Emme Rylan

All Things About

Kelly Monaco and Billy Miller

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and it’s going to be steamy, sexy and full of surprises on “General Hospital.” Port Charles couples from Sam (Kelly Monaco) and Jason (Billy Miller) to Maxie (Kirsten Storms) and Nathan (Ryan Paevy) to Julian (William deVry) and Alexis (Nancy Grahn) — and everyone in between — will be celebrating the hearts and flowers occasion.

Emme Rylan, Dominic Zamprogna, General Hospital

“General Hospital’s” Dante (Dominic Zambrogna) and Lulu (Emme Rylan) have been in a marital mess for months. It all started when Dante wrongly thought Lulu cheated on him with Dillon (Robert Palmer Watkins), so he retaliated by sleeping with Valerie (Brytni Sarpi) Add Lulu’s ex, Johnny (Brandon Barash), to the mix and things got even more complicated.

Ryan Carnes, Rebecca Herbst, Jason Thompson, General Hospital

When history is re-created to tell a new tale on a daytime soap opera some of us can’t help but groan at the mere thought, especially when history is mined by use of re-created flashback scenes. Sure, we love that stories continue day-to-day, but ultimately we don’t expect it to truly have much impact in today’s storied world. As “General Hospital” celebrated its 52nd anniversary earlier today, with re-created flashback scenes with several of its current cast playing yesterday’s important characters, one can’t help but be amazed at how far we’ve come in our quest for drama on screen, be it scripted or reality. The lack of shootouts, sex scenes, romantic triangles, catfights, or whatever passes for drama today, took a back seat to character driven story.