General Hospital recap for Monday, January 6, 2025: Michael Corinthos goes up in flames

At Sonny's penthouse, Michael seemed to be choking back tears as he told his father that his marriage was over. Michael explained that Willow took Wiley to DC without even telling him. "I'm going to do whatever it takes to stay in my kids' lives," Michael declared.

Sonny was proud of Michael for taking Diane's advice and going for an "aggressive first strike." Michael still planned to negotiate with Willow and settle on shared custody. "I don't want to punish Willow. I just want what's best for my kids," Michael admitted.

Sonny thought that Drew deserved the real punishment. "What kind of man goes after his nephew's wife?" Sonny wondered. Michael and Sonny both agreed that taking Willow to DC was Drew's revenge on Michael for snatching Aurora out from under him. He just wished Willow could see that Drew wasn't her hero.

"How could Willow get controlled by him?" Sonny wondered, referring to Drew. Michael was still distraught and told Sonny that he laid awake at night wondering how so much could go so wrong so fast. "I'm starting to believe that Willow survives by becoming what other people want her to be," Michael said.

Michael went over Willow's whole history since her time in Dawn of Day. His theory about Willow made perfect sense to Sonny as Michael explained some more. "I think it was her love for Wiley that drew her to me. She molded herself to fit me," Michael said. Sonny assured him that Willow loved him for a lot of reasons, not just because of Wiley.

Jason soon arrived and took Sonny into the hall to talk business. Michael remained in the apartment as an explosion and flames ripped through, leaving the audience wondering if Michael would live.

Willow walked into Drew's hotel room a frantic mess. She was holding the paperwork she'd received from Diane. Michael was suing for divorce and wanted custody of the kids. Willow couldn't believe that Michael was calling her an unfit mother. "This is about revenge. Michael's punishing me for being with you," Willow decided.

Willow remained confused about why Michael would turn things ugly like this. Why couldn't they just talk after she got home? Willow then seemed to figure it out. "I guess Michael saw the photos of me and Wiley here with you and he was hurt," Sherlock Willow deduced.

Drew did his best to comfort Willow as she wept and feared Michael would use the nanny cam recording in court. However, she was more concerned that Drew would lose his seat in Congress.

Willow soon called Marty and told her lawyer what was going on. Marty wasn't surprised and assured Willow a court would not separate a mother from her children. However, when he learned that Willow was in DC with Drew, he knew they might have a problem on their hands. When Willow hung up, Drew blamed Michael for everything before declaring his love for Willow.

Before leaving to see Sonny, Jason experienced Carly barreling into his coffee warehouse to announce that Wiley had called. She also declared that "Willow had lost her damn mind." Jason was surprised to hear that Wiley and Willow were staying in Uncle Drew's DC hotel room. Jason pointed out that with two kids there, Drew must have had a suite.

Carly didn't want to listen to reason. She knew what Drew was up to. "This trip was about Drew getting Willow into his bed. Again," she said. Carly was ticked off at Jason for not seeming to care.

"I already beat Drew up. What do you want me to do? Fly to DC and beat him up again?" Carly facetiously announced that she would do it instead. Jason reasoned this was between Michael and Willow, but Carly didn't see it that way.

"This is about me trusting Willow with my son's heart, and she has smashed it to pieces. And I'm never going to forgive her," Carly announced. Jason calmed Carly down (relatively) as she left to have dinner with Lucas. When Carly got to the restaurant, Lucas called to cancel, but Brennan soon appeared to join her.

Prior to him running into Carly, Colette entered Brennan's office as he sat on the phone and asked where the footage of Rice Plaza was. After Brennan hung up, Colette apologized for trying to kill Valentin. She was only told to find and tail him, not take a shot at him. She explained that she feared Dante would get Valentin arrested, which the WSB didn't want. So, Colette took the shot and was disappointed that she'd missed.

Brennan didn't like Colette's excuse and told her that and didn't like her going rogue. "Why are you trying to supervise your supervisor?" he asked. Brennan thought if Valentin was smart, he'd have let Charlotte leave with Lulu. He was sure Charlotte would lead them to Valentin again because teenagers can't stay away from their phones.

Once Colette was gone, Brennan went back to trying to obtain the Rice Plaza footage. He found it in his email and watched a man with a grey ponytail stab Dex. However, he had trouble making out the man's face.

A sad Josslyn packed away Dex's things as she cleared out his apartment and looked at photos of the two of them. Trina interrupted Josslyn's thoughts and suggested they wait until the next day to finish. Josslyn just wanted to get it over with. She was also distraught, thinking that Dex was this wonderful person and that all that was left of his life were his belongings in his apartment.

"If he had the chance, he would have done so much good. The monster who took that chance away from him? They need to be punished," Joss said. Trina agreed but didn't know what Joss could do that the PCPD wasn't already doing. Josslyn told her that she'd hoped the WSB had footage of Rice Plaza the day Dex was stabbed.

After Trina left, Joss went through one last drawer and found a box with a mysterious gun.

At the hospital, Lucas approached Portia and asked her why she would suspend Elizabeth. Lucas came to Liz's defense. Portia knew that Elizabeth would never do anything to purposely harm a patient, but she had to abide by hospital rules while she tried to get to the truth behind Sam and Dex's deaths.

Cyrus stood at the nurses' station, waiting to speak with Isaiah. He held his Bible and thanked him for saving Lulu's life. Cyrus also asked Isaiah how it felt to play God.

"The first thing any good surgeon knows is they are not God, nor should they ever aspire to be," Isaiah answered. When Isaiah tried walking away, Cyrus stopped him to lament how sad he was that Isaiah seemed to be listening to Jordan's opinion of him. Cyrus argued that Jordan was right about the man he once was but wrong about the man he became.

Brad overheard the conversation and approached Isaiah and Cyrus, calling Cyrus an animal for trying to kill Britt when she was chief of staff. Portia and Lucas came upon the scene and tried to keep Brad quiet as Cyrus defended himself. Lucas took an angry Brad elsewhere so he could calm down.

Portia finally had enough and told an outraged Cyrus that he was no longer allowed in the hospital. "But I am the chosen emissary of the Port Charles Redemption Mission," he argued. Portia told him, "Not anymore."

Marty stopped by Laura's office, where she reported that Lulu had found Charlotte, but she wasn't able to bring her home. Laura told the tale of what happened in the Prague cafe. Laura was amazed at how much trust Scarlett still placed in Valentin that she even told him she had called Rocco and spoken to Lulu.

Marty reasoned that they knew Charlotte was fine and that Valentin would take good care of her. Laura worried that Lulu was losing more time with her daughter. Marty was sure that Charlotte would reach out to Lulu again.

Lucy straightened up the Wyndemere living room until the doorbell rang. She opened it and welcomed the person standing there to his new home. The person turned out to be Jenz Sidwell. He immediately poured on the charm and began flirting with Lucy.

Lucy showed Sidwell around and presented him with a care package to make his first night in the castle feel like home. Sidwell was impressed to learn that Lucy quite literally wrote the book on Port Charles.

Lucy tried to get more personal information out of Sidwell before offering to introduce him to Port Charles society. Sidwell was so pleased by the offer that he asked her to share a glass of champagne with her right then and there. As they sat on the couch with their drinks, Lucy suggested they have drinks at the Metro Court.

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