General Hospital blog - June, 2025
June 2nd, 2025
Gloria tries to mediate between Brook and Lois, but Brook doesn't see herself ever forgiving her mother or grandmother for their secrets. Gloria tells her she doesn't regret their decisions, which they thought were the best they could make. Before Dante can tell Rocco about Gio being his son, Rocco learns about it from the Internet. He has a lot of questions and is upset that Dante was lied to for so long. Lulu owns up to her part in the whole disaster, and maybe Dante will start to understand why she didn't tell him anything sooner. Lucky comes clean to Elizabeth about the accident, how long he's known what Kristina did, and his decision not to turn her in. He chose now to tell Elizabeth because he doesn't want secrets or lies to ruin their 500th attempt at a relationship. Elizabeth is upset about being kept in the dark, but she agrees with Lucky that Kristina going to prison would hurt a lot of people. She seems to trust Lucky's judgment that Kristina learned her lesson, and since Lucky is an accessory to attempted murder, Elizabeth doesn't really have a choice but to keep the secret. Besides, things are looking up for her, or at least they are until she finds a ring box. Gio goes to Sonny, who promises that he didn't know that Gio was his grandson. He talks a little about how chaotic things were when everyone learned that Dante was his son, and how they had to work hard to build a good relationship. Gio isn't sure he wants that with Dante, since he's convinced that Dante doesn't like him. Michael and Kristina discuss Willow and how she keeps trying to avoid taking responsibility for her harmful decisions. Michael admits that they might not have been as open with each other as they should have been, but if necessary, he'll show his ex his dark side in order to protect their children. Alexis easily convinces Laura that $10 million isn't missing, it's just been invested. But Marco has been looking into Dolos, and he thinks Alexis is at risk of becoming a victim of fraud.
Now that we know the timeline of when Camilla died, I can state with certainty that Brook would not have been capable of parenting Gio if their connection had been revealed then. The Brook of that period was a mess.
I can't believe Lucky told Elizabeth the full truth. That could come in handy for Alexis, though. Elizabeth would be able to talk Ric down if he threatened to overstep their deal.
What's ironic is that the one person who understands Gio's conflicted feelings toward Dante is Dante himself.
Alexis probably shouldn't have mentioned the name Dolos to Laura. I feel like that will come back to bite her.
June 3rd, 2025
The custody trial starts with questions about Willow's infidelity, her attempts to take the kids without Michael's permission, and the trip to D.C. Drew's not happy with Ric's laid-back approach to all the witnesses, but Ric doesn't think Diane has enough ammo to win. He wants Kristina off the witness list, since she's going to testify about how Willow kept Michael's family from him while he was in the hospital, so he gets Alexis to pull her out of court. Josslyn gets called in to sub for Kristina, handling the whole thing like she does this every day. Ric tries to spin her complaints about Willow into an argument that Willow's only desire was to keep her kids. Brook and Gio's anger at Lois and Gloria grows when they reveal that they discussed revealing Gio's roots when Camilla got sick, but she didn't want them to. Gio still feels like Brook didn't want him, and despite her hints earlier that Lois may have talked her into doing something she didn't really want to, she takes responsibility for her choices. Gio does believe that Brook didn't know who he was, but he still wants nothing to do with her or the rest of his family. Brook feels the same about Lois and Gloria, who decide to cut their losses and go back to Brooklyn. Summer hangouts are going to be awkward for the 20-somethings, since Emma can barely stand to share the same space with Josslyn. Trina is sure that Josslyn wouldn't have taken the job with Dalton if she didn't earn it. Kai thinks Emma should be glad that she didn't get the job because now she doesn't have to spend the summer in a lab instead of at the pool. In case we weren't convinced already that Dalton is shady, he's been working with Sidwell. Josslyn and Jordan join a meeting with them, but neither learns anything useful. In fact, Dalton's keeping his work under wraps, and Jordan can't charm him into talking about it. Kristina complains that Alexis keeps doing Ric's bidding, like, how do you not understand how blackmail works? Alexis notes that as long as she's keeping Kristina out of prison, Kristina doesn't get a vote on how she does it. Alexis also convinces Marco that there's no money laundering or fraud going on, and I'm sure he'll let it go and it'll never come up again. Sonny and Jason are filler.
Calling Carly as the first witness? Diane is NOT messing around.
Josslyn's total calmness on the stand feels like a product of her spy training.
I get Sonny not going to court, but zero Sonny/Michael scenes so far? That makes no sense.
I'm excited for the possibility of Jordan and Josslyn finding out that they're both undercover.
Where's Patrick? I feel like we're going to need him to punch Dalton in the face at some point.
June 4th, 2025
Diane believes she's done enough to win custody for Michael, so she rests her case after questioning him on the stand. Ric turns the tides a little by calling up Nina, then shifts everything by asking Sasha about the night Michael learned that Willow and Drew kissed. He definitely knows her secret, and he slowly gets her to admit that she and Michael slept together, and that he's the baby's father. Brook confronts Lulu for her part in the Gio fiasco, but nothing is really said that hasn't been said before. Lulu still thinks that everything will work out fine, and that she did nothing wrong. Brook still thinks that she interfered because she hates Brook and wanted to destroy her life. Anna tries to get Brennan to team up with her to look into Dalton. Brennan pretends that he thinks Dalton could be operating aboveboard, and that Anna's overreacting because of Emma's connection to him. He then rushes to tell Vaughn that Anna poses a threat to his and Josslyn's mission, as she could spook him into going underground or shut down his research (something to do with cold fusion) before the WSB can get their hands on it. Vaughn promises that he can handle her. Anna also shares her suspicions with Felicia, who thinks she's being overprotective because she couldn't be there for Robin. Anna accepts that that's possible, but she could still be right. Lucky thinks he and Elizabeth have matured enough to give marriage another try, so he proposes. She tells him she loves him, but the answer is no. Gio suspects that Sonny's meeting with Laura at the Metro Court pool because he wants to keep an eye on his new grandson. Sonny and Laura reassure him that they're there for unrelated reasons (though actually, their reason is literally related to Gio – they're discussing Rocco). Ezra spots them talking and livestreams them in hopes of riling up the citizens of Port Charles. Gio "accidentally" bumps him and he falls in the pool. Emma takes things to the edge of flirtation with Dalton, who has absolutely no problem with that.
All Ric's stunt does is take all the stuff about Willow's infidelity off the table. It doesn't resolve anything about custody. Also, I'm so mad he got a win there.
Obviously Nina changed her mind about Michael getting custody, but why?
I agree that Lulu should have listened when Brook told her to stay out of things, but it's ridiculous to hold her responsible for everything coming out because Gio overheard her conversation.
I love Brennan playing devil's advocate with Anna while actively having Dalton investigated.
