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At the Quartermaine boathouse, “Eddie” dives into the water after hearing himself singing to dive in. Olivia soon arrives and finds his boots and coat on the dock, but no sign of “Eddie.” She looks out into the water and sees splashing and thinks it’s Eddie. She dives in and begins searching underwater for him. “Eddie” meanwhile swims to follow the voice he’s hearing.
Eddie ends up getting tangled in vines, and as he struggles, he thinks about everyone trying to remind him who he is. Eventually “Eddie” passes out, but Olivia manages to get to him and begins to try and untangle him.
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In the kitchen, Brook Lynn asks her mom what Tracy meant about her leaving. Lois believes her work here is done, but if she needs her, she’ll stay right where she is. Brook Lynn admits she’s not in crisis for once, but it’s been nice having her here especially with Dad going through this Eddie Maine phase.
Talk turns to the business, and she asks her daughter if she and Blaze are ready for battle. Brook Lynn believes she is. Lois notes it’s going to take a lot of work and be a hard road, and Deception could be the easier path to take. Brook Lynn says there are too many bad memories and lost friends there. Lois asks why she doesn’t just give the company back to her friends and stick it to Granny. Brook Lynn says she can’t as Tracy made herself president of the board. Lois says there is always a way around Tracy, but to get the queen out of the castle, you have to be inside it first.
Brook Lynn feels bad about conspiring to oust Tracy with what she’s going through. Lois says Tracy would be the first to say family is family and business is business. Lois guesses she’ll have to stick around Port Charles and help her with her Tracy problem.
At Deception, Maxie meets with the photographer Salvadore, and she can’t believe Sasha is going to be immortalized by him. Salvadore becomes angry and won’t work with a doper, or a fragile unstable flower such as Sasha. Maxie promises that Sasha, who arrives, won’t let him down. Maxie helps convince Salvadore to work with Sasha, and the shoot begins. Cody soon arrives with a baby alpaca for the shoot, per Maxie’s request, and watches Sasha work. Cody is mesmerized while watching Sasha, ignoring Maxie when she asks him to bring the alpaca in for the shoot.
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During a break, Sasha meets Ferdinand, the baby alpaca. When Salvadore sees her, Cody and the alpaca together, he feels this is the authentic shot he has been looking for and begins photographing them. Salvadore gives them modeling instructions, and Maxie can’t believe how perfect this is turning out.
Felicia meets with Stella at the café and tells her about her best friend Anna shooting a young girl, and it was her fault. Stella asks how this is her fault. Felicia says it was her idea that Anna moved into that apartment, if she had stayed with her and Mac then it wouldn’t have happened. Stella says she doesn’t know that, and no one could have predicted that girl would be there. Stella suggests she take the day off, but Felicia needs to work to keep from worrying about Anna.
Changing the subject, Felicia asks about Curtis, and if his accident is why she is staying at Port Charles. Stella answers, “Yes and no.” Stella admits while in London she met a charming and proper British man, George. She says he became her tour guide of the city, it was like something out of a movie. She fell hard for him, and George proposed. She turned him down as it would have meant staying in London, while her family is here.
At the Metro Court, Laura meets with Spencer and breaks the news about his cousin Charlotte being shot. She explains Charlotte is supposed to recover, and there is a lot they don’t know about what happened. She just wanted him to hear this from her. There is something else they need to discuss, but he doesn’t want to discuss his father if that is what she wants to talk about. Suddenly Esme interrupts and has big news to share with them.
Esme reveals she found the perfect apartment for her and Ace and she made an appointment to see it. Spencer tells her to cancel it as she’s not taking Ace anywhere. Esme states she’s going to look at the apartment unless Laura has changed her mind about helping her with the rent. Laura hasn’t, and she wants to see the place and will co-sign with her if she deems it safe. Spencer is upset, but Esme says she is Ace’s mother and she has to make the best decisions for her and her son. She leaves, and Laura stops Spencer from following.
Spencer asks why Laura’s helping take Ace from him. Laura explains that Ace will always be his brother, but he is not his father, and he and Esme aren’t a couple. Laura believes this is best in the long run, so as not to confuse Ace. Spencer says she’s wrong and Ace needs to stay with him.
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At Sonny’s, he asks Anna where she’s going. She wants to go to the hospital and explain things to Valentin. Sonny states that’s the last thing she should do. He doesn’t think Valentin has been given enough time to process what happened and hear an explanation from her. Dante soon arrives, and Anna asks if he’s here to arrest her. He’s not, he’s here to discuss the content of Charlotte’s backpack.
Dante again asks Anna if she locked her door, which Anna insists she did and when she found it unlocked she assumed there was an intruder. Dante tells her one of the things in the backpack was a key with a shoe keychain. She says it sounds like the key Maxie gave her, and the last time she remembers having it was at Valentin’s and Charlotte was there. Dante reveals there is more, there was a can of spray paint that matches the color and kind used to spray paint “murderer” on her door.
