General Hospital Early Spoilers July 13-17: Valentin’s Explosive Showdown & Curtis Self-Destructs

General Hospital spoilers for July 13-17, 2026 shock with Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) not backing down on what he wants, which is Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) and also his daughter Charlotte Cassadine (Bluesy Burke). And we’re going to see Curtis Ashford (Donnell Turner) continuing to blow up his own life with more bad choices made in blind anger.

And as a heads up, we’ve got some more returns to Port Charles coming, plus a warning and a revelation. Also, this week ahead is the last full week of July sweeps, which ends on Monday the 20th.

And as always, on early edition day, we’re going to start with what is coming the rest of this week and then we’re going to get into all the good stuff coming next week.

General Hospital Spoilers: Lucas Drowns His Sorrows

So, on Wednesday, July 8th, we have got Lucas Jones (Van Hansis) waking up and he looks way worse for wear and he asks, “What am I doing here?” So, he’s on Elizabeth Webber’s (Rebecca Herbst) couch and he’s looking pretty bad. I’m going to guess alcohol was involved. And once he wakes up and gets coffee for his presumed hangover, Lucas is venting to Liz. We saw Lucas telling Ava Jerome (Maura West) that Marco Rios (Adrian Anchondo) died for nothing because of course it wasn’t really medicine, it was saline. And I think he’s gonna tell Liz the same thing.

Portia Robinson (Brook Kerr) has a run-in with her daughter Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali), who still wants distance from both her parents. Plus, Curtis’s trial is looming. And Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) is going to get a new client. So, it looks like he’s going to be representing Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson), who is telling Ric that he wants to explore the possibility of a civil suit. And Isaiah might have Ric on tap in case Curtis tries again to accuse him of being the second driver.

General Hospital Spoilers: Molly Faces a Tough Decision

Ric is no fan of Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen), so he may be fine with her being accused, and that’s going to get his client off the hook. Molly Lansing-Davis (Kristen Vaganos) reaches a difficult professional decision. ADA Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor) tells Molly she can go promote her romance novel or prosecute the biggest case of her legal career.

So, I’m assuming that Justine is offering Molly to bring the case in court against Curtis if he doesn’t take the plea deal just because as Jordan Ashford’s (Tanisha Harper) best friend, she can’t be involved. Then again, Justine may want Molly to try and prosecute Willow, which would be insane.

Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) warns Carly, but she is going to tell Sonny she’s not changing her mind on this. And I suspect this is about two issues. One, Carly’s plan to get revenge on Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) for recruiting Josslyn. And the other is that Carly is not giving up Valentin and now they’re finally free to be together. Sonny doesn’t like it.

General Hospital Spoilers: Curtis Makes a Risky Choice

Jordan asked Curtis what kind of deal that he’s been offered. The summer spoilers say that he’s offered a plea bargain that will have Curtis spend a short amount of time in Pentonville, but I don’t think he’s going to take it. I think he’s going to go to trial and still planning to try and throw his victim Isaiah under the bus, which is risky.

Laura Spencer (Genie Francis) tells her brother Martin Gray (Michael E. Knight), who is back, that there is something he can help with. And I expect Laura to ask Martin to defend Curtis in his criminal case, which means he’ll likely rep him in the civil case that Ric’s going to file. Laura likes Curtis and Alexis already had to turn Curtis down because of conflict of interest.

We’re also getting ready for Mac Scorpio (John J. York) and Felicia Scorpio (Kristina Wagner) and Emma Scorpio Drake (Brayden Bruner) and Gio Palmieri (Giovanni Mazza) and Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) to all welcome Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) home. Then we’re going to see Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) dropping by to ask for Anna’s help. And that’s got to be a Faison-related issue. And I wonder if it is about Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey).

General Hospital: Deceptions and Legal Battles – July 8th Through 10th

Thursday, July 9th, we’ve got Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) getting called out. As I suspected, when Willow confronted Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) and accused her of framing her, Tracy realized, “Oh crap, Brook Lynn is behind this.” Tracy might tell her granddaughter, “Good job.