Oh, yeah, Lucky, proposing without discussing how you'll make your thousandth attempt at a relationship work, simply because you really want it to, is definitely a sign of maturity.
June 5th, 2025
Ric puts Sasha through the wringer on the stand, and she holds her own even as she starts experiencing what turns out to be early labor. There's no time to get her to the hospital, so Willow sucks it up and delivers the baby. Nina berates Ric for being so mean to Sasha, which wasn't the reason she told him her suspicions that Michael is the baby's father. Carly overhears and adds another entry to her list of reasons to hate Nina. When Drew butts in, talking about how he and Willow are going to be together forever, Carly strikes back by revealing that Nina was the one who had him drugged. Lucky and Elizabeth realize that, though they still love each other, they want different things and won't be able to make a relationship work. Lucky almost immediately decides to leave town, because Aiden still isn't enough to make him want to settle down. Curtis and Portia try to act like everything's normal so they can have a family get-together while Marshall's in town. Kai attends and talks up Drew, which is pretty much the easiest way to ruin the mood in that setting. Even worse, he overhears Curtis mentioning how Jacinda was hired to drug him. Anna enlists Jason to look into Dalton, since she's convinced that Brennan's assertion that he's not up to anything means he is. Brennan warns Josslyn that Anna is nosing around Dalton but instructs her not to get involved so Anna doesn't get suspicious. Natalia interrupts a conversation between Marco and Lucas so she can beg Marco to help her connect with Blaze. He's not moved and thinks his sister has the right idea in cutting their mother out of her life. Lucas is sympathetic but advises Marco not to fully cut her off. Sonny takes pity on Natalia, having been in similar situations with his own son. It's not enough to keep her from spending the afternoon drinking, and when she decides to go confront Sidwell, she gets arrested for DWI. Sonny asks Maxie how important Sidwell is to Deception, and he doesn't like her answer, which is that he's more important than Sonny is. He lets her know that he thinks Sidwell's interest in the company is actually interest in Sonny.
I hate giving Willow any credit, but she deserves a lot for her actions today. She was a total professional.
Of course Ric thought Sasha was faking. Dude, if she was going to fake labor, she would have done it before she had to admit that Michael is the baby's father.
"The woman I love doesn't want to marry me, so I'm going to abandon my kid again." Go away, Lucky.
Hey, Portia, instead of whining that Curtis is mad at you, how about trying to fix things?
June 6th, 2025
Nina has no regrets about having Drew drugged, and for Drew, it's another way to alienate Willow from anyone who doesn't support their relationship. He tells Nina that he's going to share her misdeeds with Willow, then whisk her and the kids off to D.C. (for some reason, he thinks that Michael's infidelity will lose him custody). Nina opts for mutually assured destruction by threatening to tell Willow that she and Drew slept together. Drew is more determined than ever to make sure Michael loses custody, because of not-really-all-that-clear reasons. Sonny finally reunites with Michael, who's happy to get to share his new daughter, Daisy, with everyone after keeping her secret for so long. Sonny all but tells Michael that if he's as smart as Sonny thinks he is, he'll compromise with Willow. The baby seems to have shifted everyone's perspective, because when Michael brings Wiley and Amelia to see their new sister, he invites Willow to hang out with them. The four of them share a nice, happy moment together, which is made even nicer when Drew sees it. Nina apologizes to Sasha for blowing up her secret in her desperation to help Willow keep her kids. Sasha has 12 other more important things going on, so I doubt she'll dwell on it. Plus, she sees Drew as the real enemy. Turner catches Anna and Jason talking in the park and notes that some people might find that suspicious. Anna realizes that she's gunning for Robert's job and plans to use taking Sonny down as a platform. She warns Sonny, who isn't concerned since he doesn't think Turner will be able to find anything to use against him. Molly is sent to question Natalia after her arrest, but she decides to recuse herself because she hasn't gotten past the way Natalia once treated Kristina. Natalia tries to call Marco, who won't pick up, leaving her literally defenseless when Turner sets her sights on her because of her connection to Sonny. Curtis talks over his marital issues with Marshall, comparing the lies Jordan told him during their marriage to the ones Portia told him. He thinks Portia's are worse and admits that he might have given up on things with Jordan too quickly. Marshall thinks he should take advantage of the opportunity to fix things with Portia because he didn't with Jordan. Jordan herself also thinks he should try to save his marriage, but Curtis thinks his first priority is protecting Portia from Drew. Sidwell's pleased to hear from Jordan that the majority of Port Charles residents want Sonny to lose his piers. Marco doesn't think Sidwell should buy them, since he could just end up losing them, but Sidwell thinks everything will work out for him. He hopes to expand both his legal and not-so-legal activities, and he'd like for Marco to become his right-hand man. As of now, Marco isn't interested and still doesn't want to know anything about his crimes. Instead of going on a woe-is-me bender or doing something else destructive after seeing his cousin/ex and her new baby, Cody just gets a drink at the Metro Court and hangs out at the pool. Molly's pleased with his self-control and loosens up a little around him. Carly's a little ticked that Jason lied about being Daisy's father, but she's mostly just happy to have another grandchild, so she's pretty much already over it. Jason's also happy, since everything worked out well for Michael, and he accepts the honor of being named Daisy's godfather.
Why didn't Nina deny Carly's accusations? It's not like Carly could show Drew any proof.
Aww, Daisy. That's one of those names I would never use for my own child but like for other people's children.
The way Daisy's paternity came out was actually the best possible scenario. No one can be mad about being lied to because they're too happy about there being a new baby in the family.
I assume Michael and Willow will finally agree on their own to shared custody, in which case I look forward to seeing Drew's head explode.
June 9th, 2025
Michael wants to talk to Willow before court, making her guess that he's open to negotiating shared custody. That's what Drew fears, so he makes sure Wiley overhears him telling Ric that Michael wants to ditch him and Amelia for Sasha and Daisy. Wiley shares this with Michael, who goes straight to Willow to slam the guy she's dating. Willow won't accept that Drew would do anything like that, which Michael sees as her choosing Drew over her kids. Drew flat out denies saying anything, which Willow buys but Nina doesn't. Michael recommits to getting full custody, and Willow deploys the argument that he abandoned his kids when he went to Germany. When she testifies that she went to visit him and he wouldn't see her, Michael tells Diane that that didn't happen. Diane's first question to Willow on the stand is whether she'd rather have her kids or be with Drew. Lucky starts saying goodbye to people, starting with Elizabeth and Lulu. Elizabeth thinks his leaving again is for the best, or at least that's what she tells Lucas. Rocco reaches out to Gio, who might not want to have anything to do with his biological relatives but is happy to have a younger brother. Rocco accidentally pushes things by trying to advocate for Dante, which makes Gio take a step back. For now, he wants to continue his friend relationship with Rocco and set aside the fact that they're brothers. Kristina goes back to the Metro Court pool for the first time since her fall, and though she has a difficult time, she makes herself stay. Unfortunately, Ava's there, and of course, she doesn't have any sympathy for Kristina. After noticing her talking to Cody, Kristina offers him an opportunity to make money. He'll probably jump on that, since he just failed to sell Carly on an idea for a singles night at the hotel. Brook is equally upset about the Gio situation and Lulu's involvement in it. Chase tries to get her to shift her focus to adoption instead. Willow's more okay with Nina keeping her knowledge of Michael and Sasha's fling from her than Nina expected her to be. Just in case it's important later and wasn't just filler, Marco asks Ava to help Sidwell get a painting through Customs.
