General Hospital blog - December, 2025
December 1st, 2025
Nina basically offers to be a getaway driver for Willow if she wants to run out on her wedding to Drew. Willow more or less admits that she doesn't love Drew and is only marrying him to help her trial defense, which will put her in a better position to get her kids back. She shows up to the world's most pathetic wedding, where the only guests are Scout, Elizabeth, Nina, and Alexis...though Michael is lurking outside, for some reason. Chase attempts to break the Quartermaine curse by cooking a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Everyone thinks he's crazy and/or tempting fate. Ned is out of the hospital in time for dinner, so Brook is already having a great day even before Gio and Emma show up. Amazingly, even obstacles like a smoke alarm and the threat of Outback eating the turkey don't ruin the meal. But Brook is sick of waiting for the other shoe to drop and decides that they should donate the food to the hospital staff instead of eating it. By the time the Quartermaines get home from making that delivery, there are pizzas waiting for them, thanks to a preemptive order by Tracy. Kai and Marshall attend the Ashfords' Thanksgiving, but that's where the happy holiday ends for Trina. First, Jordan shows up (but comes up with an excuse to leave when she sees that Trina doesn't want her there). Then she overhears Marshall and Stella talking about the baby she's heard nothing about. Then she catches Curtis and Jordan kissing. And to top it all off, Nathan shows up to talk to Curtis about Drew's shooting. Isaiah gives up his day off so he can spend Thanksgiving working with Portia.
I don't care if Drew and Willow get married. I just don't want them having any children together.
This will be Willow's fourth marriage. She has only been on the show for seven years.
The only people happy about this wedding are Drew and Scout. Maybe Martin, if he can bill for his time.
I don't know what Nina expected Nathan to do about the wedding. What did she think he would do, tell her to object and make a scene?
"I hope you get everything you deserve." Welcome to the resistance, Kai!
I appreciate Ned's efforts, but Gio isn't the one who needs to keep an open mind about his and Dante's relationship. Someone needs to tell Dante to cut the crap, grow up, and make an effort.
How can Portia and Isaiah be part of a paternity mystery and still be so incredibly boring?
December 2nd, 2025
Apparently Nathan can't wait until Thanksgiving is over to question Curtis, so Curtis has to leave dinner and go to the police station. Since he can't get in touch with a lawyer, he insists that Jordan be allowed to attend the questioning, and I guess Nathan doesn't have the guts to say no to his former boss. He reveals that records from the Savoy's security company show that Curtis left long before Drew was shot, so his claim that he was with Jordan at the time doesn't hold up. Curtis is pretty confident that the police don't have anything tying him to the shooting, so even though he doesn't have a solid alibi, he doesn't seem worried. Nathan shares that the lack of evidence in Drew's house makes it seem like this was a professional hit. He turns out to be right: Flashbacks show that Curtis met with Selina that night and offered her $1 million to kill Drew. Willow goes through with the wedding, so...there's that. Everyone there except Drew and Scout thinks she made a horrible decision. Brook is worried about screwing things up with Gio after they've started going so well. He tells her she can relax and urges her to just be honest. She puts that back on him and asks for more details on the lab break-in. He explains the teens' involvement and how everything unfolded, and she agrees that, while he was wrong to get the kids involved, the way things played out wasn't his fault. Gio has decided to stop letting Dante make him feel bad, because while Dante has the right to be mad, Gio has the right to not listen to him. Kevin comes home early from a trip to Dublin, and after dragging things out for the whole episode for dramatic reasons, or whatever, Laura finally tells him about the Dalton situation. Michael just wanted to see for himself that Willow was marrying Drew, and once he's confirmed it, he leaves and hangs out with Jacinda. The two of them get to know each other a little better, and after the line between their staged relationship and their real attraction to each other continues to blur, they end up in her bedroom. Trina thinks that Curtis and Jordan's makeout session means he's been cheating on Portia, which is why they're getting divorced. Stella believes it, too, and tells Marshall to talk some sense into his son. Marshall tells her to mind her own business. Trina's upset about a lot of things, but she tells Kai that the worst part of all of this is that she's realizing that Curtis might actually have shot Drew. Someone slipped Emma an address that she thinks is Dalton's lab, so she and Gio mobilize for a second attempt at a break-in.
Wow. I never seriously suspected Curtis, and I definitely wouldn't have guessed that he hired Selina to kill Drew. I also wouldn't have guessed that he had $1 million just lying around, or that Selina would kill someone for such a small (to her, at least) amount.
Kevin, Leo, Selina, Ace – so many people coming back this week after a long time off-screen.
Yes, Gio! You AREN'T obligated to let Dante yell at you!
Who gave Emma the address of the lab (assuming that's what it is)? Hmm...
December 3rd, 2025
Dante tells Rocco that he's not allowed to hang out with Gio anymore. Rocco accuses him of doing to him what Drew is doing to Danny and Scout. He doesn't want Gio blamed for his mistakes, but Dante notes that those mistakes were both connected to Gio, so it's hard to argue that he's not a bad influence. Lulu sides with Dante, though later, she tells him he can't forbid Rocco from seeing family and instead needs to explain his concerns so Rocco understands them. Rocco has no intention of listening to his father, since he abandoned his wife and son to work for the WSB. Rocco takes off for Sonny's house, and though Sonny gives him permission to spend the night so he and Dante can both cool off, he chastises Rocco for running away instead of discussing the situation with his father. Curtis flat-out lies to Nathan about his whereabouts and encounters the night of Drew's shooting, and Jordan backs him up with no idea that she's basically an accessory after the fact now. Laura tells Kevin all the details of the Dalton situation and how it was handled. He's not thrilled that she's now in too deep to come clean, but he supports her and doesn't second-guess her decision to get Sonny involved. Emma gives Gio the chance to back out of the break-in plan, but he's fully on board. Not only is the address for Dalton's lab, the two of them get in and out with no problem, successfully rescuing a bunch of dogs. Ava arranges for Nina and Portia to be at the Brown Dog at he same time, ostensibly to help them work through the fact that one betrayed the other. It goes much worse than they expected, and the two end up fighting in the bathroom. Nina thinks that not turning Portia in to the police makes it okay that she got word to Alexis that Portia is a good scapegoat. Portia reveals that she's pregnant, as if that makes her more of a victim, and complains that Nina is too focused on Willow to care about what happens to anyone else. In the end, they're both mad at each other and probably equally mad at Ava. Ric shows up at Sonny's after Thanksgiving dinner and the two of them, like, bond and stuff. It's weird.
