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Y&R Recap – Jan 11 – Jan 15th

By Michael Fairman

Published

17 years ago

January 19, 2010

Michael

Photo Credit: JPI Studios

Photo Credit: JPI Studios

Michael informs Daniel that he is not off the hook yet because the DA wants to keep their options open even though they have the DNA. Daniel doesn’t want to sit and do nothing so Michael suggests they go talk to Ryder about the female. Kevin talks to Jana about being frustrated with the Ryder situation and that it may be time for Ryder to move out on his own. Daisy sees Ryder and he informs her that their mother must be in Genoa City and that he received a new text from her. Sharon, Ashley, and Adam approach the house and realize it is on fire and that Noah is inside. Adam finds Noah and Eden; Eden is unconscious from the smoke. Once Eden and Noah are out of the house Adam runs back in to the surprise of everyone. Adam emerges from the house with Fisher and then Ashley performs CPR on Eden saving her life. Nick and Phyllis are enjoying time at home when Nick gets a call to let him know Adam did not show up for a business meeting with Demetri and Nick will have to fill in for him. Nick leaves Adam a phone message reprimanding him for missing the meeting. Kevin tells Ryder that if he wants to make things right he will tell Michael what he knows. After some convincing Ryder admits the he heard Deacon talking about a woman. Amber tells Jana that she wants to go find Little D and is worried about how Daniel will react. Amber is also concerned about finding her mom, Tawny. She tells Jana and Daniel how tacky and bad she is. At the boutique, Lauren and Phyllis discuss how Lauren is handling the rodent situation. Lauren is skeptical that Sheila is somehow involved and Phyllis eases her mind that Sheila died in front of them and that is not a possibility. Eden and Noah are taken to the hospital and Ashley brings up that Noah, Sharon, and Adam should move into the ranch since Brad’s house is not in livable until it is fixed through insurance. Daisy confronts Ryder, that he confirmed that Deacon had discussed a woman as part of the plan. Daisy tries to scare Ryder into sticking to their mother’s plan and Ryder is very reluctant because he hates continuously hurting Kevin and his family Nicholas arrives at Sharon’s house and is grateful to Adam for saving Eden and Noah. The fire department reveals that the fire was started by some candles that caught a curtain on fire. Daisy reveals to Ryder that she was the one who set the fire.

Tucker compliments Jill on her work. Neil enters and tells Jill that the board loved her proposal but was not so sure a stock swap was the best option for the company right now. Neil suggests Tucker puts a call into the CEO and Tucker says he will try. Tucker makes the phone call to the CEO and tells Neil and Jill that the stock swap is a go, now all they have to do is go talk to Kay and make the finalizations. At the Chancellor mansion, Kay tells Esther and Murphy that she plans on having Jo-Jo take a DNA test to prove she is Kay’s daughter. At the hospital, Noah and Eden reveal that they were upstairs in his bedroom when the fire started. Phyllis, Nick, Michael, and Lauren show their disappointment and fear that the kids are acting without thinking of the consequences. Eden is positive that she blew out the candles before they went upstairs but Lauren is not so sure that she is telling the truth. Nick talks to Adam and tells him that he will never forget what Adam did to save Noah. Ashley approaches Sharon on the subject of them moving into the ranch and Sharon accepts At the Newman ranch, Adam realizes that he is now in over his head with both Ashley and Sharon in the same home with baby Faith. Sharon becomes enamored with the baby which further worries Adam. At the Chancellor’s.

