General Hospital blog - May, 2026
May 1st, 2026
Carly and Valentin fight about his feelings for Anna and whether Carly's jealous and other stuff that I honestly wasn't listening to. Then they have sex. Brennan tries to convince Sonny that he and Carly are totally fine, which isn't very convincing since he suspects that she's cheating on him. He lets himself into her house and bursts into her bedroom, just narrowly missing catching her in bed with Valentin. Britt advises Cassius to avoid Josslyn, but Cassius thinks he should tell Sidwell and Cullum that she's with the WSB. Instead, he drops by her apartment for a seemingly friendly conversation, in which she repeats the lies she said to Nina about him. She trips him up with the handcuff story, and it looks like he knows he screwed up, because he drops his nice-guy act. After talking to Brennan about Cullum's shooting, Sonny tells Britt that he's put together that Jason didn't shoot Cullum and is instead protecting someone else. She confirms that, but he doesn't press her to say who's being protected. Instead, he just offers her help if she needs it. Jordan is cheered by a visit from Brick. Half the episode is people standing around at the Savoy, waiting for Michael James Scott to arrive. We get it, Brook feels guilty about the car accident. Molly already has a book tour planned, like, come on. People really want Trina to become a professional singer.
I'm mad at this episode for wasting so much of my time.
Who's made less progress, Britt on Faison's project or Carly and Valentin on their ever-changing plans?
Me when Brook and Chase kissed: "Suck it, Michael."
Enough with the Broadway stuff! Move some stories along!
May 4th, 2026
Cassius tells Josslyn that he knows she's a WSB agent. She thinks someone messed with him while he was away and tries to convince him not to hurt her. It doesn't work, and after a brutal fight, he chokes her unconscious. He summons Pascal, who helps him lock up Josslyn in the Wyndemere room Anna was previously held in. Valentin reveals himself to Brennan, and he and Carly admit that they've been plotting against him. Brennan thinks that Valentin manipulated Carly, but she makes it clear that she's a full partner. She tears into Brennan for recruiting Josslyn, luring her into killing Cyrus, and lying to Carly about everything. Brennan knows that Valentin will probably escape before he can be taken in, but Carly faces years in prison for treason, and Brennan doubts that Valentin will help her out. Valentin declares that no one will be going to jail or fleeing – Brennan will help them, because if he doesn't, they'll rat him out to Cullum, who will use him as a fall guy. Lucas and Pascal butt heads, but Lucas chooses not to say anything about it to Sidwell. He does tell Ava that Pascal hates him, and she considers talking to Sidwell about him. Brook still feels guilty. Seriously, we get it. Sidwell offers to pay for the tennis courts Kristina wants to dedicate to Marco, but Lucas and Ava convince him that that would undermine Kristina's motives. He decides to make an anonymous donation instead. Molly is hesitant to bring Cody along on her book tour in case it exposes conflicts they don't want exposed. He changes her mind. Gio seems to be edging closer to getting back into music. Everything at the Savoy continues to be boring.
I like that when Brennan asked Carly why she turned on him, there was a picture of Josslyn visible next to her. The answer was literally right in front of his face.
Carly's too old to get pregnant, right? ...RIGHT?
If I were Lucas, I wouldn't eat or drink anything Pascal gave me.
Next time, put the special guest star in the Nurses' Ball and cut the filler scenes.
May 5th, 2026
Ethan tells Sonny that it looks like Ric and Ava are conspiring on something involving Sidwell. Sonny isn't sure he can trust Ethan, since he admittedly dislikes Ric, but he gives Ric a chance to clarify things. Instead, Ric lies, and when Justine helps Sonny confirm that he was dishonest, Sonny wonders if this is yet another instance of Ric trying to come after him. Brook and Chase admit to each other that they want to adopt Phoebe, even if it takes a lot of work and having their pasts scrutinized. Jordan clings to the relief of getting out of the hospital, but going home doesn't make her feel any better, since she has constant reminders of how her life has changed. Curtis tells her that he may have ID'd the other driver. Tracy offers Ethan a job with Michael, hoping to get him away from Sonny before he gets into any danger. She finds it hard to believe that he just woke up one morning and decided to come back to Port Charles. He tells her that he was working on something with a partner, something unspecified happened, and he came back to meet up with someone who hasn't been returning his calls. After talking with Brook and Chase, Ethan learns why that someone hasn't been returning his calls: It's Delilah, who, of course, is dead. Justine updates Laura on her progress getting a warrant to look into Isaiah's possible involvement in Jordan's crash. Laura really hopes it's a dead end, though she wants Jordan to get answers. Ric is surprised when Elizabeth easily accepts his invitation to go away for the weekend. She sees it as a big step in their relationship, which she tells Laura is going great, as Ric has totally changed and she fully trusts him. Brook is worried that someone else will get arrested for the crash, which will just make her feel worse. Tracy continues urging her to keep her mouth shut and not worry about anyone connecting her to the accident.