I hope Curtis explains to Jordan how Edward's gun got brought into this.
I'm surprised Trina isn't hunting for Portia to confront her for keeping her pregnancy a secret.
Isaiah's going to be the last to find out about the pregnancy, isn't he? Even Nina already knows!
If I were Ava, I would have left the second Portia and Nina both went into the restroom, so they couldn't yell at me again.
I can't wait to see what stupid thing Ric inevitably does that ruins his relationship with Sonny yet again.
December 4th, 2025
Curtis confesses everything to Jordan, who's less upset about him hiring a hitwoman to kill his former best friend than she is about him making her an accomplice after the fact. She points out that Curtis never said he went through with his plan after talking to Selina. He claims that he never wired her the money because he couldn't bring himself to be responsible for someone's death. Jordan believes him, but the jury's out on whether he's telling the truth or just wanted to ease her mind. Ric blasts Gio and Emma for bringing the dogs to Sonny's house and making Rocco an accomplice after the fact. But when Dante shows up and puts together what happened, Ric offers up a possible defense, which Gio and Emma run with. They tell Dante that they heard the dogs in some random building and rescued them, which makes them heroes. Dante goes back on his anti-Gio tirade, but Sonny shuts him down and tells him to be a father instead of a cop. He says the same thing Lulu did about Dante needing to handle things differently and sympathizes when Dante laments Rocco blasting him for abandoning him and Lulu. Despite all that, Dante is still tempted to take Gio and Emma in, but Rocco gets him to agree to stay quiet by offering to return home with him. Sidwell tries to blackmail Laura with a photo of her with Dalton's body. She plays it off like she thinks it's fake, but she can't keep a poker face when he shows her a photo of her with Sonny at her car. He's delighted to have both of them on the hook, especially because now he can use the mayor as a puppet to do whatever he wants. Even worse for Laura, she'll be getting her orders from Ezra. Cody texts Molly to invite her to the Brown Dog, but she's having a Davis Women night and doesn't see the message. Once she does, Kristina pretties her up and sends her off for another shot with her crush. But Britt is already there, reconnecting with her onetime near-love interest, and when Molly arrives, they're dancing. Molly gets the wrong idea and leaves, unaware that Cody would rather be with her. Jason can barely take his eyes off of Britt, who definitely plays up her flirtation with Cody to try to make him jealous. When Jason second-guesses her decision to keep getting drunk, she dares him to kiss her. Kai suggests that he and Trina clear Curtis' name (and possibly Portia's) by finding out who really shot Drew. Trina's hesitant to do any digging in case she uncovers the fact that one of her parents was responsible. Kai doesn't think either of them could have gone that far, not to mention framed Willow for it. Trina's convinced and agrees to investigate with him. Spinelli just got back from taking the kids to visit Maxie, and he can't stop worrying that she'll never get better or will even die before she wakes up. Jason urges him not to let go of hope.
Yeah, I don't think I believe that Curtis didn't go through with the hit.
Dante should be more careful about just walking into a mob boss' house.
My favorite part of this episode was Rick Hearst cuddling a dog in a way Ric never would.
Dante can be mad at Gio all he wants for not getting Rocco help when he had alcohol poisoning, but he can't blame Gio for Rocco deciding to drink in the first place.
Not seen: Donna and Avery finding the room all the dogs were in and screaming with joy.
Interesting that Britt found it so amusing that Cody almost dated his cousin. Someone should let him know that she almost hooked up with her brother once.
Kai made an excellent point: The shooter is someone who not only wanted Drew dead but had no problem framing someone else for his shooting.
You know things are bad when Spinelli's drinking beer instead of orange soda.
December 5th, 2025
Sidwell visits Sonny to use the photos of Dalton's body to force him to give up his piers. He's already made arrangements so that if anything happens to him or Marco, the police will get the pictures and the gun that killed Dalton, which has Laura's DNA on it. Basically, Sidwell's getting everything he wants, plus the pleasure of knowing that Sonny has to basically protect him and Marco. Laura dreams of Cyrus and Esme confronting her for the Dalton situation and urging her to confess to the police. Kevin tells her that her subconscious is keeping her guilt at the forefront, but she doesn't have to listen to it. Laura admits that if she didn't have to worry about Ace, she would throw herself on Anna's mercy, but she can't just think about herself. Plus, she'd have to implicate Sonny, since Nathan saw him at her car. She thinks that she can stay a step ahead of Sidwell and follow his orders long enough to keep herself out of trouble. Brennan correctly guesses that Josslyn was the one who slipped Emma the address of the lab. Josslyn stands by that decision since the WSB raided the lab but didn't rescue the dogs. He also calls her out for reconnecting with Vaughn and threatens to have her relocated if it happens again. Josslyn knows he hasn't done it already because of Carly, which I think makes her feel a little bolder in standing up to him. He reminds her of their objective, and when she says that they need to destroy the technology Dalton was developing, he reveals that the WSB wants it for themselves. Carly tries to make amends with Lucas, but her views on Marco haven't changed. Now that she knows what Brennan's been keeping from her, she's even more worried about Lucas being deceived. Lucas won't accept her attempt to reconcile since she still doesn't approve of his relationship with Marco, and he wants to be left alone for a little while. Felicia isn't taking sides or anything, but she tells Lucas that Bobbie wouldn't want him and Carly to be at odds like this. Just as Brennan gets a call that shocks him, Carly comes face-to-face with a home intruder: Valentin. Josslyn admits to Trina that she hooked up with Vaughn again, and now he's ghosted her. Trina thinks that's good, since he lied to her about his job and she shouldn't be with him. Also, she and Kai apparently got back together off-screen. Britt is a sloppy drunk and Jason has no backbone.
I wish I hadn't been spoiled for Cyrus and Esme's appearances. That would have been a great surprise.
Why is Laura the one getting visited by ghosts instead of Drew?
Weird that Laura said Cyrus was dead. Only Josslyn and Brennan know that.
Laura's forgetting that she has a secret weapon to help her stay ahead of Sidwell: Jordan.
Laura needs to rethink her logic about Sonny. The police wouldn't believe that he killed Dalton and put the body in her car.
