{"id":3584,"date":"2025-11-01T10:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T14:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danjkroll.com\/blog\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:03:20","slug":"general-hospital-commentary-tricks-and-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danjkroll.com\/blog\/general-hospital-commentary-tricks-and-treats\/","title":{"rendered":"General Hospital Commentary: Tricks and Treats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It was a week of treachery as Martin engaged in some blackmail for the sweet satisfaction of revenge. Meanwhile, Drew took a victory lap, and Portia’s pregnancy secret took an unexpected turn. But there were also some delicious soapy treats, so buckle up for a spooktacular General Hospital <\/em>commentary for the week ending October 31, 2025.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

What an exciting week we had. Our General Hospital<\/em> writers gave us plenty of tricks and treats to kick off Halloween, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a tad disappointed that we didn’t get any costumes. However, we did get lots of soapy goodness, which was a delightful surprise. Trouble is brewing and things are moving quickly as we swing into November sweeps. Let\u2019s kick things off with the man that everyone \u2013 especially viewers \u2013 hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressman Ketamine and his sidekick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Folks, I\u2019m amazed at how our General Hospital <\/em>writers keep finding new lows for Drew to conquer. At this point, Drew is walking around twirling his mustache and freely saying the quiet parts out loud. There’s no hiding his evil and treachery. He proudly wears it for all to see. This week, Drew got his grimy paws on Monica\u2019s treasured home thanks to a little blackmail scheme orchestrated by Martin. It\u2019s clear that Drew never loved Monica. No loving son would do the things that Drew had done in recent months or talk about his mother in such a cruel and disrespectful way as Drew did during Thursday’s episode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m so happy that Monica had washed her hands of Drew before she died. He was particularly vile as he shared his plans for her home once he took possession of the Quartermaine mansion. Drew vowed to get rid of all the furnishings and quickly turned his venom on Monica. \u201cI\u2019m not going to hassle myself with auction houses and movers and all of that the first night I move in. I\u2019m just going to create a huge bonfire \u2013 and I\u2019m going to burn it all. I wonder how long it takes Chippendale to burn. Or maybe we\u2019ll find out that Monica replaced it all with cheap particle board knockoffs,\u201d Drew said in that annoying sing-song tone of his that drips with rancor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason knocking Drew on his keester and marching his twin out of the bar was such a welcome sight. More of that please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lickspittle\u2019s master plan<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