Drew has officially crossed over into evil territory.
I think Carly might scratch someone's eyes out this week. I'm just not sure whose.
Oh, yay, a bunch of scenes where people make excuses for Lucky's bad decisions.
I wish Brook and Dante had seen how kind Gio was to Kristina today. Dante would have benefitted from it, considering how he views Gio after what happened with Rocco.
June 10th, 2025
Ric helps Willow make herself look like a lonely single mother who made an admittedly ill-advised decision in falling for her husband's uncle but loves her children more than their father does. Nothing comes of the truth about the visit to Germany, and Willow still believes that Michael lied about what Wiley said he overheard from Drew. Drew thinks he's the hero for stirring up enough discontent to win Willow custody. Kristina enlists Cody to seduce Ava, hopefully drawing her away from Ric. She claims it's for Molly's sake, which Cody can get behind. Lucky gives Isaiah a goodbye present in the form of a cabin Luke once owned. He figures it's a good way to thank Isaiah for saving Lulu, but Isaiah already considers them equal, since Lucky saved him from Sidwell. Kai tries to get more information about Drew and the Ashfords' falling-out before telling anyone what he overheard about Jacinda. Portia tells him about how Drew and Curtis' friendship fell apart after Drew's time in prison and his total personality change. Kai doesn't want to turn on someone who's been so good to him, and Portia assures him that no one in the family wants him to. Ava and Trina also talk about Drew a little, as well as the tension Trina's noticed between her parents, and Ava's love life, or whatever you want to call what she has going on with Ric. Martin's back in town after having had all his money taken by his ex-wives. So he'll be the latest person crashing with Laura and Kevin, who at this point should just turn their place into a B&B. Martin wants to go after Tracy, but Laura asks him to go easy on her right now. Similarly, Tracy advises Brook to not channel her anger at Lois, Gloria, and Lulu into a revenge mission when there are much more productive things she could be doing.
I'm not sure if I misheard or Kate Mansi needs to enunciate better, but I thought Kristina said she wanted Cody to sue someone.
Why did Cody automatically think that Kristina wanted him to seduce Alexis? Feels like he wouldn't have assumed that if he had never thought about her that way before.
Can't wait for Cody to have to explain to Molly why he's trying to hook up with her father's girlfriend (or whatever term they're using).
It's time to move on from Brook's never-ending anger. We've gone over that from every angle. Let's get back to the Gio part of the plot.
Thank you, Kai, for being cool. I expected him to run straight to Drew after he overheard Portia and Curtis. Though I guess the window is still open for that.
June 11th, 2025
Nina plays devil's advocate to subtly try to get Willow to realize that Michael wasn't lying about what Wiley heard Drew say. It doesn't work. Nina then hints to Drew that she knows he used Wiley to mess things up for his parents. Drew tells her that Wiley overheard exactly what he was supposed to overhear. Michael announces to Sonny, Carly, and Jason that if he loses custody, he's going to flee the country with Wiley and Amelia. Sonny and Jason are like, "Cool, we'll get a jet ready," while Carly protests. Michael tells her he'd rather be a fugitive with kids he knows are safe than risk never seeing them again. Lucky tells Laura he's leaving town, and she's basically like, "I'm not thrilled, but I want you to go someplace you'll be happy. Also, do me a favor and remember that you have a child every once in a while." Elizabeth thinks that her goodbye to Lucky was sufficient, but Isaiah wants her to reconsider that in case a lot of time passes before they see each other again. She does the rom-com cliché of rushing to the airport at the last minute so they can say a proper goodbye. Kai tells Trina that he heard her parents talking about Portia being connected to Drew's drugging. Trina trusts that her parents wouldn't do anything illegal, while Drew is a wildcard, so she doubts that Kai got the full and/or accurate story. She has no plans to dig into the situation and tells Kai to drop it. Curtis hires Felicia to track down Jacinda so he can pay her off to keep Portia out of her adventures with Drew. Jordan thinks it's a bad idea and warns Curtis that going down that road could lead to big trouble. Martin's so desperate for work that he's lowered himself to hanging around the hospital, looking for accident victims who want to sue. (No luck with Elizabeth.) He may get some luck with Tracy, as he notes that she'll need a lawyer to help her with the charge that she drugged Drew, and she would benefit from someone who's familiar with Drew, like Martin is. Isaiah lets Portia know that he overheard her and Ava talking about Drew. He advises her to lie a little lower than she has been, but she doesn't appreciate his input.
Drew clearly didn't think his plan all the way through, because all it takes is Wiley telling, say, Willow about what he heard, and all of a sudden, Drew's the villain.
Nina, stop being so smart. It's, like...endearing.
Trina is the complete opposite of a stereotypical soap character. "It's not our business, so we're going to stay out of it." ???
Martin and Tracy on the same side? What's next, cats lying down with dogs?
June 12th, 2025
Everything Willow has done to get close to Drew comes back to bite her, as the judge thinks the constant moves, the trip to D.C., and the failure to maintain Michael's relationship with the kids means she's neglected her children for her boyfriend. As a result, Michael gets full custody. It's a bittersweet victory, though, because Willow has a full-on breakdown that leads to her begging Michael to change the judge's mind. She passes out and lands in the hospital, leaving Michael to tell Wiley that he won't be able to see his mom for a while. Nina blames Drew for the outcome of the custody trial and advises him to get out of Willow's life before he does any further damage. Kristina tells Alexis about her Cody/Ava plan, which comes with another element: She's going to try to maneuver Ric and Elizabeth back toward each other. Alexis thinks it's all too complicated and won't work, but Kristina figures it's worth a shot. Cody's trial run to see if he can even seduce Ava goes well, even if he has to suffer through a discussion about art. He tells Kristina he'll sign on, but now that he's learned more about Ava (like, for example, that she's a murderer), his price has gone up. Natalia tells Sonny that Turner wants her to give up dirt on him, which she has in the form of Deception financials. Sonny seems to trust that Natalia won't turn on him, so either he's a naïve little bunny or he has some contingency plan in place and really doesn't have anything to worry about. Laura thinks Martin was on to something when he suggested that Elizabeth pursue a lawsuit over her car accident, in case it turns out that the manufacturer was at fault. She asks Alexis for her "unbiased" opinion (cough cough), and Alexis says she'll discuss it with Elizabeth.
