General Hospital Recap, April 23, 2025: Nina and Portia figure out how to solve their Drew problem

Here is your General Hospital recap for Wednesday, April 23, 2025, when Willow made another big mistake while Nina tried to save Willow from herself.

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Ezra Boyle approached Tracy's table at the Metro Court and told her that he hoped to put their "property dispute" behind them."You mean when you tried to bulldoze my deceased relatives?" Tracy asked. Boyle suggested that he could be a friend to Tracy at City Hall. "I wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire. Wait, I take that back. I think I would," she quipped.

As Boyle walked away, Tracy asked him to sit down. She reluctantly told him she liked some of his positions. "Actually, just one. The one where you put Sonny Corinthos out of business," she said. Tracy didn't care about the esplanade. "Nobody gives a damn about the esplanade. In fact, if I never hear the word esplanade again, it will be too soon."

Tracy was interested in taking the piers away from Sonny. "Your referendum is about getting rid of an extremely dangerous criminal element in Port Charles," Tracy pointed out. She even gave Boyle a hefty campaign contribution to rid the piers and Port Charles of Sonny.

When Laura got off the elevator, she glared at Tracy and Boyle's table. Boyle got up so that Laura could sit down and talk to Tracy. Laura told Tracy not to trust Boyle. "I don't trust him. He's loathsome, but I think you need to listen to him," Tracy advised.

Laura insisted that she would do no such thing with a man who pandered to donors and polls. Tracy just wanted to get back at Sonny. "That man has been a blight on my family for years. He and Carly stole Michael from AJ, and then Sonny murdered AJ," Tracy correctly pointed out.

Tracy then got serious and told Laura she had wanted to give her a heads up before she went public with her position on the referendum. Tracy was sorry that the referendum vote would create friction between them. Laura felt the same but warned Tracy that driving Sonny away only opened the door to worse mobsters like Jenz Sidwell.

Across the dining room, Nina met with Portia to discuss their mutual problem. "Drew is out of control, and we need to do something dire to stop him before he costs my daughter her children," Nina said.

"When I see your daughter with that man, I am confounded by the faith that she has in him," Portia admitted. Nina called Drew a master manipulator. Portia agreed. She was amazed that he could get so many people to do what he wanted when he wasn't even subtle about it.

Nina mentioned that Willow didn't know all the things Drew had done. Portia then had some advice. "Nina, if you know something that Drew is keeping from Willow, the best thing you can do is tell her," she said. Nina lied and said she didn't know of anything tangible, but she worried about pushing Drew and Willow closer together.

Portia told Nina that she was worried about Kai and the surgery Drew had offered him. When Nina heard the story, both women worried that Drew would wipe his hands clean of Kai if anything went wrong with the surgery, by saying he never promised him success. "He lures people in until they're trapped, and once they are, he convinces people they did it to themselves," Portia said.

That gave Nina an idea. "Well, Portia, we're just going to have to set a trap of our own," she said with glee. Portia then noticed Boyle and told Nina that he was Drew's lackey. Nina recognized the woman Boyle was with at the bar, and the wheels started turning in her head.

Nina approached the bar and introduced herself to Boyle and his friend, Jacinda. Nina gave Jacinda her card and a wink and told her to call her about modeling for Crimson. When Nina returned to the table, she told Portia that Jacinda was a prostitute. "And we have a job for her," Nina said.

Jason found Carly in the kitchen cooking. She was glad he stopped by because "I have finally found a way to get Michael's kids away from that tramp for good." Carly explained that while "Willow has been able to live out her romantic delusional fantasy with Drew," Michael had been recovering, so the custody fight was put on hold.

"I told Diane to start prepping for the custody trial," Carly proudly said. "We are going to be ready to go once Michael's feet hit the ground here in Port Charles and I can't wait to see the look on Willow's face," Carly said. Jason told Carly that they weren't even sure that was what Michael wanted.