However, it turns out that Drew’s good fortune was courtesy of Martin Grey. It was revealed that Martin had approached Ronnie with his diabolical plan to steal Monica’ stately home months earlier, but Ronnie had refused to go along with it. Unfortunately, Ronnie had a change of heart after meeting Tracy in the crypt. It was sometime after Ronnie had called Martin to let him know that she would help him put Tracy in her place that Martin managed to switch Monica\u2019s will with the one naming Ronnie the heir. Martin wanted to punish Tracy for tossing him in jail and siccing his ex-wives on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I do understand why Martin hates Tracy, I can\u2019t understand why he punished everyone else. Michael, Ned, Olivia, Brook Lynn, and all the children that live there — including Laura’s grandson — didn\u2019t do anything to Martin. Did it never occur to him that Monica might have had a second copy of the will laying around for her own records? Clearly not. Nor did he consider the possibility that the family might unite, contest the will, and throw everything into probate. To be honest, I still don’t understand why that didn’t happen. It was so weird how everyone readily accepted Ronnie as Monica’s heir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin’s plan was ill-fated and would never have held up under scrutiny. Monica\u2019s attorney \u2013 retired or not \u2013 could have easily disproven the contents of the will had anyone bothered to ask him about it. At best, Martin risked getting disbarred and breaking his sister’s heart. At worst, he could face jailtime. Hell hath no fury like Tracy on the warpath. She won’t rest until she gets to the bottom of things and heads roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday can’t get here fast enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A ghostly last word<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I did appreciate the wonderfully soapy twist of Monica getting the last word on the matter. I\u2019m so happy that her real will surfaced because I had begun to worry that the powers that be at General Hospital <\/em>had lost sight of what this storyline was about — Monica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love Erika Slezak. Her scenes with Michael E. Knight were brilliant. Two soap opera powerhouses delivering fantastic performances. The same can be said about Ms. Slezak\u2019s scenes with Jane Elliot. I really wish Ronnie had come to town under different circumstances because I would have liked for Erika to have stayed. Unfortunately, I have no use for Ronnie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bad seed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ronnie dishonored Monica\u2019s memory by stealing the house from Monica\u2019s rightful heir, and she compounded her folly by agreeing to sell the house to Drew. He\u2019s the very last person on earth that Monica would want in her home. It’s why she barred him from it while she was alive. Like Martin, Ronnie didn\u2019t care about the collateral damage as long as Tracy suffered. She didn’t mind that Monica’s loved ones were deceived and cheated of their rightful inheritance. Ronnie’s anger at Tracy was stronger than her love for Monica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all of Ronnie\u2019s talk about wanting to know more about her sister through Monica\u2019s loved ones, she didn\u2019t listen. Had she, Ronnie would know that Monica dearly loved Tracy. Under absolutely no circumstances would Monica have wanted the mansion to end up in Drew’s hands. I’m really hoping that Ronnie does the right thing before Tracy shows up with the will and puts a kibosh on Drew’s plans. Then again, it would be so sweet to see the expression on Drew’s face when Tracy informs him that the sale is illegitimate and promptly tosses him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drew is going to have a terrible Monday. \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dark Britt rises<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Folks, I\u2019m so tired of Britt\u2019s attitude. She\u2019s cruel, selfish, and someone I just can’t root for. She’s almost as awful as Drew is. The writers aren\u2019t doing Britt — or Kelly Thiebaud — any favors by keeping viewers in the dark about what is driving Britt. Has she truly turned to the dark side or is this all about self-preservation? I simply don\u2019t care anymore. She treats everyone like garbage, and I\u2019m tired of watching it. If she vanished tomorrow, I wouldn’t miss her. Good riddance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have no idea why Jason puts up with Britt either. Their give-and-take relationship is completely one-sided. He gives and she takes. Worse, I believe her lack of transparency is actually endangering people because clearly something big is about to happen. Instead giving people in a position to help fair warning, Britt is choosing to let those she claims to have once loved fall victim to whatever mayhem Faison\u2019s project will rain down on Port Charles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The magic serum<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve long suspected that Britt\u2019s Huntington\u2019s Disease diagnosis was part of a ruse to lure her into whatever is playing out now. That \u201cserum\u201d she\u2019s using is obviously a placebo of some sort, and it’s become a huge plot hole in this little saga. Britt is a brilliant doctor. Are we really expected to believe that she never analyzed that serum? That she wouldn\u2019t be able replicate it once it was analyzed or that she didn’t notice she was symptom-free when she first arrived in Port Charles? Even Lucas made that observation, and he wasn’t privy to the serum she’d been taking prior to fleeing the Five Poppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond that, it really bothers me that Britt is putting lives at risk \u2013 including Rocco’s \u2013 for her own selfish ends. Shame on her. And yes, everyone is definitely in danger. No good can ever come of anything that involves Faison and cold fusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mama mia, Pinocchio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Curtis is right. Portia\u2019s default is to lie. This week, she did quite a bit of it. Most of it was a lie by omission, but a deception, nonetheless. Portia has confided to a few that she\u2019s pregnant, but she doesn\u2019t know who the baby daddy is, so she hoped to keep her pregnancy under wraps until she can get a DNA test during the second trimester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malarky. From where I\u2019m sitting (on my comfy sectional sofa), Portia simply doesn\u2019t want to have to fess up to Curtis that she\u2019s a cheater. That she\u2019s been guilty of everything that she’s been accusing Curtis and Jordan of doing. Portia is a hypocrite and a liar. She’s also a coward. Unlike Jordan, Portia doesn’t learn from her mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He loves me, he loves me not <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I know viewers were mad that Jordan had shared her suspicion about Portia\u2019s pregnancy with Curtis, but I\u2019m not one of them. Jordan owes Portia nothing. They have never been friends, and Portia has been downright hostile to Jordan for the better part of a year all because Portia was jealous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan had a choice; she could be honest with Curtis or repeat her past mistakes by keeping secrets. She opted for the truth. As I said, Jordan and Portia aren\u2019t friends. There\u2019s no reason for Jordan to protect Portia. Yes, Portia should have told Curtis about the baby, but she didn\u2019t. Jordan wanted to be honest with Curtis about why she was turning down his offer to rekindle things. I commend her for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s hard to feel sorry for Portia when she’s playing the jilted wife, while carrying on a secret affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other man<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