I truly can't believe that after all of that, DREW LOST. Yeah, yeah, Michael won – the point is that all of Drew's scheming came to absolutely nothing.
If it turns out that Willow's loss of consciousness wasn't from hyperventilating but instead was from pregnancy, I will burn this house down.
As much as I hate the idea, Kristina might actually get somewhere trying to point Ric and Elizabeth toward each other. Clearly, Ric is already on board and doesn't even know it.
Cody's lived in town for three years. How does Ava not know who he is?
I was going to say that I didn't think Ava would go for someone like Cody, but really, he's not that much different from Morgan.
June 13th, 2025
Maxie makes a valiant effort to mediate things between Brook and Lulu, even though it's clear she's Team Brook. Lulu won't admit that she did anything wrong, so that doesn't help, but Maxie gets somewhere when she points out how many of the rivals' loved ones are upset seeing them battling. Brook decides she can accept Lulu's apology, but the problem is that Lulu refuses to apologize. Drew turns to Martin for advice on appealing the custody decision, but Martin doesn't think it would go anywhere. Drew has finally become self-aware and realized that he's the problem, so he's willing to give Willow up so she has a chance at getting her kids back. The odds of Michael agreeing to talk to him are slim, so Drew contacts someone who hates him even more: Jason. Marco steps up for Natalia after learning about her DWI arrest, and she tells him and Alexis that Turner offered her a deal if she'll spill everything she knows about Sonny. Alexis recuses herself because of their relationship, while Marco turns his focus to dealing with Turner without Natalia having to put herself at risk. Natalia updates Sonny, who's just told Jason what's going on with her and shared his reservations about just getting rid of her like he would any other risk. His suggestion is that Natalia save them both by fleeing the country. Dante's already ticked enough at Chase over the Gio situation, so when Chase freezes him out of a case at their superiors' request, Dante goes whining to Anna. Anna's like, "I know you're hurting and all, and I've been in a similar situation and feel bad about it, but can I just say...you're handling this horribly, and I understand why Brook and Chase didn't tell you anything." She tells Dante to be professional, which lasts for about five seconds. Tracy wants Alexis to fight her battle against Drew for her by suing for custody of Scout. Alexis won't, and she advises Tracy to apologize to Drew so he'll drop the charges against her. I think there's a better chance of Hell freezing over.
Freaking A, Lulu, suck it up and apologize so we can all MOVE ON.
I guess Drew doesn't get that the court will determine visitation, not Michael.
"She's starting to be a real problem for me." You're waaaaaaay late to the club, Sonny. Natalia's been a problem for the rest of us for months.
I enjoy and appreciate that Sonny's solution for Natalia is "go away."
It looks like Anna's going to lock Dante and Chase in a cell together until they work things out. I suggest doing the same for Lulu and Brook.
June 16th, 2025
Brook and Lulu get nowhere in their never-ending fight, neither of them willing to accept that they might have made any mistakes. It eventually comes to a head when Brook slaps Lulu, and Maxie has to separate them. She doesn't agree with Brook's actions, but she thinks Lulu went too far in not accepting any responsibility. As Lulu approaches Gio to try to apologize, Brook checks in with Marco, who's gotten started on her revenge scheme against Lulu. Her goal is to take Lulu down a peg in the parenting department, and somehow, that involves Britt. Drew can't even fully make his offer to leave Willow if Michael will let her see the kids because Jason doesn't trust him enough to listen to him. Drew warns that none of this is over and he'll be getting the kids back no matter what it takes. Jason takes that as a threat and basically says that Drew will have to come through him. He tells Carly about the conversation, and they agree that the kids aren't safe with Drew, at least not emotionally. Gio overhears Carly vowing to protect the kids, and for some reason, it's treated as if he overheard some shocking secret. Drew tells Martin that he decided not to make the offer to Jason because he would be abandoning Willow when she has no one else (screw Nina, I guess). As Jason and Carly have guessed, Drew wants to get her kids back so she'll see him as a hero. Martin has an idea that might help, but apparently it's pretty extreme. Tracy is willing to give Drew back the Quartermaine name if he'll take back his accusation that she drugged him. Martin won't accept the offer, but he'll consider a deal if Tracy gives a press conference and publicly apologizes for the way she's treated Drew. That's a no-go, of course, and Martin vows to continue looking for a way to make Tracy miserable. Josslyn tries to get invited to Dalton's lab, but he doesn't see a need to rush that part of her job. In the meantime, she finds a way to get his phone from him so she can clone it. Emma admits to Gio that she's working Dalton so she can find out if he's still testing on animals. Gio is supportive and offers his help if she needs it. Emma takes advantage of an open invitation to go to Dalton's office, where Josslyn and Vaughn have just successfully cloned his cell phone. Instead of just acting like they're having a normal conversation, which Emma totally would have bought, Vaughn kisses Josslyn. Anna locks Dante and Chase in a holding cell together so they can work through their issues. It starts with more fighting, since Dante won't back down from his anger at Brook, and Chase won't back down from backing his wife's decisions. Things almost boil over when Chase says that Gio's current distaste for Dante is Dante's own fault, because of the Rocco situation, and Dante shoots back that Chase doesn't get to weigh in because he's not a father. Finally, Dante realizes that he's been taking out his anger on people who don't deserve it. He's still not happy that Chase kept such a big secret from him, but they agree that they can set aside their personal problems when it comes to working together. Brennan fills Anna in on what he's learned about the hitwoman who tried to kill Sonny in L.A. This is all news to Anna, who doesn't get why Brennan is telling her anything at all, since that was outside her jurisdiction and the two would-be assassins were connected to the WSB, which she's been cut off from. Brennan says he just doesn't want anyone in Sonny's orbit to be collateral damage, which Anna interprets as concern for Carly. Anna asks Brennan if he's looked into Dalton, and he lies that there was nothing to look into. Anna knows better, so she likely feels justified in having Dalton monitored and, for some reason, having a boot put on his car.
I don't like what all the recent Britt talk implies for Kelly Thiebaud's upcoming return.
Lulu, approaching Gio is going to get you slapped again.
Michael E. Knight putting his hand all over the berries he was eating was hilarious.
Team Chase! Team Chase! Team Chase! Shut up, Dante!
