{"id":3490,"date":"2025-10-18T01:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danjkroll.com\/blog\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2025-10-18T19:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:50:35","slug":"general-hospital-commentary-harpy-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danjkroll.com\/blog\/general-hospital-commentary-harpy-days\/","title":{"rendered":"General Hospital Commentary: Harpy Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ric escaped a coven of lunatic harpies, but is that really the end of his troubles? What does Valentin know about Britt \u2013 and Faison\u2019s secret project? There was lots of clever misdirection, a few tantalizing clues, and a shocking soapy twist or two. Let\u2019s get into it in an all-new General Hospital<\/em> commentary for the week ending October 17, 2025.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

What a delightfully fabulous week we had on General Hospital<\/em>. Each and every episode starting Monday through Friday was sheer soapy perfection. The acting, the drama, the history, the surprises, the pacing, and of course the hilarious one-liners gave us soap opera storytelling at its finest. I cannot rave about my beloved soap enough this week. Let\u2019s kick things off in Switzerland with a blast from the past and an infamous supervillain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Secret: Project Faison<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After meeting Valentin\u2019s demands to arrange a visit with Charlotte, Jack got down to brass tacks and demanded answers. Jack wanted to know what Valentin knew about the project that Faison had been working on at the time of Faison death. Oh, and the name of Faison\u2019s partner. Valentin didn\u2019t provide a name for the mystery person, but he did confirm that there was indeed a partner-in-crime. If Jack wanted more, Valentin wanted a visit from Anna before sharing more nonanswers and vague information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack unwisely decided against inviting Anna into the circle of trust. Fool. Anna is right, there are no coincidences when Faison is involved. Two of his children are back from the dead. That’s not a miracle. It\u2019s trouble with a capital \u201cT.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faison was a criminal mastermind, but he never had the discipline \u2013 or the money \u2013 to carry out his sinister plots. That\u2019s what the Cassadines were for. The Cassadines were also into world domination. Faison was in it for the chaos and terror. There is one Cassadine in particular who checks all the boxes for what Jack is looking for, and he was exceedingly adept at faking his death. That would be Valentin\u2019s big bad papa, Victor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nine lives of Victor Cassadine<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I know that many suspect Peter August, Faison\u2019s spare son who had longed for his father\u2019s approval, might be behind this plot. I do agree that he is probably involved, but this intricate plot is not his style. He doesn\u2019t have the money to bankroll an operation like this, and I just can\u2019t see Sidwell answering to someone like Peter August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Sidwell would definitely align himself with someone like Victor Cassadine. A man who ran the WSB \u2013 a few times \u2013 who had connections and sleeper cells all around the world, and who would be keenly interested in a project centered around cold fusion. This is a man who came close to ruling the world with Ice Princess technology not too long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter was never that ambitious. Peter was interested in revenge, financial gain, and Maxie. In that order. Peter never worked beside his father. He was only ever an underling. Not so with Victor. Victor and Faison had been known to partner up on several occasions. It’s why I’m almost certain that \u201cC\u201d stands for Cassadine, and that Victor had a body double on ice in Greenland in the event that his plans went awry and he needed to make a quick escape without raising suspicion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can see Collette Moreau reporting to Victor, her old boss. Peter was just a DVX agent flying on the coattails of his father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dysfunctional family affair<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dear readers, I was so happy when I heard that Kelly Thiebaud was returning to General Hospital<\/em>. I couldn\u2019t wait to see what the writers had in store for her once it became clear that she would be reprising her role as Britt Westbourne. It took years for me to warm up to Britt, but I did. Toward the end of her last run on the show I was even shipping her relationship with Jason. But my excitement has slowly turned to annoyance. I don\u2019t like this demanding, manipulative, acid tongue woman she\u2019s become. She treats everyone like garbage, especially Liesl, and acts like she\u2019s the victim when she\u2019s the one who has hurt and betrayed everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the growth I saw Britt make before her tango with Heather is gone. Why? I need to understand this shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was Liesl an abusive and horrible mother to Britt growing up? Absolutely. Liesl had no business raising a child. Nathan was lucky to have been spared Liesl’s harsh parenting style However, Britt forgave Liesl for all of that. She understood that her mother was a deeply damaged creature who had been blinded by her devotion to an abusive and twisted narcissist like Faison. Liesl and Britt worked through all of that and came out the other side with a close and loving relationship.  