General Hospital Commentary: It’s a nice day for a doomed wedding

The truth is out, and Willow was left reeling. Will she go through with her wedding to Drew or leave him at the altar? Marco made a fateful decision, but will he live long enough to regret it? Will Lucas? It was a week filled with bombshells, blackmail, and broken hearts. Let’s discuss all the soapy goodness in an all-new General Hospital commentary for the week ending July 25, 2025.

Wow! General Hospital was deliciously soapy this week. There’s so much to discuss between all the bombshells, blackmail and broken hearts. Let’s kick things off at the church where Drew and Willow prepared to exchange wedding vows. In attendance were a handful of guests who’d been cajoled into witnessing the disaster.  

Something old, something new, something explosive

The secret is out. Curtis dropped his little bombshell that Drew and Nina had been bumping uglies, while Drew was courting Willow. He quickly skedaddled before Willow’s head had a chance to explode. I don’t blame Curtis for not wanting to stick around for the fallout. His work was done.

Willow took the news as one would expect. Badly.

Katelyn MacMullen was absolutely incredible as Willow’s illusions about her hero and their perfect love were finally shattered into a million little pieces. We saw the instant Willow’s world collapsed. It was a beautiful sight to behold because it was so long overdue. I can’t stand Willow, but Katelyn was a powerhouse during Friday’s episode when Willow confronted Nina. It’s a shame that Willow has become such a detestable character. Had she been even a smidgen likeable, I might have felt sorry for her.

Instead, I took great delight in watching Willow’s misery as she realized Drew had been lying to her since the very first moment their lips locked. I’ve waited ages for this moment to happen, so I relished every blessed second of Willow’s pain. She’s no victim. Willow did horrible things in the name of love, and she crossed boundaries that no decent person would have. 

Willow accused Michael of amoral behavior, but she was the one who had an affair and who weaponized a medical proxy when Michael was fighting for his life. She is the one who chose her lover over her children time and again and used a newborn to punish the parents.

Wedding day blues

I have nothing but mad respect and accolades for Katelyn and the writers. The scenes at the church were magnificent. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. If Willow’s confrontation with Nina is any indication, Willow’s showdown with Drew will be epic. Drew is a dead man walking.

While I do agree that Nina could have — and should have — done the right thing a year ago by telling Willow that Drew is a lying cad, I don’t blame Nina for Willow losing custody of her kids. Willow is an adult, and she made her own choices. I firmly believe the judge would have ruled in Michael’s favor even if Sidwell hadn’t bribed her. Michael didn’t have to make Willow look selfish and unfit because Willow did a spectacular job that all by herself. Everything the judge said to Willow when she handed down her verdict was spot on.

The groom of doom

I can’t wait to see what happens on Monday. I fully expect Willow to go scorched earth on Drew when the priest asks if anyone knows of any reason why Willow and Drew should not marry. If Willow’s relationship with Nina was built on lies, so was Willow’s affair with Drew. Drew has done nothing but lie and makes empty promises. Soon, he will be at the center of a blackmail scandal. No way would it help Willow’s custody case to hitch her wagon to Drew now.

That brings me to Drew’s idiotic scheme to alter Michael’s drug tests to make Michael look like an opioid addict. That might have worked back in 1970s, but this is 2025. Even if Portia changed the results in the hospital’s system, she can’t erase the memories of both Michael’s doctors and the medical staff who have been monitoring Michael’s pain medication. These days, it’s not as simple as changing test results. There are protocols if someone is abusing opioids, and these things would be documented in the patient’s chart.

Additionally, Michael would have known that the test results had been tampered with. He would have used his considerable resources – including Monica’s position at General Hospital – to prove it. Portia would never have been able to get away with it. Not for long.

Nina’s baby chick comes home to roost

Well folks, Nina can pat herself on the back. She enabled Willow into becoming this rotten shell of the woman Willow once was. Willow might not be homicidal like her infamous twin, but she’s just as diabolical as Nelle. Even the morally corrupt Drew was a little horrified when he realized that Willow had used Daisy to torment Michael. A bit surprising given that Drew had filled Wiley and Amelia’s heads with lies about their father, but Willow was supposed to be above that.

Nina isn’t responsible for Willow’s poor choices, but she didn’t do Willow any favors by failing to nip Willow’s crush on Drew in the bud with an uncomfortable truth. I will never understand her silence because at the time, Nina hadn’t done anything wrong. Drew had. Back then, Willow had still been a sane and a decent person. Willow was right. Nina has terrible motherly instincts. She put her own self-interests first not her daughter.

