Monthly Recap

First of all, I still do not like hearing about deserved congressman Drew Cain who continues to bang on his nephew Michael’s wife Willow as it’s a shame his creepy obsession with her won’t go away and that isn’t a good look for all of us even Willow’s mom Nina too.

Meanwhile, Lulu at last reunited her daughter Charlotte who hasn’t seen her for the last four years while in a coma following that floating rib explosion. Yes, she got her wish via a plane trip to Prague in Czech Republic but again, she’s playing a dangerous game and it looks like someone is out there tying to shoot Valentin since he’s still on the run with Charlotte.

At the same time when Lulu finally woke up, we realise things were revealed unfortunately for the worse in none other than Jesus/God follower but also unofficial hospital obsessed hit man Cyrus Renault. 

He was responsible for not one, not two but now three drug overdose related deaths via digitalis – such as Sam McCall last month, Dex Heller last 1-2 weeks and Sylvie Mullen last few months. I fear Sonny may be next who suffered a heart attack the other day but I guess he will play hero this time around to blow off Cyrus’s cover.

Lots of relationships had to be moved on starting with Joss after the loss of Dex, so does Molly and TJ and soon, it will be Michael and Willow considering Willow has filed a divorce lately as well as shared custody of their two children. 

Although Brook Lynn and Chase might be next also considering her long discovered secret after struggling so far to get pregnant when she and Lulu do not see eye-to-eye while she could turn out to be Gio’s mother with Dante – we shall see.

Then there’s some more air time with two surgeons working at the hospital such as Isaiah Gannon and Lucas Jones. 

Also, Lucky is looking around for a job to stay in Port Charles like bartending at Charlie’s Pub, Ric always present at large to keep himself busy as an attorney and Ava despite her court case victory v Kristina with Ric’s help, her celebrations sadly had to be cut short when the funds from her divorce settlement with Nikolas were taken back by his Cassadine family.

Who is laughing now as Ava is struggling to take on Sonny for their daughter’s custody battle in Avery without a good enough lawyer since Ric is out of reach unless he’s happy to do for free – no way this is going to happen I’m afraid, sorry.

And last but not least, GH is finally back on our Aussie screens today on Network 10 via 10 Play online. So far all 67 episodes from September 11 to December 18 2024 are now available to watch on-demand and the best part is that it’s free. 

As per Instagram post with the network’s soap opera account, there should be nine additional episodes to be added on Monday 13th January before the weekly episodes kick off the next day that would go from Tuesday-Saturday likewise with their other US soaps. So from there, GH would be 4-5 episodes behind from the original US airing on long-time network ABC and Canada’s CityTV since the three-day shortened week episodes were aired across the Christmas & New Year’s week.

Now let’s go as loving GH on 10 Play too myself in addition to Dailymotion & YouTube online which I will still be watching same-day episodes like it was over the last few years. We hope GH will be successful this time around amongst our die-hard soap fans in Australia & then who knows, we would see this being same-day episodes at some point. 

If you can’t get enough, check out Coastal Entertainment where you can tune in to some Zoom events with the opportunity to have fun & meet some of the show’s cast members if you can on a Monday AM.

First of all, glad to hear about Lulu’s successful desire in reuniting with her daughter Charlotte, but over in Prague, Czech Republic by herself thanks to a secret reunion phone call beforehand at Rice Plaza – after Charlotte unexpectedly texted her brother Rocco from an undisclosed overseas phone number. 

Although you can tell Jack Brennan’s assistant Colette has been closely watching her on his behalf while Dante has been coming along this and that late to try and protect his ex. 

But what we do know now in time for this festive period that both Valentin and his daughter Charlotte are back on-screen coinciding with the surprise returns of James Patrick Stuart & Scarlett Fernandez to the show respectively. 

What’s next will be interesting but Valentin would want to keep in daughter in check when he’s currently a fugitive whereas Lulu wants her back home having just came out of a four-year coma.

Each of the family christmas parties, meanwhile, were filled with such emotions to get people’s feelings and recent grievances off their chest. For some, it can be a good way to keep themselves distracted while there’s still a hell lot of drama that can be so unbearable. 

Yes, Joss is going through a tough time at the moment after losing Dex but she’s a strong woman and is doing everything possible to find out who really stabbed and then killed Dex – as Jack is right behind this to help Joss get justice. 

Then as said with something odd, some people like Jason and Sonny still don’t trust Jack Brennan – fair enough. 