I don\u2019t get this chip on Britt\u2019s shoulder when it comes to Liesl, and it\u2019s time for the writers to address it because it certainly wasn\u2019t there before Britt faked her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All is not as it seems with Nathan either<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Did anyone else notice the odd expression on Nathan\u2019s face when he and Anna shared a hug in Anna\u2019s office? There was something very un-Nathan-like about it. It\u2019s an expression I would expect to see on Peter\u2019s face because he loathed his aunt. I imagine that dislike only intensified after Anna shot him (September 21, 2021). It was that cold expression that set off alarm bells and made me think that perhaps Peter was indeed alive and posing as his brother Nathan. I really hope I\u2019m wrong, but something is definitely up with Nathan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As much as I want to believe that Nathan is alive, I\u2019m almost certain Peter underwent plastic surgery to look like his brother. That <\/em>is why Maxie had to be put in a coma. She would know instantly that the man with her husband\u2019s face was not in fact not her beloved husband. Britt’s reaction also points to an imposter. Her lackluster welcome to her beloved brother returning from the dead can best be described as leery. It\u2019s almost as if she knows Nathan is not who he appears to be. Yet, at the same time, Britt is clearly protecting him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it Nathan? I don\u2019t know. His scenes with Nina on Friday were pretty compelling, but he’s almost too perfect. Why isn’t Nathan trying to see Maxie? Why does he treat Spinelli like a stranger? It’s odd that he’s not desperate to find out what\u2019s been going on with him for the past seven years. Nathan was a decorated police officer, but he seems uninterested in solving the crime of his abduction. Has he even asked about the events that supposedly ended his life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna was right, Nathan doesn\u2019t look like a man who has spent seven years comatose in a bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicked Willow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of my favorite moments this week, heck this year, was watching the police make two arrests in the shooting of Drew Cain. It was so soapy good. After the police found the gun and proof that Nina wasn\u2019t with Willow at the time of the shooting, Nina was taken into custody while dining out at Bobbie\u2019s. The writers had a fantastic job of setting things up by strongly implying that Carly would be the one taking the fall for the shooting. Even Carly believed her arrest was imminent, which made it that much sweeter when Chase walked up to Nina and informed her that she was under arrest. Carly was as shocked as Nina. Well played, writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Willow was enjoying a supervised visit with her kids at General Hospital when Anna and Dante marched in and promptly slapped a pair of handcuffs on a stunned Willow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Willow the shooter? <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I have no pity for Willow. She has been the master of her own disaster since July 4, 2024, and a menace to everyone since she lost custody of the kids. I do believe Willow shot Drew, and I\u2019m also certain that it was premeditated. I know some will defend her by saying Willow isn\u2019t capable of such evilness, but I don\u2019t agree. She didn\u2019t think twice about using a newborn baby to terrorize Michael and Sasha. She might not have harmed Daisy during those episodes, but we don\u2019t know how far Willow would have gone if Sasha hadn\u2019t packed up and whisked Daisy far away from Port Charles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I watch Willow with Drew these days, I don’t see a woman blindly in love. I see a woman pretending to love a man that she secretly hates. I\u2019ve noticed that more often than not, it\u2019s Drew who initiates their hugs and kisses. Willow is always quick to end it. It took quite a bit of cajoling from him to get her to agree to move in, and when she finally relented, she looked about as thrilled as she would be at the prospect of having a root canal without Novocain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suspect Willow stole that gun from the Q mansion with the intention of shooting Drew and framing Michael. I think she made that decision sometime after her wedding disaster, but the judge\u2019s death was the catalyst that spurred her to put the plan into motion. A few days later, Willow tried to return the gun on the pretext of Scout visiting Monica, but that didn\u2019t pan out, so she returned later. That\u2019s when Chase caught Willow sneaking in through the kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael isn\u2019t innocent either<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