Sonny says that doesn’t prove much, and it was Halloween and she is a kid, so it could have been part of a prank. Anna believes the person targeting her is ruthless enough to use Charlotte to get to her. She insists she has to talk to Valentin and takes off.
After Anna leaves, Sonny doesn’t think a WSB agent told Charlotte to go after Anna. Dante doesn’t know what to think, but Charlotte has had a complicated life. He says the evidence is pointing at Charlotte as the one targeting Anna.
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At the hospital, Valentin and Nina are by Charlotte’s bedside when she finally wakes up. Charlotte is happy to see them together. Valentin asks if she remembers what happened. She knows that Anna shot her. Nina explains it was an accident, and that Anna thought she was an intruder. Nina says she talked to Anna about the mistake, but Charlotte wants to know what she said to her papa. He hasn’t been able to talk to her yet, but he wants to know why she changed her costume, why she left her friends, and why she broke into Anna’s. Nina suggests they let Charlotte rest, but Charlotte wants to tell her papa what happened.
Charlotte explains she switched her costume as she knows he doesn’t seem to like her reading Tarot. She claimed she went to Anna’s to return her key, which she dropped at their house. She knocked and nobody answered, so she let herself in. She was going to leave a note, but that’s when Anna shot her. She hopes her papa isn’t angry, and says she only wanted to help. Nina says Charlotte needs rest, so she and Valentin leave her.
In the hall, Valentin knows Charlotte is lying. Nina says she’s alive and this other stuff can wait. He thanks her for being here for Charlotte. Nina takes his hand and says she’s a phone call away, and will be back tomorrow. Nina takes off, and Anna arrives. She and Valentin look at one another but don’t speak.
On the next General Hospital: Alexis gets to know Blaze. Trina puts someone on notice. Liz admits something to Laura. Olivia celebrates.
Before you go, check out our gallery of all the members of the Quartermaine family.
General Hospital Quartermania: Swing From the Branches of the Forever-Feuding Family’s Tree [PHOTOS]
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‘Tell That Scrooge McDuck I’m Not Taking Any Calls’
When first we got to know the filthy-rich Quartermaines, at the head of the table sat curmudgeonly patriarch Edward (originally David Lewis), a blowhard so formidable, the furniture at the mansion had to be nailed down, lest it be swept away during one of his outbursts.
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On His Good Side, Always
Only one person really brought out the sweetness in Edward — and yes, there was a smidgen in ol’ crankypants: his beloved wife, Lila, aka the heart of the forever-feuding family.
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And Who’s *Your* Daddy?
In the ’80s, Edward’s illegitimate son Eric — better known as Jimmy Lee Holt — showed up in Port Charles looking to get his piece of the pie. But he soon became more interested in getting himself a slice of Pop’s distant cousin, the beautiful Celia Quartermaine.
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
In the ’90s, we learned that Edward had also conceived a child with blues singer Mary Mae Ward. Ill-fated Bradley’s son Justus eventually went to work at Grandpa’s conglomerate, ELQ — but only briefly. No one could put up for long with the endless “Paw Paw always liked you best” arguments.
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My, Oh Maya
Years later, Edward’s maternal great-granddaughter — got all that? — passed through Port Charles and got mixed up with the illegitimate stepson of sorta-aunt Tracy Quartermaine. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s, for a moment, get back to basics, shall we?
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The Doctor Is In… the Mood
Initially, Edward only acknowledged two of his children, the ones that he had with Lila. However, he had to have had second thoughts about claiming as his own Alan, a skilled surgeon who was more infamous for “playing doctor” than any operation he ever performed. (Fidelity was simply never a part of the Quartermaine DNA.)
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A Match Made in Hell
Ah, but a match nonetheless. Alan found his perfect partner in fellow doctor Monica Webber, who loved as much as loathed him (and vice-versa, conveniently enough). To this day, no couple has ever taken sexual one-upmanship to the extremes that they did!
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‘What Cracker Jack Box Did *This* Come From?’
Edward’s mercenary daughter Tracy was such a chip off the ol’ block that she once refused to provide him with life-saving medication unless he reinstated her in his will. What? Did we forget to mention that among Edward’s hobbies was Liquid Papering relatives out of his will?
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Oh, Lord!
Tracy’s first husband, Larry Ashton, put on airs like the rest of us do underwear. And he was just the kind of cheap-ass rapscallion who’d happen to be in the neighborhood when he heard the cheerful pop of the cork on a bottle of bubbly for which he wouldn’t have to pay.
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#awkward
At least Larry gave Tracy a wonderful son in Ned, seen here at his wedding to Olivia Falconeri with his bride and Aunt Monica… with whom he once engaged in a torrid affair series of tennis lessons. Again, what? Serving is hot!
