General Hospital Recaps: Birth, Death & The Great Beyond

The General Hospital recaps for January 30 – February 3, 2023, featured a birth, a momentary trip to the afterlife, a stirring memorial service, and secret rumbled, and more.

General Hospital Recaps: Monday, January 30

Nina (Cynthia Watros) spies Carly (Laura Wright) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) and overhears them mentioning the need to keep their relationship a secret. Nina confronts the pair but doesn’t overplay her hand…Nina tries to make further inroads with Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) but is rebuffed…Willow is readied for her C-section.

Felicia (Kristina Wagner) arranges some alone time for Anna (Finola Hughes) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart), then reunites Valentin and Charlotte (Amelie McLain)…Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) and Maxie (Kirsten Storms) discuss Gladys (Bonnie Burroughs) and the pain of moving on with one’s life in the face of terrible loss.

An innocent convo between Stella (Vernee Watson) and Trina (Tabyana Ali) about the genealogy site they both used raises suspicions of the former…Jordan (Tanisha Harper) suggests that Portia (Brook Kerr) make a clean breast of things with Curtis (Donnell Turner).

GH Recaps: Tuesday, January 31

Stella deduces that Curtis is Trina’s father; she resolves to out the truth…Willow’s baby is delivered. Willow begins to hemorrhage and slips into unconsciousness. Harmony (Inga Cadranel) appears and ushers her daughter into the light…Curtis and Drew talk about Carly’s subterfuge.

Ava (Maura West) arms Spencer (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) with a secret weapon: Nikolas’s (Adam Huss) “confession” to throwing Esme (Avery Kristen Pohl) over the parapet at Wyndemere…Carolyn (Denise Crosby) is aghast to discover that Esme, her would-be conditioning patient, is pregnant. Nikolas surprises Esme with the announcement that he’s the father of her baby.

General Hospital Recaps: Wednesday, February 1

Carolyn warns Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) to be wary of Nikolas…Nikolas presents Esme with papers that would give him sole custody of their baby and spins a false narrative in the hopes of getting her to sign…Carly, Josslyn (Eden McCoy), and Bobbie (Jacklyn Zeman) greet Michael (Chad Duell) and Willow’s baby girl…Willow resists Harmony’s pull and returns to her body. Efforts to resuscitate Willow prove successful…Stella finds herself unable to confront an exuberant Portia about Trina’s paternity.

GH Recaps: Thursday, February 2

Britt Westbourne’s (Kelly Thiebaud) nearest and dearest gather for her memorial service. A photograph of Britt is placed within the hospital’s ‘Hall of Remembrance’…Laura (Genie Francis) suggests that Finn (Michael Easton) extend a friendly shoulder to Elizabeth. Afterward, the pair catch Elizabeth and Nikolas in a heated exchange…Elizabeth readies to take Finn into her confidence…Laura takes Nikolas to task.

Heather (Alley Mills) warns Esme against trusting men — any and all men — especially Nikolas Cassadine and Ryan Chamberlain (Jon Lindstrom). During a private confab with Ryan, Heather declares that he, she, and Esme are going to have to exit stage left.

General Hospital Recaps: Friday, February 3

Elizabeth confesses all to Finn…Spencer staked his claim on Esme’s baby much to Nikolas’s chagrin…Ava and Austin (Roger Howarth) enjoyed each other’s company while Mason (Nathanyael Grey) observed from afar…Josslyn seeks comfort in Dex’s (Evan Hofer) arms…Chase (Josh Swickard) begins to second guess his intention to ditch his singing career and abandon his and Brook Lynn’s (Amanda Setton) plan to bring Linc (Dan Buran) to heel.

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