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General Hospital’s Austin Sets Off a Guessing Game That Leaves Fans Fearing the Worst: ‘Please Not He Who Shall Not Be Named!’
Thursday, June 16th, 2022
If a meeting takes place in the woods and no one hears it, did it really take place?
Well-played, General Hospital. ABC’s soap got its whole audience talking after the June 15 episode found Austin sneaking off in the woods to talk to…
Well, that’s the question, now isn’t it? We don’t know who interrupted his evening of smores and campfire songs. We didn’t see the individual that the doctor was so displeased to have stalking him while he was hanging with Maxie and the gang.
“Who could ask for anything smore?”
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Many a fan suspected that Ned or Valentin had armed himself with bug spray and ventured forth to discuss with Austin the latest skirmish over ELQ. Others ventured a guess that maybe he was being paid a surprise visit by Jonah, the half brother we’ve yet to meet. Still others floated the possibility that maybe pop Jimmy Lee wasn’t as dead as he was said to be.
After all, once a person’s drunk the water in Port Charles, can they ever really die?
Could Jimmy Lee, macking on cousin Celia here, still be alive… and hiking?
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That, in turn, brought us to an option about which few and far between were excited. What if somehow the person Austin was so unhappy to see was… Peter? “Please not He Who Shall Not Be Named,” exclaimed BlackCat in the comments that followed Soaps.com’s recap. DeElva seconded that emotion, crying simply, “No! Nooo! Please no!”
At that, a reader named Bonny warned posters to be careful. “If you say his name one more time, you might just conjure him up.”
“Anybody got an Advil?”
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What do you think? Was it Peter who surprised Austin in the woods? Weigh in in the comments, and while you’re here…
Find out which General Hospital couples are sticking together and falling apart — and which are next — in our new photo gallery dedicated to Port Charles’ dynamic duos.
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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> Apart. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> She doesn’t know that he’s only with “girlfriend” Esme to bust her for framing Trina.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Together. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The former con has been known to bend the rules in a way that the cop only does for his mobster father.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Married. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> At the behest of Daddy Dearest Ryan, Esme got into Nikolas’ head — <em>and</em> pants!</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Married… with problems. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The tragic death of their baby left the model unable to just say no to drugs.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Madly in love. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> He despises Nina, aka the woman that neither of them yet know is her biological mom.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Divorced. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Actually, that should be “divorced,” because the state of that paperwork is a big question mark.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Faking it. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> He doesn’t love her. She doesn’t want to love him. What <em>couldn’t</em> possibly go wrong?</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> As dead as he is. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> His untimely demise brought their new beginning to an abrupt end. For the moment.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Together… ish. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> She’s keeping him at arm’s length instead of by her side as she tries getting her head on straight. </p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> TBD. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> None… yet. He dropped into her life — literally — just when she was feeling her loneliest.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Dating up a storm. <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> The picture of a happy marriage. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> If our horrible hunch is correct, <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/general-hospital/news/631099/general-hospital-felicia-mother-ryan-daughter-esme/" target="_blank">she has a demon spawn out there</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Boo’d up.<strong> Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Post-sex scandal, she doesn’t know that her bae is in on Spencer’s secret plan to expose Esme.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Together at last. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> She rightly wonders whether she can trust the charming Cassadine conniver.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> RIP. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> It’s pretty hard to get a relationship going when half of the couple is pushing up daisies.</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> Hot and heavy. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> He may not be <em>quite</em> as divorced from Jordan as he and his girlfriend believe.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Flirting to the nth. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Though opposites attract, they don’t necessarily have the easiest time seeing eye to eye.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Sparring partners. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> The trick for them will be realizing that the sparks flying aren’t just animosity.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Secret lovers.<strong> Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Only one thing could make him regret their hookup more — his wife finding out.</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.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Flirtmates.<strong> Their biggest obstacle:</strong> As sweet as the rookie cop is, the objection of his affections <em>really</em> wants Spencer.</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.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Deader than dead. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Even before his latest death, she’d stuck a fork in their dangerous relationship.</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> 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> Throwing sparks. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Curtis’ long-lost dad comes with more baggage than would ever fit in an overhead compartment!</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Friends. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> She’s reluctant to try to replace the late Jason with his equally muscle-bound twin brother.</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> 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> 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> Together. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Being a mostly <em>reformed</em> schemer, Lucy doesn’t love that Valentin’s money lines Martin’s wallet.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> Dating. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Some of us kinda-sorta prefer the vibe between him and a certain other Port Charles resident.</p>
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<p><strong>Current status:</strong> General Hospital colleagues. <strong>Their biggest obstacle:</strong> Despite their chemistry, they’ve foolishly stuck one another in the friend zone.</p>
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