You’re acting like a real Quartermaine.” And we’ve got Jordan making a confession. And this may be her telling Curtis she feels really guilty for what’s happening to him. But it’s Curtis’s fault that he’s a jealous hothead with no control over his temper or his fist. I’m expecting him to keep trying to find a way to blame Isaiah on General Hospital.

Curtis is going to spend some time on Thursday considering his legal strategy. So, he’s likely going to be meeting with Martin to talk it over, and he may recommend that Curtis reconsider that plea bargain, but of course, he won’t. And I’m sure that he’s going to rant to Martin about Isaiah, even though there is zero proof against him.

General Hospital Spoilers: Willow in Trouble

We also have Willow suffering a setback on Thursday. She’s sure that she’s being framed. Plus, it’s supposed to come out that she was conspiring with Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota), and Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) should start wiggling his fingers and toes any day now. And we’ve got Elizabeth with some suspicions.

She has been rapidly curious about the odds against Jack and Drew, both having strokes in the same house since they were relatively young, relatively healthy. But of course, Jack’s back on his feet now. So, he may sidestep Liz’s concerns or outright lie and cover for Willow. But if Liz looks at his medical info, that might tell another story.

General Hospital Spoilers: Sonny & Justine Heat Up

Friday, July 10th, we’ve got Sonny and Justine getting romantic after all the life and death drama. And Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn reach a new understanding, but then something leaves Chase horrified. Brook Lynn’s plot should not be outed yet because Willow is supposed to still be under the microscope as Curtis’s trial begins.

There’s a reunion between old lovers by the end of the week. I suspect this refers to Valentin and Anna because we know Valentin’s back already and Anna’s about to be. And Valentin is pardoned. And of course, he was worried about Anna, even though he is head over heels for Carly. I’m interested to see how Ghost Peter reacts to seeing Valentin when he stops by to see Anna.

Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins Bruening) wants answers. I suspect she may grill Carly about hiding Valentin, lying to her, and going behind her back to facilitate visits with Charlotte and Valentin. Ethan Lovett (Nathan Dean Parsons) faces some questions from Ava, maybe about his confession that Phoebe is not his baby.

Summer spoilers say that Ava tests Ethan’s truthfulness. I wouldn’t put it past Ava to grab a DNA sample from him and also from Phoebe and send it off to a private lab just in case. Also, we’re going to have Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) hearing big news and she might find out that Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) is on his way home with a full pardon.

General Hospital: Jason’s Return and New Beginnings – July 13th Through 17th

Then the week of July 13th through the 17th, we have Steve Burton’s first air date. Jason’s back on Monday and he’s a whole new man who’s taken this time away to think about changes he wants to make to his life and these changes will impact Sonny and Danny Morgan (Asher Jared Antonyzyn) and the Quartermaines and others. Also on Monday, July 13th, Dean Geyer debuts as Dr. Tristan Roberts. This is also the milestone 16,000th episode of General Hospital.

Gio is trying to make things right with Rocco next week. But Danny’s going to get some hate from Rocco for ratting him out to Brennan. It’s the ultimate betrayal and Charlotte deciding to let what Danny did slide is going to cause problems between her and Rocco. We also have Cody Bell (Josh Kelly) being supportive of James West (Gary JamesFuller). He wants to stick close to Port Charles for his nephew.

General Hospital Spoilers: Tracy Battles Lucy

And it looks like Molly may be waffling on the book tour because of Justine’s offer to oversee the trial. And of course, Cody’s dilemma over James may seal the deal and Molly decides just to cancel it. Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) versus Tracy starts soon. And we’re going to see her ticked off when Brook Lynn tells her that Lucy demanded shares of Deception in exchange for her lying to the PCPD about Willow.

Anna’s going to have a really hard time with Peter August (Wes Ramsey) being in her head and making her doubt everybody close to her. And Jack wants to pay his debt to Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) for saving him. So, he is searching desperately for his black box with the evidence against Drew. Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) had stolen it, but hopefully it’ll turn up in the WSB’s evidence from Spoon Island. And look for Ethan and Ava to heat up soon.

That’s your General Hospital spoilers for July 8-17.

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