Valentin, man. You didn't need to break in.
December 8th, 2025
Carly tries to rush Valentin out of her house, but he thinks that since they're partners in their quest to bring down Brennan, she should aid and abet him. Josslyn worries that Valentin will go after Carly again, and though Brennan wants to be the one to protect her, he knows he needs to go make nice with the police so they'll help him find his fugitive. Josslyn goes to Carly's instead, narrowly missing Valentin. Once she's gone upstairs, Carly banishes Valentin to her shed for the night. Lulu panics when she hears about Valentin's escape, and she basically puts Charlotte on house arrest. She asks Charlotte to promise that if Valentin shows up, she won't run away with him. Charlotte admits that she doesn't know what she would do in that situation. Dante sends Nathan over to keep an eye on things, and he takes Charlotte's phone, even though she says Valentin won't use it to communicate with her, since he knows Lulu could find out too easily. Lulu regrets ever letting Charlotte visit Valentin, since she feels like he's used Charlotte to escape. Lucas and Marco try to spend at least a little of Thanksgiving together, but Pascal is looming around and generally paying way too much attention to them. They're further interrupted when Chase shows up to search Wyndemere in case Valentin came to hide out there. Marco resists permitting the search without a warrant, but he obeys when Pascal tells him to do it. He's relieved when the police don't find anything related to Valentin or Faison's final project. He tells Pascal that if Lucas ever finds out what they're up to or how involved Marco is, they'll be over. Brennan joins Dante to question Alexis about any contact she may have had with Valentin that could indicate that she helped him escape. She doesn't really want to let the police snoop around in her business, which just makes Brennan suspicious. Valentin's escape makes Brook think of the whole Bailey saga, which in turn makes her regret letting Ned think he was a grandfather when he wasn't. He's over it, especially since he has a real grandchild now, and that grandchild is both a great person and saved his life.
I'm really enjoying Valentin and Carly's "I need you to do this"/"I will absolutely not be doing that" routine.
"We all have to be honest with each other and trust each other." You first, Nathan, if that is, in fact, who you are.
I guess Pascal forgot all the manners he displayed while working at the Five Poppies.
Brennan, let's, uh...let's not look through the Cassadines' financial records. Let's pretend you never suggested that.
December 9th, 2025
Valentin asks Carly to get a message to Anna, which she can't do since she doesn't know where Anna is. Valentin's next request is to leave a key with a blue ribbon on it at Lulu's house as a signal to Charlotte that he's okay and she should stay put. Once Carly's done that, Valentin presses his luck by inviting himself to stay in her attic until Anna returns. Brennan wants to get insight from Charlotte on where Valentin might hide out, but Lulu objects. She's feeling understandably overwhelmed by everything going on, since both of her kids' futures are up in the air. Dante admits that part of him suspects that Sonny killed Dalton. Sonny and Laura share notes about Sidwell and what he expects of them. The two of them and Jason decides that she should follow Sidwell's instructions and make him believe he's won. Then she can work on learning what he's up to and maybe even why he came to town. Instead of working with Willow on her testimony, Alexis has Drew go over the events of the night of his shooting. He almost remembers something he didn't recall before, but he can't quite get there. He still plans to point the finger at Michael, and Alexis has to talk him down, warning that the jury won't take him seriously. Drew doesn't care, since just getting Michael's name out there is enough for him. Britt is her typical prickly self with Jason, who's his typical doormat self in turn. Marco is the only one acting atypically, ordering Britt to report to work at a new lab and reminding her how powerless she is. Justine is pretty sure that Dalton is dead, and she asks Mac if Sonny could have killed him. Of course, Mac says yes. Molly is surprised about Justine's suspicions, since it looked to her like they were getting close. Justine reveals that she's playing him in hopes that he'll drop his guard. Mac worries that by spending so much time in Boston with Maxie, he's neglecting his grandkids. Emma thinks he knows what's best and urges him not to second-guess himself. Anna is being held in what looks like a normal apartment, except for the two-way mirror that she knows someone's using to watch her.
Carly, you're going to get arrested, and it's going to be because of a guy who is absolutely not worth it. (Though I assume she could convince Brennan that Valentin forced her to let him stay.)
Brennan thinks Charlotte will help him find Valentin? Why would she do that?
Why was Suzanne in this episode?
I don't like mean Marco.
Hey, it's Mac! They're letting Mac do stuff!
December 10th, 2025
Alexis doesn't want Willow to testify at her trial, since she has a history of not being able to control her emotions in court. Willow won't take no for an answer, so Suzanne offers to act as a juror to assess her testimony. Willow and Drew think she nailed it, but Alexis and Suzanne disagree – Willow sounded like someone who would do anything to get her kids back, including commit murder. Nina admits to Curtis that she pointed someone in Portia's direction and Portia might end up on the police's radar. Curtis is understandably upset, and Nina is unsurprisingly unapologetic, since she just wants to save Willow. Justine, Nathan, and Dante get security footage from the Savoy from the night of Drew's shooting and see that Selina was there. They quickly put together that Curtis may have hired her as a hitwoman. Nathan arrests Curtis while Nina is hanging around, and she speeds over to tell Willow that her trial prep could all be for nothing. Anna passes her time trying to puzzle out why she was taken and where she is. The former remains a mystery, but the latter gets answered: She's at Wyndemere, experiencing the limited hospitality of Pascal. Sidwell has a proposal for Lucy, Brook, and Felicia (subbing in for Maxie) that will allow them to cut costs. All they have to do is let him be in control of all of Deception's imported product ingredients, which he'll be receiving at the piers he just bought from Sonny. Brook smells something fishy, but Sidwell points out that, unlike her, Maxie has nothing else to fall back on if the company fails, and this is the best way to ensure it doesn't. Michael asks Kristina to help him tell Wiley that Willow and Drew got married, because he knows he can't do it alone without letting on how he feels about it. It goes fine, but Wiley admits that he doesn't want to have to go back to Drew and Willow's house ever again, and Michael says he doesn't have to, which means Wiley might be in for a rude awakening if Willow gets custody again. Portia warns Isaiah that she's going to tell Curtis about them so he isn't blindsided if she's arrested and has to reveal it to establish her alibi. Isaiah doesn't love the hit his professionalism will take or the fact that he'll inevitably tick off Curtis more than he already has, but since the alternative is Portia being accused of something she didn't do, he approves. She doesn't get a chance to talk to Curtis before his arrest, and the stress of the situation makes Portia experience every soap writer's favorite pregnancy trope: baby-related pain.
