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The Big Oopsie General Hospital Is Making — and Why We’re Totally OK With It
Saturday, June 18th, 2022
So what if the show is playing two stories of the same kind — as long as they’re both compelling!
By and large, if a soap sets in motion two of the same sort of storyline at the same time, we come down on it like a brick house. We’d call it a whopper of a mistake. But we’re going to give General Hospital a pass for playing two long-lost-daughter plots at the same time — for a very good reason: They’re both pretty damn good.
The twist that Willow is Nelle’s twin sister — and therefore Nina’s child — is packed with so much potential for explosions, it’s like a suitcase that you’ve overstuffed too much to zip it shut. When the truth comes out — and we all know that it will! — Willow and Nina are going to be faced with the impossible task of moving beyond the animosity for one another that they cranked up to 11 during the hearings to decide whether Wiley would get to know his grandma.
“If you want a hug, kid, you could just ask.”
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Plus, the fallout from the fact that Carly kept the women’s connection a secret is going to be epic. First, Nina hated Carly for remaining mum about the circumstances surrounding Nelle’s death. Then, Carly hated Nina for saying nada about the fact that Sonny was alive and well and getting all boo’d up in Nixon Falls. Now… Lord! The tables are turning so much, they could be on a merry-go-’round!
As for the shocker that Esme is Felicia’s daughter by onetime stalker Ryan — or so the hints would certainly indicate — OK, we’ll grant you. We don’t entirely get it. Yet. But we’re intrigued enough to go along for the ride. And it will be especially cool to see Kristina Wagner front and center in a storyline again.
Dysfunctional family portrait?
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Whether the show will manage to in any way redeem Esme — probably the most loathed character since Peter August — remains to be seen. But if a guy who once coaxed an underage girl to dance at his strip club can become the hero of the soap (Sonny), a woman who stood by and watched her rival’s kid be ‘napped can still be a root-for (Sam) and a character who killed an innocent woman in cold blood can be a romantic lead (Ava), anything is possible.
Find out whose relationships are heating up — or breaking down — by perusing the below photo gallery, a General Hospital romance report on all of Port Charles’ couples.
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Hooking up. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> It’s been removed since she broke up with boyfriend Cameron.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Split up. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Their relationship was well and truly done in by her lie that she was having Nikolas’ baby.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Finished. Done. Forever. Er, for now. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> We’ll give you a hint — it rhymes with “Trina,” and he’s devoted to her.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> TBD. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Getting out of their own way and realizing that every great fire begins with the kind of sparks that fly whenever they’re around one another.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Together. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The shadow of his comatose wife, Lulu, looms large over their future.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> “Exed” out. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> His lies have piled up so high that she can no longer see a future for them.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> “Faking it.” <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Pretending to be falling for one another to lure out The Hook could finally get them to admit that they aren’t pretending at all.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Frenemies. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Though Avery’s parents would probably make the perfect power couple, she’s just happy that she still has a pulse after murdering his old flame, Connie.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Madly in love. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> If her leukemia doesn’t bring their relationship to an untimely end, the revelation that Nina is her mother just might.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Divorced. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Again, divorced. But besides that, he’s now engaged to Portia.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Broken up.<strong> Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The sex-tape debacle threw such a cold bucket of water on them that it was easy for Dex to reheat her.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> RIP. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> First, their baby died, then so did Brando. Yeah, 2022 was <em>not</em> a good year for Sasha.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> A non-starter. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> They were just beginning to really connect when The Hook hastened the terminally ill doctor’s demise.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Engaged. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> His marriage to Jordan may be a closed case. But her feelings for him… That’s another story altogether. There’s also the little matter of Trina’s paternity…</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Kaput. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> It was game over for these two once he realized that she wasn’t drawn that way, she actually was bad — to the bone.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Together at last. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Thanks to Lucy’s “death,” the couple spend more time trying to clear Anna’s name than calling out one another’s in ecstasy.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Life partners. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The future power couple suffers from a condition known as lack-of-storyline-itis.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Happily hitched. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> It’s hard to keep a relationship stable in a town as quake-prone as Port Charles!</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Divorced. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Brad’s lie about Wiley’s parentage was the kinda deal-breaker that his husband didn’t want to renegotiate. Also, where <em>is</em> Lucas these days?</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Kaput. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> For them to try, try again, she’d have to get over his whopper of a lie about Sasha being her daughter. Considering that she has since told a few, it could happen.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> As dead as he is. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> His passing brought their new beginning to an abrupt end. For the moment.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Sparring partners. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The trick for them — and the fun — is realizing that the sparks flying aren’t just animosity.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Committed. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The don’s family hates “the other woman” as much as he loves her. Maybe more.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> A thing of the past.<strong> Their biggest obstacle:</strong> His hookup with his son’s scheming girlfriend will go down in history as one of his biggest regrets — and one that is going to leave him with a baby as an adorable, if unfortunate, souvenir.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Unhappily ending. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The real-life loss of Sonya Eddy cut short her character’s latest love story.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> The picture of a happy marriage. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Their family tree is sure to be uprooted when they find out that a branch needs to be hung for Cody.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Dead and buried. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> It’s pretty hard to get a relationship going when both characters are pushing up daisies.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Wholly enamored of one another. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Obstacle? What obstacle? They’re perfect for each other.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Separated. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The straight arrow couldn’t abide his honey’s willingness to bend the truth — especially when it came to his career with the PCPD.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Apart… though not by choice. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Just as the Falconeris appeared to be on the verge of reuniting, she slipped into a coma and he, into Sam’s arms.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> TBD. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Her “death” hasn’t exactly done wonders for their love life.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Finito. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> After she fell for fake husband Michael for real, Chase moved on — and <em>toward</em> Brook Lynn.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Over before they began. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> His sister Amy’s conniving moved him right out of town — and her boss’ life.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> They are, as k.d. lang would sing, one another’s constant craving. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Circumstances have once again conspired to part the soulmates so that she can rescue her son from Victor.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Deader than dead. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Even before his latest demise, she’d stuck a fork in their dangerous relationship.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Done. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> There was more to the doctor than met the eye — and Maxie didn’t like what she saw.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Former General Hospital colleagues. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> First she stuck him in the friend zone. Then she herself got stuck in the morgue!</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Old friends, ex-lovers and coconspirators. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> In their hearts, they want more than anything to be with other people (Ava and Finn, respectively).</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Sweethearts. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Given their lack of screentime, we can’t tell whether they’re getting enough quality time.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Married. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> None. Whether dealing with ELQ concerns or Leo’s autism, the Qs fight their battles together these days.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Over. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Her habit of lying made it easy for him to break up with her.</p>
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