General Hospital Spoilers: Sonny Quit The Mob – Port Charles’ New Crime Boss Could Be Far More Deadly

Sonny may finally be going legit, but abandoning his criminal empire leaves Port Charles wide open for a ruthless new enemy to seize his territory.

By Rita Ryan

General Hospital Spoilers: Will Port Charles Regret Sonny Leaving The Mob, Is Someone Worse On The Way?

General Hospital spoilers and updates tease that Port Charles could regret Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) leaving the mob.

Sonny may have been a mobster, but for many years he kept out drugs and the cartel from the city-could someone worse be on the way?

Key Takeaways

  • Sonny plans to leave his mob operations behind and focus on Corinthos Coffee.
  • His old rules helped keep drugs and dangerous cartels out of Port Charles.
  • With Jason also going legit, Sonny’s territory could be vulnerable.
  • Rival crime organizations may see Port Charles as ripe for takeover.
  • A terrifying new mob boss could make everyone regret Sonny’s retirement.

Sonny Let Rival Mob Families Work In His Territory, But With Strict Limits

Sonny would let rival mob families work in his territory, but with strict limits as to what kinds of merchandise they could move through his piers.

Strictly forbidden was the drug trade and the drug cartels-and in some cases, certain types of weapons.

Gambling was okay, as when Selina Wu (Lydia Look) set up high-stakes poker games in Port Charles, some gun traffic was allowed but nothing like what Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) had going.

All in all, it was usually a case of mutual respect, and when the Five Families of the East Coast were intact, they would have meetings.

When Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober) came in, he was ultimately defeated, and as fans who watched the past few years know, he’s now dead.

Cyrus And Sidwell, Along With Cullum Were Among The Worst Enemies Sonny’s Ever Had

Cyrus and Sidwell, along with Cullum, were among the worst enemies Sonny’s ever had; they were much more dangerous than your regular garden variety mobsters.

For now the Five Families are pretty much decimated, many disbanded after Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) and Jason Morgan’s (Steve Burton) would-be wedding when a not-so-dead Sonny turned up from Nixon Falls!

As for Ms. Wu, she’d banded together with Sonny, since they were the only ones left from that group of mobsters. She fled when Sidwell came to town, and it wasn’t Sonny’s idea to give up his piers-he’s going to try to get them back when Sidwell’s properties are auctioned.

Sonny’s gone legit-he wants to expand Corinthos Coffee,  and he’s just going to be a coffee importer, with no “side businesses” operating.

Sonny Gave A Sense Of Safety To Port Charles, But Now That He’s No Longer Mob, It’s Open Territory

Sonny did in his own way, in spite of mob wars that spilled into Port Charles, give a sense of safety-but now that he’s no longer mob, it’s open territory!

Who’s going to protect Port Charles with both Sonny and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) gone legit, and what would happen if a worse big bad came in?

Even though there doesn’t seem to be anyone revealed who’d be worse than Renault and some who came before coming for Sonny’s territory, there could be someone on the way.

In the mob world, open territory news spreads fast, even though Sonny’s made no public announcement to any in that world, not even Selina Wu.

Port Charles should probably brace itself for the next big bad, because crime doesn’t retire-and they may regret that Sonny quit the mob; and he and Jason might, too!

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Rita Ryan

    Rita Ryan has been writing since the age of thirteen, starting with songs and later short plays and articles. In her teenage years she was known as “Rita Lorraine” and tried to get into the country music recording industry in the 1970s and later the gospel music industry in the 1990s. Now, she concentrates her writing on soap opera spoilers specializing in General Hospital, aspires to write a series of family-friendly mysteries in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries style, and the rest of her time is spent being grandma to her three grandchildren and cat mama to Mollie & Missie. She is married to her childhood sweetheart whom she rediscovered after 30 years apart.