‘General Hospital’ Recap January 23: Charlie’s A Hit, Sonny Leaving, Laura’s Plan, And Then There’s That Kiss

Have you checked out Port Charles lately? General Hospital is most definitely can’t-miss television these days! Here’s the recap for Thursday, January 23rd.

General Hospital Recap: Charlie’s Pub Is A Hit

Kristina Corinthos (Kate Mansi) is celebrating the grand reopening of Charlie’s Pub. Aside from a thrown punch by Cody Bell (Josh Kelly), the evening has been a wild success.

Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) sits down with Kristina to not just gauge how the evening has gone, but to make sure that none of Sonny Corinthos’ (Maurice Bernard) dirty business dealings are entangled with the pub. Kristina reassures her mother that everything is on the up and up. (Make sure to check out our weekly GH spoilers, here!)

Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) walks into the pub with Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota). He praises the establishment, Kristina, and Lucy’s connections. She sends an email to the mayor, Laura Collins (Genie Francis), about meeting Jenz and he is thrilled.

General Hospital Recap: Just Another Night At Police Headquarters

Lucky Spencer (Jonathan Jackson) was taken to police headquarters after Cody punched him and while waiting, Elizabeth Baldwin (Rebecca Herbst), is cleaning up his eye. Mac Scorpio (John J. York) and his wife, Felicia Scorpio, (Kristina Wagner) are also at the police station so that Mac can talk to his son, Cody.

Liz and Lucky realize that Felicia is right outside the door and decide to have a chat with her about Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober), and their suspicions about him.

READ MORE: Find out what happened on the last GH.

They ask questions and Felicia explains that Cyrus was at his post on the day in question and that his bell stopped ringing when Dex Heller (Evan Hofer) was stabbed. She also mentions that Cyrus has been banned from the hospital.

Molly Lansing (Kristen Vaganos) arrives in an official capacity to speak with Cody, who is sitting in the drunk tank.

She tells him that he is lucky because the owner of Charlie’s isn’t pressing charges, they only want him to pay for damages. Cody is beyond hostile and trades barbs with Molly.

Mac then talks to Cody and tries to find out what is really going on with him. He reminds him that he now has a family to lean on when things aren’t going well. He gives his son a pep talk but decides he can sit in the cell and do some thinking for a while.

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General Hospital Recap: Another Person No Longer In Ava’s Corner

Ava Jerome (Maura West) visits Laura Collins to discuss her upcoming custody hearing against Sonny. She is grateful that Laura will testify on her behalf, but is quickly told that things have changed. Sonny and Laura share a grandchild and she needs to keep things on good terms, so Laura has changed her mind about testifying.

Speaking of Sonny, Natalia Ramirez (Eva LaRue) is watching over him until Brick (Stephen A. Smith) arrives. Then she leaves to go check in with Kristina at Charlie’s while the men speak.

Sonny fills Brick in on the details of his heart problem and Brick gets him an appointment with the best cardiologist in Los Angeles. Sonny needs to travel for care so that members of the 5 families don’t find out.

Natalia returns after reassuring Kristina that Sonny is fine because she intends to stay and watch over Sonny, just as she had said that she would.

READ MORE: General Hospital Spoilers: Is Laura Wright Leaving The Soap? Here’s What We Know

General Hospital Recap: Did Joss Blow It?

Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) and Lucas Jones are in Carly Corinthos’ (Laura Wright) kitchen discussing how she believes that Cyrus Renault stabbed Dex.

She tells him all about convincing Anna Devane (Finola Hughes that he was involved and then accusing Cyrus of stabbing Dex right to his face. Joss feels like she has completely blown up the case. Lucas makes her promise that she’ll stay away from the mess.

General Hospital Recap: Maybe It’s Not All Business After All

Ava meets her attorney, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) at an apartment that isn’t quite her speed. She asks what they are doing there because the place is making her claustrophobic. He suggests that it is in her budget and that living in a home rather than a hotel will look much better in custody court.

He takes the tough love approach with her and reminds Ava that Sonny can drag out the custody battle until Avery is 18 if he wants to so she needs to play it smart. Ava lashes out at Ric and when he calls her on it she tells him that Laura won’t be her character witness. Ric reassures Ava that he is with her and they share a kiss. Ava also decides to take the 4th floor, War-era apartment.

Jordan Ashford (Tanisha Harper) visits Laura at her office and tells her about Jenz showing up at Charlie’s, using his real name. They realize he is the man that held Lucky hostage and start to devise a plan to get closer to him when Lucy’s email arrives. Laura realizes that the plan has landed in her lap. She calls Jenz and schedules a meeting for tomorrow.

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