Willow got a backbone with her wedding ring! I like it when she tells Drew to stop talking.
Chase is going to kick himself for not finding Anna at Wyndemere.
Wiley knew before that Drew and Willow were going to get married. This isn't that big a deal.
Interesting that people are worried about Lucas living with Sidwell and Gio living with Sonny, but this is the first time anyone has expressed concern about Lucy and her whatevership with Sidwell. And even then, Brook and Felicia didn't seem all that worried.
December 11th, 2025
Alexis tries to keep Nina from jumping from Curtis' arrest to Willow's charges being dropped, but Willow can't help feeling hopeful that that's what will happen. In that case, her marriage to Drew might be pointless, but she won't think about that right now. Drew is kind of disappointed that Michael isn't the new main suspect, but whatever, he still wins this way. Curtis asks Jordan to reach out to him and get him to visit lockup so Curtis can propose some sort of mutually beneficial deal. Dante and Nathan are biding their time before they proceed with a case against Curtis, since they don't want to let Willow completely off the hook yet. They get some traffic-cam footage from the area around Drew's house and realize that a file was mislabeled, which means it hasn't been viewed yet. Whatever's on it appears to be big. Dr. Navarro isn't available, so Portia asks Britt to be her doctor in case she's having a miscarriage. Isaiah only learns about her pregnancy when she blurts out that she's scared she's losing the baby. It looks like everything's okay, but Isaiah keeps tiptoeing around the situation, not saying whether he wants to be a father if the baby is his and brushing off Portia's assurance that she would have told him if she'd continued keeping the pregnancy from him and found out he was the father, even though, let's be honest, he has no reason to believe her. Curtis admits to Kai and Trina that Selina came to the Savoy the night of Drew's shooting. Trina still has complicated feelings about what her father's been up to recently, and she's not sure if she can believe that he had nothing to do with the shooting, or if he's telling the truth about not cheating on Portia with Jordan. Kai gives her the chance to back out of their investigation, but she's still committed to it. To give credit where it's due, Britt handles everything exactly the way a patient in Portia's situation would want their doctor to handle it. Lucas agrees with me and even offers to write a letter of recommendation for her to get her medical license back. Michael learns of Curtis' arrest and worries that Willow will be exonerated and will have a clear path to getting back custody. Jacinda knows that would make her an obstacle for Michael's side of things, and she offers to break things off with him, but he doesn't want that. Molly and Kristina are mostly filler, as Molly dodges a conversation about Cody by revealing that she's writing another book (with a character based on Cody).
I'm not sure what kind of arrangement Curtis can make with Drew. It's not like Drew can ask to have the charges against Curtis dropped.
If Michael shows up on that traffic-cam footage, his luck might finally run out.
Portia sat in an exam room for who knows how long and didn't think to tell Isaiah that she was pregnant? Isaiah, if the baby isn't yours, get out now.
Weird that, of all the doctors Britt could have asked to order Portia's tests, she chose the one who hates her the most.
Becky Herbst and Kristina Wagner deserve bonuses for having to do that ridiculous PSA.
December 12th, 2025
Curtis warns Drew that if he goes to trial for the shooting, he'll have to testify about his motive, and he plans to take Drew down with him. Drew doubts that, since that would mean selling out Portia, but Curtis claims he's okay with that now that they're splitting up. Drew still wants Michael to go down for the shooting, so he doesn't seem that inclined to fight Curtis. The person on the traffic-cam footage is Willow, so there's proof that she was on Drew's street around the time of his shooting. Though Dante and Nathan still want to work on the Curtis angle, Justine decides that Willow is the more likely suspect, so Curtis gets released from lockup. Chase sneaks Willow into the Quartermaines' so she can tell him that the charges against her are being dismissed (because apparently that's the only place she can do that). She asks him to let her see her kids, but Brook interrupts and shuts that down. She convinces Willow that she'd be making a huge mistake violating the court order, and Willow realizes she's right. Brook and Chase agree not to tell anyone that she was there so it doesn't affect her visitation. But while they're discussing whether or not Chase would have let Willow see the kids (he probably would have), Michael overhears and asks them to sign statements testifying that Willow was there. Chase refuses, and Michael calls him out for being so stubborn about following a court order. Nina catches Michael and Jacinda about to have sex in her office and flips out. They don't take it seriously until Nina threatens to make this part of the record for the custody battle. She agrees to let it go, but she tries to turn Jacinda against Michael, warning that he'll dump her as soon as he gets what he wants. Alexis worries that if the charges against Willow are dropped, Drew won't consider her to have done her job and he'll continue keeping Scout from her. Kristina is also worried, but it's more because Willow being off the table as the shooter means Michael could be a suspect again. Fortunately (well, for Alexis), not only are the charges not being dropped, but a couple more are being added. Alexis isn't happy that Willow didn't disclose where she went the night of the shooting, but Drew still believes she's innocent. Isaiah suggests that Portia come stay with him after she's out of the hospital and spending a few days on bed rest. She definitely wants to, but she still doesn't want anyone to know about them, as evidenced by her lies about their conversation when Trina comes by. Poor, naïve Trina isn't mad that Portia didn't tell her about her pregnancy, and she still thinks that Jordan is the Ashfords' main problem. Curtis comes as soon as he's out of lockup, and he and Trina convince Portia to move home for her bed rest. So now I guess we're supposed to feel bad for Isaiah, but it's hard when he falls for someone so unlikable and then lets her call all the shots. Jason is starting to put things together about Britt, or at least about her medication, and he wants to give a sample of it to a friend who can reverse-engineer it so she's no longer reliant on whoever she's getting it from. Britt kisses him, then says no.
I'm going to be laughing for a long time over the fact that Justine thinks Willow is the better bet than Curtis, so Curtis is off the hook.
It's time for Michael and Curtis to team up. At the very least, Curtis needs to let Michael know that Drew is seriously gunning for him.
I can't believe that Nina caught two people having sex in her office and they acted like she was the bad guy. Also, Michael can afford to act smug and unbothered, but Jacinda's the one whose job is at risk.
They're dragging out the Britt stuff way too long.