Ryder is stunned to learn that Daisy was the one who set the fire. Daisy tries to show Ryder that Eden was making her mad and she had to retaliate. Ryder pulls out an old photo and asks Daisy if she thought it was funny what she did to the person in the photo. Daisy tries to defend herself by saying that this person was bullying Ryder and she took care of it. Jill, Esther, and Murphy formulate a plan to get Jo-Jo’s DNA by stealing her toothbrush or hair from her brush or some other means. Sharon finally tells Adam how much she loves him after they discuss how turbulent their short marriage has already been. Everything seems cheery until Ashley gets a call that Dr. Taylor is back in town and he plans on paying the baby a visit. After some convincing Kay decides that it is the best move if Chancellor makes the stock swap. Nick calls Sharon and asks to see her before she leaves the ranch just in time to miss Dr. Taylor arriving to see Ashley. Tucker and Jill decide to try and convince Cane to come back to Chancellor Industries. Meanwhile, Lily and Cane tell Malcolm that they are having and baby and Malcolm is thrilled that he is going to be a grandfather, although Neil reminds him that he was never a father. Alone with Adam, Dr. Taylor warns that he plans to tell Ashley and Sharon the truth. Adam manages to get Taylor to agree to meet him at Jimmy’s before he talks to Ashley. At the tack house, Nick finally pushes Sharon too far when he accuses her of putting herself and Adam before Noah and she slaps him before leaving Nick alone, devastated by his words. Cane is stunned when he realizes that Jill and Tucker are offering him a job. Cane turns them down but after talking to Tucker agrees to think it over. Adam tells Taylor that by telling the truth he will risk taking away Ashley’s sanity but Taylor sees through Adam. Adam and Taylor get into a physical argument outside Jimmy’s as Phyllis is walking by and she sees the end of the argument just as a car hits Dr. Taylor. As the driver is calling 911, Phyllis comes over and confronts Adam, demanding to know what they were fighting about. Billy meets with Rafe and asks him about his “relationship” with Adam and Rafe is torn as to whether or not to talk to Billy. Billy promises to protect Rafe’s anonymity if he talks to him about Adam and Rafe finally opens up about how devious Adam is.

Phyllis calls Nick to tell him about the accident as Adam is giving his statement to the police. Nick hangs up and tells Ashley that Dr. Taylor was hit by a car just as Sharon arrives to hear. Later, Phyllis questions about his involvement with Dr. Taylor and Adam tries to shift the focus to divert Phyllis’s attention. At the ranch, at Nick leaves to go to Phyllis, Ashley tells Sharon about Adam’s connection to Dr. Taylor and Sharon admits that she knows Taylor herself. Esther catches Jo-Jo trying to sell off all of Katherine’s priceless antiques to complete strangers. Meanwhile, Jill and Tucker discuss where their relationship is going just as Kay and Neil arrive for a meeting with Jill to finalize everything regarding the take over of Cell Tron. Later, Jo-Jo bolts from the house when Esther tells her that they have already done the DNA test and the results should be there any time. Phyllis tells Nick what she saw at Jimmy’s and Nick tells her that they need to find out the truth in order to get Adam out of Newman Enterprises for good. Meanwhile, Sharon tells Ashley that Dr. Taylor was the one who delivered Faith just as she breaks down and has to leave the room. At Jimmy’s, Billy is blown away, when Rafe accidentally admits to him that he slept with Adam. Later, Adam continues to lie through his teeth to Nick and Phyllis, pleading innocence. Phyllis decides to go to the hospital to talk to Dr. Taylor as Sharon calls Adam to check in. While they are talking, Adam realizes that Sharon is at the hospital looking for Taylor and Sharon learns that Taylor didn’t survive which means they will never truly know the truth. Billy and Rafe start putting the pieces together and realize just how big Adam’s secret truly is for him to go to such extremes to hide it. Later, Billy goes to Nick and gives him a chance to comment on his story but Nick refuses. Jo-Jo brings Mac’s music box to Jimmy’s and Mac lets her know that someone special gave to her and she’d better leave it when she goes. Jo-Jo opens the box as Tucker arrives and sits down next to Jo-Jo. Meanwhile, Kay, Jill and Neil toast to Tucker’s arrival in their lives. Back at Jimmy’s, Jo-Jo tells Tucker that “they” are going to know the truth soon because the DNA test is coming. At the hospital, Phyllis tells Sharon everything she saw and Adam’s story that Dr. Taylor was drunk when he ran into the street. Phyllis asks Taylor’s doctor about his blood-alcohol level and the doctor tells her that it was very low.

