General Hospital Recaps: Deadlines, Deceptions & Incendiary Devices

Catch up on this week’s juicy events in Port Charles on General Hospital.

Recaps from the January 23–27, 2023 episode of General Hospital included stories about divorce, lies, legal issues, illnesses, and more.

General Hospital Recaps: Monday, January 23

Esme (Avery Kristen Pohl) is won over by Heather (Alley Mills).

One week to get some top-secret information on Ryan Chamberlin (Jon Lindstrom), or it’s goodbye to Spring Ridge and welcome to D’Archam Asylum, is the deadline set by Dante (Dominic Zamprogna).

When Heather finds out that Sam (Kelly Monaco) is looking for Esme’s previous babysitter, she is less than delighted.

When Nikolas (Marcus Coloma) tries to enlist Laura (Genie Francis) in his cause by telling her that he intends to file a lawsuit for full custody of his and Esme’s child, Laura rebuffs him.

Denise Crosby’s (Carolyn’s) attempts to patch things up are rejected by Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst). Later, Laura urges Liz to listen to her mother. Arriving for a meeting with Nikolas is Carolyn.

When Austin (Roger Howarth) and Mason (Nathanyael Grey) are having a heated discussion, Ava (Maura West) stops them and mentions that she saw Mason on the Quartermaine estate the night before she was stabbed. Due of their same life situations, Ava and Austin become close.

Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is forced to confess that she had an affair with Dex (Evan Hofer) while they were still dating by Cameron (William Lipton).

Spencer is advised not to challenge Nikolas for custody of Esme’s offspring by Sonny (Maurice Benard). Dex barges up behind the two and demands to speak with Sonny face to face.

GH Recaps: Tuesday, January 24

Cameron is pleaded with by Josslyn to remain quiet about her and Dex’s connection. He agrees reluctanly. Dex explains what happened on New Year’s Eve to Sonny and appears to put him at ease. After Dex departs, Sonny assigns a contact to continue looking into Dex. Liz starts to tell Laura about her and Nikolas’ recent misdeeds, but she stops as a very upset Cameron walks in.

Maxie (Kirsten Storms) and Sam reconnect…

For Liz’s sake, Nikolas works nonstop to persuade Carolyn to utilise her knowledge to make sure Esme’s memories never surface, but the whole thought repulses her.

The trio of Renee (Maria Tornberg), Valentin (James Patrick Stuart), and Anna (Finola Hughes) enter the tunnels under Paris. Finally, the group spots a restrained and gagged Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring).

General Hospital Recaps: Wednesday, January 25

Spencer and Trina (Tabyana Ali) make an effort to cheer Cameron up, but they are ineffective. Spencer accepts Trina’s invitation to go with him to Britt’s memorial service and then expresses his intention to take care of Esme and Nikolas’s unborn child on his own. Josslyn and Carly express sympathy to one another. Drew hears Olivia (Lisa LoCicero) extol Carly’s praises (Cameron Mathison).

Victor (Charles Shaughnessy) and Laura argue verbally…

Discussing the advantages of working with Cyrus (Jeff Kober) and using Esme as a pawn against Victor, Laura and Martin (Michael E. Knight) are in a relationship.

Lucy is freed by Anna and Valentine, who also admit that they had known about Renee’s plot to betray them for a while. A series of incendiary devices are then detonated, causing the tunnels to flood. The only people who make it through the flood are Anna, Valentin, and Lucy.

GH Recaps: Thursday, January 26

In order to help Willow (Katelyn MacMullen), Nina (Cynthia Watros) finds that she is not a suitable bone marrow donor.

Drew pardons Carly for her deception. The two go to her house to have a sexual encounter. Trina acknowledges that she is no longer pretending to love Spencer. He argues that this is not the end of their narrative as Ava and Nikolas complete their divorce.

Concerned about Cody’s (Josh Kelly) relationship with Selina, Mac (John J. York) is (Lydia Look). Gladys’s (Bonnie Burroughs) debt is called in by Selina. Cody discovers that the mother-in-law/guardian of Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) and Gladys are the same person.

General Hospital Recaps: Friday, January 27

To persuade Victor that Valentin is deceased, Valentin, Anna, Laura, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), Robert (Tristan Rogers), and Felicia (Kristina Wagner) all work together.

Willow ultimately agrees to have her baby born early so that physicians may remove stem cells from the umbilical chord, but it takes some persuasion.