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Wes Ramsey Wraps His Run as GH’s Peter August Shares: “Thank You For Taking the Journey with Me”
Since 2017, one of the most polarizing characters in soaps has been that of Henrik Faison AKA Peter August. Through his reign of terror, Peter always seemed to get away, live to see another day, and not pay for any of his crimes. But that all came to an end on Wednesday’s episode of General Hospital.
Peter finally died after being hit in the head with a tire iron by Felicia (Kristina Wagner) after she found her daughter, Maxie (Kirsten Storms) staring down the barrel of the gun that Peter was holding on her! After Felicia struck Peter in the head, he slid down an embankment to the ground below, and was barely conscious. In the end, it was Anna (Finola Hughes) alone with Peter, who failed to call 911 and an ambulance to help save Peter, instead she quickened his death by not getting him immediate medical attention.
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After Peter extends his hand to Anna, knowing that this is the end of his life, she holds on to it, until Peter dies. And this time, Peter died for real. Following the airing of the episode, Wes Ramsey took to social media to say his farewell to the role and to thank the GH fans.
In a post on his Instagram, Wes expressed: “Thank you for taking the journey with me. To those who were kind & supportive, my heart has felt inspired by you. To my friends & family (& the fans everywhere), it has been an honor to give everything I had to this & I will never forget how fun it was to entertain you. To the cast & crew, thank you for welcoming me into your world & for giving me a chance to play with you each day. To the writers, producers & directors, thank you for trusting me with all we did together. It was one helluva ride… “#GH #peteraugust #actorslife #mydreamscametrue
Finola Hughes, who shared Ramsey’s final on-air scenes, expressed her thoughts on working with Wes, in a separate IG post: “You are Renaissance man, a consummate professional. Thank you @wes_ramsey for being a great scene partner. Thank you for bringing your ‘A’ game each and every day to #GH It’s been a pleasure exploring all the strange grey areas of a story where the villains were sometimes the victims, and the heroes weren’t always in the right. You trod some difficult terrain and carried it with grace and dignity. Your chilling poise as the character, and transparent wound made working opposite you fulfilling and always surprising. To everything the road ahead brings you, to the moon 🌙 xxx” @generalhospitalabc #GH
So, what did you think of Wes Ramsey’s parting words? Are you glad the Peter has finally met his maker? Comment below. But first, watch the final moments in Peter’s life as Anna is there with him at the end.
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Welcome back to Hell, Whiny Heiny!!
Cerberus was happy to get his favorite chew toy back.
Long overdue, probably the most toxic character in 59 years of GH history APPEARS to be gone. A body bag scene (a la Julian) would’ve been very appreciative here, but let’s just call it final.
I do wish Wes a fantastic career far away from GH and that the character never reappears.
The 30+ year friendship between Anna and Felicia was perfectly highlighted in their dual responsibility in ending Peter. Both were terrorized by Heinrik’s father at one time. Cesar Faison – now that’s a real villain!
Other than Valentin (JPS must be shooting his other series) Wednesday’s episode featured all the key characters who had to be the first to know it was all over.
To top it all off, we finally got the long awaited BLQ- Chase kiss.
I have to wish Mr. AUGUST had taken his journey long ago. He more than overstayed his welcome. I bet our friend Satan had the fires going full blast! I was overall disappointed in the “grand finale” that we waited so long for.It was almost amusing when Anna, Drew, Dante, etc. raided the house like gangbusters. After everything Peter had done and people he killed, two women overcame him with no problem. Such a huge letdown. I think the viewers deserved more than that!
I don’t trust General Hospital when it comes to THEIR favorite villains (not ours, theirs!) – they so often don’t stay dead, particularly Cesar Faison and at the moment Victor Cassadine. Here’s hoping Peter is another Shiloh and stays dead!!!!
It was beyond time for Peter to leave the canvas of the show. It is an enormous relief and now we can move on to other stories.
Perhaps Wes Ramsey might show up on one of the other three shows?
I like Wes Ramsey. I’ve always liked Ramsey. However, he was terribly miscast in an overly drawn out role. They easily could have cast someone like Trevor Donovan as Peter and it would’ve truly taken the role to new aspects we never got. And the more people bitched the more I know the character was pushed, and rightfully so. Am wishing him the best on his next chapter and I will be sure to follow him.
Hahaha!!! C’mon, GH fans…after all the despicable things Peter did and he “dies” by getting hit in the head by a tire iron? You know that ain’t happening. Give it 6 months or a year and we’ll see peter pop up out of nowhere and with an explanation of how he survived. A character like Peter would be dipped into a vat of acid to get his just desserts. Sorry, gang, but I’m not buying it.
A vat of acid isn’t exactly permanent either. Remember when Hope “died” on Days of Our Lives?? Not only did it not actually kill her, but they retconned it later to say she wasn’t even the one who fell in the acid… and the woman who did (Greta) even survived with some minor facial scarring.
I’ll do my best to keep Heiny in Hell this time. Cerberus won’t be happy if he escapes again, and not even the Devil wants a three headed Hellhound pissed off at me!
In some ways I will miss Peter as a character. I was always hoping his better angels would win…and he did have his good moments. But, alas, the dark side got the better of him in the end. So to Wes, great job in playing this complex, damaged person. And good luck for happier roles in the future.
Then there was the handholding goodbye at the end between Anna and Peter. OMG did it ever get to me. Beautifully done.
I am trusting you Michael! That this…”And this time, Peter died for real.”…is true! ~
This damn story went on WAAAY too long, and that creep had better never come back! ~
So far I’m ‘loving to hate’ Victor, so I can take him being the bad guy for a while.