Also, the Drew Cain and Willow Tait affair still goes on that angers another of her GH work colleague this time in Lucas, who came to Nina’s home just to remind Willow that he didn’t give Wiley away to her but only to his relative Michael, when Willow & Nina took the kids away from Michael just for this festive occasion. Now this court case awaits for these two when they go head-to-head going into the new year.

What else? 

• Did Sonny just had a heart attack with pains on his chest when he switched off the lights yesterday?;
• Ric having to work hard to put the Christmas decorations earlier in the week for Molly’s sake with Alexis after he almost kissed Ava & Molly avoiding her sister Kristina at Rice Plaza because of their own dads’ feud;
• Brook Lynn struggling to get pregnant so far in getting a baby of her own with Chase;
• Kai Taylor got spotted by a fan with his dad when he was with Trina at the Metro Court diner;
• Martin Grey both seeing his half-sister Laura and Alexis about the Cassadine trust funds with baby Ace as the nominator but then Alexis had to sign everything despite them wanting to liquidate all of the funds to charity while there’s more signings elsewhere with Michael as said above like the divorce settlement and control of their kids against Willow;
• And Emma Drake is back to see her Scorpio family in Port Charles albeit with a different actress (Braedyn Bruner) this time on a long-term basis like the show did to Kristina last year, as well as Lucas and Lulu lately. Grandma Anna ain’t happy though when she was expelled at a party that gone wrong at Halloween while she signed a lease at a dorm Emma is not actually registered to study at Port Charles University.

Other than that, Merry Christmas to all following a three-day episode this week, and there’s only five days to go before GH finally returns to Australia come January 1, 2025 where Network 10 is the only place to see all of this latest season’s past episodes including upcoming ones (not same day) online.

Let’s hope GH can get the recognition we deserve amongst Australians who loves watching soaps both here and worldwide including the US like Bold and The Beautiful, Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives.

First of all, Drew Cain got what he deserved after all the trouble he’s been banging on his nephew Michael’s wife Willow over the past few months. He has so many enemies now that everyone isn’t very happy with like the entire Quartermaine family Ned & Tracy who released the footage in front of the big TV the other day & also his ex-best friend Curtis Ashford having chose to team up with Michael instead at Aurora Media.

Well, now these two men have done it to deliberately drive down the shares of the company as a sign of poor performance, so Curtis would actually get the top job and not the wellness division’s director job – even though Drew promised Curtis to pay him a bit more. What’s next? Curtis, get a group of your own consortium to remove all influence from the Qs then.

And Drew, for the last time, stay away from Willow but sadly this won’t be over considering how the writers wanted to go.

Sure, people felt sorry for Michael as to how he has been blindsided by his uncle for sleeping with his wife. But don’t forget he also made Sasha pregnant after their one-night kiss together as remember, there won’t be any more “Millow” going into early next year. Unfortunately, Jenz Sidwell “the bad boy” became the latest to have heard about this at a church when Sasha was praying also from the other day. Where has Sidwell been after all this time and not showed one trace of blood? 

Looks like he’ll be around a bit longer to try and take advantage of Holly’s family and maybe the Qs too before someone like Sonny & probably Jack Brennan from the WSB will stand in his way. I just cannot believe that Sidwell can arrive out of nowhere from whichever transport he’s on to try succeed with his dirty missions.

What else? Everything else?

• Poor Liz after an incredibly difficult time by being picked on following the Digitalis drug overdose deaths of Sam McCall and Dex Heller when Cyrus Renault was the one who actually did this.
• There’s also more heartache for Joss even when she saw her ex Cameron Webber at Rice Plaza with no partner now but Cam has one though in Gretchen Ross. It’s good to see William Lipton by the way who gone back just in time to celebrate with his on-air Webber family like his mom Liz & younger brother Aiden.

• More family celebrations at the Corinthos’ home, the Ashfords when Robert Gossett’s Marshall showed up, the Scorpios with James West seeing his uncle Cody again, and also Nina’s with her long-lost daughter Willow as well as her best friend Ava and also Ric Lansing who helped won her court case over Kristina lately. Battles ain’t over though for Ava when Alexis the Cassadine was probably behind that funding freeze who couldn’t pay for that bill she & Ric dined in last week. 
• Martin Grey running around in circles keeping his good fresh face look this time warning the Qs including Michael with legal separation paperwork when it comes to the kids on behalf of Willow as sent by Nina, so Willow can be allowed to continue raising her kids with Michael hailing from all three family groups. Word of advice though, please be careful Nina – leave it up to them or else no Willow for you. Although not sure if Ava is the right one to trust really like it was last time when it comes to Nina’s SEC file claim that put Drew in jail for Carly.

