General Hospital has spent years proving Ric and Ava are capable of almost anything when cornered, desperate, or convinced they’re the smartest people in the room. That’s why their latest little arrangement already feels dangerous before anyone even knows what the full plan is. And honestly, the scariest part may be that this situation does not entirely feel like it’s about Sonny anymore.
Key Takeaways
- Ric and Ava’s secret arrangement may not really be about Sonny.
- Sonny caught Ric lying about his whereabouts.
- Ava may be using Sidwell for leverage, not revenge.
- Ric is trying to balance Elizabeth, Sonny, and Ava at once.
- Sonny’s patience with Ric is running out.
Ric And Ava May Be Playing A Much Bigger Game
At first glance, the obvious assumption is that Ric (Rick Hearst) and Ava (Maura West) are plotting against Sonny (Maurice Benard) because, well, that’s practically a Port Charles seasonal tradition at this point. Ethan (Nathan Dean) flat-out told Sonny he believed Ric used Ava to pass information along to Sidwell (Carlo Rota). When Sonny surreptitiously asked Ric his whereabouts, his brother lied.
That alone sounds bad enough before you even factor in Ava openly admitting her whole Sidwell situation is basically performance art with cocktails. But the weird thing is that Ric doesn’t actually sound like someone gearing up for war with Sonny again. He sounds like somebody desperately trying to make amends with his brother. Even Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) senses his change, but is hesitant to fully believe it.
But what if Ric and Ava’s plan is not about taking Sonny down at all? What if it’s defensive instead of aggressive? Ava keeping close to Sidwell could simply be about survival, leverage, or gathering information before things around Deception and Lucy (Lynn Herring) spiral even harder. Ric may not be helping Ava destroy Sonny. He may be helping her manage Sidwell without letting Sonny find out how deep the whole mess actually goes.
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Sonny May Blow It Up Before It Gets That Far
The problem is that Sonny does not exactly operate on patience once he smells dishonesty. The second, Justine (Nazneen Contractor), confirmed Ric lied about a D.A.’s office meeting; you could practically see Sonny mentally pulling old grudges back out of storage. Ric insisting he has changed only works if Sonny believes him for longer than five consecutive minutes, and right now that clock feels dangerously close to expiring.
Meanwhile, Ric is acting like a man who thinks he can keep every plate spinning forever. He wants Elizabeth to believe he’s finally at peace. He wants Sonny calm. He wants Ava protected. And he wants whatever arrangement they made to stay invisible. That is an exhausting number of lies for one person to juggle in Port Charles without eventually dropping one directly onto his own foot.
And honestly, Ava may be the one who should worry most here. Ric lies like breathing, but Ava tends to overestimate how long she can control dangerous men before they stop being useful and start becoming unpredictable. If Sidwell catches on, Sonny loses patience, or Ethan keeps sniffing around the edges of this thing, their harmless little “arrangement” could suddenly become the exact kind of catastrophe both of them claim they’re trying to avoid.