During Michael\u2019s conversation with Diane, Sonny, and Carly, it was clear that Michael knows far more about Drew\u2019s shooting than we were led to believe. Did Michael see Willow shoot Drew? I can see Michael keeping quiet about the shooting to protect his children from learning that their mother was a would-be murderer. Everyone assumes that Michael was at Liz\u2019s house to plant the gun, but what if he was there looking for it? To use the gun as leverage by threatening to give it to the police if Willow didn\u2019t drop her custody bid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Willow is indeed the shooter, it would make sense that the gun was at Liz\u2019s house, since Chase thwarted Willow\u2019s effort to return it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the episodes of General Hospital<\/em> this week were about smoke and mirrors. We think things are black when they are white, so the shadier the writers tried to make Michael seem the more convinced I became that his actions were being mispresented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papa Bear<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t deny that Michael sounded cold when he and Brook Lynn talked about Willow, but he also sounded very protective of his children. Michael has good reason to be concerned about Willow, especially if he saw her shoot Drew. She messed with Daisy, let Drew fill Wiley and Amelia\u2019s heads with lies, and upended their lives. Any decent parent would be in bear-mode to safeguard their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I saw nothing wrong with what Michael did in setting up a supervised visit with Willow. At worst, he\u2019d be stuck taking their kids to these visits until Willow inevitably messed up. At best, it would happen far sooner, and a licensed professional could testify about it in court that Willow is too unstable to be around the kids. In the end, I truly believe Michael wants Willow to get better. She\u2019s never going to do that as long as she\u2019s with Drew. She needs a nice long stay at Shadybrook. Until that happens, he has a responsibility to keep Wiley and Amelia safe from Willow\u2019s poor choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressman Checkers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Drew was also a recipient of some karma this week. The writers set things up perfectly by having Drew place a call to Sidwell and arrogantly demand to see his minion. Pronto. Drew\u2019s smugness would not last long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sidwell arrived as ordered, but he quickly turned the tables on Drew. Drew got a hefty taste of his own nasty medicine when Sidwell informed Drew that Sidwell had a cache of damaging evidence against Drew that could send Drew to jail for years. To make matters worse, Sidwell made sure that Drew, not Sidwell, would take the fall for the judge\u2019s murder. That teaches Drew to underestimate someone that everyone warned him was pure evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checkmate<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ever since Drew went dark, he foolishly believes that he\u2019s the smartest person in the room. He\u2019s not, and this week Sidwell gave Congressman Checkers a lesson in chess. It was a beautiful thing to behold. Drew\u2019s astonished expression when he realized that he\u2019d been outwitted gave me sweet, sweet satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More moments like this please. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lunatic harpies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nothing was funnier this week than Ric being rescued by Cody and confronting the three harpies (Ric’s words not mine) who had kept Ric drugged and tied to a table in the basement. The clever dialogue kicked off with Ric\u2019s greeting to Alexis as he hobbled into the house with Cody trailing behind him. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong Alexis?\u201d Ric asked. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t been that long since we\u2019ve seen each other. You don\u2019t have to ask though; I did try something new with my hair,\u201d he added with a sneer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ric unloading on Alexis, Kristina, and Ava was pure gold. Everything came out. The blackmail, Kristina\u2019s attempt to kill Ava by tampering with Ric\u2019s brakes, the trust fund embezzlement, and how they hoped to fix everything by returning all of the money \u2013 minus Ava\u2019s divorce settlement \u2013 before letting Ric go. It was all laid bare for Cody to take in. When Ava offered to pay Cody handsomely to walk away until the wire transfer went through, Ric quickly assured everyone that Cody was a \u201cmuch better man than that.