December 15th, 2025
It's the day of Rocco's sentencing, but he doesn't want Dante there. Sonny urges Justine to drop the charges against Rocco since Dalton has disappeared. Justine thinks it would look bad to give special treatment to the mayor's grandson, never mind that he doesn't actually deserve the treatment he's getting now. Ric makes a good argument that without proof to back up Dalton's accusations, it'll just look like Justine is putting an innocent kid in jail. They work out two options for a plea agreement, one where Rocco spends 30 days in jail and one where he serves 500 hours of community service. Thanks to a genuine apology and the acknowledgment that he made a big mistake, Rocco gets the second option. Tracy returns from her vacation, and Ned and Brook reluctantly tell her about Ned's heart attack. She's hurt that no one filled her in, thinking that they didn't want her to come back, but Ned explains that it was more so she wouldn't pick fights and cause more people stress. Gio being on better terms with the family definitely helps Tracy get past being kept out of the loop. Laura meets with Sidwell so he can order her to support his purchase of Sonny's piers. Kevin crashes to make it clear that he won't let Sidwell push Laura around. While Laura appreciates it, Sidwell doesn't, and he points out that he has no use for Kevin, so he should be careful not to be too much of a nuisance. Valentin is pretty nonchalant for someone whose freedom is hanging by a thread and could be caught by a WSB agent at any moment. Carly's totally sick of him, especially when his presence in her house means having to talk Josslyn out of spending time there (though, to be fair, Josslyn mostly wants to be there to protect Carly from someone she doesn't need protection from). Carly's eager to get Josslyn out of the WSB and get revenge on Brennan. Valentin doubts that the former is possible, and for the latter, he figures they just need to wait until Brennan inevitably gets himself into trouble and brings himself down. Dante regrets how things are going, and Nathan tries to give him some encouragement. Meanwhile, Emma turns to Felicia for advice on helping Gio repair his relationship with Dante. Felicia tells her how Mac and Cody worked things out and suggests that Emma look for a common interest the two share. Emma realizes that's Rocco and tells Gio that he should make up with Dante to make things better for his brother. Brennan has no leads on Valentin, so he wants to talk to his lawyer, suspicious that she's not actually an attorney. Thanks to Spinelli, Carly's identity hasn't been discovered, so she's not currently at risk for being busted. Brennan puts the Valentin situation on hold to bug Britt about becoming a double agent and helping him get his hands on her research. He threatens to tell Sidwell that she's been working for the WSB this whole time, but she knows that would mean letting Sidwell know that he's on the agency's radar, which isn't something Brennan is willing to do. Britt challenges Brennan to get her back her medical license before she'll cooperate. Charlotte admits to Danny that she's thinking over whether or not she would leave the country with Valentin if given the option.
Lulu wasn't going to go to court with Rocco? That's dumb.
Sidwell being all "oh, I see, you two are the kind of spouses who talk to each other" gives me some insight into why he and Natalia didn't last.
The idea of Valentin eating off-brand Froot Loops is hilarious.
You know what? Good for Britt. Brennan is pathetic and she has no incentive to help him. He needs to make it worth her while.
December 16th, 2025
Gio takes the first step in smoothing things over with Dante, making Rocco the focus so it's not about just his and Dante's relationship. They both admit that they made mistakes and Rocco shouldn't be punished for them. Dante is finally being reasonable and agrees that the brothers should be able to spend time together. He wants it to be supervised for now, more or less, and though Gio isn't thrilled about that, he agrees that it's fair. Charlotte complains that she's suffering the consequences of Valentin's actions, and she feels like he's being overly punished. Lulu doesn't want to come right out and say that Valentin deserves everything he's getting, but she reminds Charlotte that he willingly made his own decisions and has to answer for them. Charlotte admits that she doesn't see Lulu's house as home, and she feels more comfortable with her father. While his parents are busy dealing with their other children, Rocco fits in a text to Britt, which means she's still something they'll need to deal with. Josslyn and Michael end up at the same restaurant as Willow and Drew, and though Josslyn wants them thrown out, Michael just brushes off their presence. He admits when Josslyn asks that if Drew hadn't come between them, he doesn't think he and Willow would have lasted, since she was never fully genuine with him. Drew can't stop himself from getting under Michael's skin, so he makes Willow go with him to have a conversation with Michael and Josslyn. Michael comes away the winner this time when he mentions that he knows that Willow went to see the kids. Drew pretends that she already told him. Later, Josslyn gives the newlyweds a satisfying "you both suck and Willow is not an innocent victim, and I look forward to you both getting whatever's coming to you" speech. Brennan wants Nina's help to find Valentin, thinking that with distance between Charlotte and Lulu, Nina can make herself a confidante. In exchange, Nina wants Brennan to get rid of the evidence that could put Willow in prison. Tracy learns that Drew took a bunch of Quartermaine heirlooms and no one has done anything to get them back. She and Britt summon Martin and threaten to have him charged with fraud if he doesn't make Drew give everything back. Martin's attempt pretty much amount to "I'm going to count to 3 and by the time I'm done, Tracy better have everything back." Drew's response is basically, "La la la la la la la la, I can't hear you." Someone (likely either Martin or Chase) overhears Michael and Tracy talking about the fact that she saw him outside Drew's house the night of his shooting.
High five, Emma! You got Dante and Gio on the same page!
Lulu must be a better person than I am, because if I were her, I would have been very tempted to point out that part of the reason Charlotte has spent more of her life with Valentin is because he kept her from Lulu for years.
What makes Charlotte think she could even be alone long enough to run off with Valentin?
Why do people keep letting Drew get away with stuff? Make it public knowledge that he stole a bunch of stuff from the Quartermaines! Tell everyone that he walked away from Ned while he was having a heart attack! Let his constituents know how horrible he is!
That said, I actually hope he doesn't return anything, because Tracy deserves to go bananas on him.
I always enjoy it when Josslyn tells Drew and/or Willow what she thinks of them.
