{"id":4562,"date":"2026-02-21T00:50:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danjkroll.com\/blog\/?p=4562"},"modified":"2026-02-21T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:32:42","slug":"general-hospital-commentary-your-lying-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danjkroll.com\/blog\/general-hospital-commentary-your-lying-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"General Hospital Commentary: Your Lying Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
How much longer can Willow keep her secrets buried? Was Marco honest with Lucas, or was it just another lie to keep Lucas from walking out? How will Brook Lynn react when Chase takes the fall for the planted key on Michael\u2019s keyring? Let\u2019s discuss that, and the beautiful tribute to Anthony Geary in an all-new General Hospital<\/em> commentary for the week ending February 20, 2026.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

If General Hospital<\/em> had a theme this week, it was lies, lies, lies. The lies we tell ourselves, the lies we tell others, and the lies that we get caught up in. Then there’s Nathan, a man with more questions and secrets swirling around him than answers. What happens now that Maxie is awake and reunited with her loved ones — and Nathan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reunited, and it feels so …<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The moment many of us Naxie (Nathan and Maxie) fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. Maxie woke up from a six-month coma, sprang (literally) out of bed and rejoined the land of the living. I was so happy that I didn\u2019t mind just how preposterous it all was. No feeding tube, no catheter, no monitors of any kind, and no muscle atrophy. Just a simple black shirt, a pair of light-colored jeans, and socks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My husband was in a coma for three days back in 2020 and he needed two weeks of occupational therapy just to sit in a chair unsupervised. Aaah, the magic of soaps. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family first<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I wasn\u2019t selfish enough to expect Nathan and Maxie’s reunion to happen right away. The writers did things the right way. Maxie was greeted by her two eldest children and her mother. Loved that for Felicia, Georgie, and James. I was even delighted for Spinelli when he walked into Maxie’s room and saw that his lady love was awake. I might want Nathan and Maxie to get back together — provided he’s the real Nathan — but I didn’t begrudge Spixie (Spinelli and Maxie) their reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, Maxie returned home where she shared a heartwarming reunion with Mac, Bailey (who squeezed in a visit with her mom between naps), Brook Lynn, and that jerk Chase. Even Lulu stopped by to say hello. By this point I was getting rather impatient because it was Naxie\u2019s reunion that I most wanted to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At last<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As Thursday\u2019s episode drew to a close, both Nathan and Maxie ended up at the cemetery where inexplicably there was still a headstone for Nathan\u2019s empty grave. Creepy. I’d want that sucker filled in and the headstone destroyed. But I guess it works for dramatic effect. Unfortunately, our General Hospital <\/em>scribes love a little emotional torture, so they are making us Naxie fans wait until Monday for everything to unfold. Grrr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would love to see Nathan and Maxie run into each other’s arms, share a passionate kiss, and pick up where they left off. But this is a soap not a fairytale. Nothing is ever easy, and happily-ever-after is never lasting. Nathan and Maxie were living that life when Nathan was shot by his diabolical father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My endless love<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To say things are complicated would be an understatement. The General Hospital <\/em>writers have made sure to make this as soapy as possible. Spinelli loves Maxie, and together they\u2019ve created a wonderful life as a blended family. Meanwhile, Nathan is the man on the outside, trying to connect with his son while Maxie lingered in a coma. He found an understanding ear in Lulu, whom he developed feelings for and kissed a couple of times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But all the reasons that Nathan grew close to Lulu are now true for Maxie too. Maxie has the same insight and understanding into Nathan’s seven-year hiatus from life that Lulu has. Will his feelings for Lulu fade now that Maxie is back in his life? I hope so because I really can\u2019t ship Nathan and Lulu, even if Maxie ultimately decides that her future is with Spinelli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, I’m going to need some answers. Real answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maxie knows best<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Is Nathan really Nathan or is he and imposter? I don’t know, but Maxie will. No one knows Nathan better than she does. I realize there was a DNA test, but never in the history of DNA tests have they ever been reliable on General Hospital <\/em>when shenanigans are afoot. Nathan suddenly returning from the dead a few months before a villainous WSB director who is blackmailing Nathan’s back-from-the-dead sister, and reviving their megalomaniac father’s work definitely qualifies as shenanigans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it