{"id":1505,"date":"2025-03-28T18:58:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T22:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danjkroll.com\/blog\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2025-03-29T00:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T04:11:46","slug":"general-hospital-commentary-the-ex-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danjkroll.com\/blog\/general-hospital-commentary-the-ex-files\/","title":{"rendered":"General Hospital Commentary: The Ex Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ex-wives, ex-husbands, ex-lovers, ex-friends — it was a week for the exes to unite as unexpected alliances were formed and battlelines were drawn. Let’s jump right in with this week’s General Hospital commentary for the week ending March 28, 2025.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Dear readers, you will be stuck with me for the next few weeks as Tamilu is off living her best life. But fear not, she will be back to writing juicy General Hospital commentary before you know it. In the meantime, the writers are giving me lots of soapy goodness to dish about. Let’s kick things off with Drew, the man who keeps finding new lows to piss everyone — including the viewers — off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murder on the Port Charles Express?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There’s no disputing that Drew Cain has a town full of enemies. If I were him, I’d avoid taking any trains when he travels to Washington, D.C. to do his congressional work. Not that he seems inclined to do more than use his status as a congressman to intimidate people who don’t kowtow to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drew’s only allies these days are shady Port Charles councilman Ezra Boyle and possibly Jenz Sidwell, a man who has a gambling problem and homicidal tendances. Oh, and Willow who grows more insipid and delusional by the day. I feel sorry for Katelyn MacMullen because Willow has been utterly ruined with this storyline. Willow’s a vapid creature who doesn’t even know or care about her own children. She consistently puts her own needs first. Regardless of what Willow says, Wiley and Amelia miss their father because they love him, and they will not be happy seeing their great-uncle replacing their daddy in their lives. It’s ludicrous to suggest otherwise. Yet Willow does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to Drew. If the writers aren’t setting him up to be a victim of foul play, they are missing a golden opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soapy goodness versus General Hospital history<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are those who believe the Drew stuff is very soapy. I don\u2019t disagree. Alliances are forming daily as pretty much everyone Drew has ever come in to contact with prepares to go to war with him. Had this been Jenz Sidwell instead of Drew, I would enjoy all the drama so much more. Jenz is a bad guy and someone I can see myself loving to hate. However, the same can’t be said for Drew. Besides the fact that this drastic personality shift in Drew has come out of seemingly nowhere, I feel like it disrespects General Hospital\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drew isn’t just going up against Tracy with this mausoleum nonsense. Monica owns the house and land — including everything on it — so he’s battling Monica. A woman he claimed to love as a mother. Not only that, but Monica has been in frail health for quite some time, and we recently lost Leslie Charleson. This feels so wrong for so many reasons. I appreciate that these scenes were written and filmed before Leslie’s passing, but the writing sloppy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No way would a city councilman be able to obtain a court order to destroy a mausoleum with the remains of people still inside. Nor would he acknowledge it let alone justify such heinous actions while the opposition recorded him doing so on their phone. That goes double for a congressman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, one of the Quartermaines in that crypt is Drew\u2019s own father. It’s absolutely despicable. What kind of message does that send to Drew\u2019s constituents and more importantly to his own daughter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know what I think would make for soapy goodness? If Drew got his just desserts and Willow saw him for the vile pile of dung he has become. (Shout-out to Missez Premise, who rightfully scolded me for insulting dogs last week when I likened Drew to one)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No way out for Drew<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know where the writers are headed with all of this, but I do know that Drew is being written into a pretty tight corner. Most viewers want to see Drew gone when this is all over. Dead, prison, a long trip to Washington, D.C. It doesn’t matter. There’s no loving to hate Drew. We just straight up can’t stand to see the man and his jazz hands on our television screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the writers want to keep Drew around, they need to come up with a creative way to salvage his character. Saving puppies and babies from a burning building won’t do it. A WSB Latex<\/em> mask, an imposter with good plastic surgery, or even someone who figured out how to activate his brain mapping with one of Victor\u2019s special cards would do it. Just please, no brain tumor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Hospital has great history to pull from, so it can be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The enemy of my enemy <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you rack up enough enemies, they will eventually band together. That’s exactly what happened when Ava invited Nina to Portia’s office. The two ladies have a common goal. Nina and Portia are desperate to take Drew down, so they promptly teamed up. I can’t wait to see what trouble they cook up together. I just hope it’s better than the nothing burger that Nina and Carly’s alliance gave us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, Portia has her mitts on Drew\u2019s medical records. Will she find something in them that will prove to be the key to his downfall? One can only hope. I want Willow away from him. For the sake of the children, not because I give a fig about Willow. She can take a flying leap off a short pier for all I care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scene that really got under my skin was when Drew accused Nina of wanting him all to herself. According to Drew, Nina is actively trying to sabotage his relationship with Willow because if Nina can\u2019t have him then no one can. Ew. Anyone who remembers Drew pre-Pentonville will recall that Drew was never this egotistical. Just one more reason why I don’t believe this person is the real Drew Cain. That is something Shiloh would