June 17th, 2025
Gio doesn't really hold anything against Lulu, since she wanted him to know the truth about his parents and didn't mean for everything to come out the way it did. While they're discussing the whole mess, she ends up defending Brook's decisions. Gio isn't moved, and he's bitter that Brook never tried to find him. Nina wants to keep Drew away from Willow, but of course, Drew still has the upper hand. He forces her to back down and orders Portia to get Curtis to publish an op-ed opposing the custody decision. He also convinces Nina that taking away one of Willow's only two allies right now would be a horrible move. Curtis agrees to the op-ed (even though Michael is the majority shareholder of Aurora), because he can't really say no and damn Portia, but I don't think he has much patience left for all of this. He gives Michael his resignation and tells him that Drew is blackmailing Portia. Michael decides that instead of taking away one of Drew's avenues to mess with them, Curtis should stay put and make him think he's won. Josslyn and Vaughn tell Emma that he could get fired if she tells anyone they're dating, and she agrees to keep quiet, but only for Vaughn's benefit. She uses the secret to make Josslyn leave her alone in Dalton's office. When he catches her, she easily convinces him that she was filling in for Josslyn. She makes a good effort to get granted access to his lab, but like Josslyn, she's denied. Josslyn alerts Vaughn to Emma's scheming, and he tells her that Emma's been flirting with Dalton and trying to get closer to him. Vaughn's worried that Anna will be drawn into things and Brennan's fears will be realized. Josslyn suggests that Vaughn join SAAC and steer her away from Dalton. Carly and Felicia give Sasha an update on Willow, and Sasha surprisingly feels really sorry for her. As bad as Willow's life has become, Sasha's is inversely better, and she's excited to take Daisy home and basically have everything she wants under one roof. Then there's a weird thing where a nurse brings her the wrong baby and she freaks out, but Lucas determines that Daisy was in the nursery the whole time, so there was nothing to worry about, except how did someone make such a big mistake? Brook won't tell Marco her plans, but they have something to do with finding Rocco's original birth certificate and trying to figure out the details of Britt's pregnancy. Rocco tells Brook that he connected with Gio and would like her to let Gio know that Dante had nothing to do with all the secrets that were kept from him. Sorry, buddy, but that's kind of the least of Brook's problems right now. Lucas tries to convince Willow that Michael will let her see the kids, but since the words aren't coming out of Drew's mouth, I'm not sure she hears him. The Gio fiasco has made Dante more grateful for his relationship with Sonny, and he warns his father to be very careful when it comes to Turner.
Curtis resigning from Aurora was a brilliant idea. Too bad Michael convinced him to reconsider. Ooh, wait, I know – Michael should fake fire Curtis for the pro-Willow op-ed, taking away Drew's ability to use Curtis as a puppet while simultaneously making him think that Michael and Curtis have had a falling-out, so he won't suspect that they're plotting against him together.
In what universe is Wiley nine?
Obviously Josslyn is justified in being annoyed about Vaughn kissing her and forcing her into a fake relationship with him, but now they can meet up wherever and whenever they want without anyone being suspicious.
Emma should be proud of herself – she has a professional spy believing that she has feelings for someone she hates.
Sasha is a better person than I am, because in her position, I don't know that I would have any sympathy for Willow.
June 18th, 2025
Drew presents Martin's idea to Willow: They get married and hope the judge thinks that means they can provide Wiley and Amelia with a stable home. Willow's not really into that, especially with her preoccupation with how differently things went from what she expected. Drew takes responsibility for getting her hopes up and tries to convince her that things will change down the line. Kai is crushed to hear that, though his surgery was a success, it wasn't enough of a success to allow him to go back to playing football. He let himself place so much hope in it that he never really thought about it failing, and now he has no idea what to do with himself. Trina decides the whole thing is Drew's fault. Even with Daisy's paternity public knowledge, Sasha still wants to raise her alone. She assures Michael that he can have the presence he wants in her life, but she's trying to head off any kind of custody battle. He tells her that won't be an issue, since he trusts her judgment. Also, they're being watched, apparently? Alexis brings up a potential lawsuit to Elizabeth, who repeats that she's not interested. She immediately summons Kristina and reveals that she knows that Kristina was responsible for the car crash. She hints that she'll turn Kristina in, since Lucky is no longer in the country and at risk of being arrested as an accessory, but ultimately says she'll keep quiet as long as Kristina behaves. Cody continues his and Kristina's plan, finding things he has in common with Ava and easily keeping up a conversation with her. Molly sees them together and is definitely disappointed that he's showing someone else attention. Curtis welcomes an interruption from Jordan while he's with Portia, who later complains to Isaiah that Jordan still has feelings for her ex. Curtis confides to Jordan that he doesn't think the damage done to his marriage can be repaired. Ric learns from Isaiah that Elizabeth is single again and acts like he's concerned about how she's handling it rather than thinking about how he could have another shot with her. Isaiah makes it clear that he doesn't like that idea, and he'll be looking out for his co-worker.
Drew must think the judge is an idiot. How would an impromptu marriage to Willow, who got divorced 24 hours ago, make her look like a better parent than Michael, who the judge has already deemed better? Why did Martin think this was a good plan?
Aww, I wanted to see Trina dropkick a documentary camera out a window!
Seems to me like Sasha just wants to be the only one making decisions about Daisy, so she'll let Michael do as much work as he wants but won't give him any rights. Carly's going to love that.
As if Elizabeth would rat out Kristina and turn Lucky into a fugitive.
Cody, I beg you, please don't back out of this plan because you feel sorry for Ava for losing a child.
God bless Isaiah and his undisguised impatience and disdain for Ric.
June 19th, 2025
Sidwell wants an answer from Sonny about whether or not he'll sell his waterfront property. He straight out says that he wants to end Sonny's influence on Port Charles, though he frames it as an opportunity for Sonny to protect his family, because he certainly doesn't want anyone else to die like Morgan – not that that's a threat or anything, ha ha ha, of course not! Sonny decides to risk losing his property in the referendum rather than letting Sidwell have it. Michael tells Jason about parenting arrangements with Sasha, which he says he's okay with because a least he gets to be in his daughter's life. Even better, all three of his kids are under one roof, and after spending months struggling through recovery to get back to them, he's finally there. In a twist that hammers home how many corrupt judges sit on the bench in Port Charles, Michael got full custody because Sidwell bribed the judge. Someone's definitely lurking and keeping an eye on Daisy. Drew feels bad about how things turned out for Kai (or at least that's what he says), and he offers Kai a paid internship. Josslyn and Trina commiserate over Drew and how Kai's admiration of him is hurting his and Trina's relationship. Josslyn makes the wise observation that, considering that all the people Drew has crossed aren't very forgiving, it's only a matter of time before one of them takes him down. Jordan tells Anna that Curtis' marriage is falling apart and she's not sure how she feels. Neither of them can decide if Curtis will want to rekindle things with Jordan, who doesn't want to do what Portia did and circle someone else's marriage while it fails. Jordan and Isaiah briefly reconnect and agree that the timing was wrong for them to be together. I plug my ears and sing "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA" really loudly. I guess the Gio situation has changed Lulu's perspective, because she thanks Anna for bringing Charlotte home and encourages her to stop beating herself up for contributing to her difficult life. Marco lets Lucas in on what's going on with Natalia and his uncertainty whether she'll take Turner's deal. Even though he knows his father is a criminal, he feels closer to Sidwell because at least Sidwell doesn't judge him for who he is. Lucas reminds Marco that he's allowed to be who he wants to be, no matter what Natalia thinks. Isaiah offers his friendship to Lulu in the wake of Lucky's departure, and she has to admit that she doesn't have a lot of other friend prospects right now.
