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Things are heating up on General Hospital as Willow goes to trial and Valentin hides out in Carly’s attic. Has Jack gone too far in trying to get his hands on Faison’s cold fusion project? Will sparks fly as Valentin and Carly work together to take down Jack? It’s time for another exciting General Hospital<\/em> commentary for the week ending December 19, 2025.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

My dearest readers, I couldn\u2019t start this week\u2019s General Hospita<\/em>l column without mentioning the saddest soap news ever. Tony Geary, the most legendary and revered talent of all soapdom has passed away. What a shock! It was unexpected and gut-wrenching. I have cried so many tears this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that everyone who watched in the early days of Luke and Laura has shed tears this week. My heart breaks for his precious husband Claudio Gama. I have followed their happy life in Amsterdam on social media, and they seemed so happy together! If my heart is this broken over his death — and I never even met him — I can\u2019t imagine what Claudio and Tony’s extended family are feeling. I hope it helps them to know how many of us are sending our love to them and remembering Tony\u2019s magnificent body of work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liz and I will write more about this in the coming weeks when she and I share our Best and Worst of General Hospital<\/em> for 2025, but I had to acknowledge this sad loss before I could talk about this week\u2019s show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A heavy heart for General Hospital’s<\/em> cast <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The cast and crew of General Hospital<\/em> have suffered so many losses. It\u2019s miraculous that they keep getting up every day and coming in to do such incredible work. Any crying scenes these days would be much more accessible because their tears must be so close to the surface right now. It\u2019s probably easier for them to cry than not cry at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Tony left General Hospital<\/em> ten years ago, I know we all hoped someday he\u2019d come back. Now those hopes lay at the bottom of an ocean of tears. I hope that General Hospital<\/em> will find a way to do an entire show of clips and memories. Without Luke and Laura, I doubt General Hospital<\/em> would still be on television. It would have been cancelled like so many others were. Tony and Genie Francis saved the show, and Genie is still there, a rock-solid icon still turning in legendary performances. My heart breaks for her right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope the General Hospital<\/em> team is making a stand-alone Luke episode as we speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papa, can you hear me?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since Charlotte is trying to maneuver life with her own anti-hero dad, I\u2019d love to see Lulu share stories about Luke with her daughter. It would be the perfect opening. Lulu actually does know what Charlotte is going through because she had a dad who lived life on the run for a long time and skirted both sides of the law. I never understand why the writers don\u2019t have Lulu share that with her daughter. Now is the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which brings us to this week <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Charlotte was honest with Lulu and told her mother that if Valentin shows up and asks her to go, she will go. Even though that hurts Lulu\u2019s heart, she has seen the bond between Charlotte and her papa (even though Charlotte’s too grown up to call him that anymore) The scenes with Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Charlotte (Bluesy Burke) were so raw and real. I was hesitant to love Bluesy in the role because I loved the original Charlotte (Scarlett Fernandez) so much, but I couldn\u2019t resist Bluesy\u2019s portrayal of our beautiful Charlotte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sparks fly between Valentin and Carly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Having Valentin back in Port Charles makes me giddy. I love him and I didn\u2019t know how much I would love the chemistry between Valentin and Carly, but I can\u2019t get enough of their scenes. Laura Wright and James Patrick Stuart just bounce off of each other so well. Watching international fugitive Valentin snub Carly\u2019s coffee and demand French press was chef\u2019s kiss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t imagine how we could make a romance work between them but if I were a writer for General Hospital<\/em>, I would be twisting everyone\u2019s disbelief into a pretzel to make it happen. Those looks Valentin and Carly shot each other during Friday’s episode, when Valentin needed convincing that Carly was committed to their plan, was pure *sizzle*. I want to see them swipe that moss off the counter and have a ho-ho-holiday fling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And sure, I know, Valentin and Anna also have mad chemistry, but she has decided that she can\u2019t handle his criminal tendencies. But Carly can totally roll with bad boys. I love that about her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carly’s revenge <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Laura Wright is a master. Carly smiles in Jack\u2019s face, kisses him so sweetly and behind his back looks like she wants to vomit. Her disdain for the man who put her daughter in harm\u2019s way is palpable. One of our readers brought up an excellent point. Is the necklace that Jack gave Carly bugged? Is he listening to her and Valentin plot against him day by day? Will he turn the tables on them and double cross their double cross? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If only Carly and Joss could talk openly.  Joss confessed to Jason that she is having second thoughts about being in the WSB after Vaughn disappeared, as the person she felt she could trust with her life has vanished. Joss is now openly defying Jack and sharing info with Jason because she knows she can trust him more than she can trust Jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Carly and Valentin are successful in taking down Jack, who could possibly take over the WSB? Anna? Valentin? Someone new?