General Hospital Recap, October 23: Chase vows to save Willow, Drew tries to use Ronnie

Here is your General Hospital recap for Thursday, October 23, 2025.

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Chase greeted Michael in the steam room at the boxing gym. He mentioned that there were other suspects aside from Willow in the Drew shooting case. "This is Willow, the mother of your kids. Do you really think she is capable of shooting Drew?" Chase asked. "Willow is not a murderer. She is a kind and gentle person," Chase added.

Michael tried to change the subject, but Chase refused, so Michael got blunt: "With all due respect, you don't know Willow as well as you think you do." Michael eventually told Chase that Willow was the one stalking Daisy. Chase refused to believe that was true, so Michael tried to reason with him.

"This is beyond crazy. This is malicious," Chase said, before adding, "The person who is most capable of shooting Drew is you."

When Willow was brought to the Pentonville visitor area and saw Alexis, she thought something had happened to Scout. She was shocked when Alexis told her that she was her new lawyer. "You deserve the truth, Willow, and the truth is, Drew did not leave me any choice," Alexis said. She told Willow that Drew used Scout as leverage to get her to agree to represent Willow.

Alexis assured Willow that she would still defend her to the best of her ability. "I am not Drew's attorney. I am yours," she said.

Alexis then asked Willow if she shot Drew. Willow said she did not, so Alexis asked why the weapon was found in her room at Liz's house. "Cause Michael put it there because he's framing me to keep me from my children. Michael shot Drew. Not me," Willow said matter-of-factly.

Willow hoped that Drew would remember who shot him, but Alexis warned her that the court would view any sudden memory to be suspicious. "They would think that Drew was making that up to exonerate you," Alexis said.

After Alexis left, Chase arrived to see Willow. He told her that he was going to investigate Drew's shooting as a private citizen because he was convinced he could exonerate her.

At the Q mansion, Ronnie was surprised to see Cody and wondered if he was a stripper or a dancer. He introduced himself as horse groomer Cody Bell, at her service. "I have to tell you. I've always had a weakness for cowboys," Ronnie said.

Ronnie couldn't wait to tell Cody that she had evicted Tracy. She was surprised to hear that Cody was sorry to see Tracy go. Cody informed Ronnie that there was another side to Tracy. "She can be extremely generous. She's loyal to a fault. And she would literally do anything for the people that she loved, and she loved your sister," Cody said.

Ronnie served Cody a snack as the subject turned to Drew. Cody didn't have nice things to say about him. "Is this guy really as bad as Michael said?" Ronnie asked. Cody said that he indeed was, before rattling off a list of all the horrible things Drew has done over the last year.

When Ronnie mentioned that Tracy had left a box, Cody offered to run it over to Lulu's rather than have Ronnie call the movers back. Once Cody was gone, Ronnie opened the door to find Drew standing there.

Tracy stood in Lulu's living room, which was now filled with boxes of Quartermaine things. When there was a knock on the door, Tracy opened it to find Brook Lynn standing there. "I have nothing to say to you," Tracy said as she slammed the door in her granddaughter's face.

Brook Lynn continued to knock on the door until Tracy finally let her in. Tracy once again insisted she did not drug Ronnie at the tea party. "You have known Ronnie for an hour and a half. You have known me your entire life. Why would you take the word of a hash-slinging harrigan over mine?" Tracy asked.

"I believe Ronnie because I know what you're capable of," Brook Lynn said. She wanted Tracy to apologize, but Tracy was not going to say she was sorry for something she didn't do. So, Brook Lynn asked Tracy to apologize for treating her like dirt. Tracy refused to give Ronnie the satisfaction.

"Then give me the satisfaction. I have basically lost my mom and my other grandmother. I don't want to lose you, too," Brook Lynn admitted.

Tracy also kept insisting that Monica's will was a fake. She knew it in her bones. "Please don't exile yourself just to make a point. A house can be replaced. You can't," Brook Lynn said. Tracy said she might try to be nicer to Ronnie, but would not apologize for something she did not do.

Gio arrived home to Sonny's house to find Lois there. Lois seemed to want to talk, but Gio coldly told her that he just wanted to move on. Lois told Gio she was worried about him as he pushed things he loved out of his life, like his music. "I need you to understand that music didn't betray you. And neither did Brook Lynn. And neither did Dante. The person who betrayed you is me," Lois said.

Gio claimed he wasn't angry anymore, but Lois insisted that he was. Gio said he didn't want to be, so Lois asked why he was waiting tables. Gio didn't see anything wrong with his job. "You should be playing concert halls or even in the park," Lois insisted.

Gio finally got honest. "I'm still trying to make sense of my whole life. My childhood," Gio shouted. Lois told him that Brook Lynn was just a kid and came to her for advice, so she set the entire adoption plan into motion. "I want you to know, giving you up for adoption. It was the greatest sacrifice of her life," Lois said. "Your mother giving you up for adoption was the hardest thing she ever had to do."

"It hurts when you call Brook Lynn my mom. I still think of Camilla as my mother," he said. "You're right. And I'm sorry. Camilla is your mother. And she always will be," Lois said, choking back tears.

Gio admitted that Brook Lynn and Dante were people he kinda knew growing up, but he didn't really have a relationship with them. "And I'm not sure if I want one," Gio confessed. He then made an excuse to leave, but Lois just asked him to keep his heart open to future possibilities.

"I get it now. You never meant to hurt me. You were just trying to do the right thing," Gio said as he left.

Lois then called Brook Lynn and asked her to come over. She was thrilled when Brook Lynn did just that.

Marty finished a piece of pie at Bobbie's and told Drew that the Port Charles press had cast reasonable doubt on Willow. Drew then informed Marty that he'd found Willow the perfect lawyer. Marty was surprised to hear that Alexis had agreed to represent Willow.

Marty was ready to lift the restraining orders, but Drew told him not to. He wanted to use them as leverage, but he would only enforce them if Alexis gave him reason to. Drew vowed not to let Scout see the Quartermaines, so Drew told him that they were too busy with Monica's sister, Ronnie.

After Marty told him the story of Monica and Ronnie, Drew remarked, "I didn't realize Monica had a pattern. She cut me out of her life, just as she did her sister."

Kristina met with Jacinda outside Bobbie's. "Please just be straight with me. What is going on between you and my brother?" Kristina asked. "I'm worried that things with you are getting serious and moving quickly, and he's still in a lot of pain from losing his wife."

Jacinda assured Kristina that there was nothing serious going on between her and Michael. The two women walked inside to have coffee, only to be greeted by a giddy Drew. "Michael's sister and the call girl who was paid to drug me. I bet the police would just love to hear about this little meeting of the mind," he said.

When Drew threatened to press charges if Jacinda didn't watch her back, Jacinda fought back. "Do it. I'd love to explain in open court how you loaded up on ketamine and hired me to spend the evening and the night with you. The next time you hire an escort, and there's always a next time, make sure you don't do body shots off her in a room full of phones," she advised.

After Jacinda left, Kristina asked her mother to meet her at Bobbie's. She was shocked to hear that Alexis was defending Willow.

As for Jacinda, she met up with Michael and told him all about what had happened with Drew. She was worried about Drew's threats and asked Michael to help her disappear again. Michael managed to talk her out of it. He was even going to pay her to fall in love with him.

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