General Hospital's Best of the Week, June 30 - July 4, 2025: Tracy, Sonny, Natalia, Josslyn & more!

General Hospital: Best of the Week, June 23 - July 4, 2025

Welcome to the Best of the Week for General Hospital where we highlight some of the week’s stand out moments, scenes, notables, quotables, fashion, and more!

GENERAL HOSPITAL’S BEST OF THE WEEK

MOMENTS

Tracy’s request of Gio

Tracy has never shied away from sharing her disdain for Sonny but, now, she is truly worried Gio could end up being another unintended victim of Sonny’s enemies. The moment she told Gio, “I want you, after work, to go by Charlie’s Pub and see what’s left after the fire. Then, I think you should go to the hospital to visit your Aunt Kristina, where she's recovering. And, after that, I want you to go to that cemetery and visit your Uncle Morgan’s gravesite. He was 23 when he died - a year older than you. He was killed in a car bomb because of his father”, it left both Gio and Emma stunned and speechless.

Jane Elliot continues to be a force! Because of Tracy’s history and personality, it is often easy to overlook her genuine emotions. But in this moment, Elliot’s slow and intentional delivery showed us the grief and loss Tracy carries and what drives her relentless need to protect what's left of her family.

Sonny turns the tables on Turner in the interrogation room

ADA Turner began her interrogation room visit with Sonny confidently, thinking she would get him to share some information off the record. She was quickly caught off-guard, however, when Sonny used his psychological ninja skills to get under her skin. When he pointed out, “You hauled in Natalia on some trumped up charges, leveraged it against her, and then you persuaded her to give you information that might incriminate me. Might. You think you’re the one who got her killed?” Turner looked shocked and guilty at the realization that her unchecked ambition might have contributed to the loss of someone else’s life.

Maurice Benard’s delivery was strong but restrained in this scene, and the moment he leaned in to say, “You think you’re the one who got her killed,” in a loud whisper, was pitch perfect.

SCENES

Josslyn’s renewed disgust of Sonny

Josslyn’s tolerance of Sonny has been tenuous for years, but the fire at Charlie’s has swiftly knocked her back to the hating Sonny side of life. In her conversation with Vaughn (Bryce Durfee), she recounted just some of the Corinthos-related damage she’s witnessed over the years and revealed taking Sonny down was actually her primary motivation for joining the WSB.

Eden McCoy is truly such a talent! She played these scenes with restrained anger, allowing us to begin to see the hidden toll that numerous traumatic events have taken on Josslyn. As McCoy’s performance revealed a growing maturity and resolve in Joss, I feel these scenes helped usher in her full transition into a WSB agent.

Natalia’s Final Scenes

With each pill and drink she carelessly took, we could see Natalia’s life coming to a tragic end. Marco thinks he could have saved his mom, but in reality, it was pretty much too late by the time Lucas even talked him into going.

I want to restate last week’s kudos to Eva LaRue for doing her best to add complexity and nuance to a fairly one-dimensional character. Instead of playing Natalia’s last scenes for vanity, LaRue showed us how painfully sad, alone, and desperate her character was at the tragic end of her life.

NOTABLES

It’s Sonny’s world, and everyone else is just living in it.

Instead of “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha”, I am channeling my Jan Brady voice to say, “Sonny, Sonny, Sonny”. It feels like everyone has been talking about Sonny this week, and the whole town is being made to decide if they are friend or foe to their local mob boss.

QUOTABLES

“I’m a prolific microwaver.” - Lucas describing his cooking skills to Marco

“You can either utilize me as an ally or wreck yourself at the altar of Sonny Corinthos.” - Anna responding to ADA Turner’s caustic attitude towards her

“...because death and violence are all over you like a plague.” - Alexis chastising Sonny over the fire at Charlie’s

Cody: “So when - when Jason and your dad just disappear like that, you guys act like everything’s fine?” Michael: “Yep. Yep. That’s the drill.” Cody: “Huh. Cool, cool. I’m just trying to fit in, you know?”

“Is the Christening-Palooza over?...Good, because this is not a Rotary Club banquet hall.” - Tracy expressing her disdain for Monica using the house for Daisy’s christening reception

“...Working, the less fun thing about living.” - Brook Lynn telling Tracy what she was doing

“Putting the wrong initial on a bank slip, that is a clerical error. This is a felony and I am so not happy about being right.” - Tracy’s response to Brook Lynn saying it was Sonny’s accountant’s clerical error that led to Sonny’s “dirty” money being used for his Deception investment

“You know, when this year began, I had no intention of spending this much of it in police custody.” - Tracy responding to the possibility of getting in legal trouble because of Sonny’s “dirty” money investment

“Afterall, St. Lulu of Truth and Honesty would never keep secrets from her children.” - Brook Lynn rationalizing to Maxie why it would be okay to tell Rocco about Britt

“When would she have told him? During her four-year coma?” - Maxie questioning when Brook Lynn thought Lulu would have told Rocco about Britt

“The Britch, Britchy, Her Britchness, The Wicked Witch of the Westbourne” - Emma referring to Britt Westbourne by her many old nicknames

“Pro tip - when you think you know what a woman is about to say, let her say it.” - Trina trying to stop Kai from interrupting her

FASHION

Josslyn looked like the picture of sunshine in her yellow summer dress at Daisy’s christening.

Emma gave a collegiate vibe in her white knit shirt with black trim.

Maxie (Nicole Paggi) looked stylish in her black blazer with safety pins when meeting with Brook Lynn.

MUSINGS

I wonder if setting fires is Sidwell’s signature method of death and destruction, or did he just get a great promo code for incendiary devices and Molotov cocktails?

I’m liking ADA Turner’s steady glow-up. By Thursday, she looked ready to leave the PCPD and head to the clerb.

The Spencer-Corinthos and Sidwell families are getting ready to be the Montagues and Capulets of Port Charles. Will my beloved Lucas and Marco be able to survive being on opposite sides of a mob war?

Whenever I see another mob-centric storyline coming, I summon my sardonic Miranda Priestly voice - “Sonny? Mob war? Groundbreaking.”

How come Sonny can’t choose Selina Wu as his successor? If the worst thing she brings is an underground Poker ring, I think Port Chuck would be alright.