Port Charles

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.