Sharon confronts Adam about what she learned at the hospital the night before. Kay tells Jill and Murphy that the DNA tests come in today and either she will be saying goodbye to Jo-Jo or finding a way to forge a relationship with her. After Kay leaves, Tucker stops by with a surprise for Jill and finds her dealing with Kay’s new spawn latest antics. Later, Tucker gives Jill a gorgeous jeweled necklace just as the DNA results arrive. Billy meets with Heather and tries to get her to open up about Adam’s manipulations. However, Heather turns down Billy’s charms. Meanwhile, Adam tells Ashley the same story he told Sharon to lay the groundwork with the women in his life. Sharon confronts Nick at Newman about his interrogation of Adam and demands that if he wants them to have a civil relationship he needs to back off Adam. Sharon leaves and Nick admits to Phyllis that he wants to see Adam exposed for the fraud that he is. Later, Nick manages to get Adam to sweat when he tells Adam about the expose and all the dirty little secrets Billy is writing about in Restless Style. Meanwhile, Phyllis offers to help Billy with his story on Adam.

Neil, Kay and J.T. wait at the stockholders meeting for all the shareholders to arrive and are stunned when Tucker arrives and announces that he is sole owner of Cell Tron and has no intention of selling back his stock in Chancellor. Kay realizes that that means he now controls all of Chancellor Industries. Later, Jill tells Jo-Jo that she is not Kay’s daughter and Jo-Jo admits that she knew it all along. Tucker admits to Kay that he is her son. The doctor tells Lily, Cane and Mac that they are having twins. Ashley and Sharon realize that they were both at the mental hospital on the same night and Dr. Taylor delivered both of their babies. Meanwhile, Phyllis tells Billy about Adam’s fight with Dr. Taylor and he promises to keep her name out of it. Later, Adam and Nick come to blows just as Victor arrives and demands to know what is going on.

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WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night Two: Top 5 Takeaways

Published

8 hours ago

August 3, 2026

Michael

Sunday night’s second night of WWE SummerSlam delivered one of the greatest matches of all-time, a match of the year candidate or even the decade. For those in attendance at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, watching on ESPN limited or Netflix around the world, the August 2 main event between former Shield members turned rivals, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins closed out a story 12-years in the making in a classic main event.

In fact, the second night of SummerSlam, (we previously gave our recap of night one here) was a vast improvement in the two-day event, dubbed ‘The biggest event of the summer.” Led by the incredible performances and masterful in-ring storytelling by Reigns and Rollins, who went 33 minutes in a spellbinding match-up with so many near pin falls, that whether you were watching at home or in the crowd, you would jump to your feet!

Let’s take a look at how things went down and give you our 5 top takeaways from the night on the six-match card, kicking it off with Roman Reigns defending his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Seth Rollins.

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ROMAN AND SETH WRESTLING SOULMATES HONOR THEIR BROTHERHOOD

Right from the ring entrances, Seth Rollins paid homage to the Shield, complete with the facial mask, white version of their black vests, and more. When the Shield debuted back in 2012, it was the trio of Reigns, Rollins and Dean Ambrose (now Jon Moxley, AEW) who protected a then heel-ish CM Punk.

After Rollins delivered a chair shot to Reigns in 2014, and the group split up, Seth has always had Roman’s number, defeated him, and has been inside Roman’s head for his betrayal. The main event played on that aspect of the story throughout. With each delivering their patented moves: The Stomp from Seth, and a Superman Punch from Roman. However, neither man could truly get the upper hand on the other in a main event that lasted 33 1/2 minutes, truly a gift for the fans and the longest bout of the night.

There was plenty of trash-talking between the two, which heightened the story and made the ending all the more powerful. In addition, there were throwback moves of Dean Ambrose thrown into the mix. But then, here’s how it all came to a conclusion. When the referee got knocked out, Rollins decided to grab a chair from ringside. He was going to use the same weapon he used on Reigns 12 years back, that led to the turn against the OTC. However, Seth hesitated. Roman got back up and had Seth on the ring ropes ready to use the chair on him. Seth told him to just get it over with. Roman put the chair down. Then, they went punch for punch. After hitting a final spear, Roman pinned Seth for the win as the referee finally came to. At the end of the match, both titans were exhausted and slumped in opposite corners of the ring.