“You could have saved me from all that heartbreak. All you had to do was tell me the truth,” Willow tearfully reminded Nina. It doesn’t matter that Nina had finally decided to be honest. As Willow pointed out, the damage had already been done.

Dr. O is back and ready to rumble

Drew had better gird his loins because Willow won’t be the only one gunning for him. Liesl has her sights set on him as well. She saw the gleam in Willow’s eye when Willow learned that Sasha had left town with Daisy. Liesl instantly recognized that something was very wrong with Willow and tracked it straight to Drew. No one messes with Dr. O’s family.

Liesl is far more dangerous than a woman scorned. She’s not burdened by tender feelings. If I were Drew, I’d sleep with both eyes open and a wooden stake within reach. Maybe some holy water too.

Meanwhile, Liesl keeps herself entertained by tormenting Lulu. Good for her.

Mutter remembers Britta

I don’t blame Lulu for not being a fan of Britt’s. I’d feel the same way in Lulu’s shoes. What Britt did to Lulu and Dante was awful. She stole their baby and passed him off as her own for months. However, this isn’t about Britt. Not really. It’s about Rocco. He has questions and he deserves to know that he wasn’t carried by someone who was evil to the core.

Lulu needs to accept that people cared about Britt including her bestie, Maxie. Instead of demanding that everyone respect her view of Britt, Lulu should take the time to talk to others and listen. Rocco is seeking assurance that he was loved and wanted by everyone involved in his existence not just Dante and Lulu.

You were always on my mind

Jason is one of the people who saw the good in Britt. The question is, did he really see Britt at the airport in Paris or was the woman a long-lost twin or doppelganger?

I believe the woman was Britt and that Liesl is fully aware that her daughter is alive and jetting around Europe. Britt would not have been able to pull off faking her death without her mother’s help. Is the top-secret project that Professor Creep is working on the reason that Britt appears healthy and symptom-free of Huntington’s Disease? I’d bet money on it. It’s no coincidence that Britt ended up in the very same city as the courier who had retrieved Dalton’s bag.

Will Dante let Jason know about Josslyn’s new career path with the WSB? I fully expect Jason to get pulled into this spy drama soon, which will ultimately set him on the path to finding Britt. I look forward to it.

Suddenly, Josslyn’s spy games have piqued my interest.

General Hospital’s resident evil

Sidwell is a small man with an even smaller mind. He can throw a punch, but he can’t take one. He also has no moral code whatsoever. He’s positively giddy that Marcus has joined the fray.

Sidwell brought this all on himself by planting that firebomb in Sonny’s penthouse and later setting Kristina’s bar ablaze. I have no doubt that he was behind the explosion in Sonny’s penthouse. Both times, Sidwell made a point of gazing at the Port Charles skyline moments before the night sky was ablaze with his handywork. If something happens to Marcus, it will be on Sidwell. He has been lying to his son from the start.

I hope Lucas likes crow because he’s going to be eating quite a bit of it when this is all over.

Marco! Polo!

I dearly love Lucas, but man, oh, man was he annoying this week.

Lucas should have known better than to think that Sonny would actually hurt Marco. The injuries that Marco sustained were from his attempt to escape. Sonny wanted to send Sidwell a message since Sidwell had crossed the line by nearly getting two of Sonny’s children killed. How can Lucas be so indifferent to the innocent lives that Sidwell has endangered in his attempt to usurp power from Sonny?

I don’t blame Lucas for being worried or making every effort to get Marco home in one piece, but I think he went too far, especially after he rescued Marco. Sonny didn’t start this war. Sidwell did. Sonny is easily the lesser of two evils. Would Lucas be okay with Sidwell seizing control of the piers and shipping illegal arms? Has he forgotten what Sidwell did to Lucky and Isaiah?

I wish Anna would pull Lucas a side and tell him about her experience as Sidwell’s prisoner. Lucas can hate Sonny all he wants, but Sonny and Jason aren’t the problem. Sidwell is.

The right stuff

Portia wants to come clean, but Curtis is standing in her way and delaying the inevitable. Curtis’ plan is to break up Drew and Willow in the hopes that it will take away Drew’s incentive to blackmail Portia. No Willow, no need to falsify Michael’s drug tests. At least, that’s what Curtis theorizes. He’s wrong of course. As long as Drew has Portia in his vice grips, he can control Aurora Media’s press coverage.