Do the Quartermaines not have any security, or...?
Kai just looks dumber and more naïve every day he denies that Drew is a villain. This isn't going to end well for him.
"I gotta say, I don't have much sympathy for Portia." Me, too! Let's be friends, Jordan!
I refuse to give up on the possibility of Jordan and Isaiah! REFUSE!
June 20th, 2025
Nina again leans toward telling Willow that she and Drew slept together, but now Ava thinks it's a bad idea. The worst-case scenario is that Drew tells Willow that Nina's lying, and Willow will pull away from Nina, leaving her with only Drew influencing her. Drew brings up the possibility of marriage again, but Willow doesn't think it's the right move. He spins something about how following a lawyer's advice will endear them to the judge, and she decides that since a marriage for the wrong reasons worked when she and Michael did it to get Wiley, it'll work again. Willow goes to the Metro Court hoping to see Wiley during his swimming lesson, and Nina practically has to restrain her from taking something he left behind to the Quartermaines'. She warns that Willow can't do anything to put visitation privileges in jeopardy, even if it looks like a coincidental run-in. Willow tells her that she and Drew are going to fix everything by getting married before the visitation hearing. Tracy and Curtis recap the Drew situation, then discuss the deal Martin worked out to get Drew to back off. Tracy considers taking it, and Curtis hopes to find Jacinda and get her to lie that Drew took ketamine willingly before Tracy has to make any false confessions. At the last minute, Tracy protests, but Curtis and Michael remind her that she really has no other options right now. Trina's not surprised that Kai went to see Drew after learning that he's done with football, but she is surprised that Drew was so sympathetic and remorseful. Kai decides not to accept Drew's internship, since he thinks it'll mean relocating to D.C. and taking him away from Trina. Trina tells Ava that she'll support whatever decision he makes and won't try to turn him against Drew, but she's pleased that Kai is prioritizing her. Unfortunately for her, Drew changes Kai's mind after assuring him that moving to D.C. won't be necessary. Sonny convinces Gio to join his softball team, even though it means he'll have to play against people he doesn't want to deal with right now (you know, like his biological parents). Sonny continues being casual about their relationship so Gio doesn't feel pressured to do anything he's not ready for. Turner seems to want to befriend Anna, who finds it a lot easier to chat with the local mob boss than with the acting DA. Strangely, Sonny has no problem chatting with the woman who has made it no secret that she wants to take him down. Kristina urges Michael to let go of his anger toward Drew, since no good can come of it. Michael guesses that she's speaking from experience related to Ava and gets a little curious about what Kristina might have done that she now deeply regrets. Emma and Gio find a stray dog. That's it, that's the plot.
This whole episode felt like filler.
I can't believe they did it, but they did: They managed to make the softball stuff even worse.
Again, I need people to stop saying that Drew took advantage of Willow. It makes it sound like she's a victim, which she very much is not.
The only significance I can apply to the stray dog is that maybe it escaped from the lab where Dalton is testing on animals.
June 23rd, 2025
Nina tries very hard to convince Willow not to rush a marriage to Drew, partly because the judge will see right through it and partly because she deserves the kind of wedding that takes time to plan. Willow is sure that being married before the visitation hearing will get her what she wants, so Nina's input goes in one ear and out the other. Michael wants to be happy about his new daughter and her upcoming christening, but he feels like celebrating would be pouring salt on Willow's wound. Carly agrees that Willow should be in her kids' lives, but the key will be keeping them away from Drew. Michael's determined to make that happen, so when he learns of Willow's plans, things get more complicated for him. Tracy talks over her dilemma with Brook, unsure of whether to accept the deal Martin has offered on Drew's behalf. Brook thinks that making the drugging charges against her disappear is worth letting Drew use their last name. Newly engaged and about to get everything he wants, Drew thinks everything's coming up...well, Drew. But at the last minute, Tracy balks at gushing over him at a press conference and announces that she did nothing wrong, and that Drew should be kicked out of Congress like he was kicked out of the family. Trina can't support Kai's decision to work for Drew, but she also doesn't want it to cause problems for their relationship, so she's in for a lot of biting her tongue. Interested in the details of Curtis, Portia, and Drew's falling-out, she asks Curtis to tell her what's been going on there. Jordan and Curtis reminisce while wearing what I think are too few items of clothing at the Metro Court pool. Isaiah decides to teach Portia about work/life balance by taking her to the pool (totally something that normal co-workers do), and of course, she's upset to see her husband with his ex. She's convinced herself that Jordan is making a move, and that her lingering feelings for Curtis are the real reason things didn't work out between her and Isaiah. Nina pressures Carly to talk Michael into giving Willow lots of visitation (something he has no control over – does no one on this show understand how the legal process works?) with the condition that Drew not be included. She thinks, for some reason, that if Willow gets her kids back, Nina will be able to get her away from Drew. Carly's basically like, "I hate him, too, but Willow possibly marrying Drew is absolutely not my problem."
Why does Nina think that if Willow gets visitation, she'll suddenly be open to listening to Nina's anti-Drew sentiments? Nothing has worked so far – why would that change anything?
I want to hear the rest of Tracy's statement. You know Martin put some real gems in there.
I'm not doing Isaiah/Portia. Not doing it. He deserves so much better.
If Trina and Josslyn can be friends while Trina works for Ava, Kai and Trina can date while he works for Drew.
Kai, if everyone in town says bad stuff about someone, you can't come back with, "But he's been really nice to meeeeeeee!"