One day a writer will write that Victor’s men picked up his dead body and one day we will see Peter in some human test tube frozen …right beside another human text tube with a frozen Luke…
The “Climax” was a let down. Some of the cast had boasted about how good this story was going to be as it wrapped! What are they supposed to say? But anyway, burning in a vat of acid would have been much better but GH, more than any other soap likes to revive the dead!! I dont mind it. It shakes up the characters and the viewers get excited or upset when someone rises from the ashes! Peter may or may not be dead. If he resurfaces, maybe by then Laura Wright will be dating a new guy! [Badadum!] Just kidding Laura! But maybe Wes isnt available and they bring in a new Peter. Who knows? Faison was spooky, evil and Wes was not. Wes can act but this wasn’t his role. But one thing I do know, Faison could and probably does have other children out there somewhere waiting to hop on a boat and sail into PC to reek havoc!
I am SO PISSED OFF at the writers for the way they took Peter out! This is the second villain that the entire town of PC said they hated and wanted to see dead in recent years but the writers gave us an anti-climatic end to. (The first one being Shiloh.) They had a perfect set up for a great who-dunnit and wimped out with, though action packed, was a great big let-down. Why couldn’t Peter have vanished when Anna left him, only to show up a week later and then be shot or something like that?
GH doesn’t do shootouts well. That cabin was so recognizable. And then having Anna, Dante and Drew shoot at something off camera and only three feet from the cabin (not to mention hiding behind a rock the width of a furniture box) made me ask if a junior high schooler produced those scenes. They were laughable. I realize there a budget restraint, but by golly!, this was awful!
I feel very robbed by their decision to write Peter (and Wes, who I think is a gifted actor), off this way. I was getting my hopes built up for a great mystery.
Now, the only mystery to me is why do they keep coping out of murder trials of great villains.
AAAWWW- I’m going to miss Peter–
No soap is worth a nickel without a dark evil Villain-
Now GH is Villian free-
Hope a new menacing threatening dark Villian will enter soon-
And-
When Peter went dark he should have been called Henrik-
Peter should have been dropped and returned to Henrik.
What? Villain free? We have the delicious and suavely evil, Victor Cassadine, the insidious psycho-chick-from hell, Esme, and Ryan is quietly pushing the reset button while gaining strength. . Peter was not needed, he became dead weight long ago. Moreover, Joss has turned into a mean girl, who treats her best friend Trina like her own personal accessory. No, we have too many villains.
Hi Harry 🙂
Victor isn’t scary–not like the Cassidines of old when they could make you quiver on the edge of your seat..
Even Valentin, the one that put the fear in Helena is nothing but a teddy bear-
Mean and nasty is not an evil bad to the bone guy..
It was way way before my time– but my granny soap guru neighbor told me of Ray Garnder and Clyde–
and I spent time with her watching them..
she luved showing them to me, I liked it-
Now– they were 100% true evil villains–
GH is free of true dark-cringing guys.
GH will never again capture the true essence of the villains of the old days, that I saw.
Why? because too many pearl clutches killed them off by whining about them doing nasty things LOL –Time will tell if GH will create an actual dark evil villain, again.
And-
Peter was nothing in comparison to the original villains, nope-
There must be a list of them online or somewhere.
Victor is more of a charming villain. Ryan is always lurking though.
To dip into history and bring someone truly scary back, they need to find wherever Grant Putnam is locked up. Bring him back with another vicious looking dog. That’ll frighten the horses.
Well, the pretext for bringing Grant Putnam back is that his son has been working in the Quartermaine mansion in recent months…. Ever notice how much that Yuri guy looks like him?
Though Yuri has a Russian accent, so he’s more likely to be related to Grant’s KGB doppleganger, Grant Andrews… and that’s assuming he took Celia back home to raise his family in “mother Russia”
In normal times, I’d like your suggestion, but with what’s going on in the world right now, the show won’t touch on anything remotely Russian-related. This is similar to not addressing Covid as soaps traditionally offer an escapism from real world severities.
Yeah, I came up with my theory about Yuri long before Pooty decided to attack Ukraine, but thanks to that, it’s not a likely plot twist right now. I wouldn’t be surprised if Yuri disappeared without a trace, actually. Hell, Sonny’s bodyguards Max & Milo dropped off the planet, and they weren’t even from any “controversial” countries. Now he’s got that new guy who looks like Jack Webb from the old Dragnet show… on steroids.
Harry
You are right. I am not looking forward to Esme and whoever Ryan is to her when they gain momentum. I thought it was just me that thought Joss was over the top the other day, kind of disturbing in how much it bothered Trina, and it’s getting worse. Joss said it today, she learned from her mother how to handle people. I’d take advice from just about anyone but Carly.
Oh VIOLET, when Joss said to Cam how she learned how to defend her friends from Carly, I swear I could see poor Cam trying not to howl with laughter. Yeah, Carly is SO GOOD at interpersonal relationships…I’d emulate her, wouldn’t you? Yikes!
How long before Perer’s long lost twin shows up in town or Frank casts him as a different character
“Polarizing” isn’t the correct word. That means that there were viewers on both sides of the spectrum (poles), when in fact virtually everyone hated him.
But that doesn’t even matter: they purposely didn’t show his body being removed, so it’s only a matter of a month or so before he’s back, sad to say.
Not true. On wes and Fiona site over 5000 positive comments for Wes and many missing Peter
FINALLY!!!!! Now go away. SAYONARA!!!!!
Bye now.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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