That brings me to Isaiah. These days, he bears little resemblance to the intelligent, kind, and honorable man we were first introduced to when he first checked into General Hospital. I\u2019m so disappointed by who Isaiah has become since falling under Portia\u2019s wicked spell. The way he acts toward Curtis is just so ugly. He’s even worse to Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realize that Isaiah doesn\u2019t know he\u2019s sleeping with a fork-tonged viper, but where\u2019s the shame? Portia is a married woman and <\/em>his boss! That is all kinds of wrong and inappropriate. I hate how messy Isaiah has become especially since he\u2019s evidently been down this path before and it ended in disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All I see in Portia\u2019s eyes when she snakes her arms around Isaiah is a woman who is stroking her own ego. She\u2019s not being her authentic self with Isaiah any more than she was with Curtis. She likes the way Isaiah sees her \u2013 innocent, mistreated, and above reproach. He only knows her as the brilliant co-chief-of-staff at General Hospital, not the doctor who violated her Hippocratic oath by altering test results to keep a woman in jail or making a risky decision to wake a patient up from a coma so he could testify in court and clear her daughter\u2019s name. Isaiah has no idea that Portia illegally obtained Ketamine and hired an escort to drug a sitting congressman because he was blackmailing her. But he will. Sonner rather than later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah is in for quite a rude awakening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty woman and her Prince Charming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I love Michael, and Jacinda is starting to grow on me. I know she\u2019s an escort, but it\u2019s not like that makes her a terrible person. I’m sure there’s a story there, so I’m willing to keep an open mind until we hear it. Michael\u2019s own revered grandmother \u2013 Bobbie \u2013 was once an escort too, and she went on to become the respected head nurse at General Hospital. I love that Jacinda is Team Michael, and I definitely enjoyed how she stood up to Drew. It was a brilliant move on Michael\u2019s part to give Jacinda a job at Crimson<\/em> because it will allow Jacinda and Michael to keep tabs on Nina and Drew. Those two definitely need close monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina\u2019s blind loyalty to Willow isn\u2019t love. It\u2019s a desperate attempt to earn Willow\u2019s love. She doesn\u2019t care if Willow is guilty of the crime or not, as long as Willow doesn\u2019t go to jail. Time and again, Nina shows what an awful mother she is. A good mother would see that Willow needs psychiatric help and do everything possible to make sure she got it, even if that meant holding Willow accountable for shooting Drew and messing with baby Daisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Usual Suspect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I’m getting pretty tired of everyone acting like Michael is capable of murdering someone in cold blood. Yes, he’s intense, but that doesn’t make someone homicidal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It really burned my bacon when Sonny had the audacity to tell Michael that Alexis would easily garner the sympathy of a jury by pointing out how Willow had suffered in Shiloh’s cult, lost a child, went through cancer, and so on and so on. Excuse me, Sonny but Michael endured hardships too. He was shot in the head at age ten, spent years in a coma, was brutally raped, was told his son had died, and recently was horrifically burned in an explosion that resulted in Michael spending months in Germany receiving treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lack of faith in Michael is astounding. It’s another reason that I’m happy Jacinda is Team Michael. Few are. They all see Willow as the victim. <\/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

I love General Hospital\u2019s dress code that made it okay for Britt to show up to work looking like she\u2019s heading to the club in a black mesh top and sports bra. I work in a department store where we have a pretty flexible dress code, but that look would have earned me at least a few points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m confused. Didn\u2019t Jordan go to work for Sidwell to get the goods on him from the inside? Why aren\u2019t Laura and Jordan discussing that plan anymore? It seems to me that Jordan would be fully aware that Sidwell has a secret partner and that he\u2019s up to some shady stuff, but it feels a bit like the writers have lost that plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What an interesting soapy l twist to have Valentin and Carly team up to take Brennan down. However, I hope Carly is ready for the consequences because she might end up taking Josslyn down too. Brennan isn\u2019t the only person who knows that Josslyn killed Cyrus Renault. It was Collette’s job to get rid of the evidence. Even though it was self-defense, that\u2019s harder to prove when there was a coverup. Just ask Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does anyone else find it odd that someone packed up Monica\u2019s things and didn\u2019t think to bring that file with \u201cLast Will and Testament of Monica Quartermaine\u201d on the front to anyone\u2019s attention? Instead, they stashed the file under a dusty frame of one of Alan\u2019s degrees and put it in a box of Alan\u2019s things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve enjoyed the little nods to One Life to Live <\/em>that our General Hospital<\/em> writers have given us, but my favorite one was when Ronnie walked into Bobbie’s and saw Brennan. “Joey?” Ronnie asked with surprise. IYKYK.<\/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

Claudia’s death weaponized against Michael<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

“Can I also say as well that I am sick to death of Claudia being used to portray Michael as a violent murderer? It\u2019s not true.” — Ryan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Yes! Folks seem to forget that Michael saved both Carly and Joss when he bashed Claudia with that Ax Handle.” — Missez Premise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Thanks for jogging my memory. Michael was also a teenager at the time and he did not intend to kill Claudia. He was protecting Carly and his baby sister. He hit Claudia one time, it was not a \u201cbrutal\u201d beating.” — JDF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin falsifies Monica’s will naming Ronnie her heir<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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I'm truly disappointed that production has done this to the character. I hope there is some sort of intelligent Redemption storyline to follow. Wondering how MK feels about this. I would hate to lose him from GH<\/p>— Garth \ud83d\udfe7\ud83d\udfe6 (@Singinman1) October 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>