June 24th, 2025
Martin thinks he's scored a huge victory over Tracy, but at the last minute, an unexpected savior steps up. Cody announces that he borrowed Tracy's car to run some errands and accidentally left behind a vial of ketamine he'd gotten for her horse. He even has a receipt to back up his story. Tracy gets Drew to make a statement that he accepts the tale, and as the icing on the cake of her day, Martin practically gets apoplectic and falls on his face in front of everyone. Brook suspects that Tracy paid Cody to lie for her, and Tracy tells her that it was Michael's idea to bring him in for the rescue. Drew's furious at Martin for not anticipating Tracy's moves, and he frets that he'll have to postpone his and Willow's wedding because he hasn't rehabbed his image yet. Kai takes pity on him and spills that Curtis and Portia are trying to pay Jacinda to lie about him. Michael warns Willow that if she marries Drew, he'll make sure she never gets any time with the kids. Willow accuses him of bullying her in an attempt to get her to dump Drew, who she swears is honest and caring and has her best interests in mind. Her trip to Germany comes up again, and Michael is finally able to tell her that he never knew she was there, but Willow doesn't believe him. Carly shares Nina's idea with Michael that giving Willow generous visitation will give her incentive to leave Drew, since she'll see that she doesn't need him to get the kids back. But Michael's decided to have Diane delay the visitation hearing as long as possible, then try to keep Willow from getting anything. Portia picks a fight with Jordan, who thinks she's pathetic and insecure, as well as responsible for whatever problems have arisen in her marriage. Portia throws a drink in her face, which is frankly one of the last things anyone should do to Jordan. Isaiah weighs in, suspecting that Portia's right about Jordan still having feelings for Curtis. Portia decides it's time to confront Curtis about whatever she thinks is happening between him and Jordan, but he diverts her attention to the fact that Trina and Kai know about Jacinda. She doesn't think Kai will say anything, and Curtis has no reason to believe otherwise, so he's fairly confident that Felicia will locate Jacinda and they'll get her hush money to her before anything happens. Carly more or less tells Nina that Willow wanting to marry Drew is a Nina problem, not a Carly problem, and it's up to her to prevent it. Nina turns to Jason next, knowing that Michael will listen to his input, as if Jason would try to talk him into doing something Jason doesn't agree with. Willow catches them talking and suspects that Michael sent Jason to intimidate her and Nina. Sidwell mentions to Lucy that he'd hoped to have her handle his purchase of Sonny's piers, but Sonny hasn't agreed to the sale. Lucy volunteers to talk to him, which Sidwell is more than happy with – as he tells Marco, he'll get his hands dirty getting rid of Sonny if he has to, but isn't this much better? Lucy gives it a good try, but even her long friendship with Sonny doesn't get him to budge. Jason's worried that Natalia has already told or soon will tell Sidwell stuff that he can use against Sonny. Sonny's finalizing plans to send her to Belize and thinks chances are good that Natalia will keep quiet.
KAI, NOOOOOOOOOOO! [insert gif of Tyra Banks saying, "We were all rooting for you!"]
I was wondering why they had that moment last week where Michael mentioned that ketamine is used on horses.
"It seems like everybody's against us." That's because they are. You're so smart, Drew!
What Nina doesn't get is that no matter what she pulls to drive Drew and Willow apart, he'll stop at nothing to claw his way back in. She's going about this the wrong way.
June 25th, 2025
Kristina lets Alexis know that Lucky told Elizabeth the truth about the car crash, but Elizabeth isn't going to rat her out. Alexis wants Kristina to give up her plan to have Cody come between Ric and Ava. She also wants to tell Elizabeth about the blackmail. Kristina changes her mind by pointing out that Elizabeth would confront Ric, who would retaliate by turning Kristina in to the police. Alexis thanks Elizabeth for keeping quiet about what Kristina did, and Elizabeth basically says that since Kristina knows she made a mistake, it's all good. When talk turns to Elizabeth's friendship with Ric and where it may or may not go, Alexis seems like she might be poised to spill about the blackmail. Dante wants to work with Brook to try to connect with Gio, as he's worried that giving him too much space will make him think that his biological parents don't care about him. Brook convinces him to honor Gio's wishes and not push anything. Also, she now has Rocco's original birth certificate, which lists Britt as his mother. There's still no explanation of what she's up to, and Marco's just as curious as the rest of us, even asking Lucas if he worked at GH when Britt was chief of staff. Lucas informs Elizabeth that their co-workers keep talking about how often Ric comes by the hospital. Elizabeth thinks that everyone is gossiping about them getting back together, but Lucas says she's being left out of it. Still, Elizabeth worries that she might be leading Ric on, which she knows she shouldn't, because there's no way they'll ever get back together, unless...? Maybe? They might? Lucas can relate to having to set limits with a guy who's no good, and he says that he had to decide for himself when enough was enough. Natalia hasn't committed to leaving the country yet, and she wants assurances that Sonny won't just send her to Belize and then abandon her. He assures her that he won't, but I can't imagine they'll have much contact once she leaves (if she actually does). Martin wants to sue Tracy, but Ric doesn't think he has any grounds. He also doesn't have the money for a retainer. By the end of the episode, he learns that he no longer has insurance, either. Meanwhile, Tracy's day only gets better, as Cody is so grateful to the Quartermaines that he won't accept payment for helping Tracy. A conversation with Laura lets Ava know that Ric has been hanging out with Elizabeth and lying about it. Kristina asks Cody to mention to Ava that Lucky left town, since hearing it from him instead of Ric is sure to stir up something in her. She's right. Sonny tells Laura that he's not selling his piers to Sidwell, which she's thrilled about. He's not going to start anything, but he warns that violence is sure to erupt in town. Lulu hangs out at the Metro Court pool because Rocco and Danny are now working there. It's a plot full of nothing, but at least it's better than the one where Emma found a stray dog.
I'm impressed with how Cody was able to slip Lucky into his conversation with Ava without it seeming unusual.
I want $50 every time someone says "dragonberry."
"To reach Gio, you and I are going to have to work together." Work together at doing nothing and giving Gio the space he wants? Sure, if you need a buddy for that, feel free to work together.
Elizabeth, you can't act like the panic room fiasco is what's keeping you from getting back together with Ric. It sure wasn't a dealbreaker ten years ago.
I'm not going to get my hopes up that we're about to be rid of Natalia. I'm sure she'll do something stupid and screw it all up.
