General Hospital Finally Ends the Dalton Problem — But It Opens a Much Bigger Britt and Sidwell Can of Worms

Some General Hospital villains burn slowly. Others trip over their own ego, slide into danger, and practically gift-wrap their exit. Villainous Professor Dalton (Daniel Goddard) chose door number two. By the time the smoke cleared, Port Charles had a brand-new mess waiting with Britt's (Kelly Thiebaud) and Sidwell’s (Carlo Rota) signatures all over it.

General Hospital puts Dalton out of his misery — and drops Britt into deeper trouble

Dalton’s downfall didn’t come in one big swoop — it happened in those sloppy little cracks he kept leaving behind. The drunken confession at The Brown Dog, the way he squeezed Joss’s thigh like he forgot half the bar had eyes, the slurred hints about his off-campus lab where he really was experimenting on animals…all of it painted the picture of a guy who couldn’t keep his own story straight anymore. And then agent Vaughn (Bryce Durfee) slipped a WSB badge into the mix, and Dalton finally realized he wasn’t just annoying people — he was cornered.

He was spiraling long before that badge flashed, though. Every scene he walked into this week had that twitchy, over-caffeinated energy of a man who knows he’s running out of runway — the kind of guy who talks too loud, drinks too fast, and thinks charm will cover the smell of desperation. By the time Joss pulled half his secrets out of him, you could almost see the fuse burning behind his eyes. Dalton wasn’t unraveling — he was already unraveled; everyone else was catching up.

But the real shift came when he staggered into Wyndemere, practically shouting his paranoia at Britt and Sidwell. That’s when GH tipped its hand. Dalton wasn’t a threat worth outwitting anymore — he was a liability, loud and unpredictable, the kind who ruins the mission just by breathing too hard in the wrong direction.

So Sidwell did what Sidwell does: cleaned up the problem with a single, brutal solution. One pull of the trigger, one drop to the floor, and that was that. Dalton’s entire arc — from pompous academic to screaming cautionary tale — ended with a thud and a gasp.

Britt’s secret life gets messier — and Sidwell just made her the center of it

Here’s where things really shift. Dalton’s gone, sure, but Britt’s reaction wasn’t relief — it was panic. She’s been wearing the weight of this secret life since the moment she woke up at The Five Poppies, and every time she tries to claw a little agency back, Sidwell reminds her exactly who holds the leash.

Now she’s standing over a corpse she wanted stopped, but not like this. Not with a gunshot echoing off the walls and her own future hanging in the same room. Dalton was a problem. Sidwell is a grenade with the pin half-pulled. And GH just handed Britt the privilege — or punishment — of standing closest when it goes off.

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Port Charles may have lost one villain tonight, but it gained a whole new crisis. And Britt? She’s officially the one holding the match.

General Hospital can be seen weekdays on ABC and Hulu.

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