Ya Gotta Have Heart: General Hospital Two Scoops for the week of April 21

General Hospital got down to the heart of the matter this week, just as master mobster extraordinaire Sonny Corinthos went under the knife for his long-awaited heart surgery. And the heart of the matter is family, because that's what soaps — and life — are all about.

Sonny takes a break from it all

Sonny Corinthos is nothing if not a family man. Okay, he's a mobster too, but his family comes first, which seems to be the only reason he is still a mobster at this moment because Sonny is damned if you do and damned if you don't. In January, even Sonny realized he needs to finally get out of the damn mob, but then one of his "enemies" fire bombed his penthouse and one of Sonny's kids ended up in a burn unit. That meant Sonny had to stay in the mob despite his heart condition cause he had to protect his family. Of course, being in the mob is what has kept his family in danger for years. It's a real Catch-22 for good ol' Sonny.

This week, Sonny took a break from his regularly scheduled mob activity to have open heart surgery in California, where he would be hidden from his enemies. As Sonny prepped to have his heart taken care of, GH gave us an episode filled with so much heart that we started singing a song from Damn Yankees, hence the title of this Two Scoops.

Over on the left coast, GH proved that exes are still family as Carly stood by Sonny's side while they discussed the procedure with a doctor. They also proved that Sonny and Carly are SOOOOOO much better as friends than romantic partners. They haven't been together like that in four years, and we need to keep it that way.

Later, Sonny gave us all the feels as he drifted off to sleep thinking about special moments with his kids. Back home, the kids gave us their own special moments that reminded us that momentous things don't have to happen on a soap to be a soap. Sometimes the soapiest scenes are the quiet ones, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Their two dads

Sonny's oldest son, Dante, and his oldest daughter, Kristina, worried over their dad in Carly's kitchen while Sonny's youngest kid, Donna, Facetimed her Daddy using Kristina's phone. As for Sonny's other "son," Jason, well, he took a respite from everything Sonny and Carly to spend time with his own son, and we were verklempt.

We still don't understand why Sam is dead, but we have to accept what GH did last fall. At least she is gone, but not forgotten. She still has a legacy with her son, Danny. When Jason stepped up to actually parent one of his own kids last year after Sam's death, we expected to see more Jason and Danny scenes, but they have been few and far between. And honestly, that's a shame. Steve Burton and Asher Antonyzyn have a natural chemistry that makes them seem like father and son — and it was on full display this week.

Danny and Rocco also have a special relationship, which has brought their dads together. Watching hitman Jason and cop Dante essentially co-parent is actually kinda hilarious, but it's also sweet and something we don't usually see on soaps — two manly men raising their sons together. Give us more. Much more. Please.

Home and heart

Can we watch Rocco just be a teenage boy every single day? He is the sweetest damn kid and we want to keep him and make him happy. Even Dante acknowledged that he needs Danny around to help him lighten up a bit. At least Dante knows his kid.

He also knows this kid missed his mom in the worst way when she spent four years in a coma, so he is letting him live with Lulu part-time. Lulu can certainly be a little overbearing and annoying, but that lone tear on her cheek was all we needed for a lone tear on our cheek when Rocco told her that he'd dreamed of just being able to come down the stairs and talk to her. Yes, we're not crying. You're crying. (And we bet you were.)

Mickey Mouse reporting

Okay, so Lulu and Rocco were oh-so-sweet, but we really, really want to know where Lulu found the money to buy an entire house when she hasn't had a real job in four years. She now owns the old Spencer house, where her father killed both of her grandparents back in the 1960s, but let's not tell her. Only the GH set designers and the audience know.

At least Lulu miraculously found freelance writing work and is writing...a story. Yes, one story for Viki Lord (Viki Lord!!!) at the Llanview Banner will surely pay that mortgage. So, when Lulu first became a reporter for the Invader a few years back because she had no clue what else to do with her life, we gave this scenario the side eye. Lulu had no college, she had never written a professional word, she had zero experience in media, yet there she was. Intrepid reporter extraordinaire at your service. It didn't work then, and it certainly doesn't work now. But at least Dante kept her old Mickey Mouse glasses? We have no idea why that was important except to give Disney a plug on a Disney-owned soap.

Sister Act

Alrighty, back to family. Alexis' family. And what a freakin' mess. First, our favorite little narcissist, Kristina, forgot that she has two other sisters besides Molly. When she lamented to Lucky that Molly was the only sister she had left, we were ready to jump to Donna and Avery's defense. Hey, Kristina, they exist. Wasn't Avery your favorite little sister when you insisted Ava should never see her daughter? Didn't you promise to look after Donna when Sonny had surgery? We get it. You miss Sam. So do we, but there are other sisters waiting in the wings.

At least Sister Molly cares so much about Kristina that she ran to her the second she discovered that Alexis was ready to have Kristina committed. When Kristina saw the papers, she couldn't imagine why Alexis would even think of doing such a thing. She's in therapy, and that should count. So what if she just cut the brakes on someone's car in an effort to commit murder? That's not crazy or anything. Nope, Kristina can't even fathom why her mother might be a little worried about her mental state.

Also, why the heck is Lucky so concerned with Kristina staying out of jail? She nearly killed Elizabeth, and he barely said two words to Kristina like EVER before she hired him as a bartender at Charlie's.

Yeah, this girl can't get any dumber

Willow makes us want to bang our heads against the wall and throw things at the screen. This girl has to be the stupidest character soaps have ever given us — and the genre is a century old, so that's saying a lot. "Am I missing something, Drew?" this daft little girl asked when she couldn't seem to figure out why he didn't want her to see Michael.

Let us answer this. Yes, you're missing something, Willow. You're missing your brain cells. You're missing the fact that you now live in Shiloh's damn house. You're missing every single signal Drew gives you that he is a controlling, abusive, creepy congressman who wants the right to your children. Somehow, Drew asking her to sign over her kids...just in case...doesn't send up about a trillion crimson red flags for this little idiot. Some fans think Drew is going to try to kill Willow. We say go for it. Have at it, Drew.

Port Charles odds and ends

We still have no idea why Emma was in a dumpster, and we have a feeling we are never going to find out. Sigh.

When Brook Lynn asked for the name of the adoption agency that placed her baby all those years ago, why did Lois have to call her mother so that Gloria could tell her to just lie? Could she not have come up with that idea on her own?

Fans were terrified that GH was going to kill off Ric a few weeks ago, and we have never been happier that a character was spared. Not only did he stun Alexis when he announced he knew what Kristina did, but he also deduced in seconds that Alexis blabbed the whole thing to Diane. Ric's glee was our glee because he can make any story all the more fun without saying a word.

And finally, GH, before we sign off, don't ever ever ever ever ever ever give us a love scene between Drew and Willow again. Please and thank you.

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