Please tell me Ethan isn't Phoebe's father. Hopefully he was helping Delilah flee the real father.
No wonder Ethan's so good at poker. His poker face is 10/10.
I loved how Brook told Tracy that Chase wouldn't want her to use her connections to help them keep Phoebe, and then ten minutes later, Chase was like, "What if we used your family's connections to help us keep Phoebe?"
Why is the DA's office devoting so much time and energy to investigating the crash? Are there no other crimes to look into?
When the Ric/Elizabeth relationship, round 6 inevitably falls apart, I will have little to no sympathy for Elizabeth. Naïve little bunny.
May 6th, 2026
Ethan gets information from Brook and Chase about Delilah without letting on that he knew her. Chase admits that he thinks she was keeping something secret. Once he's alone, Ethan mourns Delilah and vows to keep quiet about what he knows about her and Phoebe. Josslyn did a number on Cassius before her kidnapping, so he seeks medical treatment from Isaiah. Isaiah resists doing it off the books, partly because he's Team Lulu in their recent argument. He pawns Cassius off on Britt. Jordan disapproves of Curtis convincing himself that Isaiah was the other driver without anything solid to back it up. He offers to get Justine to drop the investigation, but Jordan wants answers, and if they point to Isaiah, she wants to confront him. Laura is worried that Elizabeth's relationship with Ric will make her a target for Sidwell. Plus, she doesn't like that Ric is keeping secrets from Elizabeth about the stuff he's gotten mixed up in. Ric doesn't like it, either, but he knows that if he breaks up with Elizabeth now, he'll never get another chance with her. Laura asks him to back off until things with Sidwell are a little more stable. Justine guesses that part of Sonny's anger about Ric seemingly betraying him comes from the fact that Sonny trusted him. She convinces him to find out why he lied before he makes any decisions about how to handle the situation. Dante found two different blood samples on the gun that shot Cullum, and he guesses that they belong to Jason and Cullum. Elizabeth agrees to get him a sample of Cullum's blood so he can find out.
Delilah came to town two months ago. Why did it take Ethan so long to get there?
It's a good thing Curtis isn't a cop anymore, because he's jumping to conclusions without any evidence.
Speaking of jumping to conclusions...hey, Sonny.
Every time Britt is nasty to someone (so, basically every time she's in a scene), I wonder how we're expected to want her to be with Jason.
May 7th, 2026
Josslyn still thinks that "Nathan" has been brainwashed, so Cassius tells her who he really is (and clarifies that Obrecht thinks he died at birth). Josslyn guesses that he plans to kill her, since there's no way he would trust her to keep everything secret. Cassius says he doesn't want to resort to that. Nina thinks that Willow should dismiss Kai so they don't risk Drew trying to communicate with him. Willow tells her that he's helping her with a project that will get them something they can use against Drew. Nina's about at the end of her rope with the whole situation, and Drew might be able to take advantage of that, as she struggles to give him his next injection. Brennan is surprised to learn that Cullum is going to stay in town and look into his shooting. When Cullum hears that Brennan let the PCPD keep all the evidence, he announces that he's taking over Brennan's job and requests a list of all of his agents. Britt thinks that once she's done with the prototype, Sidwell and Cullum will kill her. Cassius tries to reassure her, thinking that after they have what they want, both siblings will be free. He claims that he'll tell Lulu and James who he really is eventually, but that doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Emma is annoyed at first to have Britt fill in for Dr. Navarro at a doctor's appointment, but when Britt helps her with a birth-control problem, Emma starts to soften toward her. Carly can't get in touch with Josslyn, which makes her and Valentin think that Brennan sent her away. Valentin moves their plans along by contacting Nina. Ava interrupts while Ric is having dinner with Molly and Cody, making them wonder what the two of them are cooking up. Molly thinks that he might still be interested in his ex, but Cody knows for sure that he would never go back to Ava. He assures Ric that he has not and will not tell Molly anything about his month in the basement. Trina asks Gio to play with her again at a showcase for some music industry pros. He admits that he misses playing, and he's much more comfortable playing the guitar than going back to the violin. She assures him that once it stops being fun for him, they'll stop.- Sonny has basically the same conversation with Alexis as he had with Justine, because no one can convince him that Ric isn't up to something nefarious.
