hospital in the role of Z, the head of the WSB, to his campy role with the wig he brought to set as Devlin St. John on DAYS. It was back in March, Oliver revealed his list of requirements to any soap opera that would have him: a soapy name, a dramatic close-up and tag, slapping, and a juicy storyline.

Hopefully, Oliver will finally talk about his experiences on Days of Our Lives and General Hospital on this Sunday’s episode of ‘Last Week Tonight on HBO which should be a must-see.

So, what did you think of how John Oliver’s Devlin St. John was written out of Days of Our Lives? How did you like his run on DAYS as compared to GH? Both very different, for sure. Let us know via the comment section below.