However, in the most touching moment, Roman got up and went to the middle of the ring. The OTC extended his arm and fist, just like in the days of The Shield, as a peace offering to Rollins. Next, Seth got up and went and joined Roman. The two did a fist bump as a show of respect and the story was brought to a fitting ending.

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KEVIN OWENS RETURNS AFTER 17 MONTH RECOVERY FROM NECK SURGERY, BECOMES NUMBER ONE CONTENDER

Sami Zayn cannot catch a break! Just when he thought his number one contender match was between himself and Finn Bálor, think again! Before the match started, the newly reinstated SmackDown GM, Nick Aldis came out and announced that he is adding Gunther … and Kevin Owens!

When Zayn saw that his best friend (and sometimes rival) was back and healthy enough to wrestle in a fatal-four way, his jaw dropped in probably one of the most classic moments of the night. Once the bell rang, Owens came in ready to show he could still go, complete with his reverse somersaults, stunners and more. KO dominated the four-way match up, all leading to him pinning Zayn to become the number one contender to face Universal Champion, CM Punk!

During the WWE Post Show, Owens had emotional moments with commentator and former wrestler, Big E, who suffered a career-ending neck injury and surgery, Kevin explained it was just a few weeks ago, that the doctor’s finally cleared him to return to the ring. An amazing comeback story!

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BARON CORBIN TAKES THE U.S. TITLE FAST

In another comeback, Baron Corbin has had many ups and down over his tenures with the WWE, and in what was Corbin’s first WWE match in nearly two years, he faced Trick Williams for the United States Championship and right hand man rapper Lil Yachty.

The match broke down when Yachty went for the “Trick Stick” (a kendo stick) and went to hit Corbin in the back with it, but that backfired. Corbin put Lil Yachty through a table, hit Williams with the title belt, before landing his signature End of Days finishing move. With plenty of shady tactics, Baron Corbin was your new U.S. Champ.

From the looks of it, Trick’s run as the titleholder was beginning to become stale. So, WWE strapped the belt quickly on heel Baron Corbin. Will it be a long reign? Stay tuned.

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GREEN WITH ENVY

This victory by Chelsea Green in the women’s ladder match to decide the interim WWE Women’s Champion, was a nod to the fans. WWE actually listened to the resounding love for Green over the past year and in turn had her grab the title above the ladder and become the current champ, while Rhea Ripley is currently out with injury.

Green bested Charlotte Flair, Chelsea Green, Lash Legend, Jade Cargill, and the hometown girl Tiffany Stratton. The ring gear worn by the gals, tore down the house with Cargill paying homage to Minneapolis music legend, Prince. But even more notably, the stunning outfit worn by Flair, which paid tribute to the little girl she had befriended named Scarlett who recently died of cancer. The women turned it out for this ladder match and you could make a case for any of them to have won the belt, but in a feel-good moment, it belonged to Green.

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MINNEAPOLIS’ OWN CHAD GABLE FINALLY IS A CHAMP

The second best match of the night was delivered by the Intercontinental Championship bout between Penta and the hometown boy, Chad Gable, Going into the match-up, Penta was the IC champ. However, Gable is finally getting acknowledged for the wrestler he is after his enduring run in a a mask as the heel-ish, El Grande Americano.

Gable’s three children and his wife and parents were in U.S. Bank Stadium, so if there was any time to pull the trigger in favor of Gable this was it. Penta and Gable delivered high-flying moves and solid wrestling fundamentals that wowed the crowd. Gable was working with a seeming shoulder injury throughout the match and was somehow cut open on his face.

The match came to an emotional conclusion when Penta was caught in Gabe’s patented ankle lock and taped out. That led to the tears and the emotional celebration with Chad and his family inside the ring.

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While not in our top five takeaways, the other match of the night featured Danhausen (who is one of the hottest WWE superstars with the fans) and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio in the first-ever “Human Monies on a Pole Match.”

Once again, it featured the minihausens coming out to protect their guy after much shenanigans from Dom and the Judgment Day’s J.D. McDonaugh. Danhausen and the minhausens got an assist from Joe Hendry and Dirty Dom was on the short end of the stick in this one.