That’s all for this week with three new episodes next week in between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and there’s 11 days to go before GH finally make their merry way back to Australia for the first time since 2011 with all of this Season 62’s episodes plus upcoming ones to Network 10 online. 

This week’s series of episodes on GH has sent the residents of Port Charles (fictional place) with extreme shock across the city in New York. 

We can’t believe the video of Drew Cain and Willow Tait having sex together was being shown to the wider Quartermaine family & friends on TV during the family Christmas party while they were trying to watch the PCU-Llanview Football game.

But hey, Tracy has told the damn truth in tandem with Ned right there that Monica and the late Dr. Alan won’t be proud of.

You’re on thin ice Drew Cain as no wonder Curtis has been hurt by this; so does Jason when he found about the affair and Curtis will be there to screw him! – nothing against Cameron Mathison though who currently plays the role. The same goes to Willow (also nothing against Katey MacMullen) when she and her mom Nina tried to leave with the kids Willow share with Michael but it ain’t happening when Michael’s mom Carly stood in their way.

And to cap this whole scandalous affair off, look at that photo above of both Drew and Willow facing the music together. Yes, it’s never ever a good thing but that’s soap life when things come and go after a certain time amid Chad Duell’s exit from the show as Michael that would clearly mark the end of Millow early next year.

Beyond the Quartermaine family drama, we now know who killed Sam McCall and earlier today the cop in Dex Heller. His name is Cyrus Renault even though he claims to be a changed man through his faith of god. What does he have to do with GH & also Turning Woods ( an intensive care clinic) when the hospital usually belongs to the Quartermaines and not him? He thinks he might have done all of that to protect his half Spencer family as well as getting Lulu back to life as honestly it’s still a senseless excuse.

He does look like that guy from tomorrow’s teachings though as the father who lured Tuma Neme all the way from Africa before he turned him white (later John) named Darrell on that pet monkey video – except Cyrus via his portrayer Jeff Kober now has a bit of less long hair than him. But yeah, really shocking to hear these two people being taken away by the overdose at the hands of Cyrus despite them being healthy called Digitalis. We were all warned right there when the first thing Lulu finally woke out of a coma was Cyrus running his private office but out of a hospital & unfortunately that’s at GH.

Now much like Chad Duell’s much-awaited scheduled exit, that also marks Evan Hofer’s time on the show unexpectedly today as Dex as well as the popular Joss & Dex couple with Eden McCoy (Joss).

We wish Evan the best of luck after hanging out over the last two years and who knows if he will get his big break on prime-time soon enough just like Nicholas Alexander Chavez who played Spencer Cassadine also last few years until early this year.

What else? Ava and Ric’s bank accounts have been taken away by the Cassadines (maybe both or just Ava’s) when they were celebrating her court case win over Kristina at dinner before Lucas saved the day to foot the bill for her (was about $600 odd) & then he took the opportunity to dine in with them with a bit more food coming his way – who knows what’s next when he bumps into Brad at some party in Florida soon enough?, also love seeing Kai Taylor turning things around with his athletic talents in Football as Trina was there to congratulate him post-game with Kai’s PCU team now set for a championship opportunity, and Lulu is determined like a true Spencer more than ever in the search of reuniting with her daughter Charlotte who is with Valentin.

I mean, l laughed along when she pressed Jack Brennan to start dialing before she even went to the place that was so empty recently at Wyndamere Castle which is usually the Cassadine family home that was filled with nothing but bad memories but please Lulu slow down! Although it was lovely to see her reconnect with her best friend Maxie the other day which was really nice to hear as sure her time will come.

And before we go, I’m so excited to hear that Network 10 has made their first promos of GH the other day as part of their 10 Play suite of content ahead of the January 1 premiere date beginning on New Year’s Day 2025. All previously aired episodes from Season 62 as well as the upcoming episodes will all come from the one place & that’s only on 10 Play online.

First of all, welcome back to life Lesley Lu “Lulu” Spencer after she spent the last four years in a coma. 

She has lost a whole lot of things going on whilst being heavily treated at the hospital and later in a clinic (Turning Woods) lately before she had to run away from her newly discovered uncle (Cyrus Renault) once Lulu was finally awake. But at least, she got to see her son again who is now grown as a teenager named Rocco as well as Dante (who also spent some down time with best mate Cody) and also her big family. 

I don’t know what the chances are of her trying to get Charlotte back but there’s a big catch though when you got Jack Brennan having a secret connection with her father Valentin because of the Pikeman business deals, etc.