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A plea to Soap Santa <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of course, before Anna can do anything else, she has to kick Pascal\u2019s ass and get out of that comfortably furnished dungeon. I mean, the dude only brought her half a cheese sandwich for lunch! Maybe Anna can crack him over the head with P.K. Sinclair\u2019s book! When she opened the package and I saw what was inside, I squealed! Oh my gosh, I had not thought about Faison\u2019s alias in ages! It\u2019s been years since I heard that name!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please Soap Santa, bring me creepy Faison for Christmas. He\u2019s like the Phantom of the (Soap) Opera<\/em>. A little scary, a little sexy and completely mesmerizing. I have tuned in every day since Anna was kidnapped hoping to see Anders Hove on my screen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Hospital<\/em> Spoiler alert!<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Skip the next section if you don’t want to read a tantalizing rumor. If you do proceed, remember to take any rumors and spoilers with a grain of salt. You’ve been warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just read an incredible rumor that Tony Geary and Anders Hove filmed one final scene for General Hospital<\/em> before Tony passed away. I hope that rumor is true. It would be a perfect Christmas gift for General Hospital <\/em>fans. If Faison is back, what could he be after — other than his lifelong goal of getting Anna? And whose brain is in the jar if it\u2019s not his? I genuinely think it\u2019s someone toying with Anna. I don\u2019t think Faison would have the willpower to stay away from Anna this long if he had her caged up. He would definitely have made an appearance by now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chasing the truth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another wish I have for Soap Santa is to slap some sense into Chase. Does Chase not remember that Willow cheated on him with Michael while they were married and he was dying? Because I do. Chase saying how sweet and innocent Willow is when she did the exact same thing to Chase that she did to Michael is infuriating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chase knows for a fact that Willow has snuck into the Q house multiple times. ADA Turner should call him to the stand and make him testify to it. He saw her in the house while Daisy was being moved, he has seen her sneak in or try to sneak in multiple times. Yet he says nothing. The Q family needs to put up an electric fence that zaps her when she crosses the lawn and then explain the burn marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family heirlooms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of the Quartermaines. There are some who say, \u201cDrew has as much right to Tracy\u2019s heirlooms as anyone else.\u201d You are wrong.<\/em> Period. Sure, Drew has Alan\u2019s DNA, but unlike Jason, Drew did not grow up in the Q household, and he never even met Alan, Edward, or Lila, so the family heirlooms mean nothing to him. He was Alan\u2019s biological son, not Monica\u2019s, and she purposely left him nothing. As Willie Wonka says to bad children, \u201cYou get nothing! You lose!\u201d Drew better give Tracy her stuff back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can hardly wait until Tracy finds out that Drew left Ned on the sidewalk to die after his heart attack. I hope Olivia tells Tracy everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who shot Drew Cain?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I want to have a word with Selina Woo to see if she fired the sharpshooter who missed when he shot Drew. If that\u2019s even who shot him. This reveal is taking forever! Was it Michael? Willow? Alexis? Scout? Curtis? Portia? Sidwell? I mean, is there anyone in Port Charles other than Willow who doesn\u2019t hate Drew? Even if the writers want to keep the storyline going, can they at least let *us* in on who shot Drew?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is anyone worse than Chase at reading Willow, it’s Nina justifying every rotten thing that Willow does. Nina would send anyone to prison, guilty or not, if it meant getting Willow off the hook. Some people say, \u201cAny parent would do that for their child.\u201d But would they really? I would like to think that some parents would say, \u201cHoney, I love you, but you need to turn yourself in. I\u2019ll come visit you in prison every week, but you have to take responsibility for what you did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The things we do for love <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

And the thing is, twenty years ago I would have said the total opposite. I would have said yes, cover for your kid under any circumstance. But then you live through the years, and you see the damage a mentally unstable person can do to their own families, like we all witnessed recently in the news.  Then you must reconsider your position and say, \u201cNo, that child needed more help than the family could offer. As hard as it may have been, they probably should have been institutionalized.