General Hospital has certainly kicked off the top of the year with two major bombshells. Of course, one of these was the surprising way in which Michael (Chad Duell) is being ushered off the soap’s canvas. News broke at the end of 2024 that Duell was exiting the role of Michael and there were no immediate plans to recast the character. However, many viewers couldn’t have anticipated that Michael would be caught in an explosion at Sonny’s (Maurice Benard) penthouse and then sent to Germany to make a recovery.
The second major bombshell in our opinion is the news Jason (Steve Burton) shared with Sonny leading up to that explosion. When Sonny proposed that Jason become the head of the Corinthos organization when the Dimpled Kingpin was ready to step down, Jason declined the offer. While Jason said he would temporarily run things should that need to happen, he has no desire to be left in charge of the business as he wants to put Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) first. Then once Michael was burned, Jason put a sense of urgency on him and Sonny getting out of the business as soon as possible.