Shoutout to NZ actor Charles Mesure by the way who plays Jack the local WSB agent & yes, his character does have dark side to it at times – watch out Carly!! 

But then Jack is a bit like Jesper Jacks aka Jax of course when it comes to this chemistry he’s got with Carly together.

Meanwhile, there’s no surprise to see Ava getting away with it following her win at the court house v Kristina, thanks to that ruthless attorney who turned orchestrated her defense in none other than Ric Lansing. 

What that means now that Ava can still see her daughter Avery as Sonny can’t do anything about now to reject those requests. 

Plus, Kristina still upset following her loss with her sister Molly not wanting any of the pain she’s been suffering for far long now including the potential separation of her partner TJ. 

She told him honestly the other day that she does not want another child anymore at the wake of this tragedy as her body wasn’t able to do so on it own after she kept her grief from him – and yet we still see two sisters arguing at each other. 

It’s a shame that won’t go away any time soon because Molly’s dad is Ric and Kristina’s dad is Ric’s brother Sonny unless we would really know who is the better father or not – just gonna leave that there like TJ has done a few times now on Molly.

What else? Drew Cain needs to calm down as why not he sees Scout remotely while in Washington DC? and when he comes back to Port Charles, he can spend more time with her too. But right now it’s not a good look, especially at the expense of Curtis by going behind his back. But then, Michael is also in trouble for his own reasons with Sasha lately & Sasha now carries the baby with his fingerprints on it. 

Kai still having trouble with Trina when it comes to his commitment with the art project they’ve working on together for the school at PCU while prioritising his Football career (not soccer). Even if his next match may not go well which I think what the writers are planning to do, there’s one thing he really wants to go after for sure & that is love with Trina over Football.

Speaking of Trina via her mom Portia, she’s also still not happy with Brad as this was more personal off the back of things Brad has done wrong several years ago that angered Lucas. At the end of the day though, Portia needed to be professional as advised by her husband’s aunt Stella and Brad has got what he wanted thanks to his good work at the GH lab.

And finally, we finish things off with a day to celebrate from Deception Cosmetics during that Home and Heart Infomercial program presentation. There wasn’t much going on until a paid voice actress that Tracy hired has fired up Lois before she stood up for herself and suddenly, it’s raining sales that skyrocketed to an all-time high – I mean, how good!!

Sure you’ve heard this several times Rena Sofer who has been on our Aussie screens for many years when she was on Bold & The Beautfiul as Quinn Ryder on Network 10 before she came back to GH as Lois last year. Glad we’ll get to see Rena again Down Under when this iconic ABC soap will back here also on 10 but only on-demand online next month for the first time in 15 years.

For now, bring on next week with lots of Christmas scenes at Rice Plaza.

Goodbye November/Fall, Hello December/Winter to Port Charles as things are about to get busy and also messy for some but first, let’s look back from the best of November 2024 on General Hospital.

My number 1 moment of course belongs to Holly and Robert having overcame their issues when it comes to their newly discovered daughter in Sasha Gilmore. But hey, that would eventually do the trick when Robert decided to choose Holly for their unfinished business adventures together over Diane – I mean, how sweet!!

Then there was Jason Morgan punching his twin brother Drew in defense of Michael over Drew’s affair with Willow & Jason has done it without saying a single word – less talk, more action.

With Chad Duell now decided to leave the role of Michael, things will definitely change but probably for the worse unless the writers plan to move him out of town — since his grand plans to kick out Drew wouldn’t go well because his one-night affair with Sasha led to her pregnancy.

Lulu back in action right away even when she finally woke up from a four year coma but that’s because the person she first saw was someone who also previously put her in a coma following that floating rib explosion that she was in prior to her downfall.

When it comes to relationships other than Robert and Holly, not so much. Although you can point out the awkward and slow burner pairing between a star athlete and an intelligent student and artist in Kai and Trina. I also know the writers are pinning on Liz with Lucky after some trials a few months ago with the returning Ric, but then some fans aren’t buying the idea again unless it’s Jason. Here’s the word of advice, Liz would be best served as the single mother with her grown boys alone.

Plus, good to hear Lucas Jones being relieved when he thought he made his sister Sam die other than the fact that someone else has organised her medication wrong prior to her death. 

There’s Isaiah sticking around when he was there as a friend to Lucky & sure that will continue with Jordan Ashford on his radar. And Ava continues to be so regretful with her words the whole way through as if she been prepping a few public speaking lessons with Ric ahead of her trial v Kristina, we shall find out the verdict if this would pay off for Ric or not.