turns out that Nathan isn\u2019t Nathan, I want Maxie to take him down. This is her story, not Lulu\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sisters before misters<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I know it\u2019s a soap, but Lulu is absolutely breaking the best friend code. If any of my best friends developed feelings for my husband \u2013 even if I was dead \u2013 I would be livid. I swear I’d come back and go full poltergeist on them. My husband is off limits. Period. End of conversation. Lulu and Nathan aren\u2019t in love. They are lonely. A true friend would step back, let Nathan and Maxie work things out for themselves, and move on. Sisters before misters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best thing that Lulu can do right now \u2013 besides not going to her enabling mother for advice \u2013 is focus on her kids and maybe create a profile on a dating website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sorry, so sorry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lucas learned the truth about Marco when he overheard Sidwell and Marco plotting. Lucas doesn\u2019t know everything, but he knows enough, and that Britt\u2019s life is at risk.  When Lucas confronted Marco, I had a moment or two of concern because nothing good ever comes of arguing on Wyndemere\u2019s parapets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily for Lucas, Marco panicked and quickly promised to drop his vendetta against Sonny. I don\u2019t believe Marco for a second. I think he said what he needed to in order to keep Lucas from walking out. Marco would have promised Lucas the moon if Lucas had asked for it. I have no idea why Lucas believes Marco\u2019s promises when he\u2019d just caught Marco in such a massive lie, but he did and here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love will keep us together<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When did Lucas become such a schmuck? Did he learn nothing from that disastrous marriage to Brad? Someone who can look you in the eye and lie to you day after day is not someone who truly loves you. It\u2019s a betrayal. As they say, when someone shows you who they are, believe them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very fact that Marco blames Sonny for Natalia knocking back scotches and accidentally overdosing on pills shows us who Marco is. Vengeful, delusional, and borderline sociopathic. Natalia\u2019s death is merely an excuse. Marco barely tolerated his mother and accused her of being messy and a drunk on more than one occasion. He went a long period of having absolutely nothing to do with her because of her homophobic views. He has loved her more in death than I ever saw when Natalia was alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is it so impossible for Marco to see that Natalia died by her own hand? The idea that Sonny would run away with Natalia and live out his life far away from his children and grandchildren is something that Natalia invented in her own crazy mind. For Marco to blame Sonny for not being there for Natalia at the end, when Marco wasn’t either, is beyond hypocritical. Marco ignored her calls and text messages that night too \u2013 and he was her son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the catacombs!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It won\u2019t be long before Carly and Lucas team up and hit the catacombs to find out what Marco is hiding. The question is what will Marco do when he has to choose between Lucas and Sidwell? And he will because this is General Hospital<\/em>. The only reason Sidwell and Cullum would be working on a cold fusion weapon is if they are planning world domination. That’s how these soap plots work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Marco does manage to escape this evil plot alive, his life will be in shambles, and he will likely be headed to jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key to Chase’s ruin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chase might land in the same boat as Marco because Chase is about to have his world turned upside down. It’s almost a certainty that his latest attempt to take Michael down will cost Chase his career, marriage, and possible freedom. As it should. Chase has been stubborn, blind, and completely wrong from the start. He doesn\u2019t deserve to be a detective, and he certainly hasn’t shown a smidgen of fairness or loyalty to his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shame! Shame!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I still don\u2019t understand why Chase is so adamant that Willow could never shoot anyone. How many times has she lied to him over the years? Betrayed him? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the same woman who was in love with Michael, but married Chase out of pity and then stayed by his side because she was too afraid to be honest. A woman who kept her cancer a secret. Someone whom he\u2019s caught on several occasions defying a court order and sneaking onto the Quartermaine property. Chase likes to point to Michael\u2019s lies as proof of Michael’s guilt, but Willow lied too. She was on Drew\u2019s street at the time of the shooting, and the gun was found in her bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chase has been trying to prove Michael guilty rather than following the evidence, and now he will pay a price for that. I have no pity for him. If there was any doubt that things are about to go very badly for Chase, Brook Lynn’s sudden decision to adopt and immediately