You can check out the full WWE SummerSlam Sunday 2026 video highlights below. Followed by the Michael Fairman Channel’s “What’s Up? Wrestling” podcast that went live immediately following SummerSlam night two with our own post show reactions.

So, what did you think of SummerSlam night two? Did you love the Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins epic match and conclusion to the Shield storyline? What were your favorite moments of the match card? Let us know via the comment section below.

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WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night One: Top 5 Takeaways

Published

1 day ago

August 2, 2026

Michael

Night night one of WWE’s SummerSlam on August 1, saw the return of “The Viper,” Randy Orton, the passing of the torch to Oba Femi, and SmackDown GM, Nick Aldis getting back into the ring after 3 years to take on “The Ring General’ Gunther. These were just a few of the major moment from the six bout match card.

Emanating from U.S. Bank stadium in Minneapolis, the match-ups had several ups and downs that either got the crowd into an electric frenzy or deadly quiet. The WWE creative was smart to kick-off night one with the Women’s World Championship match between the champion Liv Morgan and Ivo Sky, who put on a great show.

Both women brought their A -game, but Liv Morgan showed why she is the champ, while Iyo Sky remains the best overall female wrestler on the current roster. Here are our five top takeaways from Night 1 of SummerSlam:

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RANDY ORTON AND CODY RHODES FEUD UP NEXT

The match between CM Punk, the current Undisputed World Heavyweight, and Cody Rhodes, the former champ, had most fans booing Rhodes and cheering for Punk. However, both men displayed some heel-ish moves throughout the bout.

When Rhodes missed a Cody Cutter and hit referee Charles Robinson instead, chaos ensued. Punk was out of the ring, so too was Robinson on the other side. Cody was in the ring laid out flat. Eventually, Randy Orton does a run-in out of nowhere and delivers the RKO to Rhodes, winks at the camera, and slinks out of the ring and runs out of the arena site unseen by Punk and Robinson.

Next, Punk rolled back in the ring and hit a third GTS on Rhodes to retain the title. In the end, there was no clean pinfall for Rhodes vs. Punk. It should be noted that Punk also missed a moonsault maneuver that looked sloppy, which has been fodder on social media.

So, what does this do for Punk and Rhodes moving forward? It leave us with Punk moving on to face new challengers for the title, and Cody and Randy Orton to walk back the start of their feud that got messed up once WWE inserted Pat McAfee into the storyline at WrestleMania 42, which the WWE Universe was a hard pass on.

Can Orton and Rhodes now have a proper feud? Will there be a double turn comig? Randy (who the crowd was cheering for) actually being the face and Cody having had it with all the shenanigans used against him, just finally giving in and turning full heel? Stay tuned.

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OBA FEMI WAS PASSED THE TORCH

Femi got quite the moment after he won the third match of his trilogy against Minnesota’s own Brock Lesnar, The Ruler beat The Beast Incarnate inside Hell in a Cell.

While there were five straight F5s in a row and Femi was taken to Suplex City, it appeared Lesnar had this under control especially after he exposed the wooden boards under the ring mat and apron. Next, Lesnar delivered a Tombstone piledriver paying homage to The Undertaker who Lesnar had defeated in two Hell in a Cells. However, the move left Femi unfazed. Suddenly, Femi was back up and shortly thereafter pinned Brock and won the math.

As he was exiting the ring, Lesnar broke character to hug Femi and called fo a mic and announced himself as the “past” and The Ruler as the “future” of WWE. Clearly, Lesnar gave the crowd in attendance and the millions around the world, his stamp of approval for Femi and passed the torched.

It should be noted we did not get Lesnar officially retiring in his home state, so he may be back. Meanwhile, Oba is clearly the WWE’s handpicked star who is having a rapid ascension to the top. Is it just a matter of time before Oba takes on Roman Reigns and wins the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from him?

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NICK ALDIS CAN STILL GO

Aldis, who came out to Oasis’ “Morning Glory,” and had excellent ring gear to boot, showed that after three years out of ring action that he can still turn it out and against Gunther, no less. The crowd chanted “you still got it” during the match.