June 26th, 2025
Marco figures out that Natalia's planning to flee the country to avoid jail time or selling Sonny out to Turner. When he learns that Sonny is helping Natalia flee, he panics, thinking that Sonny's actually plotting to kill her. He tries to convince Natalia to let him help her, but she's confident that she and Sonny are going to start a new life together and everything will be great. Marco warns that if she leaves, he won't help her as a lawyer, and she'll be dead to him as a mother. When she goes, Marco starts to call the police to have her arrested so she'll be safe from Sonny. Lucas talks him out of it, reminding him that Natalia's an adult who makes her own decisions. Natalia goes whining to Sidwell about Marco, but Sidwell has no sympathy for her. She asks him to prove his love for their son by promising never to get him involved in anything illegal. Dante reaches out to Gio with philharmonic tickets, but the idea of attending just reminds Gio of what happened at the Nurses' Ball, so he declines. Dante then apologizes to Jason for criticizing the way he parents Danny, because he now gets that some kids need more space than others to make their own decisions. Lulu has a lot more luck with Gio than Dante did, probably because he doesn't see her as trying to win him over. He comes to her rescue with a drunk pool guest, which turns into a bonding experience for them. Brook sees them together and likely doubles down on her revenge scheme. That scheme seems to be to simply reveal that Britt gave birth to Rocco, and that Lulu, who claimed she doesn't lie to her kids, has been keeping it a secret for 15 years. It may come out differently than she planned, though, because Danny comes across a file with Rocco's name on it in Brook's Deception stuff. Sasha asks Felicia to be Daisy's godmother, since Felicia has been so supportive both before and during her pregnancy. Her relationships with Robert and Holly have improved, even with them out of town, and Sasha says that now that she's a parent, she has a different perspective of the way Holly parented her. Speaking of Daisy, her stalker returns to her nursery, but seems to only change her onesie and put her back facing the opposite direction. Carly may have a better read on Natalia and Sidwell than anyone else, and she seems to be more worried about them than Sonny is. He assures her that Natalia won't be a problem soon, and that he can handle Sidwell. Sidwell, meanwhile, meets up with Ezra, who he definitely has something cooking with. He confides that he wants to make Sonny look "messy" so the people of Port Charles will continue to turn against him. Lulu questions Marco as a boyfriend for Lucas, considering what a bad guy his father is. Lucas points out that Charlotte also has a bad guy for a father, and Lulu wouldn't want her to be judged for it.
Now letting myself have a little hope that Natalia will be gone for good soon, as a treat.
Brook, this is not a proportionate response! Also, how is she so sure that Rocco doesn't know the circumstances of his birth? Also also, she gets that she could crush Rocco, right? She doesn't care that she could hurt him?
I like Rocco and Danny's two-doofy-brothers dynamic.
Sasha, just hook up the nanny cam and save us all from trouble. Also, put some pajamas on the baby. She's going to freeze.
June 27th, 2025
I honestly don't know what's up with Sonny and Turner, but he's disturbed by the amount of attention she's paying him, and he decides to bump up Natalia's departure by a few hours. Natalia's confused when she's told that she's leaving while Sonny's at Daisy's christening, and she's shocked to learn that Sonny isn't going to Belize with her, and in fact was never planning to. She has a bit of a meltdown, then heads to the church and parks herself in a pew like an invited guest. Portia wants Curtis to tell her if they're through or if he's going to fight for their marriage. He can't get past her lies and secrets, which she finds hypocritical because [insert ridiculously weak reasoning here]. She says she'll do whatever he needs her to do to fix things, but she also keeps whining, so I don't know. Then all of a sudden, I guess he decides he wants to stay with her, because he start making out with her. Jordan isn't quite sure how she feels about the Curtis situation, but she knows she doesn't want to get between him and Portia the way Portia did to them. Anna encourages her to go talk to him, and Jordan learns the hard way why you should always call ahead instead of dropping in on someone, because she interrupts just as Curtis and Portia are about to have sex on his desk. Sasha tells Cody about the weird things that have been going on at the Quartermaines', but he's not really the person to discuss that with, since he just teases that it could be a ghost. Natalia warns Brook that, thanks to an accidental investment of dirty money by Sonny's financial people, Deception could be in trouble. Brook starts to share the news with Chase, but the second he hears that Natalia's involved, he shuts down the conversation. Despite all the craziness with Willow and Drew, Carly is nothing but happy going into the christening. She's especially glad that Jason is going to be there for Michael's kids the way he was there for Michael. Like Kristina, Josslyn encourages Michael to not let the difficult stuff he's been dealing with overshadow Daisy's special day. Anna gets wind of Turner's attempts to get at Sonny through Natalia and tells her to cut it out.
Natalia's belief that she was running off with Sonny wasn't the only thing she was delusional about. She also apparently thinks that the reason her kids don't want a relationship with her is that she's criticized them for not living up to their potential.
Welp, I didn't expect Curtis to veer in that direction.
New drinking game: Drink every time someone enters someone else's office without knocking.
Carly: "Only the Quartermaines would crash a christening." Natalia: "Hold my Manhattan."
Should we tell Josslyn and Kristina that they basically gave Michael the same advice?
June 30th, 2025
Sonny finally tells Natalia straight out that he's not going to Belize with her, so she's on her own to create a new life for herself. While packing to leave, Natalia takes some unidentified pills, drinks some booze, takes some more pills, drinks some more booze, and drunk-texts Marco before passing out. Marco tries to ignore Natalia's texts, since this is typical of her and he's trying to have a nice night with Lucas. Lucas reminds him that Natalia's planning to leave the country and might never reach out again, so this could be his last chance to end things on good terms. It takes a while, but Lucas eventually persuades Marco to go see his mother. Kristina has to leave the post-christening reception to go open Charlie's after the manager calls in sick. Just before she arrives, two masked men break in and cover the place in gasoline. She finds a puddle of it just before a firebomb flies through the window. Portia reveals that she lured Jordan to Curtis' office in hopes that she would catch them together and get the message that Curtis isn't available. This backfires on her, as Curtis is just reminded of Portia transformation into a lying liar who lies. Portia can't go five seconds without bringing up Jordan, who she blames for all their issues. Curtis disagrees, and he might finally be done with Portia. Jordan doesn't intend to take Portia's bait, since she's fully aware that Curtis is married and she doesn't want to be a homewrecker. She also still isn't completely sure about her current feelings for her ex. Chase calls Turner to let her know that Natalia turned up at the church to talk to Sonny, which could mean that they're plotting something. Brook isn't happy that Chase's job is pitting him against Sonny, and though he reminds her that they promised a while ago to keep church and state separate, that's going to be harder for her than she thought. Turner's unmoved by Anna's insistence that she stop with her top-secret investigations and maneuvering behind Anna's back. Anna swears that Turner can trust her, so when Turner give her the opportunity to prove it by asking her to put out an APB on Natalia so they can nab her before she flees the country. Confident that Natalia is being escorted out of the country and his life, Sonny is free to enjoy the christening along with the rest of the attendees, who admittedly deserve some pleasantness before there's inevitably a new crisis to deal with.
They've already announced that Eva LaRue is done, so I guess that answers any questions about Natalia's fate. Maybe we'll get a Blaze appearance for a funeral?
Portia, pull yourself together. This is really pathetic.
Jordan walked into Curtis' office without knocking, saw something she wasn't supposed to, and then walked into Anna's office without knocking. Instead of mulling over her feelings for her ex, she should spend some time focusing on learning from her mistakes.
Who has a nighttime christening?