\u201d It\u2019s a hard pill to swallow, no doubt. I have judged friends and family for kicking their unstable kids out under similar circumstances. Now I need to apologize to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Nina really loved Willow, she would not work so hard to bury the evidence against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case against Willow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Which brings me to Acting-ADA Turner. So, the police didn\u2019t get copies of the footage? In this day and age when it would take like 4 seconds to make a copy. \ud83d\ude44 Someone needs to hire Spinelli to restore it. If anyone could do it, he can. Meanwhile, it was clever of Turner to ask Kristina about Dawn of Day and Willow\u2019s weird past. Knowing that Willow was a former cult member trained in weaponry will give the jury pause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love Katelyn MacMullen and she\u2019s doing excellent work, but I genuinely hope she is not Drew\u2019s shooter. Even though she secretly loathes him and only married him to look innocent, I don\u2019t want her to be a killer. For all we know, it might have been Jacinda, or her pimp, or a rogue goon of Ms. Wu, or even Danny because Drew wouldn\u2019t let him see his sister. But I do hope it\u2019s someone we don\u2019t love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina doing Jack’s bidding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In Nina\u2019s quest to exonerate Willow, she is doing Jack\u2019s bidding by trying to get Charlotte to open up about Valentin. When Charlotte started to confess to Nina about hearing from Valentin, Nina shut her down, so Nina wouldn\u2019t have to tell Jack what Charlotte had confided. Back when Michelle Stafford played Nina, Valentin and Nina were my \u201cit\u201d couple, but after Stafford left, the writers seemed to lose interest in the pairing. But I think Nina still has some level of loyalty to Valentin and wouldn\u2019t want to hurt Charlotte, even to save Willow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad returns!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I know there is mixed response to this next development, but I for one am thrilled to have Brad Cooper back in town. Yes, yes, he does bring out the worst in Britt, and they are terrible influences on one another, but hey, my best friend and I have the same dynamic and that\u2019s what makes our friendship so much FUN. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s nice to have at least one person in your life you can speak to without a filter. Brad and Britt are so much fun to watch. I really hope they do watch the Oscars together and have an entire stand-alone episode of the two of them mocking the ceremony.  Hopefully, there’s YouTube in the land of soaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they can\u2019t get into too much trouble as they are both broke. Brad can\u2019t even blackmail Portia anymore because her secret is out. Well, at least one of her secrets. Here\u2019s hoping he finds out that she cheated with Isaiah and uses that threat as his next money maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second chances<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lucas signed a letter for Britt to get her medical license back and I hope she gets it. Maybe she can hire Alexis as her attorney since Alexis knows what it\u2019s like. I was happy to hear Alexis tell Drew that she lost her license once and wasn\u2019t going to lose it again, especially because of him. But apparently, she was willing to lose it over locking Ric in her basement. Bygones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little love on General Hospital<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This week, General Hospital<\/em> gave us a healthy dose of heartwarming scenes. First up, Gio and Dante agreeing to make nice for Rocco\u2019s sake. Our hope of course is that while they are faking it until they make it, they will actually grow closer and get to appreciate one another as father and son.  Giovanni Mazza was a great addition to the cast this year, as was his girlfriend Emma, played by Braedyn Bruner. I always get anxious when we get wonderful young actors on General Hospital<\/em> because they get plucked away. (I’m looking at you, Nicholas Alexander Chavez)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dom Zamprogna and Gio have wonderful chemistry and here\u2019s hoping their family is on the path to wholeness by the new year. Finn Carr as Rocco has such a sweetness and vulnerability to him, you can\u2019t help but root for Rocco and understand everyone\u2019s inclination to protect him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend in need<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Another sweet scene this week was between Lulu and Nathan. Have I mentioned how happy I am that Ryan Paevey is back? I just love him. I\u2019ll watch him on General Hospital<\/em>, Hallmark or anything else he does. He and Alexa Havins have a natural and easy rhythm together. They both love Maxie and they have both experienced waking up and losing years of their life. They understand one another. I worry about the two of them developing romantic feelings for one another just as Maxie is about to come home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, when Lulu came back at the end of last year, we thought she and Dante would have reunited by now. But no, the writers won\u2019t let us have nice things. Shall we list all the storylines that are taking too long to get to the climax? Oh wait, no. Liz and I have the Best and Worst of General Hospital<\/em> 2025 columns coming up. Let\u2019s save it for then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will happen tomorrow, dear readers? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Will Carly get matching Christmas jammies for her and Valentin since he will definitely still be in her attic for the holidays? Will Brad and Britt dine and dash again after they get out of jail since they have Champagne taste, no morals, and zero cash? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Outback going to help her lab dog pals get adopted for Christmas? Will Drew end up being Shiloh after all and snap when people disparage Dawn of Day? Will Martin convince Drew to give Tracy her toys back?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Portia going to be able to keep up the lie about her pretend friend caring for her before Curtis finds her in the Love Shack with Isaiah? Will we find out who was eavesdropping on Tracy and Michael when she agreed to lie for him in court?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, will you check out Dan J Kroll’s latest Beyond the Gates commentary? It may be a holly, jolly time of year, but it’s more like a Blue Christmas<\/a><\/strong> for the residents of Fairmont Crest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only tomorrow knows, dear readers, and I will tune in tomorrow as long as there are tomorrows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tamilu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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