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Pride and Joy
We don’t want to say that Ned’s daughter with wife No. 3 Lois Cerullo has a habit of landing herself in dire straits. So, um, we’re going to let this image of incorrigible Brook Lynn in her natural habitat do it for us.
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Ex-quisite
Speaking of Ned’s third former wife, Lois is the rare individual who bares her (well-manicured) claws and gets fired up instead of backs down when around onetime monster-in-law Tracy.
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Now *That* Takes Balls
Olivia’s one-night stand with mobster Julian Jerome (RIP) added to the Q crew Leo, whose apparent interest in juggling was sure to come in handy when he wound up with a girlfriend too many. (Mark our words.)
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Some Relatives Are More Distant Than Others
Olivia’s marriage to Ned made Dante Falconeri his stepson. Which made his wife Lulu Ned’s… hmm… we wanna say stepdaughter-in-law? But is that even possible, when Tracy’s marriage to Lulu’s dad Luke Spencer also made the young woman her stepdaughter? See, this is why Ancestry.com exists.
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The Ex Factor
Tracy’s third husband, Paul Hornsby, did the unthinkable: He canoodled with Ava Jerome, a bad girl so wicked, she made the she-devil look like a nun. Oh, and also, he was a serial killer. (What can we say? Ava has a type.)
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Nothing to See Here
This is not a picture of the breakup of Tracy and Paul’s son Dillon and Ava’s daughter Kiki… but it might as well be. Their sweet romance came to a screeching halt when he left Port Charles and cheated on his significant other. (Again, faithfulness… not a strong suit among Quartermaines.)
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Bare-Armed and Dangerous
Though A.J. turned out to be the son of Monica and Alan — not, as feared, her lover, Rick Webber — his parents always preferred Jason, a byproduct of Dad’s extramarital fling with Susan Moore. And this remained true even after Stone Cold became a brain-damaged Mob hitman; A.J. was, anyone would tell you, a lot.
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The *Next* Next Generation
Even A.J.’s son Michael adopted Jason as a father figure, whether he needed protection behind bars or someone to help entertain baby Wiley during a photo shoot. Now if only someone could’ve told them that they were smiling at a lamp and the camera was actually over here.
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‘Name Tags Would Help’
A back-from-the-dead Jason (then Billy Miller) was busy bonding with also-back-from-the-dead son Jake when everyone found out that this wasn’t Jason at all but his twin brother, Drew, who subsequently died in 2019… and then came back from the dead. No wonder the boy’s mom Elizabeth Webber keeps Kevin Collins on speed-dial!
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‘About the T-Shirts, Dad… ’
When Jason rose from the grave to reclaim his life, wife and wardrobe, he and Danny, his son with on-again/off-again true love Sam McCall, had a lot of catching up to do.
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Muscle-Bound and Determined
Drew’s resurrection gave him a new face and abs (those of All My Children vet Cameron Mathison), a new boo-boo and the same old seat at Quartermaine family dinners.
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‘I Got You, Babe’
What should have been simply a joyous occasion — the arrival in 2023 of Michael’s daughter with Willow Tait — was complicated to the nth. Not only was the little girl being hurried into the world to save her leukemia-stricken mother, the gambit didn’t pay off, not at first, anyway: Willow left the O.R. for the other side.
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Death Becomes Her
No matter how many times General Hospital cast and recast Monica’s illegitimate daughter Dawn — and it tried a lot! — the character never stuck. So after bopping for a while between Ned and Lucy Coe’s cousin Decker Moss, the ingenue was killed off. And we mean killed-killed off.
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Welcome to the Jungle
After Monica underwent cancer treatment with ill-fated Paige Bowen, she got the bright idea to adopt the deceased’s daughter. “Pass,” said young Emily (originally Amber Tamblyn). But she soon came to appreciate her new family as much as they did pizza instead of turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
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The Face Is Familiar, But…
Following Emily’s murder at the hand of the Text-Message Killer, we — and her loved ones — learned that she had a twin sister in Rebecca Shaw. “Pass,” said everyone involved.
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‘I’m a Butler… I Buttle’
Over the years, the Quartermaines came to regard at least a few of their household staff as family. Among them? Reginald Jennings, the nephew of manservant, er, Jennings, who came by the look of madness in his eyes quite naturally. (Can you imagine working for the Qs for any period of time and not going at least a little bananas?)
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Maid to Order
Edward (ultimately John Ingle) had his work cut out for him making a point with Big Alice Gunderson, who moonlighted from her day job as a domestic as a wrestler nicknamed the Dominator.
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The Doctor Is In… the Family
For weeks upon his introduction in the summer of 2021, Austin wouldn’t disclose his surname — with good reason, it turned out. General Hospital wanted to make the most of the surprise that Maxie Jones’ rescuer was — gasp! — the heretofore-unknown son of Jimmy Lee and his second wife, Charity Gatlin.
