Josslyn didn’t hesitate on General Hospital. She stood in Britt’s office and said it out loud, no euphemisms, no dancing around it. Cullum needed to die, and if Britt wouldn’t do it, she would. It wasn’t framed as revenge or panic. It was strategy. Get him before he wakes up, before he talks, before he becomes a problem. The moment worked because it wasn’t accidental. It was a choice. And it opens up a question the show can’t dodge forever: if Joss is willing to order a hit this cleanly, this calmly…then what exactly separates her from the man she built her entire mission around taking down?
Key Takeaways
- Josslyn openly suggested killing Cullum as a strategic move.
- She was calm and deliberate, not acting out of panic or impulse.
- Her actions directly mirror the behavior she condemns in Sonny.
- Joss entered the WSB to stop that kind of violence from the inside.
- Her moral stance weakens when she bends her own rules.
- The difference between Joss and Sonny becomes increasingly unclear.
The Mission Was Supposed to Mean Something
Joss (Eden McCoy) didn’t drift into the WSB. She walked in with purpose. She wanted to dismantle Sonny’s (Maurice Benard) world, to take apart the system that kept pulling people she loved into danger. That was her mantra that she used to justify her life decisions.
It made sense, at least on paper. Sonny’s orbit leaves damage behind. People get hurt. People die. Joss decided she wasn’t going to stand by and watch it happen again. So, she signed up to stop it from the inside.
That kind of mission only holds up if you actually stick to the rules. If you’re going to be the one claiming you see the moral line more clearly than everyone else, you don’t get to smudge it the second it gets inconvenient. Because once you do, it stops looking like a cause and starts looking like something else entirely.
So…What’s the Difference, Exactly?
Joss didn’t just consider killing Cullum (Andrew Hawkes). She told Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) to do it. When Britt hesitated, Joss made it easier by offering to take care of it herself. That’s not instinct. That’s decision-making. This is the same character who has spent months defining Sonny as the problem. The violence, the control…the way he solves things when there aren’t good options left. That’s what she claimed to be fighting against.
And yet here she is, standing in a hospital, weighing whether to execute someone before they regain consciousness. The setting changed. The justification changed. The method didn’t.
That’s the part the show keeps circling without fully landing. Joss believes she’s different because her reasons feel more justified, perhaps even necessary. But from the outside, it doesn’t read that way. It reads like someone stepping into the exact role she swore she would tear down. And if she doesn’t let go of her hatred for Sonny, it could destroy her.
