There’s something poetic — and a little unfair — about the way Thanksgiving always sneaks up right when Port Charles is in full catastrophe mode. And this year, nobody felt the weight of that timing more than General Hospital’s Laura. The woman barely wrapped up an election that aged her 10 years in three weeks, only to cap it off by finding a corpse in the trunk of her car on Route 23. You try keeping a smile on your face after that. If anyone’s earned the right to hoard a plate or two of pie without sharing, it’s Laura.
Key Takeaways
- Laura wrapped up an exhausting election win only to get slammed by Ezra’s tantrum before she could even breathe.
- Updates on Rocco and the Dalton fallout dropped fresh chaos in Laura’s lap, and she steadied everyone anyway.
- A flat tire turned into a horror-movie moment when she opened her trunk and found Dalton’s corpse — and she still managed to act fast.
- This Thanksgiving, Laura deserves zero political talk, zero crises, and at least one entire pie to herself.
The Week From Hell (Even By Port Charles Standards)
It started with the election, and honestly, the victory glow didn’t even get five minutes to settle before Ezra (Daniel Cosgrove) kicked down the figurative door and accused her of stealing it. Laura (Genie Francis) handled it the way she always does — calm voice, tight jaw, the kind of restraint that should qualify her for sainthood at this point.
Then came the call every parent dreads: new information about the Rocco (Finn Carr) situation, the Professor Dalton (Daniel Goddard) mess, the pressure closing in on their family from every direction. Laura absorbed it all like she always does, the steady center holding the rest of the room together.
And then, because the universe apparently likes to pile on, she popped her trunk for a roadside flare after getting a flat tire and came face-to-face with Dalton’s dead body, already turning pale. She froze — who wouldn’t? But she still pulled herself together enough to make the call she needed to make. That’s Laura: heart hammering, knees shaking, still moving.
So, What Does Laura Deserve This Thanksgiving?
For starters, a kitchen where no one asks her a single political question. Let the woman sit down without a constituent — or a Cassadine — barging through the door. Second, someone needs to hand her her own pie. Not a slice. The whole thing. Pumpkin, pecan, apple, blueberry…whatever’s on deck. She’s earned the right to tuck it under her arm and walk away.
And third? A day when she doesn’t have to be the grown-up in the room. No bodies. No last-minute confessions. No grandstanding opponents pounding on her desk. No Drew (Cameron Mathison) making unreasonable demands. Just a quiet house, a warm blanket, and Kevin (Jon Lindstrom) back from Dublin for once. It’s not much. But after the week she’s had, it’s a start. (Were you shocked by Dalton’s demise?)