December 17th, 2025
It's the morning of the first day of Willow's trial, and she learns that she needs to keep a poker face in court, something that Alexis apparently didn't tell her earlier. Tracy reconfirms to Michael that she has his back and will keep him out of it if she's asked anything about seeing people near Drew's house the night of the shooting. It's very possible that his name will come up, because instead of pointing the finger at Portia, Alexis argues in her opening statement that Michael was the shooter. In just seven months, Brad has blown through the payout Drew gave him, so he comes back to town looking for more money from Portia. She refuses to give him anything, noting that he no longer has anything to hold over her head. He disagrees, since Terry and the hospital board still don't know about her crimes. Isaiah chases him off, but that just makes Portia worry that Brad will figure out that they're together and cause more trouble. That may not be enough to make her want to turn down Isaiah's offer to stay at his cabin, though, because she's changed her mind about going home with Curtis and is considering doing her bed rest in the woods. Brad and Britt finally reunite, and though he's mad at first that she let him think she was dead for so long, he quickly gets over it. Lulu agrees with Dante's ideas for facilitating time for Gio and Rocco to spend together. That frees her up to go back to hating Britt, who responded to Rocco's text and suggested that they hang out soon. Lulu tears into Britt, then blocks her number on Rocco's phone. Carly overhears Nina on the phone, trying to confirm that Brennan has taken care of the evidence against Willow. Carly thinks Nina's conspiring with someone, but she has no idea who, and she thinks it's to help Willow flee town. Nina insists that Willow is innocent and gloats that the evidence against her isn't as firm as the DA's office says it is. Britt isn't happy with Lucas' letter of recommendation, since it only talks about her medical proficiency and not anything that makes her an exceptional doctor. Elizabeth actually supports Britt getting her medical license back, but it's probably mostly because then Elizabeth won't be her supervisor anymore. Brad and Lucas have a super-awkward conversation that really only shows that Brad is capable of being a normal person for at least five minutes at a time.
I guess Curtis wants a heads-up in case his name gets mentioned, but if I were him, I would be staying far away from Willow's trial.
Alexis' defense could just be that if Willow were going to shoot anyone, it would be Michael, not Drew.
Willow had two "psychotic breaks"? Dramatic much, Justine?
A woman with a high-risk pregnancy probably shouldn't be staying in a remote cabin days after having a medical crisis.
"Come here, you heartless skank." And that's from someone who actually likes Britt!
Nina shouldn't have said anything to Carly about evidence. If Brennan does make it disappear, Carly's going to be really suspicious of Nina and her secret phone call.
December 18th, 2025
Tracy is the first to testify at Willow's trial, and there's no mention of Michael being near Drew's house that night. Nina goes next, spinning her fake alibi for Willow as an attempt to save her from a witch hunt. Brennan came through on getting rid of the evidence putting Willow in Drew's neighborhood, and Alexis is able to get photos of the surveillance footage dismissed, so that's one win for Nina. A second win is Alexis' ability to cast doubt on Willow as the shooter and direct the jury toward Michael instead. Brennan bugs Lulu about letting him talk to Charlotte, but she won't budge. Nathan backs her up, and the two of them challenge Brennan to try to use legal channels to get what he wants. Brennan tries to turn Lulu against Nathan, pointing out that his seven-year disappearance and amnesia are being a little too widely accepted. Jason asks Josslyn to give him intel on the Five Poppies investigation that he can use to help Britt. Josslyn is, of course, reluctant to commit treason, but she admits that she doesn't trust the WSB, especially now that Vaughn has vanished. Britt tells Brad more about her time in Croatia than she's told anyone else, including how she's still working for Sidwell because it's the only way to ensure she keeps getting her medication. The two friends enjoy being together again, but their moods quickly change when they realize they're both broke and can't pay for the multi-course lunch they've just had. Brennan uses an early Christmas present as an excuse to visit Carly, since he hasn't seen her at the Metro Court recently. Valentin has questions about how they got together, and while telling him about the charges John brought against her, Valentin help her realize that Brennan got rid of the evidence so the charges would be thrown out. The fact that Brennan never told her about that makes Carly think that he didn't want her to owe him. Valentin figures it's more likely that he hasn't found a way to capitalize on it yet. Anna hasn't made any progress on figuring out where she is or why she's there. Pascal taunts her with a copy of one of Faison's old books, with the inscription "For my muse."
I adore Lulu and Nathan defying Brennan.
Josslyn, you don't have to come up with a cover story for Jason coming to talk to you. You live in the same house.
Heh, I did wonder who was going to pay for Britt and Brad's big celebration.
"Are you telling me that Jack made the evidence against me disappear?" It took you this long to figure that out?
December 19th, 2025
Kristina and Brook give mostly pointless testimonies, the former about Willow having weapons training at Dawn of Day and the latter about Willow and Drew's relationship. Elizabeth provides the most information so far, mentioning that Willow was told that Drew was the obstacle keeping her from her children. Alexis manages to fix that a little, getting Elizabeth to say that Willow is a good person. Drew isn't satisfied, though, and he reminds Alexis that her access to Scout is at stake. He's decided that he needs to announce on the stand that Michael shot him. Alexis orders him not to, refusing to put her law license at risk by becoming an accessory to perjury. Surprisingly, Drew tells the truth on the stand, but he tells Alexis afterward that he hasn't totally written off the possibility of perjuring himself later. In case anyone thought that they had completed their redemption arcs, Britt and Brad run out on their bill. They're thrilled to be causing trouble together again, but that ends when Chase shows up to arrest them. Brennan gets intense about how Lulu's refusal to let him talk to Charlotte puts people in danger, and Lulu gets even more intense in sticking to her guns. She worries that Charlotte overheard their fight, but Charlotte doesn't say anything about it. Nina comes by to take her out to lunch in an effort to fulfill her part of her deal with Brennan. Charlotte tells her that she's been in touch with Valentin, but Nina stops her before she can go into details. She warns that Charlotte can't trust anyone right now when it comes to the search for her father, not even Nina. Thanks to Valentin, Carly starts to suspect that Brennan has been manipulating her since day one, waiting to use John's recording against her. But he's done helpful things, like getting Michael into that burn treatment center, so now she doesn't know how to feel about Brennan. Valentin tries to end their partnership, since her doubts mean she can't be fully committed. Carly assures him that her inability to trust Brennan makes her determined to bring him down. Josslyn tells Jason the little she knows about Faison's final project, adding that Britt is a willing participant, not a victim. Jason wants to take over the investigation, but now that Lucas has been drawn into things, Josslyn refuses to sit by and do nothing. Portia goes to the cabin with Isaiah, who has been giving a lot of thought to fatherhood and tells her that if the baby is his, he'll be a fully involved parent. Portia feels like everything is going to be okay, which all but ensures that it won't. Dante implies that he kind of suspects that Chase got rid of the evidence putting Willow in Drew's neighborhood, and he's glad to hear Chase say that he didn't.
