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First of all, we are all finally relieved that Cyrus Renault is now gone with credit to Josslyn Jacks who shot him twice to the chest in self defense using Dex’s gun when Cyrus tried to kill her with an Axe. 

Although that cover up idea with Jack Brennan isn’t the best decision rather than letting the PCPD solve this investigation considering they’ve closely worked together to bring justice for her boyfriend Dex after she snuck into his Pautauk home where she found the five ID bracelets that he killed over the past few months. 

But at least Cyrus will no longer lay a hand on anyone he’s hurt including his niece Lulu whose liver unfortunately gotten so worse while she was in a coma all thanks to him too when his intention was to set her free which is sadly by surprise is death – no wonder he is the same old monster that everyone knows about him after all. 

Other than that, glad Liz is okay as so sorry for her when she couldn’t work at the hospital for a week & Cyrus framed her for the digitalis murderers he’s done before she was cleared to work again.

So does Lucky who may have been stabbed with a syringe filled of Digitalis also a few days ago and Cyrus’ intended target was Liz but thankfully, he’s okay now thanks to good friend and miracle doctor Isaiah Gannon.

What else?

• Drew Cain is at it again in his new smug looking property where not only he refused to work with Jason for the kids sake but he’s also working with Sidwell in an attempt to revamp the Esplanade. So that means Sonny & Jason cannot work there anymore if this happens as unfortunately Drew will get scammed and even be attacked by Sidwell before it’s too late;
• More on the Drew Cain news and his girlfriend Willow had her minivan being towed away & she had to pay for it at the PCPD station – good on ya Tracy!;
• Brad and Lucas reunion perhaps? When Lucas’ Valentine’s Day date at The Savoy with that model named Gunther didn’t go well much to the disappointment of Spinelli – shoutout to his portrayer and the 1/2 from Daily Drama in Bradford Anderson btw;
• Sasha Scorpio making the rounds on another “Who’s the Daddy?” Episode (nice one by Tracy once again) when she was about to prep meals for the Qs under her boss Tracy since she’s the family cook and yet she continues to be extremely furious about it trying to hide behind closed doors all day, everyday – For now, Jason is the dad;
• Brook Lynn finally opens up to Chase about the baby she previously had when she was a teenager, that’s it. But wait till Gio is in the picture and we could see a storm between those families that could change everything.

We wish Jeff Kober the best of luck having seen Cyrus survive this long on GH from 2020-2025. Heard he is currently in India with a group for his meditation business as he should look up cricket where lots of people there love playing this sport. 

Oh when he comes back home to LA, he should be on Tomorrow’s Teachings where he and that other old guy with similar long hair also played bad guys before – no doubt they would make a fantastic acting team together.

Don’t forget 10 Play is your place to watch the latest episodes with the latest one being Tuesday where The Savoy was packed during Valentine’s Day & our hearts are out to the network’s long-time soap Neighbours.

This week on the show were full of surprises that rocked the residents of Port Charles and its fans alike from everyone hating Cyrus and wanting him getting sent back to prison in Pentonville or even death to more child news and rumours with one parent group finally able to settle a shared 50/50 custody after a prolonged battle when to comes to their daughter Avery.

We all want to rip off the sinister look of Digitalis drug murderer Cyrus Renault, who killed Sam, Dex, Sylvie and Layla + very nearly Michael before Dr. Isaiah fortunately found a way to save him, like Sam’s teenage son Danny before his dad Jason came over and Cyrus to back off since we all know is extremely dangerous.

So far, there hasn’t been much progress to keep Cyrus away from the streets & back to jail other than Anna arresting both Joss and Jason – which is simply just not fair.

Meanwhile, Sasha continues to play everyone about the identity of her baby’s father including that PI Elaine Smith who just suffered a neck injury, when Sasha intentionally removed the leash of her dog before Elaine ran off & then got hit by a car because she doesn’t want her baby to be influenced by the Quartermaine games. 

I get it that she wants to raise this by herself but for now, Jason is the father even though it’s Michael when he is in Germany for the best intensive care possible to heal those third degree burns.

More child news too and after all this time when Ava tried to take her daughter Avery away from Kristina the other day at a park, it seems Sonny finally had enough and despite Ric telling her not to accept the deal – looks like Sonny and Ava reached a 50/50 shared custody agreement for the sake of Avery. Yes, Ric and even Kristina does not like it but this in-fighting has gone off for way too long.

And time will tell with Willow’s kids Wiley and Amelia with the Q’s matriarch Tracy standing in the way because all Tracy is trying to do is protect her own grand kids against someone who thinks it’s okay to go behind Michael’s back for an uncle – this ain’t over Willow and Smug hero Drew.

What else?