call Alexis to get the ball rolling sealed Chase’s fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all about the key<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Chase\u2019s first mistake — besides not being objective — was taking Michael’s keys and going over to Drew’s<\/s> Willow\u2019s house. His second was in not asking the obvious. Why would Michael keep the key all these months? Instead, Chase put the bug in Nathan\u2019s ear to check Michael\u2019s keys then sat back and smugly watched as Michael handed the incriminating evidence over without hesitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It looks bad for Chase. He sat on the witness stand and admitted that he\u2019d been secretly investigating Michael because Chase believed Michael had shot Drew. How reliable could that key have ever been when Chase had the means, motive, and opportunity to plant it on Michael\u2019s keyring? Now, Chase’s cries of innocence will fall on deaf ears because Wiley witnessed Chase being shady with the keys. Out of the mouths of babes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Willow is going to hate that her efforts to frame Michael were foiled by her son. Love it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These boots are made for walking<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Will this be the final straw for Brook Lynn? Chase might not be loyal to the Quartermaines, but Brook Lynn is. When someone goes after one of their own, they close ranks. As I said earlier, the writing is on the wall. Brook Lynn’s sudden change of heart about adoption was a bad omen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would love for Brook Lynn to be free of Chase. I’ve lost all respect for him, and he’s repeatedly put Willow’s interests ahead of Brook Lynn’s. Brook Lynn asked Chase on several occasions to drop the investigation. She warned him that it might cost him his job, but he continually ignored her. At some point, Brook Lynn is going to wonder why Chase is willing to risk everything for Willow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third time\u2019s the charm<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, Willow\u2019s secrets are likely to remain buried a while longer. Chase will be fired and possibly given the boot by Brook Lynn for his shifty behavior, but I won’t be satisfied until he knows the truth about that little viper Willow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, it wouldn\u2019t be General Hospital<\/em> if there was a twist or two in the wings. Will Chase end up on Willow\u2019s doorstep looking for a place to crash and learn the truth when he overhears another revealing confession to Drew? How far will Willow go to keep her secrets? Would she kill Chase? Third time might be the charm for Killow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People love it when you lose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My first reaction when Sidwell approached Willow with the idea of taking Drew\u2019s place in Congress was to laugh. How is she going to keep Drew drugged if she\u2019s in Washington, D.C.? Then I realized that Drew spent very little time in Washington, D.C., so Willow is good. Willow would be a fool to agree, but that wouldn\u2019t be very soapy of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same is true for Alexis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They love dirty laundry<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Both Alexis and Willow have plenty of dirty laundry that they can\u2019t afford to get out. Alexis embezzled money from Ace\u2019s trust fund, and she not only covered up an attempted murder (when Kristina tampered Ric’s car brakes) but Alexis also kidnapped and held Ric hostage. And that\u2019s just in 2025. Not to be outdone, Willow has attempted murder twice, she\u2019s actively keeping Drew drugged and locked in his body, she messed around with baby Daisy, and she is trying to frame Michael for a crime that she committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexis is the better option of the two, but Willow has Nina who fancies herself a political guru when she’s not busy being a fashionista. What will Alexis do when she learns that her political opponent is the would-be killer that she just secured a not guilty verdict for? Will Alexis go to Willow and advise her blackmailing client to drop out because several people know Willow’s dirty little secret? Willow might not face charges because of double jeopardy, but I can’t imagine it would play well with voters that she got away with attempted murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winners and losers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I really don’t care who ends up taking Drew’s seat, but I hope this election is a countdown to Willow’s comeuppance. Wiley and Amelia need to be far away from her until she faces justice and spends some time behind bars. I don’t even care if that jail is Shadybrook because Willow desperately needs therapy. Is she redeemable? She hasn’t killed anyone — yet. I don’t even blame her for shooting Drew. My issue has always been what she’s done to Michael and Daisy, and how she failed to protect her kids from Drew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Willow gets help, atones for her wrongs, and genuinely turns her life around, yes, she’s redeemable. But I’m going to need to see her downfall first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A final goodbye<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Now, let’s talk about Friday. It was a standalone episode and