"Congressman, do you know who shot you?" As if Drew wouldn't have said something already if he knew it wasn't Willow. Justine, come on.
The other problem is that Justine painted Willow as a victim who fell under Drew's spell. The jury might feel like she was justified in shooting him.
What a contrived reason for Kristina to testify. Have we ever heard before that the women in the inner circle had arms training? And when would Kristina have done it? She was in the inner circle for, like, 20 minutes, and she was unconscious for 19 of them.
I can't believe Britt didn't call Jason and beg him for money.
December 22nd, 2025
Lulu invites Laura and Sonny to her tree-trimming party so Dante and Gio won't feel so much pressure to interact. Things are still awkward, but Rocco makes a little speech apologizing for his mistakes and thanking his family for being there for him, and it helps a bit. Cody catches up with Tracy, who wants to hear more about his interest in Molly. He still doesn't know that she showed up at the Brown Dog after he invited her, so he thinks she's not into him. Meanwhile, Molly isn't interested in trying to connect with him again, since the last time she saw him, he was with Britt. Jason tells her that Britt was drunk and after she left him alone, Cody spent the rest of the night watching the door. Molly is still hesitant, so Danny gives her some advice: Since guys don't always know when a woman is interested in them, she should be straightforward. Molly takes a leap, going straight to the stables and kissing Cody when she sees him. To her relief, he returns her affections. Portia tells Isaiah that, even with everything crazy going on, she's excited to have another child. They both hope he's the father, but there's no discussion of what shape their relationship might take if he isn't. Alexis spends the whole episode keeping tabs on a process server who ends up tracking down Portia at the cabin and giving her a subpoena to testify at Willow's trial. Britt tries to get bail money from Nina, who doesn't take her call. She bites the bullet and calls Jason, who comes to the police station but leaves when he sees that Brad needs help, too. Brad tries to convince Britt that she can't rely on Jason, especially after he ditched her for Carly. But Jason pays their bill and gets the charges against them dropped, so Brad might have to suck it up and be grateful to him. Jordan suggests that she and Curtis call things off so they don't cause Trina more distress while she's dealing with all the other big changes in her life. Curtis thinks that's nuts. Nina forgives Ava for her part in the whole Portia mess pretty quickly, not wanting to let go of the friendship they've worked so hard to develop. Emma wants to show more support for Gio in the Dante situation, but she worries that she's made it seem like Gio needs to go through all this alone. Trina helps her out by sending her to the party with mistletoe.
Gio was sweet for acting like he was excited to be at the party after telling Trina that he wasn't looking forward to it.
I can't believe Molly and Cody are finally getting together because of Jason and Danny.
LOL at Alexis using Amy as a people locator.
Note how Portia hasn't said anything about wanting to be with Isaiah. Note how Isaiah hasn't said outright that he'll stay with her if he's not the baby's father.
After what he did to Michael, Brad is lucky that Jason didn't punch him in the face.
If I were Brad, I'd be asking Britt why she didn't ask Nathan for help.
December 23rd, 2025
Chase testifies that he doesn't support the PCPD's decision to ignore other viable possibilities to focus on Willow as a suspect. Alexis then puts Portia on the stand in hopes of making the jury think she could be the shooter, but it backfires. She's able to establish that Portia had a motive by getting her to admit that she tampered with Heather's test results, and that Drew blackmailed her for it. Alexis asks for Portia's alibi, which Portia begs not to have to reveal. Alexis seems to feel bad about pressing the issue, but she doesn't back down, which leads to Portia announcing that she was with Isaiah when Drew was shot. Trina is devastated, and that's even before she realizes that that means Isaiah might be the baby's father. Dante again questions whether Chase tampered with the evidence placing her in Drew's neighborhood. He also slams Chase for conducting his own investigation. Chase slams him back for pushing for Willow to be prosecuted (which didn't happen) and accuses him of steering the investigation away from Michael because he feels bad for his part in Michael being sent to prison years ago (that's fair). In the end, no one wins, as Dante decides to suspend Chase. To no one's surprise, I'm sure, Drew takes out his frustration over Portia's testimony on Alexis, forbidding any contact with Scout over the holidays. Alexis will now have to decide what to do with the letter she gets after court lets out, which informs her that Michael was at Drew's house the night of the shooting, and Tracy saw him there. Tracy pesters Martin in front of Laura, who makes him apologize to her for the whole Ronnie scheme, then go try again to convince Drew to return the Quartermaines' things. I do some recalculating and predict that Martin and Tracy will kiss by Valentine's Day. Brook worries that Chase has harmed his career, and Michael urges her to stop letting Willow affect her marriage.
The jurors must be dying inside, knowing they can't tell anyone the juicy gossip they just learned in court.
I want to feel bad for Portia, but it's hard. At least she tried to take Drew down with her.
Putting Chase on the stand was Alexis' best move yet. Next she needs to present a reasonable explanation for why the gun was in Willow's room.
I understand Chase's position, but as Justine pointed out, the weapon was found in Willow's room. It was reasonable for the police to arrest her after finding it. And Dante wasn't the one who decided that Willow's trial should move forward and Curtis should be let off the hook – that was Justine.
December 24th, 2025
Donna almost sees Valentin and does see the little Christmas tree he's decorated in Carly's attic. Carly's upset that he hasn't been more careful, but Valentin's sadness over not spending the holidays with Charlotte tugs at her heartstrings. She comes up with an excuse to bring Charlotte to her house so she and Valentin can see each other. Cody and Nathan ordered a saddle for James, and when its delivery gets delayed, Cody frets that they'll ruin his Christmas. He's about to go get it when James asks if he's leaving in a way that says, "Please don't abandon me." Cody gets Molly to pick up the saddle instead. Curtis brings Marshall back for a surprise visit in an attempt to give Trina a good Christmas. Though she's happy about that, she tells Stella that she's just as mad at Portia now as she was when she found out that Portia had lied about her paternity. Trina quickly decides not to let Portia ruin her Christmas, and she gives Curtis a present of a sort by inviting Jordan to spend Christmas Eve with the Ashfords and making a public apology to her. Everyone keeps saying that Rocco needs to be nice to Dante, since he's making an effort, as if Rocco should have to act like an adult when Dante refuses to. Gio spends a few minutes with them at Sonny's, then goes to the Scorpios' celebration, which is much less awkward. Britt and Lucas both have to work on Christmas Eve, so they call a truce and start confiding stuff to each other. Brennan comes through with the restoration of Britt's medical license, and she's so happy that she forgets about the part where now she owes him. Portia's been suspended from GH, and her daughter won't talk to her, and she has no family to spend Christmas with, but at least Elizabeth is nonjudgmental and Isaiah hasn't realized what a mess he's gotten himself into and run for his life yet.