say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope Nina uses Drew’s newfound vanity to her advantage. Oh, and she calls Tante Liesl in as reinforcement. Someone needs to remind dingbat Willow that it was Liesl’s bone marrow that saved her life not Drewfus accompanying Liesl on the flight home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Hospital’s star-crossed lovers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Back in the day, Lucky and Liz were one of my favorite pairings. Jonathan Jackson and Becky Herbst were sheer perfection and their on-screen chemistry undeniable. Lucky was there for Liz during one of her darkest hours and she was there for him when he fell victim to Helena’s evil machinations, and his battles with addiction. Together, they grew and found love, and for a time built a life together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sparks recently reignited between Lucky and Liz when Lucky returned to Port Charles. During Thursday’s episode, Lucky surprised Liz with a romantic dinner catered by a restaurant they had visited during their first blush of romance. The scenes were sweet and included touching flashbacks of Liz and Lucky in their younger days. But I’m still not feeling their reunion. As I explained in my previous column<\/a>, Lucky hasn’t done the work to get here with Liz or Aiden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than springing for romantic dinners and weekend getaways, why isn’t Lucky getting a place of his own? Putting down roots. Showing both Aiden and Liz that he intends to stay for the long haul. Lulu — to my complete surprise — was the voice of reason. She cautioned her brother about getting caught up in nostalgia. Lucky and Liz didn’t break up 25 years ago. They broke up when Aiden was an infant. It was ugly and messy. What followed was 15 years of Lucky being an absentee father. Liz raised their son all on her own, and there were times that she struggled financially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hate that Lucky seems to be getting a free pass on all of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are no coincidences — especially on General Hospital<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Is Morgan about to return from the dead? I don’t know, but what a soapy twist if he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the close of Thursday’s episode, Brick gave Sonny and Jason a lead on the man who planted the firebomb in Sonny’s penthouse. After Sonny insisted on being a liability, err, I mean accompanying Jason to Toronto, the camera panned to Sonny’s office credenza and zoomed in on a photograph of Morgan and Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I noticed the photograph earlier in the scene, but only Morgan’s image was visible. I remember thinking, “Why are we seeing Morgan? Coincidence?” That question was soon answered with the closing shot. There are no coincidences on soap operas, especially General Hospital. We saw the photo of Morgan and Michael smiling back at us for a reason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I immediately suspected that the meeting between Sonny, Jason, and the assassin would be fateful. I don’t have any spoilers, but my gut tells me that something big is about to happen. Nothing would stop Sonny’s heart faster than seeing his dead son alive and well, minus a digit of course. If you recall, that was all they found of Morgan after the blast that supposedly killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is that why we saw Sonny collapse at Ava’s feet? Was it an intentional reminder of how fragile his heart is right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Killer Kristina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We all knew it would happen sooner or later. Kristina has been doing laps in the deep end for months now. Even before she went sailing through the Metro Court hotel’s window and lost baby Irene. Her inability to accept that the fall had been a terrible tragedy, and that she bore equal blame in the ugly confrontation has been mentioned by several people. It was even brought up at Ava’s trial. Kristina was no victim. She went to Ava’s hotel suite and initiated the confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People have warned both Alexis and Sonny that they weren’t doing Kristina any favors by coddling her since childhood. It appears that no one bothered to make certain that Kristina was following through with her therapy appointments. Therapy that Sam recommended and took her to when she first realized that Kristina was spiraling and deep in denial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all led to this moment, and I don’t feel sorry for anyone. Not for Sonny, not for Alexis, and certainly not for Kristina. It’s one thing to hate Ava, but it’s another to cut her brake lines. She didn’t even get that right. It turns out that Kristina cut the brake lines of Ric’s car putting both Ric and Liz in danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t think Ric or Liz will die, but I can’t imagine that they will escape unscathed. Kristina acted recklessly and impulsively, so it’s doubtful that she covered her tracks very well. She will get busted for this. When she does, I suspect Kristina will be shipped off to Shadybrook to do her time and get some intensive therapy. I’m fine with that. I just need Kristina to go away for a while and return in better mental health than she is now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Hospital Quick Takes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So, Diane and Alexis are looking to add a new lawyer to their law firm, huh? Now, that Ric and Alexis have buried the hatchet (for now), will it be him? I would looooove <\/em>that. Assuming he survives the crash, he might be more inclined to agree to Kristina going to Shadybrook if he and Alexis were law partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It looks like the WSB training center is close to Port Charles because Brennan was able to take a short helicopter ride to pay Josslyn a visit and be back in Port Charles in time to see Valentin off to Steinmauer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ava never learns from her mistakes. She should have rushed to help Sonny and given him his meds. That might have earned her a $2,000,000 thank you. I love her, but sometimes I just want to shake Ava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Brick showed up at Jordan’s apartment unannounced, he mentioned Isaiah’s family and some trouble they’d had. Was he referring to Llandview’s R.J. Gannon? Hope springs eternal that we will learn more about Isaiah soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What viewers are saying<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I have to say, though, the casting of the smarmy councilman is spot on.<\/p>— (@varanger.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-03-28T18:50:25.527Z<\/a><\/blockquote>