tribute to Anthony Geary and Luke Spencer. It was beautifully written with so many wonderful flashbacks of past decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The early flashbacks of Luke and Laura took me back to my childhood when I’d sit in the living with my mom, who’d take a break from her many duties, to watch General Hospital<\/em>. I was supposed to quietly be doing my homework, but I was completely captivated by the adventures of Luke and Laura. Eventually, my mom just accepted that I loved General Hospital<\/em> as much as she did. These days, she gets a kick out of being the one who introduced me to something that I’m still passionate about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days gone by<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I recalled each and every one of the scenes they shared. Luke meeting Sonny, Luke and Tracy’s antics, and how Tracy had been shaken to her core when Luke had suffered those heart attacks. I remembered Luke, Laura and Lucky naming Lesley Lu, and that time Laura watched Luke with their daughter through a window. Like all the other record number of viewers, I was riveted when Luke and Laura married, and shocked when Scott tries to derail the wedding. I loved it all and went through quite a few tissues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday’s tribute episode transported me to a time when things moved fast on General Hospital<\/em>, and there were always exciting twists and turns. Maybe it was because spoilers weren’t as readily available as they are these days, but you never knew how things would go. Oh, you’d have your theories, but the writers would inevitably take things in a direction that you never saw coming. Luke and Laura’s storylines were often that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cried as I listened to Laura talk about the impact that Luke had on her life. Through much of it, I heard Genie talking to Tony. It breaks my heart that we will never see him again except in flashbacks. He made such an incredible contribution to General Hospital<\/em> and the soap genre as a whole. <\/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\u2019ll take \u201cThings we never saw\u201d for $100<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

On the February 16, 2026 episode, Felicia told Maxie that Anna had Nathan\u2019s coffin exhumed and it had been empty. Except, that\u2019s the first that many of us had heard of it. There were a few who were certain it had happened, but no one was able to provide me with a date or episode for reference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome back, parapets. We missed you!<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I was so glad to see the parapets make an appearance when Lucas tracked down Marco to confront Marco about his lies. I just wish Lucas had shoved Marco over them. Regardless, welcome back our beloved gloomy castle and treacherous cliffs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love means throwing hatchets<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I found it hilarious that everyone headed to the \u201chatchet range\u201d (as Molly called it) on Valentine\u2019s Day. Nothing says \u201cI love you\u201d like getting liquored up and throwing axes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sending out an SOS<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Drew has a secret weapon that I don\u2019t think Willow considered. It dawned on me when I saw him blinking at Alexis that he does have a way to communicate. Drew is an ex-Navy SEAL, which means he knows Morse code. How long before someone figures out that they can chat with Drew in Morse code?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey there, Georgie girl<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I’m seriously gobsmacked at how much Lily Fisher looks like Lindze Letherman (Georgie Jones). Are we sure General Hospital<\/em> doesn’t have a secret lab somewhere in the studio where they are cloning actors? I swear, casting always does an incredible job when picking family members. Viron Weaver looks like he could be Chloe Lanier’s son, Alexa Havins Bruening and Julie Marie Berman (ex-Lulu Spencer) could be sisters, and both could easily pass for Genie Francis’ real life daughters.<\/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

Anna resurfaces<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

How did Anna get to France? Did they remember that they have the GH Transporter? Here\u2019s a clue that everyone seemed to miss, if Anna was working for the WSB, why was she arrested in France and why didn\u2019t the WSB know about it? Mac and Felicia should have picked up on that. <\/strong>— JDF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did Anna get to France from Wyndemere\u2019s Catacombs? Ah, the TARDIS!! Why do I think this detective Rousseau or whoever it is that they say they spoke to is actually Pascal?<\/strong> — Missez Premise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiley saves the day!<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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My stomach dropped not because I was upset but because this kid came through. When I heard him say that I screamed so loud. My poor husband has to deal with me. BUT, he enjoys the show to and when he misses it, he\u2019ll ask me what happened and I fill him in at dinner. \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23. GO GET\u2026<\/p>— DEBRA \u2764\ufe0f\u270c\ufe0f\ud83c\udfb6 (@debraann5150) February 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>