\u201d Oh, Ric, you are a silly, silly fool. \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It soon became clear to all, Ric included, that Cody was tempted. Ric quickly offered to pay Cody reward money, reasoning that it was a much better deal than \u201caccepting blood money from this crazy coven.\u201d I howled with laughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t wait to see how Thanksgiving goes for this whacky bunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor, poor gullible Molly<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As entertaining as those scenes were, I do feel sorry for Molly. But not too sorry because she\u2019s far too smart to believe that crazy story Ric concocted about being sucked into a cult that had kept him drugged until he had somehow escaped into the woods and miraculously happened to stumble across Cody and his trusty sidekick, Outback. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That goes double for Liz who has caught Ric in more lies than any of us could possibly count. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portia’s pickle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Portia is pregnant, but who is the father? Don\u2019t know and don\u2019t care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, Portia finds herself in a situation where she fooled around and fell\u2026pregnant. Folks, Portia is too old for this nonsense. I can understand if she\u2019d been having unprotected sex with her husband hoping to conceive a baby, but she\u2019s too smart to go without birth control if doesn\u2019t want to have a baby. There\u2019s no excuse for not using protection, especially when she had sex with Isaiah. Eww. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not the least bit interested in this plot twist but if I had to pick a father, I would choose Curtis. He\u2019s already saddled with Portia for life because of Trina. There\u2019s still hope for Isaiah to escape Portia\u2019s toxic orbit and find someone nice who doesn\u2019t lie and do terrible things like conspire to pay hookers to drug blackmailing congressmen and alter patient lab tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Port Charles Potpourri<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some quick thoughts about other things going on in and around Port Charles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why in the world would Kai and Trina wait until the day that Drew was set to go home to return to the scene of the crime and go over what happened the night of Drew\u2019s shooting? They couldn’t have gone, say, the day before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It really makes me uncomfortable to hear Rocco refer to Britt and her family as his<\/em> family. They are not family. Nathan is not Rocco\u2019s uncle in any way, shape, or form. Britt and Liesl stole Embryo Rocco, and they kept him hidden from his parents for nearly a year. If Britt and Liesl had taken Rocco as a toddler, would anyone see them as anything other than kidnappers? No. Just because Britt loved Rocco doesn\u2019t make what she did any less wrong. In Rocco\u2019s shoes, I\u2019d be furious if someone had stolen me from my parents. What Britt did was truly awful and it shouldn\u2019t be whitewashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really enjoyed Valentin and Lulu\u2019s conversation about Charlotte. It\u2019s nice to see that they were able to put Charlotte first. That said, Valentin should have given Lulu the heads up about Britt too. It shouldn\u2019t be Charlotte\u2019s responsibility to protect Rocco, but by keeping Lulu out of the loop that\u2019s exactly the position Valentin put his daughter in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What General Hospital Viewers Are Saying<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s at the bottom of this (and every) column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael’s history of manslaughter<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

“I think it\u2019s annoying that she [Anna] seems so single minded when it comes to thinking that Michael shot Drew. Plus, I was annoyed that she used Claudia to justify her position.” — Ryan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“…does Anna think a history of defensible killing means a person is capable of cold-blooded murder? Not an academic question for her. Based on her history as a spy & her shooting Carlos in a fit of rage, I think she would have to say yes. She doesn\u2019t know Michael is too measured for that.” — Kathie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I agree about the Claudia thing, super weird to treat that like it proves Michael is a stone killer.” — CeeGee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sidwell turns the tables on Drew<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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You know you really hate a character when you are \u201cpulling for\u201d the likes of Sidwell. \ud83d\ude02<\/p>— Pattie Wilson (@phw0923) October 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>