Charlie Mason
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
Credit: ABC (9), ABC screenshot
Sonny and Nina
Current status: He’s served her with divorce papers rather than breakfast in bed. Their biggest obstacle: Nina’s decision to rat out Sonny’s ex Carly to the SEC has put their relationship to the test — one that it just might not pass!
Dex and Josslyn
Current status: In the end zone. Their biggest obstacle: Learning that Dex was willing to kill Cyrus on Sonny’s orders prompted Josslyn to take out a hit on their relationship.
Carly and Jason
Current status: TBD. Their biggest obstacle: Jason’s in a mess of trouble. But if his former wife has anything to say about it, he won’t be in it alone.
Blaze and Kristina
Current status: Cue The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun.” Their biggest obstacle: Take your pick — Blaze’s super-religious and disapproving family or Kristina’s decision to act as sis Molly’s surrogate.
Brook Lynn and Chase
Current status: See photo above. Their biggest obstacle: They’ve rebounded from the misstep that nearly did in their romance. But is the attraction of these opposites strong enough to make them lifers?
Portia and Curtis
Current status: Happily married. Their biggest obstacle: None. Their relationship is healing as quickly as Curtis is nowadays.
Carly and Drew
Current status: Splitsville. Their biggest obstacle: The minute Drew heard that his “late” brother Jason was back among the living, he knew that his relationship with Carly had one foot in the grave. He just gave it a shove over the edge.
Sasha and Cody
Current status: Made for each other. Their biggest obstacle: It’s only a matter of (very little) time before Brando’s widow and her hero leave the friend zone for good.
Michael and Willow
Current status: Married… with problems. Their biggest obstacle: His keeping her mother’s S-E-C-ret from her has left her as ticked at him as she is Nina. And she’s hella ticked at Nina!
Sonny and Ava
Current status: Frenemies. Their biggest obstacle: Though Avery’s parents would probably make a killer power couple, she’s just happy that she still has a pulse after murdering his old flame, Connie.
Scotty and Lucy
Current status: Oh my. Their biggest obstacle: She’s committed to Martin. Yet plotting anew with Scotty left Lucy making hay with her ex too quickly for either of them to bail.
Jason and Elizabeth
Current status: Long done. Their biggest obstacle: Like Sam after her, Elizabeth refused to risk her children’s lives to be with Sonny’s enforcer. But, should she get another chance with Jake’s dad, would she throw caution to the wind and — sorry, Finn — take it?
Ned and Lois
Current status: Amicable exes. Their biggest obstacle: Ned’s happily hitched to Lois’ pal, Olivia. On top of that, Rena Sofer thinks that it would be cruel to her and former husband Wally Kurth’s spouses to re-pair them on screen. (Read her comments here.)
Dante and Sam
Current status: Together. Their biggest obstacle: The shadow of his comatose wife, Lulu, looms large over their future. Which is odd, because Lulu is not very tall. There’s also the fact that her favorite ex, Jason, just rose from the grave. Yes, again.
Laura and Kevin
Current status: Happily hitched. Their biggest obstacle: It’s hard to keep a relationship stable in a town as quake-prone as Port Charles. Plus, are they really ready to step in as baby Ace’s parents?
Carly and Sonny
Current status: Finished. Done. Forever. Er, for now. Their biggest obstacle: Now that Sonny has left Nina, there might have been a chance that Carly would forgive and forget — if Jason hadn’t come back, that is.
Ned and Olivia
Current status: Married. Their biggest obstacle: It’s resolved now that the amnesiac has remembered who he is and, just as important, who his family is.
Finn and Elizabeth
Current status: Together at last. Their biggest obstacle: First, she recalled killing his wife. Then, she lied that she was having Nikolas’ baby. And still, they couldn’t just say, “Enough already.”
Felicia and Mac
Current status: The picture of a perfect couple. Their biggest obstacle: The marrieds’ family tree is sure to be uprooted when they find out that a branch needs to be hung for Cody.
TJ and Molly
Current status: Life partners. Their biggest obstacle: With Kristina acting as surrogate, the couple’s efforts to start a family just might be the end of ’em.
Diane and Robert
Current status: Consider their interest piqued. Their biggest obstacle: Diane is understandably reluctant to hold out her heart to a guy whose own still belongs to his exes, Anna and Holly. Robert, in turn, has reservations about dating the local crimelord’s biggest defender.
Valentin and Nina
Current status: Old flames with warm feelings. Their biggest obstacle: Is there one, really? Now that Anna’s dumped Valentin and Sonny’s on the outs with Nina, the scheme team could discover that they’d also make a dream team.
Sam and Jason
Current status: Past tense. Their biggest obstacle: Even before his latest demise, she’d stuck a fork in their dangerous relationship. Now that he’s back, she thinks he shot her new love, Dante.
Jordan and Zeke
Current status: A non-starter. Their biggest obstacle: As hot as they were and as warm as the pairing’s reception was, General Hospital seems to have decided to instead pair her with Brick.
Lucy and Martin
Current status: Let’s say… strained. Their biggest obstacle: Deception isn’t just the name of Lucy’s embattled company, it’s also one of her and Marty’s favorite pastimes.
Ava and Austin
Current status: Fun while it lasted. Their biggest obstacle: The coconspirators had scarcely left the starting gate when the doctor was sent to the permanent finish line.
