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Last week was a lot busy in the real world like the Inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump now back running the White House for the 2nd time (don’t pay attention to that at all) to an amazing Australian Open Tennis Finals week, with Madison Keys finally a first time major winner that ended Aryna Sabalenka’s two-year dominance & Jannik Sinner went back-to-back over in the men’s Final that next day following his straight sets triumph v Alexander Zverev.

But at the same time, there’s a few other things you need to know regarding the latest happenings of Port Charles over the part week – so let’s look back shall we?

First of all, kudos to Carly for taking the brave decision to send her son Michael to Germany for the best care and recovery from those burns he’s badly suffered lately. I do hope his recovery will work out well just like Ava went through when she was badly burned & got treated in a special clinic somewhere in Russia before she was able to return to her normal life.

With the kids, they are all well settled now under the hands of their mom Willow as long as Drew is nowhere near them – despite all the stoushes Tracy has done lately to keep the kids away from her that eventually got her arrested when they are Quartermaines & Willow has been sneaking upon another man a few times behind Michael’s back in his nephew Drew.

Happy now!! And yes, Tracy may play a few tricks up her sleeve but she is one hell of a true Quartermaine. Speaking of the Qs, looks like Curtis is acting on the best interests of Aurora as good luck trying to get your company back Drew when he trusts Michael “a bit more” when it comes to business than his former pal right there. 

End of.

Plus, congrats on the new job at Deception Lulu – love how Tracy shamed Gladys Corbin when she previously worked there an assistant, even though mending with Brook Lynn will have to take time or maybe not & BLQ’s pregnancy results show up before she will see Gio.

What else?

Ava continues to barge into people who she doesn’t see eye-to-eye like Alexis, Kristina and even Sonny when she was extremely furious about threatening to take Avery away from Sonny permanently if people are still going to target him.

Tough road for both of them with Sonny’s heart not feeling good but finally agrees to see a cardiologist somewhere discreet in LA & Ava having to live in an unit due to being broke at the moment while she struck one kiss with $$$ guy and attorney Ric Lansing who is indeed on her side.

Plus, Charlie’s Pub is back up and running too thanks to Kristina and also down as well with Cody Bell causing all that drama once again while being drunk & crazy. Don’t know why he was picking on Spinelli when he was trying to recoup the investment he lost so much lately after Kai Taylor was injured with his team also that next game at the same time before he punched Lucky despite Lucky trying to calm him down and break up that fight from Spinelli. But surely, he should listen to his Scorpio family first and that’s what we should know that version of Cody Bell for at his finest – please don’t throw it away! 

Speaking of Kai, looks like he won’t be able to play Football ever again following injury scans from his doctor. It’s a shame because he’s well known to Port Charles as one of their star quarterbacks. But with football careers usually last so short, we could see more of Kai bonding up with Trina when it comes to their relationship together that could go with the distance.

Time will tell. 

And when is Jenz Sidwell going to be stopped? I don’t know. So does Cyrus with Liz and Lucky still investigating as unofficial detectives together while Joss throws herself into the deep end by volunteering at Turning Woods & they will all be there to catch him in his tracks once & for all.

With the Australian Open Tennis now over and shoutout to Carly’s Laura Wright by the way who loves this sport as a fan including Rafa Nadal too, Australians can catch up on the latest episodes right now on 10 Play. They are currently on last Tuesday’s episode (3 behind the US), so why not take advantage of that for those who would like to give it a go as if it’s your first time playing Tennis or watching on TV by helping increase our soap-loving support of this iconic show.

Another week, another round of fights when it comes to custody battles for Michael and Willow’s two kids in Wiley and Amelia amid Michael’s unfortunate accident who suffered nearly half the burns of his body from a fire last week. 

Okay, it was Sonny and Carly v Willow and Drew and initially it was all good settling their differences aside at first. But then things went way downhill from there when Sonny and Carly can’t see Michael after being told to leave by Patient Advocate Felicia & Willow can’t see her kids because Tracy was playing hardball v everyone, especially not long after Willow didn’t see eye-to-eye with Sasha Gilmore.

The good news though is that Willow felt extremely guilty about this following her heart-to-heart talks with Chase & looks like that custody battle against Tracy is gonna get sorted while Sonny & Carly are able to see their adult son again. 

Hopefully, this will be the last of Willow and Drew bumping into each other soon enough and have Willow listen to her mom – I really hope so. And Tracy, I understand what it takes to protect your little ones at all costs; but again, keep it cool, please, much like your good employees with them being “first cousins” in Cody and Sasha who sides with the Q’s matriarch.

