Dominic Zamprogna, Finn Carr, Giovanni Mazza, Josh Swickard: What Dante’s New Year’s Resolutions Should Be on General Hospital

Lately on General Hospital, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) has been doing a lot of yelling. First at Gio (Giovanni Mazza). Then at Rocco (Finn Carr). And finally at Chase (Josh Swickard). Different locations, same energy. His son nearly dies, secrets pile up, and Dante responds the only way he knows how right now, by going on the offensive and calling it protection.

The problem is that the anger keeps missing its actual target. As the year turns, Dante doesn’t need another badge-polishing speech or a moral high ground moment. He needs a reset, and it probably starts with admitting what he’s really reacting to.

General Hospital turns Dante’s fear into collateral damage

General Hospital's Rocco, Lulu, and Dante. | Image Source: ABC

Dante’s blowups with Gio aren’t just about bad decisions. They’re about fear, especially after learning that Gio was his long-lost son. Rocco almost died when he and Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) snuck into a college beach party and he drank too much alcohol. Dante’s seen too many versions of that kind of ending to shrug it off. But instead of sitting in that terror, he turned it outward and aimed it at the nearest adult in the room.

That pattern repeated with the lab break-in. Gio became the stand-in for every worst-case scenario Dante couldn’t undo. Gio was older, present, and easier to blame than the chaos itself. The volume went up, but the clarity didn’t.

If Dante wants a real resolution, he has to separate protection from punishment. Right now, they’re tangled together, and everyone around him is paying for it.

Listen before the reveal forces it

General Hospital's Dante and Chase. | Image Source: ABC

The situation with Chase should have been the wake-up call. Dante didn’t just confront a friend; he crossed a line at work and let his emotions drive the moment. He ultimately suspended Chase for making the PCPD look bad at Willow’s (Katelyn MacMullen) trial. That’s not strength. That’s abusing his authority.

Chase didn’t out the PCPD to hurt him; he was trying to correct what he thought was the police’s egregious mistakes. But loyalty gets messy when emotions take control. Dante heard betrayal and stopped listening after that.

The irony is that the truth Dante doesn’t know yet explains everything. The intensity. The fixation. The way Gio keeps ending up in the crosshairs. Dante may know the truth in his gut while his head has yet to catch up. He needs to ask more questions and let people finish talking.

This isn’t about Dante becoming softer. It’s about him becoming sharper. The kind of man who protects his kids without burning every bridge in the process. Right now, that choice is still on the table. He just has to take it before the truth takes it for him.

General Hospital can be seen weekdays on ABC and Hulu.