Ava and Nikolas
Current status: “Exed” out. Their biggest obstacle: It’d be pretty hard for them to come back from Ava “killing” Nikolas (here Marcus Coloma) to keep him from kidnapping daughter Avery. Then again, before he left Port Charles, we did see some of those old, less homicidal feelings beneath the surface…
Sasha and Brando
Current status: RIP. Their biggest obstacle: First, their baby died, then so did Brando. Yeah, 2022 was not a good year for Sasha.
Curtis and Jordan
Current status: Divorced. Their biggest obstacle: Again, divorced. But besides that, he’s now married to Portia.
Spencer and Esme
Current status: Kaput — we hope. Their biggest obstacle: Her abduction of her ex and girlfriend Trina made the kind of splash from which neither Spencer nor Esme seemed likely to return anytime soon.
Britt and Cody
Current status:A non-starter.Their biggest obstacle: They were just beginning to really connect when The Hook hastened the terminally ill doctor’s demise.
Cameron and Josslyn
Current status: Broken up. Their biggest obstacle:The sex-tape debacle threw such a cold bucket of water on them that it was easy for Dex to reheat her.
Anna and Valentin
Current status: Alas, only a memory. Their biggest obstacle: A combo platter of Valentin’s lies and Anna’s shooting his daughter added up to a soul-stomping split.
Brad and Lucas
Current status: Divorced. Their biggest obstacle: Brad’s lie about Wiley’s parentage was the kinda deal-breaker that his husband didn’t want to renegotiate.
Esme and Nikolas
Current status:A thing of the past. Their biggest obstacle: His hookup with his son’s scheming girlfriend will go down in history as one of his biggest regrets.
Trina and Cameron
Current status: Longtime pals. Their biggest obstacle: Their shared grief over Spencer’s “death” could lead to the duo reevaluating their residence in the friend zone… just in time for Trina’s “late” boyfriend to return.
Gregory and Alexis
Current status: Sparring partners. Their biggest obstacle: Having been diagnosed with ALS, Gregory is more concerned with his life than his love life.
Epiphany and Marshall
Current status: Sadly ended. Their biggest obstacle: The real-life loss of Sonya Eddy cut short her character’s latest last love story.
Spencer and Trina
Current status: Over… board. Their biggest obstacle: Nicholas Alexander Chavez’s temporary exit as Spencer left Trina’s honey, however unintentionally, telling her, “Sea ya.”
Jason and Britt
Current status: Dead and buried. Their biggest obstacle: It’s pretty hard to get a relationship going when both characters are one of the characters is pushing up daisies.
Liesl and Scotty
Current status: Apart… for now. Their biggest obstacle: In the end, we’re pretty sure they’re going to realize that they’re meant for one another. But in the middle, oof. She’s letting for grief over daughter Britt’s death bury her relationship, too.
Dante and Lulu
Current status: Separated… though not by choice. Their biggest obstacle: Just as the Falconeris appeared to be on the verge of reuniting, she slipped into a coma and he, into Sam’s arms.
Aiden and Tobias
Current status: Classmates… and crushes. Their biggest obstacle: Elizabeth is a blessedly accepting and supportive mom. But hom*ophobia and intolerance threaten to make Aiden’s first love as scary as joyful.
Chase and Willow
Current status: Finito. Their biggest obstacle: After she fell for fake husband Michael for real, Chase moved on — and toward Brook Lynn.
Terry and Chet
Current status: Over before they began. Their biggest obstacle: His sister Amy’s conniving moved him right out of town — and her boss’ life.
Robert and Holly
Current status: They are, as k.d. lang would sing, one another’s constant craving. Their biggest obstacle: Circ*mstances keep conspiring to keep them from being together long enough to do more than steal the occasional kiss.
Austin and Maxie
Current status: Done. Their biggest obstacle: There was more to the doctor than met the eye — and Maxie didn’t like what she saw.
Brick and Jordan
Current status: Playing detective. Their biggest obstacle: The police commissioner is all business, the investigator, all funny business.
Charlotte and Jake
Current status: Dating. Their biggest obstacle: This is one case of puppy love that just might bite, owing to the fact that Charlotte creepily takes after her malevolent late grandmother, Helena.
Britt and Austin
Current status:Former General Hospital colleagues. Their biggest obstacle: First she stuck him in the friend zone. Then she herself got stuck in the morgue!
Rory and Trina
Current status: A grave matter. Their biggest obstacle: If her love for Spencer drove one nail after another into their relationship’s coffin, Rory’s death drove the final one in.
Nikolas and Elizabeth
Current status: Old friends, ex-lovers and coconspirators. Their biggest obstacle: Liz is in a relationship with Finn, and Nikolas is behind bars. For now.
Terry and Yuri
Current status: Sweethearts. Their biggest obstacle: Given their lack of screentime, we can’t tell whether they’re getting enough quality time.
Gregory and Tracy
Current status: Matching wits… and more? Their biggest obstacle: ALS may shorten Gregory’s life to the point that Tracy doesn’t get to play a very big role in it.
Ryan and Ava
Current status: Status? Are you kidding? Their biggest obstacle: Ava would sooner drop dead than have anything to do with the obsessed serial killer. Thankfully, he was dispatched before it came to that.