• Cody Bell aka Peter Griffin as if he’s not married to Lois on Family Guy is at it once again from spewing rumours about the father of Sasha’s baby to an awkward run-in with Molly where they both trapped themselves outside freezing cold before he took his jeans off & threw all the way down the ground and fortunately, Isaiah and Lucas saved the day for them all the way up stairs – same old Cody;
• It’s been a overwhelming week for Lulu where not only she had to cover for Joss at her Spencer family’s diner named after her aunt Bobbie but she always turns up late for Deception meetings which will take to take time as Brook Lynn is unimpressed. But, hey heard Emma Scorpio-Drake noticed the same eyelashes between Gio and Dante, I hear – so wait till everyone finds out with Gio’s birth parents (BLQ & Dante) as above;
• More of Lulu and not everyone is convinced of Mr. Jenz Sidwell every time Lucy introduces him who they may know at first as is someone who can put in a good business deal but at the same time, he’s outright dangerous and we did not see that one coming when Sidwell went after Natalia Ramirez alone right there;
• And so does Jack Brennan even though it’s a recast one when Lucas knows about him all too well in protection of his sister Carly at all costs as please cut off while you can.  

If you can’t get enough of GH, 10 Play is the place to watch at any time on-demand as they are still currently on Tuesday’s episode where Sasha had enough of her cousin & even ex-boyfriend Cody after he blew up that Scorpio meeting about Jason and the dad of her baby. Elsewhere, second-run episodes of Young & The Restless will wrap on 9Gem altogether on Tuesday with Days still running a bit longer (going back-to-back).

It’s been a huge week of developments that we did not see this coming from Port Charles and beyond from Drew violating that comprise agreement that Willow & the Quartermaines have set when it comes to the custody of her two kids (Wiley and Amelia) after they slept in together yet again to Carly and Brennan (with a very different re-cast actor now btw) going back home via a WSB jet. 

Meanwhile, Cyrus is still up to his dirty tricks like praying on patients & then overdosing their IV on them before they die as he’s now banned from Turning Woods by Dr. Ferner. Plus, even though Sidwell has been wondering around Port Charles with his business dealings over the past month who sees the area as our “Fair City”, there has been a lot of bad blood though when it comes to people he’s dealt with like Anna & Isaiah as well as Jordan & also Laura via her son Lucky.

With Cyrus, he’s public enemy No.1 having seen people turning back on him from Dr. Ferner to his niece Lulu, who was so afraid of him when he broke the restraining order & she called Anna (the chief commissioner of PCPD) on him, before Cyrus ran straight off to to GH – the hospital he was banned from lately by Portia but yet he did so anyway by going after the returning Liz. 

Well, he framed her for the digitalis deaths he has prayed and worshipped for all the wrong reasons with intent from Sylvie Mullen to Sam McCall then Dex Heller and now there’s a fourth one discovered by Liz on a 75-year-old dementia patient at Turning Woods – goes to show who he is really is as using the bible is such sinister.

Yes, early stages but the speed has started to turn up a bit with Cyrus beginning to be really angry now like he was before his previous jail term & his chilling faith to god/the bible back in 2021.

And please Anna, let Joss be your undercover detective in justice for Dex Heller – there’s always Liz and Lucky she can reach though the other way around.

What else?

• Lois went to see lawyer Martin Grey to disclose some confidentiality info about the long lost son of Brook Lynn with Dante & we knew it was Gio – wow;
• Tracy continues to be at her usual ruthless self from deception business meetings to putting the brakes on Drew and Willow with the possibility of taking her kids back because she didn’t do a good job looking after them behind Michael’s back while he’s currently fighting for life in Germany;
• More of Drew and Willow affair, Nina also getting sick of this and she wants Carly to join her on breaking up the two. Yes, please but again, she wants to be with him as no can do;
• Lulu still finding another way to bring her daughter Charlotte back home by going through social media and where to find the best horse riding staples in Europe while Cody Bell is still drunken crazy & Liz and Lucky had their own dance moment – next;
• Sasha continues to keep the identity of the baby’s dad under wraps from everyone even Tracy but then Tracy gave Sasha’s approval when she raised her son Dillon by herself;
• Kai Taylor continues to be at rock bottom when it comes to his injury setback while Quinn pointed the finger at Trina for taking some of his Football away with her art project;
• And Sonny is in LA seeing a cardiologist but then a man connected to Sidwell is also right behind him – looks like we know who started the bomb at his apartment that put Michael in third-degree burns & we all know is this man in Sidwell.

Last but not least, there has been a huge shock off-screen change earlier this week as who is the new man now playing Jack Brennan? Aussie-NZ actor now living in LA Charles Mesure decided to leave the show with Chris L. McKenna taking his spot on a permanent basis effective immediately. 

The accent may sound completely different from an Aussie to a normal American local WSB agent but wish Charles all the best of luck. 

Speaking of our Australian audience, you can see the best of Charles Mesure’s work currently on 10 Play (they’re up to Tuesday’s episode where Carly exposed Drew with the missing tie) that goes from September 2024-January 2025. My favourite moment would have to be him working at the local WSB office while he had his battle with James Patrick Stuart’s Valentin last week at a sauna before Laura Wright’s Carly saved him with a smile on his face. Bring on next week now with Maura West’s Ava (funny to watch btw) back for another round of trading barbs v Kristina.

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).