Plus, thank god Michael will be okay after almost being overdosed into cardiac arrest that could’ve been fatal by Cyrus Renault’s antics with that digitalis drug before Dr. Isaiah Gannon saved the day – more on the latest of Cyrus later.

Although not sure where Michael is gonna go to get himself fully healed from those burns – enter Jack Brennan who Carly (please still stay away from him!) reached out for his help who can be good guy but also a bad guy too (see his personal feud lately trying to have Valentin shot & killed).

What else?

• Kai Taylor’s hype as a QB-1 College Football player continues to skyrocket but also crash down at the same time following his arm injury in his next game. There goes his PCU’s team loss and it’s certainly not a good look on Cody Bell’s face when his big bet didn’t pay off – oh dear;
• Understand how hard it is for Lulu not able to see her daughter Charlotte again when Dante showed up and suddenly Valentin was furious by disappearing with her again. Now she’s looking for a job to support herself at Brook Lynn’s Deception cosmetics business as her assistant. Wait till we find out about that teenage boy named Gio;
• Jenz Sidwell stops by at Ava’s gallery to purchase one of her artworks which gave her much-needed money after her divorce payments had been taken away by the Cassadines last month, even though he’s the owner of that new Wyndamere Estate Ava has previously owned with. Well, congratulations but that money is Ric’s now being owed there for her court case win v Kristina -still a long way to go when it comes to her own custody fight against Sorry for her daughter Avery;
• And when is Cyrus Renault is gonna get arrested for all the murders he committed lately not just Dex but also to patients at the hospital? It’s a shame he was allowed to walk free & do dishes at the PC Grill after he was brought into questioning by Anna but it seems the investigation is still early though until they really find out more of this…eventually.

In the meantime, 10 Play has just started their weekly episodes of GH earlier this week on Tuesday after new content from the Festive break has been added the day before (Monday 13th). At the moment they’re about 3 episodes behind the original US airing with the latest one being Tuesday’s episode this morning where Drew stormed into Nina’s house like a robot when he actually caused far too much trouble to his uncle as well as family and friends.

This kinda reminds me of when Y & R and Days of Our Lives were three episodes at the time over the last decade before 10 Play took the rights off Foxtel & then fast-tracked to same day ones nearly 12 months ago. And yes, GH would be four rather than the usual five episodes next week with Tuesday’s episode likely to be pre-empted due to news coverage for Donald Trump’s 2nd inauguration as the US President.

Here’s some more Jenz Sidwell unfortunately this time being the new owner of that Spoon Island estate the Cassadines took off from Ava last month with Lucy showing him around & yet they struck a great bond together really quickly. 

Please stay away from him Lucy (we know what it was like last time with Victor Cassadine) as he’s an extremely dangerous man who held Lucky hostage while in Africa a few months ago before he switched targets to just Holly but also her family including Sasha once he got into Port Charles.

Same goes to Isaiah unless you come clean by staying away from Cyrus Renault when he treated Sonny’s heart on the spot following a heart attack last week with the advice of getting his heart checked at GH.

Speaking of GH, it’s such a filthy place to get treated at the moment, especially at the hands of runaway drug overdose killer Cyrus Renault who killed a couple of patients there now – despite being not allowed to visit patients by Portia.

It’s a shame that Michael is likely now to be the next one of his victims joining Dex Heller, Sam McCall and Sylvie Mullen when he was badly burned the other day during a fire explosion aimed at Sonny’s penthouse. 

What’s even worse that Joss is bound to lose both of her loved ones in boyfriend Dex & brother Michael. 

But the good news is that even though Chad Duell has already moved on for now after 15 years, the door is still open for him to come back as Michael whenever he wants it next time with the character maybe somehow making a full recovery at a long-care burns clinic – or maybe being taken elsewhere at the request of Cyrus.

Beyond Michael’s tragic accident and potential death (we know in this soap world people aren’t really dead as it’s possible to come back alive after all), we continued to witness some more bad blood towards Drew & Willow off the back from another state of their own love affairs as well as Willow’s mom Nina. 

Although we didn’t see any of Carly v Nina this time but Nina however did see Joss to protect her daughter while Curtis asked Drew to leave Michael alone for his nephew’s sake when he rushed straight to GH from Washington D.C.

Curtis, you got what you wanted, now go take over the whole company then. 