However, in the end Gunther was eventually able to put Aldis down. After the match, Aldis got to share in the moment with his young son, Donovan and is wife, Mickie James inside the ring, to celebrate Aldis’ return to the ring if even for one night.

During the Post Show on ESPN, Triple H reinstated Aldis as the SmackDown GM, and tore up Aldis’ resignation letter, so Nick was still a part of the WWE in his managerial position moving forward.

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THE BELLA TWINS SHOULD HAVE STAYED RETIRED DUE TO INJURIES

As we predicted, during the trios match between the Bella Twins and Paige v. Fatal Influence with Jacy Jayne, it would be Paige tho took the pin from Jayne. With that, the Bella Twins went back to full heel-mode, when Niki Bella who just returned after suffering from a broken ankle attached Paige.

Brie Bella could not get in to the beatdown because earlier in the match she suffered a serious shoulder injury which will now keep her out of action. If the plan was to have an evil Bella Twins run, now that Niki is back, well that just fell apart with the ill-fated timing of Brie’s injury.

This is a case where Hall-of-Famers want to get back into the ring later in their careers and things don’t go as smooth as planned. Now it remains what the WWE will do. Obviously, Niki will feud solo with Paige.

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SOLO SIKOA IS GREAT AS A BABYFACE, DON’T RUIN IT!

The actual moment of the night belongs to Solo Sikoa who got the the last laugh on the Usos. Sikoa mocked Jey Uso’s Yeet chants and moves specifically when Jey runs it back with the audience, by having Jey’s theme music play and imitating him.

Later, via Samoan Spike to Jimmy Uso, he stopped a 1D attempt while L.A. Knight hit the BTF on Jey for the victory. Jacob Fatu, who teamed wiht the Usos had the coolest entrance of the night with his werewolf mask and antics. Royce Keys who teamed with Knight and Sikoa also got to show off some of his power moves to help his team secure the win.

You can check out the full SummerSlam Saturday 2026 night one highlights below.

So, what was your top takeaway and moment from night one of SummerSlam? Favorite match? Least favorite match? Let us know via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: If Jason Leaves the Mob, What Will He Do Next?

Published

2 days ago

August 1, 2026

Michael

As had been teased since Jason Morgan’s (Steve Burton) captivity by the WSB and his release on General Hospital, he is clearly having issues speaking about what happened to him, after he was dragged away from Port Charles when he took the fall for Rocco (Finn Carr) who shot WSB director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).

Now. as Jason tries to reacclimate to life back in Port Charles, he has already displayed that he wants to do better for his son, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and the people he loves and to show up for them.

In addition, things took a turn on the Friday, July 31 episode where after Sonny (Maurice Benard) questioned Jason if he was having an issue with Ric (Rick Hearst) working side by side with his half-brother, Jason had something to say.

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An emotional Jason tells Sonny, “I can’t work for you anymore.” The moment left Sonny dumbfounded, and viewers won’t know the pick-up of the conversation till Monday’s August 3 episode of GH.

Could it be that this time Jason will cut ties with Sonny and the mob for good? If so, it would be the end of an era for Jason and Sonny, sort of the Batman and Robin of GH with a twist.

Previous teases from the GH co-head writing team of Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte, and Burton himself on his podcast That’s Awesome ,seem to indicate there is a change coming for Jason that sends him off in a different path in his life.

However, we should learn Jason’s reasons shortly, and if Sonny can talk him back into the mob, or can just wish Jason the best and let him go. But now the question becomes, if Jason exits life as Sonny’s right hand man and henchman, what do you see him doing with his life? We do know that Jason is aware that Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) has tied to the WSB, since he escorted him to Port Charles via Jakarta on the plane which may be a clue.

Weigh-in below: Do you want Jason to go work for the Quartermaines and truly join the family in full? Do you see him doing something to help those in need, or do you see him going undercover with the WSB to expose some of the treacherous things they perpetrated on him and others, or do you see Jason doing something completely different with his life? If so, what? Let us know your hopes and thoughts for Jason in the comment section below.