"The only two people who can fix this are Willow and Michael," Jason said. Carly was shocked when Jason told her that Willow was headed to Germany to see Michael. "Why were you even talking to her?" Carly exclaimed.

Jason explained that Willow brought the kids to see Monica and asked to talk to Jason. "I am going to tell you the same thing that I told her. Only Willow and Michael can figure out this custody," Jason said. That didn't make hysterical Carly feel any better.

"Michael is in no condition to figure things out with Willow because he's still in love with her," Carly shouted. "If Willow sees Michael, she is going to trade on every affection he still has for her to get what she wants," Carly warned. Jason said this was Michael's decision. "You gotta have some faith that your son is going to see through her and figure it out," Jason said.

When Willow arrived home, Drew happily told her the lawyer had taken care of those papers, giving Drew rights to Willow's kids if anything happened to her. Willow asked if Drew could stop the process. "With Michael in the state that he's in, I don't think taking extreme action is in our best interest," Willow pointed out.

Drew claimed that they couldn't take Carly's word for it that Michael was getting better. He could be getting worse. Willow didn't want to talk about it, but Drew insisted that they had to. Willow finally said it to Drew straight. "Before this goes any further, there's one more person I have to face. My husband," she said.

Drew was stunned to learn that Willow planned to fly off to Germany. Drew tried to keep his composure and seemed supportive, but he mentioned how petty and cruel Michael was to serve Willow divorce papers in DC. Willow said the Michael she knew wouldn't have done that, so she just wanted to reasonably talk to him.

Drew did his best to talk Willow out of going, but she was insistent. Drew was especially alarmed when Willow told him that this was all Jason's idea. Drew thought Jason was wrong, but Willow disagreed. Amazingly, Drew came around to the idea, much to Willow's relief.

Drew also assumed he'd be accompanying Willow on this trip, but Willow said it was best if she went on her own. "For now, I need to focus on the kids and doing what's best for them," she said.

Drew and Willow were so enthralled with each other by the end of the conversation that they couldn't wait to get upstairs and hit the sheets.

Earlier, Lulu was happy to welcome Laura to her new home as she worked on getting the place ready for her and her kids. Laura was surprised to see that Dante was there helping Lulu with electrical issues in the kitchen. When he left the room, Lulu insisted Dante was just helping, but she was still enjoying his company.

After Laura left, Lulu opened a gift Dante had brought from Tracy. "New house, new vase, old but functioning garbage disposal. It looks like you're back on your feet," Dante noted. Lulu told Dante that she was planning to become a freelance reporter and might be published in the Llanview Banner.

Lulu then brought up Rocco and wondered if Rocco spending time in her house would be good for him. "Are you a little worried about separating Danny and Rocco?" Dante said that they'd still live together 50 percent of the time. He pointed out that Danny was good for Rocco because he helped him loosen up.

Dante and Lulu took their two-person gathering onto the porch with Mickey Mouse glasses and reminisced about their first trip to Disney World with Rocco. Their son had been so excited to meet Goofy. Dante told Lulu that he made sure to keep all her things packed away when she was in her coma, hoping she would wake and use them again.

As they sat there, Victoria Lord from the Llanview Banner called and accepted one of her pitches about adoption.

In the Q solarium, Chase and Brook Lynn sat Lois down to tell them they were planning to explore adoption as an option for starting their family. Lois was thrilled for them until they told her they wanted to use the same agency that placed her baby all those years ago.

Lois claimed it was so long ago that she barely remembered the place. Just then, Ned walked in, curious about why they were talking about a child. Ned was overjoyed to learn that Chase and Brook Lynn wanted to adopt. Adopting Leo was one of the best decisions he had ever made.

While Brook Lynn and Chase talked with Ned, Lois left the room and called Gloria. "Ma, BINGO can wait. Brook Lynn was just asking what agency we used to place her baby. What am I supposed to tell her?" a frantic Lois asked. She finally told Chase and Brook Lynn that the adoption agency closed down years ago.

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