The smart thing would have been for Curtis and Portia to go to Michael, so that Michael could take steps to catch Drew in the act of blackmail and tampering with Michael’s medical records. Michael could have used the evidence to both his and Portia’s advantage by threatening to take it to the police if Drew didn’t back down and leave both Michael and Portia alone.

That said, I would rather Portia just come clean. It’s time.

These boots are made for walking

Kai is heartbroken because Trina dumped him for blabbing to Drew. He’s desperate to get Trina back, but she’s standing firm even though she still cares about Kai. Trina wouldn’t be Trina if she didn’t care, but I think she deserves better than a guy who has consistently put himself first.

Kai broke Trina’s trust because he thinks he knows Drew better than Trina does. It doesn’t matter that Trina has known Drew for years and seen Drew go from an honorable man to someone who seduced his nephew’s wife and betrayed her father. Trina has had a front row seat to Drew’s metamorphosis. Did Kai trust that? No. Kai only sees Drew through the lens of gratitude. He ignores that Drew doesn’t have any close friends, that Drew’s family has disowned him and that he associates with the likes of Sidwell and Boyle. Kai believes that he knows Drew better than Trina does.

Let Kai go down with Drew. Trina is a beautiful soul. She should be with someone who respects her opinion rather than dismisses it.

General Hospital Quick Takes

Now that Britt is back, Brad must return even if it’s just for a visit. I beg of you Mr. Valentini, please make it happen. New viewers need to see their onscreen magic. (For you, Vanessa! 💜)

Speaking of returns, will Scotty soon make his way back to Port Charles? Many of us speculated that he left town to help Liesl. Now, that Liesl is back, Scott should return. Maybe he and Martin can start a practice together.

I loved seeing Susan Batten (Flora Gardens) on General Hospital. Those who watched One Life to Live will recognize her as Luna Moody. Dare we hope she gets to share a scene or two with Erika Slezak?

Do they let kids throw axes? Seems like a recipe for disaster. Good thing, James has good aim.

In Portia’s shoes, one of my last acts as Co-Chief of Staff would have been to fire Willow. That soulless shrew has no business tending to patients, and she certainly doesn’t deserve to get any kind of visitation with Wiley and Amelia as long as Willow remains on this path of destruction.

What General Hospital viewers are saying

We love reading what other fans have to say about the show, so please scroll down to the Comments section and share your thoughts. It’s at the bottom of this (and every) column.

Viewers have a lot to say about Lulu and Willow

“Lulu has been nothing short of annoying since she came out of her coma. But the absolute worse part of her waking up is that it has regressed so much of the character development Dante had. Dante had lost so much of his self-righteousness, and Lulu just being in his orbit has brought it all back.” — Brittany

“I must disagree about Willow – I see a mentally ill young woman who evolved over the course of a few months into a pod person/ cult follower of the Faux Savior known as Drew Cain. Her mother, Nina is the perpetual victim, not Willow. Oh, Willow plays at victimhood because that is the only way that Drew can hold onto her as he cost her a marriage, and her children. By coloring everything with “We” – she cannot blame him, after all – “we” fell in love. Well, she fell into lust, via unresolved issues left over from the cult” — Humor Me

Portia’s decision to come clean

I thought those were Brooke Kerr's strongest scenes as Portia in ages. She came across as empowered rather than a victim, which she has been a lot lately. I would love to see the character follow through.

— Tony Rossi (@tonyrossimedia) July 19, 2025

So Curtis is fine with Michael losing his kids and be painted as a drug addict? It isn't enough that Michael gave him the okay to drag his father through the mud? She either confesses or somebody needs to throw Drew in front of a bus at this point.

— Teresa (@teresacarol70) July 19, 2025

Lois makes a surprise appearance

I really would like Brooklyn to makeup with her mother🙁 In my opinion I get the hurt but Brooklyn need to remember she was able to live her life for better and worse😏 While her son was being well taken care of by her own family🤫 She’s gonna miss her mother when she’s gone ⚰️

— 🤦🏽‍♀️ (@lcunique2) July 22, 2025

I like Lois so who cares- Lucy is bugging me more

— JustAJerseyGirl🌹😸 (@JustAJerseyGir2) July 21, 2025

A few more things before we go

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Happy viewing,
Liz