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It was an explosive week as Michael and Willow faced off in court — and Sasha gave birth. Can Nina and Drew keep their secrets from Willow? What happens with Liz now that Lucky is headed out of town? It’s time to discuss all that and more in a new General Hospital commentary for the week ending June 6, 2025. <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Dearest readers, it has been nearly two months since I have written about General Hospital. I spent the entire month of April traveling, two weeks on a transatlantic cruise and then two weeks in Europe. It was glorious!
Once I got back to the U.S., I had a month’s worth of three soaps to catch up on, which took a minute. You can read my observations in the “General Hospital is just better<\/a><\/strong>” column.
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General Hospital has been on fire lately, and this week was no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say it ain’t so<\/h3>\n\n\n\n


First, I would like to start with something that has left me deeply disappointed. The news that Jonathan Jackson is leaving, and Lucky will be heading off again into the abyss, has made both mad and sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Hospital hyped the return of the beloved Emmy award-winning actor Jonathan Jackson and then did nothing with him for months. Lucky started out playing life-or-death Poker with Sidwell for weeks, then finally came home, presumably to save Lulu’s life, but he was not a match! What? Why? Oh, right, they wanted to fire Kelly Monaco and kill off Sam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No direction and missed opportunities<\/strong> on General Hospital<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lucky only had a few conversations with Aiden; then, he got dragged into Kristina’s stupid brake-cutting drama. Sprinkled in, here and there, we got the part we wanted — a few sweet and tender scenes with Liz and Lucky. Lucky never saw his brother, Nikolas, rarely saw Laura, and had one heart-to-heart with Sonny. An actor of his caliber should have been dropped into a real storyline with meat. The kind that would win him another Emmy. But helping Kristina get away with attempted murder was not the storyline I envisioned for Lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Lucky confessed that he knew Kristina cut Ric’s brakes, I thought Liz would be furious with him; they would fight, she would go out with Ric a few times, and get in Ava’s crosshairs, but she and Lucky would eventually patch things up. Nope. She forgave him instantly, and it seemed the two of them were on the path to eternal bliss. However, the next day, he proposed, and they broke up; now he’s gone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seriously, why? I’m perturbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The buzz about Liz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Now that Liz knows about Kristina’s role in her accident, and Lucky is leaving, will Liz keep that secret, or will she turn Kristina in? If so, she could save Alexis from perjury charges. But that would mean implicating Lucky in the cover-up, so she probably won’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of online buzz is speculating about Liz’s future. Lucky is leaving. Ric is with Ava. Jason and Liz are both single. Jason is ready to leave the mob and settle down. Is this finally the time for Liason (Liz and Jason)? Oh, I wish that would happen. But I doubt the writers will let us have that. I think they would pair Jason with Robin’s mom, Anna, before letting him have Liz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want Liason, but I am afraid to hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Liason liaison?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It no longer makes sense to keep them apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, Liz was portrayed as pure and innocent. The powers that be didn’t want Liz tarnished by Jason’s life in the mob. But in the meantime, Liz and Finn dragged Peter August’s body around and put it in the hospital freezer, among other misdeeds. Liz is not quite that innocent anymore. I hope this is the time for Liz and Jason. She would make a great stepmom for Danny, and the rarely seen Jake could get some airtime if his dad moved in. We have waited decades for this. But, if the same writers that wrote for Liz and Lucky write for Liason, maybe Jason will just start playing poker with Sidwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late breaking General Hospital news<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Spoiler alert: Shocking casting news discussed here<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But wait! Plot twist ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline<\/em> is reporting<\/a> that Kelly Thiebaud is on her way back to General Hospital! Is Britt alive, or will Kelly be playing someone new? If Britt is alive and did not die by Heather’s poison hook, where has she been all this time, and who had her? Victor Cassadine? Shiloh? Sure, they are both presumed dead too. But if Britt is alive, who knows who else is alive with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does this also mean we get Kathleen Gati back as Dr. O?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are so many soapalicious possibilities here. But Jason and Britt were getting close before she died, so will that relationship sideline our Liason daydreams? I am very curious to see how this all plays out and whether Kelly will return as Britt or as an entirely new character, just like Sarah Joy Brown and Tamara Braun have done before. Of course, if Portia is about to lose her medical license, bringing Britt back makes sense because someone will have to run the hospital. Terry seems to have vanished from Port Charles; we rarely ever see her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Cody mentioned Britt by name today, it leads me to believe Kelly will be coming back as Britt. As soon as the townspeople start reminiscing about you, that’s soap code for “she’s secretly alive.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby Daisy makes a grand entrance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The same writers who disappointed me with Lucky’s return have also given me so much soap gold lately that I can’t stay mad at them long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasha giving birth in the middle of a courtroom right after being forced to admit the baby she was carrying was Michael’s, and then Willow delivering her husband’s one-night stand baby was primo soapaliciousness. My husband, who pretends not to watch General Hospital, said, “So the courthouse doesn’t have any medical personnel around?” I had to explain to him that the medical personnel enroute were deterred by protestors outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like daughter like father<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Soap recasts are always a roll of the dice, but the casting director came up with all 7s with Rory Gibson. From his first grand entrance at the Nurses Ball to whisking Wiley into his arms and walking out, I thought, “Hot damn!” Rory gave me a young Nikolas Cassadine\/Tyler Christopher vibe. Strength, elegance, fire, and tenderness all rolled into one beautiful package. I love him already, and I can see the writers intend to take Michael to new heights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chad Duell was a great Michael for the time; he was the sad puppy Michael, and Rory is going to be all grown up fierce Michael, and I am ready to embrace him with both arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The courtroom showdown we’ve been waiting for<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The courthouse scenes had a lot of deliciously soapy legal work by both Ric Lansing and Diane Miller. Secrets flooded out into the courtroom. Michael learned that Willow had made Drew guardian of her kids behind Michael’s back, Willow and Drew’s nanny cam sex made an appearance, Michael and Sasha’s one-night stand came out, and Carly blurted out that it was Nina who paid Jacinda to drug Drew! But there are still secrets on the table! When will it come out that Nina slept with Drew? And who blew up Sonny’s penthouse and left Michael burned in the first place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know Sasha wanted to raise her baby alone, but that was with old Michael. Now that NuMichael is holding her and their baby in his arms, how solid will her resolve be to keep him at arm’s length? I predict they will be a family by Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evil plot thickens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the end of Friday’s episode, Michael and Willow were holding Wiley and Amelia and went to the nursery to meet baby Daisy. Despite everything, they looked like a pretty happy little family. When Drew came around the corner and saw that, his eyes shot daggers at them. What evil plot will he devise to get rid of Michael? Heck, maybe Drew is the one who bombed Sonny’s penthouse, knowing Michael was in there and trying to clear the path for himself with Willow?!?! People just assume it was meant for Sonny, but who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If dreams come true, Michael will end up raising all three of his kids with Sasha. Willow seems to think that since Michael cheated first, she will automatically get full custody. But in my opinion, Michael’s drunken one-night stand after finding his wife kissing his uncle seems less troublesome than Willow bartering with her children to keep Michael’s family away from him when he was at death’s door and secretly giving Drew guardianship while carrying on a public affair during the same time her husband was languishing in a burn clinic is far worse!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want Michael to get everything and Willow and Drew to get nothing. I want the judge to yell at Willow Willy Wonka style. “You get nothing. You lose. Good day, Sir.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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