If Donna had seen Valentin, imagine all the presents Carly would have given her to keep her quiet.
Why would James think that Nathan and Cody would be mad that he didn't go see Maxie? They should probably look into therapy for him.
Also, why is it always all about James?
Isn't it pretty early in the relationship (which is, like, 24 hours old) for Cody to be asking Molly for favors?
Portia's going to haaaaaaaate that Trina's okay with Jordan now.
Things between Britt and Obrecht are better? I'd complain that we didn't get to see any of that, but I don't actually care.
Apparently Britt thinks calling a truce with Lucas makes them BFFs.
I guess Michael and Avery's invitations to the big Corinthos Christmas Eve party got lost in the mail.
Ned and Sonny bought Gio a violin together? It's a Christmas miracle.
December 26th, 2025
Tracy wants a big family gathering simply because Monica always had one, and everyone's surprised to see her so pleasant. Leo finds the violin that Ned and Sonny bought Gio, and he urges them to give it to him. Though Ned and Sonny say that they want to wait until Gio's ready to play again, Wiley points out that music would help them all (especially Tracy) feel less sad about Monica being gone. Gio gives in to the emotional manipulation. Scout is sad about not getting to see most of her family over the holidays, so Willow asks Drew to let her go to Alexis'. Drew wants to stick to his guns – Alexis hasn't gotten Willow exonerated yet, so she hasn't earned her reward – but Willow convinces him to stop viewing this as a concession and see that his daughter is upset and he can make it better. Laura hosts a post-holiday get-together where even while people going through things like a murder cover-up and their daughter's father being a fugitive, they put it all aside for a little while. Rocco wonders if Charlotte's holiday cheer is real or faked, and she tells him it's real, since she got to see Valentin. Molly and Kristina convince Alexis to take a day off of stressing over Willow's trial to relax. Cody comes by to ask Molly out for New Year's Eve and the Davises make him an honorary Davis woman. Sidwell throws a Boxing Day party, where nothing really significant happens, except we learn that Lucas is creeped out by Pascal, and Ava and Lucy compete for the host's attention.
Not one person told Gio he didn't have to play if he didn't want to, so screw all of them.
There's hope for you yet, Willow.
It would be hilarious if Ace, who never talks, told someone that Charlotte saw Valentin.
There's been a British character on the show for years, but this is the first time anyone has ever mentioned Boxing Day.
December 29th, 2025
Danny makes a surprise visit to Alexis' house while Scout is there, and no one has the heart to make him leave right away. They reluctantly have to send him off after a while, everyone lamenting how much the situation sucks. Alexis also has to reluctantly ask Scout not to say anything to Drew. Scout promises she won't, but she does spill the secret to Willow, who doesn't seem inclined to tell Drew anything. Meanwhile, Cody encourages Danny to play the long game by following Drew's orders for now and finding a way to break them later. Michael introduces Jacinda to Tracy, who's polite and welcoming toward her. She tells Michael later that it's because she thinks he's taking advantage of her and isn't sincere about wanting to be with her. Michael denies that and tries to prove it to Jacinda with an expensive bracelet and the promise that they won't be over when the trial is. Kevin gets offered a job in Dublin for six months, and Laura encourages him to take it even though she can't go with him. He decides it's not a good idea to leave her alone to deal with her various struggles. Willow and Lucas can't make nice for five minutes and probably need a chaperone the next time they have to deal with each other. Marco's like, "Hey, Dad, I need you to make it your New Year's resolution to kill Sonny." Sidwell wants to keep him around for a while, but he promises that once he's gotten whatever use out of Sonny he needs, he'll be dead. Jordan hasn't learned anything helpful to Laura about Sidwell's business, but she thinks his apparent interest in Ava while dating Lucy is something Laura can use. What she should have shared is that Portia's allegations against Drew make Sidwell uncertain about his and Drew's continued working relationship. Sonny and Justine continue wasting everyone's time.
I hope that when Drew and Willow inevitably implode, she throws his treatment of Scout in his face.
Has anyone ever gotten as a good a first impression of Tracy as Jacinda did?
Lucas doesn't know how to fake being nice?
Laura's going to use a love triangle to stay ahead of Sidwell? Eh.
December 30th, 2025
Molly has to cancel her New Year's Eve plans with Cody at the last minute because Justine assigned her something that just couldn't wait. Cody takes the celebration to her and helps her get through her work faster. Seeing her in her element makes him even more attracted to her, and she's so pleased that she wants to have sex with him in Justine's office. Nathan and Lulu chat about the weirdness of returning to their lives after years away and trying to fit back into them. They're uncertain of where things stand with their respective significant others, and they're grateful to have each other as friends. Curtis and Jordan finally, officially commit to getting back together and navigating whatever the situation with Portia and the baby brings their way. Emma asks Gio how he really felt about his requested musical performance for the Quartermaines. He doesn't seem to mind that he was talked into it, but he feels like a ton has changed over the past year and he isn't sure if music is still a part of his life. Emma assures him that he'll be fine whether or not it is. Carly and Valentin talk about Charlotte and their plans for Brennan without actually saying anything significant. Britt asks Jason to spend her birthday with her, but he doesn't think he's the right person for that, considering she wants to go out and party. He bugs her again about not telling him her secrets, then assures her that he cares about her and kisses her. Trina puts the complexities of her family aside to spend a quiet New Year's Eve with Kai and think about the future.
I can't believe the last scene we got in 2025 was Molly getting some action.
Also, I agree with Molly that that action should happen in Justine's office. Justine deserves it for making her work on New Year's Eve.
No one wants Nathan and Lulu together. Like, there was a vote and everything.
Okay, Jason. She gets it. You can stop telling her that she can confide in you. She'll do it if/when she's ready.