But I did like how Josslyn was angry at Willow after all the things she’s done by double crossing with men in the past while in a relationship and yet Willow is still at it again this time with Drew whilst she’s still tied to Michael (until now of course) & their two kids (heard about that court order notice where they had to be taken away from Willow, right move though) – wow, that’s facts as this made me chuckle lol.

What else? 

• It was sweet seeing Kristina and Molly reconcile yesterday when Kristina was there for her brother Michael;
• Ava’s death stare coupled with her financial situation being taken away by the Cassadines;
• Same goes to Brook Lynn when she wondered why she’s struggling to get pregnant with Chase but then Gio could drive a wedge between the two as he could turn out to be BLQ’s son;
• And who is gonna stop Cyrus now? I don’t know. But it could be Felicia who told Joss about the night she was there at Rice Plaza when the bells stopped ringing & he took a break to stab and then kill Dex with that overdose – looks like we are on the move then soon enough.

Lastly, aside from our usual weekly daytime drama as General Hospital or US soap fans here, we are currently thinking about the people affected by the LA wildfires over the past few days including right now for those who live there to work including its cast members (both on contract and recurring), producing and writing staff – hoping they’re okay. 

For now, GH is set to level up for our Australian audience on 10 play on-demand online (free to sign up and watch btw), with 9 episodes from the Festive break to be added on Monday before weekly episodes begin between Tuesday-Saturday the following day (about 4 eps behind now since GH didn’t air Tuesday due to the electoral vote count). If you can’t get enough of it so far, all previous 67 episodes through December 18 are good to view right now at any time.

Where we do start? Thank you Lulu for playing such a dangerous game that could’ve seen herself, Valentin and/or even Charlotte killed through a sniper off the rooftop. Thank god they were all okay before Valentin and Charlotte quickly vanished to out of nowhere once again. 

The shooter behind this though is…drum roll please – Colette the assistant under the watchful eye of local WSB agent Jack Brennan. Wow! Didn’t see this coming as Jason and Sonny said, told ya so Carly!

She was the one who was following Lulu all along just to make sure she gets what he wants, so Jack knows how corrupt Valentin is having previously been in touch earlier this year via business in Pikeman.

The good news for Lulu that she can see her daughter again but only if Charlotte doesn’t contact her dad from now on – seems like she will want to stay with Valentin as bitter blow to Lulu right there.

Michael and Willow figuring each other out about what to do with the baby now that he just paid a higher price after their one-off love affair a few weeks ago. Yes, she can look after the new baby herself but Michael should have some responsibility too in case things go wrong – even if he & Sasha won’t be back together. Meanwhile, the Drew Cain madness gets even worse after being officially been sworn in as a congressman with Willow by his side. 

Oh dear, but that’s Drew being a politician while playing dirty albeit at a personal level when it comes to an affair rather than actually fixing community concerns.

Stay tuned next week when Drew will be caught for the wrong reasons yet again when it comes to taking his kids with Willow along for the ride in the nation’s capitol all without Michael’s permission.

Then sad to hear about Sonny’s heart condition having suffered a heart attack the other day We understand when he refused medical advice but don’t forget Cyrus Renault is running his private office also from GH right now unfortunately and it’s a shame to see Liz being dragged into this Digitalis overdose murdering spree investigation that could’ve seen her being suspended. Therefore, Sonny will play hero to uncover his dirty hospital work.

When GH goes back to week-long episodes following the festive break, Portia will be the first one to confront Cyrus as per preview for the next episode. 

But again, he will find another way to unlock another dangerous motive other than injecting an IV full of Digitalis that ended the lives of three patients including Sam McCall & Dex Heller as well as Sylvie Mullen.

What else? Ava is furious having her divorce settlement money from Nikolas being taken away by the Cassadines as no can do by the Greek law ruling, Lucas and Kristina talking things out at Charlie’s Pub with Lucky looking to support himself as a bartender, and Kai taking time off from his hectic football schedule by looking on a piece of art with Trina.

And in case if you missed it, GH has just already returned to Australian shores the other day (Wednesday) after a long time away from our screens other than YouTube and Dailymotion, of course.

10 Play online is the only place to see the latest episodes, although we still have a long way to go by being on par with other US soaps that has been incredibly popular to us for a long time. So a few days behind episodes is the way to go for a start with all 67 episodes from September to December 18 available to view right now at any time with another 9 to be added on Monday 13th before weekly episodes will begin from there (Tuesdays-Saturdays).