I guess we're retconning the established fact that Faison never knew about Nathan?
Who left full glass bottles in the kidnapping suite? Josslyn could kill someone with one of those.
Carly: "You're an escaped felon." Valentin: "So you have a type." Ha!
What was the point of yesterday's Sonny/Justine scenes if he wasn't going to listen to a word she said? I'm sure he won't do anything stupid based on suspicions!
May 8th, 2026
Nina summons Brennan to Drew and Willow's house so Valentin can confront him there. She rushes to give Drew his next injection before Brennan arrives, but she runs out of time and has to stash the syringe under a toy truck. Valentin arrives with his gun already drawn and asks Brennan where Josslyn is. Brennan has no idea, of course, and Valentin says that if he's telling the truth, he's of no use. The two of them fight over the gun, and Nina stands there and yells at them for a few moments. Eventually she grabs the syringe and injects Brennan. After learning that the blood on the gun wasn't Cullum's, Elizabeth easily connects Rocco's hand injury to the shooting. Dante thinks that's ridiculous at first, but it comes to make sense to him. He hates that Lulu kept it from him and that he hasn't been able to help Rocco through what he's been struggling with. Cassius again urges Lulu to get Rocco out of town, as he's sure that Cullum will put together that he was the shooter. Lulu again refuses, not wanting to force her son to leave his loved ones when he needs them most. Cassius warns that he can't protect Rocco, and he implies that he thinks Lulu is an idiot for not listening to him. She dismisses him from the cover-up. Ethan reports to Sonny that Ava and Ric met up at her gallery, which Sonny considers the only proof he needs that Ric is secretly working with Sidwell. The two go to the gallery, where Ava has just facilitated some sort of transaction between Ric and a mystery man. Carly tells Lucas and Felicia that she and Brennan are done, which doesn't exactly upset them. Carly figures out that Lucas is the reason Josslyn knew she was cheating.
I expected Drew to eventually give Nina the injection, so watching Brennan get it was a pleasant surprise (and quite satisfying).
I also thought Brennan or Valentin might accidentally shoot Nina, which would have made things really interesting.
I wish Elizabeth had talked to Lulu and/or Rocco before saying anything to Dante. But I think inserting Dante in the plot could lead to some good stuff.
After all the drama, are Lulu and Cassius already over? Let's hope so.
May 11th, 2026
Valentin flees after Brennan loses consciousness, leaving Nina to figure out what to do on her own. She gets Brennan to the hospital, leaving Drew behind as he regains more and more movement. It takes her a while to realize that she should warn Nina, who gets home just as Drew is trying to dial a phone. Elizabeth is curious about the fact that two seemingly healthy men collapsed in the same house on two separate occasions. Dante is mad that Lulu kept the truth about the shooting from him and that Cassius was in the loop instead. Lulu justifies her decision to lie by pointing out that Dante always trusts the justice system, even after trusting it led to trauma for Michael. He promises to protect Rocco but isn't sure that he and Lulu can recover from this. Chase asks Willow to help him and Brook with Phoebe again, though he knows things will be more difficult this time. Someone takes pictures of them looking really friendly with each other. Charlotte is thrilled to hear that Valentin has made a move against Brennan and hopes to be able to tell him what she thinks of him. Valentin comes home with the news that Brennan might die before he can share Josslyn's location, and Cullum will now be free to do whatever he wants. Sonny has Ethan babysit Ava while he accuses Ric of betraying him. Ric reveals that Ava has been helping him buy a piece of art for Elizabeth. Sonny has no trouble believing that the transaction was so hush-hush that Ric had to treat it like a drug deal. Elizabeth is kind of weird around Rocco, examining his hand and telling him that he can open up to her about anything.
No politician would go out for a run in the outfit Willow had on today.
I'm not sure how much dialing the phone would have helped Drew – he can't talk.
It would be fun if Carly and Valentin put together what really happened to Drew based on something similar happening to Brennan.
"No one's ever accused you of being dumb, Ric." Oh, I'm sure I have.